The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-10 00:00:00

PRIVATE BILLS.

Second Readings for This Day:
Learningtoh Improvement, and Arigna Mining Company.

qr,
•, OLLETT'S name was omitted in the list of the mino-
esterday.
on the Irish 40s. Freeholders' Bill, which we published
That Gentleman voted against the second reading.

__BRITISH INSTITUTION.-The liberal Directors
!! this excellent Institution, as we stated some
trine since, had,offered a premium to the Artist
w 1 '0 should produce the best representation of
the
Battle of Trafalgar. Not fewer than thirty
candidates brought forward works on the subject,
which appeared in the late Exhibition at the
British Gallery. in Pall Mall. The Directors,
after revision and collation, have at length as-
signed the prize to Mr. DRUMMOND, for his
-retch of the' ?rnernorahle action, and, in our
humble opinion, with a due regard to pre-emi.
;len" . of merit Mr. DRUMMOND, therefore, is
have live hundred pOunds for painting the
picture on the-subj.ct, including the three bun-
d" which was offered as the premium. We
°llght never to mention the British Institution
Thuut acknowledging the important service
which it has rendered to the Fine Arts in Paint.
i
I:g acid Sculpture, and in bringing into public no-
ticeEr and patronage many excellent Artists, who
Light otherwise have struggled through life in
obscurity and want.

TYPOLITHOGR ANT Y.—We feel it to be our
uuty to recommend any works of novel merit to
the notice of the public. We have seen a speci-
men of the new invention under this name,
Pictorial
combines by one operation of the Press,
4-Ictorial Illustrations in the same sheet, and
r'yen musical notes. The work in which this
curious invention is brought forward is to be
!tyledThe PAATIIENON, and it promises to
lustily the assumption of so august a mane. It
" intended, we find, also to give fac similes of
curious manuscripts. The graphic sketches
which We have seen are executed with great
Spirit, and if the future work should correspond
with the specimen, it will prove a valuable ad.
(ttton to the Literature as well as to the Fine
Arts of the country.

The Catholic Relief Bill underwent a little
discussion yesterday, and this night it will be
read a third time in the House of Commons.
This night will then decide its fate in one branch
of the Legislature.
We have often had occasion to remark upon
the overweening pride and assumed superiority
of the advocates of this Bill, and the want
of courtesy and vulgar abuse wherewith they
are apt to treat its opponents; setting up ex-
clusive claims to honesty and liberality, and
charging the other side with prejudice and
bigotry, as if the very fact of these exclusive
claims did not sufficiently shew that, however
prejudice and bigotry may exist amongst the
Friends of the Constitution, the soi-disant Libe-
rals are notithemselves free from them. But
of all the impudent attacks that ever was
made both on the House of Lords and on
the House of Commons, we never read of one
that at all equals that which a Morning Paper
of this day makes on the conscientious opposers
of the Catholic Relief Bill. It very fairly terms
them all rooLs, in plain honest open language
(and it is the first time the paper in question
was ever suspected of possessing any one of these
qualifications) it puts down all who vote against
this Bill asl-ools. Such an idea could only exist
in a mind crammed to the utmost with vanity,
and filled with imposing notions of its own intel-
lect, and its own vast superiority, and yet, would
it be believed that this language is found in a
Journal designated " The Pot-house Newspaper,"
whose circulation is confined to the lowest of
even these places, and whose title is exhibited in
their windows, followed by the words " taken
in here," as an inducement to passers by to step
in and drink. This method of crying down op-
position, we trust, will defeat itself, and it
ought to he taken as earnest of what we may ex-
pect when these Liberals shall obtain the upper-
hand.

Mr. LK TLETON'S disfranchishig Bill was also
committed last night, and the report will be taken
into further -consideration on Thursday next.
It met with great opposition, and we now begin
to entertain hopes, that at all events, this obitoxi-
ous and unconstitutional Bill will never find its
way beyond the House of Commons. If Ca-
tholic Emancipation is to have the effect of tran-
guniciolinzdi I;lreland it must come unfettered and
u
and, hostile as we have ever been
w.
to the Itelirf Bill, we yet ;s.. L
every chance
;11011 ;
should b dfforded it of producing the good effects
expected
promised to arise from it, and that
e.
and
cannot be the case if the new privileges of the few

are to be bought at the expence of the old rights
of the many.

The Dutch Mail to the 7th May arrived this
morning, briogin4 accounts from Greece, Russia,
and 13atavi4. 'lhe extracts given below have
been se.trcted

ODESSA, APIIII. ii.
We have received -a series of Greek Newspapers by way of
Constantinople, which, however, contain nothing new, only
great hopes of the result of the new campaign. It deserves to
be remarked that the Greek Gazettes circulate w;thout restric-
tion in Constantinople, while here and in the neighbouring
countries they are rigorously prohilited.
A letter from Athens, of rather old date (Feb. 1.), in the
Oriental Spectator, contains some interesting particulais :
OdySseus, accompanied by his Aide-de4"ainp,e to whom he has
promised his sister in marriage, muses as usual in his grotto,
passing the time as he can, waiting for some change of circum-
stances favourable to his designs.
On the 25th of January, Deputies from Ipsara came by virtue
of an order of the Greek Government to ask to found a town in
the Pireus. The selfishness of some inhabitants of Athens
induced them -immediately to spread a report, that the founds-
Lion of a new town would be rather injurious than beneficial to
the Athenians. The people, however, who think of nothing
but independence, liberty, and innovations,. Were charmed at
the arrival of this Deputation, and welcomed the Ipsariots with
demonstrations of enthusiastic joy.
The Deputies, however, appointed by the people of Athens,
made sane observations to Ipsariot, which the importance of
the case called for. First, they gave them to understand that
of course they ought to agree that the, Athenians should parti-
cipate in the right of building houses in 'the new town, as well
as magazines for their commerce in the Pireus; that on the
other hand the interest of the two towns ought to be united,
they ought to hate one and the same Government., the same
supreme authority.
The Pireus will be surrounded with a rampart ; two small
forts will be built at the light house, and a third on the
shore near the place called Sabia, where it will be situated so
as to command all the surrounding country-.
Two architects have been appointed by the Government t o
build the town with all possible regularity. Sueh,,are the pro-
jects proposed to be executed, unless they are prevented by un-
foreseen and unfavourable events.

TRIESTE, APRIL 25.
We have no recent news from the Morea. A ship has arrived
here in 26 days from Smyrna, the Captain of which affirms that
they saw a Greek fleet off Cerigo.—(Allgmizeine Zitung,
May 3.)

MILAN, APRIL 23.
His Majesty the Emperor, and the Archduke his second son,
arrived at Vicenza on the 23d. 'The Archduke Viceroy had
preceded him, in order to receive out adored Sovereign in the
hotel prepared for him.
The whole population was assembled out of the gate, and in
the roads along which his Majesty was to pass. Before enter-
ing Vicenza his Majesty visited the new and beautiful,cemen-.
Lary-, and then, followed by an immense number of carriages,
made his entry into the- City amidst the enthusiastic acclama-
tions of the pwple.— (Milan Gazette, April 26.)
B.vrivia, DEC. 11.
We have accounts here of a violent earthquake which took
place in the island of bacon on the 26th Oct. by which the city
and suburbs of Manilla have dreadfully ataered. Four
miles above the city, and close to the river, the earth was rent
by a terrible shock, and soon after a quantity of dead fish
floated up the river. The principal inhabitants have left
Manilla and taken houses in the interior, It is thought that
many lives have been lost. There has been no such earthquake
there since 1796. On the Ist of November there was a furious
hurricane which did great damage. Six vessels were driven on
shore.

The Resident of Sambas, who left the palace at the end of
October, and arrived at Batavia on the Ist of this month,
brought letters from the Governor on the west coast of Borneo,
by which we learn that the Chinese of Montrado had refused to
accede to the execution of the previous engagements, by which
that place was to be occupied by a garrison of our troops, and
had resisted the detachment sent for the purpose. Though
the Chinese were repulsed in several attacks, their
superiority of numbers was such that the Commander of the
detachment, consisting of a Captain, 7 Officers and 216 men,
of whom 90 were Europeans, thought it advisable to retreat
from Sinkawang, which post they had occupied. They accord-
ingly left it, abandoning their cannon, which they spiked, and
throwing the ammunition into the river, the roads being too
bad to bring them away.
Favoured by the darkness of the night they reached the boats,
when they found that 10 Europeans, 4 Arnboynese, and some
natives weee missing ; it was supposed they had lost their way,
and might perhaps reach Sambas afterwards. Resides these
they lost in one of the preceding skirmishes with 3,000 Chi-
nese 9 Europeans and 14 men of the corps of the Sultan Raclin
• AWL The conduct of • this Sultan and other native Princes is
spoken of in high terms
AMSTERDAM, NAY 6.-Exchange on London, 39. 6.; two
months, 39. 4.

We received last night the Paris Papers of
Saturday. The only intelligence of interest
which they contain is some accounts from Greece,
respecting the landing of the Egyptian troops.—
The following extract gives all the details on
the subject which had been received, and more
authentic information is still to be looked for:—
( From the Constitutionnel of Saturday, May 7.)
1-IYmtA, MARcu 16.
The last Number of the Friend of the Law speaks in the
following manner of the lauding of the Egyptians in the
11Iorea

Several couriers that arrived at Napoli di Romania in the
course of February, informed the Government that 56 Egyp-
tian vessels had appeared on the 13th of that month off Modon
and Coron, and had on the 15th landed 10,000 men near a bay
between these two fortresses. Official accounts, however, in-
form us, that on the appearance of the enemy on our coasts, a
corps, hiefly composed of Arcadians, having joined the troops
besieging Modon and Coron, immediately advanced against the
Egyptians, whose march it- stopped near Neocastron. In the
partial engagements after this meeting, the Egyptians suffered
considerable loss. Among the officers of distinction who were
killed is the first Aide-de-Uamp of the Pacha. We shall doubt-
less soon hear of a general action. The energetic measures
taken by the Government make us hope, not only that the
Egyptians will derive no advantage from this rash attack, but
these shores, so often illustrated by our victories, will serve as
their tomb, as they have to the far superior bands which Dram
Ali lately hurried to their total extermination.
We learn also from Smyrna, that Ibrahim Pacha will have
the sole command of the Turkish fleet, and that Topal Paella,
who was joined with him last year, will not leave Constan-
tinople.
The expedition preparing at Smyrna against Samos, which
will be seconded by the Ottoman fleet, is composed of the con-
tingents of eight Pachas, of which the Pacha of Smyrna will
have the chief command. These pompous announcements,
exactly like those of preceding years, should put the Turks in
mind of the disasters they have experienced whenever they have
ventured to touch the consuming soil of Samos.
It is affirmed that various differences have arisen between
Redschid Pacha and several Albanian Chiefs, which hinder the
Pacha from setting out on his march, for want of troops. It is
said that his vanguard, attempting to enter Acarnania, has
been defeated.

A division of the Greek fleet has just arrived off Patras.
ZANTE, APRIL 3.
The Egyptians have landed at two different times above ten
thousand men before Modon, who immediately marched to-
wards Navairno and Calamata. The Greek garrison, though
small made a vigorous resistance, but were at length obliged
to tall back; meantime 6,000 men, sent by the Government,
came up with the enemy when he did not expect it. A bloody
battle ensued before Neocastron ; above 4,000 Egyptians pe-
rished ; many officers of distinction fell into the hands of the
conquerors, as well as all the materiel of the rash expedition,
and, had not Motion opened its gates to the fugitives, not one
would have escaped.
In the second landing, the Egyptian vessels being hindered
by contrary winds from putting to sea, have been blockaded
in the port of Modon, by Vice-Admiral Sacktury, who waited
only for a favourable wind to send his fire ships among them.
The President, Conduriotti, with 12,000 Peloponnesians,
has been for some days before the forts of Lepanto, resolved not
to quit his position till helms taken them by storm, if the Turks
refuse to capitulate.

PATON MAY 6.
The Duke of Northumberland arrived at Paris this after-
noon.
71185c..—(Cours
FRENCII FUNDS.—PARTS, MAY 7. _Five
s]f•—Exchange on
per Cents.
opened at 101 f. 35c. • closed at 101 f. 65c.—Three per Cents.
opened at 75f. ; closed at 74. 75c. ; Bank Stock, 1,180. Nut_
politan Five per Cents. (Certif. Falconnet), 90. 70. • Rentes
dLo' Ensdpoang,n eo,n
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Dispatches, dated the 15th March, have been
received froro Sierre Leone. Every thing was
going on well.