Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-06-14

! written. it was then mentioned by a
| Gentleman, who is now Member of Tn e
Hon. House, then contributor to pc
riodicsl pubiications,) tits stated that a.
mongst other pieces produced ny Mr..
Canning's father, were the affecting
verses, supposed to have been written
by Lord William Russell to Lord VIII
liam Caveudish, on the night preceding
his execution. Mr. CAMPING, the pres
ent Premier, was sent to Eton in his
Eleventh year, where the vivacity and
eagerness of bis disposition soon raised
him to distinction amongst his contem-
pcraries-Mr. G.. had scarcely attained
his fifteenth year, when he undertook.
with some Of his youthful associates, to
smuse and instruct the world in a series
Of periodical papers The "Microcosm,"
the name OF this juvenile world, COM
menced on the 9Th November, 1856,
and continued until the July following,
when. az the public were informed, the
unexpected death of the e,litor, Gregg.
ry Griffin, Esq, obliged the associates
70 desist from the undertaking. Ten of
the Numbers. with the signature of"B,"
(Bachelor,) are attributed to Mr.. Can.
uing, aud it appears that, in truth, he
vas the editor OF the whole. II is after
wards mentioned, that while Mr.. Can.
Mug was at Oxford, Mr. Sheridan, to
whose notice he had been particularly
introduced, conceived great hopes of
young Canning's future success IN a po-
litcal career, and looked upon him as
desirable accession to the party Of Pa
iriots, for Mr. Canning continues our
hiographer) was at this time also Pc
triot, and Il Strenuous champion Of pOpn
lar l,bet~'u. An Introduction to Mr.. Pitt,
however. opeHed far more advantageous
prospects for the employment of his ia
Tents. and il is said that his former pa
iron, Mr. Sheridan, frankly adoised him
10 embark IN q e'ore prop'tioas career
| than that i'll which he had himself EN-
, barked, in fact to go ocer to the other
Tor Mr.. Pits side of the House.
Mr.. Canning was first returned to
Parliament in 1898 1being then in his
22d year, as Member for Newport, in
the Isle of Wight-the place, curiously
enough. represented by him when ap-
pointed Premier It oughtfo be added,
that our Biographer, whose work may
be considered shaving been suppressed,
further mentions, after noticing Mr.
Cannfng's first return for Newport, that
Mr.. Sheridan still continued his friend
ship towards young Canning, for in one
OF his speeches he took occasion 10 au-
nounce to the House the expectations
which they might form from the young
Senator. But be wac silent during that
Session, occupying 4ismseli with obser-
wing the forms of the House; spoke in
1924, on the subsidy TO SARDINIA; but
bis nvectives against Bonapsfte attract.
ed great notice. On one occasion. in
repIy to the chzrge Of etuss O! Bons =
parte, Mr.. Canning said, 81 know, Mr.
Speaker, that there il cautious, cow
ardly, bas'ard morality, which assumes
the garb and tone of wisdom, and which
prescrbes to you to live with an enemy
as If he were one day to become your
friend. | distrust this doctrine for enc
reason because | fear the same moral
ity that could pride itself on adopting
il, would be capable of entertaining The
doctrine which is the converse of it, aud
would prescribe living with friend as
| il he were one day 10 become an enemy.
II this be wisdom, Continued Mr.. Can.
ning,) do not boast it; can only say
Heaven grant me host Of such enemies,
rather than one such friend" Herald.
The Marriage Question--A meeting
of the Presbytery of New Brunswick
informs us, that the question OF e,asing
I the section Of the Confession of Faith.
forbiddng the marriage of man with
his deceased wife's sister, was at their
last meeting decided 10 the affirmative
ayes 10 noes 3. The Presbytery of
Ohio and the Presbytery of Redsione,
as we learn from the Pittsburg Record.
er, have both decided against the era.
sure. The Visitor aud Telegraph in.
forms that similar decision has been
made BY tile Presbytery of Winchester,
and the Philadelphia reports the same
of the Presbytery of Philadelphia
The Ptesbytery of New York have de.
Icided 1--WE believe unanimously in ia
vor of erasing, without expressing any
opinion on the merits of the question,
but simply on the ground that the topic
lis one which Ouoht not tn he ;ptro5ucad