The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-13 00:00:00

formed of a finer mould, and destined by Provi4
dence as instruments for accelerating its be-
hests in the government of the world. But the fire
of that genius, which at once illuminated and warmed,
the splendour of that eloquence which was never
heard without delight, and the pulses of that heart
which so lately beat high with hope, are quenched
for ever; Death has put his eternal seal upon all that
we once loved and admired; and we have now only
to bow with reverent humility under that disaster
which has for the present eclipsed the prospects of
nations, and deprived the cause of liberty all over
the world of its greatest, most powerful, most in-
trepid, and most eloquent champion.

(From the Scotsman of Saturday.)

Mr. Canning, the gifted and talented man, the be-
loved friend, the popular Minister, is ne more I In th
sudden and unexpected removal of our Premier from e
transient stage of existence, England, Europe, Hu-
manity, has sustained a heavy calamity. Genius
has lost a son—the civilized world, at a critical pe-
riod, a most influential friend. Every one truly in-
terested in the welfare of his species, feels as if he
had lost a brother. For five years the humblest loves'
of his country has been able to breathe freely—to
sleep in confidence—withoutfear of spies, informers,
arrests, or imprisonments ;—every one has been able
to enjoy his own thoughts, since opinion, compared
with what it was, has been free—traducing and vili-
fying the worthy had ceased to be creditable with
authority or grateful to power ;—talent and charac-
ter have been gradually resuming their true stations,
and a healing and benign spirit had so spread its in-
fluence through society, that, although reptiles still
existed and were even busy, the absorbents of the
nation had acquired such healthy conditions that
they would not receive the poison. But in this mo-
ment, which can hardly fail to be one bordering on
despondency, the patriot feels as if the load which he
felt removed from his breast by the death of a Minister
in August 1822, were about to be replaced in con-
sequence of a similar event in 1827. The one tn.i-
nister had lowered the name of England abroad, as
well as the standard of political rectitude at home,
while, if motives are to be inferred from acts, his
great aim was to oppose or thwart every thing, in
every quarter of the world, that tended to meliorate
the condition of his species. The other speedily
broke the chain which bound England to despotism,
made her stand forth, as of old, the friend and ally,
if not the champion of national freedom; and having
restored his country to her good name abroad, he
gave peace and confidence at home—rooting out
disaffection from the land; and, by means of justice,
forbearance, and kindness, binding the people to the
throne, and the king to the people. No wonder,
hen, that results so grateful to benevolence, so credi-
table to talent, as these, should have become gall and
wormwood to men whose superiority over people was
to be maintained only byseparation, by heapingscorrt
and contumely on all below them—by encroaching
3n their rights, wounding and irritating their feel-
ings—and then, after generating misery, not only
exclaiming against discontent, but also taking the
knife and the cautery to a disease, produced by
themselves, and which was to be cured only by hav-
ing recourse to a simple and inoffensive regimen.—
This is the language which we employed in February
IBl7—it is doctrine which was inculcated by Burke
in his better days, which has been inculcated by an
enlightened press for about half a century, and
and suffering,
to the which Mr. Canning in the year 1826—a year which,
for
British history—subjected
depression
has
testnoof Paiei
experience.in
For this practical illustration of the principle
that a Government known to mean well will
always have a patient and affectionate people Mr.
Canning, had he done nothing else, would have
deserved immortality. But the public proceedings
of the last few months have proved beyond all
doubt that, from the death of Lord Londonderry, Mr-
Canning has been struggling with his late colleagues
for a sounder policy, both foreign and domestic.
the veil, it may be said, has just been rent which
concealed the brighter and better part of his cha-
racter. In shaking off the Holy Alliance—in
recognizing the infant liberties of Southern Ame-
rica—and, beyond all, in striving to carry Eng-
land through a crisis, by means of knowledge and
right, instead of ignorance and coercion—by adopting
sound principles of trade, instead of resorting to
temporary expedients—by introducing economy
for waste into the finances, and securing Ireland
from convulsions by elevating the law above faction,
and (in design at least) removing all political disa-
bilities on account of religious opinions—Mr. Can-
ning offended so often and deeply the ignorance and
bigotry of colleagues, who would have their unen-
lightened will, or in other words, their short-sighted
and paltry notions of exclusive interests, bear down
the laws, and supplant the conditions of our moral
and physical nature, that, fortunately for him and
his country, they at length broke out into open
mutiny; and then it was he gave proof that, in
spite of old connections, he was ready to ally
himself with knowledge and intellect, and to fight
the battle of the country against mere rank and pre-
judice. Now, however, it is apparent that he had
been worn out with the previous struggle—a result
which happens oftenest to those endowed with the
finer sensibilities of our nature—but for him who
could throw off the coils of habit, who could realise
so much good, and who occupied his_last moments
in conceiving so much more, there is surely, now that
the mortal coil is thrown off, a reward in another and
better life, of even a higher nature than the admira-
tion and gratitude of his country. We have seen a
halo around him at the close of hie earthy career ;
and we will not look backwards for spots that may
have been seen on the disc of a luminary, whose set-
ting radiance has been so pure—se intensely brilliant.