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LONDON JOURNALS. . 7 . * • .. DAILY „„Xxinictsfro - n*ltthe : 411drnzng Pap ers , June 15, 18?-5. [NEW- Times.] In the present lamentable scarcity of subjects ' ,for, complaint, When the whole nation is unfortu nately in a state of perfect complacency and good PA humour, it becinnes necessary to travel' a great • - ' ....,way..for matter of discontent. It is probably for this reason that a Cotemporary has pitched upon -':the• Burmese War as a promising topic of abuse. • .This contest, he says, was " unprovoked, aggres sive, unjust, ill-combined, and unsuccessful."— , „Our operations have been attended with " utter .disgrace ;" they have created, " an anxiety and • alarm among the more intelligent portion of . our countrythen in India ;". and, in other times, •they would have produced " an immediate Par • liamentary Friquiry." . —lf Parliamentary Inquiry is all that our Cotemporary wants, the indefatig able Mr. Joseph Hume will furnish that. He has already called for Papers, and they have been laid, or soon will be laid, on the table. Of course they will state the real facts of the case; bat it is much more convenient to declaim on cir- Cum Stances which exist. only in imagination than •to be bound down to the truth : and, besides, there is something peculiarly candid in passing condemnation before any evidence is produced: As to-the alarm in India, we have no doubt, that the Gentlemen, most subject to trepidation there, are " the more intelligent portion of our country men ;"- all we can say, is, that military men of the first experience in that country are so far from desponding, that they confidently anticipate a speedy submission on the part of the enemy. But the war was unprovoked ! Surely the writer must be pigeon livered, and lack gall To make oppression bitter. What sort-of provocation would he have wished our Indian Governinent - to put up with? His Burmese Majesty was pleased to treat us with some very insolent correspondence. He thought fit to seize our elephant hunters on our own ter ritory ; he shot our subjects for refusing to sub mit to an illegal imposition on the Naaf River, which is the common boundary., of equal pro perty to both States, and lastly, he, by force of arms, in-a time of full peace, captured a British island, occupied by a British guard. This to he sure was no provocation ! It was very " ag gressive" in us to resist it: and our conduct in so doilig was" highly unjust." There is a trifling inconsistency in charging the Cal cutta Government with aggression, when, at the sane time, it is admitted, that they con teMplated the probality of a war a twelvemonth before it broke out. If they had resolved to attack the poor innocent, inoffensive, Uurmans, - why wait a twelvemonth in apprehension of being attacked themselves ? The fact is, that the bar . barouslAespot who rules over this barbarous peo ple, had, for a twelvemonth before our declara tion of war, committed acts of the most de- V?rmined hostility ! arid we met those acts at first with nothing but remonstrances, and demands of reparation. These demands the •, barbarian treated with contempt. We are reminded that the Native Powers all over Lndia require but an occasion .to rebel against our authority ; and yet it is intimated that we should have tamely submitted to all these insults from the Sovereign of Aval Our empire in India rests on the opinion of otir power: and the conduct nscommeridcd by the sapient writer in question would have blasted that opinion for ever. The war, then, was in evitable. It was declared by the Governor- General on the sth of March, 182,4. And here begins a new chapter of grievances—it was " ill combined !" Now really we must beg to doubt whether the Gentleman who pitched, on this . unlucky expletive, has any more knowledge of military combination than a porpoise has of .a country dance.. He seems to have a !lotion that there could have been but one object from the beginning, namely, " pushing 'on •the . Burmese capital ; and • that from various points at once. Ndvi the best answer to this will be a short history , of the warfare that has.actually been carried on: The llnrman - empire extends from the 9th: tO; the 27th or 28th degree: Of . North latitude. timmerapoora, the capital,- is an inland city in about latitude 2'2; We might.; no doubt, have set out at, first from Chittagong to penetrate due Eastward to Lriniperapoora,,or we might. have Marched South Eastward on the same point from bat in, the first place,, our critiCAOls us that the 'country through which; we -. should have' had to moves in either - of these'• cases,. was ‘fvfltolly . unknown - to .the 'CoMpany's .Govern-' men.t,except as...one which it`-would.-be madness tolgviide - without'the most 'ficcurate'ond detailed in'f'oitiatiori. --Alt adinirtible reason truly for coin plaininr,o• that such an invasion. was.not attempted in'the first ipstanee ! In point of fact, we'stood on the gefeilsive, both on the Silhet and Chitta gong4rootiers ; and while- some of " the more intelligent portion: of ..our countrymen in India" *7oe'tOpililing witli . fear of seeing " the Golden Presence" himself take. tip- .. hia head-quarters in Calcutta,' we• - effectually guarded' , agkinst • that - • • ( 5 - ,Viz ; p carne time, dlspaiched . an ow edition to.hsrass the enemy in the. most Nul nefable points---his sea-ports, and:'statioiiS on the coast It"dicl not appear ,absolutely 'necessary in•theuutset'af the war,: that Ave should " posh on to,the Burmese - capital." Conquest 'was not atr'''obje'dt.7 7 l 7 :itengion of . territory was by no' rkins,,particularly deSirable- to us. It was hoped, that,. despot as he was, -the Burman on 'ch rni"glif . h0.17e". been' i nl.l , by.thepres- Sti:e-..,on,:hivcorninerce and . ,maritime .resources; to - stshMit to , :riasonable • terms of peace. 'NYith •. hra T e„act l ve, and enterp risin g of4er - was sent.: with 'an - expedition. against it.angoOn, tlie:priniPill port of the empire, at' the mouth of flO`w from the capital.--- 13, Apr ori. ip`abot4 lat, 17. aniLwe not , say. Vo T w efifrCtUally S;i.. Archibaldcariipheel ha ;t wh ichenjoined him . to skiliAl But t , p sn 9 t all. ffsiti'dlieff far - deS up - and dawit'the, coast, f;.9 m, tCCIViorgRi, 4t,4, e b4;:(bOe ineans;ohiainql, Ro . saession (gficArg Va Tenis-; 771 J* I Al- • ••, : serim, Yea, Timor, and Mergui, and, in short, of every station of the least importance. It was, undoubtedly, hoped, that peace might have been obtained without the necessity of a long, laborious, and expensive, campaign in the interior; nor is that hope even yet abandoned ; but since barba rians and despots are hard to be taught, and since the Burman Monarch has not yet learnt the ne cessity of submission, a combined operation is now distinctly undertaken. Gen. Morrison, with the Chittagong army, has crossed the Naaf, and entered Arracan, with the intention of advancing to Prome on the Irrawaddy, about 160 miles above Rangoon. Here he will he joined by Sir Arad. Campbell, and the two armies united may ascend the course of the river to Ummerapoora.— t the same time an important diversion isoperat ho. in the North. Brig.-General Shuldham has - advanced from Silhet, ascending the Soorma river, from the head of which he will descend the Imphan to Munnipoor. The enemy have not ventured to stand before him at a single point, and in their flight they have been cut up by the Naghas, the Jauns, Ungphins, and other inde pendent tribes, who are glad to take vengeance on them for former oppressions. Munnipoor may he considered a sort of secondary capital of the • Burman Empire ; and the " Golden Presence" must be sadly distracted between his fears for that City in the North ; Arracan, on the West ; and Rangoon, on the South. Possibly his plans for their protection may be, at least, " as ill combined" as those of the Calcutta Govern ment are for their attack. To say, that all these measures have inflicted no " mischief or co ercion on the Burmans," is to deny that the Sun shinesat mid day ; and is about on a par with the assertion, that out of 10 or 12,000 men, Sir Archibald Campbell could muster only 1300. The two columns which attacked the stockade, at Kokien, amounted, indeed, exactly to that number; but it would. be .rather absurd to suppose, that he had left no force to hold Ran goon—that he had .no - detachments on. any other point, and no reserve. True, it is, that the neighbourhood of, Rangoon, abounding with large streams of water, and inmmense jungles, is, as all such countries t are in hot climates, very insalubrious : and accordingly our brave fellows have suffered much more from disease than from the enemy. This is an evil not wholly to be avoided in war; but the greatest possible care has been taken of their health, and we learn, that the difficulties with which they first had to struggle are beginning to yield to experience, and .to the means of supply which have been wisely adopted. Some nonsense is talked in the article Which we have been criticising about Runjeet Sing,his French and Russian officers,numerous ar tillery, horse and foot, organised on the most ap proved European system. This, to use a trivial epresion, - is all fudge. The simple fact is, that the Sikhs and Afghans are quarrelling, and that our Government has nothing to do with the dispute, nor any thing to apprehend from it, let it end which way it will. [THE-TIKES.] • In the present early..stage of the proceed ings in the .[lodse •of Commons in the case of •Mr. 'Kendrick, the Surrey ~Magistrate and Welsh Judge, we can only express our satis faction that the matter is taken up ; and we hope that prompt justice, whether the issue be ac quittal or conviction, will be done on the occa sion. Tie cl'arges against this gentleman, in the functions of his office as a magistrate, 'are very serious : and one who does not show sufficient temper or impartiality in that humbler station, can hardly be fit to occupy the more eminent rank of a Judge. Should the matter rernahi un decided for any time, we think ta:, would do well, as several names generally stand in the Commis- sion'tif I.3size, to transfer ad interim his duties to sorne'othi;r to wyer. The proceeding at. Dover would of itself, unless rescinded, be sufficient to prevent- his appearance on:th'e bench. [BRITISH PR ESS.] - fn the Paris Papers of Monday. we. find no articles of domestic intelligence.. The opposition journals, in the absence of other topics of com plaint, find much fault with the arrangements Of the police, for the preservation of the publiC. order and safety during the late rejoiciugs in the capital on account of the. Coronation. Sev . eral persons, it appears, have been killed, and some are in custody for contributing by their negligence to this melancholy result.--- The news from Greece continues .to be of the most satisfactOry nature. The campaign is cer- tainly over. The Turks have been. defeated iu every attempt to penetrate into the Morea, ',Nadia; and . Ibrahim Pacha is in extreme:peril. Tbn report is confirmed that Odysseus had Sur - 7 rendered himself to the Greek Government: From Cadiz we learn that intelligence had been received there from Peru, announcing that Olaneta had agreed to an armistice for four months, preparatory, it was believed, to his ca pitulation. Thus are the...last hopes of Ferdi. mind extinguished. [THE PUBLIC •LEDG.ER.] • The situation of Spain is a just judgment upon the Conservators of the peace of Europe, for lia . v= in 7 robbed the Spanish nation of the just reward of its noble resistance to the plan. of,universal do.. minion pursued by Buonaparte. Ilatlthe Spani. ards imitated the pusillaniniity of the other:Con thiental nations, the Emperors. and Kings who as sembled two years since at Verona to pronatince upon their fate,.would not have been able to secure their own; but would have been the vassals,or.pri soners, of an insolent soldier of fortune. For this .ine Stirliable service : they have wade .a -pretty re turn; and the Spaniards for fighting their battles; l and in tact re.esiablishinig the. independence of their thrones,. h . ave been reduced ho the most, abject - slavery ; whilst Ferdinand, who , did all he • could. to perpetuate- their bondage, -has been - the sole object of their care.. There is P9l- in -all history - .,an instance or ing rn ti te: Similar to that which tine Spanish nation has experienced ; and we wholly misunderstaittl . the -moral order of The world, if_ the penalty. will not. be', commensurate with -the offence.. Of 'all the, ,Monarchs who 114ve- been restored of that people, not one of them expressed the slightest sympathy in their behalf, when they were threatened with the greatest of calamities, that of being subjected to the wayward will and vindictive disposition of an incorrigible despot, One sovereign alone interested himself in their behalf ; and be was their benefactor and not their debtor. He strongly felt both the injustice and indignity of the treatment with which they were menaced ; and had his Ministers been ca pable of imitating his magnanimity, the French army would have as soon thought of la - tiding in any port of the British dominions, as of crossing the I3idassoa. The view he took of the subject was as remarkable for its wisdom as its generosity ; as the Powers that thought proper at the time to disregard it, will soon learn to their cost. What have we said ? Is not the lesson operating al ready ? and is not the European system threatened with much greater danger at the present moment, that it was before the invasion of Spain ? That country absolutely teems with revolutionary matter ; and should their want of pay alienate the minds of the troops from the present Govern ment, a convulsion would take place, compared to which the last was like the explosion of a cracker. I MORNING HERALD.i The ink was scarcely dry with which we passed judgment on Mr. O'Connell's toasts, and their accompanying comments; at the Blanchard's Town Dinner, Chen_ we are met by another lengthy harangue from the same Learned Gentleman, at the Catholic Aggregate Meet ing on Wednesday se'nnight. The senti ment of " save us from our friends," seems particularly applicable to this Gentleman's oratory ; for we know of nothing that could more essentially serve the Catholic Cause, than that a year or two's silence should he imposed upon him And one or two more of tile 'Dub lin debaters. The speech which we have -at present to deal with, is as remarkable for what it omits as what it contains. Mr. Lawless (who seems, as far as we can judge of him, well entitled to the character of honest Jack Law, less) proposed at this Meeting to grapple with the wings, as they were called, which it was pro posed to attach to the late Catholic Relief Bill ; and though these were the most obvious topics of debate, and though many persons were anxious to second Mr. Lawless's proposition, the de magogue influence prevailed, and Mr. Law less's proposed disavowal of the disfranchising and pay wings, was not only not allowed to he put, but Mr. O'Connell scrupulously abstained from saying one word upon the subject. - Now to us, were we of the lower class of Catholics, this si lence would speak volumes. Mr. O'Connell and his associates were ready enough to make the Ca tholic Clergy pensioners of the State—they were ready enough to 'sacrifice the elective franchise of four-fifths of their countrythen, as long as these means were likely to be the stepping stones to their own ambition ; but now that they have failed to • answer that purpose, not . a word is -to be allowed to - be said either - in defence or reprobation -of them. We repeat, that such silence speaks volumes, and ought at least to cure the Catholic population of Ire land of too overweening a confidence in :such leaders. It would be in vain to attempt to fol low Mr. O'Connell through one half of this speech. [MORNING POST.] Mr. fiume's notions about property are so pri-. mitive that we should like to know where he picked them up—whether they are the result of his researches into Mr. Ben tham's singular philosophy, or deductions from the Hon. Mem her'4 own experience in the East, and Captain Rock's practice• in the West . . They are indeed of a genuine Irisis character, andif applied 'to the plunder of the Protestant Church, would no doubt be deemed the perfection of reason and wisdom, by the Papists of the Sister Country. But we shall not discuss With 1%.11. Ilume the proposal of dismembering the Establish ment in Ireland upon abstract principles, or endeavour to cor rect in his mind th a t mos t d angerous of radical' dogmas, that " the only real right of property is derived from law ;" and, consequently, that the sole criterion of justice or injustice is an Act of Parliament, or the chance medley decision of what ever bcdy or, individual may undertake to legislate. The Lord Rector of a Scotch University, however, ought to learn the meaning of the proposition before he finally adopts it—for what goes to deny the existence of conscience in man strikes at the root. of all religion, and of all the duties of social life, and is 'not exactly, we shotild hope( the approved doctrine of the Aberdeen Professors. Inshewing the absurdity of Mr. Hume's motion on'Tuesday, we shall meet him- upon the ground he has himself chosen—expediency. The practical conclusion at whiCh he . wOuld have the Legislature arrive, is—that the Pro testant Church. Establishment of Ireland should be cut down precisely to suit the spiritual, wants of the present number of Protestants in that island. elneans this, or he means no thing; for if he allows that it should be an iota above that point, our principle is conceded. We beg, then, to inform the Hon ourable. Gentleman, that the Church of Ireland is established not for a part, but .for-the whole of the people of Ireland— it is not intended for any particular fraction of the population but for 'its aggregate amount, on the just and reasonable pre sumption, that although when that establishment was founded, or even. now, numerically, the,, Protestants were or are corn paratiVely few, yet that ultimately' they will form the pre ponderating mass . of the community. Now this latter result we rnuit'also tell Mr. Hume, he himself, as a sincere Protes tant, is bound to anticipate, and as a Member of the Legislature is bound te promote.. It was well and candidly said by Mr. Husltisson, in - the digcnision on the Catholic Bill, that to have five or .six millions of, the !subjects of the Ur "eeti Kingdom Papists was a: great misfortune. Can any honest and en lightened - ifiah . deny it? Can any honest and enlightened man declare that every means short of force ought to be em ployed for bringing over the Rom a n C a tholics to the Reli gion • of the State ? Have the advocates. of Ethancipatibn a single argument worth a.straw for the adoption of that mea sure, but the hopelhat byremoying civil exclusion on the score of religious belief, the Papists would gradually conform to Pro testantisM Is not Mr. Fume's motion, therefore, wholly at war with the poliey and the Interest of the Empire ? " Let us not," Says increase the number of Protestants—but, on the contrary, lessen theProtes!:ant Church—let us pull down the Protestant Establishment; and out 'of its ruins raise up and dignify Popery." A more monstrous idea we never heard broached; or schethe more inimical to every sound principle of legislation. We should haYe imagined that the most enthu siastic friend of human perfectability would consider the, exist ence of the Church Establishment of Ireland as the best pos sible foinidation for . .the improvement of that country. Whether the Papists be told " to' hope no more" as they ought to be told; or their hope's be realized, the most certain and powerful instrunienrof allying, their Aristocracy to- the British Go vernment is the Church Establishment. It really astonishes us to hear the Hon. Member talk of the Presbyterian Reformed Church -'of SCOtrand,' as Standing' in no near relation to the Episcopalefteco'imed Chuich of England, than the superstitious Foreign Chlirch Of Mime; and arguing that Popery ought to be e - seablished• iiilieland,hecause Protestantism is established, in Great Britain: DoeS not every natural and accidental affi nity existhetween the religions of the people on the North and on the South of the Tweed, while in doctrine and discipline Ca tholicisin is directly hostile to both ? In our opinion, almost ail 'sacrifices ought to beinatle to eradicate Popery in the united Kingdom, and convett its followers to the National Faith.--, With this object,. w e f ree ly 'acknowledge. that if abuses have crept into the system, they could 'not be too soon removed that oon-residence, non-attention:to duties of any . .Sort, "Ought. .to. tle:strictly prevented or punished. In a word, that every'ex-, trinsic . cirettmotance, fibm - the purity and perfection of _Bintratantistn,•ought to-bedeared away. Tcisiacil an extent' the best friends of • the Establishment will support re f orms in the Church of Ireland. Mr. Hume, however, wolalnot re form, but extirpate ; he would not win over Papists to Protestan tism, but bribe Protestants to turn Papists. The contemptible minority in which he was left on Tuesday may teach him the madness and futility of the course he has chosen, and will, we trust, for the future check his career. [MORNING CHRONICLE.I We were in the habit, in our boyish days, of reading with horror and disgust of the cruelties committed by the Spaniards upon the unoffending nations of South Ame rica, and we believe that the first adventurers to that country did pursue a system at which human nature ought to revolt ; there was no power to controul the actions of these blood thirsty-robbers, but a corrupt despotic Government in Spain that shared the plunder. It is otherwise with the inoffen sive natives of India; they, if treated with oppression by the rulers placed over them, have an enlightened Government in England to protect them ; and if that Power, with a view of screening a favourite or favourites, neglects its duty, they ought to appeal with confidence to Parliament.— But the question is, who is to bring the subject before the House? The savages in Africa have their advocates in Parlia ment, but the millions of Hindoos and Musselmens in India have not a friend to open his mouth in their behalf. We called the attention of our Readers some time ago to the proceedings at Barrackpore, where General Sir Edward Paget gave a Regi ment of Native Indians, who never contemplated resistance, a sample of what the head of his family wishes to have an oppor tunity of inflicting on the unarmed population of Ireland. A Court of Inquiry we know was assembled to investigate the whole case, and we have reason also to know, from letters which we have seen, written on the spot, and from the account given by persons lately arrived from Bengal, that a great deal has come out to palliate the conduct of the unfortunate regiment, and to throw the blame on high authority, who think themselves sure of the protection of his Majesty's :Ministers. This, however, we cannot bring ourselves to think will be ex tended to them, by at least a certain portion of the Cabinet.— Governor Wall was executed for taking the life bf a single soldier 20 years after its occurrence ; but here are several hun dreds put to death without even an inquiry at home into the cause. We know also the opinion entertained in India, and in London, by those most competent to form an opinion on East India affairs, of the total incapacity of the persons in authority, composing the Supreme Government in Bengal, with the exception of Mr. Adam, who was sick, absent, and far from Calcutta, when the Burmese war was in contemplation, and de termined on ; and at the period of the Barrackpore massacre, there was not a man of talent or judgment among them. Why is India to be made a job of, for the friends and relations of men of political power ? Some persons blame the Court of Directors, but we say unjustly ; the best Governor-General that ever went to india, the Marquis of Hastings, was forced on the Cabinet by that Court, backed by the Prince Regent. In a late instance, Sir John Malcolm was appointed by them, Governor of Madras ; but the Board of Controul, because Lord Liverpool and Mr. Canning wanted Mr. Lushington's appointment as Secretary to the Treasury, to give to Mr. Planta, refused to confirm it.— Lord Amherst never was the choice of the Court of Directors, and Sir Edward Paget was forced upon them by his Royal Highness the Duke of York.—The Court of Directors have a great deal to answer for, of which our readers shall be informed bye and by. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EIBURy RACES, 1325.-FIRST RAY, JUNE 1 4. Sweepstakes of 53gs each, h. ft. for the produce of mares co vered in 1821. Red Post in. Mr. Rawlinson's ch. f. Rarity, by Anticipation, walked over. The Bibury Stakes of 25 sov. each, 15 ft. and only five, if de clared, &c. with 30 added by the Club. Two miles. Mr. Thornhill named Dr. Eady, aged, Bst. 31b. - 1 Mr. Rawlinson's Rarity, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b. - - 2 Mr. West's Mystery-, 3 yrs, fist. 101 b. - - 3 Major Mundy's Catiline, aged, 9st. - - 4 Eight having declared ft. by the time prescribed, paid but 5 sov. • each.—Easy. The Weltin Stakes of 20 soy. each, h. ft. for 5 yr olds and upwards, was won by Mr. Benson's Fencer, 6 yrs old, beating Major Mundy's Catiline, aged.—Good race. • GUILDFORD RACES, 1825— THURSDAY. The Members' Plate of 501.-3 yrs, 7st. 21b.; 4 yrs, Bst. 21b. ; 5 yrs, Bst. 111 b. ; 6'yrs, 9st. ; and aged 9st. 21b. Mares and Geldings allowed 31b. The winner of a Cup, Plate, Match, or Sweepstakes this year, to carry 31b. extra; of two,, 51b; of three, 71b.—The winner to be sold for 200g5., if demanded, as usual. Two-mile heats. Mr. Holbrook's b. h. Felix, 5 yrs - - - 1 I Mr. Smith's Isabella, 4 yrs - - 2 2 Capt. !lerkley's br. g. Little Driver, 6 yrs - - 3 3 The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sov. each, for horses not thorough bred, bona fide the property of a subscriber at the time of naming ; never to have won or received forfeit-5 yrs, llst. 71b. ; 6, and aged, 12st. Two-mile heats. Gentlemen riders. Mr. J. Steeven's br. g. Little Devil, 5 yrs - 2 1 1 Mr. J. W. Ladbroke's br. g. Brown Stout, aged 1 2 dr Capt. Price's gr. m. Tib, 5 yrs' - 3 3dr FRIDAY. A Maiden Plate of 591. given by. the town, for horses that never won or received forfeit. Three yrs old, 7st. 41h. ; 4 yrs old, Bst. 4113. - ; 5 yrs old, Bst. 61b. ; 6 yrs old, 2st. 11b. ; and aged, 9st. 31b. Mares and Geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be . sold for 120 gs. if demanded, as usual. Two mile heats. • Mr. Smith's br. f. Sarah, 4 yrs old - - I 1 Mr. Coleman's b. f. Princess Mary, 3 yrs old - 3 2 Mr. A. Cockburn's c. f. by Soothsayer, 3 yrs old - 2dr GRAND PIGEON MATCH.-2ND DAY, WEDNESDAY. The shooting to-day was fine, many of the birds (which were strong on the wing) that escaped being very heavily hit, and several fell inside the inclosure. The foll Owing is a statement of the day :7 Killed. Killed. Mr. Osbaldestone Mr. Arrowsmith Lord Kennedy Capt. Ross - - 35 - 30 • -66 Majority for Messrs. Arrowsmith, &c. 10, and on the match (which is given up) 23. The birds were provided by Clayards, of Soho. In our account of Monday we stated that Lord Kennedy killed 37, instead of 36 : the majority, therefore, was 13, BOXING. The fight between Sun7p;;;;the Birmingham Youth, and Jem. Burn, took place on Tuesday about twentyeight miles fiom town; within. the confines of Bedfordshire, the parties having been c haced from Hertfordshire by the illagistrates.— The contest lasted an hour and ten minutes, during which time twenty-three rounds were fought, when Jam. being quite ex hausted and nearly blind, gave in; he fought bravely to the end, though it was easy to see that he stood no chance after the third round. Sampson was led away amid the shouts of hie friends. He did not show one scar on his face, although his eye was swelled. In point of science Burn was certainly the better of the two, but Sampson displayed the greatest coolness, and met his man with a tremendous welcome. Burn seemed anxi ous to take the lead after the first four rounds and finish it, but Sampson was not to be out.generalled. The fight was more a specimen of tactics than hard hitting, but Sampson would not fight but when compelled, until the 18th round, when he took advantage of Jern's blindness ' and set to in earnest. --The vanquished was woefully punished. WELSH NURTIALS.-Our readers are not perhaps aware of the existence of a curious wedding ceremony amongst the Welsh. The bride gathers round her a party of friends on horseback, and being herself mounted upon the best horse she can get, she sets oft, pursued by> the husband and his party, similarly equipped. When the bridegroom has caught the bride, he becomes entitled to-espouse her. • These races are more or less numerously attended, according to the respect in which the parties are held ; and are sometimes obstinately pro. longed. Even after the bride is caught, the-race continues for the prize, which is some mark of distinction given to the winner. One of these marriages took place last week, at Merthyr Cynog, to the great entertainment of that part of the county of Monmouth. One hundred and fifty horses had a race of 23 miles, at full - gallop, during the whole of which distance the bride was one c)t the foremost, and was cap tured with much dif f iculty by the bridegroom. The race was at last won by a grey mare, and as our informant says, none of the slenderest. . Pon.kntA.— This celebrated Musician was spending a day at an Abbey in Germany, when the Monks requested him to assist at the Office.) in order hear their organist, whose talents they greatly extolled. The office finished— " what think you of our organist ?" said the Prior--:-" Why (replied Porpora) he is a clever man !"--" Arid likewise," said the Prior, " a good'and charitable man, and his simplicity is really evangelical.' ." Oh, as for his sim plicity.," replied Porpora, " I soon clearly per- Teived •thal, for his left'hand krrow - eth pot . what his right •hziod dbeth," FOR THE SUN. The fifth vial was poured out on the seat of the Beast, &c.— (Revelation, chap. xviii.) • MR. EDITOR—Upon these denunciations of Gon's wrath the Roman Catholics and Protest ants are not agreed, the Catholics applying them to the Protestant, and the Protestant to the Ca tholic ; which is right can only he determined by events, for events that accord with what has been foretold are its best expounders ; a single apparent instance only is not wholly t.o be de pended on ; but if we can ascertain that two events foretold have come to pass in the order they have been foretOld, we may, with some degree of confi dence, presume that they are rightly understood.---L. Roman Catholics, however, as well as Protestants, seem to agree that the woman (chap. xviii.) means the City of Rome, and the beast that carrieth her the Empire of that city, which was to be sup ported by ten Kings or Powers, and to continue 1260 years.—There has been much doubt abotit these ten Kings. Powers that have long passed away have been pointed out as likely to have been meant ; but as they are to give their power to the Beast till the words of God are fulfilled, they must-of course be with him till the end'of his reign, since the words of God will not 'be fulfilled before ; at which time they are to turn against him. Thus much promised, I should ask the Roman Catholic, whether the Empire of Rome, and that Empire only, has not continued for the term of 1,260 years or near it ? Has it not of late years been supported by these ten Powers, France, Spain, Austria, Poland, Sardinia, Tus cany, Venice, Genoa, Naples, Portugal, and do they not give their power to it till this day ? Now can we expect to see the pouring ott(or the fifth vial of Lion's wrath more fully exem plified than it has been by the calamities that have befallen the territories of these ten Powers, and of Rome in the course of the last thirty years ? Is not Spain, which has been stiled (he great toe of Daniel's image, drinking the cup of his anger even now to the very dregs ? Have Ireland, and South America, 6r any cor ner of the globe,. where the authority of the Pa pacy prevails, escaped it ? Do not these events stamp a strong mark .upon the era (with respect to the prophecies) in whi - ch we live ? and will .not presumption amount a. 1.- most to a certainty, if the fall of the Ottomau Empire should follow„ which seems 'ikely to happen ? • • ' The sixth vial is to be poured out on the rivet Euphrates, which is to be dried up, that the wag moj be prepared for the Kings of the East. Nov!' by the river Euphrates some commentators under stand not improperly the seat of the Mahomme: dan Empire, and by the Kings of the East, the Jews (who are numerous in the East) and %vita) are to be assembled at J erusalem to take posses sion of 'the Kingdom.—See Isaiah xi. xxx..6th V.—This brings me to the same coucluSiot; made in my-last letter,—:(See The Sun of Dee. 17 last," --Wherein I- referred the Reader to the last verses of Daniel, c. xi:, and first verses of c. xii., to shevi that the restoration of the Jews was to take place upon the fall of the Ottoman EmpireoeToGENARIUS. June, 1825. Letters from Milan say, that urgent steps are being taken by that distinguished Order, in aP cient times, the Knights of Malta, to endeavour to interest the griat - Potentates now in that ci? to espouse their cause so far as to authorize theiC being incorporat e d aga i n , un d er a cer tain•rnoP fication of their Statutes, and praying that 0:0 may be re-established either at Malta, or •• 's g some of the Isles in the vaster!) A rchipelago. It is said they have proffered the dignity of tl,:ir GRAND MASTERSDIP to the King of INAi.Lto. And it is further added, that the . virtues atid nevolent principles. which. have, ever characterii' ed the Knights of-this most honourable' Order have created a•very powerful syMpathy in their favour,' which, it is hoped, may issue in sotric arrangement approximatory to their wishes. An article in the New York Gazette of the 14th ult. says—" On the arrival - of intelligen9 e in April of the rise of cotton in tngland, i!!" . dividual was dispatched from Philadelphia t° Huntsville, in Albania. The`distance is nearly 1000 miles. He arrived therein twelve having performed the whole journey on: horse back, and reached Huntsville six days in advance of the mail." • The third. part of Paradise Lost, illustrated bq Mr. MARTIN, has been publishid. The letter press contains the whole of the third hook of the Poem, and_ part of the7foufa i ,i The subjects of the two pl a t es w hi c h a ccompany i t, are d e rived from Book 11. I. 727, and Book XI. .1. - They are bdj , ut ri l ; ful specimens of ar t, an d f u ll of t h at hi gh poet i cal f ee li n g which must guide the pencil of a ny one w h o attempts , the bold tasi , ° illustrating MILTON. COAL iIARKET Ships at Market. Ships sold 69 Newcastle - -27 i 344 Sunderland - 264 2 2, 9: 06iiirittocoe33176: Gd BIRTHS. On Wednesday, the 15th inst., in Bolton-street, the 1(1f V. S. Reynolds, Esq., of a son. ••'' • On the 14th inst., the lady of Alfred Chapman, Esq, daughter. The lady of the lion. James Caulfield, R.N., Lowet street, Dublin, on the 10th inst., of ieson. MARRIED. Yesterday, at St. Dunstan's-in"-the:West, J. Greatorex, Eq . " . of Aldermanbury, to Eliza, only daughter of James %Iralfotd, Esq., of Chancery-lane. On the 14th inst., at St. Ann's Church, Kew, \ Capt. late fah Dragoon Guards, to Emily, only daughter of Brien, Esq., of Great Ormond-street. At W'oodensborough, Kent, Moulton Messiter, Esq., solid, tor, Sandwich, to Henrietta, third daughter of the Rec• Smith, vicar of Woodnesborough, and Chart Sutton, in the county of Kent. On the 13th inst., at Leamington, John Edward Brodbo,_,, r of Mansfield, Notts, E sq ., to H arr i ett W estby Hirst, datigr, of the late Charles Hirst, or Rotherham, Yorkshire, Esq• to On Tuesday, the 14th inst., Thomas G. Lloyd, Esq'',4 l Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Richard Best, Esq.; of Gre e n wich. DIED. bect On the 24th ult., at St oc kh o l m, M a j or-Genera l C oun t R°- Von Rosen, G ran d M aster O f t h e Hounds, to his MajestY ,he King of Sweden. e On the 14th inst., a t K enn i ng t on-p l ace, V aux h a ll , Caroli n at Savage, widow of C a p ta i n S avage, an d e ld est d aug ht e r Of t late Rev. Francis Stone. iffe. Yesterday, the 15th i ns t. Sarah, the wife of Mr. Cogan, of Holborn, in her 27th year. Printed and Publ.i bed tor the PROPRIETORS,' at.t ll6 511 OFFICE, No. 112, 'Strand, by J. 13. CARSTAIIIS. i 1'