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W ro ugh not residing in the honses ttliotted to them,. was now cured. He was not at present aware of any c ases of malversation In office of a less kind than those at sh e erness, for which persons had been dismissed f rom their situations in Portsmouth. Upon inquiry, it was found that there had been no coals pilfered by t h e Officers of the Ordnance at Sheerness. They lent their own coals to public service; and when the Con tractor sent down the coals, they repaid themselves in open day. As to the wood, the Officers were not to blame, but the Ordnance Office. He would not ta ke the Hon. Gentleman's assertions for Gospel ; for t hire never was a person who trenched so deep in mistakes as the Hon. Gentleman. He had accused them of dismissing a man of 72 to make room for one of seventy-four; but the first was infirm, and was superannuated on full pay, after fifty-six years s ervice; the other, though older, was a hale, hearty sran, and able for duty, and he was put in his place. Mr. HUME said, the Right Hon. Gentleman had s carcely denied one of his statements—(hear, hear). Colonel DAVIES said, the cry of innovation was ra i s ed when any attempt was made to counteract the overwhelming influence of the Crown, or to bring back the Constitution to first principles. Why was not this cry of innovation, or rather, what became of it, when it was thought proper to bring a new Placeman into the House? His Hon. Friend's mo tion was founded on the best principles of the Consti tution. The Officers of the Customs, and the Excise, should as well be qualified to vote for Members of Par liament as the servants of the Board of Ordnance. Mr. P. MOORE said, there were persons dismissed from their offices at Queenborough, when he got in for that Borough. Mr. TIERNEY said, who was right and who was wrong as to the charges against the Ordnance, he could not decide without a Corn - •.:ttee of Inquiry; but he established this fact, that precluding large classes of the subjects from voting for Members of Parliament, if they held certain offices under the Government, was recognized by the Legislature at a period of 40 years ago. The House had not to study the benefit of a part, but what was good for the whole. It appeared probable that Government had the majority of votes for both Members for Queen borough. That Borough must be considered to all intents and purposes a Government Borough. The law disfranchising the Excise and Custom-house Offi cers passed by a very large majority, because, if that had not been the case, Government, in all small places, could carry every Candidate into Parliament that they chose. •If this Bill were to be brought in, he should be inclined to confine it to Queenborough; for he saw no mason why the Officers of the Ord nance generally should be disfranchised. There would be no hardship in extending the law of 1782, in those places where the Government was found to have undue influence. Mr. BATHURST opposed the motion. If the principle was to be adopted, as related to the Ord nance, why was it not extended to the Navy ? In deed, where was it to stop? If this Bill was adopted, it would Fo to disfranchise the greater portion of the 2,000 individuals employed by the Ordnance. The Right Honourable Gentleman contended that the pre cedent of the Excise would not apply here. A man entering the Excise became wholly dependent on Go vernment, and was fit for nothing else if dismissed by Government ; whilst, on the contrary, every la bourer in the Ordnance had a profession, to which, if discharged, he could turn for support, and which kept him, to a certain extent, independent. Mr. HUME replied, and stated, that an office of Clerk of the Cheque was created for Mr. Breeze, at Waltham Abbey, with a salary of ZOO, and Mr. Breeze was a freeman of Queenborough. The Hon. Member proceeded to repeat his former statement, and to contend for its accuracy; and mentioned a circumstance of a Clerk having been dismissed for proving some abuses in open Court. Mr. WARD, in explanation, denied this latter fact. So far from the individual having proved any charges, nothing was proved, and the charge was proved to be most vexatious. The Gallery was cleared for a division-- For the Motion Against it 118 Majority against the Motion SCOTC II MALT. - -58 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the several Petitions, complaining of the additional Duty on Malt in Scotland, should be referred to a Select Committee.—Ordered. Mr.MONCK was at a loss to know why Scotland alone should be the subject of inquiry, and England be excluded. He could not but consider this as the result of a promise made to Scotch Members to in duce them to vote on the second reading of the Malt Duty Repeal Bill, which they had done. This wa, to create a division in the House, which would enable the Chanceller of the Exchequer to be*.them at all times. He hoped, however, all parties would unite next Session to get rid of this oppressive Tax. Sir G. CLERK considered this as an entirely dis tinct question regarding Scotland, on which the sub ject pressed most materially. Sir R. FERGUSON was aware he was doing an unpopular act in opposing this motion, but he must do so, considering as he did that several of the Eng lish Counties called for similar consideration. He considered this proposition as a boon to the Agricul turists of Scotland, for the votes they gave to Mi nisters on a recent occasion. Mr. MACKENZIE denied that the object of the motion was such as stated by the gallant General.— It was intended to inquire whether Scotland had any case calling for consideration or not. Mr. J. P. GRANT thought the proposition came forward under very suspicious circumstances; yet, such as it was, he must be content to take it. The CHANGELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, liis present proposition was made in consequence of a promise given last Session, and not any recent pro mise, as insinuated by the Hon. Gentleman opposite. Sir M. RIDLEY was convinced the Right Hon. Gentleman was actuated by conscientious motives, and that he would, if necessary, allow the poor coun ties of England to present their Petitions also to the Committee, as the barley of many English counties Was poorer and less able to bear the duty than Scotch barley. If this was done he would support the motion. Sir it. FERGUSON claimed indulgence for Cum berland, Northumberland, Derbyshire, and part of Yorkshire. Mr. D. GILBERT claimed the same indulgence for C latzh). The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the quality of the inferior barleys of England would constitute a material object of inquiry. The gallery was then cleared for a division—• For the Motion . . 53 Against it Majority —36 Mr. J. P. GRANT declared that if the question of the Malt-tax was again brought forward, he would support the repeal. Mr. F. PALMER was convinced, notwithstanding what had been said to the contrary, that the repeal would benefit the farmer. After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Sir R. FERGUSON, Mr. MONCK, and others, on the subject of English barley, a proposi.. tion was made to refer the Petitions from the tSarley Counties of England to the Committee; the motion was negatived without a division, and the Committee was appointed for Scotland only. IP/RIGHTS AND MEASURES. Mr. D. GILBERT moved for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into and consider the several Reports made to the House on the subject of Weights and Measures, and to Report their observations to the House. The motion was agreed to, and a Com mittee appointed accordingly. CALLINGTON ELECTION. Mr. SMYTH brought up a Report from the Comauttee ap pointed to inquire into the merits of a Petition complaining of an undue Election for the Borough of CoMngton, stating that Mr. Maberly was unable to attend that Committee, in conse quence of indisposition. The medical attendant of Mr. Masazi.v, Mr. Wstivrizto, was then examined at the Bar, and stated, that he had seen Mr. Ma berly this morning, who was unable to leave his house from the effects of the gout. On the motion of Mr. SMYTH, Mr. Maberly was excused from further attendance on the Committee. CASH PAYMENTS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the Report on the Bank Cash Payments Bill. Mr. J. SMITH stated, that fears had been enter tained by the Country Bankers, on account of the in tention of the Bank of England to issue no more one pound Notes after the Ist May, as to the mode in which they should pay their Notes. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that if the Country Bankers should not have a suffi cient quantity of small Notes of the Bank of England, they could have either Gold or small Notes, by send ing large Notes to the 13ank. Mr. PEA RSE (a Bank Director) said, that though the Bank was desirous of issuing no more El Notes after the Ist of May, yet, in the case of any inconve nience, an ample supply of small Notes had been provided, which, if necessary, would be issued both to the Country Bankers and to the Public. Mr. J. SMITH and Mr. RICARDO were perfectly satisfied with the explanation given. A Clause was added by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to prevent the exportation of Silver. The Bill, as also that of the Bank of Ireland Cash Payments, was ordered to be read a third time this day. Mr. PETER MOORE presented a Petition from the Vicar, Churchwardens, and Vestrymen of the Parish of Holy Trinity, in the City of Coventry, expressive of their apprehensions at the admissiou of Roman Catholics to political power.—.-Laid on the table. Mr. J. S3IITH presented a Petition from a class of Chris tians, resident in London, calling themselves " Separatists," praying the House to release them of certain hardships, of which they complained. This was a Sect, the Honourable Member said, which in its doctrines approached the tenets of the Quakers, as it resembled that moral people in the exemplary purity of the lives of its followers. The Petitioners represented that they laboured under the greatest hardships from their being unable to take an oath, from scruples of conscience, and they prayed the House to extend to them the same indulgences which were now extended to Motavians and Quakers in this respect. Mr. SHAW presented a similar Petition from the same Sect of Christians in the City of Dublin.—Both laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. The Marquis of TAVISTOCK presented a Petition from certain Owners and Occupiers of Land in the County of Bed ford, complaining of Agricultural Distress.—Laid on the table. Mr. DAWSON presented a Petition from the Separatists of Belfast, praying the House to release them from the obligation of taking an oath.—Laid on the table. The Timber Duties Bill was read a second time, and com mitted for Monday. —Adjourned at Two o'Clock. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1821. The sudden subjugation of Naples by the Austrian invaders has caused much exultation on the part of the Legitimates, on the one hand, and on the other, a torrent of invective against the Neapolitans, from those sanguine minds who seem to think a declara tion of independence, and its accomplishment, ought to be simultaneous. It is easy to cry down the Nea politans for cowardice, and equally easy to assert that the cause must have been a bad one, which could so easily be overthrown : but both of these themes of declamation are equally baseless. Had the Emperor of Ausrata, with the same overwhelming force, attacked the King of NAPLES, while exer cising his legitimate despotism in that manner which is most unexceptionable in the estimation of Tyrants, the result would have been precisely the same.— We ask, then, a simple question. Would suck a re sult have furnished any evidence whatever that the cause of the Neapolitans must, for that very reason, have been bad? As to the cowardice manifested by the Neapolitans—and we are not disposed to palliate it—bow, in the name of common sense, can this prove that they had no right to equal laws, and to be freed from oppression ? To reason thus—to draw such inferences from such premises, is to confound all ideas of common sense and right reason. What ! de termine the justice of a cause by the strength of the •, combatants! This, indeed, has ever been the logic ofi tyrants ; but it has ever been reprobated by the good and virtuous, and treated with open ridicule by all who have no direct interest in the reign of despotism. But the Neapolitans, by the perfidy of their own Despot, who had sworn to maintain the Revolution that had been effected ; by overwhelming force of, overgrown Pespots leagued against the independence and liberties, not only of their own People, but of all States of inferior strength; and by the cowardice, or, 1 perhaps, tnore fitly, by the physical tnab* of her ' own People, have again been doomed to wear their former fetters! And therefore the cause of Liberty is perished for ever. Yes, if men could cease to feel wrong, and tyranny, and injustice, and robbery, and oppres sion, and insult! then, and not till then might this I sacred cause be considered as hopeless and lifeless. But they have read history to little purpose, who expect that Revolutions are to be effected in a day; that the abuses of tyranny and organized oppression are .to be remedied on the instant. A towering tree of large dimensions, and of the growth of ages, is not to be rooted up by voting that it is 'a nui sance, or felled by one stroke of the hatchet ; but let the blows be only repeated sufficiently often, and, however little the apparent effect - of each may be, considered separately, the tree, even if sound at the core, will at last fall ; and the sooner will this take effect if it be already rotten at the core, and the workmen determined in their operations.— The present reverse in Italy is but the reflux of one of the many waves whose motions bear forward the full tide of political regeneration. The mud walls opposed to the flood, Hbwever broad and high they may at present appear, are undermining rapidly, and ere long will be swept away by the mighty inundation We have not abandoned our hopes respecting the oppressed People of Italy. There is still some energy apparent, and a will .to be free ; and we think the time is by no means distant, when the Continental tyrants will deprecate the day in which they suffered themselves to intermeddle with the affairs of other States, over which they had no legitimate controul. We have received to-day the Paris Papers of Tues day, and letters from Vienna of the 28th March.— Their contents amply confirm the accounts which we had previously received of the Insurrection of the Greeks of the Turkish Empire. It is considered by all who are connected with the countries which art the seat of it, as of the most formidable description: —Among the extracts subjoined, our Readers will find the General Proclamation of Prince YPSILANTI to all the Greeks. It is drawn up with great force. and the topics are well chosen for producing a power ful impression on those to whom it is addressed: He tells them, too, that their brethren and friends are everywhere ready. " The Servians, the Suliotes, and all Epirus in arms await us." Here he points to a connection with Am PACHA. The allusion to Rus sia is also sufficiently plain : " Let us march, my friends, and you will see our rights protected by one of the first Powers." PROCLAMATION OF PRINCEYPSILANTI TO ALL THE GREEKS. " TO ARMS, roil. OUR COUNTRY •ND OUIL RRLIGION ! " The hour has struck, valiant Greeks! For a long time the people of Europe, fighting for their rights and their liberties, invited us to follow them. They, although almost free, have sought with all their strength to increase their liberty, and thus all their happiness. " Our brethren and our friends are ready on all sides. The Servians, the Suliotes, and all Epirus, await us in arms. Let us unite with enthusiasm, our country calls us on. " Europe has its looks fixed upon us, and is astonished at our tranquillity. Let the sound, then, of our warlike trumpet, re sound through all the mountains—let the values re-echo the tee. rible din of our arms ! Europe will admire our valour, and cur trembling and debased enemies will fly before us. 0 The civilized people of Europe are busy in laying the foun dations of their own happiness, and, full of gratitude for the be nefits they received from our ancestors, desire the liberty of Greece. Shewing ourselves worthy of our virtuous ancestors, and of the age, we hope to deserve their support and their aid, and many of them, partisans of liberty, will come to fight by our sides. Let us march, friends, and you will see one of the first Powers protect our rights. You will see, even among our ene mies, some who will turn their backs on them, and will join us, drawn on by the justice of our cause. Let them present them selves with sincerity, and our country will receive them into her bosom. What, then, holds back your powerful arm ? The enemy is weak and without courage, without vigour; our Generals are skilful, and the whole nation filled with enthusiasm. " Assemble, valiant and generous Greeks ! Let the national phalanxes form, let the patriotic legions present themselves, and you will see the old Colossi of Despotism fall of themselves be fore our victorious standards. To the sound of our trumpet, echo will answer from all the shores of the seas of lonia and the /Egean. The Greek ships, which in time of peace knew how to trade, and in war to fight, will spread fire and sword through all the ports of the Tyrant, terror and death. What Greek friend will hear with indifference the call of his country? At Rome, a friend of Cesar, spewing the bloody garment of the Tyrant, roused the People to enthusiasm. What will you do then, Greeks? You whose country, stripped of her vestments, shews her wounds, and with a broken voice implores the help of her children! PROVIDENCL my dear fellow-citizens, taking pity on our misfortunes, has so combined affairs, that with little trouble and efforts we shall be able to acquire, with liberty, every kind s(happiness. If, then, by an unpardonable indifference, we do , oust take advantage of them, the Tyrant, become furious, will I multiply his strength, and we shall be for ever the most wretched of all nations. 44 Turn your eyes, fellow-citizens, and observe our deplorable situation ; see our temples dulled, our children torn from our arms by our barbarous tyrants for their shameful pleasures; our houses despoiled ; our fields devastated ; and ourselves vile slaves. It is time to break an insupportable yoke, to deliver our country ; to throw down the Crescent from its height ; to elevate the Cross, the standard by which we may still conquer, and thus avenge our Country and our Holy Religion from the profanation and the mockery of barbarians. " Among ourselves, the most noble is he who would most bravely defend the rights of his country; and who woul • ] most usefully serve it. The assembled nation will direct its friends, and to a Supreme Tribunal all our actions will be subjected. " Let us then all act with one mind. Let the rich sacrifice a portion of their wealth. Let the .Ministers of Religion excite the people by their own example. Let the learned contribute by their useful counsels; and let our'brethren who serve foreign Powers, either in a military or civil capacity, each take his leave of the Power whom he serves, and, all united, run the sublime and brilliant career which now opens to them. Let them each pay to his country the tribute which is due to I.er. Lr t U 5 arm 'aiseires, withoit f ay, with out aniymt iialobi, raise, in a short time, victory, and With it every happiness: Where shall bo. found those mercenaries and vile slaves who Would dare to oppose a natinh combating for its awn indepen' dente? Witness the heroic efforts of our ancestors. %lines* Spain, which, single and alone, conquered the invincible pha llnxes of a tyrant. " Fellow Chian's ! Union, respect for our holy obedience to the Laws and to the Chiefs, a noble bravery and constancy, assure us of victory: It will crown with laurels ever verdant our heroic efforts. It will engrave he ineffacible charac ters our names in the Temple of . Immonality, for the example of future generations. The country will recompense her true children who obey her voice, by the price of glory and of ho nour. Dat she will reprove, as illegitimate, and as Asiatic bastards, those who shew thnnselves deaf and disobedient to her call, abandoning their name, like that of traitors, to the malediction of posterity. " Let us recollect, brave and generous Greeks, .the liberty of the classic land of Greece; the battles of Marathon and Ther. mopyLt ; let us combat upon the tombs of our ancestors, who, to leave us free, fought and died. The blood of our tyrants is dear to the shades of the Theban F.paminondas, and of the Athe nian Thrsybulus, who conquered and destroyed the thirty Ty ants—to those of Ilarmodius and Aristogiton, who broke the yoke of Pisistratus—to that of Timoleon, who restored liberty to Corinth and to Syracuse—above all, to those of .11iltiades, Themistocles, Leonidas, and the three hundred who massacred io many times their number of the innumerable army of the bar barous Persians—the hour is come to destroy their successors, mote barbarous and still more detestable. Let us do this or perish. To arms, then, my friends, your Country calls you! (Signed) " ALEX. YPSILANTI. " Jassy, Feb. 2.1 (March 7), 1821." TRIESTE, MARCH 27. Prince Ypsilanti has advanced on the Morea and Epirus. The Turks are everywhere massacred. Ali Pacha and Ypsilanti are ready to support each other. Yesterday news arrived of an Insurrection in Con stantinople, in consequence of the Insurrection in Wallachia being known. The Greek Patriarch, it is said, was massacred. The letters received this day do not, however, confirm the news. Several Carbonari have been arrested at Brescia, and among others the comic actor Canova. Other Comedians have fled to Switzerland. PARIS, APRIL io. Letters from Piedmont state, that the Austrian troops are concentrated on the Tecino, and that they Are preparing to pass that river on the 10th and 15th of April. According to the latest accounts from Chambery, only about 300 troops remained with the Government of that town, the rest having joined the troops of the Junta. Some arrangements have been adopted to place the town out of the risk of a coup-de-main, or to repress any popular movement. NAPLES, MARCH 24. The following are the terms in which General Ca rascosa gives an account of the.defection of his corps : General Filangieri informed me that his brigade was in a state of complete disunion ; that the soldiers fired on their Officers, and more particularly on him self. At the same time I received a report front General Costa, who had experienced a similar occur rence at Sessa. While I was lamenting these events, I heard at a short distance a brisk file of muketry, and learned that it proceeded from five battalions of the first division, who were firing on their Officers. Immediately after, my headquarters, and those of General Ambrosio, Ns ere attacked by those ruffians. General Ambrosio was saved by a company of faith ful sappers. I was protected by twenty gendarmes ; they tired on the soldiers, who, as cowardly as perfi dious, immediately dispersed through the country. I beg that patrols of cavalry may be established on the road from Naples to Aversa. I shall make the same arrangement from Aversa to Capua. The rest is in the hands of Gon."—This Report is dated Capua, March 18, and was published at Naples on the 19th, by the Minister at War. A Decree of the Prince Regent, dated the 19th, orders the raising of the embargo on the Austrian vessels, and the restitution of the merchandize which had been seized. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. • " NAPLES, MARCH 27. " The short-lived and ill-fated Neapolitan Revolu tion has ended. The Austrians, to about the number of twenty thousand, entered this capital on Saturday, the 24th inst. The treachery which has ruined the cause, and produced the disbanding of troops, who never even saw the Austrians, and admitted an enemy into the capital without striking a blow, is now clear to every eye. 41 The King, by a Decree dated at Florence, has named a Provisional Government ; it is to be headed by the Marquis of Circello. Dc Giorgis is appointed President of the Supreme Courts of Justice. Fardella has the direction of the War and Ecclesiastical Af fairs. Lucchesi directs the Marine." GENOA, MARCH 31. " I reached this city last night, after having wit nessed on every part of my journey from Turin the most animated demonstrations of public spirit, and, what is far better, the most active prepar a ti ons f or resistance. The People of these Provin ces pr id e themselves on their military aptitude, and the gene ral expression is, the Austrians will find the Pied montese real soldiers.' The tranquillity of this town, since the late erplo sion, continues undisturbed. Some of the principal English residents here have assured rne, that the con duct of the Governor, Desgenes, was mr.re the result of an error of the head than of the heart. In the state of incertitude which followed the annunciation of the Protest of the Duke of Genoa, much was left to the discretion of the Governor; and he, unfortunately, made a rash and weak decision. There appears, I