The Sun. — London, England, 1823-05-09 00:00:00

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY ; ,,,Extracts from the Morning Pqersi May 9. tiNEW TIMES.] Consols opened yesterday at 79? i a, and closed at. 791 4. Spanish' Bonds, too, which in the course of the day had been at 381, closed at 371 i" The - se prices seem to. be owing entirely to .the course of operations followed by the great, speculators, without any political cause to in- Ilttence the fluctuation. Some extensive sales were effected by parties , who had previously ope rated for a• rise ; and this was enough to produce the effect that we have noticed. The very idea of any effectual opposition on the part of the Spanish Jacobins seems to be scouted even by 2We Times. That Misleading Journal a 'few months ago taught us to expect nothing but in stant annihilation to the French. Army from the moment it touched the Spanish soil; but now it turns round upon its deluded readers with the 'following pithy sentence : " There Surely never was a war that made so little noise, or was so little distini,mished by events, as this .prestnt war of France, upon sain : it really bveomes almost ritlieulo4" !!! la a few days we shall,' no doubt, find this same Journal abusing the Spaniards by wholesale, as it did the Neapolitans,aud calling thema set of worth less cowards and runaways; for such barefaced ter giversation costs The Times no effort; it is native to. the 'element of shameless self-contradiction. As to the war's not being distinguished by events : why what events would The Times have ? In its own co lumns we find it stated that Saragossa was occupied by Count Molitor, Valencia by Gen. Ulmann, Valladolid by Merlnoond Palencia by Cuevilla that the troops of Quesnda had advanced to Armin de Duero ;' that no less . than eight thou sang Arragonese in arms had joined the second French corps ; that Marshal Moncey had taken possession of Roses, and occupied the city of Figueras, blockading the citadel. On the other hand, the Empecinado had been repulsed from 'Valladolid ; the garrison of Pampeluna, attempt ing a sally, had been driven back , with loss 4 Ballasteros had lost great part of his troops by desertion, and was retiring precipitately with the rest on V alencia, where his retreat would be intercepted by the victorious Unman'); Mina , had retired on Barcelona with a small body of troops ; Morillo had not above two thousand men under his command in Galicia,; and Abisbal had encamped at the Pardo, two leagues from' Madrid, with between two and three thousand men. If by the events The Times means great pitched battles, it is very probable that none will occur in the whole course of the war ; for the simple reason that the Jacobin faction will never be able to bring a great army into the field. They Want, as was candidly confeised by that worthy patriot the Dulitl de San Lorenzo, those two little requisites " Iron and Gold !"—By the bye, we are happy to see that his Grace has the good sense to stay comfortably in England. When he first came hither,. The Times, or some such foolish Journal, told us that his Grace only took London in his way te the Spanish frontiers, where he meant to meet the first invader of his country, sword in hand. [-r 'rlMl:s.] We have received a letter from one who inti- Mates his opinion, and supports it with argu mentsrthat the King's Ministers were not sincere In their execration of the conduct of France.— We hear, also, that the same opinion is fre quently professed in company, and we are there fore inclined to say a word or two respecting it. There is, no doubt, then, that the different mem bers of the Administration hate the Bourbon pro ceedings with different degrees of hatred, in pro portion to their several talents, the goodness of their hes its or the rectitude of their understandings. Some fee; strong disgust,some lessoome so infinitely little, that they could soon be induced to pass the line, and become approvers of the invasion. It how ever appears to us that while the good cause has the advantage of all their reprobation hurled upon the bad one, we had better not ransack men's minds too closely, but, to use a homely proverb, " leave welt alone." If indeed, while they were openly execrating the conduct of the Bourbons, Ministers were secretly affording them help, or even abetting them, by encouragement in their flagitious enterprise, a just subject of complaint would exist against them, and their duplicity would excite universal abhorrence : but hitherto even the imputations of their enemies do not rise to this height. The French King, it is said, in return for the abuse of British Mini sters, has leaded them, with praise : that would be the prudent course on the part of his Majesty, even if lie believed that their words and thoughts coincided, and that they really detested his con duct as much as they say they detest it ; for, whatever harm their present professions may do bim, their future acts might do him much more, it he were to biaton his dissatisfaction in crimi taatory lauguage. EstoartiNG posT.] - • That the reign of violence -and outrage in Ireland should be prolonged and strengthened, can no longer excite surprise, when we find that language is hazarded, even in the British House of Commons, proclaiming a community of feel ing with those desperate bands, who in that country oppose brute force to the dominion of the taw. The authority of a certain wise ruble popularity hunter, impotent as it is in this country, light as it must be deemed when ad dressed to the minds of civilized and instructed men, will probably have s Mlle influence when it read-hes the haunts of the untaught savage, who, woscious of sufering, and incapable of tracing it to its causes, hesitates whether he shalt per severe in patience and in hope, or wreak his blind and indiscriminate vengeance on all around him. There is t we apprehend, no greater error than that which ascribes the agitations -and crimes by which Ireland has been so -mach afflicted to the claims of the Established: Church. This mistaken opinion has been pro pagated with so much industry, and zeal, that it has produced a state of things which easy easily be taken for a proof of its correctness. Ecclesiastical burdens have been so long and so loudly alledged as the cause of disturbance in Ireland, that they have at length become the ready apology and the convenient watchward to every comlAation of lawless plunderers and destroyers; which the imperfect organiza tion of society and the uncivilised state of man ners in many parts of the country have occasioned. Whoever inquires what the sources of Church Revenue in Ireland really are, will at once be convinced, not only that the disturbances so frequent and so fatal in that country do not principally arise from pressure of this burden, but that, in truth, the great mass of the people are not immediately and directly affected by it, and that it its entire removal would not afford them any sensible relief. The Parochial Clergy in Ireland, as in England, are generally supported by tithe, and to tithe accordingly those who devote themselves to the attack upon every established institution ascribe the disorders and calamities of the country. Tithe is not, how ever, it ought to be remembered, a tax upon the ,farmer or the peasant ; but is essentially a joint proprietorship of land, under which the landlord and the Church claim their respective legal pro portions of its produce. Whilst the Irish peasant remains so ignorant of, or so indifferent to the comforts of existence whilst, in other words, he retains his present position in the scale of civi lization—he will farm his potatoe-garden, as he now does, upon any terms that may afford to him and his family the hope of an abject and miserable subsistence. Suppose tithe should be at once and entirely abolished,must he not know that his land lord would elaim,and that he would submit, to such an increase of rent as would be fully equivalent to it? What is it to him, w hateve r may be his religion, since the question is in the long ruff merely one of adjustment between the Church and the landlord, which may obtain an advantage over the other in the distribution of the surplus produce'? The Pro. testant Clerg yman has the same legal right to his share of the produce fixed by law, as the landlord has to his snare, which has been de» termined with the acquiescence of the tenant himself. Let the class, of society in Ireland, which generally rents land, once know as well what is due to-themselves, and be as capable - of asserting it as that class of society in England, and tithe will be no longer spoken of as a dis tinguishing and peculiar grievance ; let them continue in their present dintlition of barbarity nnd'ignorance, and the total abolition of tithe would fail either to increase happiness, or to promote tranquillity. [IIIIITI9II PIIESA.i We received yesterday by privatts-e*presss the French Papers of Tuesday, with the Pilule and Etoile of that evening. Our private letters state„ as a confirmed fact, that Molitor, with a part of the second corps of the French army, was suddenly attacked near Tudela by Ballasteros ; that a san guinary engagement ensued, in which Molitor was defeated, and two French regiments cut 'to pieces; that Saragosa was in consequence evacuated by the French ; and that Molitor had re treated in confusion to the head-quarters of Angouleme at Vit toria. This, if true, would be mostimpor tent news indeed, and our Correspondent assures ue of its truth most confidently. It was' circulated late in Paris on Tuesday, in the hest-informed circles; and we cannot distrust it merely because it was not announced to have reached the French Government by telegraph, or if it did come by that convey:ince, was of course suppressed. The very last papers from Bayonne differ materially from the ac. counts in the Ultra Paris Journals of some days preceding ; and the fact is, as we have often said, that no reliance can be placed on two-thirds of the accounts of the French armies or their movements, appearing under the controul of the French Minister, in these papers. The Pilote of Wednesday states the evacuation of Palencia and Valladolid by Morillo's troops ; in the latter city not a single Spanish soldier remained. Val ladolid lies in Leon, near the Douro, 52 miles south-west of Burgos and 05 north by west of Madrid. Palencia lies also in Leon; it Is seated on the Carrien, 23 miles north-east of Valladolid, and 70 south-east of Leon. The Pilate further states, that the FrenCh soldiers wounded at Logrono had arrived at, Tolosa. Nothing new had arrived from St. Sebas tian or Pampeluna. A defensive Council, composed of eight persons, capable and worthy of confidence, were formed to as sist the Governor in Pampeluna, who was resolved to defend the place to the last. The Army of the Faith was not recruited with the facility expected ; not a single constitutional sol , tiler had quitted his ranks. The retreat of Morino from Palencia and Valladolid, the Pilule states, must have arisen from superior orders, and to be part of the plan of the Spanish Campaign, which no one yet knows, but which may easily be supposed. Letters from Perpignan, to the 29th of April, state, that Count Curial had moved on Besalu, and his head-quarters were established there on the 28th. Dames had marched to Alfa ; Moncey had left Perlada on the 28th, in the mornin, with his staff. The head-quarters of the Freneh Marshal, it was imagined, would be established further in advance, and that few troops would be left to blOckade Figuerai. Letters from Bayonne still speak of all the accounts from Paris as stating negocuttions between France and Spain most probable. The Spanish Cortes, it is now said, have decided on transferring the seat of government to Cadiz. The Etoile announces, that at the moment they wrote, Amarante, who was driven out of Portugal, and had entered Spain, must have effected a junction with the French army at Palencia or at Valladolid. If this fact be true, the Courier Francais adds, war between France and Portugal is already declared.— The Journal de Toulouse states, that an engagement said to have taken place on the 26th April, at Calahera, between Moll tor and Balfaateros, was talked of, and that intelligence from head-quarters was anxiously expected to know the details. The same paper states, theta cannonade was heard duling the entire of the 26th, in the direction of St. Sebastian.. If the latest accounts front Vienna can be depended upon, Angouleme looks to his entry into Madrid as the termination of his labours; there, ac cording to the communications of the Marquis de Caraman, the French Ambassador to the Austrian Court, he is to esta blish a government in the name of Ferdinand. The Cortes is to be re-established as heretofore, with the ancient constitution of Spain, regard being had to times and circumstances. An army is also to be formed in the magic name of Ferdinand, which is to subdue Conch: and Andalusia, and bring about a Spew order of things all through Spain. Dut-the Duke of An gouleme will discoVer, we fancy, that his calculations of a peaceful sojourn at Madrid will be bitterly disappointed when there, his toil's will be only commencing : (lallicia and Anda lusia will remain firmly attached to the Constitution, and he will ultimately find Spain invincible, when thousands of his troopps have fallen by theslimate and the sword, and France has vainly expended millions of treasure in the attempt to subdue a people, remarkable in all ages for their attaclunent to indepen dence, and now determined to be free. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] We are not of the number of those who have no praise but for the times that are past. We think, on the contrary, the present time, on the whole, better than any for mer time. There are, for instance unquestionably a much greater number of intelligent and enlightened men in this coun try now than it has evercontained at any former period. But while we willingly admit the general superiority of the age, we are not blind to its defects. There is, in particular, one feature belonging to it which we cannot contemplate with sa tisfaction. We allude to the mental cowardice which pre vents men from giving expression to 'their conviction, and the insincerity which leads them to express what they do not think. A certain assembly has fully its share of this want of singleness of heart and pusillanimity. No man who knows any thing of the world can listen for any length of time to the language used in the assembly in ques tion, without perceiving that the fear of offending in this quarter, and the desire to please in that, rather than conscien tious conviction,, too often actuates the speakers.' There MO certainly some distinguished exceptions, who scorn to sacrifice , on the altar of timidity or machiavelism, and of these we think Mr. Hume unquestionably one. The-unahrinking firmness with which he grapples with the subjects that come before hint, with Out turning to the right hand or the left, has in deed not been lost, either on the country or on the House. We doubt, for instance, whether another Member or my stand ing in the Clouse could have been found to present and en force the petition from Mary Ann Carlile which he brought forward some weeks ago, though the grounds on which he supported that petition were such as to make a strong im. pression on the House, and a still stronger on the country. —But, taking counsel only froM his own conscience, being actuated by a sincere desire to rescue that religion of Which we deem him a sincere believer and friend, from the odium which false or less judicious friends were throwing on it, and listening to the counsel of the most eminent advocates of Christianity, the most illustrious ornaments of the Church of England, when its higher places were not deemed the almost exclusiVe portion of the Nobility, he hesitated not to raise his voice in favour of equal law and free discussion, which were wounded in the case of this individual. Tee result proved, that' it was a mere phantom,at whiebothershad taken fright, and the advocates of persecution and of partiality - were found unequal to a contest which only exposed them to ridicule.---Last night he pre sented a petition from R.Carlile,an ind iv idualwhom an injudicious activity, has of late brought so much into notice. Alluding to the prejudices against this man, he stated as the result of his inquiries respecting him, that " he was one of the best moral characters in England," that " his- reli ,, ious opinion might differ from that of some other persons, but that that did not affect his moral character ; and he would dare any one to contradict him, when he said that as a husband, as a father, as head of a family, and as a neighbour, Mr. Carlile might challenge calumny itself." This was cheered by the Mini sterial Benches, not probably because they who cheered knew whether Carlile was a moral or immoral man, but because they thought Mr. Hiime had g9t on ticklish ground, by allowing the probability of a notorious infidel being moral. But we are not to hold religion in less esteem, when we find that faith does not uniformly produce good works, any more than we are to deem it unnecessary to the support of morality, because we find occasionally moral individuals without a due sense of gion. "An unbeliever (says Bishop Sandeson), awed some times by the law of natural conscience, may manifest much simplicity and integrity of heart; and the true child of Clod, swayed sometimes with the law of sinful concupiscence, may bewray much foul hypocrisie and infidelity." It is only in juring the cause of religion to attribute more either to it, or to the absence of it, than is consistent with the truth ; and the most respectable Christian writers, though they justly observe that religion and honesty are most frequently found together, are ready at the same time to allow that they are sometimes found separate. We never, for instance, heard it questioned that %Ir. Owen, of New Lanark, is a very moral man. On the other hand, we have iloebts whether M. de Chateauhriand was a much more honest Matt when he brought water from the River Jordan for the baptism of the King of Rome, or is so even now; that when " shocked at the abuse of some of the Institu tions of Christianity and at the vices of some of its professors, he suffered himself to be inisled.by sophistry, and gave way to declamation." LMORNI , NO HERALD.) The pause of Commons has shown no remiss. ness in prosecuting the inquiry into the conduct of the Sheriff of Dublin. There has been, perhaps, even more earnestness than might have been expected, after the first edge of novelty and curiosity . had passed away.- In any observation upon this subject, jusnce and propriety demand that no observation should be made upon the conduct of the Sheriff of Dublin, or any •other party inculpated. Moreover, the judgment of the 'louse upon the conduct bf individuals is not the prin cipal result to which those who have any regard for the tranquillity of Ireland should look forward. The only be neficuil—permanently. .beneficial, result would be, a car rec.tion and prevention -of abuses in the administration of justice between the Crown and the subject—between citizen and citizen, by altering anti amending the muni cipal constitution of Dublin. It is quite clear from the evi dence already given, that whilst the Corporation continues to be animated with its present spirit, and armed with its present powers, a fair' political trial is hardly to be expected. This supposition does not imply positive bud faith and conscious violation of duty in persons exercising corporate func tions in judicial matters. But is fairness to be expected from persons whose judgments are distorted, and whose passions are envenomed , by religious and political preju dice ? Some of the questions put during the examina tions *ere of an entertaining simplicity, from the answers which they drew forth, and the camelion contrast of colours under which the political opinions of the same persons appear ed to different observers. The' same transaction presents the same difference of complekion. In some instances indivi duals themselves were asked to state the precise temperature of their political blood. The answers remind one of Sir Anthony Ahaolute, who held himself out as an example of calm temper. Then, as to the manner in which the Jury was formed, in one man's estimation, nothing could be more proper. They were selected for the soundness of their prin ciples, and the knowledge of their sharacters. Ask another to view the same identical transaction, and he tells you it was a palpable packing of the Jury : anti both, perhaps, speak with a sort of conscientious regard for trutl4 It has been ob served, we believe, by . Mr. Godwin, that impartiality is a virtue placed too high for the reach of man. If this were true no where else in the world, it would be true in Dublin, where there is so muchpolitical anti religions animosity. What, then, is the course obviously to be pursued ? Nothing Is more obvious and simple:—bigotry should be deprived of the power which it abuses, and must abuse, from its nature. This very Inquiry, as far as it has gone, gives sufficient evidence that' the Corporation of Dublin is .liadly constituted, and in vested with a monstrous extent of patronage and power. —lt is a nest of jobbing and management. In all but the elections, it wields the sceptre over the people of Dublin. —lt would be a great mistake to suppose that the corporate body in. Dublin might be intrusted with the same power over the interests of the inhabitants as in London. Both may be constituted from the same classes of society; but what a difference between the one and the other.—ln this great capi tal, men engaged in the pursuits of laborious industry have their minds unirnbittered by religious division—enlarged by an extensive scale of trade ; and though divided by political opi nion, 3 , et generally incapable of any dangerous or unprincipled bias, from the enlightened andeonipreliensiVe sense which they entertain of political and public rights.—ln Dublin it is abso lutely the reverse.—ln fine, the Corporation of Dublin snould be clipped of some of its powers, and rendered less the mono poly, or the nursery of mere party._ lee of its greatest vices is the power of perpetuating its own spirit, by its exclusively and intolerant constitution. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BIBLE SOCIETY. Yesterday the Anniversary Meeting of the Merchant Seamen's Bible Society was held at the City of Lon don Tavern, where the Great Room was filled by a respectable assemblage of females.—Lord I xstou z'rr took the Chair. The report was read by . the Secretary. It stated at great length the progress the Society had made during the last year ; and the whole was highly gratifying,. Lord ROCESAVAGE moved that the report should he reedy ed. It was agreed to with much applause. Gentleman addressed the Meeting at great length, and contended that it was a mistake to suppose that it would make sailors mopes_,, and afraid, of gynpowderi if the? were made religious. The contrary was proved by, the fact, that the best fighters bad ofteniteen the best Christians ; and amongst the host, he instanced Colonel Gardner, Admiral Gambier, and their present excellent (.‘ i hairman.—(Loud applause.)—No sol diers or sailors, could be, so .g,ood as those who were constantly prepared to Meet death, and none could be well prepared to face the King of Terrors who were not armed by religion.— (A.iiplause.)—Sailors of a religious habit were also more docile, and required less rigorous restraint than others. There was no ideas of men who had such extensive claims upon the chari table or towards whom the country was under greater obliga tions to provide for their spiritual welfare. ()ratitude and humanity, as well as interest, were united in claiming the as sistance of mercantile men in this good work. , `The Rev. Mr. CLavr oar moved a vote of thanks to the Noble and gallant Chairman. It was agreed now, whatever notions might have been held formerly, that true knowledge was a sub stantial good. If this were true, then there could be no foun dation in the objection to giving light and knowledge to sea men, by the dissemination of the Scriptures. It should also be considered, that in making each sailor a Christian, they made him as it were a Missionary, to convey the truth to the most distant . parts of the globe, where they would do as much good by their moral example as they formerly did harm by their bad and immoral habits. The motion of Thanks was carried unanimously. Lord ExsiouTii, in returnirg thanks, said, that m the merchants had their pockets filled by the labour of the sailors, they ought, in gratitude, to empty theirs upon an occasion like the present, wh e n th e benefit of the sailors demanded it.— The Meeting was then dissolved. The hint given by the Noble Chairman was not lost, and a large subscription was made. .... ..._ F;RE.—Yesterday afternoon , a l i ttl e before two o'clock, a fire road, during b ro ke out in the back shop Of 111 r. Dixox, copper-plate printer, 28, Tottenham-street , Tottenham Court the absence of the men at their dinner. The flames raged with considerable fury, and destroyed the whole of the plates, printing materials, presses, &c. to a considerable amount., Mr. Dixox, in the endeavour to save part of the property, from the confined situation of the place, was nearly suffocated, and was unable to speak for se veral minutes after he was got out ; by a timely arrival of the engines, and a good supply of water, the flames were prevented spreading, THE THEATRES. KING'S THEATRE.—The Opera of Ote /10, one of the novelties of last season, although by no means successful, was chosen by CURIONI, last night, for his benefit. The estimation in which this chaste and delightful singer is deservedly held, joined to the re-appearance (after an ab sence of four years) of Signor GARCIA, attract ed a numerous and fashionable audience, with whom curiosity was more powerful than fashion, 'as the house was filled unusually early. The Opera was almost entirely re-cast, and so power ful is the effect produced by superior acting, 'that Well°, which last year made little or no im pression, now promises to be one of the standard productions of the • present season. GARCIA, animated by the applause with which on his first appearance he was universally greeted, outdid his former efforts, and gives us fresh occasion'to laud the perseverance of the Management in re storing to the King's Theatre one of the most favourite Performers who have ever trod on its boards. COVENT GARDEN —Á new Opera, entitled Clari, or the Maid, of' Milan, was last night pro duced at this Theatre. The beautiful scenery and expensive decorations for - which this Theatre is proverbial were not spared op the present oc casion. The Plot is as follows young country girl,deceived by a promise of marriage; is induced to elope from her paternal roof with the Duke Vivaldi, Unmindful of his promise, he subse quently makes dishonourable advances, which, although backed by splendour and luxury, are not sufficiently strong to predominate over the virtue of Clari, who, finding too late that she has, been deceived, escapes, and is pursued by her repentant lover, who offers her his hand and Dukedom in atonement for the outrages which she had suffered from his unlawful passion.— _ Such are the simple materials on which an in teresting piece is founded. It has often been regretted that, however great may be the merits of'singers in general in their own peculiar pro vince,-their histrionic attempts by no means render them worthy of distinction. Miss M. TREE does much to remove this impression ; the judgment and discrimination always perceptible in her actin.? would (independently of her mu sical abilities') entitle her to a permanent situa tion on the Landon boards, and these united qualities were never more powerfully exerted than in the Opera of last night. Her first song was beautifully and pathetically given, and the feeling of her acting,'in the last scene, deeply affected many persons around us. FAWCETT was excellent in 'the old Father :—for this we were in some degree prepared, as the known excel lence of his - Job Thornberra allowed us to expect much from him in the pathetic. We should not forget Miss Love. (an obviously improving ac tress), who played and sung in the character of a soubrette with much naivete. The other Per formers (from our want of room) must content ' themselves,with our general praise. The Music, by 13isnop, allowing for his constant imitation of ltotsiNt, is' entitled to praise : Miss Tnra's song, in praise of Home, is very beautifully composed. , The scenery is in the usual style of splendour, and, in every point of view, we think Clari i , will have a long and successful career. • ADDRESS of the GREEK COMMITTEE. Crown and Anchors Tavern, May 3.—Lord Mwrox, M.P. ' , is , in the Chair. present th the friends of ie a ndsor G h r u e m ec a e ni i t s y, h e ig iv h i l l y teizaitnion ar e n s d it 1. 111 i t g o i on . Under circumstances the most disheartening, the Greeks have daily advanced towards that independence to which they had for ages anxiously aspired. The attempts to perpetuate their bondage have hitherto fail ed ; nearly the whole of Southern Greece has been freed, anti the Greeks are making continual progress. Amidst the.miseries of a war of peculiar ferocity and suffering, they have established a regular Representative Government, uniting . the suffrages of the people, and obeyed wherever the Turkish power has been subdued. It was impossible to contemplate this most affecting struggle without eager interest and anxiety. In Germany, Switzerland, and France, Societies have sprung up for the purpose of ad vancing the holy cause. The sums they have raised have hien very considerable ; and the energy with which Grecian inde pendence has been supported abroad, is as honourable to the Greeks as to their advocates and friends. In England, where the sublime spectacle of a nation awaken. ing into light and freedom could not' but he regarded with sympathy and admiration, a thousand proofs have been g, iven of the existence of those feelings ; and it is a matter of sur prise and regret, that hitherto they have produced so little active anti beneficial result. At length, however, a numerous Committee has been formed of the friends of Greece, and the time is arrived in which they deem it right to make a public appeal. It is in the name of Greece. It is in behalf of a' country associated with every sa cred and sublime recollection :—it is for a people formerly free and enlightened, but long retained by foreign despots in the chains of ignorance and barbarism ! While the attempts of the Greeks were limited within a narrow circle, and it seemed probable they would be in stantly crushed by the Ottoman power ; while it was un certain whether .there was a single element of successful opposition to Mussulman tyranny, it might be doubted how far it was prudent or justifiable to encourage a struggle which might have aggravated the evil it was intended to re move. But the war has now changed its character. It is clear it cati end in nothing but in the independence or the absolute annihilation or the Greek people. If the Turks could not put down the insurrection in its early stages, when the Greeks pos sessed neither arms nor military knowledge, nor strong holds,nor regular government, what can they do now against a renovated nation supported by the active sympathy of the Christian world ? It is to stop the effusion of blood,-to consolidate a system of permanent tranquility—to promote the progress of knowledge and virtue—to enable the Greeks firmly to possess, and quietly to enjoy, the land of their fathers, that the Greek Committee venture to solicit the co-operation of the British nation. In every point of view, they deem it most important for the general interest of man, that a strong and national Govern ment should exist in the illorea. To England commercially, and to the world in general, it could not but be eminently bene ficial. On a religious ground, how strong, how irresistible is the claim of the Greeks upon their fellow Christians ! Shall millions of our brethren be delivered up to the butcheries of the Turks ? Shall the scenes of Scio and Cyprus be renewed, and a whole Christian people be extirpated The Greek Committee have been for some time occupied in deliberating on the best means of' promoting so noble a cause- They have opened a direct communication with the existing authorities in the Morea. They have also been actively en. gaged in correspondence with the different Continental Com mittees : and believing that they have now ascertained the most effective means of assisting the objects of their solicitude, they come before the public in the assurance of finding that! co-operation on which alone they can rely for success. The Committee have therefore determined on calling a Public Meeting to be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on Thursday,. the 15th instant, at 11 o'clock. Chair to be taken precisely at 13. Yesterday being Ascension-day the children of the different parochial schools in the parishes of the metropo lis, preceded by the ministers and church-wardens, peranibu .lated the different boundaries of each parish. PARTS PAPERS. PARIS, APRIL 6.—On the 24th ult. two brigadiers of l'Orne chasseurs, in garrison at Verdun, arrested and carried befogV the Mayor of that town, Jean Francois Cartier, aged 19, a discharged soldier, styling himself enfant de la troupe Orpheline. He had, in a public-house at Verdun, addressed these brave soldiers in seditious language, showing them an eagle with which his arm was tattoed. Thus in France, as in Spain, the French soldiers reply to the maniacs who dare to tempt them to forget their duty.—( ilfoniteur. ) The Duchess of Angouleme arrived at Montauban on the 2(1.-4 Drapeau Blanc.) Yesterday morning. Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian am bassador, dispatched a courier extraordinary for Petereburgh.— ( Journal des Debats.) According to reports, which appearto he but too well found ed, the army has to regret the loss of one of its bravest officers, Col. Muller, who is said to have dice of his wounds.—(Etoi/e.) Certain journals, after having formed, on the subject of the Spanish war, conjectures which are not realized, now suppose that the powers in alliance with France are making inqumes respecting the plan of the campaign, and the- intentions of our Cabinet, towards the Peninsula. We have reason to believe that when the resolutions adopted at Verona left to France the glorious task of re-establishing order in Spain, all the probabi lities of the expedition were taken into consideration ; and we may, on this subject, call to recollection the observation of one of the august members of the alliance, who, on the closing of the Congress, said—" The Spanish expedition will, assuredly, be the second volume of the Neapolitan. 1 ,--( Quotidienne ) [From The Courier Francais.] " PERPIGNAN, APRIL 29. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. " Letters from the frontiers say, the division of Dames este. Wished itself in the town of Figueras, in the night of the 24th. —There remain very few inhabitants there, or in the villages, occupied by our corps d'annee. The Marshal has his bead. quarters still at Paralada. The division of Curial extends from Castilian to Roses. This chief has his head-quarters in the latter place. As our troops remain in Lampourdan, it is be. lieved that the Marshal intends, before marching forward, to make himselfmaster of the fort of Figueras, which is provision ed for a long time. It is stated, that in a late reconnoissance, a hullet passed ten paces from hav e but hurt no one. A flag of truce was sent to the governor, who answered from a bastion that he had no reply to make to the proposition. The garrison, who were on the ramparts, sung revolutionary songs, and shouted ' Vive la Constitution 1"' Letters from Llivia say, on the 24th, before day, a detachment of about 400 men, frotn the garrison of Puycerda, marched beyond Belver, nearly to Mon taila, to make a reconnoissance. The cap tain of 3liquelets, Giunbot, was in ambuscade with from ee ter 30 men, who fired upon the detachment, put them to flight, and pursued them • three or four were mortally w ounded, and conveyed to Puyce a rda. 'We have here 6 'br 700 men, with se veral Officers of the Staff. We expect to-day General Don niulieu, Commandant of the division, which consists of nearly 6;000 men. Paui Alirales, after having left a weak garrison at Solsona, i t marching to Oliana ; it is believed he is now at Or g a g nu. appears that the Constitutionality wish to defend the fort o f L Mel. It is not true that they sell the provisions w hich h e ir e been laid int; it is asserted on the other hand that Orrca, w i th 1,200 men, is marching by Fournes upon the Seu to reinfee the garrison, a nd to shut himself up there. Th e Coneutu before the tionalists have evacuated Balaguer and Tremp ; evil : cuation they destroyed the fortifications which had been con stnicted. PARIS, MAT 6.—The Editor of l'Etoile gated yesterday evening, that at the moment he was writing, file Count trit_weineg e . id rante, who had been compelled to q uit Portugal anet e. Spain, would have effected his junction wit h the French rr at Palencia or at Valladolid. If this statement is co . 1) is declared between France and Portugal. It is not four ti G y• ntarwealf since the contrary was officially announced. the Espereo- VITTORIA, MAY I." ri3" brig, nsraedf Bilboa, en za, belonging to the house of palm an Sons, o. with a cargo af tered the port of Passage on the Bth of .April wheat, flour, lentils, and beans. the same port only afew days before, and the ,venhe obliged her to put back. -- There were on board s e aga ni n ri s t " he longlng to the gun.boat, which had been employed I already an- French chasm tnarie, the capture of which we have nounced. ed of this last circum- The Duke of Angoukme being inform — l e e e at the dis stance, immediately ordered the cargo to be P : of the ar my, posal of the Intendant-in-Chief for the subeistene if they should subject to the payment of the value to theowners_,A_ that the vessel had taken no prove that the capture ought not to have be,en Inir wo pr oved on the chaise tnaree, and that Pa d: 'The house in Bilboa satiefied thLs c°,,n di e """ e il os act corninitted This v essel bhaad wea therrhoitild2 who did not belong to the crew , in ° cirllionf the Captain. — superior power, and independent of the WI onsidered that the. Accordingly, his Royal flighness, haViug. c e , friend and French army had enteredthe Spanish territory elof that nation auxiliary, and that far from troubling the tra d e i of the Civil it ought to protect it, has ordered, on the Mi° owners' en d pay- Commissary, the ship to_be restored to the ow ment to be made for the ca rgo.—Pfonite ur.) A el without • Ballasteros has precipitately retired on V en ds, wer. I'la t4h3l fending the fort of Alcaniz, which is in our po ement on the Moncey and General slohtor have made a inov flank and rear of Alina.—( Btoile. ) E.rtrod qt., *(l , puirest"enece- of stteahnecr.cevaetlfseadilobrey FRAWNFoRT TUE ODER, Apn„,.. lL ; w seriblinr. private Letter.)—lt is quite true that maws ot . p o nu army of observation on the frontiers of the VI ;1; b e lieved --an army, it is said, of nearly 120 000 men; °t ee i ng guars .e ne that it has for its only object the offering sr) 0111— .ny, aril tee for the maintenance of public tranquillity in O the of in 6 B o l , 0( a Tu . Austri ans le even in France, and that it will of course be disbanded pe w progress of the French arms shall have restored order that l's;;;; have wh a i l c r i e l a w dy n a f n onn exa e T i p n le i o jo f n t ib h i a s r , d i ;,clue fly of it is Od d ' the !mops withdrawn from Naples, and which " lg .' aPI.O . begins to break up since th e succes s of your ro ves on certain.—(Drapeau Blanc.) tn " g a yes se t :o rd nd ay A h lu eld te -- LLOYD'S COFFEZ•IIOUSE , —op-- A Meeting of the Members of this Establishroecentt ofesrvt,ifuocrintlgie Several hundred Members attended. Mr. Illat a " A e l t;kik d rpumrsuthaentptloacneotnicre,i‘fiorr. tt l e pti ptl iT rP r a: se c oti. th pu e r rx s ;en o c r es ta , Chairman, prefaced the business of the Meeting bY ir a li iic h t l i , e e 0 _ sta tement of the present situation of their, faun ds, vi„nnosed t bservin . g, had long been gradually decreasi; ana,,P„Tjtios n hat notice be given of a Aleeting to be held on the 3 0 t 1, " li e n/ scriptions. sy net the Se The CUA ' lUMAK then moved that Mr. John Pen-- net, cretary, be appointed Second Master, in the place ofigt; aar y as deceased, with a salary of 1000 in addition to h is . - /., Secretary. Vi e , d OW The moti kninrgnfinitnocrcoesansiindgerathtieonarathnegtPc:4 ob. b e m °n was carried, subject to any alteration 3 made by the Subscribers at h proposed 4 ill f the' t e nice _ c oo The CHAIR3tAN next proposed that Mr. Dolsom,oo/. pet Clerks, be appointed Third Master, with a salary et ' annum. of th e ' Here • a printed letter from Mr. W. Rosaiter, °Pseatlitlsie• waiters, was handed up, in which he offered himself a c.,,, that _ Mr. R. 1)i xow then addressed the Meeting, ber" 7 . 0 1 in he had been a subscriber to that room during'-2 Y e l'the 8111 that time it had been the practice, in conforntitY nohariour rule of their regulations, to appoint waiters, of s --- _,. n ,i g ht liar' hy the death of Mr. White, and consequen t *— and long services, to succeed wasters as Istiancr,t - t h e a eniet pen. lie therefore moved that Mr. W. Reateltlist, vacan t waiter, be appointed to fill the office of Artidee. pt ' s o"" a id hir Bennet. of whO w i ' s The motion was seconded by Mr. Foirrulal _enty..threc opinion that the services of Mr. Rossiter,_during.twoent. years in that room, justly entitled him to the aPP °111 0 ; to De * _ The question was then put, when there appear f mr. yob large show of hands for Mr. Ros - siter. On then am e° l e ss• son being proposed, the show of hands was evidentlY b ire d to. A gentleman then demanded a ballot, which w as a Six days notice will he given of the day of ball°t' BIRTHS. m rs J. %l } ' On the 6th instant, in Cecil-square Matlst.' of a son, her tenth child. io . 0 1°1 ' On Wednesday last, at his Lordship' s Place, the Lady Tullamore, of a son. t, MARRIED. vtero li t At Ilfracombe, George Flower Ilerbertflcientoi R.N., 'eldest son of Joseph Herbert, Esq., t . serrat, to Mary youngest daughter of the late Cap t. niece of Commissioner Bowen, of the 'Navy. chtir e, .1e 1 ; On 'Wednesday, the 7th inst., at St. Martin 1 .. 1 00 .10 1 1 P Barclay, Esq., of Barnes, Surrey, to Igartha, young of John Hawes, Esq., of Spring-gardens' On the 7th inst. , Willia m Pitt,lED Esq. of Sitect.streett year °I. nor, he ? agnßetehr,keAstaglelcands:7•l;let olifers.mßoethanr:arsligo.u,seor,Dhelrnthegl:,,,e,, youngest daughter of the late Wm. Desangee, Dui* Ciuo• . On WedneEle r • at his house, 0 henry Kendall, Esq. 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