The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

An effort, it appears, is making by some of
the country bankers (not many, we believe,—
the more respectable flinch as yet, from shame),
to induce a suspension of the Act which obliges

us to return to a wholesome state of currency, by
the recall of the small notes. •It does not speak
much for the credit of the banks stationed in the
counties in which petitions to this erect are
manufactured : and, however members may be
obliged to present such petitions, few, we be-
lieve, except they be country bankers in the
House, will be persuaded to advocate their
prayer. The petition from Cheltenham is im-
posed on Lord R. E. H. Somerset. His Lord-
ship with so many names would make an
awkward partner in the bank. If he were re-
quired to place his signature at full length upon
every one pound note, he could hardly afford
the labour for the money. And this petition
says that the extinction of small notes " will be
pregnant with evils of an alarming nature."—
Their circulation has occasioned no evils—" no
ponfis we suppose ! The breaking of country
banks with masses of small notes in circulation,
has distressed no families !—families even of the
humblest condition ; changing poverty itself into
beggary, and depressing penury into absolute
want ! We cannot view with any degree of
patience these most mischievous attempts to
prevent the country from returning to that state
ill which it was before the late glorious but
grinding war.— Times.
Mr. Huskisson did not occupy his usual seat
last night beside Mr. Peel, but one on the
very extremity of the Treasury bench, next the
Speaker. It was currently reported yesterday
that Mr. Huskisson, Mr. 'Charles Grant, and
Lord Palmerston, had resigned. Lord Palmer-
ton, we understand, denies the truth of the
report, as far as relates to himself. But, we be-
lieve, we can take it upon us to say that Mr.
Huskivon has tendered his resignation. We
know nothing beyond this, so that it is possible
his resignation may not be accepted. It is pos-
sible that Mr. Charles Grant will regulate him-
self by Mr. Hustsisseon ; but we are not aware that
he has yet taken anydeCided step. The osten-
sible cause of Mr. Huskieson's resignation is the
vote with Lord Palmerston, in that ugly affair of
East Retford. It has been objected, we know,
to the conduct of Mr. Huskisson, on this
occasion that the measure had been agitated
in the Cabinet—that in weighing the reasons
-for and against any step, it might be very- pro-
per to consider how far the loesot character could
'ie compensated for by any advantage derivable
from it ; but that the Cabinet having deter-
mined, by somajority, to incur the odium of
pushing a disreputable measure, it was not for
separate Members of the Cabinet, whatever their
prrate opinions, to refuse to incur their lair
There of odium. It h- s Seen said further, that
as the condition on which alone men can carry
on the Government of this country is suliser-
viency to the interests of the Aristocracy, the
transfer of the franchises of East Retford to the
freeholders of the Hundred is not a voluntary
.aletermination, but one of necessity; and as
.tinisters are not the servants of the public, but
rhe 'servants of the Aristocracy, to receive the
emoluments of office, without being ready to
stsTord, in return, the due share of moral prostis
sution, is honesty out, of season. It is as if one
a.lioniel mess with a troop of brigands, and go
to prayers during the struggle for the booty.—
Mr. finskiseson has, we believe, sacrificed al-
ready too much for the sake of holding his pre-
sent situation in the Cabinet. That he was ai,u-
,cerely desirous of being in a situation to benefit
Ilia country we firmly believe. We will say fur-
ther, that we conceive his resignation at this time
esill be seriously feltby the nation ; for Uwe are not
misinformed, he bar= matured a plan for relieving
I,he country from the burden caused by vile
Coloniec, by making them bear their own
charges; a change not merely important as it
regards ourselves, but as it regards the Colonies,
which are injured by the very PXpence which
we complain, that expellee being mowed in ih7s
holding a system of gbyernment hostile to the
interest:. of the Colonists, and which can only
he continued by coercion. Mr. Huskisson now
cos the blunder he committed in placing him-
self an a situation from which his reputation
might aiffer, that reputation being, '-,t course,
what cooly alone make it desirable for 4n All-
ministration to possess him, either to strengthen
themselvies by it, or to weaken their opponents
by its loss. It is of great importance to a public
man to ascertain, before he takes office, whether
the motive for possessing him may not be a wish
to damage him ; and the beat key he can have
ibr penetrating the secret thoughts of those who
make overtures to him, is the .cansideration
whether tee views from which he derives his i.e..'
l'lotation would give strength or weakness to
,heesi. If the principles of such a Minister are
in disfayesir with the party who support the Mi-
his serances, ?she merest infatua-
nistry who soh',"lt
tion alone could hi:oY..him Soli Nritia the idea that
his accession is wished C7ith any pthg74,ew than
the malicious one of damagii his
Morning- Chronicle.
Mr. Peel moved, last night, for leave to bring
in a Bill for the Improvement of County Courts,
by enlarging the amount to be recovered in them
from 2/. to 101., and giving power to attach the
goods of the debtor, not only in the county
'where the cause is tried, but in any part of Eng-o
;land. No personal arrest is to be allowed. Ma-
,gistrates are to be empowered by it to divide
large counties into districts, and the times when
Courts are periodically to be held are fixed in it.
Mr. Peel, after observing that persons to whom
debts of a certain amount were doe, frequentlyi
thought it much
better to abandon the debt
.a atten-
ntion had frequently been roaclteos:
ecessarypetite' than go through the expensive
p
for its recovery, added,
that ills
called to the suts•
but 'great difficulty occurredW in
at a s devising
re._
medy: Great difficulty ! hon
at a Ministerh that
the Parliament of England,
should state seriously in his plat's' . that there was
great difficulty in devising a remedy of -n:' simple,
a nature, as the opening Local Courts col' Jie
people. How many modifications of our Corn
Laws have we had since the first introduction of
them,---how many inquiries, how many long dis-
cussions? But when any thing is to be done
,fos
the benefit of the people, there is always a lion in
the path—the difficulty is insurmountalle. The
people of Denmark celebrate jubilees on account of
ths liberty they] lave enjoyed since the establishment
of unlimited power ; and in a discourse delivered
on the occasion of the Jubilee celebrated the
16th of October, 1760, by M. Mallet, the his-
torian, the speaker remarks that pains had been
taken at different times to reform the laws. " On
these occasions (he says) pains were taken to
collect in each province the ideas of the most en-
lightened persons, civil and ecclesiastical. To
digest, arrange, and abridge this vast Collection,
the King has established Commissioners chosen

• .- -
from among the most learned and upright juris-
consults. A Minister of State presides over
their labours. When this operation took place
in a General Diet, the effect was not so certain,
nor the conclusion so easy. History even in-
forms us that the most necessary changes ;tyre
always those which experienced the greatest ob-
stacks." So it is with us—the most necessary
changes are always those which experience the
greatest obstacles. Only think of a set of men
• having the presumption to call themselves Re-
presentatives of the people, who have left the
people up to this moment, without access to
legal redress. We trust in God that no objec-
tion will be made to compensation for vested
terests ; for any pretext will be laid hold of to
defeat this measure. It is not every day that
public men are in the humour to think of the
people ; let us strike while the iron is hot. It is
a miserable affair after all ; but in a country like
this, where the interests of the great alone are at-
tended to, it is something that a step towards
amelioration should be taken.—Aid.
It is not our intention to ask, for the rumours
respecting the Ministry which were very generally
in circulation yesterday, a greater degree of
credit than fairly attaches to them. Nothing, we
may be assured, has been yet definitively fixed
either of resignation or acceptance, nor, from the
approaching holidays, which seem always most
fortunately to occur at the right time in these
cases, is it likely that any thing will be fixed for
some time. Meanwhile we are told that Mr.
Huskisson and Lord Palmerston positively go
out of office ; Mr. Charles Grant's resignation
is announced in somewhat less express terms,
and Earl Dudley's is talked of. It has been
added—but to this rumour we attach no credit
—that Mr. Peel has also offered to quit the
Cabinet, and that overtures have been made to•
Earl Grey to join it. The grounds of Mr.
Huskisson s resignation are stated variously.
The difference of opinion between him and Mr.
Peel on the subject of East Retford is given as
one. It probably may be true, but we suspect
the cause to lie deeper. The difference alluded
to is but one of the effects of the differing politics
of the two Right Hon. Gentlemen. It cannot
have escaped the observation of the most careless,
that Mr. Huskisson stands in the Cabinet
between the country and the overthrow of cer-
tain measures, with the maintenance of which
his political existence is identified. In these
circumstances, Mr. Huskisson, with all his abi-
4ties (which we by no means wish to deny,) or'
rather because of his abilities, is, in the present
Cabinet, art element of weakness, not of strength.
When the country so willingly, so cordially, so
universally, gave up itself to the guidance of the
Duke of Wellington, it did so because it was
wearied of change—for change is ever seem..
panied with evil—and of disputes, where nothing
but harmony of purpose ought to be known.
Had the reformation of the Cabinet been
then completed, what is now going on would
not have happened. We hope we have now
Olnessed the last attempt to form a Ministry
out of iketi2rogeneous materials, and that hence-
forth the person entrusted with his Majesty's
commands will select for coadjutors persons of
such sentiments as may impel them to give him
steady and efficient support.—New Tines.

THE RESIGNATION OF MR, Huw.isso:,:r
As.sip LORD PALM ERSToN.—The following
communea,tion we received last night, from a
Correspondent 41 the West-end of the Town:—
" There appears to be no tioittit but that there
has been a schism in the Administration, and
that two of the Ministers,—viz. Mr, Huskisson
And Lord Palmerston, are out of office. Th 6!
iruhisFsition mentioned in the apology sent by
Mr. liusicisswi to the Lord Mayor, on Wed-
nesday, for his non-appp4ance at the civic dinner,
was doubtless political, for WF, “„ believe,
was in perfect health, and walking is St. Jarn?-;s3
park at the time the other Ministers were start-
ing for the llansion-house. Lord Goderich, it
is understood, sa.ecgeds Mr. Huskisson, and
Lord Farnborough L.o,rd P4rnersto9. Lord F.,
it is even said, received his appointment pa Wed-
nesday from the King, at an intervsew which his
Lor,,,iship had of his Majesty. The unexpected
resignation ,oc Mr. Huskisson and Lord Palmer-
sum caused au 44:aordinary meeting of Mini-
sters at midnight, on :;tiednes4ay night, at Mr.
Peel's private residence in Privy (ia()ePS', where
the Duke of Wellington, f.; ords Ab,erdcen and
Bathurst, Messrs. Peel and Goulburn assembled,
after ;Baying the Mansion •house, and did not
separate till between two and three o'clock in
the morning.",.---"linpling Jierald.
(FRom ANoTnEn CoattspotaprNyr.)—
~ Last night, rumours of resignations amongst
the Ministers were very prevalent about both
Houses of Parliament. The Lords :at for only
a few minutes; and in the Commons, an
ira-
portant motion on the subject of the Scotch
Paper Currency, to have been brought forward
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was post-
poned, even without ME. Secretary Peel having
known any thing about such postponement being
intended. The rumour in substance was, that
both Mr. Huskisson and Lord Palmerston had
Resigped ; that the cause thereof was ostensibly
i,oyd;;' pr Ministerial proceedings regarding
the Foryn 13iii,the difference respecting which
nave rise to the rqmour of some hostile meeting
between iq.F. Huskisson apd 10,0r4 Palmerston ;
and that the resignations of Lora Dt4ey
Ward and Mr. .C. Grant would certainly follow.
Neither Mr. Huskisson nor Lord Palmerston
appeared in the jJouse, either last night or Wed-
nesday. For this evening, however, stands Lord
Palmerston's notiee, that be 210 44 cf; the grants
on the Army Estimatei.”,-,-Ibiri,

Yesterday a most beautiful little Arabian stair
lion, peri.s..c,tly white, only forty-three inches in height, and
five years old, was .cecelysti at his Majesty's Mews, Pim-
lico. This beautiful auikr..l hrpught from India as a
present to the KING, by Capt.3in Tiwk:AE, 14.;,.:,7n, of the
icon. East India Company's ship Lozotber

thie ,of the largest of the Scotch .steatii-boats,
the
Queen ki fic,?tlan.d, was bought on Wednesday, on
account of th.a irrealal tiiyvernment. The original cost of
the vessel was above 445C601. it i 1 stated that two more
ships of the same description ai., vq.;e4i fir immediate
service.

A.,,r, Jo ti NR A Nis r ' • .
scoveryell
. ay!
, an ingenious tradesman
'alrnethod by which he can mould
at Falkir.k,lm, a:
p skin, and make very elegant light
skins and leather 4
in% Trek:Ehipg two or three ounces,
summer hats of sheep
varulsbed and rendered
hood and tippet sof Ibis
!=tathoc,e,ta-rfonii-eirdln.
makes ,thee of seal skinPl,-,r-i‘tiii"hptS'ife':'
tir4elyo4rfi;on4e
Ile likewise
piece, properly prepare 4
ter-Alai, Of Captain PA R,lty, Ke,,;o__
_ion?
his
the at-
the
Pole;
0.‘,1
wisely
perceiving itvytat_t€us last voyage to
were
that celebrated nayiga,Or transmitted an order
importance,
of a similar kind. The cbs.coviery ships, I,r,,fgr, 4.c'e 1.1.:7,11
before it ga.!ild be accomplished; hut 4,(newwevbeir, sailed
taken out proKed of much utility. Entire dreg
ing of a jacket and ,trow:Pl, have since •been fu,rnqesdi:
vario;,:s ships' companies, at ..;0 OW A rate as 11/9., each.
They are of /father, dressed after a 4rieticid which renders
them quite imperviai.;.s to rain, and yet. as pliant as a glove'.
We understand a complete stkit is to lAe laid before his Royal
Highness the Puke of CLAKEtsc.E,,pinturph _geening
Cop rrof,

THIRD EDITION„.
SUN OFFICE, Seven o'ClocL

THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF THIS EVENING.

• Whitehall, May 20.
The King hail been pleased to present the Rev. George
Saxby Penfold, D.D., to the District Rectory of Trinity,
in the parish of St. Marylebone, in the county of Middle-
sex and diocese of London.
The King has also been pleased io present the Reverend
Robert Wolpole, B.D. to the District Rectory of Christ
Church, in the parish of St. Marylebone, in the county of
Middlesex and diocese of London, void by the cession of
Dr. George Saxby Penfold.
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

John Hosking Shearman, Park-street, Marylebone, sur.
gem'.
Richard Lee, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, bil!•
broker.