The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-06-04 00:00:00

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we can only subjoin the rate of exchange. The following
are extracted from the German Papers :
Sr. Prrtitesusow. Stsv 14.
The Sea of Mot,' was still full of drift ice the 12. k of la-t month,
Comriderable flecks of sbeefi have perinfied in the Crimea. in anise.
'queue of the quantity of snow that has fallen Lv that country. A
letter front Odessa says_" We had laid aside our fears aimed, on
the 7th of February. when on the 13th all the rigours of wlntsr re.
turned, whit falls of snow such as we have not had sink the fx,f,
mous winter of 1789, which is called the winter of Oceahif. lo
all the Government of New Russia the snow lies pee yard and s
half deep, and in the low part three yards. All the post made
are hal passaWe, to say nothing of the by-roads, of which note trace
ions be seen. The ponds and wells are chiefly buried under the
snow. As the cattle remain in the fields all the year round, the own.
era ere fearful of great losses from this severe weather; meantime
the local authorities have taken every measure to prevent the evil
a fir u possible. Accounts from Karaitch and the neighbouring
countries state that the winter began there at the beginning of Fe-
bruary, when the fields were already clothed with verdure. The
sheep have sufrred severely from the cold. The ice in the Dnieper
broke up on the third of April, and that fn the Don and the Vu.
rotieje on the 14th of the same month.'

ALEXANDRIA IN EOTPT. MARLIN 2s.
It is reported that an English Envoy is expected in this city, who,
in the name of the British Government, is to propose a plan to this
Viceroy for forming a junction between the lied Sea and 00
Mediterranean.
The Viceroy has sold in ashore time Mischa cotton to the amount
of twelve millions of talaris.
There are so many merchants from all quarters now here, that
there is want of accommodation. A ro im costs front 880 to
1,000 talaris. The goods imported lose 25 per cent., the market,
being overstocked, and even at that rate it is difficult to:sell them.
The harbour is crowded with ships, which cannot take is their
cargoes, and cannot depart on acrount of the bad weather.

EXCHANGES.
HAMM:MOH, MAT 27.--On London, 35 11.
9116.34.8.
ST. PAITKIIHIVOIII6/T, MAY 13.-10 1-32.
Glos.. Mar 16 —lO 343.
BEILTX, MAY 24.—Trivee nitynrts, t: 19k.
VITNNA, MAY 18.—Three monMP, 930.
CHRISTIANtA, MAY It —Three maths, 4 Spatial; dollars
108 sch.
AMSTERDAM, MAY 31.-39 5; two months, 39 3.
In another column our readeri will find the latest la-.
telligence that has been received from Greece. It is quite
satisfactory, and appears to be in every respect entitled to
credit. It puts an end to the doubts and apprehenslous
that have been spread with each mischievous and dis-
graceful zeal as to the state of Greek affairs. The parties
who are here ao forward to lend themselves to the service
of the Turks, would probably, if they were under their
dominion, meet with no better reward then the infamous
renegades whose hands and ears Isr.snrw PAcHA has
amused himself with cutting off, in revenge for his want
of success in his invasion of the Mores.. The Greeks
have behaved with consummate courage. There seems
to be no symptoms of dissension amongst them; and,
as far as the campaign has gone, it pre ages us glorious
a result as any that has preceded it. In every engagement
the Mahometans have been defeated. In every etuieavour
to advance they have been repulsed. Inns nim PAcif Ais
shut up in Corot), without any {Prospect of succour. The
Turkish troops that had entered Acarnania, have been
driven back with great loss, and REDICKID PwcnA
has been beaten, out of hie camp at Karvassara by an
enterprise rivalling the memorable achievement of the hero
BOZZARTS. The Greek fleets are at sea, and we may hit
sure that in this crisis of their country's fate, they will
support their illustrious renown.

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The Unitarian Dissenters' Marriage Bill was rejected last
night by the House of Lords on the second reading. It is
no doubt desirable that the conscientious scruples of Dias
senters should be regarded, and wherever it may be con-
sistent with the maintenance andoafety of the Established
Church, relief should be given to those who seek it in sin-
cerity. But when it is proposed to confer upon the Uni-
tarians the privilege of celebrating marriage in their own
chapels, in deference to the objections they feel to some
passages In the church service• we must not forget that the
same argument may be used with equal force on behalf of
every other sect now in existence, or that may hereafter
arise, undee the pretence of being a Christian association, •
The Freethinkers, or Freetalkers, as the Bishop of CH sir E
appropriately called them, would demand a lioenee for
their Sunday debating room ; and fresh Societies, styling
themselves Christian in order to cloak their object, would,
rise every month with a new-fangled creed, or, as we have
already seen, with no creed at all. This is the difficulty,
' There is no analogy between the case of the Jewa and that
of the Unitarians. The former are avowedly hostile to
Christianity ; they could not without manifest injustice
be required to submit to a Christian ceremony. It is quite
otherwise with a sect professing to be Christian. The
Quakers also are a peculiar people. It is unquestionably
.right that they should continue to enjoy the privileges they
possess unimpaired ; but we apprehend that it is not pro.
bable that any other sect will speedily be favoured to the
like extent. A capital defect in the Bill was the want of
sufficient precautions againq clandestine marriages. N'o
general inference can be drawn from the conduct of the
Quakers ; they are in fact a close and wealthy corporation,
with no desire whatever to proselytise ; their faith is
strictly defined, and their customs separate them wide'y
from the rest of the community. But who shall discrie
minste the patties properly entitled to be considers
" Protestant Dissenters, commonly called Unitarians ?"
No doubt can exist for a moment as to the fact whether a
person belongs to the Society of Friends or Quakers. They
take especial care to " disown" the unworthy. No mis-
chief can accrue from she power that Lis Len eranted
to them. But, it is not so clear that mischief might
not accrue front the extension of that power to a numerous,
undefined, and very different class of persons.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Baoi.o Kam gave notice
of his intention on Monday to withdraw the London Col-
lege Bill, in order to introduce it again as at private Acts
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman explained the nature •
and objects of the proposed Institution.

The capricious rising and falling of the Publl: Funds
is a phenomenon to all who are unacquainted with the mys
terious niatireuvering of the money market. These, how-
ever, are operations with which we have no immediate.
concern, and upon which we are not at present disposed to
comment. But we must say, and we feel assured, that it
cannot bave escaped the attention of the higher powers cf
Government, that for any opulent stock-jobber, or family
of stock-jobbers, to be staking deeply both in our own and
in the foreign funds, and to be employing all the enormous
influence of their credit, and command of capital. to force
those funds either up or down, as may best suit the nature
and extent of their
and productive of
combined orrstions
this kind, a vast i.
exercised, ovtr wl
which, both in its
materially affects the
or loss powerfully,
vested capital of
transactions of the
matter ; it is a source,
it threatens evils still
reel end Acairiots, '
more tkingerous.

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speculations, is a most pernicious system;
f highly mischievous results. By the
ITUS carried on under a family compact of
indirect political iµfirrair is obtained ana
ehich Governnicut has no control, but
ts immediate and remote consequences ;
the interests of the State, and act!, more
upon commercial discounts, upon in.
every kind, and upon all the leading
to mercantile world. This is no light
tree, at this moment, of great evil, anti
still greater. The deep:distil
.or capital,
1, becomes every day more palpable and
This sullject is one of great magnito4e;
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