The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-05 00:00:00

con6olidation we announced as early as

last Saturday, we do not look for the mere form,
the,dry bones, of Mr. Canning's system, but for
its living, breathing q inni,', W.s plans for the
good of o';Aniry, and for the exclusion
litld protection of civilization every where,
will henceforth be carried forward with all the

zeal, and all the sincerity, which they so well
merit ; and they will be carried forward by those
very men whom he himself iud S:ileeted as best
fitted for. and most 'Worthy sUch a task. Not-
withstanding the hopes entertained by the ene-
mies Of constitutional freedom abroad, that the
policy of England would 'change with her Minis-
ter, and the ill-dt.sguised joy with which they
welecyt'ed the intelligence of his death, England
Will pursue, without any deviation, the path
which he traced for her future tonatiet. His
mighty spirit is still her guide. ills system, as
we stated it the beginning of those discussions
\Mich have now terminated to the satisfaction of

the whole country, had cast too kep a root to
be shaken, still, len 'overturned. It was not

founded on. -wild theories—it sprung from prac-
tirti wisdom. It did not rest for continued ex-
istence on popular applause ; it lived and grevv
on the progress made by the nation in all that
secttre het greatness and pros-
could pernlahehtly
perity, It did Hot take its stand with a party—
its field was the universe, and its throne the breast
of his Monarch. There, had friends deserted,
factious assailed; and the world risen in arms, it
;mulct have found a shelter, nay a fortress and a
home. There it now flourishes as vigorously as
when first implanted by its author. For this we
are not the only surety. The following state-
ment, which we copy from last night's Courier,
will show how firmly his Majesty has adhered to
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the system established by his favourite Minister
—how sincerely that system is maintained by his
present servants—and how zealously, actively and
unanimously, it will be carried into effect, both
to gratify the Monarch, and to forward the best
interests of the country : . .

" In all the discussions which have arisen, as to the best
mode of supplying the loss occasioned by the death of Mr.
Canning, there has never, for a single moment, been
blended with those discussions, a thought of change or mo-
dification in the principles of the Government as established
by that Statesman. Not only was it the fixed desire of
his Majesty that there should be no departure from those
principles, but it has been equally the earnest wish of his
confidential servants and advisers to disturb nothing,
either in our foreign or domestic policy, which had been
determined upon by their lamented colleague. Although
it was not permitted to Mr. Canning to see the completion
of much that he bad begun, he happily lived long enough
to trace out the course he meant to pursue, with sufficient
distinctness to remove all future doubt and uncertainty.
" We have the satisfaction of knowing that the utmost

cordiality now subsists between the members of his Ma-
jesty's Government, and a sincere desire to co-operate in

the promotion of every measure which may tend to conso-
lidate the internal resources of the empire, as well as to
uphold its dignity and influence abroad. The Noble Lord
at the head of the Government, by his conciliatory de-
portment, and by that ascendancy which inflexible inte-
grity of character gives to a man, has powerfully contri-
buted towards that final arrangement, which will inspire so
much confidence throughout the country.
" Among the causes of that confidence may justly be
reckoned the return of the Duke of Wellington to the coin-

mand of the Army. His Grace may have found those
who disputed his discretion, and the general soundness of
his views as a politician ; but there is not a man, we
firmly believe, however tainted or warped his judgment
may he by party feelings, who is not ready to avow his
satisfaction at seeing the illustrious hero entrusted with the
interests of that army which he had so often led to vic-
tory. When, indeed, we couple with this appointment
the office of Lord High Admiral, so efficiently adminis-
tered by the Heir Presumptive to the Throne, it is impos-
sible not to feel grateful for an arrangement which secures
to the two great services of the country, a vigilant and
enlightened superintendence, free from the most remote
suspicion of that. sinister influence, which, however un-
founded it might be, would inevitably have attached to a
different organisation of those departments.
44 We are apt, looking back upon a period of doubt and
difficulty, through which we have successfully passed, to
magnify our sense of security. We feel assured, however,
that the political agitations of the last eight months,
produced by a series of unforeseen national calamities,
have now permanently subsided. We know what followed
upon the awful visitation experienced by the Earl of Liver-
pool. Scarcely had Mr. Canning composed into peace the
strife that ensued upon that event—scarcely had he sub-
dued the clamours of a violent, but fortunately an impo-
tent faction—when he too was snatched from us ; and
again the work of pacification was to be performed. That
task has been once more achieved, and under circumstances,
we are warranted in affirming, which guarantee a cordial
union of counsels and of action, most auspicious for the
interests of the State. In the calm and repose which will
now prevail, we may calculate upon that vigorous adminis-
tration of national affairs, which will promote in every
direction, the advancement of national prosperity."—New
Times.

The only Ministerial appointments which ap-
peared in the Gazette last night, were those of
Mr. Huskisson, as Secretary of State for the
Colonial Department, and Mr. C. Grant, as
President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer
of the Navy. Mr. Herries, though he took his
seat yesterday at the Treasury Board as Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, has not yet been Ga-
zetted. he reason of this is simple. The ap-
pointment of the Right Hon. Gentleman will
not appear in the Gazette till the whole of the
Lords of the Treasury are Gazetted. Viscount
Goderich, though First Lord, has not yet been ;
and as dare is now one Lord too many, in con-
' sequence of the double office held by the late
Mr. Canning being divided between Lord Gode-
rich and Mr. Herries, it is necessary to wait till
an arrangement is made respecting the extra one,
before the six (the regular number) are Gazetted.
—lbid.

We rejoice exceedingly that the management
of our Colonies has devolved on Mr. Hus-
kisson ; for in no department of Government are
clearness of head and firmness of purpose so
much required as in the Colonial. The system
is vicious in the extreme, and must in many
things be departed from. The interest of the
Colonies and the interest of the Mother Country
equally demand a change ; for the circumstances
which cause their expensiveness to Great Britain,
are at the same time the means of obstructing
the improvement of the respective Colonies.
Though the principles of a true Colonial policy
are exceedingly obvious, we do not disguise from
ourselves the difficulty of reducing them to prac-
tice in a country like this, in which the Govern-
ment is so much dependent for support on the
means of abuse placed at the disposal of the
higher orders, " The world," as was happily
observed by a writer in The Edinburgh Review
for March last, « never yet saw so extravagant
a Government as the Government of Eng-
land. Not only is economy not practised,
but it is despised ; and the idea of it is
connected with disaffection, Jacobinism, and
Joseph tune. Every rock in the ocean,
where
a cormorant call perch, is occupied
H
by our troops—has a Governor, Deputy-
Governor, Storekeeper, and Deputy-Storekeeper
—and will soon have an Archdeacon and a
Bishop, Military Colleges, with thirty-four Pro-
lessors, educating seventeen Ensigns per annum,
being half an Ensign for each professor, with
every species of nonsense, athletic, sartorial,
and plumigerous." That hitherto
the object of
the Colonial Government at home has heen to
perpetuate abuse, rather than create powerful
enemies, is hardly to be wondered at. How far
Mr. Huskisson will dare to abandon the system