The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-24 00:00:00

Thit'ery important question; the Freedom of
the Press in India, Caine before'rthe Privy Court--
ell yesterday, on an appeal against an order of-
the Governor-General in Council, prohibiting the
_ .
.is`ublication of any hook, newspaper, or pamphlet
4i India, or the eitablidinteift of any printing
Press, without a license from the same authority,
war revocable under certain penalties at
the pleasure of the Indian :Government. Their
Lordships separated without pronouncing any de-
'4Bion. The question which the Privy Council
are thus called upon to decide, is one of a very
delieste nature, and one that requires that deep
,consideration as it - will no doubt receive.
nature of our Government in India is
such as:to render it absolutely necessary to
protect it from, the attacks of the Press, not
•stn.accotint of its tyrannical' or oppressive na,
tare,
but because of the peculiar effect such
-attacks,: whether true or: false, produce on the.
.minds of the native population. A .display of
splendour and power is necessary to impose a pro.
per respect for authority on their minds, and their
-*Omission is in exact -proportion to their respect..
ity thing;therefore, that tends to diminish the
00e, must loosen the other, and make the possession
of our extended Empire in India more uncertain
atild insecure. But we must, from the pressure
of other matter, defer our observations on thiS
Paint till to-morrow.

We have received Paris Papers of Saturday.
lirtie of them seem to lament the rejection of the
Catholic Relief Bill by the House of Lords. The
articlesubjoined is taken from the Constitutionnel,
which promises some curious information on the
subject

(Prom the Constitutionnel.
PARIS, 211AY 20.—The English House of Lords has rejected
die Bill for the emancipation of the Catholics, which had passed
th. e eminrions by a small majority. This news causes us more
1.114.16 than surprise. We persist in believing that the ernanei-
.Pation of the Irish Catholics would have been at once an act
'Of tiv•stice and of sound policy. Liberty of conscience and
1"1141) are rights so sacred, that no motive, no State reasons
• can justify, the violation of them. We think that on this occa-
Con the Honig of Lords has deviated from the principles which
are the basis of the civilization of nations and of the prosperity
Of empires..

We are not much surprised at this event, because the incon-
' %igerate, and even artful manoeuvres of the Ultramontaires of
the continent tended to excite fear in the English Protestants
lvith respect to the emancipation of the Catholics of Ireland.
In our Jesuistical journals there was a tone of arrogance, and
even of menace, which must have influenced public opinion in
Great Britain, and of which the Irish Catholics have been the
/ietinta. 'either must we dissemble that our law on sacrilege,
atin"l.certain speeches marked by a barbarous intolerance and
alarming fanaticism, were injurious to the Catholic cause. They
Agave been alleged in the British Parliament as one of the strongest
rgarnenta against emancipation. "We had foreseen the danger
77.1f*e 11141 warned our Jesuits both of the long and of the short
robe ;but they were blinded .with passion ; they were seduced
li3tY the success they obtain under a subjugated Ministry. In-
_.el4-1. of thanking us for our -adviecice, and profiting by it, they
for according to the ancient custom. We were prepared
lowin for we have daily occasion to apply to them the f 01,6
,6 vereF,lvhich has become proverbial:—
, Iv_ 1" u,ot ;/ ! vous eves devots et-vous vous emportez !"
"
yet. ;',..4 ,ave received during. the debates on the Emancipation
!er.etqmg letters, whiclumv.eil,*e attempts of a certain

fanatical party, to establish its sway in, Ireland; but as we
ardently desired-the success of the Bill, we did not think proper
to publish them : we should-have feared to be accused, contrary
to our intention and well-li-rio,ivn prinelples, of giving arnis to
the adversaries of emancipation`. "Now that the question is de-
cided, we shall mate use of our letters. If the Irish Catholics
will believe us, and nobody desires more than we the recogni-
tion or their rights, they will. shut 'their ears against Ultra-
montane insinuations. The Jesuits and their adherents 'are the
mist mortal enemies of their Emancipation.
(From the. of May 21,).

PARIS, MAY 21.—Mr. Stanhope, belonging to the British.
Legation in Spain, set nut to-day (Saturday) for Madrid with
dispatches. Mr. Frederick Lamb, Envoy 'Extraordinary from.
his Britannic. Majesty to the King of. Spain, will set out foi
Madrid to-morrow. (Sunday..)
( From the Courier Francais ofSaturday, May N.)

GIBRALTAR, MAY 4.-The paper publishedhere announces
that the departure of General Rampont, appointed by the King
of Spain Captain-General of the Phillipine Islands, is deferred,
The Spanish Goverment has received dispatches from dim
islands, stating that General Martinez, wko was invested with
the command by the Constitutional Government, refuses, in
concert with the troops (about 7,000 or 8,000 men), to recognize
the absolute King. ' - •
Vesseli lately arrived from the Ife,vannali represent the eman-
cipation of the colony as near at hand. The-Colombian squa-
dron entirely prevents commercC, as no vessel ventures to put
to sea: On the other hand, the presenceof the American ships
of war, which are
,always in those'seas to protect the commerce
of their nation against the pirates, contributes not a little-tO en-
courage a spirit of independerice:
FnExto 'Ftiwns.—PAßlS, MAY 21.—Five per Cants.,
1011. 50c.; Three per Cents., 74f. 85c.—Neapolitan Rentes,
901. 90c.-Spanish ditto, l7if.--Spanialt Royal .Loan, 55f._
Exchange on LondOn, one month, 241.- 95c. ; three months,
24f. 111k.---:(Cours ifuthentigiie.) •

German Pape'r's to the 16th of May came ,to
hand this morning. The . following extract is
•
taken from the Nuremburk Correspondent, and
gives'Us a more cheering view of the affairs of
Greece. The account, it appears, may be•re-
lied on :
FROM THE FRONTIERS or -ITALY, MAY „
.—`fie
have
at length received news direct from the Alorea to a Very recent
date (the middle of April). They fully coefirm what we stated
• •
in the beginning, of the impossibility under which Ibrahith
Paella found himselfof executing his plans.. He had calculated
on the numerous partisans whom he expected to meet with as
aeon :as his troops should land in the Mores, and nobody has
declared in his favour. On the contrary, however various the
parties that hive appealed there, it is a fact that all of them
consider the Egyptian General .and his troop% as enemies who
must be destroyed, or at - leait by a general effort driven
from the country,:because their sole object. to reduce it
once more under the Musselman yoke. It likewise appears'
from various reports, that Ibrahim- has been grossly misled,
either by persons who wished to bringhim to destruction,, or by
his Mitrl agents,`Wh_o deceived themselves respecting the success
of the. enterpriie, which, under present circumstances, never
Could hate a favourable issue. Without these very.suspicious
Counsels, he would at least have delayed his expedition till a
more, favourable opportunity. With:respect to the lateen posi-
tion of his troops, they occupied, on the western point of the
Mores, a line flanked on the left by the citadel of Modon, and
on the right by that of.C,oron. .This line is covered by en-
trenchments, furnished with numerous artilllery. The
Egyptian troops occupied also the little Islands Stt..
pleura and'Cabrora, where they have thrown up redoubts:.
—The Greeks were in, possession of Navarino and Castello;'
their ships of war were stationed in the bay of Collin- It is
affirmed that Greek troops Were embarked on board, these sres.:.
sels to effect a landing in the rear of Ibrahim's lines;- when the
main attack should be made from the side of Navarino. In
fact,, affairs cannot long remain in their present state. If the
Greeks succeed ih forcing Ibrahim's lines, it is impossible for.
his troops. to fin. the citadels of Modon and t)oron can-
not receive theta, and his fleet his:entirely left the Oast of
the Mores, whether to fetch reinforcements from Candi 4, or not
to be exposed to the attacks of the Greek fleet, is uncertain.=
Meantime 24Ioreete peddlers repair in.nupibers to Navarino
and Calamata, the places of rendezvous for the Greeks. it is
asserted that- the Bey of Marina, who is reconciled with the
Greek Government,
.has assprned the command of the corps
assembled at Calamata, and has reinforced it with a numerous
body of Spartans. A part of the troops 'that were in the camp
at Gastouni has traversed Arcadia to reinforce the corps destined
to attack Ibralibr's army. TI ese troops were at first intended
to gcr to ratras,.but as the niost urgent point is to drive the
Egyptians- from the Mores, they have been directed to proceed
.to Navarino. ,

By the last accounts from Albania it appears that Red-
schid Pacha intends to make a diversion in favour of Ibra-
him. The division of hie army assembled about Larissa has
mtrched to Karpenitza, and thus forms the right wing of the
army posted at Patradgill. The communication between that
place and Negropont is restored since a Turkish corps has
been posted at Talanto. It is reported that the Thes-
salia army is to advance to Salons, in order .to proceed
from that place to Lepanto, and that the expedition against
Missolonghi and Anatolico is *given up for the present.—
( Nureniburg Ctirrapendent, May 16.

• Mir...tx; MAT B.—His Highness Prince Metternich arrived
in this city yesterday.—( Gazette of Milan, May 9.)
tThe Gazettes of the 9th and I th contain long details of the
reception of their Imperial Majesties at Lodi and Monza, and
the rejoicings of the Inhabitints, &c. &c.] •

Gazettes from Hobart-town, Van Diethon's
Land, to the 24th of December, were received yesterday after-
noon *at the New England Coffee-house, but they contain
few events of importance. A large brewery was about to
be established at Pittwater, which was likely to meet with
encouragement—an essential service to the colony, by in-
troducing a cheaper beverage than the ardent spirits usually
drank by the lower classes, and to which many of the
excesses which took place among them were to be ascribed.
Many severe losses had been experienced by the owners
of flocks, through the depredations of eagles, so that it
was necessary to provide the shepherds with muskets loaded with
buck-shot as a protection. The colonists appear anxious to parti-
cipate in the sports of the mother country, as we perceive a sub-
scription has been raised 'among them for procuring a supply of
live game from England. Measures were taken to improve the
breed of horses in the colony, which had very much degenerated,
owing to the want of means of preventing them ranging at
large and intemiixing with the wild horses of the colony._
A great scarcity of hemp and flax existed in Van Diemen's
Land, that article being at the exorbitant price of twenty-five
shillings. per poutul. An extraordinary number of small colo-
nial craft had been employed in taking seals in the small islands
in the' straits which divide Van Diemen's Land from New
South Wales; and had been very successful. The New Su-
preme Court of Van Diemen's Land held its flitting; regularly,
but appears to use extraordinary circumspection in making its
decisions. In a case of crim. con., in which a Mr. Lord was
plaintiff; and a Mr. Rowcroft defendant, the Court had been oc-
cupied for more than a fortnight, when it was decided by a verdict
in favour of the plaintiff, with 1001. damages. We are not pre-
sented with the evidence of this case, which forms so curious an
event in the history of legal proceedings; but it is stated, that
during its progress the Chief Justice and bar repeatedly sat
eight; ten, and fourteen hours, without adjourning for the pur-
pose of refreshment.

Extract of a letter dated Mexico, March 26 :—" Every day
the internal state of the country improves, and the lower
classes are gradually returning to habits of industry. Sil-
ver from the different mines is now beginning to find its
way to the Mexican and provincial mints, and oar circulating
medium daily increasing. Mr. Thompson, Mr. Harvey's
latesecretary,is
Is appointed British Commissioner at Gua-
tna leaves Mexico in a few weeks. Mr. Ward
arrived
yesterday ; Mr. Alaman, Minister for Foreign
iia:
yllees
Affairs, and Mr. Estera, Minister of Finance, are appointed
by Congress to arrange, with him and Mr. Morier, the treaty
of commerce. It is impossible to express the satisfaction given
by the recognition of this country by England."

Count 1%1 UNBTER, the Hanoverian Ambassador,
had an audience of his Majesty yesterday.