The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-16 00:00:00

Minister will in the very first Gazette announce the ap-
pointment of a new Lord Chancellor, and of a Se-
cretary in whose disposition to govern fairly, a sus-
pi ci ousland irritable, Aera ty e . ap ill-used, peony,,.-May
confide: Although' -re4hAilgetin ' the person-or the
' t.ord Lieutenant cannot be required on similar
groendi to - these which'have rendered Mr. Gonl-
burn's disthissal unavoidable, 'it is, we are told, re-
ported, and we should not be sorry to find it true,
that, the -Marquis Wellesley will be recalled from
Ireland, and that Lord 'Carlisle will succeed him.
Since the above was written, We, have heard, what
inflicts upon- us no inconsiderable disappointment,
namely, that a high personage has declared his un-
willingness to have a Cabinet uniform in its sup-
port of.emancipation; three offices, it is said, are to
be filled by enemies to that measure—one of which
accordingly, viz., that of Lord Chancellor, is placed,
in spite of his recent brush with Mr. Canning,: at
'the disposal of the Master of the Rolls. This, at
least, affords an instance of magnanimity on the part
lof the new Minister, whose undertaking to his So-
vereign appears to have . gone no further than to his
being provided with a Protestant Chancellor, but
not specifically with Sir John Copley. The Mar-
quis .of Anglesea, we understandris likely to be ap-
ointed Master-General of the Ordnance. We re-
et to hear that a negociation which had been corn-
enced by Mr, Canning with Lord Lansdown, has
roken off on the impossibility of emancipation be-
ng made a Cabinet question against a 'deelared
oyal wish; and further, that Ireland is 'still to reap
few of the comforts of a divided. Government. If,
owever, Mr. Plunkett be immediately named Lord '
hancellor 'of that cenntry, one positive good will
ave been fixed beyond the reach of fortune.—
bid. . ,

We retain the opinion we have all along ex-
Iressed, relative to the circumstances which have

to the present situation of public affairs—

lz., that it was not at all necessary that Lori
Liverpool's secession should have produced a
dissolution of the Administration ; and that had
Mr. Canning been contented to remain where he
was, a successor might have been found for Lord
tiverpool, without disturbinf the other compo-
nent parts' of the Cabinet. This, we believe, is
What would have been most satisfactory to the
country. That so many of Mr. Canning's late
t
drlleagues should have sent in their resignations
oes not. surprise us. For this, Mr. Canning
lips to thank him Self, or rather, perhaps, his in-
j?dicious pullers. Surely one man has as much
right to give himself airs as another ; and if Mr.
Canning, or his injudicious friends for him,
choose 'to give out that he would be disgraced by
l4in second in tie Cabinet with any of his
fnllow Ministers, surely they, had the same right
t decline being second to him. All this might
hive been avoided, had Mr. Canning been con-
tented with holding the same rank in the Admi-
nistration as was held by Mr. Fox. The dye,
however, is now cast, and Mr. Canning deserted
by the majority of his colleagues, has, got the task
Worming an Administration, divested of much of
this incuinbrances,aa well as much of the talent of
the last. We wish the crisis could have been
avoided, but as it has arrived, Mr. Canning has
our good wishes, and all the reasonable, inde-
ptdent support we can give him in his arduous-un-
dertaking. It is clear that what he does is "in the
King's name, which they of the adverse party want."
T e appointment of the Duke of Clarence to the
he d of the Admiralty proves this beyond a doubt,
anti will go far to fix the wavering, and give stability
to ;the new Government. It would seem, if present
reports' are to be relied upon, that the new Premier
is filling up the offices without ally aid from, or
iur ction with the Whigs—a circumstance which, if
true, augurs more in favour of his discretion than of
hist gratitude; for whatever Mr. Canning, or his im-
mepiate connections may say to the contrary, there
can be no doubt but that it is to his Whig eulogists
and supporters, (next, perhaps, to an influence of
anether description, to which we have before al-
luded); that he principally owes the triumph he has
gained. Two circumstances remain to be seen—
first, whether 'Mr. Canning can succeed in forming.
an Administration at all; and secondly, whether he
cani secure the support of both Houses of Parliament.
Wd sincerely hope that both these events will take
pilule : for such is the situation of tht country, both
as regards its foreign and domestic relations, that we
knc4v. of no greater calamity which could befall it,
than a longer interregnum of instability and cabal,
whi' h every moment calls for decision, activity, and
uni n, in every department of the State.—Morning
He Id.
i
ow that the labours of the Galway Election
Co Mittee have been brought to a conclusion,
we cannot but express our astonishment that such
scenes as were disclosed before them in evidence
should ever have been tolerated in any country
existing under any form of law, or regular Go-
verninent, _ We have heard a great deal from
time to time of the efficiency of the present Irish
Administration, but we confess we can see no
procifs of it in the altered habits and condition of
the ,people, or the . faithful discharge of their
duties in those who ought to set them the ex-
nple of good morals and a manly obedience to
e laws. It is not enough that by the result of
is inquiry, Mr. Richard Martin should forfeit
at seat which he had procured at the expence
' so much local misery, unless some steps be
keii, in consequence of what was proved on
is occasion, to prevent a recurrence of the dis-
acetful and barbarouspoceedings of which the
will of Galway was the theatre during the 15
iys f the late .County .Election. When the
inu es of evidence taken before the Committee
call
,have been published, what a commentary
11 tliey not afford on the " efficiency" of the
_._ov ment of Ireland, and'the usefulness of
;he I al authorities ! Here we have a large and
popu us
.town given up, from the commence-
ment to the end of an election, to utter anar-
chy, and all the disorders that follow in its train,
and this too while there were four hundred re-
gular troops quartered in the town, and a police
and constabulary force of 200 ; yet the Magis-
trates,
who could have employed this large force to
disperse the mobs and protect the peaceable elec-
tors, allowed, day after day, scenes of riot and terror
that would have disgraced a tribe of Ashantees, to
be performed before their faces, and took no effective
step to suppress or prevent outrage, conflagration,
and murder ! If men, we care not of what party,
can, for the sake of their own selfish ambition, Inst. •
gate the unhappy and misguided peasantry who
barely exist under their controul, to engage in those
brutal contentions, which only preserve the tyranny
of their landlords and their own barbarity, it would i
be better for Ireland if her representatives were no-
minated
by the Crown rather than returned by the
people—for the elective franchise is purchased at
too dear a price, when its exercise raises insurmount-
able obstacles to. the progress of her civilization.—
We think, however, that out of the evil of the last
Galway election some good will arise. The viola-
tion of law and humanity was carried to that savage
excess which Parliament cannot pass over; they must
coma to some definite resolution on the subject—they
must take notice of the conduct of the local autho-
rities,
a,,d make it more unpleasant or unssfefor Ma-
gistrates to allow such things to be done with impu-
nity, than to perform their duty in putting down gen-
tlemen rioters and their ferocious mobs. The county
of Galway is among the least civilized districts of
Ireland, and it has been kept so, in a great measure,
by the violent habits
of a vain and fox-hunting aris- 1
tocracy, who care nothing
for the people, but as
the tools of their ambition and the slaves of their
feudal power, We are glad, therefore, that the at-