Star. — London, England, 1828-11-13 00:00:00

BRUNSWICK CLUBS. MEETING AT LEEDS TO FORM A BRUNSWICK CLUB. A ?fleeting was held at the Music Hall on Monday, at which between three and four hundred Gentlemen were present, to consider the propriety of forming a Brunswick Constitutional Club. The MAYOR having been called to the Chair, ad giessed the meeting.' They were all aware, 'he said, of the re• ports which had gone forth to the, world, and which were now entitled to some notice, as they had beer. al lowed to remain uncontradicted—that it was the inten tion of Government to legislate with respect to the Ro-, man Catholics, and to admit members of that body to seats in the Houses of Lords and Commons. This had ?eery naturally excited a considerable degree of alarm through the country, and Brunswick Clubs were esta blished to counteract, if possible, this dangerous intoad on the Constitution. It was said that it was desirable to settle the question; but how could it be settled ex• cept by the restoration of Popery to its former dominat ing influence? ;he could assure them that it was not a seat in Parliament which could satisfy the Ca tholics ; for what wt uld it avail their cause to obtain Only seats in the Peers' House for a few Catholic Lords, and the return of a few Catholic Members to Parlia 'went? B it it would be of great consequence for them to have the Rom in Catholic Religion ingrafted on the State—(Hear, hear). To counteract so dangerous an innovation on the Constitution, let those whom he then •addressed imitate the example of their brethren in other pairs of the country, and form an Association for the support of the Constitution—(Cheers). Let theirs be not one of aggression, but one purely defensive.—. Their great object should be to watch the Roman Ca tholic question, and to use every Constitutional endea your to preveht the Catholics from coming into power —(Hear, hear). Mr. Alderman HALL said, that the numerous and respectable assemblage around him would wipe away any stain which might attach to them horn any seem• ing indifference with respect to those most important interests. When they saw those who should be the defenders of the Constitution give way as cowards, and 'ready to surrender the citadel to the enemy, it was • time that the friends of that Constitution should act. and take measures for preserving that which now ap• • peared to be in so much danger—(Hear, hear). He, • for one, had the greatest confidence in the NOble Duke at the head of the Administration, and in many of his 'colleagues; but they could not shut their ears to what was‘satil, Or their eyes to what was passing before them, and if they attended to these, they must believe that it was the intention in certain high quarters to propose some change by which Catholics were to be admitted •• into 'Parliament on certain conditions which were to be named ; and when they saw this, they would not dis charge their conscientious duty if they did not come for ward and publicly state their opinions, and prevent by every constitutional means ancient principles Irons being sactificed to modern expedients—(Cheers). To talk of pacifying Ireland by means - of emancipation was nonsense. The condition of Ireland required other semedie.. She required attention to her general, and • not her private wan's ; she required a resturati.oi of the kind relations between landlord and tenant; she wanted the application of Et.glish capital to call into action her • great national resource-, by ;thick her hardy sons might • find employment. By th,•se means, and not by sending a few of her l i ters to the Lord', or bet Catholic Gentry to the Commons, would the state of that country be improved, and its inhabitants rescued from their pre- • sert impoveristed condition—(Heat). 'He then moved, " That an AssoCiation be now formed, Which shall be called ; The Leeds Brunswick Constitutional Association ; and that every limber shall, on admission, sign the annexed Declaration." ..DECLARATION OF THE LEEDS BRUNSWICK CON STITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION: " We, the undersigned, being deeply impressed with the bless- Ir., we enjoy under theliritish Constitution, as by law established • at the glorious Revolution in 16ns, do hereby declare, that the principle on which we associate rests on a conviction of the fatal - consequeuces which would attend the further concession of puli , tical power to the Itoman Catholic subjects of this realm ; and • belug fatly persuaded that if Papists be again allowed to legislate, ' the 'rights ut the Crown and the liberties of People would no ' longer be secure, we pledge ourselves to oppose such concession by • all tomtit utional means. • That we oil support his Majesty's Government to the utmost • of our power, in enforcing - obedience to the laws, and especially in puttitig, down that pestilent organ of sedition and treason, the Ro man Catholic Association, which endeavours to overawe the Go vernment of Ireland, has outraged the liberties of the people, and threatens to spread discord and rebellion through that divided country. " That, at the same time we tender our best services to his Majesty's Government for the acconipli..hment of these important . objects, we are determined to oppose any attempt which may be made, either to introduce Papists into Parliament, or, in ayg way to advance their political power.' " 'that whil.t for the last thirty years conciliation has been held forth as the panacea for all the evil. of Ireland, the destruction of ' that portion of the United Kingdom has increased in an exact ratio with the privileges granted to the Papists; and now, when joy and gladness, proverity and peace, should, according to the pre diction% of a I former conciliators, reign throughout the land, as the inevitable fruit of the boons which have been successively granted, that country presents to our view Popish domination ire its most violent and persecuting character, as despising the laws,. • insulting the authorities, proscribing individuals, reciting dissension and hatred amongst men, rending asunder the best interests of so ciety, and th ing ruin and Jest:memo to all who shall dare to • oppose it. " That the pretensions of the Papists to political power stand on prteisely the same pounds as the excluded House of Sardinia and the Bourbons of Fratice dues to the British Throne, and that , if the one be admitted, the other cannot on princip l e be denied. " That to urge our Most Gracious Sovereign to sign any Bill re - establishing legislative power in Roman Catholics, would tiring his own regal title to the succession into jeopanlx—would tend to die. solve the. compact betweed him andlis peopiewould irritate anti Jame the Ptomain population' of the United Kingdom, and would, in all isuinan probitbility,kad to a suite, of bloodshed and misery, the bate anticipation of which, from past experience, it is • kerrible to contemplate." BILNJAMIN SADDLALR, E.A. came f..rwarcl to second the resolution. He observed that he was not a member of any political club, but there were times when an honest man could not remain inactive in affairs which involved the welfare of his couutrys The pi ".sent Period . was one ti thote when all which Engliith Pictestants I.eid molt dear was attacked, and that ftr the purpose twits destruction—(Hear, heat). In coming forward n.) tnis occasion, he had no disposition to attack any man., His wish, and the wishes of those art and hum, were to act on thvaleffasive. The Association they let-re about to form wee defensive in its nature and ob ject. They were in the enjoyment of invaluable privi leges and blessings, and they would show that they knew their value by a firm and determined union in their support. Tney would also support and uphold the G verriment ; and the best suppott that any good Govanment could elvect would he a union in defence of the Pi oteptant Cohilitution. It was true that there oli j ght be no present danger in this countiy from the events which were taking place. But was it so in Ire , I ini? Were the Protestant brethren in that cou,ory equally secure? Were they to be kit a prey to the .oaf at the mr•ment they were looking to their fellow , Trot - vents in England for that help which they them *els,. seet e always ready to give e hen called on ? He bad had an opportunity of knowing much of the lower orders of the population of lrelaritl,attdbe would assert, ~. ' }, that if they were not kept in ignorance and superstition. they would be as moral and industrious a set of people as those of any country he could name—Wear, heart Bat, instead of having their generous minds well di rected, they were put po'sely kept in ignorance that they might be made the more fit tools in the hands of those , who were their self-eleJted leader. .let them have Scripture et!ucation, let the Sacred Volume be circu lated as widely amongst them as possible—and let the Catholic Association, that great pest of the country, be put down, and the happiest effects for its prosperity would be the consequence. Mr. Alderman SADLER, after adverting to the civil and political blessings which had accrued to England from the Reformation, expressed his regret that the de scendants and followers of some of the brightest orna ments of the Dissenters should be found at the present day advocating so dangerous a principle as the intro duction rf 11 man Catholics to the highest privileges of the Constitution. He then went on to' quote from the writings o' a Dissenter (Fuler). an Advice and Opia nion on the subject of Po,ery.••." Abhor Popery and be eminent in your zeal against it. Rome is that Amelek with whom GOD will never make peace, neither should we. It was Queen Elizabeth's motto—' No peace with Spain;' and it should be ours—' No peace with Rome' My dear countrymen, I beseech you be not deceived with vain words, suffer not yourselves to be circumvented by a stratagem of the enemy; let not prejudices and discontents which they endeavour to beget and f. ment in you again t all your real friends, cause and of you to fall in with the design and interest of your enemies; k is a dangerous thing to comply with that interest which GOD bath engaged himself against, and. as sure as CHRIST sits at the tight hand of Iris FATHER, shall be destroyed; and wh it cause you .have to abhor Popery you will see by that time I have shown you that it is a false, bloody, and blasphemous religion." . •••• " Pcor England hath had an experience of Popish cruelty; so hat's Leland too, in one of whose provinces one hundred and fifty thousand Protestants were mas sacred by them in the late rebellion. Popish cruelty spares none—pities none." This, said Mr. Sadler, is the opinion of. a Dissenter held in high estimation among that b' dy, and wchaving escaped horn the great thraldom of Pops! y,. 1 hope we shall keep ourselves free, and still cherish and maintain all that is dear and precinus amongst us—(Tremendous cheers). As the CHAIRMAN was about its put the Resolution and the Declaration to the Meeting, Mr. JOHN TALBOT rose and said—" I think that declaration is seditious, if it is not treasonable"—(Loud laughter). On being put, they were carried against a minority of four indisiduals among 400. • Mr. ATKINSON next addressed the Meeting. and ob served that be was then beta& n sixty and seventy years old. He then proceeded to state that he had spent ten years in Ireland, and could speak from some experiences of the state of that ct untry. Much benefit had no doubt been derived to many of the inhabitants from the extensive circulation a the Scriptures; bet it was still a melancholy t;uth that the dangerous opinions and doctrines of the Ron.ish Church were still held by the great mass of the Roman Catholics in that country. He had seen the Catholic Convention, the Catholic B iard, and the Cstholic Ass , ciat;on, as they had succeeded one another, and almost at every meeting of those bodies one of their first acts was to endeavour ts explain away the speeches of some of their own members, who at pre .vious meetings had let out a little too much of what they did not wish to have ,generally avowed, and the explanation they generally gave was, that their honour able brother member had not meant what he said— (Loud laughter). On one of those occasions a Dr. Dromrole had let out a little too much. He stated broadly and unequivocally, that the colleges, and the churches, and the church lands, all belonged to the Catholics by right, and that they would have them.— This was considered as going too far *for the time, and accordingly, at the next meeting of the 800 d, it was ' I openly asserted that the Doctor had nut meant-what he said—(Cheers). But the Doctor was too tar gone in his seal for the cause to have his statement contradicted, and he openly declared that he had meant all he said, and he re-asserted. his former opinions—(Cheers and laughter). A mine sprung , under the Board could not have caused a greater " blow up amongst them— (Laughter). • In fact, all that Catholics wanted in all they had done for the last twenty years, was a restora tion of those good things for which Doctor Dromgoole had sighed. This was proved by their recent conduct. Were they not employed in marshalling their forces in large bands of thousands, until the Protestants dated them to the field, and offered to put them down with out the assistance of Government? And then came Daniel O'Connell with his proclamation, calling on his men to disperse and keep quiet—(Cheets and laughter). Mr. Atkinson then went into a long, detail of the air°. cities which were committed on Protestants by Papists in the rebellion of 1798. including the statement of the story of the dreadful burning of 160 Protestants at the barn at Seullalsogue. The Rev. G. WHAT (Curate of Leeds) read to the Meeting some extracts from the• speeches made by the • Duke i.f Wellington and Mr. Peel in the early part of lait year, in which they defended their retirement front office, because they could not support a Government, the Chief Minister of which was the avowed advocate of emancipation ; and contended, that with these ex amples before them, the Meeting were perfectly justi• fled in declaring that they would not •support a Go vernment favourable to that measure. • The Rev. R. FAWCET, in proposing the next Remits. tion, contended that it was the duty of sincere Protest. ants to endeavour t.e prevent their religion, which was pure in its doctrine, tolerant in principle, and universal in its operation, Irvin being put down, and having one , set up en its place which abounded in idolatries, super. stitions, and blasphemies He then moved— " 2. That . the business of this Association shall be managed by a Committee, with power to add to their number--such Committer electing its own Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer, and being itself elected by the Association annually." Mr. WRIOHT seconded this motion, which was put and carried, with only five dissentient voices. The Rev. B. EDNIONDSON moved— " That each Member shall, after signing the declaration. pay an annual subscription not exceeding one guinea, nor less than half-a crown, to defray contingent expenses." This resolution was seconded, put, end carried. Mr. J. FURBANK, in moving " That the anniversary of the eesolution shall be always held on the .sth of No. ,ember, ~ said, that it the Papists should be admitted into the Legislatute, it must be under the impression that their religion and practices w ere changed ; but Le was one of those who thought with themselves, that , they were uncharged and unchangeable; but if, for the sake of argument, they were to admit they were changed, and were fit, with certain condition•, to be called back again, must they not admit that the excluded family sls , uld aLo be recalled, to the Throne? It the principle was applicable in the one case, was it not applicable to the other ? If it be just to grant to the Roman Cacho. tics their claim to sit as Legislators, was it not equilly just to grant theDuchessrof Modena and her descendants, and the Bourbons of France, the Cro an of those realms ? —(Cheers). Concede to the Papists one point, and they would soon tell them that they had in principle already conceded ti them the other; for if it were right to cnn• cede to ibe seven millions, would it not be right 'to con- cede to Vie individual alt. ? There would be, in short, nothing but an Act of Parliament handing in the way. The Gentkman then unwed the above resolution. Dr. Dolma seconded the motion, which was carried unani mou.ly. The ilisoe having left the Chair, thanks were voted him fit his conduct while in it, and the Meeting separated amidst the loudest and most enthusiAstle cheering, mingled with shouts of " Gun save the King." THE LATE KENT AIEETING. TO TNT raItrIfOLTIO 4 Or TUC COUNTY or uasv. BROTHES IFITIHOLOINT—You have read, no doubt, the counter-petition, praying that speedy relief may be given to the Roman Catholics. - Why, during a discussion of five hours, this petition wasn't offered to the meeting on Pcnenden Heath; or why Mr. Hodges proposition, supported by most (I rejoice to add, nut all) of the Whig !elidess in the county, was not offered, till dark ness had nearly frustrated the object of the meeting, it ie needless to inquire: " But, Brother Freeholders, I hope that very few of you have signed this counter petition ; fur it deceives you by stating that which I unhesitatingly declare to be unfounded in fact. " It states that • a large portion of the community are excluded from the benefits of the Constitution by the existing laws, solely nn account of their religious opinions.' This is incorrect, both as to the extent of the exclusion, and as to the reason assigned for it The Roman Catholic% enjoy almost all the benefits of the Constitu tion in continuo with all Protestants. From political power they ate indeed excluded, but not on account of their religious fai hor opinions. This hacknied assertion has been answered over and over again; and I little thought that any one could at this day have asked the Freeholders of Kent to sign their names to a proposition so absurd. " While the Protestant yields an entire allegiance to his King and Constitution, the Roman Catholic acknowledges in a foreign Potentate a spiritual dominion which has been used in past time., and may'again be used, against the liberties of the nation. This, and the intolerance of his religion, which is unchanged, not in prin ciple only. but in practice, where its power is unrestrained, ate the true and just causes of the reclusion of the Papist from political power in our free Protestant State. " Ilaoxitsa FIIIIVOLORKS !—Think boldly for yourselves. Be guided by your own plain good sense, and I am sure you will re ject this counter-petition in the manner which it deserves. Ift.o live under a Conuitution which secures your domestic comforts, and which is calculated to give hope, and joy, and vigour, to all yoor 'good undertakings, which contributes to gladden your hearts in pi asperity, and to teach you to look for better days in adversity. It is a eonstituti n under which man may well feel himself to be that happy being which his Maass in his goodness designed him to be. It is, in short, a fret and glorious Protestant Constitution. " And let us not, Freeholders of Kent, be induced to forsake our duty, and to pot the blessings we enjoy to hazard, under the vain and delusive hope held forth in the counter petition, that Roman Catholic Emancipation ' will unite in cordial attachment to the Constitution all descriptions of his Majesty's subjects.' " Look at events in lreand, my friends; and as discerning men and lovers of truth, ask yourselves, can this be? " 1 remain, brother Freebokiers, " Your friend and servant, . 4 Nov. 6, 18•;.11. 4 " O. GIPPS:" THE CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER. DECLARATION or Tin cLancr or Till mocks' or zooms:Ea. .4 We, the undersigned, Cleigymen of the united Chutch of England and Ireland, resident within the diocese of Roci.ester, being strongly impressed with, the danger which now thicatens both our civil and ecclesiastical establishments, have agreed to put forth this declaration of our sentimentr, fearing lest from supineness or negligence we should be found wanting in our duty. " We have witnesseJ, without any feeling of jealousy large concessions made and favours granted to those who differ from us on religious tenets ; but we are filled with doubt and apprehension, when they, who hold the most discordant opinions, are united in opposition to that form of sound doctrine and ancient discipline which the State has taken under its protection, and horn which it has derived effectual support, and a blessing on its undertakings. The Romish Church, ever exclu sive in its tenet., ever aiming at political ascendancy, unchanged (as its leading members pronounce it to be) and unchangable, yet capable of adapting itself to every eircumttance, has now taken advantage of a prevailing latitudinarian spirit to promote its own designs of en largement and aggiandizemenr.. Though folding its disciples in servitude, it professes itself the pation of their liberties; though detaining from them the word of Go"), it arrogates to itself that it is the sole depesitary of sacred truth ;,and while it is subject to a foreign power, it claims the merit of entire allegiance to the British Monarch, and advances its claim even when it leads the people to the verge of rebellion. " It is with feelings. of sorrow and shame that we record a course of proceeding on the part of our brethren the Clergy of that Church wholly inconsistent with Their character as Ministers i f CHRIST and publishers of the Gospel of peace. The sanctions of our holyfaith have been employed as an engine for rending asunder some of the most important lies in society, and even promoting the purposes of sedition; churches have been profaned, and unholy proclamations published from the altar. Under such circumstances, whale we mourn over the 'disgrace which thus attaches to a part of the Christian Priest. hood, we cannot but express our earnest desire that a power of such fearful magnitude, and which has been abused to the worst of purposes. may be restrained within itt pieper limits, and subjected to an et*iest controul. Nitta's) of the sacred character of our profession, and greatly averse from mingling in matters of a purely politic .1 nature, if the aims of the Roman Catholics wele confined to a legitimate endeavour on the part Of the laity to obtain some additional priiileges, we might, whatever may be our pray rte views or apprehensions, be justified in leaving the question without any public no tification r f our sentiments. Bat when farther designs have been openly avowed, and an attempt is made. to effect theirs by means the most iniquitous—when the , nxisterce of our connection with the Sister Kingdom mid of the Church in that island is openly threatened, it surely becomes us to lift a warning voice and protest against measures i f the most dangerous tendency; de claring our firm conviction that the principles of our Protestant Church are the only sure support of the Con stitution established in these realms ; that the doctrines and discipline of Romanism, as they have always proved inimical to the liberties enjoyed under a free Govern ment, are at the present moment an object of peculiar jealousy ; and that to admit to places of power and high trust persons who owe their election to the exer cise of an intemperate and unconstitutional influence, is a measure pregnant with danger the most alarming, which therefore should be opposed with mild but tteady resolution, and a settled principle of attachment to our country and its institutions. " But we %vivid not be thought to view the present struggle as involving only the interests of the State, endangered as they may be. Marking with fearful an ticipation the progress of a latitudinarian indifference, which it unchecked or encouraged will sweep away all that ages have tendered venerable, and open the way to 'a heartless unbelief, or to that passer which formerly exercised an anti .eltristiaa tyranny over the souls of men, we would address to our lay brethren and fellow-1 subjects the language of affectionate and solemn enH treaty ; beseeching them to hold fast, but with Christian meekness and benevolence, the - principles of a sound. faith. Many permit, seduced by a . wish to effect a favourite political object, are disposed to palliate the corruptions of Roma .ism, mil seek in its tenets a a nte resemblance to those of air own Church. The c ause of truth and the welfare of society will never be preow ned by false candour and specious lib •rality. S uc h was a,4 the conduct of those great and good men, the f.ti tia of our Rs formation. They boldly accused the Il mman. ists at having sapped the foundations of our faith, a .,d spread a thick veil of ignorance over the minds of men. They removed the veil, and laid open the truth, a n d sought to establish it in the hearts of all succeeding oenerations, by giving them,the pure word.of GOD, and formularies unrivalled in simple and solemn devoti ng , By the labours and sufferings of these holy men, al io counted nut their lives dear to them, so that they migh t restore to these realms a pine scsiptural doctrine-4 the memory of those who first propagated the &s li d, and recorded in lasting characters its gifts and its p ro , arises—above all, by that holy name by which we are called, and whereby alone we may be saved—we would conjure our fellqw•countrymen of every rank and sta. non, to be not unmindful of their privileges and their blessings, nor of that hand which has b , und their i s . terests both civil and religious in one common band, and has nrd tined that the welfare of society shall Le essentially promoted by maintaining a sound Ne e d doctrine and pure worship. And may the great H ea d of the Church send his spirit loin the hearts of his p a , ple, to guide them into all truth, and make them wi le unto Salvation!" (Slued by 115.) THE 141VENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1628. AT TWO O'CLOCK. India Blinds swath SPA Smelt Old Annuities 3 per Ceot. 1751 £iooo Ruckti. lUlls 75 g 4500 Own 75 6 "me ..ntl £2OO Uitto 77 8 India for Acct. n4ols for Acct. 86} I. TWO trel.ot K roetes.nds.SpC. 5.4 Pruss. Bonds, 5 p et 101 1tu55.1;15.18.12,5 pCt. 94 Do. Acct. 94 Spanish lids S p Ct.lGl 1)o Acct 101 11 SIIA 11!€,S, Two O'CLOCK. C 3 1111.6 IL 41 59 60 FMCS OF STOCKS Rank Stock St;, PI 5 per Cent.lted. 854 3 per Ct. Cons 87 61 71 j 7,1 per Cent. n5l 31 per Cent. Hid. 951 4 per Ct. Neer. 1021 1 per Crin. 18•2 d, 1.o.:,; Amt. Hi 7-16 1 India Stack FtA".:RION FUND! Brasilia ~l:J~. S pet. •741 Acct. 641 Dimbh Ws. pet. Ili 2 • Mez.Vd:,1325,4 Ct. :An Do. Arm 374 Peruv. Bch. 6 p C. 17. BRITISH AND YORRIGN [triadlan Ltrt night we received Cre P.tris Papers of the 11th instant, also Ham'ourgh Papers to a late date. Flom neither of these sources is it in our power to glean any intelligence of any particular interest. Tie French Papers reiterate, on the authority of the Augsburg Gazato, that die Diplotuatists at CO3 tantinople lest no opportunity of recommending to the Porte the ad,rtioa of pacific measures; but that the SULTAN rentins fire to *nis . determination that the Russians sh ali sepais the Danube, and evacuate the Principalities, 'acriir: he will ,listen to any pacific measure. The Pritss:an Slate Ga Isigte repeats the rumour of Silistria hiving been car tured on the 16th Oct. but adds, that the sta:ement needs confirmation. The same Jirurnal, without giving any authority, reporti the dispersion of the Turkish ,corps under °arse Vaiotte, in consequence of the fail of Varna. The German Papers, received this morning. genia; l l no news from the Russian army. The fullowing are extracts: • • . . 11110211 - VIE COOMBS Di WALTON( Of 27Tu tERIGO, Sam I$ A person worthy of credit, who was at Modon while tit measures for the evacuation of the Morca were carrying into dee, relates that the greatest embarrassment experienced by the .idatith of the three Powers arose from a considerable number of Guth wonita, who insisted on accompanying the Egyptians. Tl.ere wet children mho, having lost their parents, had been adopted by sou Agas and Officers of Ibrahim's troops, and would not leave then. Lastly, this example was followed by sonte men, who 'whitest)! declared they would go to Egypt. All the Greek Chiefs, Haggi, Christ°, Sisini, Ste. wt.= Ibrahim kept prisoners at Motion, have every reason to speak well of the treatnient they received, and have been delivered up to the Adair. rah, who sent them to Count Cars It is Armed, that all the European Officers who were presto at the evacuation were astonished that the Greeks, whose liberty was one of the Conditions of the arrangement, did not iu.h intone boats to enjoy it sooner, while many prefetied going to Egypt.— AdMiral de Rigby kindly endetvoured to dissuade them from At resohition, but they all persisted In it ; and as their decision old not but be consittered as voluntary, the Adntirals were obliged . 1 acquiesce, conformably to the Convention of Alexandria. If we consider on the one hand the unhappy class to which thse individuals belonged:and the wretched existence that awaited tier in Greece; and, on the other, the ease winch they enjoyed nr,'st the formal order of.lbrahim to treat all the slaves, not as enemy.. but as subjects of the Sultan; and if we reflect, too, that tk Turkish and Greek manners have some resemblance with e.c. ether in the treatment of women, we shall not he astonished this result. But we !lust expect to see all this exagprated usual, and those insulated icts of some individuals treated ale offence to philanthropy. The only answer to this is—Crete well trt. The Courser de Staying adds, " We have some adthrirmal to communicate on this subject. Of six hundred prisonets were with the Egyptian army, only elevot would acctpt tat' fibert; ; the others preferred Egypt to Greece, and resolved a accompany their masters." The Coastal./ then declaims against those who would :dame it Admit als for not having forced the women and children tore :at "We shall be accused," it says, "of having disfigured the •sit of this remarkable scene; but we ask the officers of all L atino %so have been engaged during the war in negociating the ratioa slaves, whether they have not always experienced the saute culties? AU the mistakes that people in Europe fall into oa no subject arise from their mistaken notions of the acceptation et ace word Soot—they think of the condition of the negroes in the Wel Indies; whereas in Turkey a slave is only a servant, w'rioat lid master employs in his domestic affairs, and is obliged, in lou' r '" provide for all his wants. The women, if they are hand'orne, slaves as Erieets.was in the tent of Achilles ; and, in fact, sit'cr! .. s represented by Homer, gives the truest idea of what It nese The anisesslie Gazette gives the following summary of the trahall force of the Russian empire :—Population (without rollinZ' millions ; which are divided into three classes. as coon:bating ti the military force. The first, that which furnishes trooo on dg European footing-2d. That which In time of war furensl:.: ire gular troops 3d. Uncivilised tribes unused to war, WIII6 JJ' contribute shy recruits to the army. These Asiatic tribes amp to 3,961000 souls. The second class, furnishing irregular troops, to 1,830. 000, 31J ll° kit class to about 48 millions, deducting one otilltott tot tempo s and persons exempt from serving. tecliceing the troops at one per cent. 111 time of race, " 4 661 owl a fu WAN Mind ple a, ei rim th, The I magi TI ant to it Met . 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