The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-28 00:00:00

THE LATE MU. CANNING.

The .following is an extract-of a letter from a
relation of Mr. .Canning, who,. we believe, is, a
.clergyman resident at or near Windsor:--;-
" You know, as well as 1.40, (and we, are told
'that we are to judge of the tree by its fruitS;) that
there'Could hardly have.been a man existing more
correctly moral than GeOrge Canning-correct from
principle, and not from apathy. AS a' husband, a
father, a master, his conduct was irreproachable; and
as.a, son it was not only irreproachable, but such that
I firmly believe, if all the circumstances of it be ever
known, the pages which relate it will be considered
as the brightest in his whole history. As .a young
man, I should .say, that although, not always as at-
tentive as he ought to have been, he was far more
attentive to his religious duties than 'most young
men ; and froni the time of his marriage, as.l under-
stand, he was as regular in his' attendance at churCh
as his avocations would alloW; and had constantly
service at home, whenever his family. were prevented
from attending the public service. And this iS the.
man.whom his enemies would stigmatize as devoid
of religion ! It only shows how deadly is the rancour
of party spirit, and how true it is that there is no one
whom a man hates so intensely. as the person whom
he has injured. Both the good and the bad qualities
of this highly gifted man are now before the world,
and I have no doubt, that in spite of the worst 'efforts
of his' ingenious enemies, he has left those behind
him who will do justice to his character, and Who in
defiance of his faults—faults that appear like
nothing when compared to his virtues—,-will repre-
sent him as he really was—amiable inhis own family
and among his friends; and, as a public man, high-
spirited, candid, disinterested, indefatigable in serving
his country, and seeking the reward of those services,
not in the wealth or rank they might procure, but in,
their awn renown, and in the . good they might do
to mankind.

" WILLIAM CANNING."

PIRACY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM SMYRNA, DATED JULY 18.

" We now annex you extract of a letter received
from Captain J. Longridge, of the Elizabeth, on the
12th instant, dated Semi, the 2d instant, and we lost
not a moment in applying for a ship of war to be
sent to his assistance. There were nose disposable
at the instant; but this morning the Rifleman has
been despatched on that service, and will escort the
Elizabeth back to Smyrna. It is quite a scandal
that more efficacious measures are not adopted by
the European cruisers to clear the seas. We just
learn that a brig under Russian colours, proceeding
from Alexandria to Constantinople, has been plun-
dered by Greek pirates of property to the amount of
3,000/. The vessel has put into Rhodes quite dis.
mantled."

EXTRACT FROII CAPTAIN J. LONCRIDGE'S LETTER, DATED

SEMI, JULY 2.

" I arrived at Rhodes five days after I left you at
Smyrna, and received orders to proceed to Tasso on
the following day. When off this island I was
boarded by a piratical vessel, which took away all
the cabin stores and furniture, all the clothes belong-
ing to the crew, and beat us so unmercifully, that
we could scarcely crawl about the deck, and with
some difficulty I got the ship into
.Tasso the next
day morning; nothing particular occurred until the
20th ult. at one a.m., the watch on deck perceived a
piratical boat makitig towards us, which we imme-
diately fired upon, and alarmed the guard on shore;
a brisk fire was kept up on both sides, and the thief
was obliged to make off, but returned at night, and
again retreated; and at noon returned again with
two others, the guards on shore at that time being
gone to the village of Tasso. We were obliged
to take to the. boat, and pull on shore, distant
from the ship about one hundred yards. We
then recommenced to tire upon them, but of
no avail ; they soon got on board, cut the shore-
rope, slipped the chain-cable, and towed her out
about a mile from the shore, and plundered her at
their ease. At 6 p.m. they left the ship, all deeply
laden with the plunder. I immediately took the
ship's boat, with six Turkish soldiers, to go off to
the ship, the sailors being absent, but finding the
ship had driven considerably farther from the shore,
I was obliged to return, which I effected with some
difficulty. At sun-set the ship had driven nearly
out of sight, in the direction of the island of Semi.
I despatched a letter to the Cancellier, the Consul
being then absent, desiring him to send out assist-
ance, and to get the ship into some port of safety.
On the 22d, I received a letter, saying that the ship
was got in, with nothing on board, ship's papers and
even books taken away. I embarked immediately
with the crew in a small boat, and arrived safe the
next day morning, and found the ship almost a
wreck, destitute of every thing necessary. I have
obtained a few sails at Rhodes, but having no ropes,
I cannot move out of this until I am supplied ; in
fact, we are quite blockaded by mysticoes. I ex-
pect to be cut out of the port every night ; and if I
have not assistance from some British ship of war
in a short time, I am afraid the Elizabeth will be
entirely destroyed. " Yours, Sze.

" J. LONGRIDGE."

The paymaBters of the parish of Aylesbury
have determined to rent twenty acres of land, to be culti-
vated by spade husbandry, in order to employ their super-
fluous labourers.

The Bank of England will shortly open their
Branch Bank at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ,GEORGr CARR,
Esq., formerly of St. Petersburg)), has been appointed
Managing Director, a gentleman, by the way, eminently
qualified for the distinguished trust. The Deputy Manager
is Mr. TIMOTHY CUTFORTH, an individual also in every
respect qualified for the important office, having been
brought up in the great banking firm of Sir baize
Esnatut, Bart. and Co., in London, and subsequently
known as a banker in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

REV. MR. O'BRIEN.—This unfortun&e gen-
tleman has been found guilty at the Cork Assizes, of an
attempt on the life of the flight Reverend Dr. Collins, (the
particulars of which we noticed in our Paper some time
since). Many respectable witnesses came forward and
proved that he was insane. The Court, however, an-
nounced that a recommendation would be forwarded to the
Lord Lieutenant to have him transported for life.

The investigation at the Custom-house into
the affair of the tea smuggled in bales of alga marina,
which we mentioned last week, was brought to a close on
Saturday, so far as regards the consignee of the Simeon,
from llamburgh, in which vessel they were imported. It is
but justice to him to state, that the Commissioners of the
Customs, after minute investigation of the subject, have
directed that further proceedings against him shall be
waived. The affidavits submitted to the Commissioners
on the subject, copies of which we have seen, exonerate
the consignee from all knowledge of the tea having been
sent in the packages, and also clear him from all suspicion
of having been engaged in any former similar fraud. Of
course, however, the matter will not rest here, as the
fraud committed is one too important to the revenue to be
if possible, the real authors of it. The affair
allowed to pass without the greatest exertions being made
to punish,
ffo Europe,
some of our courtsPe, and is likely,
has become a subject of general conversation among the
ro
W: merchants
understand, wli ttroadfuertnoish thenormaterialstho
of Times.

S thehe r cif: i dae and
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inquirythat tiintetu
collision of the Fingal and Favourite steam boats, on
Wednesday morning, and that some of them have exa-
mined the place where it happened. It appears, that at
the moment when the collision took place, the woman who
is drowned with her three children were asleep in the fore
Part of the small smack, to which they had retired some
time before. A boy, who is a nephew to the master of
the smack, was also below, but not asleep ; he screamed
so violehtly, that his uncle was able to determine his posi-
tion inside the vessel. He instantly ' seized an • axe, and
made a hole, by which he was extricated, just at a mo-
ment before the vessel went down. She sunk, however,
before any exertions, could be made to save the woman
and her children. The bodies have since been found,
and sent to Greenock. The smack has since been raised,
but the greater part of her cargo, which consisted of her-
rings, is lost. The Favourite has, also sustained serious
injury; one of her paddles is carried away, and her fun-
nel was knocked down ; some damage, it is said, was also
done to her cargo...-. Glasgow Chronicle.