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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, )828.

ARRIVAL OF MR. STRATFORD CANNING.

This morning Mr. STRATFORD CANNING arrived
in town from Corfu. The Right Hon. Gentleman's
arrival is supposed to be in consequence of the
Turkish Manifesto—but this is not the case. The
manifesto is believed to be a genuine document, but
it is not intended for external effect, being merely
addressed to the public functionaries throughout
the Turkish empire, in order to excite the enthusiasm
of the people in the event of warlike operations.—
The policy of the SULTAN IS to be prepared—
happen what may,—but the Manifesto is not a
declaration of war, as some of our contemporaries
have asserted. It is merely an appeal to the Faith-
ful to be prepared for the worst.
•We have not heard that Mr. CANNING has brought
ariv--news.

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A. Cabinet Council met list night, at half-past
ten, and sat in deliberation till near one. Mr. NIEL
WILS twice sent for to the House of Commons to at-
tend

We sincerely trust that the country bas at length
hears the last of those Ministerial explanations, by
clamouring for which, certain persons have endea-
voured to sow dissension and distrust amongst the
Members of his MAJESTY'S Government. The dis-
claimer by the Duke of WELLINGTON of having enter-
tained personal hostility towards the late Mr. CA.N-
MING, has afforded us no small degree of satisfac-
tion, and whilst we shall never cease to regret the
erroneous view which his Grace's manly and unsus-
picious character was by successful artifices induced
to rake of that departed Statesman, we shall afford
to the present Administration our humble but
sincere support, whilst they act on those enligh-
tened principles for which (with one unfortunate
but neutralised exception) we are satisfied that the
Noble Duke and Mr. PEEL are as sincere advocates
as any of their colleagues.
The speech of Lord SEAFORD, Mr. CANNING'S
bosom friend,was an ample and satisfactory vindication
of the course adopted by Lord DUDLEY and Mr. Hui-
xtssoN, in accepting the overtures of the Noble
Duke at the head of his MAJESTY'S Government.
His Lordship justly observed that those overtures
were a high tribute to the memory of his departed
friend, and that " they acted most correctly in not
objecting to join the Noble Duke's Administration."
Mr. HUSKISSON's letter to Lord GRANVILLE, was
also alluded to by his Lordship as a proof of the
Right Honourable Gentleman's sincerity in the de-
clarations which he had lately made. In short, Lord
SaAFoRD's sensible and disinterested speech forms
a striking contrast to the injudicious, but pardonable
zeal of those wbo were more nearly connected with
Mr. CANNING by the ties of consangunity, though
not by those of a sacred and long tried friendship.

The Bill for Disfranchising East. Retford was last
night read a second time in the House of Commons.
The chief debate upon the principle of the Bill will
take place in the Committee. The object of the
friends of the Bill is to transfer the Elective Fran-
chise to Birmingham, which, from its rank, wealth,
commercial spirit, and population, is eminently en-
titled to have Representatives in Parliament. Mr.
PEEL gave his formal consent to the second reading,
but distinctly disavowed the principle that because
East Retford ought to be disfranchised, Birmingham
should benefit by the loss. We think the Right
Honourable Gentleman quite correct in his principle.
The presumption of guilt in one Borough should not
be mixed up with the propriety of transferring its
privileges to another. First prove that East Ret-
ford ought to be disfranchised (of which we have no
doubt), and then consider to what town the elective
franchise ought to be transferred. As Parliament
in its wisdom will grant the boon to that place pos-
sessing the most just claims, we have no doubt that
Birmingham will have, as it deserves to have, the
honour of selection.

We are far from" insensible to the hutnoui. usually
eontained in Sir JOSEPH YORKE'S addresses to the
House of Commons; lout not having had the satis-
faction of seeing the Gallant Officer either in that
handsome dress which drew forth the praises of a
Rev. Chaplain, (in articulo prandii) or in the new
uniform which is to assimilate the Baronet's figure
to that of a Midshipman, we shall for the present
suspend our opinion on the subject of the alterations
introduced by his Royal Highness the Duke of
CLARNNC.E. But we must protest against the use of
levity in censuring (if that should be called for)
the conduct of an Illustrious Individual,who devotes
himself to the duties of his high office, with a zeal
and activity which might form no bad model for
'Allelic functionaries of every degree.

Another " odious" monopoly was denounced last
night in the House of Commons. The Imperial
Gas Company was defeated in its second appli-
cation to Parliament for exclusive privileges at
the expense do not
of the community. Why
these monopolists if their wares be so good,
trust to the good sense and discernment of the
public appreciating their endeavours to please.
without having recourse to Parliamentary enact-
ments for compelling them ? Surely it would be
the interest of the people to take Imperial gas if it
wore the hest aad the cheapest ; but. when endea-
vours are made to force them, why, then there is
strong cause for suspicion. The Imperial Gentle-
men have once deceived the public, and Parliament
will not grant them a second opportunity. Com-
petition is the best safeguard of the public, and it is
the interest of Parliament to encourage it.

Pe Buenos Ayres packet, Osborne, sailed from
Seems Ayres the sth, Monte Video the 7th, and
touched at Rio de Janeiro, from whence she left for
Dila;tooth; on the 25th-of December. From the two
former, the dates are old. The private accounts from
the lawcapital, add little to our information on the
;übjeil of peace or war, they were, if any thing, rather

for the continuance of the hitter, and the former
desirable event was looked upon as distant. The
Exchange was 321 per milreas ; Sugar at 3 mil.
:500 reas.; money scarce.

By the arrival of the Osborne packet, Papers have
been received from Buenos Ayres to the 4th January
inclusive, from which we make the following ex-
tracts :

(From the Diario Flurninense.)
RIO DE JANEIRO, DEC. 13.

By a law passed in the General Assembly, and sanc-
tioned by the Emperor, all articles of the produce or ma-
nufacture of Asia, imported by foreigners, or in fueign
vessels, shall be received in the custom-houses of the em-
pire. All such productions and manufactures shall pay an
import duty of 15 per cent., by whatever foreigners they
may be imported. All laws and decrees and ordinances to
the contrary are revoked.
DEc. 22 AND 24.—These two numbers contain three
bulletins respecting the health of her Majesty the
Queen of Portugal, from which it appears that
in the month of November, she had an attack of
bilious fever, which however, yielded to the medicine
in a few days. She, however, continued to suffer pain in
the left leg, which had been nearly removed, when she
was again attacked by it, with much severity, on the 15th
of Dec. The three bulletins recite the remedies applied,
and the last of them state that the pain was much dimi-
nished, and her Majesty better.
The Diario Fluminense, from the ith to the 24th of
Dec., contains many of the speeches &c. delivered in the
last Session of the General Assembly, but has no news
relative to the war or negociations with Buenos Ayres.
(From the Correa Politico y .3fercantil.)