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London, England, 1820-12-21 00:00:00

• THE_EVENLYO STAR.
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LONDON.
'THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1820.
IT. Tlionaa'a-Day.—Hollgay at the Bank.

-The resignation of. Mr. CANNING, whkh has for
some days been anticipated, has at length taken
place. He is no longer President of the Board of
Controul t but retires " because," as 'stated in a Mi-
nisterial Paper, " he could not, with honour to him-
self, remain in Administration, after the turn which
the Queen's business has taken, and the Parliamen-
tary discussions likely to ensue upon it."
It has been More than suspected, fro the great
pains taken by the enemies of the QUEEN \o procure
what they call Loyal Addresses, that Mini ten were
determined yet to bring forward measurel of son*
kind or other against her MAJESTY; but now it seems
to be put beyond all doubt. We infer this not
merely from the above avowal, but from the re-
sigimlion with which it is coupled. Mr. CAN-
NI* whatever some men may say, has always
shesvo, himself a good cakulator of political con-
tingencies. Having been as much in the secret
respecting the contents of the Green Bag, and the
means by which they had been procured, he was at
least as well furnished with materials from which to
draw an inference on the probable issue as any of
his colleagues. He saw that there was no evidence
there on which the character of the QUEEN CONSORT
could be affected. Her MAJESTY was, and he fore-
saw would still continue to be, " the grace, and or-
nament, and honour of society ;' and he accordingly
declined all co-operation with Ministers in their
labours to degrade her.
No person whose eyes are open, can, with these
facts before him, draw a wrong inference from the
resignation of Mr. CANNING. If Ministers had re-
solved to acquiesce in the voice of the Nation, to
restore the QUEEN'S name to the Liturgy, to give her
MAJESTY a suitable Establishment, and to pay her
that respect which is due to the QUEEN CONSORT of
ENGLAND, no difference of sentiment would have
remained between them and Mr. CANNING : he
could still have continued to occupy his place,
and to maintain their measures generally. But
as he has resigned, it is obvious that some measures
were contemplated to which be could not give his
support ;—nay more, which he would find himself'
bound to oppose in Parliament.
His first .calculation respecting the issue of the
Bill of Pains and Penalties having proved correct,
furnishes a strong presumption that he now calcu-
lates on the complete overthrow of Ministers from
" the discussions likely to ensue in Parliament" on
the question of the Qtystea,—or rather from the
measures which they still mean to hazard re-
specting this Illustrious Individual ; and we can-
not, therefore, avoid concluding that, at least in
the opinion of Mr. CANNING, Ministers will not
be able to carry their measures, or keep their
ground. In this respect, his conviction must carry
with. it considerable weight. Here we have one of
the Ministers, as intimately acquainted with s every
Etc; on which they ventured to found their proceed-
ings as any of them, and as able—nay, as the
fact has proved, more able—to make a proper
estimate of their value, and yet ke quits the
State vessel, that he might avoid the danger of
being swamped with those who insisted on carrying
so unwieldy a cargo. The "Loyal Addressers" may
rest assured that Mr. CANNING has made a more
correct estimate than they have of the possibility of
buoying up the vessel ; and we mistake the character
of some of them, if they shall now be found as for-
ward as they have been in their manifestation of
attachment to the present Administration.

It is not a little curious that the fact of Mr. CAN-

NING'S retirement should have been known at
Vienna as far back as the 6th of -December, long
before there was any positive rumour of it here.—
The following article of that date appears under the
head of Vienna, in the French Papers received this
morning :—« We learn that my Lord CANNING has
retired from the Ministry; and, in consequence of
other changes near at hand, we believe also that Lord
STEWART will be recalled from his post at Vienna."
We trust that the Vienna newsmen will prove as cor-
rect in their information,, as to the " other changes,"
as they have been in regard to Mr. CANNING.

We beg to refer our Readers to the ample and in-
teresting Report, given in another part, of the Public
Meeting held at Ettinburgh, to address his MAJESTY
for the dismissal of Ministers—a Meeting which,
without disparagement to the character of other As-
semblages, must be allowed to stand pre-eminent for
the literary talent and personal respectability of the
great body of the individuals of which it was com-
posed. Mr. Janstsgy, the celebrated Editor of the
Edinburgh Review, moved the Resolutions in a spiech,
which every account represents as of uncommon
splendour and ability, but of which we suspect the
Reporters to the Edinburgh Press have furnished us
with but a very imperfect outline. The Gentlemen
who supported the Resolutions are among the most
distinguished ornaments of the Scottish Bar-4011N
CLERX,' Esq. HENRY COCILEURN, Esq. J. A:Mmt-
RAY,`Esq. &c.

A similar Meeting is to be held at Glasgow to

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