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THE LONI)ON SOI3ELNA-I.S. pAILY Extractsfrom the Morniii.=Papers,May 19, 1825. • ..• [TRY PUBLIG LEDGTR.I Should a Congress be held at Milan this year, its.:.Proceedings"..will be distinguished .by . the. most perfect unanimity--; and the . arfaiis. of Eu rope will -be settled. ih a manner that cannot fail to give the utmost-iitisfaction to the friends of social order. Those offensive terms—public'opi tion—popUlar rights.:--spirif of the - age, and:such new fan4led expressions; will not ruffle the tern per, nor disturh-the deliberations, of the Asseni bly; for effectual care has been taken that Eng land shall not play any of her - old .Quixotic pranks -on the occasion. It is again confidently. reported, that the affairs of Greece are to consti tute the chief topic of deliberation ; and it may be:asked, what are the Greeks, or - their cause,or the -Splendid recollectiOns "attached fotheir name, tola, who are a quiet, plodding and unambiti ous people ?' Whether the Greeks conquer their independence or return under their. former'yoke, we . shalt- at least retain our excellent Constitu tiOnie'ai-ettablished by - law," and We-shall have the gratification besides of keeping it wholly•to ourselves, to - the exclusion . oflrists Papists, who, in the revolutionary jargon of the day, are called ouir-frish Catholic fellow -subjects. Let tbe.Holy Alliance dispose of the Greeks in their civil ca- F‘city, and let Russia dispose of their territory ; let a_ uniform and paternal rule he established from,Cadiz to the Pyrennees, and let Russia be at - the head of this .patriarchal system-call . these things are of little- Consequence to us, compared to-the' inestimable benefit- of keeping the wild Irish out of the pale of the Constitution. [Ni* After the rejection of the Roman Ca.tholir,Re by the House Lordt, it is probable that the two measures. connected with it in the Commons will he dropt; and thus the whole arrangement, from which so much was expected at an early. part. of the Session, wilt be put an ettd-to, at least till a future year: 'Without pre uming to impeach the arguments of Lord Liver pool and the Bishop of Chester, we may be al lowed to lament that. the two Houses of -Parlia ment -ire placed in positions so adverse to. each oilier. The idea of a dissolution in August is eagerly -caught at by many persons; the more so on acco.unt of an allusion made by the Lord Chancellor to the dissolution which follow ed the'rejection of Mr. Fox's India Bill. This topic, however, it should be observed, was only introduced into the Noble and Learned Lo'rd's wrgurnenct in the way of illustration, and-cannot fairly . be taken as any intimation "ef a settled' re st(lation on the part Of Government.. With Much that has been said of •the pernicious influence of the ,fPr-if . s . ts.ia many. parts of..lreland we, fully agree ; but iv remains to be considered whether the rejection of the proposed Bill really tends to diminish that liffluence.• 'We 'kat ; 'not. The Psiest conliiiu” in the same close connection with the peasant ; he has. the same rueani • of working on his credulity ; and he will he actu ated by a fresh motive of animosity againSt the Protf-stant Government. 'We speak not now of the higher ranks of the Catholic Clergy, but of the more violent and unenliehtened individuals of that body, who dwell in remote parts of the country, and partake of the ignorance and bi gotry of their flocks. These men, it was part of the proposed arrangement, to have placed on more respectable. footing.. It might, .haye been htiped, , that with the change in their situation they..wo44 have adopted More .etilightetiett and would have gradually communicated i:sttiilarimprovement to Ole . mass of their fol lowers. - Certainly no permanetit good is to be , expeCted for Ireland but from the diffusion of knowledge among the people; w ~n~~ EBRITIsti PRESS..I As we had predicted -the failure of the Catho. .lio•Bill in the House of- Lords, we can hardly be atipposeti either to be much surprised" at such a restilt, or fa' be unacquainted with the causes •which were likely to lead to its rejection.. That it svililtrengthen the feeling of public discontent fn rteltYil - 11,4 have tio diitibt . ; there are enough fierions'active and on the-alert there, ti s else tO keep alive a spirit of - civil commotion, wiiime,y;q . any " new . fuel can. be. brought to f eed tbflarne. •We : the lament deeply; and have • always I ) arnented, the disabilities to which-the Catholici ~atetstabjected• but. we stiliedan se we think •-tfro-ii-ere;fsufficiently loyal, and - infffciently *en . lightened, to . make it both impOlitic and unjust •toseaclucle them.erom-thosi pliCea of trust and pt4i'fitatider the State, ter which the•talent, and ..jerk, and wealat, such at least as possess these, qualifications, fairly and in reason en title them. And it- is - because we believe them to be thus loyal and enlightened, that we 'feel convinced' the objeertTOf *their boneuialile being' for' "a „still fftrther• time withheld, Make them fOrg€, ottthaTa'dcbunt, their • dtrtY.,lW good subjects, or forfeit - "th 4 Character' conficlenCe: in their 1 - ittrilty,%and- brought so -tuna ?. countenarice:' to their cause. ' , The present coritluct of the'CatlioliU • itY a -neigh'bouring' was • titl9l - Titi calculated, at tliis - cifsi; to remove : h whether well- or-ill - grotinded,' pre '6.. generitity throtigheut' tfi'e'ltingribm, and wfikh'necessarily-ociasiOnS Strong apprefien -fo'tife of intrensing- a power : itis•ith they-not only feel to be c'aii'ab,re.'of'perior sioo but which, as far as they are Ca pably Of.see;' Ike rrixe, ca [cal a t to excite• -a-degree. of terror, schich tria-k6S"'the gotioidus-friends of the.Fistahlishmgnt regard it as tintdect , TiVe!_tspom - tliem: ; rather; to il'rei•rgr the • ,IY:tr . ii.gti‘s - trfa'il tfr-rettinvolthe barriers. _o:cao not be perS'ilit e cied , k 1; thosrAlarrnts_ts4 fiat u winces, or._ 0 . -In'tige: AZ the fse tkltik4t-diatiittistit,ir 4tieevitrc 4141t4Athkrive I fe:Ve,ittal:ifil wOuld#loEfilitaititt•tattliyan. pier ylM • ' c - r '''f44nV to an antagonist and hostile Church; and that although the professions of the Catholic Priest hood may be tolerant while they are weak, their • cOnduct might not be conformable to, those prin- CiPles if they were strong—that they be in'clined to etercise their. supposed' prerogative,as the of II eaven, - to extirpate heresy, as times of old, and to drive the 'ungodly, after their own :manner, . into the fold of the faithfUl. Bit we leak 'tothe . Catholics of Ireland, not as Catholics, bu 'as — citizens Of • a . ' free State, and born to the .blessingS: of alltee" Constitution. — We look to rank, and station, and, office, as to those prizes 'which every..Govermn.ent.has more or less for distribUtion, and Which ought to be distributed to thOie who are qualified for the dis charge of all.the functions they require, and all the duties they impose, and- this without regard to what religions opinions they may hold ; because it is of the essence of all real liberty, that con science should be unfettered, and the mind be al ways free. his for this freedorn that our forefathers have valiantly fought ; and though we are no doubt justified in 'hut.t. - ing the•door of the State against those who would, disturb, its peace, it doeS not follow that we are warranted in refusing those rights, the perversion of which we might punish—or .in withholding those Claims, the abuse of *Lich it iS . amply in •Our power to provide against. If .we were impotent to ef fect our own security . against danger, the case would be different ; but -this we consider as an object of no very difficult attainment. We are at present worked up to the summit of our fear; we should only have to work ourselves up to the summit of our valour. As to the rest, there is no danger that we should unlock the doors Of preferment to the Catholics too quickly ; and while we, abstain, as we are likely enough' to do, from a too lavish liberality, there is little risk that we shall concede too much, either for the security of ChUrch or the safety of the State That the loss of the Catholic Bill inthe ; llouse of Lords will beget any turbulent 'feelings in ,the mass 'of, the Trish population we do not at all believe. :not the peasantry are poor, and wretched, and destitute, is true ; •but their condition is not to be ascribed to the absence of any, benefit they would derive from what. is termed Catholic Ernancipation. What is wanted in Ireland is capital ; there wants wherewithal to set in motion the looms of the ar tificer, the ploughs of the. husbandman, and the labour of the peasantry : supply- this, and in dustry will spring up, and quiet, and content ment, and prosperity will follow in her train. At present the great body of the Irish popula tion suffer oppression of a deeper and very dif. ferent kind from any that is brought upon them by exclusion from political office, and by any other causes from which any- Catholic Relief Bill could deliver them. You may give them Ca tholic Emancipation, but will that give the la bourer employment ?—will it give the peasantry bread ? The system in Ireland is radically bad ; it is pregnant with turbulence, and faction, and crime. Much; very much, has been done by Lord 'Wellesley ; more for the real and permanent good of Ireland was never accom plished by uny man that ever yet presided over:. her Councils ; but the seeds of evil are deeply sown, and - to de' troy them is not in the election of any Lord Lieutenant;be he Who he May. To bring Ireland to that state of wealth and industry to which she is capable of -arriving, would give full employment to the wisdom of the wisest Statesman ; but in the present 'state of things we doubt if, with the very, best intentions, the means are within their reach. The fault is in the foundation. [MORNING POST.] In. again congratulating the country upon the wise and firm .decision of the House of Lords Yesterday morning, we think we m.ty safely pre dict that the Catholic Question has been thus set at rest, not only for the present, but for the fu ture. Among the circumstances which have led to this happy issue, the frank, and manly, and determined declaration of the Heir Pre sumptive to the Throne, has had a most power ful and permanent effect—and we will add, that this effect is not more salutary in giving confidence to the Protestants and the people of Great Britain; than in dissipating the false hopes of the Catholics; and in terminating the fretful suspense of the people of, Ireland. Whatever doubt and wavering prevailed before in the pub lic mind, the honest avowal 'of his Royal High ness's unchangeable sentiments on the subject, sustained by the'firm and forcible arguments with which they were accompanied, stilled alarm on one side; while •it frustrated undue expectation on the other. The speeches of the Earl of Li ver Pool and the Lord Chancellor, on Wed, nesday morning, have confirmed this impres sion. We therefore feel assured that there is an end of that painful agitation which ' thee - untimely discussion of the Roman Catholic Question this Session has occasioned, both here and in the Sister Kingdom, and that the repeti'- tion of the emphatic" Resolution of the House of Lords to resist all further encroachments upon the Constieutidit,' is un act of sound policy and of Strict wisdom, equally carcUlated to tranquillize . Ireland, as to shtisfyEngland." Let . u . S, hear no more then of those silly" but treasonable menaces and incitements' 'of' rebellion, which have late f7 become - familiar in the mouths of some of the highesti 'Well as the loWest persons in the state. The liish may rely' Upon it, that their real and trust-worthy friends would never resort '63 so ahStirdi'mean's - of forwarding, either the ac ... jun l‘ or . theiniaginarY interests ,of that coun t ry. — The' RoMan:Catholies.feeLalready too intimately the blessings of, the British,ConStitntion to risk them . ; at- the expellee of,' happiness, for idraladvattageS - ; . and they must, after reading the T.)etat . in 'the I,IOUSe, of Lo rd s be too well `convinced of the reasonablenea's'antneCesity of their eidosion fronn•political power. in this Pros . testt Stale; to niuCrintr'afthe depiivation.• •If I thert. be a fault in that exclusion, every candi t mind. mast, admit it ° rests with the Ca tholic themseiVes,..inat their Protestant *64' t"s. if Ave Catholics,: will,. ion . ; 00 . 3 e t 5 LOVO . a: otottßa-allegianceone.ha If ,to; a ireroiOti' arid the'. other fialf ,t4lll,r)6**ll6,SOVe at-Varkanee:Yetathe latter---let: then, a filife a ih s e Of. stich• pe r tittacj in error. Their sentence is now irrevoca bly pronounced—the Protestant Constitution of the British Empire' will protect all their rights and liberties; but white they persist in declaring themselves its enemies, not in belief only butin practice, they cannot be recognised as principals in the Government'of the country.. Had this de ciSion been long,ago proclaimect,', we': should at present have fewer Rornan Catholics in the United Kingdom, and we should have avoided all the useless irrittfion which the constant dis cussion of their preposterous claims has produced. [MORNING CIIRONICLI.] The tone of Lord Liverpool's speech, and the heavy majority against the Emancipation Bill — greater considerably than on the last occasion— will not EtllOW us to entertain a hope of any change in the situation of the Catholics, so long as the relations of the country continue what they now are. When danger from abroad presses, then we may, as on former occasions, consent to be just lo the people of Ireland, for whatever the Catholics have obtained has been extorted from our fears, and not from our jus tice. What Lord Harrowby said, in answer to Lord Liverpool, exhausts the argument on the subject of the Catholic Claims. " It was un doubtedly true," said his Lordship, " that the Pope had greater influence in the nomination of Bishops in Ireland than in their nomination in any other country in Europe. But did not the Pope exert that influence at present? If danger ouss was it not dangerous at present? If dan gerous, would not that danger be counteracted by the concessions now proposed ? It was an evil, which, in some respects, the Legislature could not diminish. They could not loosen the bonds of spiritual allegiance to the Pope.— What, then, could they do ? They might draw more closely the links of political at tachment to the State. The true way of dealing with the supposed dangers, was to strengthen those ties which bind man to man, and the citizen to the Government of his country." Lord Liverpool is confident that Ireland can be tranquillized, and made rich and prosperous, without restoring the Catholics to their civil rights ; and the Bishop of Chester, in order to preserve the Church, would, we suppose, strip the gentry of their estates, by way of commenc ing this improvement. Lord Harrowby again observed, " that although he was not prepared to say that the proposed measure alone would tranquilize Ireland, he . was quite prepared to say, that without the proposed measure, Ire land would not be tranquillized." Lord Li verpool caught at a statement of Dr. Doyle, that the population was now on the decline (which we can hardly believe), and the Marquis of Anglesea she wed him how the process of de population might be accelerated. We agree with the Noble Marquis, that if the work is to be done, the sooner the better, because the trouble and the expence will be in the ratio of the resistance, and at present little resistance is to be apprehended. We observe that those who are most deeply interested in the tranquillity of Ireland express the strongest apprehensions. — Last night Mr. Spring Rice feelingly observed, 'that "he could almost wish now that he could bid adieu to 'that ill-fated country and all her interests." How the peasantry will receive I the intelligence remains to be seen. The Catho lic Deputies have now, however, obtained a va luable experience. We told them, long ago, that as they lowered their tone their enemies would raise theirs. The result has proved how correct we were. They must now arm themselvei with patience—suffer themselves to be kicked for conscience sake, and look on while Lord Liver pool's schemes are advancing towards maturity. [MORNING HERALD.] It would appear by the " verbose and grand" bulletin occasionally given by some of our con tem.poraries, that the horrid nuisance called the Westminster Pit stilt continues, despite all the el:forts of the Member for Galway. If such brutal and disgusting exhibitions really take place such ai they are described, they dis grace the country and human nature. It is even difficult to conceive how any but the basest po pulace could be. gratified by witnessing them, Or, indeed bear to witness them at all. If this spectacle, with the Police cases and other scenes which occasionally come before the public, were received as tests of the moral dispositions and practices of the people, we should be thought worse than savages—having their worst vices and propensities, without any circumstances of a na ture to redeem or palliate them. Nothing, how ever, would be more mistaken or unfair. A cu rious contrast, is observable between the pre sent attempts to put down cruelty to animals, in n hat are called cruel sports, and the spirit and manner in which similar attemps were made in a former age. In the latter end of the reign of Charles 1., or the beginning of the Common wealth, the godly party in Parliament effected the suppression of cock-fighting, dog-fighting, bear-baiting, and even of horse-racing. This, of course, precured a great respite to the ani mals particularly concerned. It appears, how ever, that humanity had no share in it. It was the sport that was condemned as " heathenish," not the cruelty as inhuman. So little regard had the adversaries of these sports for the suffer ings of brute creattues, that Colonel fiewsort, one of the godly, marched into London at the head of his regiment, and, in the excess of his pious zeal, as Hume expresses it, did military execution upon. all the, bolls and bears that he could . find, kept for the amusement, of the populace. The motives of. those who, at the present. day, condemn these exhibitions , are more creditable, to themselves and to the age. The object is two-fold-,to prevent any thing having life, and consequent suscepti bility of pain, from unnecessary. and wanton Suffering; and , what is still clearer, as a matter of practical rectitude and utility in moralsi to restrain.' human beings in the indulgence or those itripuises of malice or- cruelty, which are unpappily *inherent in human nature. At the sane h - urnattity, !'table _to. to - marked and„ general :0 11 4 1 'SY-- into cant---to which a very like reirgiOn, is• s in our time—and it may be said,'evenseitivle in' country. Strange that such should be a trait in the character of a frank and independent pe o p le,' yet so it is. Hume has remarked it. " Though the EngliSh nation," •he .says, " be naturally candid and sincere, - hypocrisy has prevailed among them beyond any example in ancient or modern times." , Most certainly the growth of hypocrisy is still more extensive and systematic since his time. It is since that the•tenn " cant " has. .been invented and introduced, or at least used in its now established sense, in our language. [TII E TIMES. The lamentable contrast between the decisions of the two Houses of Parliament on the Catholic Bill, is a matter not wholly to be accounted for by the votes of the Right Rev. Bishops. The Peers are less dependent than the Members of the House of Commons on the people. The habits, more over, of the Peerage must be considered, as well as the constitution of their Lordships' house ;--some, we appre hend, of the resistance displayed - by them upon this ques tion, arising from a want of intercourse and consequent sym pathy with the rest of mankind on subjects of general con cern.—Besides, in the catalogue of causes ought not to be forgotten, the presence and personal influence of the Prime Minister, with his active hostility to the Catholics. The form in which that hostility showed itself last Tuesday, we have already remarked, was not of a-piece with Lord Liverpool's usual manner—or with the temper in which he had on previous occasions discussed the rights of his fellow-subjects. His Lord ship's spirit appears, indeed, to have undergone a process the reverse of that which is experienced by most other indivi duals. Other men gradually reason themselves out of vio lence, into sobriety and calmness; the Noble Lord has pur sued an opposite course, instead of his original ardour against the Catholic Claims subsiding, and giving way to modera tion and charity. The first years of his opposition were the most distinguished by good temper ; instead of deliberat ing; the mind of Lord Liverpool has ever since been se cretly burning, until the flame which tormented him at length bunts forth in one angry, unmeasured, and sweeping denun ciation of the Catholics. This we from our hearts deplore ; but 'who can repair it—for who can measure its bad conse quences ? The whole tenilency of Lord Liverpool's discourse was to prove that Catholic Emancipation must never be granted, now or at any future period. Will the Catholics of the empire submit to such an everlasting exclusion from all that endears his country to civilized man ? We add to this another question, not in the spirit of provocation or of menace—far from either— but as friends of truth, and justice, and rational English liberty—in the name of all our laws—of all our political maxims —of the great Charter—of the Bill of Rights—of the Revolution —of William lll.—ought any body of English subjects (we say nothing of their numbers,though it would not be unfair to do so); but is any class of English subjects justified, in so far betray ing the free constitution of their country, as to crouch tamely under the loss of those blessings of which their proffered alle giance it the legitimate price?—Then, says Lord Liverpool, " all British subjects are entitled to equal rights, upon equal conditions," but the Catholic, not fulfilling the condition, has no claim to the right. This argument is as weak as the end of ; it is unjust and cruel. The Catholic tenders every condition by which the Protestant binds himself, or which the State ' exacts from the Protestant ; every thing but that which his duty to God withholds. He offers to pay taxes—to obey the laws reverently—to administer them justly—to defend with his life the Sovereign and the country, against all enemies domestic or foreign, including the Pope himself. " That which is " Clesar's he renders unto Cresar," evert to the uttermost farthing. Hai Ceesar any authority, divine or human, for demanding that tribute which the Catholic declares in his conscience to be due to God alone ? Yet Lord Liverpool charges the Catholics with paying only a " divided allegiance to their Sovereign." We doubt whether his Lordship con sidered well the force of this extraordinary argument. If good for any thing, it goes to the necessity of re-enacting all the penal laws, and all the disabling statutes—of taking away all the property of the Catholics, whiCh is. essential power—of cutting them off from the elective franchise, and• the ma gistracy, which are acknowledged power—of reducing them to that condition of utter insignificance, in which the im perfect nature of their allegiance would work no' mischief to the State—that is to say, by their utter extirpation froM society. For, if it be objected to every Catholic, that his al legiance to the Prince is no true allegiance, but subject to that more absolute, which he owes the Pope, the proposition must hold good of one Catholic as well as of others. The Catho lic elector must be incapable of the required allegiance— so must the Catholic jurors—the Catholic Justice of the peace—the Catholic General Officer I Are none of these men in situations where a " divided allegiance" would be dangerous to the Empire'? We repeat the question to Lord. Liverpool—are there none but Members of Par liament- for whom allegiance to their Sovereign is an im portant qualification ? And if Magistrates and Generals cane not pay such Constitutional allegiance, what reason" under Heaven can be found for not expelling them from their trusts, which does not equally enforce their adinisaion to both Houses of Parliament ? It follows, then, from this talk about " divided allegiance," that no Catholic can. be a good subject in any condition of life ; for there is no condition the duties of which may not in that case be violated at the Pope's bidding. It follows, too, that it is not a Protestant State alone which must suffer from ouch a vice inherent in the nature of all Catholics. No Sovereign of any persuasion—of the Ca tholic faith itself—can reckon upon the fidelity of one of his Catholic subjects. The Emperor of Austria, the Kings of France and Portugal, have not a good subject, except Pro testants, throughout their whole dominions ! Yet we verily bee lieve that the. most Popish of these Monarchs would have started with astonishment had he been listening in the House of Lords to such an accusation against two-thirds of the Christian people of Europe.—Lord Liverpool, then, to be consistent with him self, must bring in a new code of disabling laws against the Ca tholics, not choosing to credit vehatthey, one and all, affirm upon their oaths—that the allegiance they owe their Soveign is of such a peremptory nature as would compel them to - take arms in his defence, if anyone of his lawful rights or prerogatiyes were as saulted by a confederacyof which the Pope should be a Member. But this, it'seems to Lord Liverpool, is a " Protestant" State: The expression is ambiguous, and therofore is its effects insi dious: The King must.be e Piotestanee-41ev keeper of his cone science, and the great dispenser Of Church patronage, Pro. testant: The established religion is, we all know, Protestant. Beyond this, the allegation is false, for it• would imply that no public function of any sort can be exercised by those who are not of the Protestant - conimunion. Now, where so-many millions :of Catholiei actually exist in the United Kingdom; how - cam we exclude them from all public trusts and offices; except by reducing them to that very helotisin from which they. were rescued by the abolition of the penal laws—an experiment to which, in their preient stage of wealth, intelligence, and: spirit, we may assert without scruple that it would be morally impossible to subject them ? Lord `Liverpool, then, can - never pretend to be' sincere in the opi nions he-has just unhappily delivered, without drugging the whole system- of!English legislation -backward; since he will 'not suffer it to advance. Upon the issue of last Tuesday even ing,- we feel too deeply to .offeeu•syllable -of general observa tion.; though on , a. less !important occasion Lord Anglesey, ivitlt his -HussalS elOquencee settiglit- provoke a smile. The &- Meets. : of - theenight wets hatred eantl• uneharitableeess-L-the I-Rirse-gtiatitea-the Treasurye-ethe Woolsack; and the Orange Lodges hietentelithelingh of •Isieautpli!with them. HO* long is it ore we shall see this hilarity change places, and gladden every Court in Europe but our own ? FOR SUN. A QTJESTION RESPECTING THE PLAGUE. MR. Ebrrott--4 ISII t o as,k one question with respect to the Plague, which I should be , iappy to have answered. If this milady is not convey ed to England by contalon, and that contagion he' not brou.„ , lit in gods of some description or other, how does it happen tli t we were ever vi sited by•such a dreadful calamity ? Ramsgate„ May 17, 1825. P.*: K. FOR THE SUN. THE GREEKS. MR. EDITOR—CooIa you lind any room your Paper for these lines 1 should be grateful, as the subject ought to be no less interesting to every nzan, than it is to every true Christian. f mean the glorious struirgle of the Greeks, for that independence, which has been trampled under the feet of barbarian Turks. A nation, a Christian nation, abandoned to the brutal fury of its oppressors, is now bursting through the dark. veil of tyranny, to shine as bright as it once shone, to exist again noble, free, and indepen dent. Every person must be aware of what great consequence the ensuing campaign will prove (probably the last) ; she must either be Greece again, or die for ever in the accursed grasp of despotism. Of how much advantage it would undoubtedly be, if some spirited men (or why not the Committee itself) would set a general subscription on foot, in order to fit out a steam ship to send them ready manned (I propose a subscription, knowing many people who' think and hope are willing to give their share freely), it would inspire them with fresh ardour, it would show them that Britons are their friends, it would, I am convinced, be of infinite utility. What numbers we see support ing with large contributions, Missionary and Bible Societies; surely if those very people would but reflect for a few momentFs they would like wise see the importance of assisting persecuted Christians out of the grasp of infidels. how many pity, or pretend to pity, the unhappy ne groes who are torn from their fathers, mothers, and friends, to toil under the rod of task masters for life. Did these people never pity the degrad ed and insulted Greeks ? Where are our great classical men ? Where are the admirers of the Greek Historians, Poets, and Tragedians ? Is all their admiration confined to mere quartos and octavos ? Does no sympathy warm their enlight ened minds, no pity for the land which produced such men ? If there is a man who can read of the noble Leonidas, A ristides, Demosthenes, Epa minondas, and a hundred others, yet feel' un moved for their country now, unwilling to give a few shillings towards saving her from the basest of all reins, he is, I say, no true admirer of Greece, her Heroes, or her Poets. I can well understand our fox-hunting 'squires, who scarcely know there is such a land in existence, not-car.: • in whether, as one of them told me, " she- be shaken into a dumpling or no." But I cannot understand 'why men of education and feeling re main disinterested about the fate of . the MotheT of Arts, Sciences, every thing.., that .is every thing that was free. Yet, look on her now—dejected, debased, forlorn, none to sup-. port her rights, none to befriend her. If there are true.born Britons still in existence, let them now show themselves as such, or cease for ever to hear a name they are unable, at least unwilling,. to support. I fondly hope this may be of some little utility. Before I conclude, I wish to re mark, that the impertinent command .of FitArtets of Austria, forbidding Lord HOLLAND (who never, wished to enter any part of his polluted den) to set foot in his holy territory, has been at- yet either forgotten or overlooked in the. House„ against which it was a marked insult. Somebody, I trust, will not forget it. A FRIEND to the OPPRESSED, and an ENEMY to OPPRESSION. Bath. • . „ , . On Tesday night there were 66 petitions pre sented to the house of Lords, which, with 441. "previeusly•presented, make 508 petitions .to-their Lordships, against the Bill for further . Conces sions to the Roman Catholics ; and 31 •petitiO'ns for the Bill, which, with the 51 beforelpti4ent "ed, made 82 petitions forwarded to their Lord , ships in favour of the. Bill. . . . BRIGHTON MAY 16.—A woman named NETT, the wife of a green grocer, in Crescent-stivet; was safely delivered of three tine girls by Mr. COLEDIAIi,,ACCO4- cheur, St. James-street, on Tuesday last , all of *horn are in thriving state, and likely to do well. The babes have been named Faith, Hope, and Charity. The mother his tied 15 children previously, the present making the aggregge•2l. On Tuesday last, about three o'clock in the day, the neighbourhbod of Museuni-stroet, Bloomsbury, was thrown into great alarm by the over-driving of an infuriated cow, which made many attacks, and severely hurt ieVeraPpersous. among whom was the daughte,r of. Mr., IstiEs';, an attorney, who was, passing , before Bloomsbury Church, and very provi dentially saved herself by closing one of the iron gites,.which has a spring latch ; the animal endeavoured to follow her ; Miss II•rx - Es was taken home and bled, hilt still rernaini;Verf unwell. The grave-digger of the.church was, also attacked, as was one of the workmen employed in paVing Mu`seurn-street, *here it was found necessary to ham-string and slaughtet.the• beast. The cow belonged to one of those nuisances in London who keep them in populous neighbourhootli.,-.;.;-:,-•,,••-•-•,',4:, . , COAL MARKET." MAY 18. ' Chips at Nlarket. Ships sold . i...- Price,., ' L4li Newcastle - - 26 4 - Ws 6d:to 3 9 s u" 8i Sunderland - - 14 . . ,2138. ed to 493 601 BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., at Catford-hill, Lewisham, Mrs. J. I - Wilkinson, of a daughter. On the lgth ink, at Wotnhley Park, Middle:hex, the lady of the Rev. John Edward Gray, of Gayton, Northampton, of a daughter. MARRIED. •": ' Ott .TtresdaY, at:Marylebono Church, Mrr. tinny. Daviscits, of Chandos-street, Cavendish-Square, to Williafn Horne, Elk, of Upper Harley'-street, and'of f]pOng:greetl,J - lerts. Yesterday, at Christ Church, Newgate-street, Mr. John Ken dall "Barnes, of the Hon. East India CoMpiny's: Cita Service, to Airs. Martha Kent, relict of the late Mr. J. Kent. After the ceremony the happy couple' left town to, spend the honey moon with their friends in Essex. , • On the 18th inst., at St. George's, Blo"omsbYtry; -John (*vet Jones,' Esq., of John-street, Bedford-rowi.trl Mary Ann, Odes' daughter of the late Thomas Dix Pitman, Elq. DIED. , • On Tuesday last, at the house of Charles Cotiaerford, E+q•' in Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square, `Marta, daughter 01 the Rev. W. Morgan, of Writhe, E§sex, in the 20th year U• her age. On the I3th inst, George Smith, Esqli 'banker, Northam?' Lott, aged 54. 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