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

to the state of society in thi; wretched and be-
nighted part of Ireland.—lbid.
We congratulate the country most cordially,
up' ors one of the .first results of the hitherto un-
explained, and, apparently, inexplicable, conduct
of the seceding Members of the late Cabinet.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence has
been appointed Lord High Admiral, and m that
capacity will be assisted by the whole of the pre-
sent Board of Admiralty, :with the exception of
Lord Melville, as the Council of his ROyal
Highness. We have but to recal the eminent
services rendered by the late Commander-in-
Chief, to appreciate the full value of this appoint-
ment ; and we are satisfied the nation will view
with satisfaction an arrangement calculated to
secure for the navy all the advantages of a sys-
tern, which was attended with such conspicuous
benefit to the army. The former-' has always
been, and always must be, the more popular (we
do not use the term in any invidious sense) Of
the two services ; and .whatever tends to the pro-
motion of its interests, must be viewed with ge-
neral approbation. , . But it is not' on- these
grounds alone that we offer our congratulations.
We look at the appointment as a prompt and
decisive- evidence of the course which his Ma-
jesty is determined to pursue, in the present
crisis of domestic affairs ; as an evidence that he
will not permit the great interests of the country
to suffer from the attempt which has been made
to thwart. and embarrass his Government. The
More we contemplate. the late proceeding, the
snore we find, ourselves perplexed to discover an
Intelligible motive for it ; and, as far as we have
been able to.gather.the public opinion on the
subject, we may add, the country is at an equal
foss to find, not only an intelligible, but an honest
Motive. This is the language of others ; not
ours. They ask, was it becoming, was it de-
cent, in those who had so long been honoured
with the confidence of their Sovereign, to unite
in what appears to be a factious hostility towards
him ? 'Was it not their duty rather, even though
itl might cost them some sacrifice of personal
f6elings, to consult-the personal feelings' of the
Monarch ? Was it consistent 'With their high
character and eminent station, to shew so un-
e4uivocally, that, when they had to balance the
wishes of the King against objects of their oWn,
they could discard so lightly all considera-
tion of the former ? These, we say, are the
q estions which are put, :by almost every
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eed, as naturally present themselves. If
i r. Canning had been an individual hardly
k own in the political world—if he were one
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w o, though known, was known without much
o honour or distinction—if his character; public
o private, had a taint upon it—if, even, on any
former occasion, there had been a firm refusal to
act with him—if ail, or any, of these reasons
stood recorded in our political annals—we Could-
understand what now we cannot understand:
Bit how are the facts ? A Minister, of splendid
talents—a Statesman, whose reputationis co-ex-
tensive_ with the., reputation of his 'country in
e4ry quarter of the globe—a leading member of
tlnt very. Government of which the seceding
mdmbers constituted a part—with whom they
have acted for several years, and who, if not in
name, at least in fame, has been its presiding
head—one, in short, whom the nation hails; and
the King approves—this is the man who, when
placed officially where his vast . endoWments
had placed him virtually, is to be abandoned, as
if ihere were some implied stigma in the idea of
acting under him I ' Under and with ! What a
prodigious difference in two little words. Mr.
Canning, as Secretary of State for Foreign Af-
f.irs, had his Grace of Wellington, the Lord
Chancenorilbe First Lord of the Admiralty,
Earl Bathurst, &c. as his willing colleagues. Mr.
Canning, as First Commissioner OfhiS Majesty's
Treasury, frightens all these distinguished person-
age's out of their offices ! What does this betray ?
On publicgrounds, and from feelings of public re-
gard for the. eminent individuals who have thus
plamd themselves beforetheircountry, we lament what
has taken place. We cannot but remember who and
wha,t they are, upon whose conduct we are pronounc-
ing.] But the die is cast—the step is taken. The
King must be supported in the exercise of his just
rights—the Minister must be supported in the po-
sition where the King has placed him—the dignity
of the. Throne, and the independence of the Govern-
ment, must be asserted., They who have made this
duty painful, have also made it imperative—it must
be performed. The report of the Duke of Welling-
ton baying resigned his situation as Commander-in-
Chief, to which we alluded on Saturday,is confirmed.
His Grace has retired also from the Ordnance. Some
of otir contemporaries have expressed their surprise
at this, conceiving that the Duke might have con-
tented himself with throwing up his seat in the Ca-
binet; but we should like to knox with what pro-
prietY he could present himself before his Sovereign
to receive his commands upon matters of official
businJess connected with the army, after having made
comniion cause with his late colleagues in the Govern-
i to interpose what they, no doubt, considered
'?.rably obstacles. to the free exercise of the
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:able consequence of thai-act by which he placed
df in opposition to the Royal will—a necessary
his part, we should think, to prevent an obvious
ding on the part of his Majesty. We have heard
strange rumours of a letter, said to have been
by the Marquis of Londonderry to the King,

adverting, if the report be true, in most offensive
terms to a domestic transaction, and founding, upon
his own views of that transaction, his motives for
resigning his situation about the Royal per son, as
one ofd the Lords of his Majesty's Bed Chamber.--
We are unwilling to believe all that has reached us
on this head. The fact, however, is certain, that
the Npble Marquis has resigned into his Majesty's
hands the office he held ; but, according to another
account which we have heard, this resignation was ten-
dered after an audience of several hours with the King
on Friday. It will be remembered that the Marquis of
Londopderry resigned his Embassy at Vienna on the
appointment of Mr. Canning to the Foreign Office.
Other resignations have taken place, such as usually
attend! great political changes like those we have
witnessed within the last three or four days. The
Duke of Montrose, Lord Chamberlain; -his son, the
Marquis of Graham, Vice-Chamberlain; and the
Duke Of Dorset, Master of the Horse, have retired
from their respective offices. It was also rumoured
yesterdq, but we could not ascertain the truth of
it, that the Attorney-General had. resigned..--New
Tinzes.!

Since our last publication, an important change
has been made in the constitution of the Admi-
ralty. The Duke of Clarence has been appointed
Lord High Admiral, with a Council, and it is
understood the present Commissioners will form
the Council. The Lord High Admiral will not
sit in the Cabinet, so that with respect to com-
mand the Navy and Army will now be on nearly
the same footing. It has long been a matter of
great regret, that the service with which the
power and independence of England are now
particularly identified should not be freed from
the shackles of Parliamentary interest, which
has notoriously governed all the Naval Promo-
tions, with very few exceptions, and that Some-
thing like the impartiality observed in the Army