The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-21 00:00:00

THE MGILMETTLED RACER,.

" To what base. uses we may return, Horatio!"
A horse, that was forinerly one of the chief
heroes of...the turf, has recently, we find; been re-
duced to the miserable condition of being coupled
with .another wretched Animal in • the daily la-
bours.of dragging a Paddington .stage. It appears
that this suffering animal lately belonged. to Mr.
11/Wl:us BALL, a gentleman chiefly distinguished
in the fashionable world by such-vast 'property as
procured him the designation of the GOLDEN'
BALL. By order of. this.. gentlemanohe.anitnal,
once so, celebrated in the sporting circles; was sold
to litmt, and Co. the masters of a;Paddington
stage, for eleven Pounde.: What ,the pitiable
beast suffered. is related in •a letter, which we
shall subjoin for the honour of htimanity. Mr.
MARTIN, whose name will be recorded • with
those of the benevolent JONAS Ilkswx-t-and,the
philanthropic HOWARD, hearing of the degraded
and disastrous state of the poor animal,.addiessed
the following letter to Mr. BALL', on a subject
which cannot but be interesting to all who are
exposed. to the vicissitudes of human life, of which
the fate of the animal in question affords.an awful
warning :

TO HUGHES BALL, ESQ. •
do not complain of not having had the himonr of atly
answer to the letter addressed to you, regarding the present
wretched condition of your old hunter. Ido not complain, for
it is possible you never received either of my letters left at 'Ml-
vanT's Hotel, and directed to be forwarded.
About three weeks ago I saw this horse drawing one of the Pad_
dington stages. I was told he belonged to you, and was sold
by your orders for eleven pounds, to Mr. TAYLOR, as a lame
and blemished horse. He has been fired by a very bread iron
from the knee to the coronet, and the burns occasioned by the
firing iron, and aggravated by the cruel application of a cent stie
blister, have caused such a destruction of the skin that this poor
animal is in torture when hemoves; and of this Mr. TAYLOR
was so much aware, that from the time I first saw the horse,
he has not done a day's work, and the Stage Master tells me,
he would be glad the horse's former master would repurchase
the animal, and thus release him from misery.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient humble Servant,.
• • RICHARD MARTIN.
How different is the fate of this unfortunate
Racer from that of Eclipse and _High-flyer! M!.
K LLLY, the proprietor of the former,,devoted a
Paddock at Cannons to him, that he might enjoy-
ease and comfort for the rest of his days, and
Mr. TATTERSALL,..usuaIIy styled "'good OLD
TAT," not. only assigned a similar space to High-
flyer, that he might 'pass the remainder of his
life in quiet and plenty, but even gave the' name
of the horse to whose speed and spirit he was
indebted for a considerable share of htitlOrtune,
and even, called his country seat by the ;lame of
that animal in honour of his memory. •-

GREECE.

<From the Etoik, dated Monday, Sept. 19.)
NAPOLI DI ROMANIA, AUG. 2.
MANIFESTO OF THE GREEK NATION.

The Clergy, the Representatives of the People,
the Civil Officers and the Military Officers, both
of the Navy and Army, of the Greek Nation,—

Considering, that authorized by the inalienable rights of na-
tionality, and on those of private property, as well as on the
ruling principles of religion and the independence of nations,
and moved by the sentiments implanted in man for the preser-
vation and safety of his own existence, the Greeks have taken
arms to appeal to the justice of their case ; that during the
space of more than four years they have struggled with persever-
ance against the combined land and naval forces which have
come from Europe, Asia, and Africa ; that in the midst of the
most imminent danger, they have sometimes destroyed the very
superior forces of their enemy, and sometimes even entirely an-
nihilated them ; and that though destitute of the resources ne-
cessary for this great enterprise, they have at length succeeded
in sealing their rights at the expence of the most precious blood
of the nation, and in convincing the civilized world what can be
effected by a people truly resolved to re-conquer its inde-
pendence ;

Considering that the very results of this unequal struggle
have only confirmed, in the mind of the nation, the resolution
which it has irrevocably adopted to establish its political ex.

istence ;
Considering that .the agents of some of the Continental
Powers, in spite even of the principles of Christianity which
they profess, have not observed a conduct conformable to the
rules laid down and established by themselves, and that this
illegal conduct has given rise to a variety of political disputes
divergent in their nature and character;
Considering that some of these agents endeavour, by the
intrigues of emissaries, whom they send into the interior
of Greece, to excite among the Greeks sentiments con-
trary to the spirit and the forms of Government--sentiments
which suit only the intentions and interests of these agents ;
Considering that the commanders of the naval forces of
some bovernments oppose a number of unjust persecutions
and obstacles to the regular proceedings of the Greek Ma-
xine, and to its movements, though conformable to the rules
of the Laws of Nations, all in violation of the neutrality de-
clared by the Sovereigns, at the Congresses of Laybach and
Verona ;

Considering with lively grief that tile Christians themselves
arm against the disciples of the Gospel, to succour the fol-
lowers of the Koran, and that a multitude of European officers,
contrary to all principles of peace and all sound morality,
hasten from distant countries to instruct the latter, and lead in
person the armies of the-barbarians, who come to lay waste with
tire and sword the land which covers the mangled bones of a
Citnon and a Saruado, of Leonidas and i3ozzari, of Philopoemen
and Nicelas ;

Considering that the Government of Great Britain, happy
. in guiding a free people, is the only one which observes a
-strict neutrality, without deigning to follow the manifest vio-
iations, and of those distinctions so contrary to reason, which
• others have practised in Greece, at Constantinople, and in
Egypt

Considering that the indifference of the British Government
is not sufficient to counterbalance the persecutions which others
.exercise against the Greeks, and to which they daily give a
greater extension ;
Considering that if Greece has not hitherto been able to pre-
vent the enterprises of its enemies, or to take offensive mea-
sures, it is not in consequence of a diminution of its strength,
or of a relaxation of its first resolution, but arises from the
reasons above-mentioned, and because the Government has not
yet been able entirely to prevail over and to subdue all private
passions;

Considering that in tltiis extraordinary contest the Greeks
must either prove victorious or bury themselves under the ruins
of their ,country on account of the deplorable consequences
which the:nature of the contest has brought with it, and its long
duration—two . causes which have rendered this alternative
inevitable ;

Considering,'lastly, that since a special favour of Providence
has placed the forces of Great Britain so near us, Greece ought
to take advantage of it in time, and founding its hopes on the
justice and humanity which animate that great Power:
For these reasons, and in the intention of placing in safety
the sacred rights of the liberty of the state and of our political
existence, which is sugciently consolidated, the Greek nation
prescribes, resolves, decrees, and approves, as follows :
" Art. l . By virtue of the present act, it voluntarily places
the sacred deposit of its liberty, its national independence,
and ite political existence, under the absolute defence of Great
Britain.
" Art. 2. This 'fundamental act of the Greek nation shall
he accompanied by an explanatory memorial, addressed in du-
plicate to the Governmett of His Britannic Majesty."
,;PROTEST OF MESSRS. ROCHE AND WASHINGTON TO
MESSRS. THE MEMBERS OF THE PROVISIONAL GO-
VERNMENT OF GREECE.
" The undersigned Philhellenic Deputies of France and
America have learned that individuals, in their mere quality of
Greek citizens, have theught fit to place themselves at the head
of a faction against the constitution of their cauntry ; they have
signed and circulated a declaration extremely injurious to the
character of their nation and Government, which have always
shown the most lively interest in the prosperity and indepen-
dence of Greece.
" The undersigned know that the Senate and the Executive
Powee, in their sitting of the 22d of July, have resolved to ask
succour of the Government of the lonian lalands, for the pre.
Nervation of their political liberty, menaced by the invasion of
Ibrahim Pacha.
" Though it has been very painful for the tindersigned to
see the little confidence which the Greek Senate in these im-
portant circumstances has placed in the French and American
nations, they would nevertheless respect this determination,
arid every other ‘which should have been adopted in a legal
manner, and according tn the constitution of the State.
" But they see with grief that the Senate, instead of execut.
ins its preceding.decrees, does not employ the means of secu-
rity which are in its power to bring back to order the individual
'Greeks who dare to place themselves abeive the laws, and en-
deavour to .disturb the political existence established in Greece.
In consequence, they think it their duty to inform (yrevenir)
the Greek Government of this illegal attempt, which offends
the character of two nations that have taken the most lively
interest in the independence of the Greeks, and which may
even in sequel prove detrimental to its interests.
The Greek Government should know the danger it incurs
by allowing itself deliberations of this nature, which are dic-
tated by a spirit of anarchy, and against which we formally
protest.
" The undersigned request the Executive Government to give
them the most clear and precise explanation on so important a
subject.
" They expect, with the greatest impatience, a prompt an-
swer to communicate to their respective Committees, in order
to regulate their conduct on ehis occgeion."`
• This pretended act of submission (which does not formally
speak of submission) is only the work of some private persons
who have signed it individually aacitizens. Other individuals,
also seeing the same right, have protested against this act. The
Senate and the Executive Power have deliberated on the ques-
tion whether they should send this request to the Lord High
Oommissioner of the lonian Islands at Corfu. No further re.
suit of these proposals was known. The letters of the 7th of
August say nothing of either deliberations or proposals. The
cause of this silence is evident. The victory of Missolonghi,
of the 2d of August, must have been known at Corinth on the
4th at the latest, and the day following at Napoli. •
{The above note is copied, but without acknowledging it,
.from the Journal ri‘!: Debuts of Sunday, which does not contain
either the Manifesto or the Protest.]