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London, England, 1825-03-09 00:00:00

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Extraetfrom the MbrningPapei's,March 9, 1825.

• [BRITLSII. PRESS.]
I.).ll.tither confirmation of the, important intel-
ligence frorn-Peru 'has been' received, Since the
conimunicatiotilive published on Saturday, from
oar .o.orrespondent at Liverpool,, we -could
have
130 Aoubt of the authenticity of the dispatches to
General Scpublette. In another column we have
givenfait .abstract of the dOcuments, de-
tailing the successes of the Patriots, The con-
test with the-combined Royalist forces continued
doing three successive days, the •.,7th, Bth, and
9th of December. The result our readers al-
ready knour-77the, entire and a flail subversion of
the Spanish power in every -part-of South America.
Gen. Sucre had the honour of completing the de-
liverance of that immense continent„by a victoryas
brilliant in its military character to the arms of the
Patriots, as it is beneficial in its consequences,
immediate and remote, to the. permanent welfare
of mankind. On the 7th of December, a division
of the Liberating Army entered Lima, com-
manded by Bolivar iu person. In two days after-
-wards all the Royalist Chiefs were his prisoners.
The confirmation of this news, in all other re-
spects so gratifying, is accompanied by the pain-
ful intelligence of the sudden death of Mr. Row-
croft, who was killed accidentally by a sentinel
of the Independent Army occupying Lima. The
conduct of Mr. Row. croft, in this melancholy
transaction, appears to have been marked by some
of that eccentricity for which he was occasionally
remarkable in his native country. However
deeply we may lament the result, we cannot pre-
tend to doubt. the extreme imprudence of leaving a
garrison, like Callao, almost in a state of siege,
and disregarding the challenges he received from
the advanced post of the blockading forces. 1t
appears also, as if to have invited the catastrophe,
that the unfortunate gentleman was dressed in
military uniform, and followed by his carriage,
-which was mistaken by the sentinel for two pieces
of artillery, known to be stationed at the enemy's
advanced post. It is consolatory to learn, that
every attention was shown to Mr. Rowcroft by
the authorities of both the hostile parties ; and
that, whatever private calamity may have ensued
from this lamentable event, it is not calculated to
give rise in the slightest degree to any unpleasant
feelings between. this country and the South Ame-
rican States.

the Indemnity Law, without any appearance of
having approached the end of the amendments
proposed.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
It is rather curious that two Petitions have
been presented against the County Courts' Bill,
the one by a party whom it is extremely'difficult
to suppose in any way interested in the measure,
or at all informed about the matter, and the
other by persons whose immediate interest in it
explains their opposition, which opposition
strongly recommends the proposed enactment.
The Dowager Duchess of Buccleugh and the
Attornies are the Petitioners we allude to.

How tl►e Dowager Duchess of Buccleugh can
be concerned in the County Courts'-Bill surpasses
our comprehension, and we should feel grateful
to any old Lady who will satisfy our curiosity
and make us easy on this head. Perhaps the Lord
Chancellor, who is growing as chatty as old Nes-
tor, will clear up the mystery. The hostility of
the Attornies is as easy of comprehension as the
Dowager's is difficult, and would of itself give
rise to the very strongest presumption that there
must be some great good in Lord Althorp's Bill.
The public weal and the private interests of these
gentlemen are like the two buckets of a well—
when one is up the other is down, consequently
when they cry out, having the fear of sinking before
their eyes, we may be assured that the public
have especial reason to rejoice. A Petition from
the Attornies against a Bill to facilitate the Re-
covery of Debts, is much the same sort of thing
as a Petition from the Smugglers against the re-
duction of high duties, or from the Thief-takers
against any amendment of our criminal code.

[MORNING HERALD.]
Mr. Hume continues his opposition to the in-
crease of the Army—we are glad so few Mem-
bers go with him. It also pleases us that Sir
Robert Wilson is in opposition to him. We al-
lude to what Sir Robert said respecting Gibral-
tar—that we had not near men enough stationed

[TIFF. TIM ELT
A Report by the Society for the Conversion,
Religious Instruction, and Education of Negroes
in the British West India Islands, has come to
our hands. We have no doubt that an inter-
course with the slave population of those islands,
for the purpose of conversion, is also highly bene-
ficial to tkeir present state and condition. The
Fostcript of the Report conveys the technical in-
forniation as to the tneans of subscribing,
which we therefore subjoin :
:"rhe Governors beg leave to suggest that the views of the
Society will be most effectually promoted by the formation of
Colonial Associations in union with the Incorporated Society
ins London, and for the promotion of its objects, by the collet-
_ thin and remittance of subscriptions and donations. In return
for which, assistance may be expected, according to the So-
ciety's means, in as additional supply of Ministers, and of suit-
able books of religious and moral instruction.-14, Duke-
street, Westminster."

there. Mr. Hume said that 86,000 men are too
many for the British Isles and their dependencies.
We, on the contrary, think that there ought to
be at least 100,000 men. England requires
30,000 ; Ireland, '20,000 ; the East Indies (con-
sidering their present uncertain state), 30,000 ;
and surely twenty thousand men for Canada,
the West Indies, Africa, New South Wales,
and our other scattered Islands, are not too
many. The population we have under our
controul is about 150 millions ; and yet Mr.
Hume says that we should only have 60,000 men
to protect it. The population of China is three
hundred millions, and she has above one million
of men to protect her. Her population is only
double ours, but according to Mr. Ilu►ne's calcu-
lation, she would have a military force to protect
her, in comparison with the protection he would
afford us, in the proportion of twenty to one. It
-is very well for the country that every body does
not agree with Mr. Hume, or we should soon
have war at our doors. The Spartans and Athe-
nians, in the days of their greatness, took care
to keep up a large force in proportion to
their population—the consequence was they
were respected by their enemies ; and while
they confined themselves to the resisting of at-
tack, they were invulnerable. It was only when
they attacked distant nations that they showed
themselves weak—or when they quarreled with
each other. For a nation to command the re-
spect of the world, it ought to command its fear,
and that can only be, done by keeping up such
a defensive force as shall strike a terror into the
breasts of those who might be disposed to be-
come its enemies. A Member, on Monday

A card, which has been transmitted to us, in-
dicates that the Seventh Annual Meeting of the
Scciety for the Suppression of Mendicity will
take place on Thursday next, at Freemasons'
Mall, " when a Report of the Society's proceed- -
" ings will be read, and officers appointed for the
" ensuing year." We may, probably, attend to
this-report, if other more important business does
not occupy our Mime. in the mean white, we
cannot help remarking upon the present state of
the streets as to beggars. It is welt known that
rat-catchers encourage the breed of those ani-
mals which they are paid to destroy. We should
think that the agents of the Mendicity Society
are actuated by some. similar principle ; ex-
cept that the rat-catchers, though they will
not allow the race to become extinct, will not
suffer it to abound ; whereas the beggar-catchers
do permit our streets. to be infested to a degree
which we have never kiiowli before. The doors
of some of the pastrycooks are nuisances. We
now and then see a beadle give a sturdy beggar-
boy plying there a . stripe on the back, but
who ever observed an agent of the Aiendicity
Society clear the street It is some time ago
since we denounced the celebrated Bridge-
street Gang ; and it will hae been recently
noticed with what enery the more respecta-
ble members of Administration repelled from
themselves any charge of belonging to that
notorious " AssociaGon." It would be a happy
thing if we could set the members of the Beg-
gar Society to catch the members of the •Con-
stitutionel Society, and, vice versa, the Cousti-
tptional Society to catch the Beggar Society-men,
so that we might be rid of them both, and have
the laws left to their just operation, at rats and
weasels destroy each other for the good of the
houest farmer.s-7--

night, said that we were going to increase our
force because of circumstances, which had arisen
on the part of the Burmese and the A shantees, and
that there were no particular details before the
House respecting those powers. The Member
therefore blamed the -Ministers for withholding
such information. Now we think that that Mem-
ber should have rather praised the Ministers for
keeping back information, which could not be of
any use for the British public to know—but
which might do England great harm if it were
known to our enemies, the Russians, the Aus.
trians, and the French.

[NEw TIMES.]
We would call attention to the genuine libe
rality of principle shewn in Mr. Peel's speech 01
the Game Lau s Amendment Bill. The High
Hon. Secretary supported that Bill on grounds
alike of humanity and of policy; and from the
decided majority for the second reading, we augur
that the Bill will will be successful. It is not that
we join in the usual clamour against the Game
Laws as of unprecedented cruelty. They are
not so. On the contrary, looking back to the
ancient state of our laws, and more particularly
of the Scottish laws on this subject, we find en-
actments of a character infinitely more sangui-
nary. Still that is no reason why laws of unne-
cessary harshness should continue to disgrace our
Statute Book. Let the Country Gentleman have
every reasonable inducement to reside on his
estate. We see by the example of Ireland, how
deadly a national evil the non-residence of the
IEI 01tNt NG POT.] Gentry must of necessity become. But in or-
French Papers to the 7th inst., with the Etuile der to induce Gentlemen to reside with their
Monday, arrived last night by express. They families for several months in the country it. cer-
are • almost entirely filled with a trinslatiOn of tainty is not necessary that they should have the
the debates of our noose of Commons on the means of slaying a thousand pheasants in two or
Catholic Question; which seem to• have excited three day's sport. It has been justly observed,
great interest in Fran Ce. The .icizirnul des D - that the system of field sports has changed within
hats taking u`p the distinction made in the course the, last 30 Or 40 years; and we cannot open a
,the discussion between " Catholics in Newspaper at the cornriteticernent of the sporting
Religion, and Catholics in politic'," avails itself season without seeing statements of shooting
of that opportunity to vent forth its just indig- parties at which the destruction of several
nation againSt the latter, who, it appears, are hundred head of game takes place. This
not unknown or inactive. even under a Catito- sort of amusement, from its very nature,
lic Government. " The first," says that paper, cannot last long ; and, therefore, so far from
" wish Gil- the reign of piety, virtue; and liberty ; drawing the Nobility and Gentry to reside
they are faithful to tile Constitution of their in the country, its direct 'tendency is to drive
coitntry, whether it be monarchical or republican, then) 'from it atter the first week's sport is over.
, are as good subjects in France as in the Another essential evil in this system is the mut.
United States. The latter are hypocrites, whO tiplication of preserve's, which are in other words
turn their pretended zeal for Catholicity into an magazines for poi Ching, poachers therefore have
en4ine of politi6al, ambition and Court intrigue, become faimore numerrius than they ever were;and
and preach absolute powor and intolerance in the poaching, it is well knoW tinly the introduction
*.e..„Qf Him who said, My kingdom is not of to sintiggling,robbetry;iind tOO often murd
th er. As
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so e ow-
DeputieS are still eng,asici On p?eieriteifurnith a•Constaut