The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-14 00:00:00

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SPIRIT 4F THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

Mr. Husidss,t;fa's explanation occupied so much space in
our last Pa.oer, that we could not sufficiently consider the

measures that gave rise to it. Let not our readers suppose

that, this omission implies, on our part, a want of anxiety
..-of intense and painful anxiety—on this important sub-

ject,—important alike as to its causes, or its immediate
and remote consequences. That Mr. nuakisson's vote on
the East Retford Bill was the immediate and the only osten-
sible cause is well known. We believe, however, that it

tu;t the only nor Me most important point of difference
betwecii the Ex•Sccretary and the Premier. We will
elplain ourselves further on this head directly. In the
mean time we will contend that the East Retford business

was not, as it is too generally thought, " a trifling matter"
a childish dispute, unworthy to pl:oduce dissension
between Statesmen. mere spot on a man's face is cer-

tainly a trifle, but not so wh'en symptomatic of disease.
And thus, the abstract question, whether two members
should be returned by the hundred of Bassetlaw or the
town of Birmino7,am, may not be highly important; (though
the rights of the meanest of our citisens ate not to be lightly
t_lonsidcrett) ; but it is of the last importance, when viewed

in coralexion with the oligarchical 'influence in ;he Home
of Cowmen& It is a question, in short, whether a .Noble-
man shall have two creatures, or thepeopfe two represen-
tatice,N in the great legislative council of the nation?
And have we lived to hear this question treated so slightly,

.'ven by part of the independent press, that a differebee on

it, between those to whose hands the conunonweal is com-

witted, shall be deemed puerile? Flea British feeling so de-
generated that we submissively resign our best privileges and
safeguards, as an bereditaty possession to the Oligarchy ?
We cannot, we will not, trelieve it. We must suppose that in

the general confusion produced by the late moveittnts, men
have not yet analymed the principles involved in them, nor

perceived their tendency to a direct attack on the public
liberty. We have used the tettn Oligarchy not At isto-
cracy, and we have done so deliberately. Metaphysical
questions on political bodies are not in general to our taste,
and seldom calculated, we think, when forced on the pub-
lic, to auy other effect, than to unsettle tnen's minds on
an older of things, the utility of which they all feel,
and arc content to feel, without ming into the in-

terual machinery by which the system works. But
when, as its this instance, an effective member exists
in eur political body, un?tatehed by the rest, because
surnamed, and when ,this member has, or imagines that
it has, interests at variance with thole. of the rest, it
is necessary not only to designate it, but clearly to point
it out. For dangerous designs are. never so difficult
to be obviated as when the framers of them are unheeded.
We Arm, then, that the British Constitution is composed
of ,bur and not of three parts. The Democracy—in
the sole right of managing the affairs of the respective pa.-
_

wishes compose the kingdom, in levying poor rates,
&c. &c. by the means of vestries ;—in the right cf peti-
tioning—in chartered companies and eorporations—in the
inestimable right of -Trial by Jury, andin the election of
their representatives. In these representatives chosen on
account of their presumed wurth, of whatever sort, chosen
in fact on the principle
." tots aristou," we find the aris-
tocracy. This principle indeed is frequently and success-

. . .
fully assailed. But we find the assailants among the ranks
of those who compose the Oligarchy ; men whose rights
of legislation are inherited with their coronets, and who
compose as distinct a part in our political constitution as
the House of Commons, or Monarchy itself. These dk-
tinctions would have been unnecessary, if we had not
repeatedly observed that the Oligarchy separate their
interests from the rest of the community. In the
Last session they would fain have restrained the Mo-
narch in his choice of Ministers ; they opposed, and
successfully too, their own selfish interests (however mis-
conceived) to those of the people, in their. alteration of the
Corn Laws ; they appear to have made, the dismissal of the
liberal part of the Cabinet, the price of their support to
the Premier; and in this very week they have withheld
justice, conceded by the Commons, from seven millions- of
their fellow countrymen. These things they could not,
they dared not do, were it not for their corrupt influence,
(so strongly deprecated by the laws) in another place.—
We entreat our readers to pardon this long digression, on
account of the practical mischief resulting from a neglect of
the subject. To return then to the causes of the late dismis-
sals, there is one, we suspect, more immediately important
than that which involves a fair representation of the people. •
—We have heard and believe, that Mr. Huskisson having
enurpleted, after many years' diligent study and experience,
his colonial system approved in its bases by the immortal
Canning, and truly patriotic Lord Liverpool, laid it before
his Urrace the Duke of Wellington, who rejected it in
tutu. Now that the Noble Soldier, whose mind has been
absorbed in the conquest of the Peninsula and the
subjugation of mighty France, while Mr. Huekisson was
collecting, with slow and painful diligence, the complicated
knowledge necessary to form the system in question, should
presume a superiority of judgment ever the latter in this
intricate matter of commerce is, to us, inconceivable. His
Grace, under such circumstances, would not be wiser than

that Oovernthent which superseded Sir Arthur Wellesley
by Sir Harry Burrard, and Sir Harry by Sir Hew Dal-
rymple, and all within 24 hours; whin Sir Arthur alone
had gained knowledge of the country, confidence of the
army by a splendid victory, and the fearful consideration of
his foe. That measure, his Grace well knows, entailed
protracted war instead of speedy conquest. And so in the
present instance : Mr. Huskisson alone has the know-
ledge of the countries in question,—and their interests,
—the confidence of the Commons,—and the respect of
the Colonists, than whom a more obstinate race is
not to be found. And should the Duke persist in
superseding Mr. Iluskieson'ts system he will assuredly
entail on the colonies, and on this country, as far as it is
affected by them, protracted difficulties instead of speedy
prosperity. These considerations alone would convince us
that another cause of Mr. Huskisson's dismissal was a pre-
vious determinatisn to dismiss him ; ever had not his
Grace put the matter beyond doubt, by his obstinate and
uncourteous refusal to admit Mr. Huskisson's own inter-
pretation of his own note,--a note, by the bye, not in
unisin with Mr. Huskissou's usual discretion. Now we
do think that the causes of this change, as stated by us, arc
such as portend a deviation from the principles of the late
Administration, an Administration as effective abroad
and as popular at home as any that history records.
The resignations which followed as the first effects
of Mr, Huskisson's removal, must have been fore-
seen by the Duke of 'Wellington, if he be a (aim-
peteut Premier. Now talent is rare, political ex-
perience yet more rare, and consideration abroad as well
as confidence at home, those essentials of an eff,etive Ca-
binet, are rarer still. Yet has the Dube been prepared to
dismiss all those persons who most abounded in these qua-
lities: for we will venture to affirm, that excepting himself
and Mt. Peel, there is not one man in the Cabinet who
commands the respect (as a Statesman) of this or any other
country; and tile confidence of this country, we regret to
say, is rapidly deserting even his Grace and Mr. Peel.—
But how have these losses, inflicted on the country by his
Grace, been replaced ? Splendidly, we can honestly an-
swer : by the satellites of his military splendour,—bv men
unknown unless by deeds of arms,_inexperienced in
civil business,—and not of that tender age at which we
might have the ennsolation of expecting that they would,
at some future time, learn their business. Lord Aber-
deen, is an exception, for he has been duped at Vienna by
Metternich, and is likely to be duped by lam .again,—a
man titter to decypher an ancient coin, than unravel tl
e.
intricacies of modern diplomacy. Here then are three
of tried,
effects of bit Grace's
_firmness. We are depraved
valuable, and popular servants,—we must (at his Grace's
pleasure) employ inexperienced persons in their stead,_
and lastly, Britain has a military Government. As a
pleasing interlude, however, to the 'drama, we have Lord
Eldon and the ultra Tories, desipientes on the occasion, in
the London Tavern. We will now Conclude this unusually
long article with expressing our conviction that one good
effect will arise from his Grace's policy. The country
will be awakened to a true sense of the merits and views
of au ultra party, and will take measurei to throw off for
ever the yoke imposed by it.—Lichfield Mercury.

BALL AT BUTE Housi.—The spacious
mansion built by the celebrated Marquis of BUTE nearly a
century ago, with its magnificent fronts facing Park-lane,
was illuminated for a Ball and Supper, given on the tic.
casion of the recent marriage of Colonel Hun IIEI'S daugh-
ter. The four spacious saloons were thrown open at
eleven o'clock ; the two principal ones formed the Ball-
room, and COLLINET'S and 11.Iicu.kcn's unrivalled French
band attended. The dancing commenced at half-past
eleven, and did not conclude till half-past five o'clock, ex-
cept during the interval of the supper.
A few days ago, a Coroner's Inquest was held
upon the body of Miss ROBERTS, aged eighteen years, second
daughter of Mr. ROBERTS, of Newbold, near Chesterfield,
farmer. The deceased was found drowned in her father',
draw well ; she was discovered soon after she had throw,'
herself into the well, but life was extinct. The death ot
this young lady (who was much esteemed) has brought
great distress upon a respectable family, and excited strom
sensations of pity in that neighbourhood. A love affair i•
supposed to have been the occasion of this rash act. Ver-
diet--" Drowned herself during a Wilmer., ry tit of insanity.
.
.--Doncaater Gazette.

• pawls• or irrOCKS THIS
Rank Stock
3 per Cent. Rtmi RN 9,;
3 per Cent. Cons. shut
3% per Cent.
Ditto Red. ll5l
I per Cent New shut
Ditto, 1826
Bank L Ann. 19 9-16 11-16 3,4
India Stock ' shut
Dittoßonds • , 100 101 pm.

PRICES OF FORIIIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds, 5 percent 4-1
Brarilian Bonds , 63%
Buonos Ayres Bonds .1.5 4%
Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct.
Colombian Bonds
Ditto, 1824. 23%
Danish 3 per cent.
Greek Bonds
Ditto, !825
Guatunala
Mexican Bonds
Do. ]825. 11",

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

South
SSea Stock shut
01d...........
New Ditto ... shut.
Ex. Bills, £1,600 2d .62 63 pm.
Ditto 5OO 2d. 82 63 pm.
Ditto Small
Ditto Commercial ......... Pm.
Bank for Account
India for Account
Cone, for Ac.

'HIS DAY AT 014 IC O'CLOCK.
Neapolitan, D 324
Peruvian Bonds
Portuguese Bonds tit 1%, 2 114
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Ditto, New
Russian, New 915 i, 2
Spanish, 11t21
ItriM
• French Rentes, sp. c —1 —c.
--Exchange.... —f
-- 3 per cent....... 701 50c.
--Exchange...—. 25f. 25c.

?RICKS or SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
Brazilian Imp. MM. Co. Om at 51. pm.) £2O 85 86
Ditto National
British Itoh Mining Co
Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 2'2% hi
United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) :36 12
Protector Fire Insurance Co 2 .E 1 4 6
18 27
Australian Co.

PRICES OF IRISH STOCICS....,DUHLIN, JUNE Lie
Bank Stock
Console, 3 per cent....
Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 93% National Ditto 16,,,j,
Ditto, New 44% , Patriotic Ditto —
4 per Cent. 101% i Hibernian Bank
Gov. Deb. 3% per cent.... 94% Provincial Ditto —
Royal Canal Stock -- Royal Irish Mine
Grand Canal Stock .... ...... Imperial Mine
City Deb. 4 per cent , 84 Mining Co. of Ireland
Ballast Office Deb. 4v. et. Commercial Buildings —

Arrived. flue.
O America 0
O Brazil 0
O Buenos Ayres.
1 Dublin
O Flanders 0
0 France
O Gottenburgh 0
1 Guernsey & Jersey 0

Due.
O Hamburgh
0 Holland ......
O Jamaica ...........» 0
O Leeward Islands 0
O I
O Malta 0
O Mexico ....... 0
IWaterfonl..„ 0

NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To—MORKoW.
Morning...so minutes after 3.1 Evening 5 minutes after t.

p,

LONDON.
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1828.

It will be perceived that the Corn Bill is
likely to pass through the House of Lords,—
unless, to be sure, some of the Ex-Ministers
defeat it by a ruse, in imitation of the line taken
by those who went out last year. Many of its
opponents have the excuse of stupidity ! but that
does not apply to the Noble Earl who divided
the House.

Mr. It. Go RDON has obtained a Committee of

the House of Commons to examine into the
present state of Smithfield market, and the pro-
priety of removing such a disgusting nuisance
from the heart of the metropolis to some more
convenient part in the suburbs. To this very
proper motion there was no opposition, but
from the worthy representatives of the City,—
Alderman WAITH MAN going even so far as to
say that the uproar and offal of the market were
highly conducive to the health of the inhabitants,
merely because Mr. PA nsoNs, the Come-
dian, went there on market • days to cure
his asthma, and take a lesson in comedy
from the eccentricities of the mad bulls dancing
on all fours with the lost sheep ! Really we are
disposed to concede much to the vested interests
of the city, which are in safe keeping while Mr.
• Alderman WOOD has any interest in them,
but we do not see why the interests of the
public generally should be sacrificed to the cupi-
dity of any Corporation whatever. 'We sincerely
trust that ,Mr. GottimN will meet with all the
success which he so well deserves in his endea-
vours to promote the general comtbrt of the
people.

The French Papers of Thursday say that the
declaration of war by the PORTE, which was an-
nounced in all the mosques and market-places,
had been treated by the Turks with their cha-
racteristic indifference, and Constantinople re-
imined in perfect tranquillity. The utmost exer-
tion was, however, used by the Government to

infuse a spirit of enthusiasm into the people ;
and arms of every description were distributed
for a general arming. The Standard of the
Prophet had, however, not been displayed,
although such a powerful appeal to the devotion
of the Mussuimans is usual upon the declaration
of war.

According to accounts from Vienna, dated
June 2, the Emperor of RUSSIA was expected
at Bucharest ; and the passage of the Danube
was to have taken place on the 28th of May.

The Allgenzeine Zeitung of the 7th inst.
contains some accounts from Greece, touching

inent.

the situation of affairs there since the r►ews
of the Russian declaration of war had been
received. Motives and hopes are ascribed to
the Greeks by the Smyrna Editor, which seem
to be rather the dictates of splee►► than any
knowledge of tl►e fact. The Greeks are now
said to be ambitious, and to think of nothing '
but aggrandisement, because the Russians will so
far distract the attention of the Turks as to leave
the field of conquest open. The story of Com-
missioners . from the PoRTE, to treat with the
Greeks, is again revived ; and it is said that
these were actually in Thessaly on their way to
the Morea, in order to enter into arrangements
with the Greeks, which were expected to be
conclusive :

SMYRNA, APRIL 26,

Since the Russian declaration of war has been known in
Greece, nothing is thought of but war and invasion.' The
Treaty of London is now considered as no better than a
piece of waste paper: the ambition of the people being
aroused, demands something else. They seek for aggran-
disement and conquest; and even the most moderate
would probably sot be satisfied with the boundaries de-
scribed in the memorial of the late Government.
The corps of troops going to Attica is chiefly composed
of Rumeliots, of whom the President is very glad to de-
liver the Morea, which they completely lay waste. Nie
brother Viario is come to assist him in organising Greece :
it is said that he will attend exclusively to the judicial
department.
Fabvier, AA() had given in his resignation, and was
resolved to get it accepted, has not been able to resist the
visit which the President paid him at Methena, and goes
to ) Napoli with part of the regular corps, to secure to the
Government the
po3session of that imports t
n place ; the
remainder of his troops will occupy o-Ch.
The term of three months, fixed by the Porte for the
acceptance of the armistice, will commence on the day of
the arrival of the Deputies in the centre of the Moi-ea:—
' They are immediately to communicate with the principal
Greek Chiefs, and to endeavour, in regular conferences, to
get resolutions adopted, conformable to the bases laid down
by the Turkish Government.
The President, Cepa d'lstria, as soon as he was informed
of the mission entrusted to the Greek Archbishops, ix-
pressed himself in these terms—
\
"Let them c, me ; the ?minified supremacy (i. e. of the
Porte) ban nothing in it to alarm us, and we shall be ready

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to make sacrifices to obtain what may probably insure the
political and civil existence of Greece."
It is now known that the Deputies have arrived
iu
Thessaly, and are hastening their journey-, in order to
arrive as soon as possible-in the centre of the M•rea.
Their presence then will facilitate an arrangement, to
which it is probable that the Porte would readily accede,
provided it were the result of spontaneous negociatiOns
between itself and the Greeks.

ramcivßT, JUNE 7.

M. Alexander de Caotakuzene, Grand Woruiek of
Moldavia, and M. Nicholas de Ghika, arrived here yester-
day from Moldavia.

VIENNA, JUNE 9.—Metallique9, 90 13-115 ; Bank
Sharea, 1045.

Our City Correspondent informs us that the
expedition of the Refugees, .who went in the
Befitst steamer for Oporto, is likely to
be thwarted, and not only are all the par-
ties not agreed, but a considerable degree of
intrigue is likely to be resorted to by the par-
tizans of legitimacy to countervail the exertions
of the Oporto Constitutional Power. We hope
and trust the British Government will not allow
themselves to be mixed up by any interference on
the present state of Portugal. We have heard
the visit of PALMELLA to Portugal is of am
extraordinary character—but more on this anon.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY)•

CITY, TWELVE o' Czocr.

Consuls opened this morning at 88k, and .shortly after
went sellers at SS, with a heavy appearance ; this state of
things n9t suiting the Hebrews, one of the caste appeared as
a buyer, and having produced a alight improvement to SSi,
buyer*, the %vary bidder retired without possessing any of
the forbidden fruit ; we say forbidden, as we believe the ob-
ject was to puff but not to buy. The decline in Consols
which has been so long looked for is supposed to be near at
hand, as it is well known that Government are in posses-
sion of information of an unfavourable nature from Con-
stantinople ; this communication was made some days since
to the Cabinet, and it is understood to have caused a great
sensation among the leading members of Government ; as
these despatches came by express no public communication
has reached the papers, bnt it is expected the arrivals of
to-morrow from France will explain the cause of the fre-
quent Cabinet Councils, as well as the despatches of Lords
Cowley and Granville, which the Court Newsman did not

think fit to notice. The New Four per Cents. are now
101 ; now if the price of Consols improve, the chances are
against this security, as Government would avail themselves
of the power and opportunity of paying off the Four per
Cents., and should Consols fall, then the wary and sagacious
buyer of New Four per Cents. might find himself minus
two or three per Cent. by the fall of his favourite invest-
ment; however, the public judge for themselves, and must
act accordingly. India Bonds have improved to 100 101
pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 60 1 pm.
In the Foreign Funds, Monday being settling day and the
Jobbers being Bulls, on all kinds of stuck a fall may be ex-
pected, from the difficulty of carrying over their accounts;
in many instances to-day money has been employed for a
short period at the rate of 10 and 12 per cent. ; the follow-

ing are the present prices.
In Shares little else is doing but making up for the settle-

Three per Cent. Consols, shut ; Three per Cent Re-
duced 87; ; Ditto for Account, 88k1 ; India Bonds,
100 101 pin. ; Exchequer Bills, 61 62 pm.
Fortztct.t.—Brazilian, 634 ; Buenos Ayres, 44 5 ;
Chilian, 26 '7; Colombian, 2:31 a ; Danish, 601 1 ; Greek,
17 ; 'Alexi= Five per Cent., 26i 71 ; Six per Cent.,
37-1 ; Peruvian, 25 6 ; Portuguese, 614 21 ; Russian,
911 2; Spanish, 101 11.
MisEs.—Anglo Mexican, 671 5 dis. ; Brazilian. 59
61 pm. ; National ditto, 24 3 pin.; Colombian, '7 6 dis. ;
Real del Monte, 60 40 din. ; United Mexican, 24 3 dis. ;
General Mining Aiosociation, 10 put.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols are without the slightest variation, and the price
continues BSH for account.
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols for Account, 88
It is stated that the Austrian Funds are lower, iu con-
sequence of news from CoNstantinople, which is of a
warlike tendenel: ; it is also added, the standard of Maho-
met has been unfurled on Saint Sophia.

FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols Danish
Do. for Ac. 88 Greek, 1825 171
Brazilian Bonds 63 Mexican, 1825 37i
Buenos Ayres 44,1 I Peruvian
Chiiian Do. I Russian 92
Columbian, 1824 233 i Spanish, 1821

The Duke of CUMBERLAND visited his
MAJEsTr yesterday at his Palace iu St. James's. Co'int
MussTER, the Hanoverian Minister, and' Lord FARN.
nonouci4 had audiences of the KING.

The Duchess of CLARENCE, We arc happy to
state, is neatly recovered from the effects of her late indis-
position. The Royal Duchess, accompanied by the Duchess
of S.Axt MEININdEN, took an airing yesterday afternoon

an open barouche.
The Earl of WESTMORELAND gave a grand

dinner on Thursday to the Duke of CUMBERLAND, at his
residence ill Grosvenor-square. The Duke of WZIAING-
Iog, the Earl of EmioN, and a select party of the nobility,
were present to meet the Royal Duke.
Mr. Secretary PEEL and Mr. AltBUTIINol:
visited the Duke of \VELLINOTON yesterday at the Treasury.

Mr. HusKiSSON has removed from the house
in Downing-street, attacked to the office of the Secretary
of State for Colonial Affairs, to Richmond Terrace. Sir
GEORGE :MURRAY succeeds Mr. HUSLISSON in the occu-
patien of the house.
PRINCE GEORGE OF CUMBERLAND.—On
the Thursday in the late Ascot Meeting, he took a walk
on the course, with Mr. TOWNSEND, from Bow-street.—
During his peregrination, he saw a remarkable fine little
girl, with whose prepossessing appearance he was much
struck, and going up to her, he touched her chin with his
hand, and observed, " Oh, what a very pretty Miss you
are."—But this precocity of admiration for the fair sex is
by no means a novelty in the members of the gallant
house of Brunswick.--The- Prince wished much to see
some tumblers : " I should like to see them tumble (said
his Highness ;) I've seen Punch and Judy, and • they V
theite
pleased me ; but now I want to see the tumblers--
tumblers !"—The young Prince stole away on several ram-
bles ; and one day he was nearly forgotten, and was taken
off the course by a gentleman in his pony-chaise.
Chronicle. —Berks.

ARRIVALS IN LONDON.
Colonel and the Hon. Mri. Warneford and Lading, at
Nerot'; Hotels, Clifford and Cork-streets ; Sir Frederick
\Vasson and Lady Watson, at ditto; Lady Chetwynd and
Mist Chetwvnd, at ditto ; Admiral Sir Graham Moore
and Lady Mame, at ditto; Charles Shirley, Esq. and
lady, at ditto ; Captain Porter, Captain Curtis, and J.
Long, Esq. at ditto; William Mules, Esq. Lady Pilking-
ton, and Miss Pilkington, at the Berner's Hotel, Cerners-
street, from Brighton ; Edward Eustace
Hill,
Lady Gent glana Hill, at ditto, from Ernber.Court, Surrey;
Thomas Jesson, Esq. Mrs. Jesson, and the Misses JCSSOII,
at diun, from their seat, Hill Park, Seven Oaks.
DEPARTURES. EN • and
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, for Sion
' House ; Mr. and Lady Jane Laurence Peel, from their
house in Park-street, for Tunbridge Wells ; Major Pringle
and Mrs. Pringle, front Berner's Hotels, for the Conti-
nent ; Mrs.. and the Misses Chalmers, front ditto for ditto;
Sir George Crewe, Bart. from ditto, for his seat, Calke
Abbey, Derbyshire ; Charles Crewe, Esq. from ditto, for
Shooter's Hill ;
Colonel Leigh, M. P. and Mrs. Leigh,
from Symmons's Hotel
~r the Continent • (late Jordan's) St. James's-street,
f , Charles BroWnlow, Esq. M. P. from
the Clarendon lintel, Bond-street, for his seat in Ireland ;
Colonel Jackson, from the Royal Hotel, St. JarneWs-street,
for Notts; Robert Swann, Esq. from ditto, for York.