The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-19 00:00:00

:fin some 'instances The wives and servants have
ligued (as_ in the case of River's pamphlet against
Dr. Phillip and Mr. Rutherford.) Lord Charles
is surely mad, If counter-petitions be got up,
or if the way even in which the addresses are got
up become known to Mr, Canning or Lord Liver-
pool, it is impos3ible they can ever again coon-
tenance the subject of them. Another proof of
the worthlessness of these addresses is, that they
are bilinin,y of the individuals who have
also signed the petition to the King on the sub-
ject of fireitiz, the I.N -dollar at Is. dd., the lan-
guage of which ixat d'r,rt variance with that of
the fltltlressesi—in, fact, Asktolly condemnatory
of Lord Somerset's government, and attributing
to him tiw cause of the depreciation. Nothing
Can better illustrate the declining fortunes of his
Excellency num the contrast his present conduct
-Presents-to that of his Conner. It is only a few
4nanths since his conduct was made up of reserve
and houghtine lvut subsequent to its being
"known that be had to answer to the Parliament
of England for his past conduct, he has bt,COme
foOrteous, affable, easy of access, and smiling.
.0.41 Sunday week :T could not but be impressed
wiilt the example e. icicle the contrasted features
alis face exhibited, on the parade. Ile and
i4tdy Charles condescended to walk while the
band was' playing, to call the leader, and en-
quire it be could play such and such a tune, to
bow to the persons to whom it was convenient
-his. eye Should meet; and on occasion of meeting
'D'Oasscury (whom he mortally hates for his ad.
:herence to Col. Bird), his face exhibited a model
worthy of a Vuseli ; his face retained its usual
severe look, and- the exposure of his teeth, in-
stead of conveying the idea of satisfaction or re-
cognition, which is customary at meeting a friend,
added to, rather than diminishedohe general
bitterness of his countenance.

" Nothing can exceed the assiduity, except it
be the him flow [less with which attempts are
made to divert the public mind, Greig's paper
very properly exposed the danger of masque-
rading, 'Ste., and pointed out the nature and Vit.
itle of 4 addresSeS' and petitionS in his 25th and
`261,11 numbers; but although these things are
known here, such his been the wither.
ing influence of this aristocratic dependent', do.
minion upon every one, that British feelings and
principles were almost extinct : however, with
the blessing of Cod and the Press,.we,shell have
all these things put to rights. You would be
astonished at the progress the community has
made within the last two years; but for Greig,
we should now, as formerly, have been wallowing
iu ignorance and timidity : lie ha's had, it. Is true,
u very powerful coadjutor in the Mused end
noble.minded Fairburu ; he is now assisted by 'the
labours of many then of talent and , learning, but.
the colony should never I'oo4 that to his efforts
t iirsteingle-litinded and threatened with banish-
ment and ruin, the cornier of which was effected,
amid attempts made at the latter), perseverance,
stud public spirit, it indebted wholly for what.
over share It now possesses in the march of public
improvement. l t is true that one or two others
hilve exerted -themselves, among w bout is Bride
kirk (to Whoth Lord CLarles adVanced 10,000
ifollare out of the public purse, to enable him
to purchase Greig's printing apparatus), hut they
ell shrunk front beneath the withering influence
of the 4 brother of the Beaufort." Shade G reig
-oumtnenced a paper the merchants have 100 per
vent. less to pay for advertisements, and the
poople generally can have any thing printed they
may regain,. Ittitherford's pamphlet lay
for' ser-
wnal weeks in Bridekirk's office, and at last he
was threatened with the exaction of the loan he
had received, if he dared to print it."

NOV hhtliElt G.

" It is not a little remarkable, and will serve
to *hew the timidity of the generality of people
here, that speak to whom you :will, all egress that
the future prosperity of this colony tkpoods ou
the issue of the Parliamentary inquiry into Lord
,C. Somerset's conduct. If he ever return, it Will
be vain to legislate for In, is the universal sent'.
meat ; and yet persons are found to sign ad.-
-dresses and petitions for his reinstatement. Whe-
ther Lord C. Somerset be,guilty or not, even of a
tithe of the charges alleged against him, matters
not, be has been too long in the habit of admi-
. vistering despotic power, and the Wretched Dutch
.melange (ycltipt law), ever to reconcile himself
to govern in accordance with the spirit of Britisb
laws and principles. This is really the case : the
Dutch during Lord Somerset's reign of ten years,
dare not even murmur at any act of Lord Charles
or any of his missions : the reason is obvioustO
whom could they. complain ? nino.tenths of them
~scarcely knew what a House of Common meant,
and to those who did ;know of the means, the pro.
-cell; was too tedious, and the chances too great
for them to risk, This name feeling operated on
.Ffuglisistnen : they imbibed it habitually, the
influx of 5,000 to 6,001) Englishmen rendered a
different system of government indispensable, and

..the struggle of his Excellency to keep possession
of his power against justice, and even against
expediency, has produced the convulsion which
stow agitates the colony, and so deeply affects
..,the Governor. The truth is, had Mr. Canning
been at the head of affairs when the hasty and
.111-digested measures of emigration to this colony
was projected, he would at once have seen the
.necessity of tulaptitta the laws and suiting the
constitution of the place as nearly as possible to
those the emigrants hail been weed to, and under
which ad they h been bred., Why are 130,000
people to be convulsed, and to be subjected to
the insulting charge of conspiracy' from a de.
puty Secretary of State, about one man ? It is
not possible that charges so numerous, so varied,
so repeated, and so universal, can be either the
effect of ' conspiracy' or of clamour. ; there must
be ground for it, there is
,ground for it ; and if
ministers are that for which the people of England
give them credit, they will quietly, at last suffer
Lord C. Somerset to retire, and fill his place
(after giving us English laws and the liberty of
-.Jim press) with an active. civilian, one who hos
his character alone to sustain' him, and who cannot
deter :men by eternally reminding them of his
,a greet flunily interest, and of the number of voles
his brother •has. if this be case (and for myself,
A entertain no' doubt), the Ministers will confer
taesainga on 434p00 people : if they slight and

deliver utt up to the tender t mercies' of Lord
Somerset, it will be cruelty indeed, and curses
will be poured un their head by all in this colony.
It is truly lamentable to observe with what per-
: 'Mucky men cling to power; the. many rebuffs itud
checks Lord -Somerset has had to sutain witbiq
!• the last two years, would lead men to suppose,
that if he had any feeling lie would resign : but,
no, no, such a freehold is not to be easily refill.
quieted. -- -
" The Fiscal is to be deprived of the odious
parts of his office ; in future he is to be more like
an A ttorney-Genera I in Ear land. II is magisterial
anti police dutiei are to he executed by a 'sepa-
rate person ; ',people attribute OA to his violent
conduct last year, whM•ingaged in sealing up
Mr. Greig's presses. By the way, I think Lord
C, Somerset will get into disgrace about those
types, &c. of Mr. Greig's ; the facts Understood
here (and you ert•n depend on them) are, that
when Mr. Greig went home to compluin to Go.
vernment of Lord C. Somerset's violent seizure
of his property and suppression of his jour..l'
nul, Lord Bathurst, after putting a negative
on the Governor's conduct iu regard to the
press, &c., proposed to Mr. Greig, that if he
would con Sent to go hack to the Cape, and re.
linguist] - his intention of bringing an action
against Lord C. Somercet, In, should receive the
restitution of the printing apparatus, of which be
had been so tin warrantably deprived, and ample
titne al‘med for the repayment of some ad-
vance on them ; also a frets passage to the. Cape
for himself stud family, and a promise colonial
advantages in . the way of his profeision, &c.
This was statrd by Lord Bathurst through Mr.
IVilmot Horton, us I understand, as an equiva-
lent for the heavy losses Mr. Greig had sus.
!Rifted by the suppression of his paper and busi•
ness. Lord Buthurst could not give him money,
end therefore promised him other advantages.—
His object also, in ordering the restoration of the
printing materials, was to replace Mr. Greig in
his former situation, the more especially as Lord
C. Somerset had, the moment after Mr. Greig's
departure, lent a Creature of his own, named
Bridekirk, 10,000 rix.dollars to purchase Mr.
Greig's types, &c., in open violation: of his own
warrant' he had a few weeks before issued, &der-
lug that they' should remain sealed up till his Ma-
jesty's pleasure should be known.' Upon the faith
of these grave promises from Lord Bathurst, Mr.l
Greig returned here and presented a memorial lb
Lord C.Semerset, stating the above facts, and judg.
Mg that Lord ll.'s instructions might be conformed
to. Ilia Excellency, however, thought proper 'to
contemn those solemu instructions, and refused
either to give Mr. Greig back his property, or auy
equivalent. Thus the intentions and orders of
his Majesty's Government were frustrated, as
Mr. Greig had predicted before leaving London.
uuderstantl he w rote to the Colonial Office to
know whether it •wore possible that any evasion
or delay would take place in restoring the types,
kc. ? Mr. florton.said that such a question could
not be officially entertained, us it was a 400.
thetical case ; but his private opinion, for 'Mr.
Greig's in-form:ALM, was, ' that nothing was an
improbable, and that it was time to complain
when such a thing took place.' Mr. Greig was
thus lulleled into security by the opinions and
assurances of the Under Secretary of State, and
proceeded to the colony, where ho has been
treated as above detailed ; • the consequence iii he
cannot carry oillits business, being 'very ill -sue. •
plied with tyPes,.&e., and. he is 'put' to the
convenience of writing home and sinking capital,
(without the Colonial Government caring
whether he be able)
,in purchasing fresh
types. I have been very particular in col-
lecting'im the facts of this most extraordinary
case, and did not write you until I could put
them in a ' tangible shape.' On what I have
written you ' may rely ; the atrair lies made a '
great sensation here. I have given you the story
as brief us possible ; but I should suppose that •
.Mr.,Greig his written home to Lord Bathurst,
and if he do not obtain redress, I hope he will
bring it before the House of Commons by peti-
tion, which, if he do, will of itself, I think, be
sufficient to condemn his Excellency our. Gover-
nor. Mr. Canning and Lord Liverpool cannot
countenance such oppression ; as for Lord Ba-
thurst, he seems to he a sort of protege of the
Duke of Beaufort, and winks evidently at the
most glaring faults of Lord C. Somerset.
"At present our Governor seems to let no op.
portunity slip of shoving how kind and condos.
catiditag he can behave, notwithstanding all that
is reported to the contrary. But to be serious,
he finds the House of COMMOUS uo joking-place,
and is put to his last shift."---,(7'imes.)

DR. PARlt.—Dr. Nan, said Dr. Jourrsom,
was an admirable scholar, and that he would
have had a high reputation for mere learning, if
his reputation for intellect and eloquence bad
not overshadowed it;, the classical scholar was
forgotten in the great original contributor to the
literature of his country. One of the company
reminded him of his first interview with Dr.
Johnson, as related by Mr. Langton in Hos well's
account of his life. After the interview was
over, Dr. Johnson said, " 1 do not know when
I have had an occasion of such free contro-
versy ; it is remarkable how much of a
man's life may pass without meeting with any
instance of this kind of open discussion."—
To this remark Dr. Parr replied, with great vette.
mence " I remember the interview well ;
gave him no quarter. The subjeci of our dis-
pute was the liberty of the press. Dr. Johnson
was very great ; whilst be was arguing, I observed
that he stamped. Upon this, I atamped. Dr.
J 01414011 said, Why did You ~lamp, Drs Parr ?'
I replied, Sir, because you stamped ; and I was
resolved not to give you the advantage even of a,
stamp in the argument.'" It is impossible to do
justice to his description of this scene ; the vehe-
mence, the characteristic pomposity with which
It was accompanied, may easily be imagined by
those who knew him, bet cannot be adermtely
represented to LIIOSO who did not.

The Members for the City of Edinburgh are
chosen by 33 electors, though the populu,tion
coeds 100,000, In one sense or another this
must be considered a misrepresentation.