The Sun. — London, England, 1824-07-21 00:00:00

STATE OF GREECE. 117tiltACT OF A LETTER FROM THE ZION. COLONEL • OA/4110Ra TO .1. ROWItING, ESQ. In order to understand the policy of Greece, it is necessary to contemplate the state of the 'Ottoman Empire, and the views of Russia, and the Holy Alliance. Turkey is evidently on the eve of its fall. — The reigning family is nearly extinct ; its pro. winces are disunited ; Egypt and Tripoly are erase • too wise for its .government. A portion rPVee is severed from it for ever, and .the •lleljenists, wile bow to the. power of Turkey, hate it in their hearts, and pant for revenge and freedom. Even Alhaitin detests and threatens fe throw off its hateful yoke. The Ottoman 111'. • auk % era insubordinate, and the fleets having lost 01..4. Greek ?tenors are become impotent. .Etu4siA.—ii this state of tottering decrepitude, • Turkey is threatened by the brawny and disci . plioed legions of Russia, and the swarms of Per sia. While oti the other hod she is bolstered • up by those nations who are ulanned at the am. 'bition and strength of the northern barbarians. Ilor,s , A LLIANCE.—As for the Holy Alliance 'their views are known. This rumination of ty rants 'fins combined to support superstition, to crush all learning, and to ensure a dark futurity, for the purpose of preserving to themselves and their progeny absolute rule. Austria and France , have therefore become the allies of the bitrba , Hans, and have formed a league against civilize tioo and the rights of men. If their policy sue s reeds they will naturally fail a prey to Russia— . the state they have thoughtlessly contributed to aggrandize : or should it fail, instead of being satisfied to reign us virtuous and powerful magis = trates these Sovereigns will be humbled and must bow to the people. The Holy Alliance having de creed in the councils of their gloomy cabinet .that ell nations should be governed despotically, their intentions towards Greece are known. .7.••Sotne may derive consolation from a consideration . 'of the superior character of European to Asiatic despotism. Towards the upper clsss it is per. • hops milder. The lower orders and the soldiery 'in Turkey are however less enslavefil and better ....off than the boors and mercenaries of Russia. POLICY Or GREECE—now is, the policy of Russia and the Holy Alliance to be parried ? it cannot be affected by any by-course, for silly as the Greeks are, the spies, the priests, and the diplomatists of the Barbaric league ere their match, and will not allow them to make their approaches undisguised to the citadel of freedom. With courage, therefore, they. must advance, but cautiously, and without giving offence. Mean while let them lay the solid foundations of their rights, and court the friendship of England, of America, and of all who love virtue. Whatever may then he the fate of the Greek people, whe ther• dependent or independent ; whether repub lic 'or monarchical, they w ‘ ill have taken the best means for promoting their liberties and their hafTiness. The public departments hi Greece next claim your consideration. The Executive body has hitherto been corn. posed of Men of various Characters. At ono liars infitleneed Mavrocordato, when the Primates, the I Jatwists, and the foreign interests predominated. The. leading features of the Government were then artier, and souse say intrigue. At another • time Collocotroni obtained by his martial and extensive family connections an ascendandency : "- thou prevailed the military power, united at first with democratic, but ufterwards with oligarchical interests; and lastly it sort of league was formed 'to put down the plunderers. Conduriotti was ~placed at the head of this. administration; and .the• . lslands assumed their due weight. The • exe cutivecutive body has heretofore exercised a des grove of power - that is inconsistent with re- Government. The principles of a wild liberty have all along prevailed in Greece, but those of civil liberty are only beginning to he duly appreciated and followed. The depre dJtions of the Military Chiefs and Oligarchs • have brought home to the bosoms of the peasan lry the blessings of order, and of security of per- Len and property. They begin with arms in their 'hands to defend their lands and purses ; aurl they !look to their representatives for the proper op. .prOpritttion of their revenues ! :and the general di :-rertion of their armies nod fleets. The Legislative Body is composed of person's sciected by the civil and military oligarchs and tizt? people. They naturally teals to the interests of 'their electors. They are respectable in Chn , 4•aCter, but like most other public functionaries in Greece are deficient its intellectual aptitude, and Ase but little knowledge of business. They are 'frheitle ha order, and enemies to nil extortion; And they, are careful of thelieeple's money. No. could exceed the firmness and dignity of their conduct, when attacked by the einiss:triel eel Colocotroni. To raise the character of this .body is an object of 'primary importance. This i 4 to he effected by making the people take a stronginterest in the elections, by pointing out -to iliem able men fur their representatives ; by •oljecting some important person for their Presi. Avg, and by giving publicity to their proceed lugs. Aly exertions have hum directed to these lillmorl3. lUlSTEtts.—Navrocordato, Negris, and Co. end others of the ablest Greelgs,have tilted the !}flies e Ministers. When I reached Argos 'itarldinister except one for the Interior, a priest, had .been appointed. .1 ventured strongly to an. imadvert on this neglect, especially at a time wiser; every arrangement Wat/ to be made far the APPropriation,of tire loan aud the defence of the country. •`. ll kukti-Nirritimosr or JosTteze—T he BYgautine •aud parts of the , Napoleon codes prevail G reere. Neither are, however onscit AttFiKit'd to, and the _a to Greece. . Shce lsus iip dia rlia i t t w t ii)s;tertirltolbsa is an :a ritn.tt to t ju t..eincattiegies in its lowest stair• slave her to-the end tirm!, ; she has no old pre, .ludiceS and sacred mountain s parchment to get _ r id of, and she is ready to wept the hest code ,of laws that can fir offered.t~; nsi she hesitate in accepting one foluidid on the scrutiniz i ng prin ciples of Bacon ) and support e d at every step by reasons, the soundness of .which are almost mathe matically demonstrated? Potace.—The Police is . best supported by the military chiefs, especially at Athens. With the exception of . thwtown of Missalonghi, personal security prevails to n much greater degree Oan . under the Turkish GovernMent. Associations , are extremely rare. Travellers move about with great safety. 1 3 EFECTS.—This is a Government..of Prefects. Under newly formed states, it is absolutely ne cessary that strong power should be vested in certain persons in every district, and they should beim& responsible for the constitutional tier-. else of it. Unless these, local Authorities are es tablished; whatever the vigour of the central con troul, the distant provinces fall a prey to. some. despot or to anarchy. In. Greece, the. Prefects are ill selected. Instead of by education, by publicity,. by the establishment and enforcement of good laWs, by great rigour towards pirates, and by the example of a scrupulous integrity on• the part of the administration in all its financial measures; in a word, by proving to the people and the merchants how much it is their interest to be industrious and honest. ' Iteveteues.—The people are not oppressed lty the amount of taxes ; but they are ruined by the manner in which the Captains and the Primates collect them ; by the revenues entering the por. ets of these individuals, instead of being sent to the Exchequer ; by their being appropriated to pri vote purposes, instead of being devoted to the protection of their lands and country from the Turks, many parts of which dre. yearly overrun and destroyed ; and by the occasional unlawful exactions, and system of free, quartets pursued by the captains. What are the remedies for these evils ? The exposure of the abuse and its fatal consequences,—The acquisition of power on the part of the Government to enable them to force the Captains and Primates to place the re. venues in the public coffers ; the enrolment of the people into a militia, hostile equally to fo reign and domestic enemies ; and an increased vigour and activity on the part of the representa tive body. LOA N.—The Greeks think they have but one want—that of money.. This' is a false notion, and attended .with bad consequences; because, every department of the Government, all except money, is neglected.. Endeavonrs were made to remove this notion by proving that the richest had been subdued by the poorest nations. The Captains are in general averse to the loan, from a dread that it would fall into the hands of their antagonists, and deprive them of power. The rest of the nation look forward to its arrival uith a feverish impatience. They thought, and with truth, that if well applied, it will not only secure their independence, but also their freedom. NViten I was at Argos, measures were taken to bring the subject under the'coosideration of the Government. The Sittings of the Legislative Body were resumed ; .measures were recommend ed for the appropriation of the money, and for se. curing the payment of the interest. I will not .enter into a detail of the measures, as they em. brace nearly the whole field of Government. They ppeared exceedingly jealous of their power over the peoples'-. purse, and as careful of their motley, as they proverbially are of their own. l'A - wriEs.--The political parties in Greece may be said to be three. First, there are the Cap- w,ho look to power and plunder., They generally lean to the democratic into-rest, as a means of preserving these advantages, and of avoiding a• master under kingly government. This party have riches and courage, but they have poWerfal opponents, end can only preserve their interests by. ranging themselveS on the hide of the people—a fact which they begin - to appre ciate. I was always pouring this into their ears, and the Military Chiefs consid ere d me as th e ir friend, whereas I was merely consulting the good of the muss. Secondly, there are the Primates Und• Oligarchs: these, too, are for power al .1 plunder.' They look to a foreign King, as.the metins'of supporting their influence.. The third may be called the national party. They con4st of those who are not subdued by the military or ' civil Oligarchs. I. mean the peasantry, the mer chants-, the towns-people, some of the islanders, •and a few fine spirits . - When invasion has been. near, the national party have inclined towards the Military Chiefs ; when at a distance, they • have risen againSt their extortions. By degrees they gain strength. EincATloN.—From• what has been stated, it appears thatqltere is u great want of educated Men in Greece. .This is felt in the representa tive body, in the adminiatration of justice, in the prefectures, in the army and navy--in short, in every department of the State. By the P 814146 11- ment of schools and publicity, by courting the ingress of settler; and travellers, and the re• turn of enlightened Greeks to their coun. try, this desirable end may in time be ob tained. . . The defence of Greece now ClBllllB your atten. tion. NAvire—The Greek navy is composed chiefly of merchant brigs from Hydra, Spezzia and Ip sara. ' They amount to about to 80 sail. These vessels have been maintained partly by private contributions, and the sailors are skilful and brave. The Greek fleet is of the same charac ' ter as the Greek army. It is not equal to cope with the combined Turkish fleet, but has gained a mastery over it by it superior seamen and tac tics. When I say tactics I allude not to those of an highly organized navy, for in these they are 'deficient ; but there are tactics for irregular fleets as well as armies—for Corsairs and privateers us for guerillas, Pindarie, and Stratists. This. too is.the true ,military and naval policy for .Greece to pursue. She cannot cope with the Turks in regular warfare, but .she' can harrass and worry them to denth.—Greece should have 4. good frigates, 60 of her, own brigs, 3 or 4 steam vessels, soine privateers,,and a few gun-boats in commis sion. She might then be secure against every maritime power, with the . exception of England. Perhaps •the CoMmittee.might be able -to procure for Greece some .privateers, a st e a m vessel, and a gun boat. a model'. One or two 'good naval officers who could bend to native- prejorlives, , and could submit with a strew: wind to .36.rts .of crosses, could be most useful auxiliaries in the cause. ARMY.—The Captains are of bumble origin, and many of. them are descended from shepherds. They or their forefathers have distinguithed themselves by flying from the tyranny of the Turks, by having recourse . to arms, and by their light fugitive - Movements and depredations which eventually oblided their oppressors to court their .These are the men who by. their cou rage and constancy have kept up a spirit of re sistance and . of martial enterprise in the people,. till the nation being highly excited by Turkish : oppressions, at last broke out in a mad insurrec• tion, and, •contrary to all calculation,. ended in *emancipating themselves. The horrid massacre committed by the Greeks have been urged against them with truth, but most unjustly against this • cause, Because the object of their struggle was to•put down vice, and to establish a government that would promote .virtue. - These frightful slaughters have preVented the 'Turks from treat ing with their enemies on various occasions, but on the other hand they have struck them with .terror, and have cleared the country of savages that never could have been their friends, and would always have endangered their freedom: To 'palliate or to deny these cruelties, .is boa.-; ever a false policy. The Greeks haVe therefore been openly accused of a want of - Christian cha.: rity ; they have passionately defended their Con duct, they have notaithstanding been 'condemn ed, and are gradually becoming less sanguinary— Nitness their conduct at Corinth. The Captains are generally uneducated, and simple in their manners, intelligent, brave, and excellent mountain warriors.' The. soldiers partake of the vices and the vir tues of their superior, with whom they live on easy terms, and are rarely punished. They are paid very irregularly, and when dissatisfied with their Captains either , rebel or leave them. The troops are better disciplined than at the commencement' of ; the revolution ; but a re said to be less daring,' because the excite ment occasioned by wrongs, the love of liberty, the enthuiinsm of religion and the hope of plun der are more faintly felt. The Greek soldiers are extremely tardy ; can make long marches, carry heavy weights on their backs, live con stantly in the open air, proceed without magazines, suffer great 'privations, endure dirt and 'vermin, and still preserve their high spirits. They are swift as horses, and scarcely tangible ; and if . a love of liberty can ensure perseverance, almost unconquerable in their wild fastnesses. Every soldier's mind is bent on success'; no . Greek ever admits the possibility of being again subjected to the Turks. If you talk of millions that are about to pour down into their country, still they never appear dismayed. They tell you rahniy that as more come more Will lie famished or mowed down by the Hellenists. This gallant feeling is universal. My opinions is, that the struggle, hoivever pro traded, must succeed and must lead to an itn provement in the condition not only of Greece, but of Asia. • • Orres-siVE OPERATIONs.—The Porte has promised to reward her Medias with the provinces which they shall con quer. The Pacha of Egypt is in prissession of Rhodes, and Is engaged in the, subjugation of Camila, where the fortresses are in his hands, • but where a brave peasantry are in artns in the mountains. Mahound All has also engaged to invade the Morea with &MOO .regular, and 20,000 irregular troops. •WS Aviv is tc) land et - Motion and Coron. One division is then to march on Tropofitza, and the other is to move in the direction of Prams, and sweep the plain. There is reason to hope that 111ahometi-Alivill not succeed in his undertaking, because he is jealous and fearful of the Porte. The Marina , luke Ibraham Bey has raised an insurrection against him, his capital has been destroyed by a conflagration, in which his arsenal and artillery corps have been consumed ; he is engaged at war in Camila; and the plague rages at Alexandria. Amer-Paella is directing a corps from Yanina, on Western Greece and Al issohengli.• The Mucha of Seethe is destined for Arearnania'and Rolla. The Turkish and Egyptian fleets are in sufficient force to relieve the forttesses in Greece. This will continue to he the case until the Greek fleet is rendered more efficient and con stantly employed. DErENcE or GHEEM...4 submitted to the consideration of tine Greek . Government, the followin g pl an , part l y f oun d e d on the suggestions-of Ulysses. There arc two great roads, by which the Turks can invade liberated Greece from the north ; one by Zeitouni, and the other by Arm. The troops of the republic should he placed as follow : Troops. EASTEIIN 0 4):ECE.-M Btathe►la, near St. Marina - . • - 1,500 A detached body to cut the co►uminication be tween Larissa and Zeituni - - - 500 To defend the 4 Passe:tot* Thennopylte . - 2,000 The flat between the Sea and Thermopylae, should be defended by field works, and - - . 1,000 In the province of Neopatra - - . 3,000 At Athens, the fortress of which is efficient - 300 At Negroponte. to protect the country till an effi cient blockade can be established . . - 1,000 ?•• Total, for Eastern Oreece . . - 10,300 , RE,AlAuKs.—Twelve thousand Olympians ate ready to rise againSt the Turks, provided' they are furnished with pay for one month and a sufficient quantity of powder and lead. If these insurgents could be supplied from tint sea, they would form a powerful diversion in the rear of the invaders. The Greek fleet, Ulyssis thinks, should be placed in the vicinity of Ipsara, to intersect all the Turkish armaments. I am of opinion that the Greek Navy should never take up a po s ition till, they have a superiority over the enemy's squad. tons. Till theu they should spread and devestate like their armies. . . Troops. WE:s.rnast GREECE. --In the district of 31arrenorso - - 3,000 . . . 2,000 ti the defiles I t n s d: j ili i : o t oi n i n n lg ei i n i g i a lf n be ho e s u ly i r d l es ioo in At Anatolie°, do. do. o the brave townsmen . 400 50 At Want°, till the bl oc k a d e i s e ff ecte d - . . . Total number of Troops for W. Greece 7. 5 ' 500 P rt.o PO NN E lit/ s. --For the blockade of Pstrits; and . . the defence of the Mein 2,000 - • - . i 3 00 For Gastoani and Py rgos -00 For Vosti Z 714 . . - For the blockade of Motion and Cocoa - 6nil 600 For a Corps de Res erve at Tripolitza - ' 3,000 . For Napoli de Roiiiitli - - - For Corinth .. _ - r 300 300 For Navaria - - - - Total numb ee of Troops in the 51"ea' 7,400 REGULAR Sor.DIERN.--t)ne battalion of 1,000 Regular Troops should be placed at the scat of Government, and an Artillery Corps of 500 men. Troops. CANDIA.—..TO re-conquer Candi. would require . 6,000 Gross Taal of peo n ,. and, irregular Troops for Eastern and W estern Greece , t h e • Peloponnesus, and Candi' . 30,700 vemment should organize the entire people, and form them G ENE itA f. Itr mangs.— ll es i c l es t he above troop * , t h e Go. into a Militia or National Guard: The most faithful and brave men of each village and town should be selected as officers ; the troops should be mustered and exercised every Sunday, and they should be at all times ready to turn out agtunst either domestic or foreign enemies. IV,hon the country is in a more organized state, I should r eco mmend the adoption of the military sys. ten' which I submitted to the consideration of Ulysses. 81 E 0 Es•—Hvery thing necessary for the sieg es should be prepared. Witho ut t hi s , or a nava l superiority, 'turas, Negro. ponte, and Lelanfe never can be taken, nor Greece secure.— The resources of the Island of , I4egroponte, and the fine plai in the neighbourhood of Patras, would alone enable the Greeks to carry on the war. DITLITARY MEW ABOUT THE GOVE lINMENT.—The ne cessity of appointing a 4.t00d officer in the executive body, and in the war departnvent, atpl one scientific military man about the Government, was strongly orgeil by the Conn mittce's Agentr. . ri • FOR TILE SUN. Mr. Eorron.—l observed in an Ever►ing' Paper of yesterday a leading article on the subject of the war with the,Burn►ese; but that which has more particularly excited my observation is the statement regarding the Bengal Arruy, and the general Staff Departments' at Fort-William. I have not time nor inclination to go Into a refutation of what ix there stated. It is nothing more than an article of London manu• facture, as divested of probability as it is of truth. Whether it is inserted in that particular Journal (which of late has become so anxious about India, Free Press, &c.), for the purpose of influencing the prices of India Stock, or as a covert attack upon the Indian and Home Administration, I know not, but this much I can assure you, that I have two letters of a recent date from Calcutta, which tell a very differ ent tale ; one is from a military man, an old school-fellow, and the other is from a person not in the Comleany's aorviee. It is said, " The array is in the finest possible state for field-service —the staff is exceedingly well . appointed and efficient—the commissariat well prepared—the artillery and engineer depart ments in the moat complete state ; and that the war is very popular, and the Burmese have already sliewn symptoms of irresolution and weakness." Perhaps the most pleasing feature in the opening campaign is, that several battalions of High Caste men have volunteered without being requested to go on board of ship. The above you may depend upon ; and as my name is known to you, it is probable you will put confidence in what I state. In common with your numerous Indian readers, I thank you for the full and impartial account of Mr. Impey's cxcellet.t speech at the India-House in your yesterday's SUN. A parting word: I consider the article alluded to as nothing but a libel, written by some interested, disappointed, or factious, person. I am your obedient servant, 20th July, 1824. A BOMBAY CAPTAIN. CHARGE OF ARSON. UNlow-HALL—Yesterday . a man - named Andrew Leslie was brought before R. J. CrtAsin E as, Esq., charged with having maliciously set tire to a house, situate No. 24, Salisbury-place, Bermondsey. Anne Walker stated that she lives with her father and mother in the above house, and the prisoner lodged in the front garret. On Wednesday morning last the prisoner came down stairs about nine o'clock, and asked her mother if the tire was at leisure.— Her mother replied that it was, and desired him to take his breakfast (which he usually did with the family) and bring down his saucepan. Ho went up stairs and brought down his sauce pan, into which he had his tea for breakfast put. There was no grate to the tire-place in the room he occupied. In about a quarter of an hour after he had taken up his breakfast, he brought down a candle and lighted it, and took it up stairs, and about i 4 o'clock witness went out of the house to shut the gate, when the next-door neighbour asked her if there was any tire up stairs. She replied that there was not ; however; on looking up to the garret window she saw a smoke issuing out. She con cluded it • was steam proceeding from the saucepan which the prisoner was using. She Alen went into the house and found the saucepan in the parlour. She hurried up to the prisoner's apartment, and found it so full of smoke that she could not go in. She then ran - down stairs for the purpose of getting water and calling for assistance ' when several persons entered, who by their exertions quenched the flames, which were rapidly com municating to the furniture. During this; time the prisoner left the house. On examining the room, after the fire was put out, she discovered that the prisoner had removed his Sunday glothes, and left nothing in the room but a bundle of rags. After further evidence in corroboration of the above, the pri soner was fully committal for trial. RAVER NAVIGATION.—Mr. Matthew Robert son, of Glasgow, has contrived a Float, similar in principle to those used by the Dutch, fin enabling a loaded ship to pass up and clown rivers whose depth is not equal to her usual draught of water. It consists of a deck tlat-bottomed boat, twice or thrice the size of the ship, with an opening in the middle large enough to receive her. This fist boat is formed in two pieces, which arc united by a strong hinge at the prow, and a strong clasp at the stern. The deep being loos ened, the two aides of the boat are made to diver . ge; the ship s ar as e il it i 6 n a t i o n ti c ie lo o s p et e i n , s a p n a d ce il i t ri ste t t h ie e d. inid t cl , l i, e ur ; after ro wl ngc n i ch the sides iains(niore if necessary) are then passed across under the ship's bottom, and attached to screws fixed to the deck of the Float; the screws are then worked by . wheels and pinions, the chains are shortened ; and the vessel is gradually rai se d by transferring the pressure to the Float. The weight of the vessel is thus dif fused over a surface twice, or if need be thrice, the size of her own hull, and of course the draught of water is proportionably diminished. It may thus be effected that a ship, drawing 1G feet of water, being raised nine feet by the chains, shall depress the Float three feet, and so her actual draught will be reduced to ten feet. • DlsTuitnANcr. BARTON.—an Friday s'en night the overseer of Barton ? accompanied by the constable, went round to deliver bills for the poor-rates to a number of the inhabitants of small houses that had never contributed to the relief of the poor, when they were attacked and abused in a most serious manner. The people denied the right of the overseer to charge them with the rate, inasmuch as they had never paid it, and taxed him with want of humanity towards the poor. Mr. Hampson (the oorseer) got very se verely scalded through hot water being thrown upon him. The civil power being totally inadequate to put down the disturb. ance, it was deemed. necessary to send to Manchester for mili tary aid. A troop of the Scots Greys were speedily dispatched, and the very news of their being near the place caused the rioters immediately to disperse. Several of the principal dis turbers were compelled, by Major Watkins, to find sureties to answer to ow' indictment for the assault and riot at the Sessions. TUE WHITE ELEPHANT.—Our new enemy in India, the Burmese Mona r ch, i s t h e propr i etor of the cele 'butted white elephant. The writer of the article on the Burman Empire, in the Encyclopedia lifetropolilana, has the following account of this important beast, which, like many other import, ant personages, dwindles down on c l ose inspection :—" One of the most singular and absurd superstitions by which human nature has been 'disgraced, is the veneration paid in this country to a white elephant, who is considered as the second personage in the empire, ranks before any of the Royal Family except the Sotereign, has a regular Court, Ministers, Secre. tariea,'&.c. and is lodged in a splendid Palace connected by a long gallery with the itoyal residence. A black velvet curtain, embossed with gold, screens this august beast from vulgar eyes, and his abode is as brilliant as gilding can make it. kle ham u bed covered with crimson silk, and trappings richly adorned with gold and precious atones. A complete service of gold, including betel boxes, spitting pots, and we may presume pipes, though the historians of Ava have not mentioned those im. portant articles, are luxuries indispensable to so distinguished a quadruped; but like many other Royal personages, he is doomed to live in a splendid p r i son , an d i s chaine d ' by silver chains and golden fetters to the pillars of his p a l ace. Captain Canning, the Briti s h E nvo y to the Court of Atnara-pura, in 1010, was admitted to the sacred presenee, and saw nothing but a diminutive, sandy'-coloured beast, disfigured by a speci es of leprosy, and apparently little gratified by the humility of his attendants, who, at the threshold of the apartment, bowed their heads down to the ground before him." On Monday last was launched from Messrs. WtGa.‘at4 and GREEN'S yard, Blackwall, an. other beautifUl steam.vessel, named the Queen of the Netherlands, for the Rotterdam Steam. packet Company, intended to be employed in conjunction with their vessel the King Yf the Netherlands, in the passage between London and •Rotterdam. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Itfouiteur of Sunday, July 18.) ( The-official part cont a ins only a Royal arch. Hance relative to a gas-light company.) (NON•OFFICIAL PART.) Vice-Admiral Barost Duperre sailed from Brest yesterday on board the Trident : he is Uc covmlrtniNd by thP t riga tpsL'Amphilrile,Lal'estale, La Nymphe, and L'Armide, and the schooner Pauvette. Rear-Admiral Bstron , Roussin has hoisted his flag on hoard the Amphitrite. The Amaaone frigate will immediately join this squadron, which will be joined off Cadiz by the Santi Petri, Rear-Admiral Baron des Rotouts. the frigates La Venus, L'llermione, and Les Themis ; the corvettes La Diane and Lationione; the brig Zeb.re, and the at:homier La Datiphinatie. These 1 5 vessels are to he exercised in per' formittr. manoeuvres and evolutions for 0:10 months; first, between Cadii and the Azores . , and afterwards in the Mediterranean : they will put into Toulon at the latter end of September. (From the Bleat, dated Monday, July 19.) P.llilo, JULY 18.—Telegraphic Dispatch from Madrid, transmitted from Bayonne ti►e 17th or . July " JULY 14 THE AMMISSADOR OF /RANCE AT *nu: COURT or MADRID, TO 1113 EXCELLENCY THE MINIST rot 10018113 S AFFAITtS " Count Ofalia has just been deprived of the office of ster of State, which is confided ad interim to M. de Salsza:, Minister of the Marine. • " Count Ofalia is replaced by M. Zeu Bermudez, :Minister from Spain at London." ST. CLOUD, JULY 18.—The King, after hear ing mass in his apartments, received the grand dignitaries, the Ambassadors, the Ministers• Peers of France, Deputies, and a great mall functionaries, both civil and military. The Duchess of Berri was to arrive at Rouen on the 22d inst., where Nhe is expected to remain four days, in order to have One to visit the publl monuments and the most considerable manufac tures. She will then proceed to navre, will stop there the 28th, and will set out for Dieppe the next day.. She will take the sea-baths until the 2.2 d of August. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, JULY IP. SLAVE TRADE. The discussion on the Budget was recommenced. The god for the Colonies (which amounted to five millions of francs) • being proposed, Mr. Benjamin Constant rose to bring before the Chambir the subject of the Slave Trade. He began by stating that' be rose, not to bring before them any facts, for the facts were but too well known, but to express his regret a t th e cont inuance of an infamous tra de—(Several voices, " No, no l").-which Will not be put a stop to until the la ws on the subject shall be better organized. Every successive Ministry, from the vele, 1817 to the present time, had declared that the laws on the slave trade were too indulgent. He did not require that it should be made more several_ but that such as it ass it should be more strictly carried into execution. But the chief object for which he ros e w a s to o pp ose t h e g rant o f_ 70,000 francs for the Colony of 111ardnique, because he mope' anaded that that colony, so far from bringing any benefit to France, was a source of expense to it, in consequence of tvsl in which it was administered. He then stated that a pamphlet had been published at Paris on the amelioration of the state of men of colour in Martinique. It was a moderate statement's''' . ' was addressed to the King, in a very respectful manner. This pamphlet was sold in Paris publicly, and was unnoticed by the Authorities. But some copies having, appeared at Mar' tinique, they became the pretext for the most terrible persecu tions. The enemies of the men of colour rose up against the pamphlet. They first addressed a complaint to th e Governor 0 1 Martinique, which in all times and in all countries would have been regarded as an act of rebellion. This doeumeat is couched in such terms as that if it was addressed to the Authorities by the inhabitants of any department in the kingdom, they would be at once set down as factious. Ile then read the following passage from this memorial :—" We are bound to tell your Excellency that the inhabitants of MA!' tinique are unanimously resolved to maintain and defend; whatever it may cost them, the existing state of the law, o t iu e not, allow any change of the colonial regulations. It t" Government has it in contemplation to make any chailel we beseech your Ex ce ll enc y to b e our organ to it, and inform that we are fi rmly resolved not to admit any. Pluhis ficatiOn." The Governor, instead of indignantly rejecting defiance, replied, th a t th e disturbers of tranquillity who ha d clandestinely introduced certain pamphlets should be peose t f i li ts ed. A. general search was ordered, and, b es id es t h e pann"" e d , already mentioned, some copies of a speech by 31. Laistle ne , Villeveque, on colonist slavery, which the Chamber of puties had ordered to he printed, were found. In conseer' o t• of these discoveries, 1,500 persons were arrested, thirty-tev enl ,J. whom were condemned to transportation, and three to the lies for life. He then stated, amongst other instances 0 1 44 carried into effect, barbarous manner in which the sentence of transportation w e condemned was an unfortunate old man, near sixty les tl 2,o the following :—Amongst the person s o f age. The sentence of transportation was, of course, to hunt ..- 63 $ was to others, a sentence of death. In a fi t of despair be and threw himself into a well. What was the consequ en "les Would it be believed ? The old man's son was ordered t 9 transported in his place !—(A general murmur of increduliq Another p e rson was transported instead of his brother! these atrocities had their - origin in the vilest motives. AIT U IZrs the persons sent away were t h e r i c h , and i t was t heir deu. h i t who sent them awa y. O ne man was a cre di tor o f one o 0. persecutors to the amount of 20,000 francs. When 111 rs 'the Constant had concluded, two Members rose to move for p w r a i ls n , h ti ree n jgi‘eorifnedtilstliers Dianne theof e e A ta f ted ter a th al s i tt o a rt co d n is s cu pi ss es i e o y n , sr. cations of which were very extensive, had been form, din Ifs I g o tinique ; and contradicted the statement that a son ha d f A transported instead of a father, and a brother but' brother. [From the Constit Hammel.] MADU.II3 . , JULY fl.--:(Extrart of a Frivate Leller.) - 7 11 po t are now arrived at anot h er Sl i nisterial crisist which col be prevented, a f ter t h e weak and unsettled conduct Ministers, who endeavoured to prove themselves zea lot ? t he fenders of th e t h rone. I have already told you that enlightened part of the Ministry of Ofalla contented o f selves with striking, and did not dare to speak. They 4" m k 1 t" struck in their turn, and the victorious party are not I '7 ,rl," say why. The proof of the triuripkt of the fanstica!P;., , was given yesterday in the departure of the King for ("' and his afterwards proceeding to the baths of Sac:ea° ' l 4 • companied by Ofalia, the Minister of State, Which w;li . exampled in this sort of journies. Hi: Majesty w°" . 1 A take with him M. Ca lomard e, the great fa eon rite of the AP', l " Junta ; care was even taken to annottace this news by 1,00 1 tree, which left no doubt, that as soon as his Silliest,' , g ; r besr at Cuenca, he would sign the dismissal of thepresent Itwbi..4 A A A tO t of Foreign Affairs, of War. anti or the Navy'. "" that the famous Don Victor Saez has received from thecti his nomination to the place of Prelate atached to the ,h°,lol: e of the King, and it is said he has been promised a L',, gg „ .. c oo; hat; to recompense him for the disgrace lie has some fered. The resolution of the King of Portugo' to Cortes together at Lamego has placed us in great er° b e for e ment ; there are people who always think OE3' lee N e • e w r ` r i them the Cort es o f C ast il e or those of Alt rests have just taken place; among others, e Cale First Instance, lion Julian Sojo. and Lieut-Colonel gr owner of the large ldsmith's shop, Called Pialim a i 'ere oPl tinez. Hut the arrest of the Ex -Judge Arias has - .„4 more astonishment titan all tile rest, as he encountel tIO many dangers, because he would not condemn 'thel. priest, to death. As ninny arrests are taking Phc e not provinces, an d em i gration is more frequent than ever. v io l IA decree of M. D e Calomarde, inister of Justice, roi l ' the Gazetteer the Sd, will surprise you more than all Here it is:_ L of "TO TUE GOVERNOR OF Tlf g C OUNCI . 60 0 the " le Ej t tE na L t l e .r so x y c e ir r; -- cg S n o ty m , e w s h u o bj w c' e c r ts e of the K ted int ar Pg g t he 'l4l' t otS f * The Indi ta t eur o f B our d eaux h as ann ou " Ofalia has been succeeded by 31. Lea Mendez, and Ministers are also to receive their ttistuisial,