The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-18 00:00:00

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 18i7.

The Gazette of last night contains the 43'
pointment of his Royal Highness the Duke of
CLARENCE, to he High Admiral of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of
the Dominions, Islands, and Territories, there-
unto belonging. His Royal Highness transacted
business for some time yesterday at the Admi-
ralty ; but he will not enter upon the high and
arduous duties of his Office till the Ist of May

The powers delegated by the SovEREwN to
the Lord High Admiral are extraordinarily
great and extensive. In him is solely
vested the appointment of all Naval Oft-
cers. It is the exercise of this part of his
privileges that the Public will watch with the
most jealous eye ; and if the Duke of CLA-
RENCE, unconnected as he is with politics, should
allow the claims of service to be the principal
and sure road to promotion and employment,
his Royal Highness may rest assured that the
applause of the Nation and popularity with the
service over which he presides, will most (Tr'
tainly be his reward.

We are unable to-day to announce positively
any appointments to the vacant situations. Be-
port assigns the Chancellorship of Ireland to
Mr. PLUNK ETT, and the Mastership of the
Rolls to Mr. COURTENAY.

The Right Hon. EDW. GOULBURN, Secre-
tary for Ireland, has resigned, as had previously
Sir J. BECKET, the Judge-Advocate-General,
and the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, Chairman of
the Committees of the House of Lords.

The report is unfounded that the office of
Commander-in-Chief has been offered to
Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE.

Coming events sometimes cast their sha-
dows before," but more frequently omens hAve
no connection at all with the circumstances
which they are supposed to foretel, and the flight
of birds, the appearances of dying animals, or the
upsetting of a salt-cellar, may fill the minds or
the credulous with anxiety or delight, and even
perplex " Monarchs with the fear of change:
Thus it is with respect to the report circulated
this morning, that Lord ELDON has ordered
two double-barrelled fowling-pieces to be finished
without loss time, by a gun-smith whom
his Lordship's custom has set up in the world.
Upon this slight foundation it is assumed
that his Lordship has resigned all hopes of re-
turning to the discharge of those important
functions which he has so unaccountably, but for
the country so fortunately, relinquished, and has
resolved to crown " a youth of labour with an
amidst stubble lands, turnip fields
according as the change of the
agesoear
seasons
npf ease,"e
apoint them out, as being most
o
y
' likely to harbour those feathered tribes in the
pursuit and destruction of which his Lord-
ship is known to take peculiar, delight. Now,
for our own parts, we are satisfied that Lord
ELDON still deludes himself with the ides.,
that the country cannot go on for any length of
time without the assistance and direction of those
enlightened characters who have acted with him
and that it would be an easier task to undeceive
the wretched malefactor who in the face of pro-
bability clings to the vain hope of life, than it
would be to convince these exalted person/,
that every hour diminishes their chance 0'
returning to office,--and that every act of
bullying which they practise, by forcing
their underlings to make common cause with
t)litencienis of tra
ptiaottrio,
ne must rejoicewhich
their at each them, only recoils on their own heads, and
strengthens the hands of him, who, in fbrining3
new A
en-
shies him to employ, in substituting staunch anti
tried friends in the place of suspicious and doubt-
ful adherents. follyehaddi-
tional i

But there is another reason which makes the
rumour extremely improbable, and that 1'
the known prudence of the Learned Lord,
which cannot be supposed to have utterly do'
serted him in a moment. Is it probable, we
would ask, that Lord ELDox, having resigned
so large an income, should immediately increase
his expenditure, and at so late a period com-
mence the career of a prodigal ? But there is no
doubt upon the subject. The rumour, yre
are certain, is without the least foundation, and
we think it highly probable, that it has originated
not in his Lordship's having ordered two Del
fowling-pieces, but in his having- offered for sale
two old ones, coeval with himself, and with the
proceeds of which he can purchase what may be
strictly termed the necessaries of life.

a mistake, on
hoanppay to be ionff.olrmawe,din
P
yesterday. We had supposed, thailioiatutrmwFielet:blo:l
questionable, whether the Seceders, in- confe#
ndaerltiaetsingoftooorensspigriira,
ow; uldßbute liitlibsle
tollthe pe
satisfactory to
find, that there is not the least doubt
from the following
point ; and that, in this instance, the rule of
d,,0 :el, trntlepdoinn
tht the
Honor and the rule of Law are the same. This
leßaaiwsl le.
case,
latelypa r
lcaliedabrloyf,owree
Counsel,think,
B—t, and others (all p . ng high offices by the
appointment of the Crown), simultaneously, and py a cozy
thres.v.ty their employment, with'a view tg,
certed plan,
Query—lf the Earl of Eas—ons nh,olDdiukeof W---n, Earl
embarrass the administration of the affairs of Government'
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together,
wither this ,
and
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combinee
confederates
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are they liable to prosecution as conspirators ?
Avsw„.—This is a clear case. They are liable Wa
proceeded against as conspirators. The best authorities)",
ewyshuilmmset
sae ehaoyemtf unlawful means, or for some unjustifiable purp°°'
dth°
See Hawkin's and Burn's Justiee.)—The ir
setiopinieratOrli.--(
in
nortd Chancellor (Lard Eldo used to lay down the rucil
known and settled case, that if Several Journeymen tnjic;.°
bine together, for the purpose of raising their viageg'/
striking their work, they are 014-o-of ismspiracY , u
though it would not be unlawful** any of them-separate
to endeavour to raise his wages. - j
Query.....lf shortly before the titue of re/10Pb they I'll