The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-29 00:00:00

[TII C TIMES.]

The military dispatches which we publish
frain India are altogether of a more spirited cast
than any which have yet reached us from the
'Seat of war with the Burmans. General Morri-
son's success agsitist Arracan was stated some
weeks ago by us as an authentic fact. The de-
tails-of this officer's operations form the. subject
matter of the present documents ; and—apart
from the skill and valour which appear to have
beep employed in. achieving the capture of the.
‘abiive-mentioned town—the British force has
been .placed by its victory in a maritime position
upon the Burmese territory : but still it is no
more than a position upon the coawt. There
is not any hold gained of the interior, or any
advance upon the road towards the enemy's.
capital. 4-1 curious circumstance in all these
'narratives of Burmese warfare, is the admirable
choice Which a savage people invariably make of
their fighting positions, and the activity and ie-
Atillritf with which they improve the advantage'
'of:ground by the rules of military science. Not=
withstanding, however, all the superiority of
iillice.;tiumber, and knowledge of the ground, the
'daring • enterprise with which 10,000 of these
warriors were attacked by comparatively a hand-
ful of British and Sepoy soldiers, and the rapid
success and moderate loss with which they were
driven from their masterly positions, are to us
Arial:subjects 'of congratulation. If a war with.:
.iti.'the-Tropics were' to consist.. of lighting only,
'itid of no or. rittle marching, •our entrance upon
it''Ciimpaign with native powers would be a lets
• 440°63-Consideration than experience has hither-
', to tendered'

[mc PUBLIC LEDGEIZA •
• : ''to-day' wejAy before our Readers a variety ofi
vt;ll6le of it derived' rom au then-.
-11 c
.sources,-and all more or less favourable to the ,
• fiSerestS-of "that speciple. 'lt will be seen too, that I
it ;wars the broad 'stamp of 'probability ; and we
1111 Te the Greek Authorities will follOw the ex-1
have here laid- down, of adhering to
take: truth as strictly as possible. in: their future
• -rtcport3. The first article, which we shall notice,
ail& which is characterised by its good sense
• lind modesty, is an officia,l statement, published
aNapoli ili Rotnania in the latter end of Au:!.
glict, and signed by all the members of the Pro-
irisionat Government. From this statement it 31)-
' pears', shut tape Greeks have been of late successful
• at nearly every point; and should this tide of got-id
.7 foria e con tin ue,sh e would want no other protection
but the strength of her own arms. At Missolonghi
their courage and constancy have been so con-
sptcuous, that they have even exacted from The
dibt'strian Observer a tribute of praise. The ef-

forts too of the besieged, though they had not
actually compelled the enemy to raise the siege,
had reduced it at last alniost to the character of
a blockade ; and as the garrison had received
supplies of every kind, and repaired the breaches
made in the walls, the enemy would have to
begin his work over again with diminished num-
bers and confidence. A Greek corps too was
acting_ in the rear of the enemy ; and though
unsuccessful in an attempt which it made to
break through the hostile lines, yet it sufficiently
attests the boldness by which it is animated. In
the official report this miscarriage is freely ad-
mitted ; and the effect of this candour is to pro-
cure a more ready belief where success is claimed
for the Greeks. We are, therefore, disposed to
credit the important stateme*t, that the _Alba-
nians had nearly to a man quitted the standard
of the Turkish Seraskier, and. that his force was
thus reduced to about 1,000 men, of whom
nearly all were Turks.

[Barrisn Plt ESS.]
The brilliant advantages gained on the part o
the Greeks must elate the heart of every friend
to freedom and the human race. It is greatly to
the praise of this brave people that they owe
their successes to their own unaided struggle for
liberty. The Holy League have endeavoured, in
secret, to thwart all their efforts ; they have em-
ployed every opposition against them short of a
military alli►►nce with the Turks. In pursuing
this policy, they have consulted but poorly the
interest of their own States. The longer the en-
thusiasm of liberty is kept alive, the more widely
will it spread, and the more will despotism have
to dread from its contagion. The combination of
the Allied Sovereigns is composed of elements
which cannot endure in the present state of
knowledge. Their true policy is to favour liberal
principles, for " to this they must come at
last." They may for a time quench the light
that is overspreading the continent of Europe,
but they cannot extinguish it. Under the present
diffusion of intelligence, Governments can only
be valued for the good they produce. The prin-
ciples on which they are founded are every day
more widely and universally discussed, and these
will soon become the principles on which alone
they can securely exist. Their true safety rests
on the degree in which they insure the well-
being of those who live under them. Let these
Sovereigns once be convinced of this, and what
have they to fear from the establishment of libe-
ral institutions in Greece ? What have they to
fear from the establishment of an independent
G reek Empire ? This intrepid people, it was
clear from the very first, had resources sufficient
in their own courage to carry them through to
their final regeneration. They have had a des-
perate contest, but their final triumph has never
been doubtful.

[MOItNING HERALD.]
Whether there ever was any serious intention
of dissolving the Parliament this year, or whe-
ther the subject was only mooted as a ruse de
guerre to feel the pulse of the country, or to at-
tract its attention from other matters, are ques-
tions that are now become immaterial. It is a
fortunate thing for the country, we think, that
the 'dissolution is postponed to a period when
men's minds, it is to be hoped, will be in more
tranquil state upon the subject which has of late
caused so strong a sensation—we mean the Ca-
tholic Question. Nothing is more to be de-
precated than a general election, carried on
under the influence of clamour of any kind,
but especially of the description of that to
Which we allude. It uow remains for the Catho-
lics to avail themselves, if the.y can, of the ad-
vantage this respite appears to afford them ; and '
that, we apprehend, will be most effectually done
by abstaining from agitating the. subject at all
next year, and permitting the present Parliament.
to expire, as it then must, with the public mind
in comparative repose upon the subject. We
will not flatter them so far as to say, 'that one.
or even two years will be sufficient to redeem the
injury which Mr. O'Connell and his coadjutors
• have done to this cause ; but of this we are quite
sure, that that cause is utterly hopeless till time
and tranquillity have allowed that 'strong sensa-
tion to subside, which the indiscretion of these
people has given rise to.

[NEW TIMES.]
The-French Papers contain little national in .
telligence but.On the subject of Spain, where the
arrests continue to be tarried on with geeat ac-
tivity. .Four Capuchins, a Cordeliev, 'and a 'Canon
of the; Cliaptar of Oviedo, have been arrested ;
and •on'the person of the COrdelier is said to-have
been foutrd a pL,n. for a-simultaneous insurrection
of all the. provinces. 'Great discontent, almost
amounting to actual revolt,'prevails in some parts
'of the country,' fostered, it is said, by a faction
of the Clergy. The Government appears to he
opening its eyes a little to its situation, for a new
'Janta, to' take into consideration all the affairs
of the 'kingdom, and. to 'institute necessary re-
forms, -has 'been eonirnissioned. The decree
Which appoints it alleges a.sad• reason for this
measure. " The'prOitressive declension of
the
fortunes or my subjects," says • Ferdinand, " is
the conSegtience‘of onr civil discords:" It is me-
lanehOly to be obliged to confess such a cause and
such an effect. The Ilaytian Ambassadors have
arrived' in Paris, very. much to the grief of the
QuOidie. nne,
,which is, shocked at the sight.—
" OUP Policy," it remarks, `' grows darker every
'day—the .11ayti'an Diiputies arrived yesterday,"
1-Ye presume it means that their diplomacy grows
blacker since thy admission of Negro Ambassa-
dors.

DibriNlNG oHitOirfor.E.l
On Thursday last, the foundation stone of a
monurnent to the' trterdory Of John •K n Oic was
'at Glasgow. The buSiness' seems to.'have
been condUctecl a style worthy of that' wkiltiq
and spirited city. The 'COthmittee of 'l`flanage..
Men t,. hea
(fed' by Ilre Lord Provost,. and' a large
body of subscribers, tro in the 'f rases Hall,
.whence they went 'in procession to St. George's
'Church, attri after attending 'Divine Servicei'Pro-
ceeded to the site of the • roonntrient. Well
might Knox be described in the inscription as
" the chief instrument under God of the Re.

formation of Scotland." The stone was laid by
Dr. Mac Gill, Of Glasgow, who addressed the
subscribers os the occasion. Mr. James Ewing,
on the part of the Committee, in his reply to the
Address, observed-:
" The mind that can be insensible to the blessings which
the country has derived froth the magnificent event in our his-
tory, must be either blinded by ignorance, or perverted by pre-
judice. It was at the Reformation that light dawned on the
human intellect, and dispelled the shades of bigotry and super-
stitution. It was the Reformation, accompanied with the dis-
covery of printing, and the revival of letters, which unlocked
the boundless stores of science and philosophy. It is to the
Reformation we owe that system of popular education, which
has contributed so much to the intelligence, the industry, and
the morals of Scotland. It is to the Reformation we are in-
debted for the right of private judgment, and that free and
happy constitution, which is the best birth-right and noblest
inheritance of Britons. It is the Reformation we have to
thank for the wealth of the nation, which had been previously
drained by the rapacity of a foreign priesthood. It is to the
Reformation we must trace the sources of our commercial pros-
perity, for it was in Britain that the arts found an asylum
when expelled from other lands by the horrors of persecution.
In place of Convents, we now behold manufactures; in place
of dissolute and ignorant monks, we behold a virtuous and en-
lightened Clergy ; in place of idle mendicants dependent on
Monasteries, we behold industrious artizans, who would scorn
subsistence but from their own labour. And shall we not hold
dear the memory of the man who was the instrument, under
Providence, of achieving such a victory for Scotland ?"
This ceremony was succeeded by a dinner, at
which Dr. M'Crie (the historian of Knox), Dr.
Chalmers, Mr. James Moncrieff (Advocate), and
a number of other distinguished individuals, were
present. It is gratifying to perceive the union
which prevails iu Scotland between the Esta-
blished Church and the Dissenters. Dr. M'Crie,

who is a Dissenter; when the Secession and
Dissenting Churches were drank, observed, in
returning thanks, that
" Differences in religion were produced, in many cases„ by
causes over which we had no controul: dissimilarity of habits,
difference of early education, of early association, all conspired
to produce difference in religious belief. These differences,
however, should not be imputed as faults to any one. Why
should we quarrel with others because they have not been so
fortunate as we think we have been in our pursuits after know.
ledge ? Why should we feel hatred at any one, who we think
has not seen into the truth as we have done ? It was as vain
to expect an universal unanimity in all the articles of religious
belief; as to expect that all faces should exhibit the same
features."
Ample justice was done by Mr. Ewing to the
character of Luther, w.ho, like Knox, was gene-
rous and disinterested, and was possessed of the
same unconquerable firmness. In the Reforma-
tion of England there was•no room for men like
Luther and Knox. To succeed with 2 reforming
Monarch, like Henry the Eighth, or his daughter
Elizabeth, the Theologian must have been more
familiar with Machiavel than with the sacred

Writings. A century and a half after the death
of Knox the Scotch Reformers made little distinc-
tion between the Churches of Rome and England.
The first they called the ".Old Strumpet Mo-
ther," and the second 64 the eldest beautiful
Daughter of Antichrist," who was 4' vile, loath-
some and hateful in the eyes of all the serious
and godly"---,-(Life of Cargill.)—But the High
Churchmen of the present day are of course mo-
dels of disinterestedness—and by no means hos-
tile to the instruction and improvement of. the
people.
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