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to make places and give )I:l.:ties to those whose political eor.rections had the power of disposing of the income of the people • f England. These expenses must be paid out of the taxes of the neople of this kingdom, which was constantly applied to for all de ,tereli•o. In this way hundreds of thousands annually were lost to this cluntry, while that house sat three 'nights endeavouring to ()rotor! some abatement in miserable miscellaneous grants, and the tzecretary of State, with all the gravity that belonged to him, deplored the expense of six pounds for printing a return! - (Hear.) The royal commerce of Ceylon should be put an end to. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Attorney-Oe. ncr.d would no doubt soon find out that the king's cinnamon should he imported duty free as well as the king's sugar —(Hear, hear.) The expense of offices in Ceylon was enormous. The Secretary of Covernment had a salary of 7,0001. a year, and the Chaplain a sa lary of upwards of 4,0001. (Cries of name.) The name was not •rientioned, but in a Committee all the names would come out, and that was an additional reason for the appointment of the Commit tee. The Civil establishment was 111,0001. being eight times what it cost the East India Company. The judicial establishment was 41,0001. the revenue establishment 85,0001. and the military este tiiisliment 170,0001. He was astonished at the indifference with which the Right Honourable Secretary proposed to wait for the report of the Commissioners, instead of proceeding to an imolediate inquiry. (Hear, hear, hear,) It was admitted that the revenue of Ceylon was much less than the expenditure; but as long as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with his grinding system of taxation, could take money out of the pockets of the half.starved people of England to nuke good ail deficiencies, inquiry was refused. Lord Bathurst, the most illiberal minister that ever governed the colonies, had recommended reform in Ceylon years ago ; yet now the right honourable gentleman asks for delay before he enters on inquiry. He warned the House that every year they delayed reform in Ceylon would take from thiscountry 100,0001. or 200,0001. to pay for the expenditure of Ceylon, which by reform could be immediately made not only to pay its full expenditure, but also in a short time to discharge the debt now incurred. He fully agreed in every thing that had been said in praise of that honourable and excellent judge, Sir Alexander Johnstone, and ho thought a Court of Appeal ought to be formed in this coon. try, of retired Colonial Judges, instead of having appeals made to the eriey Co a ttail, who were ignorant of the usages and languages of the Colonies. Unless an inquiry took place into the expenditure of the Colonies, it would be in vain to hope for any relict from taxa. lion. He thought the appointment of the committee highly neces. vary, and the motion should have his hearty support. Lord ALTHORP thought, that although the house might wait for the Report of the Commissioners before instituting an inquiry into the revenue and expenditure of Ceylon, that was no reason why the house should not proceed immediately to inquire into the coin. coerce of that island, which, it was admitted on all hands, was op. pressed by a monopoly that no one had attempted to defend, and that was wholly indefensible. Mr. TRANT said, the present government of Ceylon was estab. lished as an experiment, to ascertain how far our possessions in the East Indies might be governed directly by the Crown, instead of the East India Company ; and as there was now a Committee sit ting on the government and commerce of the East India Company, he thought it would be highly desirable that an inquiry should at the same time take place Into the government of Ceylon. Far from the present time being inconvenient, he thought it most ap propriate. 3lr. STEWART replied. The House divided— For the motion Against it Majority —44 ADMINISTRATION Of JUSTICE. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved the further consideration of the report of the Administration of Justice Bill. He should move for leave to bring in two bills—one for the regulation of the Registrars' Office in the Court of Chancery, the other for the regu lation of the Masters' Office ; and if leave were given, he should bring them in to be read a first time that night, and would move that the second reading should take place on the 10th of June. Ile hoped honourable gentlemen would not put down motions for the 10th of June, but would allow that day for the discussion of those important subjects. Mr. BROUGHAM thought it was quite necessary that there should be a full opportunity of discussing those extraordinary re medies that were about to be proposed for the abuses in the rt of Chancery. He believed the more the bills were discussed, the more their demerits would be apparent. Mr. FERGUSON hoped a day would be fixed for the considera tion of the Lord Advocate of Scotland's bill for the administration of justice in Scotland, which was equally important to that country as the bills in question were to England. Mr E. DAVENPORT objected to the bill, which went to de. prive the county palatine of Chester of legal rights and privileges, enjoyed for eight centuries, by which justice was speedily and cheaply administered. The boa member concluded by moving , 1 that the bill be read that day six months. 1 Mr. WILBRAHAM took the same view of the subject. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that as the bill had been , printed, and placed in the hands of honoutabk members, there was no occasion for him now going into detail ; he must observe, how. ever, and he be it to be understood that be could not consent to abandon the en limiting the arrest for debt to sums above one hundred pounds. He was led especially to adhere to that clause, in consequence of a deputation of the traders of London and Westminster, who bad done him the honour to wait upon him, and request the insertion of some such clause; he should, however, in order not to disturb the progress of the present bill, bring in another bill, or he should - take the liberty of bringing in the clauses relating to the arrest for debt, and the statute of limi. tattoos, when the report of the present bill was brought up. He begged also to direct the attention of hon. members, after passing over minor details, that great public benefit and convenience would arise from the combination of small counties; that would afford, he was satisfied, great relief instead of having, as heretofore, a se. parate gaol and separate Courts to each county. (Hear, bear.) — 'the hon. and learned gentleman then detailed the intended changes which he deemed necessary to introduce regarding the county of Chester. Sir C. WETHERELL said that the bill, when be first saw it, was only a skeleton—now the learned Attorney General had co. vered it with flesh and muscle, but he had taken off the limbs, so that one hardly knew it ag a in . The learned gentleman's bill might be clamed into three heads ; the first embraced the greatest change that had taken place in the jurisprudence of England foe the last century—he meant the change of the law of arrest; next cone the abolition of the Welch judicature, and the appointment of one judge in place thereof. The first of these was one of so grave a nature, that he (Sir Charles Wetherell) entreated the house nut to hurry it through parliament this maim, but to ascertain if it were a substantial improvement. For his own twit, he was Lot of such an opinion. With respect to the appointment of a new Judge in Westminster Hall, he did not object to that, assum ing that the Welch Judges were to be abolished, and this led him to consider that abolishment itself, and he did not hesitate to avow, that he was of opinion the present bill gave a power to the Crown which it ought not to possess ; he meant the power of disuniting counties, and appointing one sheriff to one county, or cue to three counties, as migh t be thought expedient.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—As the bill now stood, no man could tell what he was, whether he was an Englishman or Welshman ;he might be a Cambrian to-day and l an Englishman to-morrow.—(Laughter.)—He therefore said that the bill was unconstituilooal, and as such he should oppose it. Mr. DAVENPORT opposed the bill. Mr. SADLER said that when It was considered how many pe. titions had been presented to the house against the bill, it ought to be received with great suspicion. Such an unlimited control over counties was not established by the practice of the country. He entreated the house to pause before it passed such a bill. An Hon. MEMBER, whose name could not be ascertained In the gallery, said a few words, as was understood, in support of the bill. Mr. J. WILLIAMS regretted that this measure should have been brought forward at a period of the evening when it was ma rally impossible to go fairly into the discussion of so important a bill. He was much surprised at perceiving the opposition which was raised against this measure, particularly when it was recollected that ministers were giving up, by this measure, a greater share of than any which had been given up since the Revolution. t a b e lieved ll the greatest evil of this country was the mixed juris diction of courts of law and equity ; and it would be desirable if the business could be once more brought back to the courts of law, from which it would never have been removed, had it not been, as was said by Mr. Justice Blackstone, for the cowardice of the com mon law judges, who were afraid to exercise jurisdiction in matters which were dearly proper for their decision. Mr. BERNAL thought it would be impossible to proceed farther with this bill tit's session, there were so many points about it which were calculated to excite opposition in one quarter or another of the limps.. Mr. Secretary PEEL said it had been generally supposed that the greatest difficulty for a government was to oppose reform ; but his experience convinced him that the most difficult thing for go vernment to do was to effect a reform.—(Hear.) A great deal was said about the necessity of reform until it was tried to be put in practice, and then up started local interests on every side to prohibit the projected reformation. Colonel WOOD said he should vote for the house going into ' committee, though when in committee he should vote for expunging several cla sses of the bill 'Dlr. BROUGHAM said that all the objections be bad heard were not against the principle of the bill, and ought therefore to be re. served until the house was in committee on the bill. For his own pact be entertained the most sanguine hopes of the success of the solawass if they set about it with right good will and corresponding any. Mr. F. PALMER said he was opposed to the measure, fur he did not like the classing of the three counties of Chester, Denbigh, and Flintshlre, together. The motion was then agreed to without a diVision. After a short conversed= between Mr. Jones, the Attomey.Ce neral, Mr Brougham, Sir C. Wetherell, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the house resolved itself into a committee pro forma, after which the house resumed, and the Report was ordered to be re ceived on Thursday next. SALE 0! SEER SILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the further consideration of the Report on the Sale of Beer Bill was postponed until Thutsday next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the /louse adjourned at HALT.PASI Two o•CLocx. THE KING'S SIGN MANUAL :-PRECEDENTS. The following are Extracts Ron: the Report from the Lords Com mittees appointed a Select Committee to examine l'rcccdents of such Proceeding,' as may have been bad as to the :node of sex ing the King's Signature to any Public Instrutncuts requiring the Sign Manual : _ No. & By THE KING. HENRY R. The King's Signature from a Wood Stamp. Trusty and welbiloved we grete you wclle. And fornmoche as for the defence of this or reame and resistence against outwarde ens. myes, it ys neceuaryly requisite that almoner or Subgiette hable for the wens should be put in sufficient arredines for the sante to do unto vs nice when the eau shall require. We therfor wol and desyre you and neutheles comaunde you that wt all diligence possible afire the receipts of thin or Ira you not oonly prepare suche and as many hable men fur the %erre' sufficiently herneined as ye may and can ppayre of yor owns rename and other inha bited wtin yor office and Routes and noon other, but also make esr iffiest in writing of ther nombre to orself or to the bisshop of Bur. nine or Secretary befor the fat of Sainct John Baptist next eons yng at the ferthest, like as we baue semblably writen vnto all lords knighte Squiera and gentylmen of euy ishire wtin this or Berne. And therfor fall, ye not to accomplishe the pmisse as ye tendre Of honor and the auntie of vs or Beanie and Subgiette, So kid in cache wise that by yor preparacon of • good nombre of bible men we may vndrestond yours towardly mynde to do vnto vs nice and pleasure whiche shalbe retuembred according to yor &sem And thin or Tres shalbe yor sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalf. Venn entire or Signet at or Manor of Orenewiche the xxxti day of May, the fourthe yere of or reigns. Indorsed.—To or trusty and weibilotted John filtsiamea. No. 4. (Blank Warrant.) The King's Signature, front a Block Stamp. BY THE KIEGE. Ifixwitx R.—Tru.ti and welbeleued we grate you well. And Ilantsmoehe as diuse tray tours and rebellyoure paonnes bathe lately assembled them selfe to gather in the plies of Linkcloneshere and thereabouts. And albs hit we haue all redy taken order and de. melon for the Repression of them, yet pceyving them any longs line to contynewe and pvaiie in there rebellyon vnrepressed and vsvanequysabed we porpos in or owne psone wt force of a great pte et or Realme to advausee toward. them, or at the lest wt the issue to *end.: some great and notable psonege to encounter set them, and in suchc sorte so to represae there Walled that then eitunple may be a sutEcyent warnyng to all ether hereafter; our pk asur and commaundment is that iinmediatly aeon the sight Wawa ye shall ppare and fumyshe the nombr of able insane. wt borsscs and all other abyllymende mete tin the war, whereat' to be archers, and the some so furnysshed to Map yor self, or in cam ye be so deemed to send them a t a aubatancyall guyde or captayne vow so that in any wyse these nay be there by the day of this monethe wtoute fayllinge hereof as ye tendr or please and as ye wull aunswer for the contrary at yor poll Yeuen under or a.. net at or Castel' of Windesor the day of octobr the xxviijth yer of or Rcigne. And in case ye ahalbe well able to fur. nyashe a grater nombre then is express(' we desire you to send or bring thym accordingly, and att theyr arryvall yor travail) and charges shahs cto recompensed that ye shall have cause to be sails. fyed wt the same. And in cam that ye shal not be able to funtyshe the hole nombr ia.eribed et good and sufficient horses then we weld that ye shall make as many horsemen as ye can, and the rest to be pformed in fotetr.en So that in.... the nombre appoyented mays at the leate be pforuted ; and be wt vs at the day and place assigned wt outs failyng. No. & By THE Kura. BENET R. The King's Signature stamped. Trust's and welbiloued we grete you welL And forasmuch. as we haus been credeably adutised how that lyke a moste true and faithful Subgiet you haue assembled all your force and yew the same wt or Right trustye and Right welbiloued Cousyn Thuds of Derbye for the Repressyon of certayne Traytours and Rebelles in those pts, lyke as we for the same gyve unto you owr most luny thanks. So we thougght uwell convenient to Require you to past and contynue in your faythfull towardness in the company of or said Cousyn till the said Traytours shal be vtterly subdued As to signifie vnto you that we shall not onely consider your charg therein But lykwise so Resnebre pot stake in the same as you shall haue cause to aye you haue well ymployed your labours pipes and travail in that behalf. Yeven vndre or Signet at or CAstell of Windesor the xxviijth day of Octrobre in the xxvilj yen of or Reigue. Indorsed.—.To or trusty and welbiloved seruant Sr Thomas Lang. too Knyght. No. 7. A Duplicate of this Declaration of the King's Supremacy, similarly stamped with the Royal Signature, forms the next Article in the same volume, dated 90th Hen. VIII. No. 9. BY THE KING. HENDY R. The King's Name, a Block Stamp. Righte trustye and welbeloued wee great. you well, Lating you wit, that having A speal trust. and confidence in yonre ffidelitie, Zeal; and obedience towards vs, wee haue ap. pointed the moste Reverende father in GOD our right trustye and right welbeloued Counsaillor Tharebebusshop of Canter. butye, and our trustie and right welbeloued Corneille. Sr Thomas Cheyney, knight, Treasoror of or householde on our behaulf to open and declare certain thing vnto you touching vs and the wealth. and surety of this our itealme, Requyring you not wordy to gine vino them pfite credence as to our self, But also to way. and Gomm the same in such sorte as yourconformytie may declare your lone and obedience toward vs, and aunswere to the good opinion whiche wee haue cenecyned of you accordinglie. Yeven ruder out Signet at our Manor of Orenewiche the mutt daye of April the xxxiijth yes. of our Reign.. Indorsed..—To or. Right trusty and welbiloued the Lorde Gris ham. No. 14--Br THE ICYHOZ. EnweaD..—Trusde and right welbeloued we grete to yew wale And whores. con Kee a Tanner supported by a stets notnebre of vile and Men peones hath taken upon him our royall power and dignitie and ealleth hym Nth Mr and Kyng of Nora and Buf in the derogacon of or ImperWl Crowne aad matte and not content to pawed. or &Meet. w ho m w were contented to receyue to our mere'e to refuse or most gracious loardott but causeth aloe a grete nombre of oar honest and good Stkbiecte by force to follows and 'yds bym and so - continneth the -sebellyon insmost Air Mode kyllvng spoylyng and kepying in sellers and chaynea gentlemen summ yeomen ffermers and other honest men who hash re. theirs faytbe and dude unto vs Robbing ladies and widdowee homers sekynge nothing but spoyle and subversion of vs and the good estate of the Realms, we haue appoynted our most entierly beloved vnele the Duke of Somers gainer of or peon and protester of our Realities dominions and sub. lects wt all the apede possible. So hinting reposed a special trust and confidence in yor good towerdenes and redynes to see us we base appoynted yew to gees yor attendeunce 'pen our said ends aWd therefore do wylle and requite you intedladv vpon the tight of her of irt all spede to put yourself. in &Wynne wt an hundreth habit men or so many many nio as ye ar able to make and may trust into of yor mantes temente. and fryades well furnyshed wt armour and weapon where of so many to be dymy. latuice or light honemen as ye can fitrnyshe wt able and good bones and other convenient furnyture to be at our owne of Weldon in our countie of Essex the xvijth day. of this pot menthe at the furthest at w . . . tyrne and place utdre shalbe gyven for the bryngyng of them thether to yor eontentation requiring yow not to fayle as ye tender or pleasure and will answere fur the contrary at yor peen.. Yeven ender o . . Signet at our pallayee of Westm the vjth of August the thirds year of or Hairs. R. SONZIISZT. No. 15. MARTZ, THE QUINE.—The Tenn ltighnes most exeellet mate vnderstandlng bow Thoms Vyate confederate tat other lewde and ' , rill disposed psonnes, have vide' the pease of the benefice of the comen weithe of the Realme, to wtstande straungers, sette futile a Proclamation, thereby to assemble her highnes geode, true, and loving subjeetes, to the disturbaunce of the realme, the confusion of this coven welthe, and the destruccon o: her most noble psonne and estate ( which. GOD forbidde) her saide highnes be meifully moved towards the cunsvacoa of her subjects, front all pill and dauneer, and glad to relieve svelte as shulde be by similar. motions abused and seduced : bathe thought goode to signifie to her snide subiectes that whom ever vpon eny proclamacon mad. and sette forthe by the snide Thome, or eny other prate man, to the prpose aforessyde, shall happen to assemble wordings to the same, and vpon knowlege heed shall wtin hourea after, returce to their houses and live their quietly and obediently . has highnes is contented to plow.? ...oat their doinge in the said. assemblie, and to defende and mantcyne them as her bighnes goode sub. jean to the benefite and comforts of than and their poodle. Heads of Papers in the State-Paper (Mee, produced to the Com mittee by Robert Lemon, Raq. Deputy Keeper of State Papers I. Circular Letter from King Henry VIII. to the Bishops, direct ing them to cause a benevolence to be raised from the Clergy for the support of the war in France. 1564. Signed by Stamp. 11. Two Letters of a similar tenor, in 1546 or 1648. Signed by Stamp... Summons from l•dw. VI. to Sir Ralph Vane, to attend at Newcastle with his teranta and retainers to serve against the Scots. July 18. 1667. Signed by the Stamp. IV. Circular Letter to the Sherif. of Counties against Fore. stallers. July 20.1552. Signed by Stamp. V. Several original S;gn 3lsruid Grants by Iti;:ig James I. dated in March 1624-5. GERMAN PAPERS. The Courrier de Snayrne, of April 18, has the follow ing from Syra, of April 8 : " It has been reported for some days past, and is confirmed by letters from Napoli, that Count Capodistrias, being sensible that the latest resolutions of the Allied Powers respecting the nomination of a Sovereign of Greece would soon be known to the public, con. vetted the Senate, and announced the speedy arrival of Prince Leo. pold, who had been chosen by the Sovereigns. The Members of the Senate, convinced that their personal merits and preceding conduct would not prove any particular recommendation to the successor of the President. and cblely from fear of losing their ' privileges and salaries, which they enjoy to the detriment of the people, expressed their lively sorrow, and assured the Count that he might depend on their entire devotednesas, and that they were ready to do ever, thing to prevent • measure which they conceived to be so dengeroa3 to the interest of the country. His Excellency had therefore only to communicate his own view of the case. Several petitions, signed by great numbers of the inhabitants of the provinces, with expressions of attachment to the President, and violent invectives against the allied powers, who lid given a chief to Greece without consulting the nation, were drawn up by the intervention of Colocetronl, Nikitas, and other influential members of the government. The President is reported to have previously expressed his opinion on this subject. and to have said that he depended on these petitions, and the effect they might pro. duce. , " On the first report of the nomination of Prince Leopold, an application was made to the rapacity of certain pctsons, to whom a bait was held out, which was made as tempting as possible. Count Capodistrias did in haste what he had before paid he could not do till the political fate of Greece should be finally settled—he alienated a part of the national domains • and a Decree of the 27th February assigns to the national bank the vineyards of Corinth, &c. valued at 538,733 *Maris, as a security for the shares, which, by this Decree, are limited to 539,333 talaris. A Decree of the Ifith March orders that the funds of the bank shall be chiefly employed in favor of the marine of Hydra, Spent', and Ipsara. " Why should these islands be specially favoured ? Because they were before particularly offended ; and he now wants to gain them over to his party. But whatever the President may do, Prince Leopold is impatiently expected, and may depend on being well received by the nation, with open arms." The Florence Gazelle, under the head of Leghorn, May 10, says, " A Greek ship that left Syra on the 20th of April brings letters which state that Prince Leopold has written to the President of Greece, expressing his satisfaction at Lhe wisdom with which he had conducted the Greek affairs, and adding that, relying on his co. operation and judgment, he has accepted the offer of the Greek throne, inviting him to continue to devote the same prudent atten. tion to the affairs of the country. It is affirmed that the President will not retire from the Administration, but fulfil the wishes of the nation in that respect. The hostilities between the Greeks and Turks in Candia have re-commenced with unparalleled acrimony. The cruelties lately exercised by the Turks have so exasperated the Greeks, that they proceed in the same manner. iris:Nita, MAY lb.—liletalliques, 10l ; Four per Cents. 96j; Bank Shares, 4347.—Allgenseiwe Zeilmty, May 20. FRENCH PAPERS. From the National if Tuesday. ALGIERS EXPEDITION. PARIS, Maw 24. According to telegraphic despatches from Toulon, the Beet had not yet sailed at fi re o'clock yesterday afternoon. It waited for a favourable wind. TOULON, MAY 19. By order of the Admiral all communication between the squadnen and the town of Toulon has been intercepted. No one is allowed to go on shore, except such persons as some special service calls there. The embarkation of the troops was terminated yesterday, and that of horses only this morning. This evening all the Staff Officers of the land and sea forces went on board. Admiral Dupe'''. and IC de Bourmont went on board of La Provence at half-past five r.te. The lest will sail with the first favourable wind. It will steer W.&W. Several transports laden with ammunition and provisions sailed thismorning for Palmas, in the island of Majorca, where they are to await the as of Admiral Dnperre. It is said that the 3d division of the squadron will sail at six o'clock to.monow morning to join the transports at Palmas, to await further orders. The two lint divisions, having on board 23,000 men, of troops destined for the lint disembarkation are to sail a day afterwards (on Thursday ,) and are to proceed directly to the coast of Africa. _ _ _ _ _ li1:;16861it116ouen an officer of the let regiment of infantry of the Royal Guard, th e director of the telegraphic service of the army, has esterday, by order of Admiral Duperr6, installed a night and day te legraph on board of La Provence, which is destined to keep up the communication between the fleet and the first point of the coast, where the debarkation is to be effected. An officer, employed under M. de Saint Haouen, is to be charged with the translation of despatches on board the Admiral's ship. M. de Saint Haouen will in person direct the service of the first te. laphic station, which is to be established on the African shore. The telegraphic machines are to be landed at the same time as the first brigade, all the movements of which they will Immediately make known. _ _ _ The experiments were to have been made between Port La Ma gna and one of the ships ; but the Admiral, who had already tried this system of signals in the Squadron of Evolutions at Brest, during the year 1822, has considered It useless to give this invention a new trial, as its utility cannot be doubted, as the precision and exactness of Its execution have been already duly appreciated by himself. STATEMENT OA GENERAL CHURCH RE- LAMPS TO THE GREER BOUNDARY. It is impossible to describe the despair of the people of this nun. try, on the intimation that the limits of Greece, according to the new protocol, would exclude the whole of Aearnania and a great part of Etolia ; (I will not speak at present of the islands, although surely they they have every right to be free, and in Candle much of the beet blood of Greece has been shed.) As I have not seen the protocol, I cannot believe that the generous interference of the al. lied powers is to be brought to a conclusion by entailing open Greece digesters of the most serious nature; that, instead of giving bee a frontier, they are about to take one from her, and to place Turks in all those military positions from whence they rends: of bat little avail the Thermopyle, Missolongiti, and Lepanto; for if the Turks are masters of Patragik, Carpenisi, and Vrachori, I will leave it to the decision of any military man who knows the country, and per. ticulerly to Colonel Lesko, if they cannot with ems tum the position of the Tbennopyle, and descend from Vrschori or Vlochos to Le. panto and Balona, without troubling themselves about Missolongbi. I speak from experience; for, when the Turks held both Missolon. (Mend Lepanto, my creeps were masters of Vrachori, and drove the Turks out of the provinces of Cravari and others; we maintained our communcation with the sea by Mount Zigos and Crio.Nero, not far from the mouth of the Fidaris. Vrachori was protected by the strong position of the convent of Vlochos, which, defended by the patriotic Stem, defied every effort of the Turks to retake ft. h this post now to bccome a citadel for the Turks, whilst the fertile plains, covered with forage, will become, °femme, the head.quarters of their numerous cavalry P Another important position on the right bank of the Aspeo.Potamos will form another citadel for the Turks, from wheuee their progressto Anatolie° would be unchecked, except by the imaginary dificulty of passing that river. I allude to the position of Lycovina ; ?mil even the little island in the lake of Lesini, in which thr itotahitznt% of Calocho, Catouno, Neocbori, and other villages, undo the Um(' l striots Dimo.Chilio and Blakri, bads defiance at all times to the forces of Resehid Pax::.., must now be yielded ae4helTurks. " If this supposed line of frontier is to be given to Greece, she will be left without a single port beyond the Gulf of Lepanto, as Missolonghi has no port (it has bat a roadstead), and the ports of Dion', Drogoaftstre, Alitica, and various others, are on the other g ain r4pm P b :P iam4sl o w ta i s i t k ios ed 4w ca t A l n . rou ch ;or g h it u t u ß• i a n d n C e e F r o ly si a b n e l v y e .. " .t f , ron: : a cannon pre irsei f ie lv o e tif r iatht t e h t a h t Ae at least, eight months in the year ? Greece, in beeon.in g 0 ,, independent country, will be supposed to mai c nta erl in lyiuit o sic : ,; i poinar l iaat frontiers : a vigilant p o li ce , to save h er and to save Europe perhaps, from th e pl ague , s h ou l d t h at fr i ghtful malady beta.. time any this wili beini impossible. Withi m th en tine line of endeavouringhoo fro °ut nd a ef t out the disadvantages of the frontier with which it is said G reece to content herself..—whilst I confess that the agitation of my feelings, from the persuasion of the miseries to be entailed upon her, if this line is persisted in, almost prevents me from holding the p en . Lulled into a fatal security by the protocol of the 22d of March, the Greeks were unanimous in their gratitude to the allied and saw before them a fair prospect of becoming an independen t country, in the supposition that their frontier would be that o f the line from Volo to Arta, or (more properly speaking) the frog. tier defended on one side by the Thermopylio, and on the other by the Macrin-Oros. This is the only line, not merely of security as s military frontier (I speak from experience), but which will ( enable the new state to prevent all prohibited communicad oa between Greeks and Turks. This line, and far beyond it, the can. tons of Agrapha and the province of Aspro-Potamos, are to the peaceable possession of the Greeks ; and before I left the camp of Maerin.Oros we had fortified its passes on the high roads leading from Trieste, Arta, Prevesa, and Jeannine, to Vo. nista, 3lissolonghi, Salons, and Livedia, &c. The left of this line is washed by the Gulf of Arts, near Coprena, and the nearest Turkish camp to my advanced posts was Comboti, an hour's ride from Arta. This line is strengthened by the strong Castle of Carvassara : the next position along the Gulf is that of the fortress of Vonissa ; and directly opposite to Prevesa, on the point called Punta (the promontory of Actium,) the passes are de fended by redoubts built fur that purpose by the Greek troops._ Such is the line of frontier which Greece at present holds ; and I doubt if the Turks themselves wish to come again within that line, for they were never masters of Acamania de facto, and they hare a proverb which says, • All Itoumili is for the Turks, but Karlili-- -no.' These that are acquainted with this country know that Karlili is .Acarnania, and part of Etolia. " The population of Karlili or Acarnania amounted to about 35,000 souls b: lore the war in Greece; that population has been re. duped during the war to about 22.000 souls ; but as soon as the pro. toed of the 22t1 March was known in Greece, numerous familie ftem Epirus, the men of which had nobly fought for Greece, have established themselves there, exclusively of the Soliotes. This is the country also from which Greece can supply herself best with timber for building ships of war. • • • • • • • "To trace aline of frontier upon a map is extremely easy. I re- member once to have done so through these provinces, but which I had net then visited in person. Subsequent experience, in contend ing with the Turks for this very country, made me acknowledge the the absurdity of having place I faith in a map, of which the best are not without errors, and some often place mountains where there are not even hills, and plains and rivers where there are mountains; and it so happens, that the line of frontier talked of is full of such mon, " I must again repeat my conviction of the disastrous come. quences, to both Turks and Greeks, from the despair of the warlike inhabitants of these provinces, threatened with slavery or expatria. lion at the very moment in which they are rejoicing in the centre of their families for freedom acquired after nine years' labour end blood. shed—whilst they arc preparing to receive with ethusiasm their new Sovereign! Must the Allied Powers employ a naval and military force to subdue them ? for it will not be in the power of the Turks to doso. Suppose them subdued fora moment ; is it not possible that wars may again break out in Europe? that discontent for the loss of territory and of frontier, of a country and of liberty, may unite all the Greeks, within and without that imaginary line of frontier, against the new sovereign ? Will not any foreign power, with views hostile to Turkey, find greater facility than ever to airy seat plans into execution from this state of things ? A great 'tenneetation is already working on people's minds, since tiss arrival of the sews respecting the limits ; and even the men most distin. guished for patriotism, who opposed the despotic measures of the president, and who heartily desire the arrival of the prince, and the establishment of the new government which promises to Greece guarantees for her civil liberties, are looked upon, in some men. sure (through the intrigues of those opposed to them,) as se. ceding to the cession of the Etolian and Acamanian pro vines. Every military man acquainted with Greece and the events of the late war, knows that the principal points from whence the Turks have always operated against Greece, have been Vole and &honest against Eastern Greece, and Arts and Caravassara spied Western Greece, and that the Greeks could never hold he Thm mopyla abets the Turks are masters of Macrin.Oros, to which Caravassara is the most important entrance and the citadel. If tht Turks obtain the port and position of Dragomestre also, as well as the positions already stated, it is useless to suppose that Greece will have a frontier which she can defend, a line upon which she eon establish custom-houses or health offices, or that she can ptevent daily bloody and desperate border-frays." ; Of Count Capodistrias the gallant author of the statement this writes— " If I hare mentioned the name of Count Capodistrias. I disclaim all feelings of private animosity haring been the motives a feeling of public duty towards Greece, whose armies I:have had the honour to command, has compelled me to speak of the baneful effects of his administration, as far as is relates to the grand and important question of the extent 0' her territory and of her frontiers. The protocol of the 22d of March arrived in Greece before the convocation of the fourth Ns. Soul Assembly of the Greeks, held in Argos last summer. Thi. amenably, {totally under the influence of Count Capella:in, granted him unlimited authority and full powers to negotiate with the Allied Powers on the subject of the protocol. This protocol, however, contained an article which made it probable that Count Cape d'lstrias could not remain much loom President of Greece. and very improbable that he should become her constitutional So. vereip. It would have bees consistent with the declarations of the `,reddest, that Ns services In Greece are fibintenewl, and en forth, to lave overlooked in the protocol that part which was °hoodoo Massif. It was hie duty towards the nation, which reposed be ll* asidllesse hi him, to have sent a deputation to the Allied Pawn, to elk the fervent thanks of the Greek nation, to point sat the necessity of keeping the line of frontier from Arts to Weiss well as the reasons of a political and local nature why this binder coos the only eligible one, to expose the claims of the dif ferent provinces and islands, to obtain emancipation, and te here that freedom confirmed which they had nobly acquired. Fir It* this taking place, the protocol was thrown aside as a condemned and hateful paper, and a most respectable individual, Theoklides Fat. makidi wan imprisoned for stating his sentiments of it to a friend : and 'the President, elated with his victory over the civil liberties of Greece, seemed to consider his own decrees as the only documents that ought to be attended to in Greece, and probably throughout Europe." The whole thus concludes— " Not only every mountain pass, and every impregnable post.' but every plain which produces forage for cavalry, and every sea' poet adapted for war or commerce, is given up to the enemy of . Greece, no barrier being left between her and the formidable 010".. tory force which may be easily united in a few days by a R oenth Valleay, or even by a turbulent and enterpriahig Pasha, who oaf Is isimpsed by the love of conquest or plunder, and the kilt/ of Ile operation, to overrun the country as far as Cape Colones: 10,1 all this without the leave or even the knowledge of the Sultsn.-- Unhappy Greece ! if thus left in this unprotected state, she Dia ' r be considered as a bsandfal victim ready for sacrifice o'se ‘ ll2 her Sovereign reign eves her, securely, honourably, and lor • This is on the supposition that the frootiw of the narrow sal fordable Aver, the Aspropotsoss, is adopted, install et the frontier which includes Aaron's and part of Lolls. 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