The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-08 00:00:00

which has led to such a ,consequence which, next
to its manifest injustice; crowns the impolicy of our
present proceedings; and . should France, in addi-
tion to this, ittdemnifY herself by the seizure of
Egypt, the dilemma and misjudgment of the British
Government will have been complete. No states-
man possessing the Cool head and sober mind which
ought to belong to One can have cast his eye over
the map, of the world, and not have perceived that
the Porte was the natural ally of this country ; and
that any man calling himself a statesman can have
suffered his mind to be blinded to this obvious truth,
by what we must be allowed to call his nonsensical
" classical recollections," is a specimen of school-
boyism which would deserve to be laughed at for
its absurdity, were it not still more seriously mis-
chievous. That the present Ministers would give
their heads and ears (ominous tokens, by-the-by, at
Constantinople !) to be out of the scrape into which
the indiscretion of their predecerser has involved
them, we can readily imagine. It is with no feel-
ing of factious satisfaction that we view the scrape in
which they have involved the country—far from
it ; we hOld its honour, its character, and its
interests, quite as dear as they can do ; and
if they can bring us out of the situation in which
their short-sighted temerity has involved us, we
shall as readily yield them our applause as we now
reluctantly withhold it. The truth is, the terms of
the Treaty of London were formed too hastily and
inconsiderately. There is, perhaps, no object in
which the Great Powers of Europe could with more
propriety combine than in keeping peace among the
rest ; and were those who have the dominion of the
sea to sweep from the face of it, in all quarters of
the globe, all annoyances which infest it, they
would incur a debt of gratitude, on the score of
commerce, humanity, and civilization. But the Mini-
ter who, on the part of Great Britain, negotiated the
Treaty of London, instead , of looking to great and
general principles, must bring, forsooth, only his
Philhellenism to bear upon the question ; and
weakly imagining that; because Greece was once the
cradle .of freedom, the moderti Greeks are, there-
fore, born .to be free,' he lends himself, not to an
equitable adjustment of differences, but as a power-
ful auxiliary to subjects in open rebellion against
their rulers—those rulers, too, the natural allies of
his own country, and the sure barrier against the
ambitious designs of one of his confederates. This
appears, to us, at least, to be the real state of the
case; and, being so, we do not wonder that even
the candid part of the Ministerial Press should begin
thus early to take alarm at the consequence of such
strange, unstatesman-like misdoings. We say no-
thing at this moment as to the obvious impolicy, in
a general point of view, of involving this country un-
necessarily in war, when all her interests pointed to
a continuance of peace. How the Whig Journals
would have rung with fire and fury, impeachment,
and we know not what, bad such strange doings oc-
curred under any other auspices! But now, good
easy:souls, the whole is right : and the nummos in
arca renders, to their convertible vision, that white,
'which, a year or two ago, would have been "black
as Erebus."--Morning Herald.

Letters of administration to the property_ o

the late Mr. him WARD, of Stamford, have been taken
out by CHARLOTTE EDcsox, claiming to be the niece and
next of kin of the deceased ;--but a caveat has been en-
tered; and it is confidently expected that the grandsons of
the deceased will ultimately, by the bounty of the Crown,
share in the beneficial interest.—Lincoln Mercury.

It is difficult to describe the impression which
the conduct of the Lord Chancellor has produced upon
the Bar and the Public. Indeed, we think we begin to
perceive the light of liberality shining on the faces of some
of our younger friends•in the ball of the Four Courts, who
.thought that their only passport to business or to favour,
was, by following the cuckoo cry of Ascendancy, which
has been prevalent for the last twenty years in the profes-
sion. On the other hand, the old stagers are looking sour
and discontented—and the misery is, they can show no
cause of complaint against the Lord Chancellor.--DgUin
Evening Post. -7

FREEDOM OF DISCUSSION.--At a meeting
of the Macclesfield weavers, on Thursday, it was an-
nounced, " that every man should be heard quietly, and be
at liberty to declare his sentiments freely, and without in-
terruption." Encouraged by this assurance, a weaver rose
from the cart, and said " that he thought Mr. Ilaat's
weavers should have finished their work before they struck."
The orator had no sooner uttered these words, than the
%overt; of the freedom of discussion pulled him from the
carte which constituted the rostrum, and rolled him in the
mud.—Manchester Herald. t.

The College of St. Jodard (Department of
the Loire) has been burnt to asheF. The fire commenced
on the 27th ult., between five and six o'clock in the morn-
ing. In a moment the roof, store rooms, and dormitories,
were iu flames. Had it broken out during the night, 5?00
pupils, the professors, and all others residing in the Col-
lege, would have been buried in the ruins ; but fortunately
the pupils were all in the students' ball, and no one pe-
rished. They have now all dispersed and returned to their
parents; deprived of every thing but the dresses they had
on at the time.

About three Sundays ago the clerk of a parish
church not one hundred miles from Lincoln, who possesses
an unhappy predilection for " boozing," proceeded to
church for the purpose of attending in his official capacity,
not in that state of mind which tke solemn duties in such
a sacred place require, but " half seas over." Being en-
gaged before service commenced at the altar-piece, the
leader of the singers asked him what hymns were appointed
for the day, when he stammered out, " Sing what ye like:
sing them all (meaning all the hymns in the book), or any
you like, only doant bother me."--.2Stamford News.
A GRAMMATICAL PUPIL.—A country

schoolmaster in the neighbourhood of Cuckney, the other
day, after giving one of his pupils a sound drubbing, for
speaking bad grammar, sent him to the other end of the
room to inform another boy that he wished to speak to him,
and at the same time promising to repeat the dose if he
spoke to him ungrammatically ; the youngster being quite
satisfied with what he bad got, determined to be exact, and
thus addressed his fellow pupil--‘. There is a common sub-
stantive, of the masculine gender, singular number, nomi-
native case, and in an angry mood, that sits perched upon
the eminence at the other end of the room, wishes to articu-
late a few sentences to you in the present tense."—Leeds
Intelliyencer.
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HIS MAJESTY'S POST-OFFICE STEAM
PACKETS TO AND FROM GUERNSEY AND JER,SEY..—It iS
usual to dispatch a packet on Wednesday and Saturday
evenings, and its return is looked for early on Sunday and
Wednesday mornings. The Ivanhoe, Captain R. WHITE,
due on Sunday morning the 2d inst. arrived on Monday night,
at 11 o'clock (all well.) It appears that the N.W. gales
lately experienced at Weymouth, were still more violent on
the opposite coast, the Commander accordingly, with good
discretion, did not quit Jersey till the power of the wind
had somewhat abated, thereby evincing, although the usual
speed is the object looked for by the public, that still, under
particular circumstances, iu bad weather (as on the present
occasion) the Commander's discretion is material, as well as
praiseworthy and creditable to the Post-office department.
The coach proprietors are using every means to afford ac-
commodation to those who may have occasion to travel to
and from Weymouth. The Watcrsivite, Capt. FREDERICK
Witire, arrived in due time, at 10 o'clock on Tuesday
night.—Dorset Chronicle.

PORTRAIT OF THE EARL OF HAREWOOD.
—We need scarcely remind our readers that on the retire-
ment of the Earl of HA.B.EWOOD from the representation of

Yorkshire, in 1818, the Noblemen and principal Gentry
of the county unanimously resolved to present the Countess
with a portrait of his Lordship, in grateful token of the
important services which he had rendered to all interests
among his constituents. The number of subscribers to
this object amounted to 300, including every name of con-
sequence in the three ridings, not politically adverse to the
Noble Lord ; and it was determined that besides the ori-
ginal picture an engraving of the portrait should be made.
Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE was commissioned to paint a full
length portrait of his Lordship in the best style, and it is
superfluous to observe, the Artist has executed it with the
utmost success. The Noble Lord is represented standing
uncovered, with a view of Harewood House and Park in
the back ground, and attired in a plain walking dress--
but the vivid transcript of expression in the Earl's coun-
tenance, and the gentlemanly grace in the person and atti-
tude, exhibit the exquisite tact and truth of the President's
matchless pencil. The picture now, we understand,
cupies its proper place in the centre of the gallery at Hare-
wood House, and the engraving is just completed, and will
be ready for delivery forthwith to the subscribers..•—Leeds
Intelligencer.