The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-21 00:00:00

TO THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM HUS7CISSON, &C.

Sir,—While we deeply lament the 'mouthful event that
rendered necessary the late changes in his Majesty's Go-
vernment, we are, at the same time, desirous to express to
you the gratification we have received from the further proof
which the King has given of the just value of your public
services, by confiding the seals of the Colonial Department
to your charge. _ _ _

it is also with sincere satisfaction that we have learned,
froth your cominunication to the Mayor, that as your seat
in Parliament'bad become vacant, you were ready to re-
sume the representation of Liverpool, if called upon by your
late constituents, notwithstanding the arduous labours which
must attend your increased public duties.
Highly approving of your public conduct, and alive to
your increasing and successful exertions to support the
best interests of the nation, as well as your devotion to the
protection and promotion of the more immediate claims' of
this great commercial town, we desire to avail ourselvesof
the disposition you have expressed, and therefore do most
earnestly and cordially invite you again to come forward as
a candidate for the representation of this ancient borough
.in. Parliament. In making this request, we consider our-
selves as expressing the general sentiment of the inha-
bitants at large, and we beg to assure you of our warmest
support.

We have.the honour to subscribe ourselves, Sir, your
Faithful and most obedient servants." -

This was an address which he proposed should
be signed by all those who approved of Mr. Hus-
kisson's conduct, sod desired to see him replaced in
the situation which he had recently vacated. He
was aware that it would be idle, and perhaps also
presumptuous, for him to enter into a detail of the
many important services which Mr. Huskisson had
rendered Liverpool. Every person in Liverpool
was aware of how faithfully and with what zeal he
had discharged the duties of a representative.—
(Hear, hear.)—The interests of Lord Liverpool had
ever been the object of his solicitude, and he bad
always shown an anxious desire to promote the just
claims of his constituents, by all the means which
his extensive influence placed at his disposal. Under
these circumstances, he-was justified in entertaining
the hope, that when the period of election should
arrive, there would, be no. opposition to Mr. Hus-
kisson's return.—(Applause.)—There was one cir-
cumstance, which it was necessary, in connection
with this subject, to take into consideration; he
meant the state of Mr. Huskisson's health. It was
well known that after the close of the last Session
of Parliament Mr. Huskisson was compelled, for the
absolute preservation of his life, to 'proceed to the
Continent, from which he had been recalled earlier
than he expected, in consequence of the irreparable
loss which the country had sustained , by the
death of Mr. Canning. -The election for Liver-
pool could not, take place until after. Parliament
assembled, • which would • be in the depth of
winter, when, in addition, setting aside Mr. Hue-
kisson's imperfectly restored state of health, he,
would be peculiarly called upon to devote his atten-
tion to the duties of his office. He therefore ven-
tured to express a'hope (and this he did from him-
self, and without the authority of any other person,)
that when the period of the election arrived, the
electors of Liverpool would consider it unnecessary
to put Mr. Huskisson to the risk of a journey to
their town, and by so acting they would do further
honour to themselves, and, he imagined, afford con-
siderable gratification to Mr. Huskisson.—(Ap-
plause.) He was certain that Mr. Huskisson, should.
he be re-elected, would take the first opportunity'his
health afforded of paying his personal respects to his
constituents—he might say his friends—in Liver-
pool. When Mr. Canning first introduced Mr.
Iluskisson to the electors of Liverpool, he said that.
be presented to them one of the most able men of
business in the kingdom. He might now confidently
state that the correctness of Mr. Canning's descrip-
tion had been fully realized.—(Applause.) 'ln Mr.
Trloskisson they" possessed a reprbsentative distin-
guished by sound discretion, a profound knowledge
of the best interests 'of the country, and an ardent
desire to -promote them even at the hazard of his
health. Mr. Huskisson, however, had not escaPed
animadversion, and even abuse- The various im-
portant measures of which Mr. Huskisson had been
in some degree the originator, and was the- organ
of Government, to• propound to Parliinnerit, were
the ground of these attacks. In one instance the
' opposition raised to the Right Hon. Gentleman's
measures had been proved to :be signally ill-
founded and mistaken.. When Mr. Huskisson
proposed his alteration in the silk ,trade, there were
.persons whe.predicted that the effect of the measure
would be to ruin all the manufacturers, and to throw
hundreds of thousands of workmen out of employ-
ment. Now look at the result. The silk trade at
the present moment was admitted to be in the most
flourishing state ever known." It appeared, that in
order to infuse fresh vigour into the English manu-
facturer, it was only, necessary to get rid of the in-
ducement to purchase smuggled goods. French
manufactures were sought after, not because they
were of superior quality to our own, but because
they possessed a peculiar recommendation in the dif-
ficulty which was found in obtaining them. Now,
when the French manufacture came into fair compe-
tition with our own, the latter was generally pre-
ferred. We not only had almost entire possession
of the home market, but even maintained a powe,r-
-' ful rivalry with the French in the foreign market.—
' (Applause.)—Mr. Huskisson must be considered the
most supporter, if not the originator, of the
change active
in the corn-laws, proposed in the last session
of parliament. That important measure; which was
essentially necessary to the well-being of the empire,
and even necessary to the existence of the agrical-
. tuml interest, was unfortunately lost through the °P-
atinae)* and ignorance of certain persons in the Upper
House; but he hoped it would be proposed again
next session, and be attended with it more fortunate
result.—(Applause.)—He would detain the meeting
for only a few minutes upon 'the subject of the
alterations which had been made in, th
laws, under Mr. Huskisson's auspices.:, He nivigation
e must
system, an
ac-
know7edge that he for one had looked with consider-
able jealousy to the concessions, made to fO-
reigners under the reciprocal d pal-

ticularly to those made to Prussia; but he was
free' to confess, that now he. was in possession
of better information on the subject, his appnehen-
sions were removed, and he fully recognized the
justice and necessity of the system introduced by
the Right Hon. Gentleman. When he objeOed to
the concessions made to Prussia, it was generally
understood that no more than 700,0001. worth of
British 'manufactures were imported into that
country, but it now turned out that the amount was
nearer 7,000,0001. worth. .That was an 'object of
too great importance to be sacrificed for the want of
a little concession on . our part. Mr. Huskisson had
*shown him Self anxious to promote the interests of
the ship-owners whenever circumstances enabled
him to do so consistently with
,the other
.great
inte-
rests of the country. The act which he introduced
last Session for substituting certain important ar-
ticles for others which formerly stood upon the enu-
merated list, would prove of material benefit to
shin-owners. .It was not to be supposed that Mr.
Huskisson's measures would give universal satisfac-
tion. In all cases in which conflicting,. interests
were concerned, unless each party would yield Some
part of their claims, it was impossible for any stntes-
man to reconcile them.7--(Hear !)—The Hon. Gen-
tleman then took 'occasion to express his sorrow for

the death of Mr. Canning, an event which he !con-
ceived to have been accelerated by the anxieties
which beset him after accepting the Premiership.—
lie said that Mr. Canning himself seemed sensible
of the irksomeness of his, situation, for, in a letter
addressed to him by the Right lion. Gentleman on
the 28th of May, he wrote as follows :--" My oc-
cupations for the 24 hours are, and have been for
the last two months, more almost than either the
compass of that time or my physical strength is ade-
quate to." After expressing his satisfaction at, the
constitution of the present Ministry, and hoping
that it would long continue to administer' public
affairs with honour to itself and advantage to the
country, he concluded with moving, that the address
which he had read be adopted by the meeting.
Sir JOHN TOBIN seconded the, motion.

One of the champions of the ship-owners, and of
the restrictive system, stepped forward to declare
his objections to Mr. Huskisson, but the novelty of
his situation seemed to deprive him of utterance.
He stammered out a request that he might be
allowed time to " get his breath," which the Chair-
man consented to ; but after waiting some minutes,
and the would-be orator still standing mute, the
Meeting insisted on having the question put, which
was accordingly done,. and the motion agreed to

nanimously.-
W. W. CurtßlE, Esq., said, that after what had
. . .

been intimated respeCting Mr. Huskisson's health,
he felt it necessary to move that the Chairman, in
transmitting the address to the Right Hon. Gentle-
man, should also inform him that it was the wish of
the Meeting that he should not come to Liverpool at
the time of the election. _ _ . .

T. CASE Esq., seconded the motion, which was
put, and carried unanimously.—The Meeting then
btoke up.

MONSTROCITY.—On Saturday last, a cat,
belonging to Mr. S. Tideswell, blacksmith, of
Mansfield, brought forth a curious production in
form of three kittens, each attached so closely to its
fellow, that one could not survive without the
other; their form vas perfect, as far as head,
legs, tail, ‘&c., but adhering in various parts to
each other, forming one creature, and that sort of
sympathy appeared to exist—as thosugh one im-
pulse governed the whale ; a constant uneasiness
was manifested by the trio, whiCh disturbing the
family, induced Mr. T. to order them to
be drowned, which was accordingly done on
Monday, and we regret it has thereby prevented
their being preserved as a most wonderful phe-
nomena of nature.—Nottingham Mercury.

THE TAILOR, TYPO, AND OWL.—A very
gay and sprightly Knight of the goose and bod-
kin, amply imbued' with a full share of the'vanity
inherent in his profession, . was boasting a short
time since that though he was given to betting,
yet he never got taken in,—not he indeed !
Tired .with the man's folly and impertinence, it
seems, some who were present resolved to punish
the self-important Snip. One of them accordingly
complained that a horse of his was every night
frightened in his stable by an owl, which flutter-
ed about him in the dark, notwithstanding he
had tried all he could to catch the confounded
owl, and concluded by proposing a party should
go that night to assist him. The bait was
greedily caught by the tailor ; he should like
such a bit of fun of all things t—he had long
wanted to catch .an owl to hunt in a pond. The
parties now; sallied forth to the stables in Henry-
street.- The way to catch an owl is thus :—a
man is placed with a sieve on his head beneath
the trap door of a stable loft; another stands
near him with a candle, so that the rays of light
pass through the sieve into the loft above, and
the gaby is made to believe that when the owl
is driven into the rays of light, he will fall down
into the sieve below. The tailor was thus placed
with a sieve on his head,. Typo holding the
candle, Where they were directed to wait till the
o-wleould.be driven into the sieve, which was
then to ,be secured. Others' of the party now
makingscreech
n
oh ;a
but which
eashoicchpioonoarllsy,niipn
and
ditatin
Typoo
pretended to be hunting after the owl, some of
tohfeimts
took to be the owl itself. At this time some
person opened the door, when Snip cried out to
cline it again, for they had nearly caught the
owl. Scarcely had the words escaped his lips,
'
run his
when from aloft came a deluge of water, bearing
sieve and him and or Typo together to the
poor
cold bosom of their mother earth. A shout of
laughter told them at once the whole story, that
it was intended they should catch a duck instead
of, n ow/. The tailor rose from the earth in the
most violent aroxysm of rage,—swore he would
run
projectors ood
fk p
LI through
shame,
wishedh e bu ttthoen
vile ftoks o
imposersfthe
on his credulity might be compelled to ride nine
miles on a hot goose ; and then be thrown into
that 11-11 over which he had sat enthroned all
his days. Dripping,
as ail old womanwith wet, his face as wither-
eds of 90, and boiling with a
rage
which nothing but a Jagani's could excel!,
he now returned to the public-house, when ! oh
woe of woes ! who should be there but his better
half, .who seeing her husband in such a deplor-s
able plight, rushed to his arms, and asked what
had befallen her dear duck. " Duck !" said the
enraged tailor, throwing her from him, " what do
you know about the duck ?" This was spoken in
such an emphatic, goblin-like that
way, the poor
woman swooned. To account. for her appear
ance, it is only necessary to say,' that the origi•
hators of the spree had sent round the cryer with
a notice that an owl would be exhibited at the
public-house for that night only, which brought
her and many others there.--Brighton Paper.