The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-05-18 00:00:00

110.11MNI s aisfe l of Cstretst" m " th he I ' ai left the himself at Fewest, w ith b 0 m meat', but on the 2 town j o ie his troops at the fif °flattery. * fallewing is an extract of a private letter re eked yesturdij morning from Genoa, dated the sth A I,llloti has arrived here in fourteen days Sesyria, which brings the account of a dreadful a te of the Greeks, both there and at Constanti olk, The Turks, after bombarding the town of ip t use, and burning many houses, had been reinforced bembepanto and Trippolizsa, and they finally obliged ! be Greeks to dy to Zante in great numbers. Many o gt ek priests, and other inhabitants, had been killed, s ea a church demolished!' Estract of a letter from Constantinople, via Genoa, bled April 10.--u For the last fifteen days business his been at a stand, and this city all anarchy and con fisioo. The revolution among the Greeks in Walla chia and Moldavia has given great alarm to the go vernment, as they were apprehensive that all the Greeks in the empire were concerned; and in couse pence of this gave orders for all the Turks in the ca pital to arm themselves, to be ready in case of an in surrection. This arming of the rabble has been the ease of a number of robberies, and has put an end to business; most of the shops have been shut up, afraid of visits from these fellows. However, government have begun to disarm them again, and have punished a.for of the worst ; and we trust in a few days all 1 01 be over... is addition to the above we take occasion to insert nalay the letter we announced on Wednesday re lative to the probable progress and ultimate success the Greek insurrection. Different as are the views ' aerated there from those we had been disposed t. entertain, we have little hesitation in allowing it :simission, knowing as we do not only the integrity Ist the knowledge of the writer. It is from a gentle men& Bow on his way from Smyrna, where he resided !Writ years, but which he left before the catastrophe .leseribed above; and is dated lay the Sth : " The Greek ri.vult recently arising in the northern •irotinces of the Turkish Empire, will probably excite itarh speculation in your Journals in London. It will, I II feu, be viewed as usual, in too sanguine a manner 1 iv the friends of fiefdom; and the ardent well withers to the emancipation of stilljugatial nations. may, as in :louse of the Neapolitan burlesque, be again deceived. Fur my own part, I foresee no great good as likely to r.tult to humanity in general from these insurrections. lithe Greek Patriots should succeed in their endea r:ars, will they long he able to maintain themselves uan independent nation?? I think they could not; for, eren supposing that they be nut already secretly de voted to the interests of the Russian Government, Au:tam:it would not long regard their self-erection into a f ;re state with an indifferent eye; and I think es con-Aerable period must elapse before their power toad he sufficiently consolidated, to enable them effec tually to oppos his •way. The nascent Greek Repub. would form hut another stepping-block towards his in, at extended dominion. while the Turkish Empire, tit at present exists, is upheld against him by a rambination of circumstances, which, for the present it least, limit his aggrandisement in that quarter of F..4rape. In the eyes of the Imperial parties to the ilalv Alliance, there is something much more sacred in a long confirmed system of oppression like that of ' Turkey, than in a constitutional Government, and wonld rather crush a million strugglers for li -troy, than wound a single defender of arbitrary T elit. Great Britain and France from commercial ,a 4 well as political connections, are the natural allies a flukey ; but as the establishment of Greek intlepen- Imre would probably strike a death blow at the trade si both with that country, these motives for support in their parts, could not prevail in such force in be half of the Greeks, as of the Turks. " Whether the Greeks are likely, from their character and resources, to succeed in throwing off their yoke, I have had some means of judging ; hut I really feel 'impressed with apprehensions that they are not fully prepared for so important a struggle. Although it has, of late years, been the fashion to view their ca .lmbility of national exertion with reference to their mighty exploits in the classic periods of their history, let I consider such an association forced, and unwar anted by their actual state and character. It has been said, that the Greeks are degraded only in conse- Vence of their long wretched subjugation to the Ma hjmetans. lam of opinion that every kind of slavery is destructive of manly feeling, and debasing to the mind; but why that en:lured under the Turks is so notch worse than that inflicted by the truly Christian }suers or ALEXANDER Ido not clearly see. The li reeks were the vilest of slaves under their own Em ?eters. S.•perstition brought them to it ; and when the Turks conquered their empire, they did not make them slaves and cowards, but found them so. What made the Neapolitans slaves? Not Turkish oppression 1 32 relF. The torpifying spell was superstition ; and so le as the Neapolitans and Greeks continue alike super aitions, in the same proportion will they remain alike slavish. The Greek perhaps possesses a little more I P° lll allenus courage than the Neapolitan, and there 15 room for less bravado ; but he is much more selfish, mercenary, and unenlightened. From such characters, then, should the struggle be protracted, can much be loped ? Will the Greeks be prepared to encounter a ne w enemy in ALEXANDER. after they have overcome ilahrooad? Not they do not possess much moral "II) as a people, and late events sufficiently chew Is, that that is the only effectual " perilous stuff" it " Can be made out to " weigh upon the hearts" of Tyriatt.., THE STA' A Private letter from Naples, dated April tjth, states that arrests of persons of distinction continue unabated, and that seven or eight men were lately shot, for being found with arms in their hands in contraven tion of the decree of the provisional government. The leaders in the late Revolution are now reproaching each other with treachery, and all appear to have been too much actuated with selfish and mercenary views. The Prince Royal, or Duke of Calabria, hu, it is said, entirely retired from public business, and lives at Coserta, about twenty-five miles from the capital. He is generally believed to have been sincere during the whole period of the revolution, and therefore is a great favourite with the nation. The English fleet, except a brig and a cutter, has left the bay, and sailed for Malta or tilt-. lonian Islands. The French fleet consisting of five or six ships of war, is still there. Extract of a letter from Madrid, dated May 3:— " The insurgents of Castile continue to cause much uneasiness to our Government. Merino, one of their chiefs, is no common man. Ile has succeeded in at taching the whole province by the power of au ascend ancy of mind which they cannot resist. For the present he does not proclaim himself an enemy to the new institu tions ; on the contrary, lie preaches up their preser vation. What he pretends to combat is, the govern ment—the system adopted by the Cortes--the preponde rance of a faction, the existence of which cannot be de nied. On the other hand, he is guilty of great cruelty : he pillages every where, and takes by force the men who resist him. What proves the power he has,ivi r the minds of the Castilian, is, that the political chief of Burgos, to whom the government sent 211,411.11 piastres to pay spies to watch the movements of this famous insurgent, has made answer to the Ministry, that lie has not been able to meet with a single man who would undertake the service, whilst he (the Poli tical Chief) is in his turn surrounded with spies What ever the cause may be, three of our best generals are in pursuit of Merino, without beipg able to take him— vis., the Esupecinado, Lopes Bagnos, and Riego. The first has narrowly escaped falling into the hands of the faction', who have taken 80 men in one ren contre, and 31 in another." Farm Cuttat•na.—We have received from our cor respondent, ria Boston, our files of the Curacoa Cou rant to the frith Feb.—They confirm the accounts, for merly received, of the inhabitants of Maracaybo having declared themselves in favor of the Patriots, pulled d.iwn the Spanish flag at all the military stations, and replaced it with the colours of Columbia. The troops, consisting of coloured people, were adverse to the change; hut a new commandant having been lately a ppointed, who disarmed the mulatto guard, the re volution was completed by the unanimous de claration of the inhabitants in favor of inde pendence. Accounts from St. Thomas state, the Governor of St. Vincent had offered a re ward of 1001. currency, for the bringing in of the sloop Charles and Thomas and a person on board, of the name of Brown, who was accused of having violated the custom laws of France and Eng land, and forcibly carrying away a French custom house officer from St. Pierres. and landing hith at St. Lucia. The sloop is represented to be sailing without a register. The Editor of a Demerara paper notices the receipt of a Sierra Leone 6asette, which mentions the arrival at that place of a schooner from Ilarbadoes with West India produce in exchange, which is hailed as the dawn of a new branch of tom merce.—(.Vese lurk National 44sIvertistr.) BroxaeaaTc.--Reports from St. Helena are given in some of the papers, representing Buonaparte as very seriously indisposed. It is stated that lie had kept his bed for a fortnight or three weeks, that he was nut able to retain any thing on his stomach, and that his dissolution was thought likely. Another ac count, on the contrary, describes him as being much occupied with the new residence that had been erect ed fur him, and as amusing himself very actively at intervals with shooting wild eats with which the island abounds. We have no doubt that both these rumours may have been actually imparted, for stran gers on their way from India are anxious to collect what they can relative to the Ex-Emperor, while they stay at St. Helena, and the inhabitants always take care to furnish them with news. The truth, however, is that very little can be gathered there respecting him, on which reliance can be placed. We have been assured by a medical gentlemau, who lately touched there, that it was as difficult to learn any authentic intelli gence as it was to obtain a view or an audience of this interesting personage. This repugnance to the lio vernor's introduction continues unabated, and no ac cess being attainable by other means, Buonaparte and his concerns remain completely au secret. The Report of the National Vaccine Establishment to the Secretary of State is given in a preceding . column. In this important document it is ac knowledged, that " the pretensions of vacci nation to the merit o f a perfect and exclusive security in all cases, against small pox, were ad mitted at first rather too unreservedly." This ac knowledgement, however, is accompanied with the assurance, that though vaccination does not always prevent small pox, it never fails to mitigate its severity, and render it less fatal. The document is altogether of so important a nature as to merit the most serious attention. Ma. BROUGHAM'S EDUCATION BILL.--It is a little remarkable, that although this Bill has been printed seven months, and includes enactments of the most se rious importance to various classes of the community, it does not appear to have aroused that attention which its importance deserves ; not the least important feature in the Bill is the expense which it will entail upon the country, but more especially on the agricul tural interest. * Upon a moderate calculation that por tion of the expense of erecting schools which is to be paid out of the County Rates will not be less than 2,500,000/., and the salary to be paid to the Masters will amount to at least 300,0001 annually, to be paid o ut of the Poor's Rates.—(BinsiagAiust Merewry.) It has been signified to us that Mr. Brougham will withdraw the Education Bill which he lately in troduced into the House of COMIIOIIII, for the purr of bringii stable feelings t leading of that to invest lei" Ilt OF THE STATESMAN. 11, to the Press we mortals owe, AU we believe, and almost all we know. Of all the arts which human ingenuity, aided by indefatigable study, has devised, that of printing has contributed must to the general good of mankind. This invaluable discovery was made in Germany, in the middle of the fourteenth century. Previous to that period, the generality of mankind were sunk in the deepest ignorance—involved iu the thickest—dark est—and addicted to the grossest superstitions. Destitute of the means of intellectual improvement. it is not to be expected their condition could have been otherwise; books were then scarce and dear. A well written Bible would have cost no less than thirty pounds ! which at that time was, at least, ten times the value it is now. Other books were dear or cheap according to their size; consequently, very few of the people were able to purchase them. But as soon as the art of printing was invented and put in practice, those (lark clouds of ignorance that hitherto obscured the land, were dispelled ; books became plenty and *cheap; and knowledge rapidly increased. There am some countries, however, even in Europe. that, in a plitical point of view, are still asnazincly ignorant. This is in consequence of the restrieti (its that are laid on the press. la the countries to which I allude, nothing is allowed to be printed with.mt be ing first subjected to the examination of the agents of Government, and if it meet not with their appro bation, it is condemned to be burnt. flew e it is that no publication exposing the vices and injustice of the administration ever mikes its appearance. But it is not so in Britain: Our constitution allots:. us a free and independent press; and it is one of the greatest privileges we enjuy. A free press is the strongest bulwark we have, against the at , .tlis th.,t are made upon our rights and liberties. Were it nit for a free press, conducted by liberal and inilepeo , !ent men, we would have been robbed of mane, if not all, of those privileges which we are accustomed to hold in the highest estimation. Deeply impressed with these and such like sentimnits. we ought to view with the strongest indignation All attempts that are made to lay new restrictions upon the liberty of the press. An Administration, honest, just, and itninacitiate, can never be alarmed at having its conduct discussed. The following paragraph which is extracted front the journal of Jonathan Kentucky, an American, who was in England a few months ago. may probably he deemed interesting to the readers of Tut: I STATESMAN : • " In America," says he, " we recognise no sly!, of. fence as political libel, thinking that a liovert;n:eot founded in the affections of the people has nothing to fear from such attacks; and experience has sheo us that we are not in the wrong. With us, then, the freedom of the press is unlimited ; and every man may circulate his sentiments withont any ris:i, however hostile they may be to the administration, and even the constitution of the l'overnment. In England, this right is also claimed ; hut though the executive power is here so much stronger than with us. and though it is supported by so imestinaalde a sai;itary force, the alas who takes his pen in hand to attack the eossehret arias rulers, writes with • halter about his meek. In undertaking to arraign public measures, with out offending against the law of libel, he stands much in the situa•ion of Shvlork, who was pe •tted to take his pound of desh—provided he shed no drop of blood in the operation." J. U. _ TO THE EDLEOIt OF THE STATES.VA.V. SlR—The following verses are the protluct!on of a tall, thin. eccentric personage, who lives in my neighbourhood, and I send to you. withoilt any correction, as they dropped warm trom his lip , in a late poetical reverie. If you should think the !! ca pable of giving amusement to say of your numerous readers, you are at liberty to insert them in your valuable journal. You will pyrreive that this btrange gentleman is a very shallow politician, and but a t n in different poet —Yours. FIIAGNIENT. The Ministerial storm is o'er The howling blast has prised away ; And Italy from shore to shore Now mourns her children's perjury. Milan, that forg'd each deadly lie, Now forges fetters fur the free ; Enslsed herself, she, too, shall sigh; --- Tho' the strong hold of tyranny. Oh! Worthless land ! To virtue lost ! " Now, leugh'd to scorn! a seinen'. wrongs, " For vengeance on thy perjued host, " Cry with a thousand trumpet tongues. " Insulted Britain, dooa'd to feel, " Thy serpeat•stiog thro' all her veins, " Has lent her gold' to buy thee steel, " And paid thy infamy with ehaios. " Haply, thy nest of fraud and mime, " Where oaths were purchaa'd on Commission, " May give us, at some future time, The ilist'ry of the Holy Mission. " Then, ia that page of high-church glory. " We'll see how math each galley-slave, " Each foul assassis, for his story, " pet from the Empress of the Wave. " We've sent the leech to let ;lice blood; " Yea shrift ere thy brown leeks be grey ; 41 I that the cookery was good; :eed Bill of Fare, or Bill o' the Play. " Tell your Lord Cardinal of Rome, " He yet may deign to own our Queen ; " The eternal city wrapp'd in gloom, " May teach her priests an humbler mien." L ong the Queen Caroline!! ! No Bull Can rob her of a nation's prayers ; Our priests are not infallible. Nor Ifeav'n the Court of Ministers. She lives, within our hearts enahrin'd, Her griefs embalm'd in Britain's tears ; While still to Providence resign'd, We look for calmer, happier years: TOA OMBBE. • Tan Austrian Loan. THE QUEEN'S BIRTH-DAY. Yesterday being her Majesty's birth day, the nags were Isolated at the churches of Ctippiegate, St. ( h ies in the Fields, St. Bride, and other pa.ishes ; and the Belts rung mere peals. 'Ruminations in several places had been eowemplated and preparing, but the unfavottrableness t the weather much damped the design. Many parochial ard other pnblic dinners. however, took place in honour of the day, and the warmth of loyalty and attachment to the Queen, the respective parties who Resembled to celebrate her birth, counteracted the chill awl gloom of the ungenial atmosphere. About a hundred friends of Constitutional Reform assembled at the Eagle Tavern, City Rneti, where an excellent dinner was providtd.- 31ajor Cartwright was in the Chair, an.l after the cloth WAS removed proposed, as the tirst toast, " the King. anti may he never forget the sentiments he expressed it, his Speech in the year 1a19." 'rite Queen" was neat given in appropriate and animated terms, and received with the most cordial acclamnations. " Sir Francis Bur dett, and his exertions in time cause of the people," fol lowed; and other patriotic characters end sentiments re..eived a similar tokeu of respect. 31:sjor Cartwright, the Rev. Mr. Draper, the Rev. Mr. Hayes, Mr. %Tooter, kc., severally addressed the company with much a! flits and effect in the enurse of the es-ening ; ' awl the meeting separated about II o'clock, highly gra t:fied with the pleasures of the d my. The money col lected for the relief of persons in confinement under po litical rrosecntions,stated at the meeting to amount to about sixteen pounds. At Grove-Home, Catuberwell, a large and respectable party dined together, to celebrate the occasion. The rhair %%a.; taken by Nlr. Faye. ta g at about tire o'clock, an ian excellent dinner was serve& up. After time cloth Int i been remitted, the toast of " his Majesty, anti no ir tie ever recollect that the prerogatives of eilt, Croon are held in trust for the people," was given ; and snlist queerly the health of her Majesty was drank with enthu siasm. Mr. Favell, in proposing the latter toast. made some appropriate remarks, cor”.*.ratntoing the tam:spa:my upon the happy deliverance of her Nlitiesty from her ene mies. Letters were read from Mr. All Wow!, Mr. S. Whitbread, Sir R. Wilson, Sir W. De Crespigny. and Mr. Denison, excusing their attendance by previous en gagements. Mr. Alderman Wood said lie should have been happy to have waited upon the company. but he had received the cotnmands of her Majesty to dine with her at Brandenhurgh-horse. In the coarse of the even ing, Sir U. Keith. Mr. Ryland and others addressed the cotnpany ; and appropriate [longs were sling, and toasts given, in honour of the birthday of her Majesty. JUSTICIARY CIRCUI7' COURT, INVERNESS, APRIL 28. RIOTERS ON THE SUTHERLAND Fn..'Tr. John .ilqiheson, JoLn Stithr:lthil, and .INne .4fdr (toted, tenants in Archress, on the Marquess of Staf ford's estate, in the parish of Clyne, and county of Sutherland, were put to the bar, ac: tsed of mobbing. rioting, and defacing a party of Sheriff-officers, on 14th March last, who had proceeded there to eject th.•rn. Matheson. having pleaded guilty, was ordered to he six months imprisoned in the jail of Dorstoch, and the other pannels were dismissed siopliciler front the bar. John Pariboo, alerander and George Dari , lson, F:vphentia and rlirisfittn r‘irmark, &c. late sub-tenants in Wester, in the parish of Wick, and county of Caith ness, were found guilty of defacing, obstructing, and assaulting► Alexander Farquhar, messenger at arms, on tNith November last, who proceeded there to eject them ; and t e male prisoners were ordered to he ins risoned six months, and the female three, in the jail of Wick. On Friday, pursuant to his sentence at la.t Cirrnit rout, John Flemiog was executed at Stirling for isning a forged five pound note of the Paisley Bank• ing Company. The Reverend Messrs. Bruce, Ileugh, and Stewart, attended him in bis cell, and accompa nied him to the Council Chamber, where the Ma gtstra,es were waiting ; a rains was sung, anti the three clergymen prayed. The prisoner joined feg rently in the devotions, and was very much resign ed to his fate. lie was bronlit to the scaffold IS I minutes past three o'clock, and almost immediately after the strop fell. An immense multitu de of spec ' tators attended, suitably affected with the awful scene. - --- - SPORTING !A' TE ',MENU?. SEWING AT TATTERSALL'S, MAY 17. DF 'inv.-100W I. agst Unstavos-11 to st agst Reginald —7 to 1 asst Tressilian-7 to I eget .104. No alteration of ernsequence in the netting on the O*k•. Dust 4, en ST. I.mmt.-7 to I asst Jack Spigot—lo to 1 art tio,tabus-20 to I mat Jock. A statement, it is said, was yesterday made out, to be laid before his Majesty, relative to the pro. r,ress of the preparations in Westminster Halt.— From this circumstance and others, expectation is again entertained that the Coronation will take place soon after the prorogation of Parliament. On Friday at Chester, Sir T. Stanley's c. Doge of Vewiee, wan the Palatine Stakes; Torrelli, the Sweep stakes of 20gs. each ; and Botobasine, the Handi cap Sweepstakes of lilgs• each ; and Sir T. Mostyn's • b. h. Alderman Wood, the Ladies plate of but. Conx-Excuanoe, MAY 1,4.--Having had hut few ar rivals of Wheat awl Barley this week, and a demanei foe that of tine quality, prime samples of each of the ahoy,: articles were readily disposed of at an advance of Is. per quarter on Atonday's prices ; but there was scarcely any thing doing in the inferior qualities.—The Oat trade was heavy at Monday's prices, the supply being *Teeter than the deniand.—ln Beans and Peas no alteration. SMITH?' ELD 111 ARC/11, MAY 1 $ 4 .—.-The Market Was short this morning in the supply of Beef, but in Sheep awl Lamb there was a good supply, and the prices are much the same as per last Market day,and the Market is heavy at Monday's prices (To sink the offal ; per Stone of Sibs.) \ Beef .• .. 3s. tid. to 41. 6d. C%TTLI AT MAMMY. Mutton.. 3s. 6d. to 4s. 41 Beasts Veal .... 4s. ed. to 31. 6d. Calves Pork •• .. 3s. 6d. to 3s. 41 Sheep and Lambs.... 7 . 290 Pigs - 130 i; t. educed into inn fltniao - _ bringing forward a new one, more suitable to the slings and dirpositions of the people in general ; a The election of an Alderman for Queenhithe, iu as , od. to 7s. od • pigs - tiding feature of which will be to deprive the Clergy the room of Sir William Doinville, will take place on HAY MARIEZT.—No alteration in the prices of this that power which a was the object o n the Stet hill Monday next. The candidates are, Mr. Capel, of Market.—Straw and Clover no alteration. the S tic k Exchange, and Mr. Venable+, a resident in- ) invest in their hands, and give it to a Committee. Hay ....31. lOs. to U. Os. I Straw „H. Ss. to 11. Ife. bid. habitant of the Ward. closer ..41. Os. to 3i. Os. I . . the :out lities gest smile r the .4:tw irls'', COW , 'Mite 'mein* were to the lat the cen op •• ichael per, to • ) Mol- ants of be any tura 01 s,►l - as the .oessar!: R . from 'arks at as yet Lpril the r,- ;a s read oho and re matte con - t , TLc f▪ orctil destined A Yr" this tax e assert' he latter i n pri- turharest Daps, an d dl, ntina 11101:Jr& ha% wiNkla B of f ri' i re d to gue in ) lb of he ial w. 1. ler 'Cr >nn► the F ars, :re note eyes. the t kitig ction. t tor.-