The National Register.
London, England, 1818-01-04 00:00:00

They deny that to ridicule the eeriptatres by parodying
them is criminal, because great end goad men, in all
ages, have parodied them, fbrgetting, that it was don e
not to destroy, but to support religion. When eaey
can shot that Mr. Hone's pamdtes had the furtherance
of either religion or morality in vivo, we shall give
credit to him for his intentions, and to them fur
their sanctity. Some of the designations, however,
which accompany small sums in the,list of subscrip-
tions, speak volumes fbr the creed of these benevolent
patriots. We there find Derry: Tote, as one of
them which, to us, conveys a. alesiimg which makes
us blush, as we write it for titeTtentless impudence
of the wretch who could subeettibe.hictiame thus, and
for the men who admitted such Aciakinttion to stand
amongst their names Do then abettors of infidelity,
these bosom friends of men who have openly denied
their belief in the revealed relitron of God, imagine
that the thin tlisguise of poltieal sotl will hide the
real workings of their heats? In attempting to de-
ceive the public, they do but de'ieve theiuselVes, and-
s° inadicioas is their zeal, that every eCurt which,
they make to further the end they have in view,
serves but to give strength to those, Whom they' con-
sider their enemies. May it long hate this effect ;
fur if we are to choose bctwcea nor me ent state and
an irre4iotts democracy, u-a desiainly prefer
L. the former. .

A Meting was held in the City on. Friday, to con-
sider of some means by which the ninnetrous distreised
&camen now wandering alartt the streeta of the Metro-
polis, might receive relief. To excite thebeneroknee of
charitable persons in behalf of such oltects•as these, is
truly laudable ; and we doubt not the' humanity so
truly natural to Englishlueb, trill pnimpt them to
come i,rwurd to succour those who have fought our
battles, and shed such enduring glort• upoa the naval
annals of their country. We need not all, that our
warmest wishes attend the Immure object in qUestion.
A letter from Smyrna, of the 15th of Oct. states,
that Ali-Pacha ; the Governor of Itipirus and Thesialy,
some anonths since, ordered a beautiful (4reek lady
named Euphrosine, of whom lib eldest son, Mouctar
Paella, was enamoured, to be downed in the sea of
Jannina, with fifteen of her female friends ; bat, as
none of his subjects would execute his commands, he
had the barbarity to carry them personally into effect.
GeNVIZAL 1).% Lz.—lt having hem declared in the Phi-
ladelphia Democratic Press„ thatothe patriot General
Pacz is a black man, a writer in the New l'orh Colum-
bian contradicts the assertion, and says, " He is a white,
born in Merida, the capital of the province to .which it
give its name. It was he that destroyed the greatest
part of Morillo's fbrces, in the march from Santa Fe to
the province of Venezuela. He now comniands the pro-
vinces that had beau freed by the velour of his arms,
viz, farinas, Merida, Truxillo, and Cueutta."
Tile American Government, it is *Lid, has resolved
to maintain in the poor house, et. the see afthe
Captain in whore sh;p they have ,sailed, all nach Euro-
Nan emigrants as shall not be able t.) find eutpliyu3eat,
on their arrival 'in tke. United State**, ^ • - •