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BROM THE MeNITEUR OF TUESDAY, JAN. 22.

orneuL rags.
" REPORT TO THE KING.
" Sine—The necessity of ensuring in all the secon-
dary ecclesiastical schools the execution of the laws of
the kingdom, is generally acknowledged: the measures
which that necessity commands shall be complete and
efficacious. They should harmonise with our poll ical
legislation and the maxims of the public law of France.
They are connected, at the same same, with the sacred
rights of religion, with those of the throne, witfi the pa-
ternal and domestic authority and the religious liberty
guaranteed by the Charter ; they cannot be prepared
with too much maturity, since they are not foreign to
any of the principal interests of the country. That they
may be so prepared, with full and entire knowledge of
the subject, your Ministers, Sire, have thought that it
was useful and fitting that the state of the facts should
be ascertained—that they should be compared with the
laws, and that the regulations acknowledged to be in-
dilensable for the maintenance of the legal regime
should be submitted to a previous and thorough exami-
nation, before they are submitted to your council for
discussion, and to your Majesty for approbation ; they
have thought that this important mission should na-
turally be confided to men, more particularly pointed
out to your Majesty's choice by their rank, their situa-
lion, and their knowledge.
" If this measure should be approved by the King,
I shall baviti the honour to propose to your M ijesty
the formation of a commission of nine Members, com•
posed as follows:
" The Archbishop of Paris, peer of France.
" Viscount Lamm, peer of France, Minister of State.
" Baron Seguier, peer of France, First President of the Royal

Court of Paris. 1
" Baron Mounter, peer of France.
" Count Aiello, de Nouilles, Minister of State, Member of the '
Chamber of Deputies.
" The Bishop of Besuvals.
" Count de la Bourdonnaye, member of tie Chamber of De-
rain.
" M. Dupin, Kn. Member of the Camber of Deputies.
" M. de Courville, Member of the Collodi of the University of
Prance.
6, I am, with profound respect, Sir, your Majesty's most bumble
and ism obedient servant and faithful subject, the peer of
France, Keeper of the Seals, Secretary of State for the Department
of Jostle',
" Count PORTALIS.
" Approval Jan. SO, " CHA RUCS.
" By the King, " Count PORTALIS."
PROM THIII.GAZETTE DIE FRANCE, DATED JAN. 23.
VIENNA, Jas. 12.
The news of the change of Ministry in France arriv-
ed here yesterday evening. As we had been prepared
for it fot some days, it did not excite much surprise.—
The funds rose a little this morning, but have declined
this evening to their former price. MetalliqUes, 89f.
Bank Shales, 1030.
It is reported that the Government intends to ton•
tract a loan for the purpose of withdrawing the greater
part of the paper currency in circulation in the mo•
narchy."
Feuecti FUNDS, Tuesday, Jan. 22.—Five per Cent. 104 f. 5 per
Con. 69f. 80c. Bank Snares, 1,920. li:change on London, one
month, tsf. 15c. three month,,

"Hob* THE LIVERPOOL AMON.
Mr. Canning was always open to correction, and ra
ceived any suggestions for the improvement of his
speecher in the most courteous manner, Of this dispo.,
sition we will give an instance. in one of the speeches
which he delivered during the election in the year 1818,
he combated the doctrine of universal suffrage, and con•
tended, tbat " an unlimited *mansion of the right of
suffrage would dissipate and exhaust its virtue," illus-

crating the idea by the old simile of the circle caused

by the stone cast into the water. Unfortunately, however,
the orator had used the word stream, instead of water,

and the sentence read thus—" As the circle that spread,
from the stone cast into the stream extends itself till it

embraces the whole surface of the pool, and is lost Pn
its own diffusion." The word stream caught the eye
or thaAtte Mr. Ysmes Williamion, who was somewhat
of an eccentric chaActer, and who btoke out into a
criticism on the phrast ' isikrearn, Sir ! nonsense, Sir.
How can a stone make a circle in a stream, Sit`? A

stream Tans, Sit; and how cin you make a circle by

throwing a stone into running water, Sir r 'hit

hypercriticism was mentioned tb Mr. Canning, who
admitted that the word waterwould be more appropriate
than stream, andit was altered accordingly. The Right
Hon. Gent'eman inquired every day during the conti-

nuance of the election, after the old critic, as he good

humoutedly called him, and asked whether he had
suggested any mote alterations in his speeches?
Mr. Canning had a very high opinion of the talents of
the Gentlemen who repot t the proceedings of Parliament
for the metropolitan journals. He did not. however, seem

to have a perfect knowledge of the division of labour by
which the debates of the night are given forth to the
public in the morning. In conversation on the sub-

ject of reporting, he remarked, that the reporters

must be classical scholars, " for," said he, "I have fre-
quently observed that classical quotations which had

been imperfectly or incorrectly made in the hurry of
speaking are generally correctly given by the re-
porters in the newspapers."

Mr: Canning bad, at the election which took place
in 1820, heard Mr. Edward Rushton speak from
the hustings. This was the first opportunity which
he bad had of listening to this Gentleman's oratory ;
and he inquired in the evening of the day on which
he had beard him, who Mr. Rushton was? On
being told who aid what that Gentleman was, Mr.
Canning observed, " He is a very promising young
man." Mr. Rushton, when ibformed that Mr. Canning
I had in onotmeed him a very pro:lashes' young man,
1 smiled at the compliment, remarking, that all his cre-
ditors gave him the same character.
Mr. Canning once, in correcting a speech in which
the word constituents occurred, remat ked,that we wanted
a noun of multitude by which the whole body avows
could be designated. The Americanism constituency.
he said, would answer extremely well, and might be
naturalized with advantage. It was suggested to him,l
,that if he would use the word, his example would make'
it fashionable; but, although he acknowledged the
want of such a word, he did not venture on introducing
it into the English vocabulary.
The preceding anecdotes of Mr. Canning are stated
from our own personal knowledge. The anecdote which
we are about to mention we heard related since the
'death of that great man. Although se cannot vouch
for its authenticity, yet the person from whom it is de.
Itived had such means of knowing the truth on the sub-
ject, that we have not ourselves the slightest doubt that
what we shall now relate is strictly true. It will be
in the recollection of all bur readers, that Mr. Can-
I sing was, in the year 1822, appointed to fill the im-
portant station ot Governor-General of India; and
that he visited Livei eo 11 in the month of August
in that year, for the purpose of taking leave of his
friends and constituents previous to his intended
departure for India. He resided, during his visit, at
Seaforth house, the seat of John Gladstone, Esquire,
near Crosby. On Friday, the 30th of August, a grand
farewell dinner was given to the Right Han. Gentleman
in the Lyceum News-room. On the morning of that
day, Mr. Canning received a letter from his old and
tried,friend, the Earl of Liverpool, offering to him, on
his own terms, the office of Secretary of State for Fo-1
reign Affairs, which had become va ant by the sudden,
death of the late Nlarquis of Lnndonderty. - Gratifying,
as this unconditional tender of office was to his feelings
the circumstance of its teaching him just on the eve of
the farewell dinner caused no little embarrassment to
theaight Hon. Gentleman. In the delicate situation in
which he was thus placed, he confided the secret of the
letter to an honourable Gentleman who had joined him.
at Seaforth House, and who had long enjoyed a large
share of his confidence. They walked down together to
the sea side, on the sands ot which they discussed the
propriety of keeping the secret of the actual tender of
office at home, in order that the farewell dinner, which
was appointed to take place in the evening, might not
lose any of its interest from the disclosure, and it undoubb.l
edly would have lost some, if the fact bad become gene-
rally known to the company. The secret was kept,the
nor went off with eclat, and Mr. Canning delivered on this
occasion one of his most brilliant orations. His vale-
dictory address was beautiful as well as affecting ; and
the bulk of the company, when Mr. Canning departed
hem the room, thought that they should " see his face
no more." We recollect perfectly well, that when he
came to the part of his speech in which he alluded to
the hope which the Chairman had expressed, of yet
seeing his great talents employed in the service of his I
country at home, Mr. Canniug seemed to speak,
with unusual hesitation. A breathless silence reignedl
throughout the loom; and at the very moment wheni
attention was Orton& up to the highest pitch, and
when every ear was on the alert to catch some interest-
ing disclosure respecting ministerial arrangements, the
Right Hon. Gentleman disappointed the hopes of the
auditory, concluding the sentence somewhat abruptly,
by stating that " upon his honour, be had nothing to