The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-05 00:00:00

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
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The report- that the French Government is
on the point of signing a Treaty with St. Do-
mingo
.has been most conveniently revived
at this moment, when that Government stands
so much in need of a good character to
go through with its scheme for converting the
Iterates. We shall soon have other testimonials
of character from the same quarter ; but that
the Rentiers will be induced to make a sacrifice
of one-fifth of their incomes in consequence, we
very much doubt. That the report has been
circulated for this purpose is extremely proba-
ble, particularly as in the whole scheme o(
French policy there is nothing analogous to the
resolution said to have been taken with-respect
to Hayti. In Spain, where the Cabinet,of the
Tuilleries exercises an unlimited controul, things
present the same disheartening aspect as they
did eighteen months since ; and if these hor-
rors are permitted there for the sake of legi-
timacy, is it not absurd to suppose that the
principle will be disavowed in the case of
Hayti ? Besides, in her domestic policy, France
is approaching rapidly as possible to the sys-
tem that prevailed befOre the Revolution ; and if
the Priests and the Nobles do not poscess the
same privileges, it is not the fault of the Govern-
ment, as it is evident that the latter connives at
their pretensions. To expect that such a Power
will publicly sanction the right of resistance, is
as absurd a notion as was ever entertained. How-
ever, as a rumour to this effect is convenient at
the present moment, we are not surprised at its
circulation ; but its success, as far as the
French' are concerned, is very problematical.
Though it may not suit the meridian of Pa-
ris, it may adapt itself better to that of Lon.
don ; and as the French Ministry may soon
stand in need of an enormous loan, the ru-
mour is not discreditable to their ingenuity.—
In the mean time, the French Opposition
Papers continue to scout the idea that Villele
will be able, either by hook or by crook, to carry
his scheme; and they speculate, naturally enough,
,upon his dismissal as the consequence of his
failure. If he should survive the disgrace of
Such a miscarriage, he would be a fortunate man
indeed ; and the Cotirt that could overlook it
'would furnish a solitary instance of magnanimity.
Such generosity would be the more extraordinary,
as it would be productive of great embarrass-
ments ; and when these may be avoided by the
Sacrifice of an unsuccessful Minister, there can
hardly be a question us to the alternative that
will be finally adopted.

[MORNING POST.]
The French Papers of Tuesday and Wednes-
day` reached us last night by E;cpress. The in-
telligence` which they bring from Greece is.more
cheering,-than the last. A Report had been re.
`ceived at Napoli di Romania from the Corn.
wauder-in-Ohief of the Morea, Colucotroai,

stating that he had suffered Ibrahim Pacha to
advance through a rugged and-mountainous coun-
try as far as Poliana, where he stopped him by a
vigorous resistance. A warm skirMish took place
on the 20th of June, in which the Egyptians lost
several hundred men. The same day a detach-
ment of 500 cavalry having ventured amongst nar-
row defiles, were cut to pieces by the Guerillas,
who defended the mountain passes. Every day the
Greeks obtained some partial advantages over
the enemy, who, instead of pushing forward,
hesitated six days whether hP should entrench
himself where he was, or fall back upon Cal-
i mata, of which he had taken possession in his
advance. During this time of inaction on the
art of the Egyptians, Colocotroni had been en-
abled, by his perfect knowledge of the country,
Ito occupy the positions which threatened the rear
of the enemy ; and in a second dispatch he an-
nounced that the Egyptian infantry was in a
desperate situation, as he had succeeded in
surrounding it with 13,000 Pelopennesians on
the heights of Poliana. Every thing he added was
prepared for a general attack on the part of the
Greeks, but Ibrahim did every thing in his
power to avoid an action in a country where his
cavalry, even if it had not been reduced to nearly
one half, could be of no utility to him, where his
artillery could not act, and the regular tactics of
his infantry availed it nothing. These reports,
which are given as official, contradict the pre-
vious accounts of the taking of Tripolizza, and
of the massacres said to have taken place during
the conflagration of that city. It is possible,
however, that the general attack contemplated
by Colocotroni may have been made without
success, or that the Egyptians, finding their re-
treat intercepted, cut their way into the interior,
and thus reached Tripolizza when it was de-
fenceless. But in that case the capture, and still
more the destruction of that city would he of no
use whatever to the enemy, for having the Pelo-
ponnesian army between him and the sea, and a
hostile country before him, all his communications
would be cut off, and he must either be reduced
to surrender by famine, or be annihilated ulti-
mately by a succession of partial „conflicts, in
which success would be nearly as fatal as defeat,
for it would diminish his numbers and his milita-
ry stores without the possibility of their being
recruited. His army when he commenced his ad-
vantageous march inland was not as powerful as it
had been represented. It consisted only of 6,500
infantry, 1,500 cavalry, and 35 pieces of can-
non. His cavalry is said to have suffered so
considerably in its advance as to have been
diminished one half when he arrived at Po-
liana, and his infantry must also have experi-
enced great losses, so that his expedition, though
daring and successful at its outset, may after all
have a fortunate issue for Greece. Odysseus who
had surrendered himself to the Greek Govern-
ment,and had been sent to the Citadel of Athens
to await his trial, growing tired of delays, en-
deavoured to effect his escape, and to descend
the walls with the aid of a rope. Unfortunately
the rope broke, and having fallen from a consi-
derable height he was killed on the spot, at the
very time when he was included in the amnesty.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The English Funds were very steady yester-
day : Consols for Account 90a.—In the Foreign
Market, the South American Stocks had reco-
vered from the depression of Wednesday ; Co-
lombian Bonds, which fell from 81 to 831, again
rallied to 84; Mexican Scrip, which on Wed-
nesday was quoted at 41 discount, was yesterday
34- ; Greek Scrip fell to 161 discount. In other
Foreign Stocks there was little alteration.—The
business in the Share Market continues confined
to the minor Associations.

There is great business in the Tobacco trade ;
the dealers are purchasing eyensively for the
home. trade, on account of the Treacury order
for the reduced rate of duty, 3s. in place of 4s.
having made its appearance at the Custom-house;
the first effect is a claim of above 80,0001. for
the high duty paid since the sth ofJuly.—There
has been quite a battle on the tobacco question,
between the gentlemen, " dressed in a little
brief authority," at the Custom-house, and the
Merchants. The former, we hear, were indig-
nant at the mistake, and at first declared that an
Order of the King in Council would be immedi-
ately issued, ordering that the high duty should
be paid. The reply of the Merchants was, that
it was impossible, under any Order in Council,
that taxes should be levied on the subject with-
out the consent of Parliament. The Treasury
very wisely put an end to the uncertainty.—
(16dd.)

LMOUNING HERALD.]
Travellers, it is said, see strange things ; and
they have the credit too of letting their wonders
lose nothing iu the recital. As a specimen of
this, one of the itinerant orators, who is now on
his joint circuit of law and Catholocy, is repre-
sented to have addressed his gaping audience at
Waterford it, the following terms, as an instance
of part of what happened when he, the said
orator, was in London :—" When it was an-
nounced," says he, " in the money market of
London that Lord Liverpool had become favour-
able to Ireland, the intelligence was received
with acclamation ; a burst of applause pealed (no
pun is intended) through the Exchange. Whence
did the plaudits proceed ? Not from a band of
patriots and philosophers, but from the Jews
and money-brokers of London. The venerable
Hebrews blessed Heaven for the great event, and
the Skylocks of Change-alley lifted up their
hands, and thanked Jehovah for the conver-
sion of the noble Gentile." Now, we ask
any mall who may read this, whether a
greater instance of sheer bombast and non-
sense ever came within his observation ? Does
this Learned Gentleman deal in such arrant gul-
libility as to expect the most drivelling of his
hearers to suppose that the British Funds could
be affected by—or Jew or Gentile care one
farthing whether he and his associates got ten
per cent. added to their fees, by converting their
stuff gowns into silk ones ? There is but one way
in which the funds could ever be affected by
the Catholic Question; and that is, by its ill-

flammatory agitators bringing about a public
commotion. Happily all chance of that seems to
be almost gone by. The eyes of the people are
gradually opening, and, if we mistake not, the
time is not far distant when those who have been
most warm in applauding these wild and injudicious
harangues will see what miserable dupes they
have been made; and that, instead of serving
Ireland, or even the Irish Catholics as a body,
their main object has been to serve themselves ;
and that the proceedings of some of their legal
patriots are governed by the account of fees
past, present, and to come. But let us hear the
orator in question again. " The Cross of Christ,"
says he, " is cut down into faggots, to scatter
the flames of discord through the land." Into
faggots ! Is it wise to talk of faggots to those
who remember in what way th fires were
kindled in which so many Protestant martyrs
were sacrificed ? But let us pass by that, and
ask whether this be not bombast run mad ?—ls
this the way in which any man professing the
Christian religion can bring himself to talk of
its most awful events ? Is tl►ere taste, is there
piety, is there good sense, or one atom of com-
mon sense, in such jargon as this ? Yet these
are the persons who assume the possession of
all the wisdom, the virtue, the patriotism, and.the
political foresight of a whole nation ; and who,
with quackery hitherto unequalled and unheard
of, hold themselves forth to a whole people as
their saviours, their liberators, their instruc-
tors, and their guides ; condemning the most
virtuous men in the cou►►try as monsters ;
and susceptible themselves to a pitch of al-
most ridiculous nervousness of every word
which is said to their disparagement ! Surely
it is high time that the country were disabused
of any confidence in, or attention to such weak-
ness as this. It is high time that the Press at
least should unmask such miserable sophistry ;
and, by dint of alternate ridicule and seriousness,
convince these people that the world is not to be
duped by such pretences, and that the reign of
deception and nonsense must have an end.