Star.
London, England, 1828-01-16 00:00:00

CHANGE OF MINISTRY.
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nOM ?Hi MORNING AD'VIATISKR. -
It is tumbured that the Whigd who, gave the late
rlitlatry their support, are so muds diegleasedrwitlrthe
ejected that several of those who he..
t
•to. the party, and who sat oft the lllinistetial side
;of oth Houses of Parliament, will take their seats
during next Session at the opposite side, of tlsentcupt
v. hat are called the neutral benches, and act as circtuni
statical aisys,tequire.
• • • • *host siva MORNING - tisoAtb. •
, That spirit which has been se aptly described as “ the
inadhessof :Wetly. tot the gaitrof a sfe:r,". is juit now pe=
Mistily We; and, the real interests of the country are
virtually hist digheof by those whom ?ARTY alone infects
with its selfish; blighting influence. What rhe country
no Wants is inch bf talent and principle to guide its
affairs: Of men of ptinclele, It is to be hoped there is
no dearth; but of men of talent there appears •to be a
woful ch ficiency. We bear avast deal of the march of
intellect. but we fear that, ifit be not all talk, there is at
least much more o• froth than of substance in the boast.
It is tint; ntortifyingto those who look to the real in-
terests of tl e country, regardless of party, to see the
venom which no small part of the Press is now giving
vent to, towards those who are not of the particular
facti •it each Paper may epouse. We could instance in
particular the personal tancour which is drspla)ed with
regard to Mr. Hoskin( n and Mr. Harries—public
men both unexceptionable, and to wlrcee union the
country at large has an interest in looking at the
present moment. It any pt iitts of jealousy or disunion.
exist betvieen two tali ti en,' it shraild be the object'
of those who wish .well to them tK to •the curnis y to.
smooth down excrescences, to • obliviate miner dis-
sens;ons, and to direct their views to one great of ject—
the public weal. But irsstead of this, vre see a rancour
coat tei and excited, which it is to be hoped that neither
of these persons entertain towards the other; 'and a
virulence at personal arrimosty engendered, which hasp()
other object but "the gain of a few." We do not wonder
that the task of for ming a Ministry should be no easy
matter; but why the difficulties which naturally present
hemselves in its formation should be enhanced by an in-
dulgence in private r ancout,we are at a loss to conceive.
Of Lord Goderich, the late P collier, we would wish to
speak as ac malty think—be Is an honest and estima-,
ble man;. but, as a poli.ician, we view his desettion• of 1
.he Coven ment at the present time, unexplained as it
still is, as politiCal cow at dice. We shall be happy if, as
a Peer of Parliament, he is able in Iris place to du away
this impiesion : but w e consider that he and some of his,
colleagues have much to an .vler for,if, on the eve of the
meeting of Parliament,
.they have thrrba n the king's
Government into the present a w kw at d and-unexampled
dilemma, ucless they have an unanswerable cue to
offer to Pat !lament and the country in their defence.
It men are unfit for bigkstation, why do they under-
take iv? ill men base "greatness thrust. upon them,"
why do they not at once acknowledge that they are
only fair weather sailors, unfit to encounter a storm?
But it is not to be borne that public men shill think
themselves fit to carry an the stain at the State till
she day of reckoning cowed. iitte-titeri two away, leaving
whoever can be Let to settle their miittiditAid account.
.-.O's 4.-v, .its. -1

At the meeting of the Lord Chancellor and the
Duke of Wellington with Mr. Peel, at his house in
Privy Gardens, it was found to be impossible to com-
plete the arrangements.for the new Administration, and
to settle the measui es absolutely necessary to be adopted
previous to the meeting of Parliament, the Lord Chan-
cellor undetteek the responsibility of advising the King
to flit ther prorogue the assembling of Parliament ; and
at five o'clock the Learned Lord went to the Coun-
cil Office, and gave orders for the summoning of a
Privy Council, to be held at the Royal Lodge yester.
day, which took place accordingly. The order for the
summoning of the Privy Council was unexpected; and
"'the time so very short. that the necessary preparations
occupied the Clerks in the office till past two o'clock
yesterday rnotnin-.
Mr. G,evtlle, the Cleric ef• the Council .in Waiting,
being confined by indispedrion, an express was sent off
to Mr. Buller, who was at Andover. who received the
notice in time to attend the Council.
Five different messengers were yesterday forwarded
to the Royal Lodge with dispatches to his Majesty.
_The indisposition of the KING does nc.t ari,e from the
gout, but from a severe cold, which his MAJESTY caught about a
fortnight since, when ridingout in an open carriage on a.veiy damp
day. The lima was so extremely hoarse on this day fortnight; that
it was with difficulty he could he heard. His Mums, has been
since so unwell, in consequence, that he hrs kept his bed for the
greatest part or the time. Sir Hagar llat.roso has constantly at-
tended his ffiAJEVIV, and.has gone daily from London to the Royal
Lodge; and on his return has called on the Princess Steams at
Keusingion, and the Duke of CLASIMCIL at the Admiralty, to report
the state ul his IIAJZIVIV.II health to his Royal Sister and Brother.

List eve fling St. Bride's Church was numerously and
respectably filled by the inhabitants and others, in consequence of
their talented organist, Mr. Marries, giving a Selection of Sacred
Music on the Organ. The performance consisted chiefly of some of
the and-t celebrated pieces of HattneL, Haves, and 13111110!EN,
with a Fantasia by 31r, Maniac ; the whole of which appeared to
give universal sati.faction. In some of the Choruses,_ and in a
Fugue, by SCIASTIAN BACH, Mr. MA ?HIM was assisted by Mr.
BROWN, his pupil, the Organist of St, Clement Danes, and nothing
but the sacredness of the place prevented the audience from af-
fording audible proof of their admiration.
Divia,:er Lady NICAVE entertained a seket party,
yesterday evening, at her house in Albemarle-street. ,
The Es. k;ng of Swwen is said to be so totally void
of resources as to have been compelled, not long since, to pawn his
portmanteau at Basle. , .
The five British sailors who wire found on poaid two
of the Turkish ships after the battle of Navarin, and brought to
England by the Genoa, have this week been discharged from that
vessel and landed at Devonport. . They all belonged eo the
merchant service. We have only been this to learn the names
of four—William McFee, James Herpes, George Campbell, and
J. Colley. One of tb-rm has lost the use of his right hand, which
was struck by a splinter when the corvette, on board of which
he was, blew up. William Mc Fee sailed from Liverpool the
18th Nov. 1826, on board the Lady Digby, James Moons Com-
mander, for Leghorn, at which port he was discharged, and on the
7th of April went to work in the dock-yard of the Pacha of Egypt,
at Alexandria, where he hail not continued long before he was
forced on board a Turkish single-banked frigate. James Harper•
was also entraerd from the dock-yard at Alexandria, in wbich.he
worked after he bad beets discharged from the Perseverance steam-
boat, Captain HAS/MOS. George Campbell sailed from Liverpol
nu the Vith of Dec, 1826, on board the Lord Kenmore, bound to
Leghorn, where the vessel shipped three hundred tons of shot, for
the service of the Turks. 'l'wo days after the Lord Kenmore left
Leghorn, she was overtaken by a heavy storm, and thrown on her
beam-ends. The crew took to the boats, and, after twenty-seven
hours buffeting about at sea, succeeded in gaining a small port
of Italy, and found their way back to Leghorn. Harper after-
wards went to Alexandria, where, together with Colley and the
others, he was kidnapped on bo.rd the Turkish fleet. While on
hoard, they lived, in comn.on with the Turkish sailors, on boiled
hum brans, rice, and sweet oil; and, when at sea, bread and olives
.were added. On board the same vessels with these men wete 30
or -90 Greeks, who were not suffered to fight, being employed only
as stamen ; the Englishmen were also .ordered not to take any part
ie the engagement of Navarin, and were. sent into the tops. The
Turks were running about the decks, sword in hand, in the most
confused mariner, continually coming an contact with, .and o.Crlat
614 each other. They were.not at all prepared for action when
Dartmouth fired on the Turkish boort, not having a sines
upon deck. The Turks did not put, soy yntdsloto their guns,.
from the manner. in which' *bey *eat alcaago, they did m•
damage to tbwmasts sued yards cif *Me Allied VIM* • than to
ham,--Derranyteri relegroplu •