The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS,

It is probable that in the course of this day
the final arrangement of the Ministry may take
place, though we are well sanctioned in saying
that the business is not yet settled. Lord Lans-
down arrived in town as was expected, and had
a long interview with Mr. Canning yesterday ;
the result of which has been that his Lordship
strongly urges his friends to join the Ministry.
The disinterestedness of his Lordship who gives,
and of those who accept, the advice, is evinced
by the fact that there are now not many places to
bestow as rewards for the accession. It must be
an accession, therefore, of principle ; and it is in
ciple only that we can calculate upon the
gain of any thing. For example—it was under-
stood that a determination•existed in a very high
quarter, that three Members orihe Irish Admi-
nistration should be anti-Catholic. The Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London,
and another Bishop, most earnestly diffused
among their brethren an assurance to that effect.
The determination, however, if in embryo, or if
formed, has been annulled ; and the decision is,
that the Irish Administration-shill be emancipa-
tionist. It is, no doubt, particularly desirable
that the Home Secretary, with whom that Ad.
ministration corresponds, should be emancipa-
tionist also. Another object, which must be
considered as gained, is the dissolution of that
old sedentary Administration which had so long
brooded over the State, and sucked up its vital
energies and pecuniary resourcez. That there
should be a tendency in some of its parts to re•
unite, was to ke expected ; and that necessity
might dictate such a junction in case all the
Whigs resolutely kept aloof, was to be appre-
hended. Indeed, we may boldly ask whether
Mr. Canning does not stand prepared, in case
Lord Lansdown reject his overtures, to fill up
the vacant office of Secretary of State in less than
an hour ?-21mes.

The Tory interest is driving two games at this
*moment ; one, the direct overthrow of Mr. Can-
ning, for which end every base trick that could
be imagined has been played off within the lasi
ten days—the second, his direct annihilation, by
the defeat of the favourite and roost important
measures of his policy. The standing object of
animosity, Catholic emancipation, being now,
anti perhaps for a few weeks to come, in abey-
ance, the Tories turn to the Corn Bill as the
most convenient ground of an early resistance tc
Me. Canning after the new Minis.ry shall hay,
le!en formed. They are, indeed. more assiduous
than ever in circulating pamphlets and prepariq
conspiracies against the Bill about to be brought
into Parliament under the auspices of Mr. Can-
ning, for ate :dying the fluctuations, and mode
rating the excesses of price in the corn market.
One pamphlet of some pretension haFl been sent
to us, which styles itself " Thoughts on th;
Pol;cy of the proposed Alteration of the Corn
Laws." Unfortunately there may, as it appears to us.
be an argument framed against any law for making
bread sensibly cheaper to the people of England,
than it has been, without much affecting the
proposed act of Mr. Canning—so imperfect, or
rather insi,eniicant, are the provisions of his lira
za he has explained them) for accompli, hing the;
much-desi:ed purpose. If the Ministeriei
idolatry of the landed interest had been less,
blind and absolute than we have found it, there
might have been a protecting duty of Bs. or 10s.
operating at all times until wheat should reach
605., and than ceasing altogether. Silt the ac
tual proposition of Mr. Canning, by which the
consumer is forced to pay 60s. per quarter for
British wheat, or a tax of 20s. for liberty to pur-
chase the same quantum of subsistence abroad,
leaves but a poor prospect for the people gene-
rally, however loud may be the murmuring
of the landlords. The defect in the conduct of
the subject throughout this pamphlet, is like that,
of most others on the same side of this great
question—that the author seems to have no eyes,
or ears, or bowels for any body's interests but
his own. It is only incidentally, or by paren-
thesis,
,that a thought about the good of the rest
of the community escapes him ; but it is not in
a mere parenthesis, qr at hazard, that he COTI-
- and identifies the farmer with the landed
proprietor, and expends in lamentations for the
tenant that pity which can never be applicable to
him, but from his own improvidence in suffer-
ing the cupidity of his landlord to saddle him
with too high a rent. In a composition which
presents us for the hundredth time with all the
arguinents for " supporting the landed inte-
rest," and with no other arguments but old once,
we should only waste time and patience by enu-
merating many, or quoting much. Taking, as
the author does, the agricultural interest for his
centre, he assaults- ns, amongst other modes of at-
tack, with a dilemma: "Either,"- says he, " fo-
reign Corn will be imported, or it will not : if not,
the law will be worse than useless, for it will but
operate as a discouragement to improvements in
agriculture,; if it be imported, the consequence must
be a depression below the average prices of the last
six or eight years," &c. A dilemma is an ugly
weapon, which sometimes cuts the hand that uses
it. For instance' we reply to this Honourable Gen-
tleman—Either foreign corn will be imported or
will not : if not, it cannot hurt the farmer; if yes, it
must benefit the consumer. An argument also much
in favour with the author, is the loss entailed upon
the farmer by this new law, in years when the crop
is deficient—because he cannot, unless supported by
a monopoly, sell his corn at a price, increased in the
same ratio in which the amount of his grain falls
short: So it appears that the perfection of all law-
making on this subject would he a provision that
the people tilted(' starve; for want of bread enough
to eat—rather than that the smallest portion of his
rent should be paid to the landlord I The fact is,
that this chance of an. occasional short crop ought
to form part of. those. calculatioee, 'according to
which the amount of rent should be adjusted and
lightened in -favour of the farmer, instead of being
employed in the nature ota,humblw, to persuade
him that the law, and not his landlord, is to blame--
if he, the tenant, must either starve himself or the

Mr. Estcourt's new Licensing Bill is at length
in circulation, and presents, az far as we have
been able, from a cursory view, to judge of it,
as abortive a specimen of legislation as we ever
witnessed. In fact, with very little exception, it
proposes to renew and to perpetuate all the er-
rors of the old system. It makes no attempt to
break down the great and crying evil which exists
in the abominable monopoly enjoyed by brewers
over public-houses. It leaves the much abused
powers of the Magistrates not only unchecked,
but enlarged, while it places the property of a
large and respectable class of the community, the
licensed victuallers, more than ever at the mercy
of low informers, and places them under restric-
tions even more galling and oppressive than ever.
\ .L 1 it be believed, that by
y this Bill, it is pro-
posed to shut up every inn, coffeehouse, and
alehouse in the kingdom at
ten o'clock, unless,
forsooth, two Magistrates a
the licence
thereuc is the time of grantingvohsaafseavlt.
ng
to extend the period !
Happily,
clause which exempts
the Universities from its operation ; so that the
Honourable Legislator's own constituents (who

do not, we believe, either young or old, keep
inch priMitive hours) will, at least, not be sub-
ject to its visitations. Had the author of this
measure proposed to give to the Magistrates
acting in everydistrict the power of making such
general regulations as to hours as to them should
seem meet, such a proposition would not have
been so objectionable ; but to leave the wise-
acres who rule over one side of a street to fix
en o'clock for shutting up houses, while those
who manage the brewer's jobs on the other side,
fix eleven, opens a door to partiality and injustice,
which past experience tells us is by no means pro-
blematical. We had hoped, when Mr. Peel took
this matter in hand, that we should have witnessed
some improvement in a system which probably is in
its practice more corrupt and defective than any
other. Surely, it cannot be true, as we have heard
it stated, that he found the power of the brewers too
great even for him to grapple with; and that find-
ing himself unequal to the task of improvement, he
handed over the odious one of continuing so great
an eril to his colleague. Be this as it may, we
still hope, that even at this eleventh hour, some per-
son will be found to take up the subject; and that
after years of complaint and of acknowledged abuse,
nothing so futile as Mr. Estcourt's Bill will be al-
lowed to pass into a law--a Bill so crude and un-
digested that it actually repeals (by mere inad-
vertence, we suppose), all the existing laws against
drunkenness; and in what is ludicrously called the
glossary clause (in which the unintelligibility of
technical. terms is attempted to be made intelligible)
grevely enacts that the word beer" shall be taken
to mean " eider !"—Morning Herald.
That portion of the Press which is under
Whig influence expresses a more than decent
anxiety that the leaders of the party should take
office. We say a more than decent anxiety, be-
, cause it is unconnected even with the semblance
of political principle. The portion of the Press
to which we allude does not hesitate to declare
that, even if the leaders of the Whigs eannot ap-
prove of the principles on which the Administra-
tion of Mr. Canning is to be formed, yet they
ought not to weaken it by refusing to accept of
place Who would have supposed, some years
ago, that the ascetic virtue of the Whigs would
ever have hem so mollified a-, to allow the organ
of their sentiments to tell the world that they
considered place of more consequence than prin-
iple—or in other words, that they would rather
Jive up their principles to obtain a share of the
‘iinisterial " loaves and fishes," than resign the
loaves and fishes," to preserve their principle ?
Some one tells a pleasant,story of a person going
about once in the day time, with a lantern in his
?land to look for an honest man—and now that

papers which claimed, in a peculiar manner,
:he title of " patriot," had admitted that the
,:moluments of office ought to have a greater
:!harm for Whigs than a regard to consistency of
harm:ter,- we can easily believe that a man might go
:p and down a long time with the lantern before- he
,sould discover an honest Whig. If Mr. Canning's Ad-
ministration be opposed to the doctrines of the Whigs
—as it must be on Parliamentary Reform, and not
-with them on the question of the Roman Catholic
Claims—how can they take office under it without
bandoning all claim to the confidence of their ad-
mirers for the future? It is natural enough for Mr.
Canning to seek a coalition with the Whigs on such
erma as would give him,at•the moment he obtained
Heir s siistance, a triumph • over their principles.
its sarcastic Philippics on them at various times were
lever so successful in exposing them to public ridicule
a triumph of this nature aroaW,4o. would. ds
soli: h Whigism.—Beid.

We have this day the satisfaction of being
ihle to announce the gratifying intelligence,
with respect to the negociatioji between Mr.
Canning and the Marquis of" LansdOwn and
feiends, that all the difficulties are now removed.
The Duke of Devonshire has consented to ac-
cept the office of Lard Chamberlain—without,
however, a seat in the Cabinet—which his Grace
Jeclines from a feeling of delicacy, as it has not
hitherto been attached to th.at office. The other
irguments will, it is confidently expected, be.
completed in the course of this
,day, perhaps in
time for the Gazette, but if not, they will cer-
tainly be Gazetted to-morrow. The Marquis of
Lansdown, as will be seen from the. Court Cir-
cular, had a long interview with Mr. Canning
yesterday, at which the parties came to the un-
derstanding that will give such satisfaction to the
nation, and which we, from misunderstanding the
terms of our Correspondent, prematurely anticipated
on Tuesday last. It has been determined on that a
Common Hall shall be instantly called to express
the satisfaction of the City on the completion of a
union, so eagerly desired by all men who have the
good of the nation at heart, and therefore rejoice
above measure at the final overthrow of the base
faction, who would maintain their ascendancy by
fostering every bad passion, and repressing every
generous endeavour. The example thus set, will,
we have no doubt, be instantly followed throughout
the country.—Morning Chronicle.
" All those whom we have most honoured
for their patriotic integrity and long, tried expe-
rience in public affairs, as Statesmen?!. (so corn-.
mences a pamphlet against Mr. Canning, under
the title of The Grand Vizier Unmasked),
are loud in , their complaints against the public
press." By some unaccountable accident, all
the Papers throughout the empire, with one or
two exceptions, are delighted at our riddance
from these gentry. " Not a Paper (says the
pamphlet above alluded to) does aught but
re-echo the praises of him, whose creature it
has become, and the base adulation of those who
bow the knee to Baal, is only equalled by their
abuse of the high-minded and disinterested
Statesmen who refuse to sanction a faith which

they disbelieve, and to burn incense upon an
altar which they abominate." Newspapers are
sometimes accused of subserviency to the pre-
vailing opinions of the day; but they are seldom
accused of running counter to these opinions.—
If a Paper, therefore, does aught but re• echo
the praises of him whose creature it has become,
this, we should think, is rather a presumption,
that the merits of the seceders do not appear
exactly in the same light to themselves and to
the people of England. Of all the Editors of
Newspapers thus accused of bowing the knee to
the Grand Vizier, we question if there be one who
knows Mr. Canning farther than by sight; or has
exchanged with him even the commonest civility.—
The secret of the preference of Newspapers of Mr.
Canning to such men as Earls Bathurst or West-
morland, might be easly discovered by any men but
themselves. Why have the Newspapers never
spoken contemptuously of Mr. Peel ? To suppose
that the fate of the Protestant religion is in any way
bound up with the Duke of Wellington's being again
forced to receive 20,0001. or 30,0001. a-year more
than he does now, •is to think very highly of his
Grace, or very poorly of the Protestant religion.—
Ibid.
The arrival of Lord Cochran,: in Greece,
which now appears to be placed beyond all
doubt, will probably give a new turn to the
struggle in which that country has now been en-
gaged for nearly six years. Alternately victors
and vanquished—the Greeks have, in both situ-
ations, supported the glory, of their illustrious
:name, and vindicated the noblest cause for which
man ever bled. Fortune, more than once,
seemed ready to desert them altogether ; and
their cause seemed desperate to all, but them-

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selves. Whilst it was generally thought that.
they could only escape by a miracle from the
dangers by which they were beset, the word
submission never issued from their own lips ;
and at every stage of their tremendous struggle,
they have evidently been animated by the high
and fixed resolution to perish with their whole
race, sooner than enter into any compromise
with their former tyrants. Such a people may
be exterminated, but cannot be subdued ; and it is
our deliberate opinion, that the universal dis-
play of sympathy, which has been elicited in
their favour, has been more than justified by
their unbending resistance. Upon the whole,
this sympathy has been rather below than
above their merits; and circumstances only of
more immediate interest, such as have recently
arisen nearer home, could have withdrawn,
even for a moment, our attention from their
cause. Knowing, however, that there is a time
for all things, and that sympathy out of season is
sterile in its effects, we see nothing to regret, or
to reproach ourselves with, in having of late over-
looked the affairs of Greece. Events are now
likely to happen, which will again attract the
public mind to a consideration of her concerns;
and perhaps our gallant countryman has before
now struck one of those decisive blows, which
somc::ne:l the Le of a war, and attach for-
tune irrevocably to the side of one of the con-
tending parties. The characteristic arrogance of
the Turks, heightened as it is by their recent
successes, is sure to furnish an occasion, if it has
not been already afforded, which a man of his
Lordship's consummate skill and presence of
mind will know how to avail himself of to the
fullest extent. As soon as he appeared amongst
the Greeks, we are told that they were trans-
ported beyond themselves ; that all their former
confidence was revived, and all their feuds sunk in
the unbounded joy inspired by his arrival. We
easily credit this statement, on account of the blaze
of fame which preceded his Lordship, and the hopes
.that had been cherished, till they absolutely
sickened in the long-deferred expectation of his
arrival. He came at last, when they abso-
lutely began to despair of ever seeing him ;
and it is easy to imagine the transports into
—hich his presence must have thrown them.
We can also readily figure to ourselves the
healing influence confidently ascribed to his
Lordship, in reconciling the Chiefs of the dif-
ferent factions, and whose feuds had hitherto
proved more fatal to the Greeks than the sword
of the enemy. Lord Cochrane, it must be observed
made his first appearance amongst that people under
far more favourable circumstances than any foreigner
that ever went before him. Besides his name, he
brought them a powerful reinforeem,f.it ; whilst all
his predecessors had their reputations alone to re-
commend them ; and in this respect -none of them
could compete with his Lordship. There is a great
difference between coming alone, and coming with a
powerful reinforcement; and consequently, we have
no difficulty in crediting the account which is even
in the French Papers, of the great. authority w.oich
he exercised the moment he arrived. That he -did
not allow the enthusiasm he inspired to cool, and
that he did not weaken the first impression, by con-
suming the time which should be devoted to action,
in public visits, or unmeaning ceremonies, will also
be easily believed. As every thing was prepared
as it should be, to receive such a man, no one will
feel any astonishment at being told that this gallant
Officer almost immediately p_ beut to seaLwith, all the
-resstFtsirbiett -art -T..47Mis had been long before get-
ting ready in expectation of his arrival. The best
and largest ships in their service had been selected
for this purpose : and as many-of tbanciarryzfrom
eighteen to twenty-four guns, and are admit-lay
manned, it may be supposed what a formidable
force twenty or thirty of them will compose when
joined to the large frigate built at New York, and
to the steam-boats constructed in this country, when
they are directed by one of the first- Naval Officers
of the age against the proverbially unmanageable
navy of the Turks. • ,Whenever he falls in with the
latter, their, defeat is .almest certain; and a naval
victory of any consequence would probably daeide
the ensuing campai,),ll, by land as well as by ;ea,' n,
favour 'of the Greeks. It wOuld,' in all pi-Obability
decide the fate of this obstinate and sanguinary con-
test, as the Egyptians, unless they preserve a su-
periority at sea, from which they derive most of
their resource; cannot remain in the Morea. That
province, it is well known, is unable to supply the
wants of an invader long; and should Ibrahim Pacha
obstinately persevere in maintaining his ground, after
his intercourse with Egypt had been cut off, he
would be either starved at last into a surrender, or
forced to cut his way by land through an exasperated
topic, animated,and at the same time united toa man,
by the example of their naval forces. The destruction
of this bitterest enemy of the Greeks would change
the whole aspect of the war; and we have hitherto
taken a false estimate of the energies of Lord Coch-
rane's mind, if he does not, before many months
elapse, reduce the wily and ferocious Egyptian to
the predicament we have just mentioned.—Morn-
ing Post.

D L I N.—Another appointment is announced
—Mr. Plunkett succeeds Sir John Copley as
Master of the Rolls in England, and gets a Bri-
tish Peerage. It is understood that this arrange-
ment is made for the purpose of affording to the
new Administration the advantage of Mr. Plun-
kett's splendid talents in the House of Lords,
and that. tLa Right Hon. Gcntleman accepts the
Rolls as a step to the Chancellorship of Ireland,
the natural and proper reward of his services to
his Sovereign and his country. We rejoice at
Mr. Plunkett's elevation, but we confess we
should deeply lament to see it obtained at the
price of his permanent absence from Ireland.
This has been the scene of his labours, and this is
his proper sphere of action. During his Attor-
ney-Generalship he has done much towards
the introduction of an impartial administration of
the laws ; but it is as Lord Chancellor that he
could carry into full operation those sound prin-
ciples which he has sought to inculcate. It is a
source of consolation to us, therefore, to find
that his appointment to the Irish Chancellorship
is only postponed, not relinquished. Neither
can we be insensible to the compliment paid to
this country, as well as to the transcendant abili-
ties of the individual, in placing an Irishman in
one of the highest judicial situations in the sister
:,land. The Master of the Rolls ranks before
eleven of the law Judges of England.—Free-
nzan's Journal.

THE LONDON MAlL.—Another change has
taken place in the arrangement proposed for our
London Mail, and which, we believe, may be
considered final. The decision was given at a
meeting of the Mail Contractors with the Sur-
veyor-General from the Post Office, held at Don-
caster on Tuesday last. Instead leaving here
at half-past ten at "night, as was formerly de-
termined, our direct Mail to London is to
leave this place at seven, or half-past seven
in the morning, proceeding direct to Carlisle,
thence to London direct, and also a branch
Mail from Carlisle direct to Manchester and
Liverpool. The direct London Mail comes by
and returns by Doncaster, Leeds, and Ripon,
and both in coming North and going" South, is
to run at the rate of ten miles per hour through-
out the journey. At this rate we are to Lave it
here at half-past four P.M. This change is fixed to
commence on thesth ofMay.—Glasgow Herald.