The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-30 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1827.

THE ARMY.

The Colonelcy of the 6th Regiment of Dragoons, and the
Governorship of. Guernsey, are vacant by the death of Gen.
.the Earl of Pembroke.
It is intended that the 49th and 55th Regiments, on
being relieved at the Cape of Good Hope, shall proceed to
India.
The Depot of the 93d Foot arrived at Halifax, from
Longford, on the 10th inst.
It will be observed that the Secretary of War, in the
Monthly Army List, invites Half-pay Captains to become
candidates for vacant Paymasterships ; and we understand
that none other are appointed, excepting to death vacan-
cies, for which Lieutenants are deemed eligible, on the re-
commendation of the Colonel of the Regiment. If on full
pay the Lieutenant is placed on half-pay previous to his
appointment.
The 62d Regiment has been visited, at Enniskillen, by
Sir George Murray, the Commander of the Forces, who
dined with the Mess, and expressed himself most: highly
gratified with every thing which he observed at the Head
Quarters, as well as at the detached stations of that fine
Regiment.

Yesterday morning two troops and head-
luarters of the gd Dragoon Guards, left our Barracks on
route to Newbridge. Two troops of the , same, Regiment
whioh have been stationed for some time at Fermoy,. also
left that place this morning under command of the Hon.
Major Abercromby, on route to. Newbridge._ Corh Con-
stitution.

Yesterday the Ist Royal Dragoons arrived in
this city from Dublin, to replace the 3d Dragoon Guards.
—lbid.

On Thursday last a division of the 64th Re-
giment arrived in our harbour in the Flora transport, from
Gibraltar. —lbid.

The transports that took the 9th Regiment
to Liverpool, have since sailed for Dublin, to bring the
depots of the 1 st and 2d battalions of 'the Rifle Brigade to
Plymouth.—lbid.

BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY ORATORS.

(From the Westmorland Advertiser.)

We extract the following from the New York
Enquirer. The article is written by an Ameri-
can gentleman who happened to be present in the
House of Commons on the first night's debate
after Mr. Canning's elevation to the Premiership,
and the consequent " strike "of the Tories. As
the unbiassed opinion of a foreigner, upon the
merits of some of our leading statesmen, the
article is curious and worthy attention :
cc first object, on returning to London,
was to secure a seat for the debate in the Com-
mons. The public curiosity was strongly ex-
cited to witness the baiting with which Mr.
Canning had been so frequently and vehemently
threatened. 'No one doubted his dexterity,
quickness and science ; but all his friends and
backers were afraid of his bottom and Wind. At
an early hour I forced myself into the tail of the
crowd which was fiercely struggling up the narrow,
crooked, and dark stair-case that leads into the
House of Commons. It was about.three o'clock
when the little door .of the.gallery.opened, and
we ruShed like larts of a mighty torrent, down
amongst the benches. • For an hour or so,
there was nothing but a cOnfused noise and
fighting ,between the strangers ,and the re-
porters, I fortunately had a front seat, and
was interested to see the members walk about the
hall beneath me, and stick up against the
seats small pieces of paper, on which were
written their names, and paste them on the
benches, immediately behind the Treasury Seat.
This was conclusive as to the part to be taken
in the debate by the Whigs, and it elicited from
the people in the gallery considerable applause.
Presently the Speaker entered and took his seat.
The House was almost instantly crowded in every
part. We could hear the echoes of the cheering
from the populace out of doors as Canning,
Brougham, Peel, and others drove up. After
they had entered there was a deal of talking in
all parts of the house until a Member rose to
move that a new writ be issued for some borough
left vacant by the promotion of Mr. Sturges
Bourne to the office of. Secretary of State. A
momentary pause ensued, when a person from
one of the side benches near the gallery rose.
This was the late Secrettiry Peel. .

" Mr. Peel seems to be a favourite with the
House, not so much out of affection, as respect.
His career has been singularly fortunate. Born
to an enormous inheritance, he stepped from the
cloisters of Christ Church into office and repu-
tation. As a minister, he has ever been upright
and sincere, vigilant, impartial and attentive. As
an orator, he does not, in my opinion, rank very
high. He is plain, intelligible, sensible, without
that intense feeling and warmth of temperament
which give passion and power to an orator. His
speech on the subject of his retirement from
office, was that of a respectable, honest, and well
educated man'. It had not a single passage ap-
proaching to eloquence, nor was it distinguished
for much modesty. It was 11111 of insinuations
to the advantage of his own consistency and in-
tegrity, and marked with a strong desire to pass
himself off for the rival of Mr. Canning. In
some of the outward accidents of political life
he may be a rival, but there is no Aort of rivalry,
in the faculties of their minds, • Peel dis-
claimed all purpose of joining in opposition'
to Canning, a disclaimer, I am disposed to be-
lieve, which will not be borne out by his future,
conduct. I was much struck with the compli-
mentarian character of this speech—he praised
himself, his colleagues who went out and those
who remained in. He even praised the Whigs.
There is a good deal of reciprocal scratching
in this sort of oratory ; for I observed that they
all praised him in reply.—Mr. Peel is ap-
parently about thirty-eight years of age, tall, well
formed, and singularly neat in his dress. His
manner is that of a gentleman easy and unaffected.
The Tories regard him as their great leader in
the Commons, and he sat down amidst a thunder
of cheers. •

" Of Mr. George Dawson, (Peel's brother-in-
law, and late his under-secretary) very little need
be said. He has no pretensions as a speaker.
There is something excessively common-place
in his matter and language which become highly
ludicrous when set off by the unmeasured vio-
lence:of his manner. The opposition seemed to
feel ashamed
of the inefficiency of this their new
leader. Dawson is an Irishman, and an old
college friend of Mr. Peel, and a faithful adherent
to him in his political career. It is scarcely to
be supposed that he would plunge into the most
furious hostilities if it were at all unacceptable
to his leader and friend.

" I was greatly struck by Brougham's appear-
ance and manner when he rose from the seat be-
hind Canning to reply to Dawson. Having been
used to•see him in the very front rank of the op-
posite benches, denouncing Ministers in the
Most bitter and biting terms, it was curious to
hear that well-known voice in the rear of the
MiniSter, arid about to vindicate his measures
and principles. lt is one of the mysteries of po-
litics which I never could understand. • I have
freqn4ntly heard this extraordinary man, and have
marvelled at his powers of sarcasm ; but never
did the dreadful severity of that Sarcasm strike
me so fbreibly as now. It fell upon the miserable
creatures (Dawson and Lethbridge) before him
with awful effect. He covered them all over
with his contempt as if it were a garment. You
cannot form an adequate idea of that contempt
from the printed speech. You must witness the
consummate expression of scorn which mantles
over his sallow features ; catch the glances of his
serpent's e
follow the direction of his long wiry finger,
ye as they fasten on their victim ; and
pointing out the object of his invective, who sits
trembling and writhing, and cursing himself for
having crossed the path cf this oratorical hyena.
" Mr. Brougham is never satisfied with the ter-
rible.. He always -mingles with it something of
the ludicrous. After having glutted his fiercer
passions, he begins a strain of contemptuous jest-
ing with his opponent and ends by mibbetting
him up • to the common laughter of the House.
No wonder that this dangerous faculty is always
involving him in disputesland quarrels. It is an
unenviable and unamiable gift, though to the
latter epithet Mr. Brougham is a solitary excep-
tion, for a more amiable and kind-hearted being
does not exist. In the course of his speech he
alluded to some impalpable barrier to taking of-
fice. iWhat that barrier is, no one accurately
knows, but the general supposition is, that the
King has set a seal of exclusion upon him."