The National Register.
London, England, 1822-10-28 00:00:00

111 E NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28.
The seizure of Mr. Bowring at Calais, and his
imprisonment at Boulogne are the only topics of
interest pt present on the political Noir.- Some of
the newspapers rail loudly on the subject, because
the usage adopted towards Mr. Bowring is not ac-
cordant to English custom—just as well might the
British Government be charged with murder, when
it sentences a Lascar to be hanged under Lord
Ellenborough's Act—because in his own country
stabbing and cutting are as common as pugilistic
rencontres are here—the fact is, that when any man
enters a foreign country he must become amenable
to its laws—if those laws are strained or misipplied
•ur Ambassador at Paris will doubtics appeal effec-
tually against such injustice—but while we know
that a foreigner here is punished for a breach of our
laws as severely as though he were an Englishman,
we really cannot join in the vioknt condemnafon
of the French Government, until we have reason to
know that there exists some ground of complaint on
the score of illegal violence or uncalled for severity.
The order fur Sir Bibert Wilson's quitting Paris is
another ground of" complaint against the French
Government—we would ask whether the English
Ministers, armed as they are with that disgrace to
our Legislature, the Alien Act, would allow any
one to remain in London after he had once placed
himself successfully between a person condemned
and the execution of his sentence—we say no,
and then why should we blame the police of Paris,
fur having given Sir Robert Wilson his Congi de
partir,

Accounts have been received from Greece of the-
most satisfactory nature. Oa the 24th September
the Castle of Corinth surrendered to the Christians,
and by this achievement the Mores has been again
liberated from the Barbarians. This event will be
considered important in history, because it has been
recoiled by the most brilliant. successes on the part
of the Greeks. The Turkish garrison of Corinth,
on the 16th of September, made a great effort to
raise the siege, but they were opposed by the most
determined gallantry, anti driven into•the town with
very great loss. One thousand•of them remained in
the field, and three thousand wounded returned, and
added to the difficulties of the garrison. The obsti-
nacy of the Turks, which, if. it had been.displayed
in the cause•uf humanity, would have been deno-
minated the highest virtue, could not yield to tnie
defeat, and another daring effort was made by them
to open a passage through the Christian army, which
was, however, repulsed, and the Greeks having, in
consequence thereof, made themselves masters of the
town and ()rile port, the castle surrendered at dis-
cretion on the 24th September. Gen. Colocotroni,
who conducted these operations, has established his
claim to the gratitude of the civilised portion of
mankind. Descended from the most illustrious of
antiquity, he has vindicated the character of the
modern Greeks, and his brilliant conduct will soon
add a name to his venerated country, which must
gain the respect and admiration of Christian Eu-
rope. His countlynien are the descendants of the
ancient Greeks, the patrons of virtue, of science,
and of the arts, and to Englishmen free and en-
lightened, they must from nece►sity become the
most valuable friends.

The Turkish Beet, after the loss of six ships
which they sustained in an action with the Grecidn
navy, attempted in vain to gain the Dardanelles, and
were forced back into the. Laren of Napoli di Roma-