The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-24 00:00:00

MR. CANNIN G.

Mr.. Canning was.always open to correctien,
and received any suggestions for the improve-
ment-of his speeches in the most courteous man-
ner. Of this disposition we will give an instance.
In one of the speeches which he delivered (hiring
theelection in 1818, he combated the doctrine
of universal suffrage, and contended that " an
unlimited extension of the right of suffrage
would dissipate and exhaust its virtue;" illustrat-
ing the idea by the old simile of the circle caused
by the stone cast into the water. Unfortnnatelv,
however, the orator had used the word stream,
instead of water, and the sentence read thus :
" As the circle that spreads from the stone cast
into the stream extends itself till it embraces
the whole surface of the pool, and is lost in its
own diffusion." The word stream caught the
eye of the late Mr. James Williarason, who was
somewhat of an eccentric character, and who
broke out into a criticism on the phrase.—
" Stream, sir !—nonsense, sir. Bow can a
stone make a circle in a stream, sir ? A stream
runs, sir ; and how can you make a circle by
throwing a stone into running water, sir ?" This
hypercriticism was mentioned to. Mr. Canning,
who admitted that the word water would be more
'appropriate than stream, and it was altered ac-
Tordingly, The Right Honourable Gentleman
inquired, everyi day pig ti',e;conlinuance of the
election, after the ()Wale, as he gOod-lininoredly
called him, and asked whether he had, suggested
any more alterations in his speeches.
Mr. Canning had a very high opinion -of the
talents of the gentlemen who report the proceed-
ings of Parlianient for the metropolitan journals.
Itt coseausaion on the tobject of reporting, he
remarked, that the reporters must he classical
scholars, " for,"said he, " I have frequently
observed, that classical quotations Which had
been imperfectly or incorrectly made in the hurry
of speaking, are generally correctly given by the
reporters in the newspapers." He , was then
asked, which of the London journals bethought
gave the best reports of the parliamentary de-
bates. "I am sorry to say," replied the Right
-Honourable Gentleman, " the Times." This
conversation took place in 1820, when the Times-
was opposed.to the administration of the day, and
particularly. to Mr. Canning,who.waS a leading
member of the Cabinet:

The pieceding anecdotes of Mr. Ca'nning are
stated from our own. personal knowledge. The
anecdote which we are about to mention we
heard related since his death. It will be in ithe
recollection of all our readers, that Mi. Canning
was, in 1822; appointed to fill the 'important.
station of Governor-General of India'; and that
he visited Liverpool, in August, in tinit year, for
the purpose of taking leave of his friends and
constituents. He resided, during his visit, at Ser.:-
forth-house, the seat of John Gladstone, Esq. near
Crosby. On Friday, the 30th of Aug., a grand
farewell dinner was given to the Right Hon.
Gentleman in the Lyceum News-room. On the
Morning of that day, Mr. Canning received a
letter from his old and tried friend, the Earl of
Liverpool, offering to:him, On his own 'terms, the
office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
which had become vacant by the'sudaen death
of the late Marquis of Londonderry. Gratifying
as this unconditional tender of office was to his
feelings, the circumstance of its reaching him just
on the eve of the farewell dinner caused no little
embarrassment to the Right Hon. Gentleman.
In this delicate situation he confided the secret
.Of the letter tb afi Iton. Gentleman
.who had
joined him at Seaforth-house, and.who had long
enjoyed a large share of his confidence. They
walked down together to the sea-side, oil the sands
of which they discussedthe propriety of keeping
the secret of the actual tender of office at home,
in order that the farewell dinner, appointed to
take place in the evening, might not lose its in-
terest from the disclosure. The secret was kept,
the dinner went off with eclat, and Mr. Canning
delivered on this occasion one of his most brit-
' liant orations. His valedictory address wasbeau..
tiful as well as affecting; and the bulk of the
company, when Mr. Canning departeder,,ti
ywell, that
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fromh his
s facethe
no more.
thought w
oy,ghttehatretchoileesthoueled ‘
when he came to the part of p h;:s speech in which
he alluded to the hope which the chairman had
expressed, of yet seeing tils great talents employed
in the service of ins country at home, Mr.
Canning seemetil to speak with unusual hesita-
tion. A breathless silence reigned throughout
tehare
‘rvoaosm:ri atnhde,
aatiertthetov
ecryatcmhoustoeinnte why
the
cehn disclosureo:opgmehste
somewhat
ehfosapnttheoacelbt2 minrable isterial
ttslecteroamintaialenliglua,drdtirhinitgp:eph,m,oe
etensai:,
the
ruptly,
his honour, he had nothing to tell !" This
anecdote, whilst it accounts for the embarrass-
ment observable in Mr. Canning's tone and man-
ner when reluctantly compelled to allude tb what
he styled the chairman's « most unexpected,
although amicable provocation," shows how in-
correct were the inferences which the politicians
of:the, day drew from passages in that celebrated
speech.—Liverpool Albion.

MARCH OF MIND.—GA LAWS;.--The
following is a literal copy of a discharge given b a person
of distinction, and of immense landed property, in W--ton,
in the North-Riding of the county of York
(rake Notise) I Do herby give you Notise Discharg
iron ither hunting or Shouting upon aney of my lands
Grounds and heredetoments in W--ton in Aly Ocupation
And If Cons after this Notise an Action of Law will be
Brought against you For so Dowing I sisal Dein you a
Wilful Trisspisser and Deal with you Accoylinary Givea
tinder my Hand this 17th jenuarv, 1827.
Witness Muck Noble

into one family such an
lIIS FANIII.Y...
is that of NONVDEN DUNHILL ,t 1),
SNOWDEN DUNHILL AND
such as might attach to the character
It is but rare in the history of crime to find eases parallel
ty.as found
with the following, condensing
March Assizes, in the year ism,
aggregate of guilt, and weight of judicial infliction. The
family to which we allude,
daring depredations of whose gang, invested their chief with
a mysterious fame,
n thea ITEast Riding, on the 25th 0,?-:.
him. lltlidr.inßg.AßNAito CLARI:-
This man was
of the Rog ROY of the aosft
stio:rexd,roaabttbiltmilg:
Holm',
rignkra
guilty, and sentenced to se-yen
tober preceding,
Years' transportation. There were four other bills
Having gone through the term of
I course, and about three years ago, was
him, he returned to this country, re--
teneed to transportation, and is now, if laving,
oeno punishment foundmce
nmore
e onargceeadi
sentenced
1 e shntis awarded
oli
ootany Bay,
at In July last GEORGE DUNHILL, a hand-
,,,,ne young than, a son of the above, was executed at
flobart Town,
Van Diemen's Land. He was transported
from Beverley Sessions about eight or nine years ago, with
his mother, and his sister RosA was convicted and sentenced
to six months' imprisonment in York Castle. 'At the last
Leeds Borough Sessions she was found guilty of larceny,
and sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Wakefield.
House of Correction. Her two husbands, W. .11(DowEtt.,
of Pontefract, and G. CoNNER, of Leeds, Were tran,porled.
SARAN (whose trial and sentence of transportation is recorded
above) was imprisoned in York county prison, several years
ago for 12 months, and was again tried at Beverley, last year.
Her three husbands, viz. J. SrasitoPE, alias ' One armed
JEM,' W. RHODES, and J. CRosst,aNn, of Hull, were
:
each transported. WILLIAM, also a son of Slcownrsc
Dust-111.1:s, was transported for 14 years, from York,
about 10 years ago, and died immediately on his arrival at
Sydney Cove,'New South Wales. ROBERT TAY LOR, a
son of Mrs. DuNuftes to a former husband, was al!,0
transporte(l.—Hull Packet.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Moniteur of Monday, Jan. 21.)

" TRIESTE, JAN. s.—The Osscrvatore Triestino
of this date contains the following article :
The imperial corvette Caroline, commanded by
Major I3ondiera, arrived in our port on the 30th of
December. It left Smyrna on the 19th of December,
and the Mosconissi Islands, in the Gulf of Adramitty,
on the 12th of December. From this port it
escorted 62 merchantmen of different nations, chiefly
Austrian. Of 26 vessels which were bound for
this port, only ten have arrived ; the sixteen others,
under the convoy of the Austrian brig Ussaro,
having been detained by contrary winds and by
calms near Corfu, have arrived on the coast of
Dalmatia. These vessels have brought melancholy
accounts of the losses which the merchants and
insurance companies have suffered, adding that the
Austrian brigantine, the Smyrna Packet, Captain
Carlo Sanzin, which sailed from this port on the
f.34th of September, with a rich cargo from Mar-
seilles, was captured by a Greek pirate off Cape
Passero, in Sicily, and carried into Carabusa, where
its cargo and part of its tackling were taken out. It
arrived in this condition at Milo, where there were
30 merchantmen of different nations, which had
taken refuge in that port, after having been all of
them plundered in the same manner. The brigan-
tine Leon Princess of Metternich, Captain Cyriac
isstolphi, bound from Odessa to this port, was taken
by A pirate, and carried into Santo Georgio di
Shera, where all the corn which made part of its
cargo wss taken out. The same fate was reserved
for the Austrian brigantine Gustavus Adolphus, Cap-
tain Tarabuchia, and the Austrian corvette Lucretia,
Captain Salam, bound from Constantinople to
Smyrna, with rich cargoes.
" The Austrian brig Si/orzio, Captain Scopinich,
with a rich cargo from Tunis to Smyrna, was at-
'acked and plundered by pirates on the voyage."
" The Osserratore contains also the two following

YRICESOF STOCKS THIS
Bank Stoe%
:3 per Cent. Red 561494
3 per Cent.'Cont. 45,,W4 y 2
:31; per Cent. 9:33,
Ditto Bed 931tiNi
4 per Cent. New lOO%
Ditto, 18,20 102 % %
Bank L. Ann. 1,1 9-16 !4
iiidie Stock
Ditto Bonds — —pm.

PEICEs OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds, 5 percent.
Brazilian Bondq
lituenos Ayres Bonds 60Ti
Chiliaa Ronda 6 per ct.
Colombian Bonds .
Ditto, 1824
Danith, 3 per cent.
Greek Bonds
Ditto, 1523
Guatemala
Mexican Bonds.
Do. 182.5.. ........... .....45 4 5!4

PRICF:S DE SHARES THis

Brazilian Mining Co. (lss. at 5/.
Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51.
General Mining Association
Mexican Mining Co.
United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21.

PRICES OF IRISH STOC
Bank Stock io?1£1-4
Consols, 3 percent.
Gov. Stock, 3% per cen t 9‘2%
Ditto, New
per Cent. 10134
Gov. Deb. 334 per cent. J 4
loyal C 41114 Stock
Grand Canal Stock
City Deb. 4 per -
liallatt Office Deb. 4 v. ct.