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London, England, 1828-05-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

Before we notice the reports which are prevalent
on the formation of the new Ministry, we must add
to the list of those who retire.from the old one the
name of Mr. Frankland Lewis. It will be: observed
that the list consists 'of members who are considered
as of a liberal cast of character; and hence it will he
inferred, as a matter of course, that their places are
to be supplied—pretty much as the places of the
faithful servants of Don Pedro are to be filled up in
Portugal—by Absolutists and Anti-constit utionalists.
Indeed, if there could be any doubt on the subject,
the joy of the old Lord Chancellor, expressed (at
the dinner of the pro-Catholic Pitt) on the death of
the late Ministry,—a joy so boisterous as to resemble
that of old Falstaff on the death of King Henry the
Fourth,--would prove what is to be expected. The
evening papers repeat the exits from office, .as we
have before presented them, without adding the
name of the gentleman whom we have mentioned
above ; but they do not give us the intrats. The
public for a while, therefore, must be content with
OUT character of them by anticipation, that they
are high Tories. We have, however, heard Mr.
Calcraft mentioned as a candidate for the situa-
tion of Paymaster of the Forces, and he has
not hitherto been a Tory. Lord Aberdeen aml
Lord Stuart of Rothsay are named as compe-
titors for the Foreign-office. The latter would not
have been Lord Stuart of Rothsay, nor of any
other " say," if Mr. Canning had lived. The former
is considered as the humble representative of Prince
Metternich in his British Majesty's councils. Lord
Aberdeen, should he accept the Foreign Seals,
would vacate the Chancellorship of the Duchy of
Lancaster, which should seem to be a thing on a
level with the wishes or within the reach of the aspi-
rations of Lord Colchester, or Lord Bexley, or that
other Lord of the same dimensions, the late Sir
Charles, jadis Mr. Charles Long,—we forget his
new title. Lord Lowther is spoken of for some-
thing_: he is an industrious man. We have heard
that he would not come near Mr. Grant, for fear of
being infected with religion, or he might otherwise
have been Vice-President of the Board of Trade
under the late Ministry. His Lordship is a firm
enemy to Catholic emancipation. Lord Ellenbo-
rough, we presume, retains the Privy Seal: the
Premier does not like to hear him talk, and the title
to the office should seem to impose silence. Lord
Castlereagh,—how many painful recollections does
that name revive in the. country ! but the young
man is not to blame : he, it is said, is to be Under-
Secretary in the Foreign Office. His father has
written a book,—or at least a book is brought forth
under his name,—on the Peninsular war, which has
proved highly distasteful to the Generalissimo of
the Forces there; but if his Grace can overlook
the relationship of the son to the father, well
way the nation overlook that of the nephew to the
uncle; the young Lord may make a sufficiently
competent Under-Secretary. Mr. Peel,—may the
lustre of his name exist as long as that of his velvet
waistcoat ! which is no mean wish, for Lawrence
has painted one, and he has only gilded the other
himself—he retains his situation at present: we say
" at present," because lie knows that neither the
Duke, nor one that is still greater then the Duke,
likes him. His so easily' conceding the repeal of
the Test and Corporation Acts has not been for-
given ; and in general he is (mud too feeble and va-
cillating in the House of Common', But still there
is a merit with some, in his being the lever on
which Mr. liuskisson poised himself somewhat fool-
ishly, to be lifted oat of office. This is all that we
are able to communicate at present on the formation
of the new Ministry; but the re-assembling of .Par-
Lament to-night will doubtless lead to many inqui-
ries. Unhappily, the frequent changes in the Mini-
sterial body but too much familiarize all the Mejri-
bers, outs and ins, to personal explanations. We
have almost as much of these as of national councils
or state policy. We think it right to add, that there
is much rumour, not in the din of general. conver-
sation, but in the buz of private whispers, of a change
in the Admiralty. It is not y.a known what Lord
AnglestP3's decision will be : it will probably arrive
to-day. It is thought, however, among the well-
informed, that be will ;esign his office of Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland.--Time.

Since the preceding remarks were written, we
have learned with certainty that the Earl of Aber-
deen is appointed to be Secretary for Foreign
Affaire. In speaking of this Nobleman, we will
first prove oar impartiality by stating, in distinct
terms, what . his frieeds allege of his character and
pretensions. " He has always," say they, " been
true to his principles, and rises with the rise of his
party. He is a gentleman and a scholar, and, in
spite of manners cold and reserved almost to haughti-
ness, kind-hearted, and affectionate. His under-
standing, naturally good, has been cultivated with
care. He is capable of applies/ion, and—what for
the credit of the country is important in that sta-
tion—he writes with ease, precision, and elegance.
Nothing rash—nothing unseemly—nothing insolent,
will disgrltee the foreign department during his ad-
ministration." Such we believe to be the language'
and opinion of his Lordship's persoaal friends ;
such let us admit to be the truth : but admitting,
therefore, the appointment to he in some respeas
a proper one, yet we cannot help feeling alarm at
it, as a fearful indication of tko spirit by
which the policy of the English - Cabinet is
henceforth to be guided. Lord Aberdeen is a
Tory of the order of Melchisedech; or rather he is
something worse:: the ultraism of Vienna grafted
upon the Toryism of Scotland, forms his creed. He
had a strong loolitical, confirmed by some persona),
dislike to Mr. Canning. His patron was Lord
Castlereagh, and the Statesman whom he most ad-
mires is Prince Metternich, with whom on his em-
bassy to Vienna, he contracted a friendship which
has never been' interrupted." He is " the child and.
the champion" of the system which we once flatter-
ed oureelves was finally broken up and abolished,
but of which we now see too much reason to dread
the revival. We are ready to do justice to the fisi-
vete character of Lord Aberdeen—an amiable and
accomplished Nobleman : but it is our duty to make
the publie acquainted with the political feelings and
opinions of a person called (reluctantlywQ MittOit
presume to suspect) to so high a station by the go-
vereign that placed Mr. Canning at the head of hiS
Government, and who, when suddenly ikprivo,
en Minister, had notkirls
the hand of death of his AD'?
so much at .heart as the ruaia....fenance of thOtte grin-+,
ciples by which his administration had been guided.
sympeoest ehtuL.already
That change, of which the
- become perceptible, and which must eoo.becomae
rapid and total, is, we are persuaded, te be Imineet
to the irresistible force of arouwastances, and ;not
his o
any corresponding. alteration in the wishes of
any corresponding.
•
The reports of yesterday 'were, that the Earl of
Aberdeen goes to the Forelp Office, Mr. Goulburn
to the Colonies, Mr. Herries to the Exchequer; and
Mr. Arbuthnot is to be transferre4 to the Mint.
The idea of supplying the place of Mr. Hoskisson
permanently by- Sir George Murray, would seem,
therefore, to be abandoned. Some considerate
friend has, perhaps, suggested to the Premier, that
though he may have learned from his own experience
that there is nothing so easy as to govern kingdoms
and colonies, yet it may sot be prudent to impress
this truth in too marked a manner on the public—
and that upon the whole it may be more advisable 1
to allow them to place his own extraordinary, success
to a miraculous facility of apprehension, worthy of
the admirable Crichton, than by manufacturing
another soldier into a politician at a moment's no-
tice, to bring the trade of politics into titter discredit,'
Miracles in our day will not bear frequent repetition,
A second youngßoscius would not answer ; and even
Dr. Doyle, with all his eloquence, and Prime
henlohe's prayers into the bargain, failed in a second
or third attempt to cure stiffness in the joints of old
ladies. Our Tory Gentlemen are quite satisfied
with the one miracle in the person of his Grace, and
wish not to weaken the effect of it by another in
the person of Sir George Murray. They seem
to think that something more is necessary to

justify an appointment of this kind, than the
declaration of his Grace, that his brother officer is
sure to make a good Minister. " This is too'bad,"
was the universal language when the intelligence
was first received. In the meantime, however, Sir.
_ _

George Murray certainly acts as Colonial Minister.

It is well observed, by an Evening contemporary
(The Globe), "that the appointment has been so
unpopular among the Tories, it is now given out
that ultimately Mr. Goulburn will have the office
—a prospect which certainly will reconcile the
country to the continuance of Sir G. Murray as
long as he pleases to remain—for a man, as far as we
can Judge from his past conduct in the same depart-
ment, more unfit than Mr. Goulburn for the difficult
task of conciliating the inhabitants of the Colonies,-
and relieving this country of the grievous expense
by which it is oppressed in respect of them, cannot
be found among all the officers of the Duke's Staff."
—We observe in the Court Circular, that Lord
Wallace transacted business yesterday at the Colo-
nial Office, Downing-street. Who knows but that
bright Statesman may be prevailed on to relieve Sir
George Murray ? A contemporary (The Stan-
dard) complains of the outcry that has been raised
against Sir George Murray's appointment, because,
" though one of the ablest men, and one of the
most accomplished scholars in any country, he is
also a gallant officer." That he is accmnplished has
been pronounced by better judges of such matters
than either ourselves or our contemporary; and it is
equally certain, that in the last speech he made in the
House, he quoted largely from Horace. We know
not whether it is merely on the faith of this ambi-
tious display, that our contemporary bears testimony
to his scholar-craft ; which, for aught we know, may
equal that of a Beck or a Herman. All that we
would wish to observe is, that the classical studies
of this accomplished scholar do not exactly amount
to a proof that he is able to supply the place of Mr.
Huskisson in the administration of the Colonies, in
such a manner as to leave the nation no cause to
regret the retirement of that Minister, and the aban-
donment of his plans. But Lord Lowther is, it
seems, to have the Woods and Forests. As yet we
hear of no farther accession of strength to the
Ministry. It is known that Lord Lonsdale, as
well as the Duke of Newcastle, never gave
in their accession to the Duke's Ministry.
Bassetlaw was to gain the Duke of New-
castle; but the appointment of Mr. Becket
had failed to gain the other borough proprietor.
Lord Lowther's elevation to the Cabinet will, per-
haps, be taken as the fair Lonsdale quota of the
Government. If Earl Dudley had had any hesita-
tion as to the course to be taken at this conjuncture,

he was relieved from it by our derided Premier,
who, on the retirement of Lord Howard de Wal-
den, thrust Lord Castlereagh on the Foreign Secre-
tary as his Deputy, without even the courtesy of
consulting him. There was no mistaking the
meaning of this. It was impossible to show more
distinctly that the rudeness of his Grace towards
Mr. Huskisson was not accidental, but the result of
a plan to thrust the whole of the liberal and mode-
rate men out of the Cabinet on the first occasion
which should present itself. His Grace has never
been 'accused of much kindness or delicacy; but
if he had not had particular reasons for thrusting
out Lord Dudley and Lord Palmerston, and
Messrs. Huskisson, Grant, and Mr. Wm. Lamb,
with as little delay as possible, he is not so
deficient in cunning, or the usages of the world,
as to have acted towards them in the manner he has
acted. It has no doubt been determined by him to
play a bold game of some kind or other. He has
already thrown the Tories into no small alarm. We
are assured that a very large body of Members of
Parliament, of Tory principles, who habitually sup-
port the Government, have joined in conveying to
Mr. Huskisson their disapprobation of the proceed-
ings by which the country has been deprived of the
services of so able and experienced a Minister, at so
trying a conjuncture as the present, and a determi-
nation to support him in parliament, if he will place
himself at.the head of those who dread a departure
from moderate- measures. It was to be expected
that the general disapprobation- of the blustering
conduct of the Duke should find a vent in this way.
We are not yet sunk co low, surely, as to be treated
as the mere appanage of the Lonsdales and the New.
castles, or so mad as to embark without a struggle
;sr the attempt to complete the conquest of Ireland.
---/tior,s-ing Chronicle.
Lord Aberdeen having succeeded to the Foreign
Office, the arrangements for filling the place vacated
by his Lordship were not made till Wednesday
night, when it was finally settled that Mr. Arbuth-
not, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests,
was to succeed the Noble rail in the Chancellor-
ship of the Duchy of Lancaster. The order for
making out the necessary patent (it being a patent
office) was given at midnight on 'Wednesday, and is
now in preparation. Lord Lowther, there is little
doubt, succeeds Mr. Arbuthnot in the Commissioner-
ship of the Woods and Forests. Sir George Murray
will be sworn ;u secretary of State for the Colonial
Department this day. Mr, Herries leaves the Mas-
tership of the Mint, to succeed Mr. Charles Grant in
the Presidency of the Board of Trade, It is very
probable:that there will likewise be a new Vice-Pre-
sident, as Mr, Prenkland Lewis has been talked of as
likely to take the Secretaryship of Ireland or the
Mastership of the Mint. It has also been hinted at
that Lord F. Gower has resigned, but it is only a
rumour. Mr. Planta certainly stays in. Lord
toward de Walden, it is understood, took his leave
of the Foreign-office on Wednesday night. His
successor ziirl, it is believed, be Lord Castlereagh,
the son of the Marvis of Londonderry. • It is gene-
sally supposed that Lord Fitzroy Somerset, the pre-
sent Secretary to the Coratnapder of the Forces,
will fill some of the vacant offices, as both his Lord-
ship and Lord Hill have had very frequent commu-
nications with both the Duke of Wellington and
Me. Peel. The Noble Lords.had an interview with
the Presii,er yesterday on the subject. The event
has not traiessired. Lord Somerset was a very
great favourite with ,*.he Noble Duke on the field,
isnd it is believed equally so with Lord Hill, in his
capacity Secretary.—Morning Irrrold.
The appointsesat of Sir G. Murray to the dsjo-
nial Department is the only sme which has yet been
completed. :1 be other arrangements, however,
remain unaltered, and will probably pe njj carried
into effect sis we stated yesterday. The Duke pf
Wellington wil? now have to supply an additional
vacsancy? Lord F. I_,M.4%yrey having resigned his si-
tuation &into .otsr 4st. lAtt this will not inflict much
trouble upon his Chace, andindeed if the gsultiplicity
of resignations with whigh he has lately Peo itSr
riled be intended to try his' sesolusion and to turn
ws from the straight-forward course which he •Pile- •;
sues,:thessbject will be,defeated. The Noble Duke
is a deeper 'Statesisea than people generally imagine
England. say n pnglnd, because the blaze
of his mii.Piry glory has :concealed fiisp the eyes of
his fellow eitiz's the qualities of which sl)ey
have not hithertii • ssitnessed the .pl'isClico
those cories which have
seat of his triumphs, #O-#1 they will
ttbecxelieeetini.eyi.isiohches.:ty by
yt But askw
whilst he regained or iephslsl
the sword, he remoulded their Go-'
vernments, amendeu their Constitutions, embodied'
their resources, and superipterghial the administration
of their affairs, in a manner which ,seeursd to them
amidstalllhe tadvantages
which it was possible to enjoy ,
3 and horrors of war. It is only
in this country that his Grace% '44Ministrative talents
have been doubted, because he neYe,i' ypi,
had an
opportunity- of displiiying
their ette,tits ve ,
they proceed, now reveal them; and the more they
Y..itts
are tasked the more will they he found to rise till
the full maguitusle .of their proportions he :developed,
and his Grace's reputation and succesS as a NlPiss
ter do that which no other repsi of gttccesys
tAtisM
amid Itehieve--ual military AU"' We
are happy to fled that the ;report
resignation is untrue.. We noticed it yesterday
aS an' idle rainonr, and observed theit a man
brought up like him by the late iNlassplit:
of
Londonderry, and connected since his political
bii th with Tory politics, could not but feel himself

at his place in a complete Tory Administration.
The attention.and ability .with which .he has dis-
charged his duties in all the situations which he
has filled, as well as the principles which he has
imbibed and always practised, entitle him, besides,
to the full confidence of a Ministry friendly to the
real interests of the country. We are assured that,
notwithstanding the retirement of Earl Dudley,
there will be no, change whatever in our foreign
policy. It is wrongly described as Mr. Canning's
policy. The fact is,•that it was the Duke of Wel-
lington's, founded, indeed, On the system originated
by the late 'Marquis of Londonderry, but established
by the Noble Duke during his last mission to St.
Petersburgh, though the trouble of giving it life and
action had devolved, through the circumstances of
the times, apon other hands than his. Can a donbt
be entertained, 'therefore, that his Grace will sup-
port his own policy, and hat if alarm arise in foreign
.arts, in consequence of the resignations in our
Cabinet, it will be dispelled the moment it is known
that the Noble Duke remains at the head of the
Ministry?—New Timer.'
The fallen Liberals are consoling themselves, in
their disgrace, with the supposition' that the Duke
of Wellington and his colleagues are involved in un-
foreseen and almost insurmountable difficulties, and
that they are dreadfully alarmed at the situation in
which they are. placed. We can, however, posi-
tively assure these worthies, that the Ministers are
neither involved in unforeseen difficulties, nor in any
way alarmed at their situation ; but that, on the
contrary, they look forward with confidence to a
satisfactory completion of the necessary arrange-
ments. With regard to these arrangements, the
Duke of Wellington is too experienced a General
to adopt any course, without first giving it a most
mature consideration ; and consequently the settle-
ment of the Cabinet will not be made known
to the public for some days. Speculation on
the subject varies materially. The King is un-
derstood to have consulted the venerable Earl
of Eldon on the present state of affairs; and
it is generally believed that his Lordship is to have
a seat in the new Cabinet. In such a case, it is
probable that the Presidency of the Council will be
offered to the Noble Lord, and- that the services of
Earl Bathurst will be transferred to the Foreign
Office. To this arrangeMent; we think, no objec-
tion can be' made. Earl Bathurst is calculated, as
well by his acknowledged aptitude for business as
his long experience in diplomatic affairs, to preside
over our Foreign policy in its present complicated
state ; and, on the other hand, the admission of
Lord Eldon would impart to the Cabinet a principle
of strength which would gain for it the good-will and
confidence of every well-intentioned man in the
country. Be the result, however, what it may, we
rely willingly on the discretion of the Duke of Wel-
lington. In the mean time, we augur very favoura-
bly of the Learned Lord's interview with our gracious
Sovereign. We are glad also to perceive that the Earl
of Westmoreland has been in consultation with
'the Premier at the Treasury. The Earl of West-
morland has the reputation of being a firm adherent
to the true constitutional principles of the Protestant
'Tories ; and in these days of Liberalism and non-
sense, this is certainly no slight recommendation.
We know not whether the interview in question re-
lated to Ministerial matters ; but of this we are sure,

that the fears of many, who felt and expressed their
disappointment at the omission of Earls Eldon and
Westmorland, would be removed, were those No-
blemen once more Members of His Majesty's Go-
vernment. We repeat, however, that we are con-
fident in the prudence of the Dike of Wellington.
His Grace, as we stated yesterday, is convinced of
the utter worthlessness of the Liberals, and has
therefore determined to get rid .of them altogether;
conscious that he cannot better fulfil the wishes of
his fellow-countrymen, than by rallying around him
those men who support the great and noble prin-
ciples of Pitt.--./1/Oenink Post.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAN- 29.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF TUAM V. ROBESON AND ANOTHER,

Mr. LONG opened the pleadings. In this case
the Right Hon. and Most Rei'erend Power Le Poer
French, Lord Archbishop of Tuam, was the plaintiff,
and John Robeson and Henry Thwaits were the de-
fendants. The declaration charged, that the de-
fendants had published a certain libel in the Morn-
ing Herald, asserting that the plaintiff had endea-
voured to induce one Thomas M'Guire, a Roman
Catholic priest, by offers of pecuniary compensation,
to renounce the faith which he professed and to be-
come a Protestant. The defendants pleaded the
general issue.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE (with whom was also Mr.
Sergeant MEREWETHER) stated the case for the
plaintiff. The libel in- question appeared in the
Morning Herald of the Bth of November last.
It was admitted that the plaintiff was Archbishop
of Tuam at the time of the publication of the al-
leged libel, and that the defendants were the printer
and publisher of the Morning Herald.
The libel was then put in, and read by the Asso-
ciate.

Mr. Peter Gorman, on three several occasions,
had seen a person, who had been pointed out to
him as the Rev. Mr. M'Guire, and whom he be-
lieved to be the person alluded to in the defendants'
publication.
This was the plaintiff's case.
Mr. Sergeant TADDY submitted that the evidence
was not sufficient to prove the identity of Me.
M'Guire • but
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having recalled the
witness, and examined him at considerable length,
was of opinion that there was sufficient evidence to
go to the Jury.
Mr. Sergeant TADDY then addressed the Jury for
the defendants, after which the Jury returned a ver-
dict for the plaintiff—Damages 50/.

NATHAN V. PRICE.

The plaintiff in this case was a celebrated musical
composer, and the object of the present action was
to recover a compensation from the defendant, who
.is the patentee of Drury-lane Theatre, for certain
musical compositions which he had furnished in the
opera of The Illustrious Stranger."
Witnesses were then galled, who proved that in-
%ructions had been given by the defendant to the
plaintiff, to compose the musics and that he hod
accordingly done so, am tii4t it had been performed
with great success for many nights,
For the defendant, it was contended that it was
rot usual for the patentees of large theatres to pay
any thing tp composers for the music furnished by
them when they resprved to themselves the sale of
the copyright. '
In support of this case, Mr. Knny, thg. author of
'° The Illustrious Stranger," and several other 'dra:
matic works, was called, and his evidence, with that
of Mr. T. P. Cooke, fully bore out the statement
that tip Qppizensation was made by the proprietors
of 'the larger theatres, whitrp the sale of the copy-
right was reserved 'to. ;,he composer.
. Upon the strength of this .evidence, after some
hesiiatickii., the Jury found for the defendant.

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the intervening warm weather 'we haye lately efperiericed,
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pretty generally in the Coarse of next week, i# 4,4 wgather
thould prove favourable. The crops are very strong, and
we nsvep ha 4 clover more abundant. the burley,
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wheat is much improved within the lilt 4zo,„"th, and bids
r for n'ined 'crop. There is a' of' a field is 4.q
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and
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,self-sown. he
gardens are very #ourishing, but the fruit of alf kinds will
be very partial, and the early wall-kt.riF is nearly it failure,
from the frosts in the litter end of April. "The blight 11.".
made its appearance in po Aigka degree, and some of the
hedges look as though they had been scorched with light,
ning„ --Brighton. Gazette,