The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The papers of Saturday and yesterday were
premature in stating that Mr. Herries had been
actually appointed, and that he received the Seals
of the Exchequer on the afternoon of Friday.—
He at that time neither received the Seals nor
kissed hands on his appointment. That he may
do both in the course of this day, is more than
probable ; but he is even now no more Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer than when Lord Goderich
proposed him a fortnight ago to the King. A
Council is to meet this day, when the appoint-
ment of the Right Hon. Gentleman will receive
the fiat of the King's Government. When we
announced in The Times of Friday, that "his
Majesty had manifested a gracious desire to
have himself and his Cabinet extricated by the
most conciliatory means, from the unseasonable
dilemma" in which circumstances, not implying
blame to either party, had placed them, we did
the feelings of the Sovereign no more than
scanty justice. It would be impossible to go
further than we are assured his Majesty has
gone, to surmount a difficulty which was in no
degree of his seeking. Falsely accused of having
endeavoured to saddle his Ministers with an un-
congenial or ineligible colleague, his Majesty
took the, most obvious and decided steps to dis-
prove the calumny of the Tory faction. So late
as Friday last, the Chancellorship of the Exche-
quer was tendered repeatedly, and in the most
earnest manner, first to Mr. Huskisson, and next,
on his refusal, to Mr. Sturges Bourne. This latter
gentleman havingalso, in terms equally unambigu-
ous declined it—and thus a double demonstration
being afforded of the real tendency of his Ma-
jesty's wishes, in concurrence with, not in con-
tradiction to, those of his official advisers, (in-
deed, we ought to have said a treble demonstra-
tion, for Mr. Tierney had already, in the same
week, declined to exchange the Mint for the
Exchequer), the pretensions of Mr. Herries
came last to be considered, as those of a person
more conversant with the details of Treasury
business than others of higher political repute.
But, without discussing the politics or preten-
sions of Mr. Herries, we take upon us to state
distinctly, that while yet a chance remained of
any of the three Ministers above-mentioned
consenting to fill the important vacancy, Mr.
Herries had no prospect of being placed in com-
petition with them—either by the Cabinet as a
body, or by the King—from the hour in which
his Majesty was acquainted with its predominant
opinion. Had any foundation existed for the
infamous Tory charge upon his Majesty, of de-
signing to force a " King's candidate" into
office, there would have been at once an end of
the Ministry. With an objection which resolves
itself merely into a question of preference between
Messrs. A. and 8., in respect of their personal
merits, a man of honour may deal somewhat
differently. If A., the favourite, will not serve,
and 8., the less favoured, is ready to do so, in-'
,stead of having a principle to contend with,
it becomes a pure consideration for the
judrient, whether a statesman not fully ap-
proving es_si individual proposed to him for an as-
sociate in the f.:labinet shall accept the single col-
league whom he anig,ht not of himself have
chosen, or break up the general Administration,
which, as a whole, enjoys his political esteem
and confidence. A man of sensibility and
watchful jealousy as to the possible construction
of the world on his motives, will often let the
personal sentiment put aside with too little cere-
mony the more extensive obligation of the citizen.
Lord Lansdowne acted on this generous class of
motives last Saturday, when he tendered his re.
signation to the King. The Noble Marquis, as
we announced in our last number, was summoned
to attend his Majesty that day at Windsor. His
Lordship had, it is pretty generally known, ex-
pressed a reluctance to act with Mr. Herries, if
another Minister, more suitable in his apprehen-
sion, could be prevailed upon to take the seals
of the Exchequsr, That other, it appears, could
not be procured ; but even under that which
might be looked upon as a case excepted from
the contingent pledges of the Noble Marquis, he
conceived himself bound to keep " Cmsar's wife
above suspicion ;" and on its being announced
to him that no choice remained except in
favour of Mr. Herries, who was not even
then (Saturday morning) more than in a
state of expectancy with regard to office,
Lord Lansdowne laid the sears of the Home
Department at his Majesty's feet. The Sove-
reign declined to accept the resignation of his
_Minister, graciously expressing his earnest desire
that the Noble Marquis would remain in office,
and giving the Noble Lord his Royal autho-
rity to estate, that his continuance in office was
an act of duty consented to by Lord Lans-
downe at the express desire of the King him-
self, and to pretzent the dissolution of a Go-
vernment whzch, on public and private
grounds his Majesty was awrious to preserve.—
For these facts we stake our character with the
public. iVlost gratifying are they to all who
'.:nterest themselves, on worthy motives, In the
fame and honour of public men ; eminently en-
couraging are they, to all who see in the, prin-
ciples and consequences of Mr, Canning 's po-
licy the elements as well as instruments of na-
tional greatness for this country. No honest
man can behold, without pride and joy, this
unquestionable evidence afforded, of the King
of England's resolution to maintain the ground
which leis Majesty has already won on behalf of
the dearest rights- and most precious improve-
ments of society ; anti to reject, as his own worst
those who have tong been the objects
enemies,
of his people's contempt—the hoary sycophants,
whom the first moment of the King's resistance
to their will transformed into libellers of his po-
licy an.l person, anal into relentless persecutors
to death, And after death, of the man whom he
honoured and illustrated by his friendship.—At
no period of the late transactions--we speak ad-
visedly—did the King ever once glance at the
possibility of recurring to the official aid, or
= and
exploded
principles, of the Londonderry
76 don policy.--Tinter. •
On Saturday we announced that on Friday
Lord Goderich, the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Hus-
kisson, and Mr. Sturges Bourne bad an audience
of his Majesty, at the Royal Lodge, Windsor;
after which Lord Godench communicated to
Mr. Herries the King's pleasure that he should
accept the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer ;
andthat Mr. Herries liad afterwards an audience
of his Majesty, in which 4 was understood that
he had consented to accept the office. Mr.
Berries was not, however, appointed on Friday,
and the re
porta to that effect, which appeared in
NT" papers, are incorrect ; nor has the appoint-
ment of that gentleman vet taken place. The
confeM"ofFriday, atVindsor, was followed
by a star-0614 from hie
Winerzor, on Saturaa
Majesty to Lord Lans-
downe to 7, and it is obvious,
that till hi. Lordshiphad waited on his Majesty
no final assail ement could be formed. On
am-
Lord L a
Saturday. accorbigY, on-la obeyed

his Majesty's commands, and we have now to
announce that the result of this audience has
been very satisfactory. A Council is ordered at
two o'clock on this day, at Windsor, which it is
understood will be attended by Mr. Huskisson,
Mr. Herries, and Mr. Charles Grant, for the
purpose of receiving respectively the appoint-
ments of Colonial Secretary, Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, and President of the Board of Trade, and
Treasurer of the Navy. For such a result we
have from the outset prepared our readers.
" Where there is a will there is a way," says the
proverb ; and we know that all parties, his Ma-
jesty, and the men now in office, had the same
object at heart—the effecting of such an arrange-
ment as would best secure the continuance of

the system on which the affairs of the country
are at present administered. We know that his
Majesty was too sincerely desirous of promoting
the welfare and prosperity of the nation, to en-
tertain for a moment the idea of having recourse
to the services of any of the Outs, the return of
whom to power could only lead to the most cala-
mitous results ; and we knew that men agreed
as to the principle on which the Government
ought to be conducted, would never incur the
responsibility of exposing to hazard the system
with which they conceived the welfare of the
country bound up, for considerations of inferior
moment. Wishing only to give the Admini-
stration the greatest degree of efficiency, any
minor differences of opinion that might exist as
to the qualifications of individuals, were not of a
nature to disunite men agreeing in essentials.
In the present day more is expected from a pub-
lic man than was expected fifty or sixty years ago.
He is exposed to a more severe responsibility.
It is now very properly conceived, that men who
have once. put their hand to the plough, are not
at liberty to turn back from motives of inclina-
tion or personal convenience, when the conse-
quence might be hazarding the stability and po-
licy deemed best calculated to promote the public
good. With respect to Mr. Herries's talents
for business, there is but one opinion. It is
known that his plans have been of material be-
nefit to the nation, and that large sums were
saved by the system he adopted, when he was at
the head of the Commissariat. The reports of
his intimacy with Mr. Rothschild, of which ad-
vantage was taken to injure him, had for foun-
dation the constant intercourse with that great
capitalist, imposed on him when he was at the
head of the Commissariat, it being found im-
possible to manage the payments in specie to
our troops abroad, in the prompt and economical
manner introduced by Mr. Herries, by any other
means than the instrumentality of Mr. Roths-
child. His Majesty is understood to have dis-
played throughout the utmost anxiety to prevent
whatever might have a tendency to produce dis-
union, and thus endanger the existence of the
Administration. Those who have founded their
hopes of returning to power, on any supposed
partiality on the part of his Majesty, for one
part of the Cabinet more than another, will be
mortified to learn that his Majesty, again and
again, expressed his anxious wish to perpetuate
the liberal policy on which the Adminstration
has lately been conducted.—Morning Chronicle.
We announced, exclusively, on Saturday, the
completion, for such they virtually were, of the
new Ministerial arrangements. It may be said,
perhaps (and upon this point we arc prepared to
find some quibbling), that Mr. Herries was not
actually appointed to the office of Chancellor of
the Exchequer, on Friday, because he did not,
on that day, receive the Seal of the Exchequer.
It is true, that no arrangement could be consi-
dered as finally decided upon, until after the au-
dience to which his Majesty was graciously
pleased to summon the Marquis of Lansdowne,
on Saturday, and which we mentioned in our
paper of that day. We can now, however, state
with certainty, that that audience terminated
most satisfactorily, and that a Council will be
held this day at Windsor, at two o'clock, when
Mr. Huskisson will receive the seals of the Co-
lonial Department, Mr. Herries those of the
Exchequer, and Mr. Charles Grant will be ap-
pointed to succeed Mr. Huskisson in the offices
of President of the Board of Trade and
Treasurer of the Navy. Thus will all the
appointments connected with the vacancies
in the Cabinet be completed, and completed
in a way most satisfactory to the country
generally. In the Gazette of to-morrow night
these several appointments will appear. Imme-
diately after kissing hands, Mr. Huskisson, we
are informed, will proceed to Paris for a few
weeks ; Viscount Goderich to Putney ; Mr.
Herries to Montrail (and not to the Continent,
as originally stated) ; the Marquis of Lansdowne
to Bow-wood ; and the Lord Chancellor to Wim-
bledon. Mr. Tierney 13 already gone to CaShio-
bury Park, the seat of the Earl of Essex. The
appointment of Mr. Herries as Chancellor of
the Exchequer will cause the addition of one
extra Lord of the Treasury. Six Lords are the
limited number. We do not know positively
who will have to retire ; but it is conjectured that
Lord P. L. Gower will be the one. We have
already noticed some of the many falsehoods put
forth by our contemporaries on the subject of
Mr. Herries's appointment. In the John Bull
of yesterday (a Paper really ill-informed, but
not at all deficient in that kind of easy as-
surance which passes with the million for
knowing a vast deal), it is asserted, as if it
were a matter of fact, that Mr. Herries

had expressed an unwillingness to join the
Government if Mr. Brougham were appointed to
any public office. We court no controversy on
these subjects. We are satisfied with stating
what we know cannot be contradicted--that the
assertion is not only untrue, but that it is with-
out even a vestige of truth. The poor Times is
in a sad predicament. It has been tossed about
during the last week in a most pitiable way. Ab-
solutely knowing nothing—but with all the so.
lemnity of a profound acquaintance with Cabinet
secrets, and diplomatic motives,it blundered on
to the close, and even so late as Saturday, very
gravely assured its readers, that in eight-md-forty
hours some "effectual progress'' might perhaps
be made " towards a settlement." As to Mr.
Herries being Chancellor of the Exchequer, that
was so entirely beyond the knowledge of our con-
temporary, that he did not think it necessary to
mention hini. In vain he prepared a speech for
Mr. Huskisson to deliver to his Majesty—in
4n he assured his M,ajesty himself, that his
" language and conduct' had merited his " grate-
ful respects"—in vain he gave a " course of
Constitutional reasoning" upon his assumed by-
"—in vain lie assured US
Tothesis—in vain he rung the changes upon
" the King's Candidate
of disastrous consequences that were " certain"
to happen if Mr. HerrieS were appointed. That
Right Hon. Gentleman is Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and the Times—we write- it with
affliction—has recorded itself a solemn, pompous
.dupe. We say this out of respect; for had it

not been grossly deceived itself, we are sure it
has too much principle to attempt to palm a
gross deception upon others.—New Times.
We cannot think why, on the part of those
who have been such worshippers of the late Mr.
Canning, that they should so object to Mr.
Herries as Chancellor of the Exchequer.—
During Mr. Canning's reign did not Mr. Her-
ries officiate as Principal Clerk in the Treasury?
And even before Mr. Canning became the first
Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, did not Mr. Herries officiate as Chief
Clerk of the Treasury under Lord Goderich, as
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and under Lord
Liverpool, as First Lord of the Treasury—and
did not Mr. Herries prepare the statements from
which both Lord Goderich and Mr. Canning
made their financial speeches? We well know
that the speeches of Lord Goderich, the ground
work of which were the statements of Mr. Ber-
ries, were good enough speeches, considering
that he had the Debt and Lord Bexley's Hocus-
pocus to stand in the way of their clearness—
always excepting Lord Goderich's unnecessarily
introducing into them the words " Blessings—
portals—constitutional—kingly," &c. Thus far
as to Lord Goderich, who made financial speeches
from Mr. Herries's statements. But as to Mr.
Canning—he who has been all but sainted—why
even he, the immaculate Mr. Canning, the " Patriot
Minister" of a " Patriot King"—he who planned
the " Expedition to Portugal"—he who "took
under his fostering wing the Portuguese Consti-
tution".--Lgiven by Don Pedro to the Portuguese
as a " boon"—to his " deserving" people of
Portugal—why he (Mr. Canning) made his
financial speech from the statements of Mr. Her-
ries—and a pretty blundering speech it was,
though lauded to the skies by newspaper writers
who had formerly applied the most abusive epi-
thets to Mr. Canning. If Mr. Canning had
had the sagacity, and instead of having made a
financial speech, he had merely laid before the
House, with a short introduction, the statements
of Mr. Herries—which statements were able,
because they were plain debtor and creditor
statements, and therefore easily comprehensible
by every one—then he would have done right.
Considering all things, therefore, we cannot but
be of opinion that Mr. Herries will make quits
as good a Chancellor of the Exchequer as Lora
Goderich—inasmuch as, being probably a man of
figures merely, he will avoid such figures of speech
as Lord Goderich in his financial statements
was too much in the habit of using. And
as to comparing Mr. Canning with Mr. Her-
ries, we think that there can be but one
opinion, and that is, that Mr. Herries ssust
be a very superior Chancellor of the Exchequer
to Mr. Canning. But, after all, it scarcely mat-
ters who is Chancellor of the Exchequer—for,
at best, he will be incumbered with the Debt
and Lord Bexley's Hocus-pocus. It is impos-
sible for any Chancellor to get rid of the thirty
millions a year in respect of the Debt, or of
Lord Bexley's Hocus-pocus, which Lord Castle-
reagh said, was spread over a surface of forty
years. If it were not for the honour and the
large salary, and the power and patronage at-
tached to the office of Chancellor of the Exche-
quer—which are desirable things in opposition
to the torment, and the necessity for deceit—it
would not be worth a man's while to be Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer at all. It is as thank-
less and as irksome an office as it was to be
Prime Minister of Prarszia,-vervorbuna...S.oubs
when the Debt of France, in consequence of the
glorious reign of Louis XlV.,etrihltaeodNbgeootgblrteaospspatlinecdchi
and
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thattha it t
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awiptliit,ch;
Priests of France shrunk from taxation, in exactly
the same spirit that the holders of the National
Debt of England refuse to agree to the reduc-
tion of their interest, or the people of property
of England refuse to give the Chancellor of the
Exchequer a tax either on income or on pro-
perty.—Morning Herald.

The workmen employed in excavating the
river Witham in this city lately discovered a
beautiful gold coin—a Noble, of the reign of
Edward 111. It is now in the possession of
Henry Hutton, Esq. The coin is in excellent
preservation, and is one of those which were so
much admired for their beauty, and the gold of
which was reported to have been made by the
" projection on multiplication alchymical" of the
famous alchemist Raymond Lully. The impress
represents a half-length figure of Edward in a ship,
holding a sword in the right hand, and in the
left a sceptre and shield, with the inscription—
" Edvvardus dei gra. Rex Angl. dns. Hyb. et
Aqt." On the shield are the arms of England
and France quarterly. On the reverse a cross
fleury with lioncux, inscribed—" Jesys autem
transiens per medium illormn ibat.' These
coins are very scarce, and remarkable as being
the first impressed with the figure of a ship : this
is said to have been done to commemorate the
victory obtained by Edward over the French
fleet off Sluys .on Midsummer-day 1340, and
which is supposed to have suggested to Edward
the idea of claiming superiority over every other
maritime power—a superiority which his succes-
sors have now maintained for nearly 500 years.
—Lincoln Mercury.
It is a well-known fact that water, Clough it
contracts by cold, and expands by heat, will,
notwithstanding, while it is in the very act of
freezing, suddenly expand, and that with such
an enormous force as to burst the strongest metal
shells, and rend rocks asunder.. In fact, no re-
sistance can withstand the expansive power of
water in the act of freezing. By a computation
of the expansive force of freezing water, made by
the Florentine Academicians, from the bursting
of a strong brass globe, in which they
froze the
inclosed water, it was proved, that the
expansive
power of a spherule of water, only one inch in
diameter, was sufficient to overcome a resistance
of more than 27,000 lbs. or 13-i tons. The
same is proved by Major Edward Williams, of
the Royal Artillery, from the experiments he
made in bursting thick bomb shells, by freezing
water in them, as may be seen in the Edin.
Philos. Trans., vol. 2. Huygens, to try the
force with which it expands, filled a cannon with
water, and then exposed it to the cold, after
closing the mouth and vent so that no water
could escape ; and in 12 hours the water froze
and burst the cannon. Major Williams filled
thick iron bomb-shells of all sizes with water,
and plugged the fuze hole close up, and exposed
them to the strong freezing air of the winter ;
and though he drove in the plugs as hard as a
sledge Could force them, they were all thrown
out by the expansion of the frozen water, like a
ball shot b
, Y gunpowder, to the distance of 500
feet, tnough they
were 3 lb. weight. He then
screwed the plugs in, and furnished them with
hooks or barbs to lay hold of the inside of the
shell, and in all these instances the bombs burst,
though the iron shell was nearly two inches in
thickness.