Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-02-02

but it would probably mortify his pride 70 ncccrt an
inactive place, for which his predecessor Lord West
morc!and was thought lit.
DEc. 22d.-Corn about IS lower to-dnv rhorc
were ono or two bankers currently spoken of on Sa-
turday goth, likely to stop, but the rcport is not
, authentic, nor probable.
MR. CANNING.
In the London keepsake" is a papcr nv Sir Janos
Macintosh on the character and career Of Mr. Can.
nn under the title of Fragment of the History of
che Nheteehth Century. The Literary Gazette
furnishes us with the following extracts from H. :
when Mr.. Canning, in 1912, assumed the con-
duct of foreign affairs and Of the House of Commons
he adopted measures and disclosed views which hnd
no parallel among conteinporury ministers. The
wish, indeed, that England should retire into more
neutral station do assume more mediatorul attitude
than perhaps her share in the alliance AGAINST France
could before have easily allowed had then become so
IN another policy, showed no doubtful marks OF q do
sire to change his course. Perhaps little couId have
been done TO give effect until all reasonable rovos
We're taught 10y experience thot the passion FOR rcf,r
nation was too deeply rooted to be torn nm nv c,-cc
and tail the cagerness Of inexperienced nations for
sudden and violent changes had been chostered Inv
defeat in the five years which followed. the nl,n
FOR re-estabIshng the tranquility of Europe by bal
ancng the force and recoricnr tho ureten,ions of
the parties then openly secretly acitalinr everv
country, which probably by slow deGrces in
Alr. Cannings mind, circumstances became nusn; .
cIous, ana as his own power consolidated bcuan
M pf
which the spirit, object, and examplc vero vot
important than the Immediate effects namely the re-
co9nltlon OF the Spanish republics i'm America tho
ala to PORTUGAL, with the counentncc thereby afford
Cd 10 miied monarchy IN that country. and the tres-
~ concluded with Russia and Franco for tho rnsruc
and preservation of Greece.
'Thc last of these transactions will now be corsd
cred as the most memorable, and as that which best
illustrates the comprehensive policy towards which he
at length approached. II was measure en,;pontIv
pacific which aimed at the lasting establishment Of
amlty between states, and peace between parties
and which, If executed with sn'rit, wss likely to
avoid the inconvenience even of slrht and short
rupture with the Ottoman Porte itself II ono,rod
royalists and liberals i'll enterprise on which Tho
majority of both concurred; it tended 70 knit moro
closely the ties OF friendship between the most pow
erui governments, and to fasten more firmly the
bands between rulers and nations, BY UNITING the for
mer Tor an object generally acceptable TO the latter
II combined the lustre of n generous c1ternrisa viii
the greatest probability of preventing the unsafe ap
gandlsement of any state. In the midst OF these b6
designs, and before that pacific alliance of which
the liberation OF Greco was to be the cement had ac
CURED consistence, Mr. Canning was cut or JTc
lett ms system and march of his fame the mercy
OF his SUCCESSORS. Without any invidious cornarf-
son, 1t may be safely said, that from the
cos in which he died. his death was moro memorable.
increasing among civilized nations than TINT of any,
other English gentleman had ever been II ,,.os an
event III the internal history of every country Prom
Lima to Athens, every nation struggling for ndeDcn
dence or existence. was filed by it with sorrow and
dismay. The 4igueites of Portugal the hpostol;-
Gals of Spain, the Jcsuitica inctnns i'm Fr,rco I'll
the Divan of Constantinople raised shout Of o,. -,
the fall of their dreaded enemy. He was rograitcd
W all who, heated by personal or party resentment
iet Tor genius struck down in the act of tfcrnptn 70
heal the revolutionary dstcmpcr and to rendar f,t,,ro
improvements pacIic' on the principle since adopted
by more fortunate though not more dcscrvin ,,ine
ters-thnt of deep and thorough COMPROMISE he
tween the interests and the opinions the preiudccs
and the demands of The supporters of establishment.
re- ffOO
From his boyhood he was the foremost AMONG
very distinguished contemporaries, and continued TO
De regarded as the best specimen and the most bril-
liant representative of that national education Tie
youthful eye sparkled with quckncss and arch plea
santry, and his countcnance early BETRAYED tina,
Jealousy, and scnsbility to suspected disrcrarded
which were afterwards sotcned, but never sabdred
Neither the habits Of prent school nor ,lo.o If
popular assembly, were calculated TO wcakcn his
love oil praise and passion for distinctions But as he
advapccd IN years, his fine counlcnance was emo.
Dicd by The expression of thought and feeling; he
more pursued that lasting praise which IL M, n ~
earned without praiseworthness and if he continued
TO be lover Of fame, he also passonatey loved the
gloryo his country. Even he who almost alone WINS
entitled TO look down fame as that last nfrmily
OF noble minds, had not forgotten that IL was
"Ihc spur that the clear spirit doth raise
To scorn delights aud live laborious days"
Inc natural bent Of his character is, perhaps bctcr
oscGrtained from the undisturbed 81 unconscious play
OF the mind in the common intercourse of society
than from its movements under tho power Of slroDG
interest or warm passions in public life In social in
tereourse Cir, Canning wos delightful. Happily for
the true charm of his conversation he too busy
otherwise not to treat society fitted for re-
axotion than display Il is bit little 10 say, that he
was neither disputatous, deol natory, nor sentcn-
tious; neither dictator n Jester. Ills manner
was simple and unobtrusive, his language awnvs
quite familiar. If higher thought stole from his
mind 1t came in its conversational undress From
this plain ground his pleasantly sprung with the hap
pest effect and II was nearly exempt from tho ALLOW
oftaunt and bani':, which bo sometimes mixed with
more precious materials in public contest lie mny
be added to the list Of those eminent persons who
pleased most IN their friendly circle. lie had tho
agreeable quality Of being moro easily pleased in
society than might have been expected from tho
kcenuoss OF his discernment md tho scnshility of
his tompcr. He was liable TO he discomposod or
even senced, by the presence Of any one whom he
did not like. Ills manner in socty betrayed the
pohtical vexatlon or nnXicties which prayed his
nind nor could he conceal that sensitivcncss 90 pub
lie attacks which fhpr frcououf rpcurrouco ont