The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-20 00:00:00

THE SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The explanations," as they a►•e , called,

took place on Monday night in the House of Cc
mons, present meagre fare to real statesmen and

liticians : they tend but little to the service 11/E
country,—but little do they promote its interests,'o
relieve its wants. They are like kiekshaws said side

dishes at a feast,—they excite the appetite without
filling the stomach. - Mr. Huskisson was the person
vaned op for an explanation by Lotd Normaub,i%
The Right Hon. Gentleman went over the gre..nid
which he had trodden before in his address to his
constituents at Lierpooly and then lie izial un-
beaten tracks,.--the dissolution of the late Alithstry,
and his connection with the Present._ Lnder the
first head, the whole dispute with Mr. Herries,,re-
specting the nomination to the Chair of the. Finance
Committee, came out. Mr, Huskisson declaied
that he thought Mr. berries- had acquiesced in the
nomination of Lord Althorp ; and Mr. Herries, in
his speech, asserted with equal vehemence that. hi.
imagined he appointment to have beenlelinquished4
in consequence of the subsequent silence of the for-
ties proposing it. This miist-appear to have been
the more extravagant 'notion' -on the part of:Mr.
lleiries, as he did not even I6Xpress his -aversion 't3
the appointment till the day after the first mention
of it. Of Mr.'HuskiSson's union, with the presen

Ministry. we shall not say all we could.: it is a mat-
ter of feeling rather than of argument. We wish
his services under any any Administration where
his talents will be unfettered. Upon the example,
however, which was alleged in justification of
his so speedy union with those whorn he--had
denounced as Mr. Canning's mortal enemies,—
namely, the example of Mr. Canning' fiirigilf,
in the affair of Lord Castlereagh,—we shall a:.1:
one shoo pithy question. This example Iva.;
first introduced by Lord Dudley with his usual
talents, and has, in consequence of the respect
to that nobleman, and the impesinzg silence of th,i,
argument deduced from it, as applied ad hominem,
been often since quoted. Yet shall not our reapet
for Lord Dudley,nnd our yet greater veneration 'for
his deceased friend, prevent its from asking
question, and drawing the obvious 'inference: Did
4r. 'Canning's re-union with or wider Loto.
Castlereagh Adound to his credit aia public map
If it did, then it will in like Manner redound if.) flit.:
credit of Mr. Huskisson to have so . Speedily re-
united himself with those whrim he had denounced
as the murderers of his= friend: Mr.Duncombe, the
Member for Hertford, in a short-speech of grea:.
~pirit; charged Mr. HuakisSoh point blank with the
teclaration which he had made on, his return tiOrn
. .

he Continent, .that " nothing should ever inclute
him to form -part of an- Administiation with tifose
wen whom lie looked upon-asthe destroyers of 1...i._.
Canning." That he -made such a declaration; het!?
iii words and in writing, and therefore wilh•-diitible
deliberation, is not to -be denied,--iii werdS to Lad;
Canning, and in writing to 'Lord Seafrild. Tig,
wordS were admitted by this nobleman in a recent
dtercation at a party which has been'the subject. of
e-eneral conversation. But further, we will ask, had
Mr. Canning suffered the loss of a friend bycalumny
,10 abuse, when he declared he would not serve with
Lord Castlereagh ? and did his just resCartiitent
aliollify in the Space of afew short mouths ? It was Whee
" the wounds were yet green" that Mr. Husltissou
received, or would receive, those who inflicted- them
into his bosom ! And Mr. Dfineombe well knew the;
distinction between the paradoxical morality which
would inculcate patient endurance of the injuries in-
flicted upon a friend, amid the Christian precept
which recommends forgiveneSs of injuries to our-
-elves. Upon the :,übjecit.Of Mr. Shepherd'sdetter
to Mr. linEkisson, and the Reverend-4we belie N-e
he is a DissentingNinister of some kind)—the lie-
veren`d gentlemates,mode of understanding.. the words
guarantee," ' Fledge," "stiPulation,"
.3%. c have a
most curious and. 6ugai:Lble fact, to cornUlUiii4.;lo 1—
In this Reverend gentleman's,; lvtter to AL.,.Huskis-
son, he thus. writes :-•,‘ Ott resat,:::`' illy -34.°Ining
Neonicle this evening; -it appears to me that the
London reporters have strangely niisreported anlty,...
portant part of the., late speech at the hastingi,'„•on
the day of election. 'As 1 btOo4 CloSe to 'youon
that occasion, and attentively remarked what you
said, as it was my ,duty to do in thellirctuarstances
in which I was placed, I
,have distinct recollection
that when you spoke of guarantees,. you said you
found your guarantees in the composition-of the Ca-
binet, and especially in the introduction of -Lord
Dudley, Mr. Grant; and one other, whom I do not
at this instant-call to mind..-...decordiney, my reply
to what you said was, that I doubted whether, in the
composition (f the Cabinet, you would find sufficient
support for your liberal mews." . Now, what will
the public say to this gentleman, who .alleges tils re-
ply to a statement. as a proof of the precise import of
the statement itself, when We make known that the
reply was written before the statement was made ?
Aye : before Mr. Huskisson had said one word about
guarantees, Mr. Shepherd's reply to that .; and'
other points of die speech was written and printed,
and in the hands of the Reporters and Editors of
several Journals! We are sorry thus to deprive Mr.
Shepherd of the fame•of extemporaneous eloquence;
but truth;-,truth,--truth is a sacred duty. It is
rather odd, too, that whereas Mr. Shepherd's reply
was-got up so-early, his communication of Mr. Hus-
kisson s use of the words above cited, though most
opportune, should come so late,—should not have
arrived on Friday when Mr. Huskisson was silent—
should " only have been received this morning by
the post." Of Mr. Henries we', 'shall say less, be-
cause. he is a'man of less calibre than Mr. aUtikUi-
son; and in truth there is no dispute about Ws case.
He boldly asserts that Lord Uoderich did not dis-
solve the Ministry for the cause which he has since
assigned ! He taxes his Lordship
ieuayvlsiatttcheri.o.diAisisision4liaus-itlnirt,!yga.
;he Ministry for one cause, and alleging another .dissolving
She an accusation of this kind, we have the less
difficulty in promulgating one of the causes imputed,
as weaiderstand, by Mr. Berries to Lord Gode-
rich for his dissolution of the Ministry ; which is,
that be dared not confide the important secret of his
own incompetence in matters of finance tp another
person, as must have been the case if- he
alinal;•bdlicsr-
missed (as he clearly ought to have done) the then
is suftiei Wellingtoneil L
t ltiodgi
thought
of the Exchequer• frot.inii‘dillii.aissHkOefiiee„...,NEvae-s
did not dare to whisper it to the reeds and breezes,
to which the confidant of- Midas confided the my-s-
-at:l:7oh'
ioen.f.il.roasifs master'sfionmani
ncoeu siov
lavEntnultoufeihfskiLiililooerrtiediniiifoearnmi
oudeseicdri:coitirhkpeiri:ii
g
tised in that science is :licertiDoi:k
coadjutor
juistol:lrt.o Gtioluelbuiartnt,er,wethwaio,
ieistr
aesver,.ii
ptOrovteh-C-Isflorr.n.
h cl he
the Ministry could no.tas . e,„. Is-solved for .so
'Here?rr
insignificant a pers49," ~4 .n If
Imse_.., to -~d state
agony," " the wormy abeyance," -of the:S4rne
that he had previouslY (R. cubed the " ying
his appohitment" - Mr.
Herries,s cage i 5,..„ indeed, as indefensible, as his sal-.
a, this tin e 0 f
6o4erich ' were'ungeueious. Who
introduced hit" into the Cabinet ? Who gave. him
. .
..baractev, and published .it in - the newspapers,
amulet, be lay under the stigma of connexion with
that substantial farm alluded to in the debate ? Let
the public, however, read what Lord -Goderich said
last night, i,
--) reply to - Mr. Herries, in the House. of
Lords. Air. Herries, we suspect, had betterl:have
:sill:lib:or:1 Lord
grounded his case on revenge, odious as that semi-
seteeltantisotno
to imply,the tl(iieisasogleuititioenf
otfliatth
diem is, than have been, as his enigmatical language
The account of this• Affair, though it was but'made
known to the public yesterday, deserves repetition
;...-4, On the Bth .of -January,. when his Ma-
, to-day
who have been so busy in the
That Mr. Peel should gravely recent revolution.
:-tate his ignorauce of
the existence of the secret influence alluded_ to I,;
drawing rather too freely upon our credulity. It i:-:
a relief to our minds to conteniplate,. and will have
been an itnmense gratification to the public to .have
read, time account of time King's manly
conduct in'
jesty had placed in .the hands of the 'Noble Duke
now at the head of affairs, his permission to fOrtn a