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• at the lid of the eye instead of the pupil, and re moving what he called granulations. This being the case, he offered his services to the Commander-in- Chief, having adopted an improved mode of treat ment, and suggested that an hospital should be esta blished. To chew, however, that this was.not done merely at the caprice of his Noble Friend, he need only remind the House and his Hon. Friend, that it was done upon the high commendations of a number of medical gentlemen appointed to report their opi nion on the nature and efficacy of his practice. The opinions these gentlemen gave were most flattering to Sir William Adams, and he believed it was nothing more than he deserved, considering the surprising cures he perfornied upon those who had beer given up as incurable by other medical men. His success in clearing the Pancras Poor-house was also 'most wonderful, and creditable to himself. It was upo n . these substantial testimonials of S i r William Adams: competency that he had been placed at the head of the Ophthalmic Hospital. . His exertions there had been unremitting and successful, and on that ground, alone, the House he was sure would readily admit that he was entitled to compensation. The medical spirit of controversy of his Honoutable Friend, pre vented him from seeing the merits of the case in a clear point of view. He claimed nothing for dis covery, but for loss of time and labour. On that ground he was sure he was fully entitled to the vote proposed by his Noble Friend, and in voting for it, he would say, that he never voted for anything which he thought was more just. Mr. C. H. HUTCHINSON complained that his Hon. Friend (Mr. Bennet) had upheld in the Com mittee whiff' had been alluWed to, a personal con test which had nothing to do with the object of their inquiry, but which could not but be very injurious, to the feelings of an individual. He must also ob serve, that the tone of his Hon. Friend in that House was of a nature to be detrimental to what wits most dear to Sir William Adams, viz. his character. For his own part, he sincerely believed that there was a conspiracy against Sir William Adams, by which the amount of his success had been greatly diminished. Ile thought him a most meritorious individual, and fully deserving of the vote proposed by the Noble Lord, as compensation for his loss of time and trouble. Mr. HUME concurred with the Hon. Gentleman who had preceded him, in deprecating the introduc tion of patty spirit in a discussion of a scientific na ture. Setting aside all other considerations, he op posed the amount of the proposed compensation as being three times as much as was given to a retiring surgeon, calculating the length of time Sir William Adams bestowed his attention. Lord PALMERSTON replied.—He regretted that the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury had renewed upon this occasion that warmth of party spirit, which had so much interfered with the labours of the Committee. A more, revolting expression of personal hostility he never witnessed, than that displayed by the Army Medical Board towards Sir William Adams. That Gentleman had, from the beginning, declared that he claimed no merit for invention, but that he derived his knowledge of the mode of treatment adopted by him from Mr. Saunders. But it could not be dis puted that be was the person who introduced it into notice and practice. This controversy, however, had nothing to do with the question. The Medical Board complained of the charge made against them, but, in his opinion, there was nothing that had ever been urged against them half so strong or condemnatory 'as the evidence of Dr. Vetch before the Committee. It appeared that that Gentleman had priority of know ledge of the treatment adopted by Sir W. Adams, and he stated to the Committee that he had frequently urged, in conversation with the Board, the expediency of putting it into effective and general operation, but he had never received any encouragement.— It was the knowledge of that circumstance that justified him (Lord Palmerston) in forming the Oph thalmic Establishment under Sir Wm. Adams; for he was convinced, that if the Army Medical Board could shew that want of liberality towards one who was an army surgeon, they would in a still stronger manner oppose a civilian like Sir WM. Adams. The sum he proposed as a compensation to that Gentleman was not at all disproportionate to the time and at tention he had bestowed. He had been the means of restoring many individuals to the possession of sight which appeared lost for ever, and he should be sa tisfied in giving his vote for the original proposition. After a few words in explanation from Mr. BENNET, Mr. HUME, and Lord PA LM ERSTON, the Amendment was put and negatived without a division, and the original Resolution was then carried. The House resumed, and the Report of the Com mittee was ordered to be received to-morrow. ANCIENT RECORDS. The House having resolved itself into a Commit tee of Supply, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to call the attention of the House to the Records of the History of the Country, which had lately been carefully collected by order of Parliament. Being now collected, it was evident that the work would be only half done if they were not uniformly printed. Ile rose, therefore, to make a motion to that effect. He need not enlarge on the value of such a work, which must be obvious, at the same time that it was an inducement for them to adopt such a course, that this country was, perhaps, behind all the other king doms in Europe in what it had publicly done in this respect. Private enterprise and learning had no doubt done tench, but the Government had no acts of the kind to record. The whole of the ancient his tories which had been collected, would make, when printed, about twelve folio volumes. These histories were now scattered about, and not even in the Pub lic Libraries, he believed, was there a complete set. I-le proposed that one or two volumes should be com pleted each year, and the expense of that, he con ceived, would be about £2,000 a year. A consider. able part of this would be repaid by the sale, besides the Public Libraries and the Crown being furnished with sets. It was a work which •had hitherto been much wanted, and the House, it appeared to him, would not, by refusing his motion, chew themselves disposed, as they grew old and passed away, to leave the country without the knowledge of their ancient history—(Hear, hear). The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved an Address to his Majesty, representing that the editions of the works of our ancient histo rians a. e very defective, many of them being still in manuscryt, and that the collection of them now , 41 • made by order Of Parliament, forms a body of luable historical and , constituttornal *llllWiftige, and praying that his Majesty will nte be gratiously pleased to order the same to be • pd, upon the House' undertaking to provide for any expense arising from , SirJ AMES M ACKINTOSH seconded the motion. He said, the statement of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, had made the importance of the object in view so clear, that nothing remained for him to add On that subject. It had been said that no Government had done so little for Literature as that of England. This might be true, but perhips it was the result of the happy state of our society, and the advantageous itcation in which thecountry had been placed, which had enabled individuals to accomplish in this coun try, what could not be effected elsewhere without the interference of the Government. Highly approving of the present undertaking, he did not presume to recommend any person to superintend it, but he begged to state that Mr. Petrie, the learned and re tire Keeper of the Records in the Tower, had devoted a large portion of his life to labours connected with our early history. Unless the House hastened to enable him to give the nation the benefit of those la bours, it might soon be too late, and a long period would perhaps elapse before another person equally qualified to conduct such an undertaking as that now to be commenced would be found. He ,mentioned Lord Grenville, and other persons of high considera tion, who had borne testimony to the merits of Mr. Petrie. The collection made of the histories ut*France 'under several reigns he thought the great model fors imitation. Forty years ago Mr. Gibbon, in his great work on the' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,' had considered it a reproach to the country that it possessed no complete collection of the works of Its early historians. He considered money to be well laid out which meant to advance knowledge, and *specially that of the ancient laws and constitution of the country ; and he was persuaded, that with the materials which we possessed, when the work now contemplated should be completed, we might calcu• late on possessing a more complete history of our early institutions than any other country in Europe could boast. He had mentioned Mr. Petrie as a Gen tleman eminently qualified to conduct such an un dertaking, and he thought it right to say, having beer. permitted by the liberality of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite to have access to the State Paper Office. in Great George-street, that he had found in the Deputy Keeper of the Records (Mr. Lemon) a Gentleman of great ability and intelligence, who ap peared well qualified to fill a higher situation. He had further to state, that the assiduity. and civility with which that Gentleman (Mr. Lemon) exerted himself to further the views of those who attend the office for the purposes of study, enabled such person* to pursue their inquiries in a very agreeable manner. He thought it not impertinent on this occasion to no tice the meritorious conduct of that deserving officer. Mr. HUME remarked on the expense incurred by the Commission for inquiring into the Public Records of Ireland, which had exceeded £70,000, one-fourth, or one-fifth part of which, he should have thought, would have been amply sufficient. He should not oppose the motion, but he was of opinion that it would be desirable that an annual Report from the Commissioners should be required, that the House might be acquainted with the progress made in each year, so that according to circumstances they might , increase or diminish the grant. Mr. GOULBURN briefly explained the circum stances which had caused the expense incurred under the Commission for inquiring into the Public Re cords of Ireland. Though as yet all the fruits had not been reaped, which might be looked for from that inquiry, enough, he thought, would be found in the Report, to prove that the Commissioners had not been idle in the business. Mr. H. GURNEY approved of the motion, and was of opinion that Mr. Petrie was eminently fitted to conduct the contemplated historical work. Mr. BENNET never felt more satisfaction in giving a vote than he did on voting for this motion. He hoped the work was not to be made unnecessarily splendid, but that it would be got up in a way that would fit it for general circulation. Mr. C. W. WYNN begged to say, in answer to what had been thrown out by the Hon. Member for Montrose, that if the undertaking about to be com menced were placed under the Public Records Com- ' mission, the object of the Hon. Gentleman would be accomplished, as that Commission had been regu larly in the habit of making an annual Report, which could at any urns be brought before Parliament. He had long wished to see such a work commenced, and he was glad that he had lived till the day when it was to be entered upon. It was intended that the work should comprehend the writings of all the an cient historians, omitting only those which repeated what had been stated by other writers who had pre ceded them. Mr. H. BRIGHT thought, in getting up such a work, expense ought not to be an object. He hoped' the whole of the ancient historians would be pre served in their proper places. Mr. WYNN stated some of the Monkish historians to have copied verbatim a considerable portion of what had been written by their predecessors. In such cases it was intended to take that which w as fur nished by the earliest writers, and to omit such matter when it occurred in the works of others. The Resolution was then agreed to, the House re sumed, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. SUPARANNVATION ACT AMINDIKENT BILL. On the motion of the CHANCALLOR of the &cut out:a, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Superannuation Act Amendment Bill. The CH ANC ELI.OR of the EXC H EQUER stated it to be his intention to propose that the Bill should come into operation from July, instead of from Ja nuary last. Mr. CALCRAFT did not object to the principle of the Bill, provided too low a scale were not adopted. It provided that salaries of 501. should pay two and a half per cent. This he objected to. He thought incomes under 1001. per annum ought not to con tribute at all. Salaries from 1001. to 200/. per an num ought not to pay more than two and a half per cent. and those from the last-mentioned sum up wards he was content should sustain the charge of five per cent. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER very cheerfully adopted she ideas of the Hon. Gentleman. I He had thought th,e scale taken was too low ; but it _ ~,_. y ~ , prOVisung• .4 views of the Hon. Gentleman. He then moved that the word 44 fifty" should be omitted, and th e words 44 one hundred" inserted. The motion was agreed to.—The other clauses were then agreed to; and the House having restame.l, the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. LOTTERIES SILL. On the third reading of the Lotteries Bill being mewed, Mr. J. SMITH opposed the RA on the gram* of Its ea manging the practice of gambling,'and holdbar eat Inducements to the most pernicious immorality, more saspeekay among the lower dupes of society. The CHANCELLOR of the RICHIMUSR &fended the principle of the Bill. Mr. HUME objected to the ling a tan productive of a paltry men. at a great expense to the aeon& of the enact). Alter a few words from Sir S. hioas-ams and Mr. R. lalAuse, the House divided, when there appeared. For the third marling . 30 Against. k 11 . _ . The Bill was tires read tje lia lrthwe Ed pawed. Tire Hasse adjourned at Twelve *Tim!. THE GREEKS. IiTRACT Of A LItTI2II PROM MARSKILLES, SUNS SO. Nothing in history is more frightful than moiern Turkish ferocity. Our towns and villages (in Scio) are ravaged and razed. Death and captivity have shared sixty thousand victims between them. The sick and the . aged were burnt alive in the Hospitals., The noblest of our females threw themselves and their children into wells. Others died under the most horrible atrocities; such was the fate of Madame Constantine Ralli, whose husband was the First Ma gistrate of Scio . . He was hanged with the Metropo litan and the remaining.ll9 of the most distinguished inhabitants—the hostages in the fortress. His eldest son has been made a Mussulman. So many hecatombs have not sufficed to pacify the Sultan. All the &lots at Constantinople have perished, and at Smyrna the same system is adopted. The conduct of the Jews has been de7ilish. Too base and cowardly to attack the living, their bar barism is dia ected principally to the dead. You know how they treated the body of the Patriarch. Their cruelties are of long standing. In August, 1821, when Balanos of Thessalonica was assassinated, a, Jew passing near his dead body, amused himself by pulling out his eyes. A Turk that was passing, and who had known the deceased, shot the Jew dead.— When the Bishop of Kitro was killed and thrown . into the streets, the Jews put a stick into his mouth, to represent a pipe, and tore handsful of hair from his beard as they passed along. Liberius, an enlightened ecclesiastic, has saved the Turks made prisoners at Athens, though they had massacred all the Greeks in the citadel, and thrown their mangled remains over the wall. The same has occurred in Livadia. t 4 Ig. - and gor the afar* of skip the temples, ~agent the innitstroos and perjured agents blood of those to flew who had committed that of reasalepoi faithful m their sacred oat % severe poidsharma, sash as the kws revere for prmervadon o sperm many vietbos, sconaillism Spada blood, and plM&ibi Marble (rinses wisich ati g fi mesa it still to low. It k likewise of asstinki importance, that those two butanes, who balmiest to your marl, and who, hi conformity with the word of your Ilajesri, pledged two dais ago, should be remoliml troid the tajdtal, and prom each Giber, and seat to points where they cannot inspire anxiety and sums. cams calculated to compromise the piddle tranquillity, if to these measures we add that of placing at the bead of the Pro , Ames (in places where thet Mt 'wanting) active Chiefs, f approved talents and Armor, and profekdng an indispensabl e rifiliserenee to the system, the remedy *Mold be complete. " Despise, Sire, those perfidious men whd endeaiout to mis lead your royal mind by fanatic illusions, in making it fear that under the shade of liberty there exist only disorganizirig and re. glide projects, which no Spaniard coneekes, or can concede% Illoaemie the first Liberal of the Nation, and, instead of &a ring, lee will be feared: yes you will be feared by the wicked, a n d sae* 14 all virtuous men, who alone are ontfiled to the gin. lima ems Of Liberah. Do not, Sire, include in that class tk• 'debasers of their fellow-citizens, the vicious men who abuse 11. betty. No ! such people belong not to t;te category of those Whom we wish to render odious to your Majesty: they are beinp debased by despotisms, and who endeavour to render odious the best of causes. Your Majesty may rest assured that none of the latter will be found at the moment of peril in the ranks of the gallant omen who defended liberty the day before yesterday,_ Disdain not therefore, Sire, to join with those who have proved that they will be able to defend you. " Your Majesty perceives what little rtliance can be placed nn those who pretended to ho exclusively devoted to your intere , ti ; as If among perjured men we could expect to find any devotio, but to their own selfishness and vanity. Your Majesty has sees that the defenders of their country, even in the intoxicati o n o f victory, respected as an inviolable and sacred asylum :he p-e., cincts of your Majesty's palace, whither fled the team.: . 3 . person of a people the most sensible to honour on the ce of the earth. Your Majesty can yourself attest this ti tgh. r e assured, that by the measures which the Municipality kicv the honour of proposing..—measures which the indefatigable cserti9^.l of the last few days give them a right to propose for the pre. serration of their Constitutional King —your Majesty wi'.l s e e order and tranquillity re-established in the Monarchy, the S - te resuming new life, the laws recovering their ancient vigour, Aral the Throne again surrounded with that brightnevs and spiene nr with which it shone before it was sullied by a Despot from the North, who enervated the forces of a nation the most powerf..l in the time of the Ferdinand' and the Alphotssos." (Then follow thrsignatares.) CORFU, JUNE 17. The Greek Government has passed a law for plc. ing those who bear arms to repulse the enemy an!. consolidate the national independence, by grants c: land, of which the following are the provisions: " 1. The soldiers already engaged in the service of their critire try, and those who shall hereafter engage themselves, re. ceive for pay an acre of land a month, reckoning from the of their engagement. " 2. Those Peloponneslans who shall go ont of the l'zla^l". nests to rejoin the army of the frontiers, shall receive an arr.; a half a month. " E. The soldiers shall declare the term of their err:s molt ; nevertheless, no one shall engage himself for less six months. " 4. When the soldier shall have finished his engagsmer.t, the Government shall grant him his discharge, according to the xi. des of his engagement, which must be signed by his C0m: . ..zr, 1 .- log Officers. " 5. The soldier who shall have satisfied all these shall receive from the Government letters confirming h;. of property to the land which he shall have acquired by 11:i of service. "6. The rights of those who shall die during the Nr.:r ,h:11 devolve to their heirs. The whole time during which they wee engaged to serve shall be reckoned in apportioning the h::.1, i! they should die before the expiration of the term. " 7. Those who, in consequence of the wounds they Lee re ceived; shall be no longer able to serve their country be .:ring, shall be considered as having completed their engagement. " 8. All soldiers u well those who are in act ua l servize 1; those who shall hereafter engage themselves, shall take an Ist. To be faithful to their country ; 2d. To observe the ievere:: military discipline; 3d. Nut to quit , the service before the ex piration of the promised term. " I. No soldier is permitted to quit one regiment for another without the permission of his Commanding Officer. " 10. Whoever shall disobey the dispositions of the tw: r eeding Articles, shall lose the reward of his services aecorde.: this law. • " 11. A law wbkh will be forthwith published will rte':- the recompence to be awarded to the services of thsc,rs Subalterns. 64 12. The Ministen of Finance and of War shall ezecutc rte present law, which shall be inscribed in the Bulletin of Law 64 Given at Corinth, May 7, 1822. (Biped) " The President, A. MAUROCORDATO, " Arch-Chancellor of State, " TH. NEGRIS." Letters have been received from Vera Cruz, ea:el May 1, from which the following is an extract : ig The Castle, which commands the town, is in possession of the Royalists, in which are most of tl.t remaining Dons of wealth, waiting for cpportunitie 7 of conveyance of themselves and their rnu,ey: ., Spain. The fort is weak at this time, not hAV;; •z: more than 250 soldiers in it. There is a constais: communication between the fort and the town - 7 11 fact, it is hardly possible to say, who is Royal or %+•.' is Imperial in the City, as they both pass and reFl'i in every direction, regardless of each other. tt ‘i stated that there are fi ve or 6000 Imperial trovi :3 the City—but the fact is, there are not so many dreds, unless you include every Indian and rrege the place. ig The Governor of the city cohducts his affair: at his Palace in a masterly style—all his business is coil ducted systematically. The castle assumes the tig't of boarding all vessels entering the fort, to the ttcl exclusion of the Imperialists—all property NY' a duty when landed, except that which may be w ac,::i for the fort. The fort claims a heavy tonnage JL:t!. A deep laid plan of the Governor's, to take the cat!' and country around, failed a few days ago, with A severe loss on his part. A caravan has this d;:r rived from Mexico, with about two millions of' lars, all of which belong to persons destined to Se:l 1. it being a privilege granted by the Imperialists to - 1 who are disposed to leave the country. It %v.v. ported here, that General Wilkinson had died tween this and Mexico, and had been buried with litary honours; but the report arose from the .!e. 11 . 1 of General Long, who via% killed at the door of Col!' gress in Mexico, by a sentinel, who ran him thron g !' the body as he attempted to pass in a forcible illatlllet. The United States brig Enterpri4e, Captain heal ne), is lying here." IN: had bees efinD to extend to shlarim of at pub& any aad num, that.it might not be objeamd Walla gang** i sod promOplekhom ised enough. In, such cases he had always bend that ..j leam i so t e a. u se d use the pressure was most felt by `dsoss who received Ilk ob e r a i ms t h is s h at n it. lowest remuneration, and he therefore willingly NO' • prompt asml store ion. sated to alter the provisions of the Bill, so as to :seet th r i s perimationt FRENCH PAPERS. MADRID, JULY IL The calm and generous attitude which the inhabi tants of this capital have preserved since the brilliant victory which they obtained over the Old Guards, cannot fail to confound the enemies of the Constitu tion. Posterity will scarcely believe that so much mo deration could be allied with so much courage. But to maintain their moderation, the inhabitants of Ma drid are far from neglecting measures of vigilance.— The volunteer militia and the troops of.the garrison continue under arms, and in the same positions which they occupied on the morning of the 7th. They thus wait till all things be restored to their former situa tion. This brave militia now shares with the troops of the line the honours and fatigues of guarding the Palace of the King, who unceasingly testifies towards them his satisfaction. It is said that his Majesty in tends immediately to pass in review the volunteer mi litia. According to an enumeration made this morn ing of the prisoners of the ex-guard who have re• turned to the city, they amount to 890. The number of wounded carried to the Hospital is considerable. It appears that the list of dead is likewise still more so. It is said that this rebel guard has been deci mated in the conflicts which took place within and without the city. The new guard will be organized in a spirit entirely patriotic and national, according to the last regulation decreed by the Cortes. The Municipality of Madrid presented the King on the 9th, a very energetic Address, which produced a great impression. The following is a copy of this curious document. " Stan—Fully convinced that the late events of which this heroic city has been the theatre, shall have removed from the royal mind of your Majesty the melancholy illusions which perfidious men had employed to blind it, the constitutional Mu nicipality of the capital of Spain is eager to carry to the foot of the Throne the most sincere expression of its sentiments, and its wishes for the preservation of the State, and of its constitutional Monarch. The Municipality thinks it cannot render to their King a more precious service than to represent to him in time the necessity of adopting prompt and energetic measures, which may save the country, by causing to cease, in a certain and ra dical manner, the tmlamities which afflict it. " We are still in time, Sire, but perhaps the oppottunity may never again occur to remedy the evil. The means are simple, and - once adopted, the social edifice will be constructed on solid foundations, which neither the present generatios,nor that which is to come, will see shaken. The first of those mean* is, that your Majesty, being at last convinced that the true friends of your life and of your gluey are the dehnders of the fundamental law which guarantees both, should pat yourself in good faith at the heed of the patriotic cause, and give public and private proofs of I your being identified with it. _ - - - - " To give the first proof that your Majesty has sincerely em braced that cause, nothing is se necessary as to nominate for MLI nlsteft, in lieu of those who have resigned, men of known ability, notoriously devoted to the system, gifted with an energy and ac dvity sufficient to re-animate our social constkution,wlikk is kn. tubbing and enfeebled by the bad faith Osumi and the indokuce and iussiddidness of others. Your Court, Sire, or rather do. made establishment, Is composed (such is the public conviction) et permanent conspirators against liberty. " The retention of any one mous them would deprive your Majesty of the confidence of your faithful Spaniards; and never was k more necessary than at preseut, fur the safety of the State and of your Majesty, that your Majesty should recover that confidence. " Asa act, Sire, sot less Interesting for the re-establishtneat *loth of Auf „Pip to the 12 reach ; the( shewn make the the mui on the nos KING, 11 the Con which scandal reds, ad( ling a ruins of of I Constitu afi were I 'ate lei llity sad ar of that his et repot Gent adopted a no substituting the Governn is immense, IENCH °paled at 9] .Further ezi The Rev , Is i Amer nearly Pal which Cabello, on of May, to solder Gen< This for capab arms o canna tact' T St Taday ti but the Jobbe sok at 80 to Women Fu oslivulng, and the most in de ► don from Mae Old 621 to 61 (New) 81 to' lumbian 84k; The Marke The Fren r. sting Intel Notw•ithstan • and English ' , confusion th Guards, and i have shwa l ot So make tl ft. a t t c the n t il . bo the an cG, no . pectabl iclN ° th whit d scanc wards, g i in a l l e ruins nour of e Const rgel, 1 : nts wer private " . anquillii had bad .• purpose c reports th canted his It is rei offered Gc at the hea it sti l l is a iililee wacalbed '.. a u u adopted st i tt in Sultan, but form two-th ' ,which classes tc best effects. 4' " 4, ' gambled to j loader the I , • Governmen i panied by ( t' SuropeAns. Etolia and . The 13th h Arta, marcl opened at U ... Further ezi receding pas i • The Rev , • • I k rvaching i fittri Amer tits nearly I , i'v - ' apanish pal Imo, which Cabello, on of May, to ', stoJer Gen< This for as pab e arms o e town a petted, d canna • 'net, vice' . o.pd of thi ibis deprii alluded to the Capit 1 Siam, w' ' Porto Cab i p ro posed Armies b' of Portu " Mt. 1. nub to the of the trumi cartridges. Gli 2 . The clothing, nil ails, as well " S. The Republic, t The ml well The Jobbr . ck Ma head a hai better acco want 11