The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-28 00:00:00

this, because we are convinced.that Their ruin is'
synonimons with the welfare „of the country. It has
not escaped remark, that the conduct of Mr. Se-
crew)," Peel, as Leader of the House of Com-
mons, has been less fitrn and uncompromising
on several important occasions than the public
good and the dignity oflthe Government required;
that he has not, in fact, defended the right cause
always with so much vigour and energy as his
friends and the friends of the country expected of
him, and were entitled to expect from his known
principles and talents. . The explanation of this
apparent failure is no longer difficult. The Right
Hon. Gentleman hasbeen in the arduous and painful
situation of havingeolleagues in the Ministry at once
adverse and disingenuous, and of having to deal with
a House of Commons in which the Ministerial mea-
sures were to be conducted by him, and in which at
the same time those adverse and disingenuous col-

leagues pOssesSed a powerful separate interest...—
That he has not been entirely triumphant in a situa-
tion of so much difficulty, is no reproach. We be-
lieve it to be impossible .for any man to b. triumphant
in such a situation ; and we know that Mr. Peel is
the only Ministerial Leader in the House of Com-
mons who was ever placed in such a situation. We
ought rather perhaps to feel grhteftil to • Mr. Peel,
that things are not worse than they are; than to re-
proach him because they are not better. The Right
. Honourable Gentleman, as well' as the country in
unison with which he feels and. thinks, have how-
ever happier days and less embarrassing situations in
prospect. The adverse and disiugenuous colleagues
who have enfeebled and perplexed him, are already
divested of .all official influence.; and the country is
prepared to. create a. House of Commons, if it
should be necessary, in which they will most cer-
tainly enjoy no influence whatever.—Morning Post.

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All the arrangements rendered, necessary by .the
late changes in the Ministry :are. not yet completed,
and it is apprehended that fresh alterations-may take
place, which were not ,conteynplated when the re-
signation of Mr. Huskisson and -Lord Palmerston
were accepted. The state of Mr. Charles Grant's
health, which has,alarined his
,friends ,for a consi-
derable period,-is said to have made him anxious to
retire from the 'cares. and- labours .of office: In op-
position also to every wish of the country it is more
than rumoured that, althongh blaming Mr: HuSkis.
son's
.precipitancy (to use, the. tnildest term) which
alone has produced the preseirt.difficulties of the
Administration, • Eall .Dudley has, had serious
thoughts, as a
:matter •of personal obligation, to
follow his late colleagues in their retiiement,... His
Lordship, hoWever, yet discharges. big_ duties at the
Foreign Office, and we still hope that, for the inter-
ests of the State, as well as the unimpaired_existence
of our ascendancy abroad, the Noble-Earl will. recon-
sider his determination, (if, it •be already taken)
and •not deprive the nation of ! his _services
at a period when his presence is. our .Councils
is the best pledge we can, give to otir -Allies of, our
faithful adherence to our policy and our treaties.
Among other secessions now anticipated (though we
hope the anticipations will not be realised) those
of Mr. W. Lamb and Lard Howard de Walden
have been mentioned. The former,. though his re-
signation would not create nay, change in the Lord
Lieuteuancy of. Ireland,,would be regretted, we be-
lieve, by the Irish of all patties and religions. The
latter'has displayed too much attention, talent, and,
suavity of manners, in the .discharge of his duties,
not to be a loss to the public, if he gave up the
Under Secretaryship of the Foreign Office.. The
only decisive. steps understood to have.been taken
hitherto, have-been to fill up the two Vacant situa-
tions.. Mr. Husicisson is ,to be replaced,-it is con-
fidently asserted; by Sir. George
,Murray, and Lord
Palmerston by Sir Henry ilardinge. The former,
though little known as a, statesman; is said to be
a man of, capacity and principle ; the latter has
long , been a favourite with the army and will
make- its members forget the cavalier manlier in
which they were treated by his predecessor, We
do not find in any quartera sense of alarm expressed
at the'retirement of Mr. Huskisson. Our contem-
poraries, of all shades and political opinions, speak
but one langtiage on'the subject. .The country has
had too much experience of late of the consequences
of disunion in its Cabinets, not to shedder at the
re-appearance of the plague, spot. It. could not but
feel acutely the inconvenience (to say the least of it)
of the moment chosen for ,t be display of renewed
dissension in' the British Councils. But,the fear-,
less and unhesitating-manner in which the, returning
enemy was met and defeated by the head of the Ad-
ministration, has inspired fresh confidence in the
genius and.competency. of that illustrious individual
to deal with every contingency, and has dissi-
pated the •uneasiness which would otherwise
have prevailed. The necessity of steadiness
and decision; at a moment when every Ca-
binet in, Europe 'is on the move, and when
all eyes ate fixed upon the Government of this coun-
try, to knoW the position which it means to take
up, is admitted on all sides. Disunion, at all times
the token of inherent. weakness, breaking out at a.
period when, the mere suspicion of it would tend to
unsettle our relations with all the States of Europe,
could not but throw tenfold embarrassments in our
course. As a trial of the firmness and.promptitude
of the Duke of Wellington, it is impossible not to
rejoice at the opportunity given, and at the manner
in which his Grace has used it, to turn a weakness
into a source of strength, and to place still more pro-
minently before the, world,, at this critical period,
qualities at all times so congenial to British policy,
and at this moment so essential to the national wel-
fare..---New. Times.

It will-be remembered that. a whale was cast
on shore some time ago near Ostend. M. KEssnrs has
since taken it to Ghent, .where lie has constructed an
elegant pavilion for its reception. This pavilion, fitted
up in the most tasteful style, was opened last week, when
a numerous company, including the first personages in the
neighbourhood, visited the sea monster, It is of an im-
mense, size, and the whole scene has an extraordinary ap-
pearance. " To add to the entertainment of his friendi, M.
j<ssELs has actually given Concerts. in the interior of
this animal, for which twenty-four eminent musicians
are engaged.' fie has been much complimented on his
taste and
.the goOd arrangement of this affair, and it is ex-
pected that he will slim tly exhibit his phenomenon in Paris,
—Paris Paper of Saturday.
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Tivoughotit the whole continent of America,
Spain does not retain one single' inch pf ground ; her
troops, after a gallant resistance, have bein driven from
their last strong holds, both on the eastern and western
coasts (St. Juan d'Ulloa and Callao), and her flag is pros-
cribed on those shores, where for three hundred years it
prayed witb!:,int a rival. This mighty change has been
slowly, but Progresii.Fply accomplished. It is. not :the
work of intrigue or factton; liut 'the 0411fai eWeet of 4
change, as mighty, in the minds of men. To recede is
now impossible; not because the .tepublics of the
,New
World have discovered that standard for regulating politi-
-4! opinions which has been sought in vain in the Ohl;
but ISeCausk,, teliai.-e,'rer !differences may prevail as to form,
the consilntnine4 of a political 9cisi.e—Fice,rd a sense of the
advantages or an Unrestrained intercourhe tireign na-
tions, when once acquired, can' never again be lost:
!fight rather indeed he a matter of surprise, that with such
ibti*.;.c.wenia before them,' and so great a superiority of
numerical atik.ngt4, tin: foionie% should not have [nought
the contest to an earlier teiltriination,'"didiot their positio,
•with regard to the mother country, 'and to each othei,
:ufficiently explain the causes of the delay. Scattered
a vast continent, separated ,by impenetrable wilder-
nesses, os. 4 .4a;pl of. wountains atilt more, impassable,
'and kept pnrposelY,.under to °id ay46n, in v, state of ig-
norance with reskeclto each other, the new ,titates.i?o!!-
,':ed their contest' for'freeddin without the advantage of
•
any pre v o OT- *concert'. Itven''at 'the'pt!esent
itay the'natives of Mexico and-Vhifi,-,—of Buenos Ayres and
I.4o4—know as 'litt)e of 'eaCh other tia ptia
Re4S,t, and the Lapland boot and in niost cases Ei?glaoq
would present tiAe, oplv medium of communication hetwee?
new State
them. the comdiencernera, of the Revolution, their
ew: tla'irseTal if:Pe ra7t, heitnt a:vertaa
generally
t itl.l,ll)a;i9 sreai ner,
With each other's
icie;odif.iottninietftbht 11444)PCil
resources and means of defence they certainly 1)114 116 qP*
quaintang. Bach, therefore, individually 'pursued its
' of
tiect unconnected pith the rest, and each era obliged
to,cope • singly with whatever force Spain could bring to
bear against it,— Ward's mf.,rico.