The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-13 00:00:00

MR. CHARLES GRANT.

Public men are said to be public property, and
we are always glad to see their sentiments and ac-
tions fully and freely canvassed. We confess, how-
ever, that we are not a little surprised, after all the
" badgering" which our statesmen have lately un-
dergone, to find a sage discovery made by Lord
Westmoreland that cur talented and admired County
Member, Mr. Charles Grant, was the primary cause
of the measure now in progress for the relief of Ire-
land. On Saturday, in the House of Lords, the
Earl of Westmoreland, in the course of a rambling
speech, concluding in favour of the Bill, stated that
the great cause of the mischief which the Bill is
designed to remedy, is the divisions of the Pro-
testants of Ireland. The cause of this dilemma he
attributed in the first instance, to Lord Plunkett,
next, to the Irish landholders, who, for election pur-
poses, sacrificed themselves and the state, and finally
to every Member of Lord Liverpool's Administra-
tion. "In the first place," continued the sapient
Earl, " let us see what happened on the appolut-
mend, in the first instance, of a gentleman who
entertained those opinions strongly,to be the Minister
of that country.—(Hear.)—The Secretary of State
for that country is responsible for the consequences
that have taken place, because it is impossible for any
man to suppose that any Government favourable to
the Constitution of this country could have placed
in the Government of that country a gentleman of
his opinions." This tranchant statement called up
my Lord Sidmouth, who, in reply to the glimmer-
ing of meaning contained in the above, used
the following words :—" I was never more sur-
prised than at hearing the speech of the Noble
Lord—nor am I less surprised at the charge s
which he has made. My Lords, it is just
eight years since a respectable gentleman, (Mr.
Grant) was appointed to the office of Chief Secre-
tary of Ireland, which at that time was ill a very
distracted state. I have already said that Mr.
Grant was a most respectable gentleman, and with
the utmost admiration for his talents, I am free to
admit that the appointment had not my concur-
rence; but I yielded to it from the distressing exi-
gency of the occasion. It is well known to the
Noble Lord that the appointment had not my
approbation. I am compelled to say thus much
in reply to the charge of the Noble Lord, and
I feel that I am justified in breaking punctilios,
in thus adverting to this circumstance." Break-
ing pur c ilios indeed with a vengeance! The secrets
of a prison house are at last dropping out one by
one, like thunder-drops of rain, and we shall soon
have a clear sky if riot fair weather. One thing we
believe will be pretty generally acknowledged :—if
the State-Doctor have no greater political sins to
answer for than his share in the appointment of Mr.
Grant, he will not tremble for the fiat of posterity—
he will have no very heavy blot on his escutcheon.
We suspect however, that Mr.' Grant cannot lay
cL to the honour designed for him by Lord West-
moreland. The cause of emancipation has been for-
warded, not by this or by that Secretary, but- by
the irresistible course of events.—lnverness Courier,
April S.

SALVE FOR WOUNDS IN 'WOOLLY ANI-
MALS. —A number of the Bibliotheritie Physic() Econo-
. mique recommends an ounce of hog's lard and four drachms
of powdered charcoal, well mixed as a pomatum, to be
used for the wounds of wool-bearing animals, as producing
a quick healing ; it is also said to be efficacious in sores of
a gangrenous nature.