Western Carolinian

              h^trnt ffdmittifitk is even wise lu allium lum i»*i whioh however wise and good in ineoiselvcs hive ll.e semblance nf inequality which nnd no response ... the heart nf the oitis tn snd which will be evaded with little remorse rlie wisdom of legitlition is especially seen in grafting i a,,nnr ns i ice vr cl innint a.vudll tv u,)>yy"ii ililm'y v.c movday january 81 1831 vol."x!.;.;.n id-yi .... ",'"■' i i-miioia erthi t„bd«a to of commons which invariably regu late tile offici.tl lies mv ol miniate und their opponents x co li.ion h -. been formed between the old and i new opposition and mr p tt and os friends which outsted the aldington administration but did not sen itself the lath.ihc question was again the stumbling block and n being lo md impossible to overcome the scrip - of george iu respecting it mr pin it ie gth agreed t'i form a ministry out o nis own immediate fri tntls and several ul the nil mh is anal supporters of tin ddinglon ad.n nistraiion liili mr grey with messrs fox iv iu um n nual otbers in the mo ise i c 1001 ins they h.vi.n refused to take office up t the same terms as mr pitt became a formi isblc i.pposiu „,. 0 i lie death ol mr pitt , , janua rv 18 iii hie colleagues 1 di ul a > iinemi.t to carry on the administra tion ami the coalesced pp sition suc ceeded in ti iitici of course to the helm m . qrey who nn his laiher beingc eated an earl was called l-.nl hi ik ; mil wli.se talents and polit ical t n in p in al lum out for a scat in the new cabinet * i placed at thc hea.l of the admiralty in his new sit tion and under the disadvantage ol having p vi 3lv hatl no i-xpcri i-ncc in public business it is but jus ice to s.y iha fie n ible lord con ducted h.maclf iu a manner highly tiifucaory and most sedulously ap plied himself to the hic»hlv important department nf the state entrusted to his cnarg , esp.-ci uv und r thc eir d ike i cl irence the defeat ofthe wellington administration therefore i the question of the civil list and the aim t immediate tenders of the resignation ai the members of that ministry led almist s a m tter of course to thc command of the king to l i fjrey to form a new adminis tration a task which his lordship i has accomplished with so little diffi culty thai .. ministry apparently in tht lull p issessiun of power on one m a >- day were on the following monday i replaced by another completely in stalled in office wiih one or t.«o ex icptioisl an instance of celc.it i which wnere 1 complete chinge in i taken place has very rarely happened lurd grey who is somewhat der than the duke of wellington being hunt sixty-sis the duke being sixty two in may next nas ihe advantag 1 many years elperience d ting from his earthly youth with ref'crctir ■• to the political business of tbe atate md to general policy and lhat too ilu'if.g periods pregnant with events uf the highest moment and toe greatest util ity irom the precepts the speeches and the conduct of all those eminent and great statesmen who h.vebeen in tr.istcn-.e during the greater part of thc last fifty years and who taken al together have very far transcended titosc of any former period in the an nals of the british empire he lus also undoubtedly great parliamentary tact and a habit ot speaking with flu ency and energy noi merely as an orator but a debater ; with much fa cility in sizing the main points of any subject or argument to whicn his attention is suddenly called his lordship when a young man in th || use of commons was nn ardent and zealous reformer ii i plan ... p iriianie.it ry it-firm is well known as t has often been referred lo as also us expose of vhat he then t1119i.lcr.-d the defect in the reprc teotatinn o the country which has formed as it were a text-book for other reformers s me i whom have been li-nnse.l to go mucn i trihei hit l ml or v ten ble lord hun ve y recently avowed parliamentary ii lurm to a certain xtent as one ol t.ie principles upon vhich his administra tion is with the consent ol the k.ng founded { aud lie na previously ta ken s veralopport unties one of tliein on the first day ol ihe commencement of george 111 with and was again in opposition at 1 ait generally apeak ng wuh the excep tions before alluded to reference to the question of conce si ins to the catholics the coalition however with tl exception of mr pitt and his friend still subsisted and when that minist was summoned to another state ofej istence and his colleagues surrender e.l office george iii was of ncccs sity compelled to resort to the coali tion by commanding l ird qrenvill to form a new administration lor grenvillc because of course premie olding the fficc of first lord of th treasury though it was in genera considered as the joint ailminia ratio of his lordship and mr fox and l til henry petty wa constituted chancellor of the exchequer he vas ait that period inly 25 years ol ig and was c uisidered very young i " 1 m mbrr of the cabinet though mr p tt became prime minister at ill aame age the presidency of the council which has now been ssigncd to the noble marquis is a > ffice much lese onerous with reference to business md labor than the one he held iu the canning administration hut higher irt rank and ofgreater responiibilily |{ is of very recent notoriety that his lordship toik thecuilicst oppuitunitr aftcrbcing installed iu • fficc f declar ing himself friendly to a certain extent of parliamentary reform a declara tion which is of more importance is it was previously understood that it was upn this very p int he differed wi.h many f the political friends with whom he usually acted his lord ship wus born in it so varicly lam in london courier nonmber 29 biographit it notices of lite new miu irtry lord grey lhe premier — th first m order f t.ic nci ministers is o course karl grev lhe premier who as first lord of the treasury is at the head of his m ijesty'a coun cils that being the parliamentary phrase always regularly applied to the crcupant f f lhat station for llie tunc living v ir grey is the eldest sun of general afterwards sir grey k b yytiiiv.s an aid-de camp tn piince ferdinand at lhe battle of mintlcn and held a command during the american war at t it breaking out ofthe war wilh france in 179s he assisted at the relief of oitend nui nieuport aod having been appointed 8..mmauder-in-chief in thc iv i - dies succeeded in reducing martini que st lucie ond guadeloupe i . 1801 he was created biro . grey dc ju wick and iu 1808 viscount ii w ard and earl gtey he deicer led from a very ancient lamilv in u.e m.nhof lugland sir charles vas the younger brother of sir heflry grev bart who dying wii'ioit is sue his title and states descended to tile ncscnt ly.r grey the noble earl who is the subject of the present notice was bred to thc bar ; but in consequence of the inten tion of his uncle sir henry to cou titute him his heir he i eased to de vote himself to the practi e of his pro fession ; and becoming curlv in life a member of the house of commans tor tuc county of northumberland he rapidly attained eminence as a sneaker in parliament being then known as the hon cl.rles grey having al ways been diatinguishtd for an easy flow and impassioned style of oratory u vigorous grasp of his subject and the displav of considerable intellectual power he was long in opposition to the pitt administration in unison win mr fox and nth r m mln-rs of great talents then maintaining a fierce con flict in the parliamentary arena with the ministers and ihrir adherents who were certainly not surpassed in ability hy their opponent on the memorable separation be tween messrs fox and b irice s ion after the lirst french revolution a.nd the subsequent junction with the min istry of what was c lied the p.rilind party mr grev remained firmly at tached to mr p x with wh in he continued to battle in opposition though their ranks had then become so thinned that mr fox at length de termined on the well known scressi in from lhe ll-iuse of commons i niai self a..d many of the members ol the party | and this continuing for some time left the field open to mr tier tley who became for a season in con sequence ihc leader of a sort ot minor tni 11 1,11.10 ttlt's 1,1,1 ss».iifr we stated j few days since that i deputation uf gentlemen from phila delphia had been received at the ho tel de ville by the prefect of the seine with an addrcis expressive of the admiration entertained by the in habitanis of thai city for the noble con duct of the parisians lu'ii g the glo rious days ot july the deputation was introduced bv oen lalaveite in the evening a grand dinner waa given in bon"r ol the oc.cnsion at which mr rivet the american m-n istcr returning thanks for n toast of " the uni.eil sr.tcs anil ie health of p et.'.dent ja ka n addressed the company as follows 11 permit mc gentlemen lo thir.k vou for the hunor y..u h-ve done my country an honor it may i leastj claim io m-r'.t by its otdit.l sc tia ments for fiance it was my r 1 fortune gentlemen io be an rit .■. it nr-s ol your glo.iu.is rev ilu i u f july and to see with unbounded ad miration how a population — b*.ivo • nd gener ua — ca be forbearing after having been subjected tu the mosi ter rific trials and whai moderation il can exercise in thc midst of a vie ry purchased by so m ny noble sacrifice but it was not necessary to have cen a personal wi.nesi if your revolution io admire and appreciate it at tho distance f more than a ihouiand lea guei | beyond the atlantic ocean it hai been felt and appreci ted in all ita noble grandeur — the three mem orable days have been hailed bv every people as the triumph of hum n liber ty but with us they have rise to the name rejoicings at our national victories we have celebrated your 30th july as wc celebrate ur tun 4th of july with illuminations p cessions salutes and all tin tletpon tratioai of patriotic exultation thii is a proof that the ties wbi i formerly connected the two nat'inn in a gloii ous alliance still retain all their mural force ; the evidenc ol a sympatln , n..l fidelity to indent recollection >- liidi i rope will ensure heir coulial union under ihe auspices of an enlightened and upright king whose coosit.l .. 1 throne ai.d noble cbarucier picecnt the bent of guarantees at the same time for his own proplc nnd for for eign powers i have the honor lo propoie a toast which emanates from the bottom of all american hca.ts the king nf the french and the french nation thc office thus held by lord henrv petty aud thai too during a period 1 war when it wss absolutely ncces s rv to prop se new taxes and lay ad ditional burdens upon the people whilst the prospects ol the country were not at that time very cheering was bv no means an enviable one j it being of course bis duty t bring for ward all the financial measures ia the house of commons his lordship however displayed considcraole abil ity and great oratorical l lent though he could not sometimes suice d in ma king tile financial measures of the ad ministration palatable to the house of commons or the people ( nor bail he sufficient time to acquire the taci of a practised statesman of the then existing war the early career of m . fu having terminated a few monlha ottii after the departure of lis great rival mr pitt i.ird howick was upon the death ol the former appointed gn rr tary of slate l'.r the foreign depart ment sept 2a 180ti the office held by mr fox and which his l irdship continued to occupy till the dissolu tion of toe admini ir.iiou in march 180r it was observctl some tun afterwards b lord e'don that mis ministry was so stiougtnat there was no effectual opposition to them till lhrj began to oppoie themselves ii | is nl c mrse well known that in conse '<| lence of a measure br night forward by ilicni which would in cft.-ct have conceded lome points of the catholic t ication the king g torge iii ex pressed himsell in such a manner vith regard to their conduct lliat they ha i no dicr alive but to resign the ' proposition vlii h was lound sufficient t the ministry was merely to the effect uf allowing officers in the j irray or navy to hold higher rank than mev then could ithoutthc nec.ssitv of aking the aths of abjuration ) and ins a proof thai thc dislike of tne king jtou what aliiii listration had as much i to do with their dissolution as the quesii n on which ihey were dismis led j nearly the same measure was j ifterwards brought lorward by their ; ii cessors and passed with less de bate than attends a common road bill the oflici 1 career of lord henry pt uv in this situation was but short mure 1807 witnessed the down 11 ul the administration aud his lord s-op r-turned again io the ranks of opposilion j but he did long after w rds remain a member of the house ol commons having by the death ef his elder brother orsrictiy speaking ball-brother they being the issue cl different m images succeeded to the title nf marquis of l-nsdowne nov 15 1809 in event which of course re moved im to the house of lords here also the marquis became a prominent character in opposition which lor a considerable period num berrd amongst its host more individ uala of eminent abdity of high intel lect ial power and of great eloquence man had ever before been witnes sed in lhat house especially with others entitled in every respect to the same character on the ministerial benches and it is undoubtedly true thai f r some time thc house ol com mons was in point of talent com i.letc-ly overshadowed by the house ol lordt ol the prese.il vuion i declaring nimscll t be still an advocate of re lorm hut h at the same time guarded himsell by spraking ot the " rashness ol vo iths and using inher phrases it different times of a simi lar import irom thc possibility of be ing supposed to be identified it n thc plan which he himsell proposed at a former period l-.rd grey may therefore be considered as a practical reformer to a certain extent limiting his views strictly to the principles ol the constitution and to what may be called the necessity of the case the marquis of lansdowne how ever though genrrally speaking and voting in opposition could scncly at that lime be considered a regular i member ol th.t body — his political principle especially with regard tu parliamentary h form not goiug to the same extent as those of some of thc other members nf the same bndv hut his lordsiip laudably applied him self as a legislator to the business of the state und acquired an experience a knowledge and a tact which emi nently fitted lum to lake a lead in any high station in which he might bc placed whilst hc took great pains to render himsell thoroughly master of many subjects of great importance with reference to the internal affairs of the country which necessarily oc cupied the attention of parliament the marquis of lansdowne lord president of the council — ive notice the marquis of lansdowne next his lordship having been one of the col ic igues of lord grey in the cabinet i 1806-7 and the only one of hem who is in the prrsent c tliinrt w.ui the excrption of lord ii illand whose health rentiers him in a great degree incapable of public buifiieii the marquis ol i . nsdownc was thc second surviving son of the first maraud known lor many years as l nl soel i111111 ind lining the life time of his father and subsequently of his elder brother the sic ni i marquis was styled lord henry petty very soon after the period just allu ded to lord ii iwick by the death ol hit father lucceeded to ihe peerage and became earl grey his lord ship fa.r a considerable period in con junction with lord grenville and : tl - ir respective friendi kept up a fierce opposition tucceiaively to the port land perclval an i liverpool admin iitrationi the granville pariy was at le igth detached ir m the opposition and induced 10 o1tl the ministry j and during the latter period ol lord liv erpool's administration lord grey took a much l-si active part than he had been ceo omed to do in the dii cus lions ol th hoube of lnrdl opposition on the retirement of mr put and his c illeaguei in consequence of thc refusal of gorge hi to agree to the measure ot concession to thc catho lics which thry hail held out as one ofthe effectsol the union with l eland and to which they considered their honor so deeply pledged that they ceuld not contiuur to holtl office without bringing it forward and thc sobstitu lion in consequence of toe ajdington administration u nrw lield of politi cal contest was very shortly opened mr grey rrturncd to bis nation vith mr pox ami the other members of tlir id opposition who had cooti led tu adhere to the latter whilst a new epniaiti'in wus formed in mr ii tisr of c mmons by mr windham tnd thers j mr pitt for a lime standing llnof nd with his person i friends updorting mr addington phe latter having concluded the peace of amie.it found himself unli able to maintain it and being forced mio i rrocv at of hostilities waa s . in h'rwarili compelled lo retire by tniie unequivocal lymptomi f vani • nf confidence on ihe gart of the home we . annul reiist adding an extract from the animated speech of general lafayette :-— " here i find happily mingled to gether all the recollections — sli the sentiments aud feelings of mv life 1 am surrounded bv the grand i ns of mv early american companions lho sons of my comrades ol 89 ani my new brethren in urnis of 1830 in this hotel de ville twice lhc cradcl of the freedom of europe have this day been presented tr,e reaulu r . f the city of philadclp a ol ill , v where on the 4th ol july irrt , as proclaimed the declaration bl inde pendente the due ol the i -•> era of liberty for the two worlds uf lib ny lhat lor the urut time waa i ivied upon thr geouln rlghti ol t.e mmn race . vc yean u({o at lhe c-.n nieniornlion of ., gnat innlvrrtary at lloiti.n ou pio losing ii t - ton the i'iiuiiniip.ii t americ.n 11,-inia phci which hail been effcted in the eotiric f biff a matary i pro^lirj lord henry petty was returned to the || use ol 1 i.iimou at the gcnrral election in 1b02 for calnc being then little more ihan 31 and v.-rv early distinguished himielf aa an ur.i lor alti acting by the fluency ol bis eloquence tbe notice and i!,c prais ol m r . pitt who might bc considered j 3 , t'.e tiii'it accomplished orator ol o ! time his loiilship mailc his pirlia-j in nt.iri debut in the ranks ol oppo sitio'i and continued in them till tht death ul m . pitt in j.nuary 1806 ', a having in the interim igrecd to ine coalition villi lhat ia is.n.u the ob j-ot'd which namely to form • united mio'ulry wm defeated by the iuvinci that he did nnt couiider himsell pledged to the party wiih which hc usually acted is rendered cvideut by his aiccpunie of office at the in stance ofthe isle mi canning when the latter became premier the mar quis being thcu constituted secretary ol state for the home department to the duties of which office be very sedulously attended nnd lor which be termed lo be peculiarly lined this ministry maybe said to have been broken up by the death ol mr conn ling aa the short term of the rule i.l i rai goderich could scarcely be cal led in a'liiiuisiiation on the link | 1 wellington becoming premier ibe ; marquis of lansdowne resigned ollise lifter liowvcr thc m lain holy visitation which deprived the country f iiie services of lord llverp ol antl amid the political coo cats which sil sequctiilv took pi ice ill consequence ,,| the itruggll ii liulained bv mr canning a i nit his i irat-r colleagu s anal at length the acceillnn to powet of he duke of wellington l-.rd grev returned to th scene ol public bustle ind resumed hii former ac t ity hi l.ir.l.hip hid been for , ,„„ .',,, conndcred the head of thc oipaiti i'.d ml been for many years well known ton majesty whan