Star.
London, England, 1827-08-18 00:00:00

FROM THE LIVERPOOL COURIER.

Were it necessary at this time to adduce proof of that
warm attachment which Mr. Canning felt and expressed
for Liverpool, it would be abundantly found in the f)l-
-lowing letter, which we are induced to insect at this
period, as it has never yet been published. It will
evince that the Right Hon. Gentleman was not merely
the Representative of the town. but also the sincere
friend and ardent advocate of its local Institutions. The
active part Mr. Canning took. in reference to the interests
of the Royal Institution in this town is not generally
known ; and although the primary object of the petition
alluded to in the accompanying letter failed. the cause
of its failure was not from any want of zeal or ability
on the part of its advocate ; but is more probably to be
attributed to the then financial state of the country.
The exertions of Mr. Canning, however, were far from
being fruitless, as it was mainly owing to his interfe
rence that his Majesty was graciously pleased to order
casts of the Elgin marbles to be presented to the Insti-
tution, together with a complete series of the Rolls of
Parliament for England and Scotland, as far back as
the year 1577, and also a copy of that splendid modern
work, Rymer's Fosdera, &c. kc. Mr. Canning had pre-
viously presented the establishment with a donation of
1001.; thus affording a substantial proof of the sincerity
with which he had advocated the cause be had taken
in hand. The perusal of this interesting letter will shew
how totally it is divested of that lukewarmness of
tone, too often the concomitant of official communica-
tions; that, however, was not an error to be found in
other productions from the pen of the late highlytifted
Statesman, any more than in the present letter, which
breathes a warmth of feeling and an earnestness of ap-
peal equally honourable to the head and the heart of the
writer, and at once proves that Mr. Cannines attach-
ment to Liverpool was of a more refined nature, and
founded upon higher grounds than those merely of a
political nature, which too generally form the only
bond of union between a Representative in Parliament
and his constituents. Since Mr. Canning ceased to be
the Representative of Liverpool, he has, on many oc-
casions, which have fallen within the range of our own
observation, given the most unequivocal proof that his
professions of attachment to Liverpool were not the
common place words of a calculating policy, but the
'sincere and disintetested sentiments of a heart totally
Ivoid of all sordid views, and at once demonstrated the
high and more exalted principles by which his conduct
was influenced. In reference :o this subject, the follow-
ing expressions of Mr. Canning's sentiments upon one
occasion in Liverpool, will not be deemed foreign :
Go I will not say that if the interest, or the nation were In any
instance at variance with those of Liverpool, even as your member,
I would take your part; but I will say, that whether your member
or no, I shall always retain the same desire--not to base& you by
any partial sacrifice of the general good in your favour, but-•-to ad-
vance your greatness and prosperity, which are bat tile samples sad
epitome of the greatness and prosperity of England."

COrY OF a LIITTZII FROM XL CAUSING TO TUZ ZARA Of LITZIPOOL.
" Paris, May 20, 1821.

'4 Mr Loan—l have the honour to transmit to the Lords Com-
missioners of the Treasury a Petition (copy of which is herewith
enclosed) from the Royal Institution of Liverpool, praying for a
grant of public money in aid of the important objects of Klemm
and education, for which that Institution has been established,
under the gracious patronage of his Majesty. A paper annexed to
the dopy of the Petition (which paper it was thought indelicate to
incorporate into the petition itself) exhibits—first, a specifics.
tion of the services heretofore rendered by the town of Liverpool
to the general interests of the country, by voluntary exertions
and sacrifices ; and by bold and successful undertakings for the
improvement of general commerce and prosperity ; secondly,
list of instances in which other towns and cities of the United
Kingdom have received putdid aid for the carrying on or com-
pleting works not more general in their object than the Liver-
pool Soyal Institution; thirdly, the particulars of some claims
which Liverpool conceives itself to have for sums of money, or
portions of land, made over to the Duchy of Lancaster, either for
inadequate compensation, or without compensation, or account.—
Upon the last point, the petitioners would he less willing to
insist, than fo solicit the attention of the Treasury to the other
gruisnds of their application. Without disparaging the claims of
others, they flatter themselves, that it will not be easy to thew an
example more striking than that of Liverpool, either for supereroga-
tory efforts of public teal, or for a series of successful endeavours
to liberalize commercial pursuits, and to reconcile the arts which
adorn a state with the labour nod enterprise through which
it is supported and enriched. A list might be added to the
foregoing, of the charitable institutions of the town (some of
then, peculiar to itself) which have been, and are long likely
to be, supported by the spontaneous contributions of the inha-
bitants, without any hope or solicitation of external assistance.r.
The single case in which assistance is required, and which it Is
fondly hoped may not be solicited in vain, is that of a scientific in-
stitution. In communities the most highly cultivated, such Meths-
tions have been accustomed to rely upon the favour and protection
of superior power during their infancy—a power and protection
amply repaid, ni the result, by the benefits derived from t►em to the
society in which they take root and flourish.

`4 This single appeal to national generosity in behalf of an ob-
ject essentially rather national than local, the Liverpool institu-
tion humbly trusts may be received with indulgence. Hi* Ma-
jesty has been graciously pleased to mark his sense of the utility
and praiseworthiness of the institution, not only by his conde-
scension in becoming its patron, but by subsequent acts of petsonal
munificence ; and it is hoped that there will be ao difficulty in in-
ducing Parliament to farther the views of the Sovereign; and by a
grant so moderate as that which is now asked, once fur all, to give
permaneuce and extension to an establishment creditable alike to the
town of Liverpool and to the nation.

" Should the prayer of this petition he favourably received, and
the question of the grant consequently he brought before the !louse
of Commons, 1 shall immediately return to England, to be present
at 'ay discowicrn that may arise upon it.
" 1 have the honour to he, with great truth, my Lord,
" Your Lordship's most obedient and faithful *arum,
(Sigled) •• QED. AN ZVI N G." •