The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-18 00:00:00

DIED,

in Fitzroy-square,thlirsillmilamor
at Croydon, John,
On the 15th inst., st his residence, Raineslade-lodge, Berk-
short illness, Mr.
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Last.night wereceiVed zm series of ;Aire Ave..
pz„eir4e Zeilung to the 10th inst.inclusive They
'contain ad vices from Alexandria, •tiateel the 7th
of March, and from Smyrna.- to sthe 'l9tli of the
same month. According to' the fOrmet, the pre-
parations making by. the., Viceroy of :Egypt foe
the ensuing campaign were not remaritrin- either
for their activity or magnittk. •i,lfthis,,,aecoont
be true,
his Highness cannot: be very hearty in
the-cause; rand indeed it is. the opbmon.of per-
sons the- best informed, that, -sO far ft:P.rn enter-
tabling a wish- to see the Greeks replaced:. under
the Turkish yoke, he is far more an xindS that
they shou Id conquer their intlependettre.,ft,ls sup-
pos6d. too that his coly•mbtiOiil litting out an ar-
nutmeat agaiost them, WAS his desire not In acce-
le,rate a rupture with the Porte, whieb'WOuld have
.been utiaVOidable,-liad.he refused any. longer to
assist .that Power. The letters from Sfmthria say,
that Ibrahim Paella, after having :landed 2,0.00
men' at' Modon, sailed for Pitras„- ire order l? raise
the blockade of that place.--•' The streilgth.of the
Egyptian-expedition is-estimated at 12,066 men,
a'fbree; which the:Greeks could soon-put down,
if it :were not, for their2larneotable.,dissentions,
which tire the'more alarriming_ in consequence of
the Egyptian Chief founding mt:,hope upon Omens
of finding.rnanY artisans io their ranks.-- Time
celebrated • Ismael Gibraltar?'- Adri-dfar of the
Egyptian fleet, is
-said- to have died on his passage
frOm
,Candia to. the Morea. He is much rt!gret-
ted by his friends, who looked upon lath as at,
enlightened and disinterested man. But by far
the most important part of the contents of these
Papers is. copies of a correspondence between
Mr. Canning and the Secretary of the Provisional
Greek Government. -The latter addressed a
note to Mr. Canning in August last, in conse-
quence of a Memorial of the Russian Govern-
ment on the war between the Turks and Greeks,
which appears, however, to have been published
without the consent of that Power. In this do-
cument the other great Powers are invited to in-
terpose their good offices, in order to terminate
this sanguinary struggle, in a way that would
not entirely invalidate the rights Of the Porte,
and without exposing the Greeks to the vengeance
of that Power This compromise the G reek Se-
cretary indignantly repels in the nameof his Go-
ieriiinent and nation,and invokes the British Go-
vernment, in a strain of considerable eloquence,
to interpose its powerful aid between the Greeks
and the proposed scheme. Mr. Canning., in his
reply, assures the Greeks of 'the friendly dispo-
sitionof Russia towards them, and describes the
insuperable difficulties of a mediation, I,;t aecount
of the unconceding temper of both 'ilte Bellige-
rents. At the same time he decline,s,-fitmly-,
though in the most courteous terms, the solicita-
tion to aid the Greeks ; whilst he gives an'assur-
mice that England v.-ill persevere in the strict
neutrality to which she has heretofore adherdd.

tuarrtsit muss.] . •
In the German Papers which arrived rester.
day, we have some very interesting, though not
very recent, intelligence, relative to Greekaffaini.
The Egyptian Admiral, Ismael Gibraltar,' died
on his return to .Alexandria, and it appears :that
his master, the Viceroy of Egypt, is not.dispikest
to snake much exertion in aid of what-he &kirk-
less regards as a hopeless contest.. The -troops
landed at Modon are stated to be 'intly...2.oo6:itt
number ; but it is resolved by the Turkish-05h,-
Man-tiers that the Itlorea shall he Invaded,
,:pro-
vided, we suppose, that no obstacle shall,again
frustrate their intentions. We have no apprej.i.en-
sions for the issue of the campaign' that is about
to commence. But the most interesting part of:this
intelligence consists: of two Notes that pasmd. at
the close of last year betWeett Rodios; the Secre-
tary of the. Provisional Government of Greece,
and Mr. Canning,.. on cite subject of the insolent
Note issued
_by the Russian Government respect-
ing- the brave efforts of the . Greeks to continee
their independence. The letter of M. RodinS"&)
the British Minister is written in that high, and
eloquent strain of heroic patriotism whiChltts
distinguished his countrymen during their
glorious
struggle for deliverance from the detestablelok=e''
of the Ottomans. Contrasting themselves with*Aii-e
people of South America, the Greeks justly: Oct:,
test against being " excluded 'from the 'list,,o('
civilised nations, and.deliVered.up to the caPrie;'.:
of either Russia' or Turkey
• .:
the exertions of the Greeks and SnuthAinerieilw
be comparatively considered, -Were can bfe..t.4l
doubt that if the achievements' Of...eaCh /lenge
were the proper:criterion of their claims to reCok-:5
. .
nition aS•an independent Power, the former Are,.
tenfOld more entitled than' thelatter to he deenned.,,
and conStititted.a free nation. The-:Greek'
'cretary nobly vindicates his compa:triots,
therefore we'quote•his own words: ";Fhey:littiel;:
linpresied `the stamp of disgrace ors ~
wettkneis ;'-' they haie • .proved that
woi iiito he free ; they do nots contend
their Mother: COuntry.„. but ..against Na. ,foreigt,
people' thacoceupied their country' (by the
,rNli.ft,
'of brute force alone) and treated their childrenr.:i
as 'slaves. The Greeks, to the astonishment
all nationS, suddenly shook off the-yoke
barbarians, They-commenced the... War .without
means to. carry it on, convinced..that they c'O. dirt'
not assert their independence without
ble sacrifices. They conquered 'fortifted towinir;
and a number of:posts which were in'tlit'llandS:ll-7.::
of their ferocious. despots. In several actions they
have defeated the numerous and.fo.imidable fleets:.
-of Turkey with small merchantmen.. 'They
established laws like those of civilized 'nations.
They have formed a Government, and submitted::',':
to its commands. Can it then he doubted that pie;
Greeks are worthy of independence ?" We migh.t '
go on and transcribe the whole.letter, 'every pa--
sage of which is equally eloquent and impressive-
Mr: Canning's answer is that ofan enlightened and liberal Statesman: In a. document, such as
at that,kooment writing, it was_ bis"dtity IV ex-
Plain his views as a paiticiap
, not to ex-
press his feelings as a man.
to his fhe had had
only to give utterance ardent aspirations
for Greek liberty, no task would have been

ii.'r3s difficult or afore desirable to, lain. The '
earliest labours of his pen were devoted to
the regeneration of Greece, and we are sure
that no pulse beats more truly in her cause
than that of our accomplished and eminent Se-
cretary for Foreign Affairs. In delivering hit
sentiments, therefore, as the Minister of a great
Power, bound by the sacred tics of alliance, not
only to the State of whose interference the
Greeks complained, but to that against whi'cli
they are struggling, we observe him anxious only
to manifest equally his sense of the political
obligations imposed upon him by the pre-existent
treaties between England and the other States,
and at the same time his, determination to secure
Greece all her belligerent right. Mr. Canning,
laments that the opposite extremes of the pre-
tensions of the combatants almost precludes the
hope of acceptable and, effectual mediation. In
reply to the solicitation of aid from. the British
Government, the Right Honourable Gentle-
man- refers to the strict neutrality observed
in the contest between Spain and her late
American Colonies, and he assures the Greeks
that they may depend upon the continuance of
the; same neutrality during their war with the
Turks. lie adds, that " Great Britain will take
no part in any attempt to impose upon Gfeece
by force,a plan for the re-establishment of peace
contrary to its wishes, if such a plan should ever
be proposed ; hut," he continues, " should the
Greeks think-itadvisable to ask our mediation,
we will offer it• to the Porte,and if it is accepted,
we wi11.,-neglect nothing to make it effectual."—
Mr, Canning says truly, that this is all that can
be reasonably required of the British Govern-
ment,..connected as it is with the Porte by
ancient treaties, which that Power has never
violated.

[MORNING lIERMD.I
The Money Market wa►s remarkably dull
throughout Saturday. The bargains in Consols were very
much limited, and their price did .not undergo a single varia-
tion ; they opened and closed for the Account at 92;i, and for
;Money 925:t. The rage for gold and silver schemes has not
yet ceased ; for on Saturday morning another one made its ap-
pearance, under tile title of the " Anglo Peruvian Mining As-
sociation." The gentlemen connected with this*Company,accord-
ingto their aceount,haveassociated,withont yet being possessed of
a single mine, but merely in anticipation of their being able to get
mire, or mines ; and in order to work them, if ever they should
happen to get tune, they ask for the trifling sum of six huti
dreg thousand pounds.; whether they will get it or not at pre-
sent appears to he matter of doubt. On the first appearance of
the Shares on Saturday morning they were announced two and
a half premium; but those who held shares soon caught at this
offer, and v.;ry shortly tired oat the buyers of them ; they then
gradually dwindl Id down to, three quarters premium, and, at
the close of business, a premium of one was their nominal
value. In the other Schemes very little was doing. Saturday
was the last day for paying np the first instalment on the Hon-
duras Shares, and at the close of business they fetched 71. lOs.,
being a premintn. of `,"?,. The Foreign Funds were nearly de-
serted„ but in what few of them any business was done, it was
at prices a shade higher than on Friday.

[MOItNING CLIRONICGEd
We received last night German Papers, from
which we have extracted a correspondence between M. Radios,
the Secretary to the Provisional f iovern mem of Greece, and Mr.
Canning. The appearance of this correspondence on tie eye
of the Milan Congress is not undeserving of attention. The
Greeks,- it will be seen, have been thrown into alarm by the
appearance of a Russian Note, wi...ch they know to have really
emanated from the Cabinet of St. Petersburgli, and which they
conceived to threaten their independence. They appeal to the
English Government, allude to the precedent of south Arne-
liCa, and point out the distinct interest which England has in
rescuing them from the attempts-of Russia to enthrall them,,
dwelling at the same time on the importance of preserving.
them as a barrier against the further progress of the great
Northern Power. Mr. Canning, in his answer, pays a com-
pliment to the good intentions of the great Autocrat at the ex-
pence of his judgment, for he says, though his wishes were, no
doubt, sery praiseworthy, his interference was ill-tithed, as it
was impossible that either Greeks or Turks, from the nature
of the contest,, could listen to him. We suppose the adjust-
ment of this business in their own way, is not one of the least
powerful motives• for the Congress from which England is et-
eluded. Spain and Portugal will also, no doubt, engage their
attention.

['NEW .TIMEs.I
We receivntl lost night by" express the French
Papers of Friday, ivith the Etoilc dated Saturday. The Jour..
nals of Friday are almost entirely filled witii debates in the
Chamber of Peers, on the Law of Indemnity, and irr the Cham-
ber of Deputies on the Law of Sacrilege. This most unpopular
law. is stedfastly opposed by the liberal and independent illem-
bers„ and it seems likely that the discussion will be of some
continuanc,, for they are engaged in sublime theological enqui-
ries, says Benjamin Constant in,his speech on the 14th,- where
they fulfil rather " the functions of the Fathers at the Council
of Nice, than those of Deputies of France." Another Deputy
M. de: Geres, begins his oration by talking of Cato, of Socrates,
Aspasia, and on being called to order and remindAl of the
question he justified his rambling by the example of his colleagues
and finally proposed an amendment to the article inflicting the
punishment of death, and to substitute confinement and hard
labour for life.
.The amendment was rejected and the article
passed. There appears every probability, that the tyrannical
and iniquitous law will receive the sanction of the Chamber,
and become an indelible stain on the French criminal code.—
It is stated us a report that Lord Strangfort is to proceed to
Milan to assi=t at the Congress. which the foreign journalists
persiat in asserting is to be held there, to deliberate on the
affairs of Turkey and Greece.

[IIOIINING POST.]
• •
'he gin Aiiicii Mr. 'ferries obtained leave to
bring in en Friday, for the consolidation and amendment of
the tustenA.Laws, is one of the most valuable measures to the
mereantile.iuterest, not only of this, but of other countries,
which has. ever been proposed to Parliament. At present the
Acts upon the subject are so numerous—some in practice so
obsolete, while in application they may have the force of
the • latest statutes—some so inconsistent with each other
as to render 1 the law uncertain even to. professional discrimina-
tiotf—and the whole so confused and inexplicable from the
mixture of ancient with modern enactments—the variety and
discrepancy of the occasions on whi:h they were framed, and the
objects to which they were directed— that on fasv.,.if.any.point,
has it been possible for the merchant hitherto to•obtain a clear,
positive, and therefore safe, legal opinion. What has been the
consequence ? that often the importer or the exporter has sub.
jetted himself to duties or to penalties, of the existence of either
of which he was not aware until.lt was too late to recede in his
speculations ; and further, that appeals against the law, from
the vexations and unjust nature of its'operation-on such indivi-
duals, have become frequent; first, to the Board of Customs,
and lastly, to the Treasury. And what, then, has been the re-
sult ? That to. avoid injustice, and to prevent injury and
oppression to the honest trader, the Board of Customs, or the
Treasury,has been compelled to act arbitrarily in overruling the
very laws which it was the duty of both to see enforced ! :Much
perplexity too has also arisen from the change of our commer-
cial system, which has been recently adopted, and which in
principle is totally, and in practice. partially, in direct opposi-
tion to that which prevailed for centuries before. The one was
essentially restrictive, the other is essentially liberal. To rec..
th), the manifest evils arising from each a state of the law is
the object of the B;11, or rather the Bills, which Mr. Henries
has introduced for the Consolidation and Amendment of the
Custom Laws ; and the means by which the •Iloin Gentleman
proposes to- attain. this end are alike.judicious and practicable,
and reflect the highest credit on.his penetration and abilities...,
we shall speedily return to this interesting'subject.

•
[T„E TIMES.]
Among the petitions aszainst the Catholic Bill,
it appears that fow or none have been obtained from Ireland—
noneLcutaioly, from quarters of much• credit or influence, even
with the regillisr, erten] !e.; of emancipation. The fact is striking,
arni-the4minc:ion in one sense powerful; for it jniplies that the
Prato tants if-Ireland—the mon ex posed of all others twiny pet.
50:44 golitexiti etic es from a hreakinkp p of the old systarn-Aregard
its farther proio-t gatien aseither impracticable, or too..dearly
bought.The,advcttAe petitions from a few of the-English clergy
hameiittraeisti the ilteetvatioss in Parliament 14icil•went appe-

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rently to invalidate the right of petition itself. Why should not
the clergy peiitioll ? The most selfish intetests—the most .unrea-
sonable projects—the grossest ignorances and absurdities., are
every day vented and recommended by petition to-both Houses
of Parliament ; and yet the clergy—whom, if we were to de-
signate them in one short phrase, we might truly affirm to be
that body in the state which contains within it the greatest
portion of combined intelligence and virtue—the clergy are
sneered at for availing themselves of this common right of Eng-
lishmen.—The subject matter of their petitions is quite a dif-
ferent thing. When a clergyman tells us, without a word of
argument to prove it, that an admission of Catholics to those
rights from which no other British subjects are excluded,
will infallibly subvert the church of Ireland, those who differ
from him as we do, hive but to answer that such an ad-
mission of our fellow-subjects will be an accession of security.
not of danger, and will support, not subvert, that church
Thus far with opposite assertions. But what is briefly the ar-
ment on this question ? The enemies of emancipation affirm, ,
that the Catholics enjoy all the benefits of a free Constitution,
in the full protection of life and property ; and they reproach
them with aiming at political power. . Let us examine this_
The free• Constitution of Great Britain ordains, that the people,
who are amenable to justice, shall by their representatives
watch over the administration of justice—that the people who
pay taxes shall consent to impose them—that the people who.
obey the laws shall contribute to frame them. Can the Catholics
do all or any of these things? Can the Catholic, su,bjects of
his Majesty be adduced as illustrations of the manner in which
the.constitution of England works for and through the people?
Are not all the relations in which the constitution stands
towards the Catholics of this realm, just so many outrages
upon its fundamental principles ? How, for the last century,
have taxes been imposed upon the Catholic ? By men of a
different faith. By whom have been enacted the laws which
bind him ? By men -whose passion and boast it has been to le-
gislate against the Catholic. Who have administered justice
and awarded punishment upon the members of the Catholic
communion ? Why, the Orangeman has administered the laws
which he himself enacted, and has been.ithe sole guard over the
integrity of his own administration. And, what again has
been the practical fruit of such a policy ? It has been the
.establishment of a system of the grossest and most palpable
injustice towards the Catholic—of extreme insolence in the
other sect—of a hatred of the law throughout the bulk of a
great nation, who have found in it a persecutor instead of a
protector—and of a state of society nothing short of a civil
war, alternately blazing and subsiding, but never for one mo-
ment extinct. Such are. the consequences—the real—we must
add the inevitable consequence of that persevering treatment
of six millions of our fellow-subjects, according to which they
are falsely represented as exercising the privileges of the Con-
stitution. Let those who so describe their condition, change
places with them even for a day, and they will feel that the
true meaning of liberty is power—the power of self-protection—
the birthright of every free subject of this realm, which cannot
honestly be wrested from him, but for crimes penetrated, and
in which alone consist the essence and the excellence of the
British Constitution.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, April 16.

Lord Chamberlain': Office, April 16.

His Majesty has been graciously pleased to confer the honour
of Knighthood on Windsor Edwin Baynton Sandys, Esq.
eldest son of Sir Edwyn B. Sandys, Bt.

Whitehall, April 12.

The King has been pleased to present the Rev. Robert Cobb,
Master of Arts, to the Rectory of Burmash, in the County of
Kent and Diocese of Canterbury, void by the death of the Rev.
James Carpenter.

Crown-Officc, April 16.
MEMBER returned to serve in this present Parliament.

BOROUGH or WlGAN—James Lindsay, of Balcarres, in
the County of Fife, Lieut.-Colonel in his Majesty's Regiment
of Grenadier Guards, in the room of the Iron. James Lindsay,
commonly called Lord Lindsay, who has accepted the Chiltern
Hundred,.