Star. — London, England, 1829-10-24 00:00:00

I DISTRESSING AND ALARMING STATE OF THE INDIAN ARMY. PIIIIIATS LIMB. CAWNPORF., Fri. 28, 1829. I Ita,teit to gi•.-e you tlic earliest information respecting the uoltappy state of things on this side of India. It was impos sible for any man to return to this country with a greater share of popularity in his favour than Lord Bentinck ; and,vrithin a few short. months, we loathe his very name. He has let: himself to measures which Lord Hastier; openly declared he would rather resign his go vernment than do—be has dared, without assigning any feasible res. son, to insult the whole of the Bengal army, and depr.ve them, and the medical officers in particular, of what were their just rights—he 4as, in short, deprived the army of half their established allowance, by placing the stations, notorious for being the most expensive in Bengal, on " Half Batta ;" he has deprived the Medical Officers —a class of officers whose services are the most responsible and laborious of all others—of the whole of their medicine allowance. You must he aware, as well as I can point oat to you, that the territories watered by the Ganges alone embrace a population of thirty millions of souls, or twice that of Great Britain. History furnishes no example of so extensive and populous a nation continuing long subject to another, placed at so immense a distance, and with a population so much inferior. Government cannot here repose on an opinion that the strength of the governing body is physically competent to enforce obedience. The distance, the climate, and the limited number of Europeans in this country, prevent us from supporting a military force capable of opposing the natives in case they rose en masse. Those native troops who have fought and bled in our cause are, nevertheless, taken from the mass of the inhabitants, imbued with the same prejudices, ani mated by kindred sentiments, and exposed to all the canoes which may eventually excite a general feeling of discontent ; and this feeling, I can assure you, has already got abroad. The permanence of a Government thus circumstanced must, therefore, unquestionably rest on an opinion that it is a wise and beneficent one, and that it is for the general interest to submit to its authority. Is this the case? But a people whose calculating habits render them uncommonly clear-sighted where their own in wrest is concerned, cannot easily be either deceived or satisfied in this particular. To appear good, the Government must really be so ; and that not merely in our view of it, but in their's also. Of the great mats of the natives, one-twelfth are Mahomedans, the remains, I may say, of the ruling power of whose authority we have super seded, and who may be considered as very generally disaffected,and willing to seize the first favourable opportunity of regaining the as cendancy of which they have been disposseued. The Hindoos constitute the rest of the population ; but these, although willing to submit to the authority of the Europeans, can never be brought to assimilate with them. Keeping these principles in view, it must appear to the must casual observer, that the arrangements actually adopted by our beloved and gracious Governor are wisely calculated to heighten the disaffected spirit which is creeping abroad. Al ready the Native Officers have heard the complaints of the British Officers, and, ever alive, as I before mentioned, to their own in terest, they have naturally concluded that they will participate equally in this vile breach of faith and justice.* We came out to this country under the full conviction that our pay and allowance would, come what might, never be infringed on—that they would be considered inviolate, and au honourable compensation for exiling ourselves from our kindred and friends to drag on a solitary and dreary existence in the burning plains of Hindoostan The whole army have come forward en mane, and remonstrated against the injustice and cruelty prac tised on them ; and, unless redress is given, before you get this, in all probability, the country will be in open rebellion ; fur what can they do without tke military in such a country as this? And this my Lord Dentinck will learn to his cost, if hedoet not take care. Herewith 1 send a copy of two or three of the remonstrances f, Just to give you an idea of the state of things, and that what I have mentioned is really the caw. Surely, if the Company were in such a wretched condition, they ought not to come on the poor military man, arid above all, on the medical officer, whose duties in this hor rid climate are severe in the greatest degree. Night and day, in sick ors., or in health, he is expected to attend on all who call fur him, and on his shoulders rests the care of the lives of upwards of 1,000 souls. To give you an idea of juicier—from a Judge of Circuit, in the re ceipt of 50,000 sicca rupees a year, 5,000 have been taken away ; front an Assistant-Surgeon in charge of a corps, whose pay and allow aucca amounted to 6,500 sonat rupees a-year, 3,000 have been taken away. Is this justice, I would ask ? The Company may rely on it, that as they are the first to break their faith, so they will be the fir •t to repent of it. I may just tell you, that 400 rupees a month are allowed to the officer (no matter of what rank) in immediate command of a corps ; an Assistant-Surgeon, however, is put in charge of a corps, and does not get a picel, although he does the duty of full surgeon, who would draw, were he present, upwards of 400 rupees fur performing the same duty. • I can assure you, on the best authority, that the correspond ence carried on by native troops since the promulgation of the in famous order alluded to has been immense ; however, the Hon. Court may think to stop their mouths by increasing a jemadar's pay to three rupees a month. t The Documents here alluded to appeared yesterday. The Governor General is pleased to intimate that Assistant Surgeons in charge of corps shall be allowed 60 rupees a month extra ; and if, as is not unfrequently the case, they have charge of tw., corps (2,000 men), they shall draw palker allowances of thirty rupee, a month. —Vide Government Orders, Nov. 28, 1828. FRENCH PAPERS. • From the Messager des Chambres of Wednesday, Second Edition. A letter front Egina says that the President, Count Capo d'lstria, arrived there from Poros on the sth of September, on board the frigate Hellade, and that he was received with the usual honeurr. A monk, who arrived on the 6th of September at Egina, from the convent Jerusalem, near Melia, at the Foot of Pat nauus, informs ua that 4,000 Albanians had penetrated as far as the plains of Turkochori, by the defiles of Mount Oeta.— They escorted 3,000 beasts of burthen, loaded with biscuits and other provi.ions. Karatuso had, a few days previously, left his position near Budonitza. The Turks halted there two days, in order to convince themselves whether the enemy was behind the defiles of Fontana and Wassiliko. The inhabitants of these coun tries bad escaped to the mountains, leaving the produce of the har vest in the hands of the enemy. Demetrius Ypsilanti occupies, with about 3,000 men, the vil lage of Steveniko, Petra, and several other positions of the as well as the routes which lead to the Delphi and Salons, to the South of Parnassus. It is believed that Karatasso is near Ambliani. MUNICH, Ocr. 16. Among the number of foreigners at present in our city is the Brazili.,n Knigh:, Barbosa. He was at Munich In the month of May. from whence he set out in June for Rio Janeiro, with the comit.ct of marriage. He is now on his retut n from that city, and is the bearer of the ratification of this contract by his Sovereign to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Leuchtenberg. At his de- Fol ture from Rio JAtieiro preparations were making for the recep tion of the young Empress, in honour of whom all that the city and its Emperor can offer of sumptuous will be put under contri.* hution. The Emperor will go to the port to meet his young wife. It may be confidently expected that the vessels would have a good pass.,- ' e, as they had already passed the Azores, and the wind blew tow•rsls the West. The young Empress will, therefore, be thou et the place art her destination. There has been a talk about inquests made at Paris and in the departments relative to the periodical press—of inquests upon the Conductors of Constitutional Journals, and even of inquests upon the subscribers to those Journals. There is now an intention of making a Secret Biovaphy, a pocket Statistic of the Reporters, for the use ul the Ministry. They wish to know exactly, not only what is their fortune, but if they owe any debts, and to whom; if their property is mortgaged, and in %%hose tame. They are not contented with knowing the number, ate. and situation, of their children and grandchildren—they also inquire about their nephews and grand nigitless a. cousin., and other relations, it is not said to what degree. Sahli an inquest, certainly, is not like one of those made in public, befoke a Commissary, and of which a races cabal is taken, as was done by A.. de St. Cricq relative to sugar and wine. If we are well informed, however, and we have reason to think so, the fact 1166., is not Wu certain but the inquiries go on silently, and without an official circular. _ When all the information in question has been collected, what do they intend to do? Will they arrange the Deputies by classes? It matters not. No doubt corruption has been used, and will again be used, as a formidable weapon; but there are men almost as im potent for evil as they are for good, and of such men is the Mi nistry composed. The news of the pretended recognition of Don Miguel by Spain has not been confirmed. The report which was circulated, and which was caught up so eagerly by the Qssetidienne and the Gazette, has no further foundation than a letter written from Madrid by Count Figueira to the Count de Ponte at Paris. It appears that the Portuguese emigrants are about to leave France, to seek an hospitable asylum elsewhere. It is thought that many of them will go to the Brazils, some to the Netherlands, and others to England. Several officers have left Laval and Fougeres, and have already arrived at St. )ialo's. A letter from the Isle of Bourbon, dated July 25, says—" The two corvettes, the Nievre and La Chevrette, put into the roads of St Denis for water, and almost immediately set sail again, to rejoin, with the troops which they bad on board, the frigates Terp sychore, I'lnfatigable, and the corvette Le Madagascar, which bad previously sailed for Madagascar. The object of this division was to drive off the Malagaches, who had just taken possession of the establi►hments which we have oa that Leland. " The Queen Mother, who governs at Madagascar, has taken such a hatred to everything which bears the name of French, that she would no longer suffer the sight of the flag of.our nation upon her territory. Though her troops, which have been disciplined in the European manner, might oppose an obstacle to the projected invasion, it appears that they have an idea tbat they shall be able to rid themselves of the French regiments so►ely by means of the per nicious climate. Every day our establishments in India suffer a new check, and we can now only maintain the character of humbled and fugitive individuals. There is but a single piece of cannon now on Chandernagore." SPEECH of the KING : i f the NETHERLANDS. The following is a translation of the whole of the Speech of the King of the Netherlands : " His Majesty the King of the Netherlands opened the Session of the States General at the Hague, on Monday, the 19th inst. and delivered the following Speech : " With satisfaction I see myself again surrounded by the Representatives of the People of the Netherlands, from whom I have received, in the different quarters of the country which I have visited' since your last Session, the most undoubted proofs of attachment, and have been convinced anew that they bear towards me those feelings of love and confidence upon which my heart places the highest value, and to which I have a claim by my ceaseless care for their happiness. Those cares have, by the bless ing of Con, been amply rewarded. For some years past the situa tion of a great portion of the kingdom bad not been personally in spected by me. Latterly I have been a witness of its considerable improvement in the chief branches of industry, and of the welfare consequent thereon. I have thus obtained the certain knowledge that the measures adopted for accelerating the flow of all the springs of public wealth have borne good fruit. This result makes me cherish the hope, that, with the continuation of peace, the prospe rity of the Netherlands and the happiness of its Inhabitants will be more and more augmented. " Since your last meeting I have contracted an engagement which promises me much happiness, and which I flatter myself will receive your approval. It regards the intended marriage of my beloved daughter with Prince Albert, youngest son of the King of Prussia. I may, on every ground, anticipate that this union win secure not alone the bappiness of my only daughter. but perpetuate the many and intimate relations which have con nected the two houses from remote times. " It is pleasing to me, Noble Sirs, to be a►le to give you, on the opening of this Session, the assurance that the Netherlands continue to be united in the bonds of peace, friendship, and good understanding with all Foreign Powers. " A well-founded hope exists that the measures of the Govern. ment of our East Indian possessions will bring to a happy conclusion the troubles of that country. At home all the necessary measures are in operation to support those endeavours, and to add to the national force in that quarter the strength which will give confi dence to men whom long experience has approved. " Various projects of laws will, by my command, be sub mitted to your consideration. Those which relate to the national expences, in their two divisions, and the means of meeting them, occupy the foremost place, and will be followed by ethers for re gulating the manner of levying some of the imposts. " The result of your deliberations on the ordinary Estimates which I laid before you in the penultimate year of the decennial Term, have rendered a new proposal necessary ; your delibera tions in regard to it will now be facilitated by the thorough knowledge of the financial situation and interests of the kingdom which were obtained in your preceding Session. To meet the wishes you then expressed, you will find that every poosible en. deavour has been made. Having in all respects done every thing that, as far as I know, the general welfare permitted. I may now confidently hope for the concurrence of the States General; so that, in conformity to the provisions of the Constitution, this im portant portion of our State policy may be settled, before the close of the current term, for the safety of our country. " The Criminal Code, carefully revived, with reference to your remarks upon it, shall be laid before you, together with what yet may be necessary to precede the organisation of the judicial power; so that I can repeat the assurance, that the introduction of the new system of laws alone depends upon the result of your own deliberations on this subject. " A law shall also' be submitted to you relative to public edu cation, in order that, by our common accord, more thought and consistence may be given to the liberal principles upon which, in regard to this important subject, we must proceed. " In regard to other subjects, which may require legislative in terference, during the present Session, to insure the welfare and freedom of our fellow-countrymen, I rely, Noble Sirs, upon your ready co-operation. On my part, my subjects may be assured, that in thought and deed, true to the motto of my ancestors, I will use my uttermost endeavours to defend and strengthen the community which Pitovimuscx has committed to my care." His Majesty was much affected when he approached the sub ject of his daughter's marriage. The King was accompanied by the Crown Prince ; but Prince Frederick was prevented being present, at the opening of the Session, by a slight indisposition. THE DECEASED The King's Giraffe, as we formerly noticed, died on Sunday week, at the Menagerie at Saudpit-gate near Windsor. It was nearly four years and a half old. and a rrived in England in Aug. 1827, as a present from the Pacha of Egypt to his Majesty. About the same time another Giraffe arrived at Alarseilks, being also a present from the Pacha to the King of France. This and the deceased animal were females, and were taken very young by some Arabs, who fed them with milk. The Governor of Sen near, a large town of Nubla, obtained them from the Arabs, and forwarded them to the Paths of Egypt. This ruler determined on presenting them to the Kings of England and France ; and as there was some difference in size, the CoAsuls of each nation drew lots for them. The shortest and weakest fell to the lot of England.— The Giraffe destined for our Sovereign was conveyed to Malta, under the charge of two Arabs; and was from thence forwarded to London, in the Penelope merchant vessel, and arrived on the Ilth of August. The animal was conveyed to Windsor two days after, in a spacious caravan. The following were its dimensions, as measured shortly atter its arrival at Windsor : ft. in. From the top of the head to the bottom of the hoof .... 10 e Length of the head From the top of the head to the neck root From the neck-root to the elbow From the elbow to the upper part of the kee From the upper part of the knee to the fetlock joint From the fetlock joint to the bottom of the hoof 0 10 Length of the back From the croup to the bottom of the boor From the hock to the bottom of the hoof S 9 Length of the hoof 0 Te Ficun the period of its arrival to June last, the animal grew inches. Her usual food was barley. oats, split beans, and ash. leases she drank milk. Her health was not good; bee joints appeared to shoot over, and she was very weak and crippled. She was occasionally led for exercise round her paddock. when she was well enough, but she was seldom on her legs : inded, so great was the weakness of tier fore legs for some time previous to her death, that a pulley was constructed, being suspended from the ceiling of her hovel, and fastened round her body, so as to raise her on her legs without any exertion on her part. When she first arrived she was exceedingly playful, and up to her death continued perfectly barmiest.—Avidged frees W Lamy Fasteriaining kowskilirs. THE EVENING STAR. ilr.. ....Is )1( _ " 9) • N i . ! i ;ye ? 4 • s 0". . SW' :: •/, -1 1, - e P OCATIZ . - 100 LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24. PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK Bank Stock 216; India Bonds 65 3 per Cent. Red. 901 a South Sea Stock 3 per Ct. Cons. 91; 1 ; Old Annuities, 3} per Ct. 1818, .61000 Esc'seq. liill4, (2d.) 74 3 31 per Cent. Red. 99; a £5OO Ditto 7$ 5 4 per Ct. 103 j ; £lOO and £2OO Ditto 73 5 4 pr Ct. 1826,105 4; 5 Bank for Acct. Long Alin. ex. d. 90 1.16 th India for Acct. . India Stock Consols for Acct. 91; 3 ; FORRIGv FUND S , TWO O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 2p. Ct 104 $3 Ditto 100, 20} Brazil Bonds, S pr Ct. 66 ; Neapolitan Bonds, S p C. 119; Do. Acct. 66; 53 6; 3 Pertly. Bds. 6 p C. Colont. Bds. 6 per Ct. Do. Acct. 14; 1 Do. lids. 1824, 19; Port. Bds. 5 p. Ct. 48; 1 Mexican Bds. 3 per Cent. Ditto Acct. 48; 8 11 Do. Bds. 1825, 6 prCt. 20 Spanish Bds. 5 per Ct. 9; 81 Ditto Acct. 20; 20 Do. 510, 9; BRITISH AND FOREIGN SII A HES, TWO O'CLisCh. gittiti Palm. l'lll SHALL Anglo Mexican Olt at ‘5 pm) 100 100 25 Ditto Subscrip. 8 8i United Mex. (iss. at Cl, pm.) 40 29& 15; We have received a very interesting narrative of the treatment experienced by the Spanish Exiles from th Usurper of Portugal and his agents. A case more cal culated to call down the indignation of Europe, or excite public sympathy, has never come within our notice. We shall give this important document a conspicuous place on Monday. Twenty-eight more of these victims to freedom and public principle have reached our shores. They would, like their com panions, have been still retained in the prison ships of the Tagus, had not it become impossible for the ruling faction to maintain them any longer, even on the coarse bread, which has been their only sustenance. Having been asked where they wished to be conveyed, these unfortunate men had no alternative but to name England, since had they preferred Spain, there is no doubt but a prison—if not something worse—awaited them, as it did those who had previously relied on the good faith and generosity of FERDINAND'S Ministers. We hope and trust the preference given to this country will be met by a reception that shall prove we have not entirely lost one of our proudest appellations, that of being the succourers of the persecuted and oppressed. The article on the state of Portugal in the Times of this morning, merits attention in every way : there is plenty of condemnation of Don MiGUEL—plenty even of patriotic and high affectation to deceive those who cannot read the double-mindedness of our contemporary. If he could but ascertain on which side the ultimate triumph would be, nothing would delight him so much as to be seen foremost in the cavalcade of the recognition, hooping and hallooing for the victorious party. But which that party may be, matters not a straw to the Times: wherever the throne shall be established, round that—with instinctive pliancy—he would rush, along with the earliest congregants. What a pity that he cannot see beforehand, so as to enable him to lead opinion ! In the mean time, he will take care—as we have more than onco remarked already—not to be caught far behind it. After picturing, with a due ap pearance of horror, the frightful condition to which usurpation has brought that unhappy kingdom, he winds up with the following characteristic passage : Such a state of things inspires hope—though, we confess, Gland ~se—that Musom.'s power may not be of long duration. At the same time we are bound to confess, with whatever reluctance, that the ultimate recognition sf Dixon, should lie not be upset by his own people, is an theodolite evil; and, however offensive to our moral feel ings, is an event which the ezigesseia y the State and of consmeree may absolutely demand. Let, however, the step not be taken one mi nute before it shall be necessary, and in the interval something may occur to avert the painful measure of apparent acquiescence in so absurd as well as cruel a tyranny. We are become acquainted with our contemporary at last, and know therefore at :chat value to estimate his contemptible cant: yet, even thoroughly as we can trace his motives—licet intas, et in cute nuvimus—there are moments when such language as this exalts the tempe rature of our blood to boiling. According to this doc trine, State expediency requires that England should recognise a villain, whom the Times himself has a hun dred times held up to the execration of Europe: a wretch, who—not contented with seizing power through per jury and treason—has from that moment never ceased to wade through blood and crime, as the only means he possessed of reconciling the people to his sway. The fate of a nation, whose political position can ask such a sacrifice of honour and principle, is neither to be envied nor to be doubted. What shall we say, then, of the Journalist, who endeavours—by such a species of circumlocution and cant as we have above extracted—to prepare a great and generous people to hear the damning acquiescence pro nounced in its name ? With regard to the Usurper's being " upset by his own people," the Times is well aware that—but for the protecting policy of the Noble Duke and the Noble Earl—this, had occurred long since. But the recognition anticipated—or rather, invoked—by our contemporary, will never be. Could it, by any disastrous combinations, be brought about, it would be the signal here for the immediate impeach ment, both of Lord ABERDEEN and the Noble and Gal lant Premier, to whom such dishonour would be due. There is an article in the Brighton Gazette—intended, evidently, from the wording of it—to serve as an apology for the late proceedings at Newark. A great stir, it says, has been made in consequence of the Duke of NEWCASTLE'S ejection of those tenants, who refused to vote for Mr. ►SADLER. And yet, be says—as if this were any justification of the NEWCASTLE outrage— the Borough of Arundel offers no uncommon examples of the like oppression. What do we care if it do ? The injustice of his Grace of NORFOLK is not to be a mantle to cover that of the Duke of NEWCASTLE. This rotten palliation betrays the corrupt principles of the Brighton Gazette, whose vote—if he happen to have one for any Peer-overshadowed borough—we cannot doubt, is always tendered with due obsequiousness to the great proprietor : det♦elat ine, Res übi mason nitet. These defences are of the school of that unlamented Corruptionist, who declared—in the zenith of his evil ascendency—that the practice of seat-selling in that House, which he was then addressing as a Minister, ma,: as notorious as the noon-day sun. But the notoriet' does not excuse the flagitiousness. " After the elections"—says the Brighton Paper— " when the late Mr. BLAKE, of Leominster, in this county, biumphed over the NORFOLK interest of that town, all the Duke's tenants who supported that Gentleman, had notice to quit." We ourselves have understood this to be the case, nor did the tyrannical dismissal of a stud groom last summer—an old and faithful servant—by Lord SURREY, because of an anti-Catholic Petitioi. signed by him, escape us unremarked. These are uncon stitutional excesses, which cry aloud to be checked : the effrontery with which they are resorted to by men of all denominations has made the term patriotism a mockery with the people, and political integrity a bye word. Tht. - - difference between the Duke of NORFOLK and the Duke Of NEwCASTLE is, that the Catholic oppressor has been more dexterous—as well as less extreme—in his oppres sions : he did not call the living multitude his PROPERTY, nor punish their independence by such wholesale diaper lion as the Protestant. But the tyrannous feudal prin ciple has been the same in both cases, nor is there any hope to see its flagrancy diminish, till Reform—as uni- versa', as it shall be pure and radical—come like a moral PERBEVS, to deliver the Constitution from the monster that threatens to devour it. CITY. TwiLve o'CLocx. We have a great dearth of arrivab this morning. consequently no information of importance has as yet come to hand. We have an arrival front the Flavannah, but the time of her sailing is not as yet ascertained. Consols opened this morning at the same price , they left off yesterday 91i money, and 903 for Account, with little or nothing doing as yet. CITY. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols which were in the early part of the morning at 91i buyers for the account, are not quite bo good at present, and may be quoted at 91i buyers, and 911 for money. _ _ The public for several days past have been purchasing the Consols, owing to apprehensions being entertained that Government are resolved to pay off the 4 per cents. which is still the opinion of the well-informed, and who have no doubt that Consols will reach 94 a 95. In the Foreign Market the business doing was in Brazil bonds, which lowered to 65i, since which a re-action has taken place and they got up again to 66. Portuguese Bonds have been done at 48 to which is also a decline in the price. In other Foreign Stocks little or nothing doing. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND HIS FOREIGN POLICY. The Times of Monday attempts partly in an article, partly in a letter, to develop the means by which M. Pozzo DI BORGO succeeded in obtaining the assent of France to the views of Russia. The letter sets out by stating the aid which has been derived in this enterprize from the Anti-British feeling prevailing throughout France : while by a singular inadvertence the next para graph admits, that during the short administration of Mr.CstortNGthisAnti-British feeling had been succeeded by a warm desire for political agreement, and individual cordiality. How then, we should naturally ask, have these been destroyed, and by whom ? For that they have been destroyed is but too true ; and every account from the Continent represents the general hatred and contempt which is felt towards the English Government, as ex tending itself towards individuals, to a degree never before known. To this Anti-British feeling is attributed all M. Pozzo DI BORGO'S success, and to the person who has caused this feeling to be substituted for the warm friendship which has subsisted towards England during M r.O sr c'sAdministration that flame is attributable — and that person is the Duke of WELLINGTON. If it is asked by what means ? Let his tergiversations in the affairs of Greece let the sacrifice of those whom we had sent forward in Portugal—let the blockade of Oporto, and Madeira—let the guardianship of Terceira for Don Mto uEL answer. Could Europe be filled with the victims of his policy, and no voice elevate itself to witness against his acts, the country which has adorned him with, his powers of evil, is responsible for their exercise. —Let us own it with humility, the unpopularity which attaches to our name has been produced by the conduct of those who rule us. Now to the consequences :—These are stated to be the adhesion of France to a prospect held out by M. Pozzo DI BORGO, of the recovery of the Rhe nish frontier. The fact is possible, but with whom rests the flame ? England had assumed an attitude of hostility towards Russia : was that Power not to look for an ally ? and if the false and feeble policy of the Duke ofW et. LI r 4 GTO)/ had disposed France rather to unite with the friend, than with the enemy of Greece—rather with the supporter of a liberal system in that country, than with the betrayer of such systems in all—rather with the protector of the expatriated and unfortunate. than with the ally of Don MiG u EL—whom has the Duke of WELLINGTON to accuse Of it but himself? The article in the Times concludes by weakly sup posing that the Rhenish frontier was but a false lure held out to France, and that Russia could never ac quiesce in its actual restitution to her. Let not our Government deceive itself upon this point, as it has upon every other. Europe presents on one side Russia and Prussia, on the other England and Austria, in direct opposition to each other, and it is France that holds the balance. Under such circumstances, end in how many conjectures would not her co-operation be cheaply purchased by Russia, by an extension of her fron tier to the Rhine !—To talk of the difficulty of finding an indemnity for Prussia is ignorance or deceit. It is but too probable that the real operation of events is tending rapidly, under the Duke of WELLINGTON'Sguid ance, to place England in a situation relatively lower, with respect to the Gteat Powers of Europe, than that it! which she ever stood before. I