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2-IXlity which - had been manifested by the Hon. Memter, denied that any sufficient grounds had .been laid for the motion. No man could object more than himself to any measures unnecessarily hostile to the liberties of the people-, bit it was Ijis firm opinion that at the time when theSe Bills - were enacted there was great danger, against 17-hich it behoved the Legislature to guard. He regretted the introduction by the lion. Member of one topic—he meant the conduct of one of the Judges of the- Court of King's Bench. Twice had the subject been mentioned in that House. f tfat individual's conduct was considered re yrkfiensible, let a charge be made in a fair and -mthly way, and he was sure no one would more readily meet it. He had long known that Nidual, and he would say, that he . had never known -a man of more tender mind or less-dis posed to harshness as a Judge. The only fault - which he found with that Learned Judge,•on the -occasion alluded to by the' Honourable Gen tleman, was, that he took off all the fines 'which lie had impOsed. He firmly believed -that if he had not remitted those fines-no corn ,claint wonlxl have been made against him. he Jicnourable and Learned Gentleman proceeded 'to argue that the Bills in - question were indis pensibte at the time they were passed, and to defend the honourable Magistracy of the Country 'from the assertion of the Honourable Gentleman, 'that they were subservient to the will of Minis , The Hon. Member had adverted to the -motion made by Mr. Fox in 1797, for repealing the Act of -1796. Without meaning any disre spect- to the Hon. Gentleman, he must say, that if Mr. Fox in 1797 could not convince the 1-louse of Commons of that day that the Bill of 1.796 ought to be repealed, he doubted whether the Ron. Gentleman would be able to persuade the present House of Commons to repeal the Bills of 1 - 8-19. After urging a variety of arguments in - hostility to the proposition, the Hon. and Learn ed .Gentleman concluded by moving the previous question. Mr. DENMAN said, that if the Constitution was not sufficient for its own support, our ancestors had been strangely mistaken. Ile could not conceive how any Gentlemen who thought the Meeting at Manchester had been 'legally dis persed, could be advocates fox the new Acts as the same means there employed could - be made use of on similar occasions ; nay more, the Assemblers of the Meeting had been punished by the old and Common Law of the land. lie knew of no instance in wf►ich this new enactment 'had been brought into use. All the convictions had taken place under the ancient law. It was for those who encroached on the Rights of the People to shew the necessity of the continuance, of such encroachments. If the cause had ceased, then the enactments ought to be repealed. By the law in question, the Right of Petitioning had been materially. obstructed ; and the country had been divided into departmental districts.— But t►►at law had never been carried into effect,and no advantage had been taken of that clause, by those who might wish to defeat the operation csf the Act, than which he conceived nothing could have been more easy. Nothing could be ,more difficult to define than a blasphemous libel ; As appeared from the fact that one J ury had ac qu:tted Mr. Hone, whilst others had convicted persons in exactly the same circumstances. Nothing could be rnore vague than the language, " Words tending to bring the Government into contempt." The Law had been passed on false -and fraudulent assertions, and no reason had been assigned for its continuance now. Individuals had heen convicted of going armed in the night, but the convictions had been made under the old Law. The Acts in question had arisen from that love of legislation, which was so conspicuous in the enactment; of the late reign. Mr. llwrcniN-soN complimented the Hon. .Mover on the talents he had displayed in bring ing the subject before the House. He did not admit, that at the time a sufficiently strong case had been made out; but there could he no doubt the state of the country was totally different now. Could any part of England or Scotland be proved now to be in a state of disturbance ? From the statement of the Noble Lord, as to the tranquil lity of Ireland, he had thought that country Heald have been exempted from. the operation of the Acts. The motion should have his cordial support.—Mr. Serjeant ONsLow explained. _Mr. MAXWELL said, that in the Ciiunty he re presented much alarm had been excited by pub lic Meetings, held for no rational object of poll itical discussion. He should vote for the repeal -of the Act that went to restrain the liberty of the press ; though, from a regard to consistency, he could not vote for this motion. Mr. ARERCROMIE had been one of those who .had voted for the .Bill passing into a law, as he thought the right of petitioning had been much .abused. He also thought that the Meeting was • illegal at Manchester; But he had voted for the 'Bill as a temporary measure, and the necessity for it had now wholly ceased. Though some Sheriffs had act4d. with much propriety, yet others had acted with much caprice. The Meet ings held at the time were wholly unfit for all rational discussion. But the state of the country ' , was then different; and if -pressed, he must con ,cur in the motion. At the same time-he could have 'wished that it had not been made. As there was but little hope that the motion would be carried, lie was afraid that the decision of the house would be afterwards turned into an argument for the continuance of the Acts in a time of tranquillity. Mr. LENNART) replied. He complained of tile indifference with which Ministers regarded the question, whether or not the people should be restored to their political rights, and declared his intention of taking the sense of the House on the question. Sir J. NEWPORT spoke in favour of the motion. Me 'should vote for it, as he saw no occasion for -the continuance of the Bill ; and 'whatever the -original merits of the measure (into which he would not enter) might have been, he was of opinion that it ought now to be repealed.—The Mouse theirdivided— For the motion - - - - - 68 Against it - - - - - 89 Majority -- - - - -—2 l On our return to the gallery we found Mr. DEZ7III AN on his -legs, :arguing-again6t the .severity or the law for the 1-, , ,l:iishalent of political libels. It was a horrid and barbarous law. He con tended that the old statutes were qulte sufficient for every purpose. It had lately come' out, on many occasions, that the worst and most scanda lons libels had been published by the spies and vmissaries of- Government.—(hear, hear !)—The House again divided— For. tilb Motion -Against it Majority - POOR LAWS - - 88 On our re-admission to the Gallery some con versation arose between Mr. IVEs'rEalt and the Marquess of-LONDONDERRY as to the postpone ment of this question to some other night. • Mr. Sean.Ltrr expressed Himself willing to comply .with the wishes .of the House. The cries of " Go on! go on !" then became pretty general upon which Mr. SCARLETT rose, to call the attention of the House to a subject of the greatest importance, and lie did so - in the hope that it - would meet all that serious consideration which it deserved. In moving for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Poor Laws, he was _not unconscious of his own inability to place this question before the House in that clear and perspicuous light which was, so. desirable ; yet, at the same time, he would say, that he had endeavoured, so far as he could, .to make himself acquainted - with its merits. He was aware that it should be considered in all its bearings; and it was one which _was well' worthy the attention of a liberal and enlightened Government. Indeed, had he any expectation that the, question would -be brought for Ward under the sanction of Govern ment, he should himself have abstained from Making any :motion with respect to it; and he - wool() further add, that if he thought it would be taken up by any of those Gentlemen who bad sat upon the Committee; and whose Report was so very valuable, from the information it contain ed, he would have declined the duty that now de volved upon him. However, as he understood from,some of those Gentlemen, that they did not intend introducing, any motion on the subject, he ventured to do so from a thorough conviction, that in the existing state of things something ought to be done.--(H ear, hear.!)—lle was quite certain that nothing he _could say could serve as an additional recommendation to the import ance of those matters, which formed the basis of his motion, and to which, for many years past, he had given the 'fullest consideration. He ' regretted, however, that at -the time he framed the Bill which he had to propose, he had not had an opportunity of availing himself of the valuable inforthation contained in the Report of the Committee. Yet, in the view he had' taken of the question, he was fully borne out and - con firmed by that Report. The great evil he be lieved to be this : that by the established law, as it now existed, an unlimited provision was made for the poor.—(Hear, hear !)—The effect of this must be, reasoning a priori, that if the provision was unlimited, it must operate as a pre mium on poverty, licentiousness, immorality, and crime. —(Hear, hear !)—The constitution of na ture was, that man should earn his bread by labour, and .nothing was more hostile to that principle than. to depreciate labour and profit.— The effect, however, of the Poor Laws was to do this ; it gave a- man a remedy for all the inconveniences produced by his own vices or imprudence ; it lessened him in his own estimation,. and made him a degraded being. In ,fact, the tendency of those laws was to injure and debase the whole mass of the labouring population.—(Hear, hear.)—The evil was enormous, and the population - would soon become so great, that if the Poor Rates should increase in proportion, the farmer, after having expended his capital, would no longer be able to cultivate the soil.—(Hear.) —From the result of the inquiries made by the Committee, it. appeared that the mode of relief was not considered as a charity, IV as a right; it was administered with out compassion, and received without gratitude. (Cries of Hear, hear.)—The consequence was 'that all- the finer charities of social life were lost in a revolting principle, which went to separate the poor from, - their natural dependence upon the rich. It - was a principle of exaction which left no scope for the heart to expand itself on its finer feelings.- (Ilear.)L--Unless some check was speedily put to the evil, the landlord and the pauper -- would equally be left without the means of subsistence - He should now beg leave-, to advert to the - increase of the Poor Rate for a certain number of years. In the years 1748, 1749, and 1750, the sums paid to the support of the Poor amounted to 689,9711..; iu the course of twenty-six years it had increased to 1,530,8011. H4n 1783 it was 2,437,000/. In 1803 " it was ,206,963/. showing an increase in a few years of 2,200,0001. It had increased one-half -in thirteen years, one-half in ten years, and one-half in five years ; and in. 1815 the whole sum was 6,149,314/. It would be seen from the Report of the-Com mittee, that in the parish of Nantwich, in Che shire, there was a considerable difference between the amount of the Piior Rates from 1781 to 1815. In 1815 there were 504 in-paupers ; in 1781 there were 90. And the difference in the out paupers in those years was 15 to 42. In 1781 there were 6 bastardA in the parish, now there were 37, though the price of wages was so much higher at present than in that year. The Ho nourable and Learned Member then read an extract from the Report of the Committee, which stated that the poor had become ut terly regardless of provident economy, in - con sequence Of depending on parochial relief.— The first remedy that suggested itself was to take away the cause Of the evil ; and he should therefore propose to limit the provision. He thought that a fair maximum. might be fixed ac cording to the rates as they existed last year, when they were not at The highest pitch, yet nearly so. lIiS first measure was, that it should not be 'lawful to assess any parish at a higher rate than it was assessed on the 25th day of March, 1821. The Honourable and Learned Member then 'commented generally -on the in calculable abuses. Which.• must result from an unlimited provision, which, he contended, was , quite contrary to the principles of the statute of Elizaboll; - The Honourable - and Lea-rued Gentleman then stated the second tteastrc which he had in view, which was_ to order that no Overseer or Justice of ibe Peace should, in fu ture, administer relief to any. single or unmarried persOn, except the old, the infirm, and those who were incapacitated from labour. This would bring back the system of the Poor Laws to the object for which it was origivally,'qtablishod. This third measure - wOuld, he believed, excite a greater variety of opinion than either of the two former. The House knew that by the 13th and 14th of Charles 11. Justices of the Peace were authorised to remove paupers from the parishes to which they did not belong, or where they had not resided for forty days. This was one of the most oppressive laws 'that ever existed in any code. It made poverty a crime, and punished it by exile and imprisonment,—(Hear, bear !) Since the statute of Charles 11., several statutes had since been made to modify.its severity. The wisest way, in his opinion, would be to repeal it. Dr. Borne very justly remarks, that it produced more litigation than any other law whatever that was, passed since Magna Charta. He proposed that it should be made unlawful for Justices of Peace, or any other authorities, to remove the poor. In order to show what the effect of the present law, if strictly enforced, would be, he referred to the state of the poor in Man chester, which he took for example. There the number of Llbouring personS was well known to be very large, ,and yet there was not a town in England where the poor rates were so moderate. The highest rate of the town had been Ss. 6d., it was now only 4s. 6d. in the pound. Suppose a number of pool. labourers, in a time of depression and want of employment in Manchester,. were sent away from that tOwn to their own parishes, what would be the result? .„Why they might be sent to a distant parish, wli4 - e•-iao employment could possibly be found for which Chey had been fitted. If any parish was to support such per sons at all, it was surely most reasonable that that parish should do so which had been most en riched by their labours. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman went into minute details, to show the expences and inconvenience of the removal of paupers; and after recapitulating the measures which he had in view, he concluded with moving for leave to bring in a Bill to Amend the Laws relating to the Relief of the Poor in England.— The Hon. and Learned 'Gentleman sat down amid loud cheers from both sides. Lord LONDONDERRY expressed his thanks to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman for bringing forward this measure. lle hoped he should not be considered as wanting in feeling if he should offer no opinion on the principles of that measure at present. When the Bill was printed, and in the hands of the House, they would all be able to consider it in its details, and he would assure the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that he would give it the most serious attention. Sir R. WILSON said, that the best way of re lieving the poor effectually, as well as to diminish the discontent which followed poverty, was to reduce the taxes. He maintained the doctrine, that the poor had a right to the relief which they received, and he was apprehensive that this mea sure would affect that right and destroy the civil rights and independence of the lower classes. Mr. CALCaAFT was not sanguine in expect ing that much benefit could he derived from his Hon. and Learned Friend's measure. Unless the price of labour rose, it would be impossible to keep the Poor Rates down. With respect to settlements, he admitted they were productive of difficulties and litiaations. This part of the measure would, he feared, meet with much opposition from the country. He did not look at the increase of the Poor Rates in the desponding way in which many persons did. The people of this country were naturally industrious ; the same desponding prophecies were uttered in the middle of the last century, which they had heard in this, and yet within the last fifty years the wealth and the energy of the country, in arts and in arms, - had increased be yond any former, proportion. Mr. S. BOURNE was glad that this subject had been taken up by so excellent a workman as the Hon. and Learned Gentleman ;- and he concurred in the great principles laid down by him. The proposed system had been fully tried, and found to succeed in the Isle-of Wight. The establish ment of Select Vestries had materially reduced the rates wherever . they had been formed, though that system had been resisted in some parts of the kingdom. As to the second Bill, he thought it would correct all the evils of the Poor Laws ; because the poor were indifferent whether they were maintained by a master or by the parish. He should give every assistance to his Hon. and Learned Friend. Mr. MoNcK made some observations on the present state of the Poor Laws. While:the House deprecated in.its,lauguage the Spencean system; it acted upon that system in enacting laws which, in his opinion, legalizbd the Spencean system, and gave it almost universal operation. lie would, therefore, be happy to support this measure, if, upon considering it, he should find that it tend ed to lessen the injurious effects of the present laws. Mr. MANSFIELD deprecated the establishment of a maximum of Poor Rates. In his opinion it would be unwise to fix a rate beyond which the assessment could not - go, even in a moment of urgent distress. Mr. Puu.r.res made a few observations on the injurious operation of the Poor Laws, as they now stood, and expressed his disposition to sup port this measure. Mr. RICARDO contended that it was taxation which Principally oppressed the poor. The la bourers were poor, because the supply- of labour was greater than the demand, and the taxes les sened the power of the rich to increase that demand. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR was inclined to give his support to this measure. Ile sa;d that one of the most oppressive parts of the Poor Laws was the system of settlements. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Mr. SCA / RLETT then brought in his Bill, ,and said that nothing could be more dangerous than to inculcate on the poor of this country that they . had a natural right to relief froth the 'bear would under take to convince the Gallant General behind him, or any other Member, who had an atom of mind about him, that the doctrine was as false as it was dangerous. The assertion, that this measure would go to affect the civil inde pendate and rightsi , of the - poorcould not4yive bee wades ax,Oed, t,oititii:„statement, 4mit s' total misunderstanding of every part of ie. , his measure had any such tendency in the slightest possible degree, he would be the last man in the House to oppose it.—(Hear, hear I)—lie took this opportunity of adding an argument in favour of his measure-which he had omitted. it was this, that the very existence of a compulsory pro vision• for the poor bad a tendency to les - s.en the wages of the poor.—L(Hear, hear !) . . The Bill was read a first tirrie, and ordered to be read a second time on the `4th, and to be printed. SICILY. Lord Wir.r.tAm BENTINCK, after a few words which were not distinctly audible, moved, that an humble Address he presented to his Majesty, that he may be graciously pleased to order to be laid before the House copies of the Instructions. furnished by his Majesty's Ministers to Sir Wm. A'Court, respecting the evacuation of Sicily by the British:, and also a copy of the Note address ed by Sir Wm. A'Court to the King of Naples on the subject.—Ordered. BANKRUPT LAWS. Mr. J. SMITH rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Bankrupt Laws. He did not propose to retain ail his former propositions on this subject. A provision was• made in this Bill to protect the Commissioners in the discharge of their important duties ; another to prevent cer tain frauds ; and others to enable unfortunate bankrupts to obtain their certificates. ilk great object was tombtain a due execution of the law as it now stood ; to punish the fraudulent, and to protect the honest but unfortunate bankrupt. He had great reason to believe that the obstacles which were formerly opposed to this Bill, existed no longer.—Leave was then given to bring in the 13;11, which was done ; and it was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday next. The Report of the Committee of Supply upon the Navy Es timates was brought up, received, and agreed to. , The Scotch Juries Bill was read a first time, and orderedlor a second reading on Friday se'nnight. After a short conversation, in which Mr. Lushington, Mr. G. Bennett, Sir T. Baring, 'Mr. D. Gilbert, and Mr. Bankes participated, the_ second reading of the Audit's Office Bill . was appointed for Friday, the 10th instant. On the motion for going into a Committee on the Church Briefs' Bill, a conver3ation ensued between Mr. S. Bourne, Mr. Marryat, Mr. Lyttleton, Dr. Lushington, and Mr. C. Wynne, and as there was some opposition, the consideration of the Report was postponed to this day fortnight. The other Orders of the Day were postponed, and the House adjourned at HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, MA v s.—This morning, at eleven, his Majesty gave a private audience to the Marquess de la Porte. After mass his Majesty transacted business successively with Count Simeon, I''iinis-1 'ter of the Interior; Baron Pasquier, and the Duke de Richelieu. About 70 members of the Chamber of Deputies have received the decora tion of the Legion of Honour ; 172 functionaries of the ministry of the finance have been created chevaliers of the Legion of Honour. The Neapo li tan ambassador, Prince Castelcicala,has received from his Majesty the blue ribband. The ancient abbey of Paraclete, founded, by Eloisa and Abe lard, is advertised for sale. The discussion of the affair of the 19th of August will open in the Chamber of Peers on the 7th of May, at the Palace of the Luxembourg. Yesterday, at three o'clock, the prisoners implicated in the charge of conspiracy were removed in hackney coaches to the prison which has been prepared for them in the barracks occupied by the gees-d'armes. The day before, a huissier gave the list of 178 witnesses who will be examined in this affair, in dependently of the witnesses in favour of the ac cused.—(Journal dcs Debuts.) GREECE. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM DRASSAII, IN TRANSTIXA- NIA, ON THE FRONTIERS OF WALACHIA; APRIL 12. " We learn from Bucharest that Prince Ypsilanti has made his entry into that city, preceded by Theodore Wiadimireske andthe principal boyards who went to meet him at some dis tance from the city. This entry was a real triumph. " The inhabitants of Walachia rejoice at the union which seems to be formingbetween the different Chie6, and especially at the union of the forces of Theodore to those of Prince Ypsi lanti. The first result of this union has been the creation of a Council of Government, as well for the civil administration as for the supplying of the army, which is stated to amount to 9,000, and which is.. encamped on the banks 'ofthe Danube, one day's march froni Bucharest. A decision of the Council has placed at the disposal of the leaders of the Grecian Wa}acha , army all the bells of the parishes and of the numerous monas teries in Bucharest and the neighbouring districts, to be cast into cannon. _ The patriotism of the majority of the inhabitants has caused this measure to be well received, • even by the Begon mines, or superior Abbots of the monasteries, and by the rricst superstitious class of the people, as has been already observed, in Moldavia, when the first cannon were cast out of the bellS of the churches in that country." EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM TRIESTE., Aram 18. We lean by several Greek vessels, that the richest inhabi tants of the isles of Psara, near Chios, and of many other islands in the Archipelago,have united near the' isle all ydra,wi th their vessels, to deliberate on the measures to be taken after having united their marine with thatl of the . Hydriotes, which is the most powerful in the Archipelago."—(Courier Franriais.) VIENNA, APRIL 25.—An Edict has appeared ordering the levy of 150,000 conscripts. A new and very severe ordinance has just been published relative to the recruiting for the Army. It is only to married men and fathers of families that the new law grants any exemption. A para graph of this ordinance imposes a heavy fine on any person concealinOt conscript, and directs his enrolement in the place of the deserter. • We learn from good authority that the Con gress of Lay bach will be transferred to this town, and we are in daily expectation of the Kings of l'aussr,v and BAVARIA. It is not impossible that the King of ENGLAND, when on the conti nent, will proceed hither. MADRID, APRIL 24.—1 n the sitting of . the Cortes on the 23d, a decree was proposed against the Bishops, enemies to the Constitutional system, who had been or might be dePrived of their Bishopricks. A. suitable pension is to be as signed to them. THOUGHT. ON THE EDUCATION OF THE MODERN GREEKS. (No. I.) 7-'ac3s.; * EAX - r;v wv trE, rr -Trar,2;•3', 'EXEUtheBrE OF N 11.419L18:c, 7ra,:p.; wv 3‘7), r i x.ag 7;p7OVCCV • •r./ vay-rwv arc.) , ,Each. Pcrs. 4CO. st With the sole exception of the Jews, there ig no nation in whose welfare we ought to take decided an interest as in that of the G reeks. 1% ita their history, with their fable, are associated al most all our best and most delightful feeling 3 ' The bare names of InA and ScAmANnER, of I\ . • TOR and AGAMEMNON, recall, with electric dity, those school-boy days which few a re 0 happy as not to wish recalled, when friendshiP could not but be sincere, and joy could scarcelY be alloyed with discontent. Thus, anterior t" every consideration of their state and eircuar stances, the Greeks have a powerful hold on 0° earliest and most Honourable ; prejudices l' gt ' their claims to our regard rest on foundatioui incalculably more solid than sentimental a ssociv Hot's ; they, whose forefathers civilized Europe,' appeal to us, as to a cultivated nation, stifferia under oppressions the most grievous and i n tole' . cable ; they appeal .tO us 'they to Englishmen inn freemen ; • and, above all, they appeal to US a 5 t° Christians, to compassionate the unhappy victin ri of Moslem tyranny and superstition. ;1' . Our good wishes for the cause of learning 31 '1 , civilization, and•our gratitude, are at once arre st on the side of the Greeks. From them we W e , not only received the rudiments of almost eve r) known science ; but to them we are indebted those perfect models of every kind of liter 4r c composition, the nightly and daily perusal which was conceived absolutely necessary_ :- form the taste and style of a poet, by the sophic bard of Venusitim. To them we tna.Y.` )- said to owe the ri c h ' s t ores o f R oman literatuT,, , thathave come down t o us ; t o th e mi(rllty bPi r i; of this extraordinary nati on , we owe those ntela drous monuments of art which are now f o ra" r ° '" l at once and guiding the taste of our vollt)",; sculptors iu the Elgin gallery ; and most 0 ' it was the light of Greek literature and Crri' l philosophy that scattered afar - the Pestilenl i4 vapours by which ,the religious and literary bOl rizon of Europe bad been so long clouded ; while it made way for the glorious religion w hit : is the happiness of our Protestant‘ Country, " t raised, as it had formerly done in Rome, agent'', ral spirit of literary arnbitiiin s , of emulation o f k r- '• exalted models; and, as had been also formerlY the case among the Romans, in Finland t he basis of all solid and legitimate i comp osition. Such being our situation with reg ard to thc Greeks, it is evident that we have much to re. pay to that oppressed and unfortunate p eo p le so much, indeed, that nothing short of a n atioaa i redemption from their present state of p olith7 . , and religious slavery can really repay all Ivo' owe them. We are not indeed, merely for motives of compassion to one set of men, t° : ° r ic p felt our . plighted faith to another ' a nd t • justice, "Sel even though it be to gratitude in other words, we would not be underst"(,( like the consistent and Quixotic advocates `, NAPOLEONICK despotism and NEAroatTA-'4 herty, to recommend an interference on the 1). 3 1' of the British Government in manifest yin '' oo • of good politics and good morality • , ; ever, we cannot but consider it our nationf.tiech to towards this suffering, this Christian Pe° a! an.- put into their hands those works which theli cestors have transmitted to us, and while En .gl,• aaat ia ~ like a bright and cheering beacon, is sPr' tse the light of religion and useful knowledge L' to a m t o i s e t a b s t e , n o ingeh ray e a c y l o c n o r t n h e e r s on the-land of f h o n , o i li r Es of LEoNIDAS CHTLUs, of PLATO and SocreAT. and ARISTIDES. o f reproaCh to our co IntrY It is not by way much has indeed already been we mention this • • spirited bodies and indis , been done by public.- i 4 • duals in faVour of Grecian education ; yet it to er at the present juncture, and .tr not perhaps i m proper,. p h• n n" t. rem i n d th e public of this obligation, w • , the SeP• •-•-•1 influence, in c onsequence of our jurisdicata considerable th° tinsular republic, is so h osv Grecian continent. If the Greeks wou.o o ff the yoke of their oppressors from the,Po' f re" s pi r it of liberty, unmixed with any aibY s ty vengeful motives, their minds must be prel l° :%,;.. e mancipated frau the darkness and poilticara norance under which they at present labun.or, Let them read in the great father of 'their hi st io ( - o rtaa the practkabili y of eXpelling a barbarous ~, Orientals from their fine country, with th eir s 1.t0 .. Unaided forces ; let them read in their l atvr riabs, and in those of other nations, the .ir a aa • • f talc and a c ' , 10 1 which prepared , and facilitated the ruin ° 00 0 several States, and at length, that of for nation ; and then let them jadge themselves. In the academies o f Ithaca rar a s Cephalonia much has been already done t ° : ja effecting this grand _object ; let us hope tha t i_ ives stitutions of this nature will extend then':',e:‘,:e over the whole Grecian continent ; turn our attention to converting e WS , ti ( , ) t thel' e gelizing Otaheitans, det us not forget 11 o n us is a country which has far greater oi` . l , dc; 00 t . to than one of those nations, and whicb 11°1 vier . us far more advantageous prospects tha.n Cambridge, May 7, 1121. arici WI! va toss of W -- We are happy to find the r eports of the Uou ' from : dent are as favourable as it is possible to exPe c ,.' and that her Ladyship is progre ssivel y ARWICK'S recovery her lat e acc t" approac" inn to convalescence. • On what mere trifles does our happiness de pend!—Wealth though it cannot always happiness may sometimes produce it ; creat.e, forms no considerable link in the chain of human for felicity, 'the general and incessant struggle tiy riches among all class,es of mankind will sufficien sometimes prove. Admitting then, that money you; causes happiness, what a mere 011ie may produce this Summum Boman ! Twenty Shill in g s only, laid out for a Sixteenth Chance, in t_he present Lottery, may gain upwards of X 1,300 ! A Ticket Chance; which only costs 14 Guines, may gain -09-1,000 ;—All in One Pay 17th This ; Month, (May) and that It