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London, England, 1822-08-02 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

EXTRACTS PROM' THE D LY MORNING PAPERS,

.august 182(2.

• [MORNING POST.]
The triumph obtained by the skill and heroism
of the Greeks over the Turkish fleet, and crown-
rd by the destruction: of their arch-enemy, the
Capitan Pacha, has at last received the official
confirmation of the Austrian Observer, the great
friend of Turks and infidels, and the general ca-
Inrnniator of Greeks and Christians. As it might
he
.expected from- such a Journal, the account
which it publishes diminishes as much as possible
the success of the conquerors, but even if it did
not extend beyond what is stated in a letter, it
-would still be a most brilliant enterprise, likely
to be attended with most beneficial results to
the cause of Greece, of independence, and of
ion.

[BRITISIt PR E”.]
The Paris Papers to the 31st last have arrived.
The Proclamation of the King of Spain, dispens-
ing with the services of the national militia, ap-
pears to have at first excited some discontent in
that body, which upon explanation soon subsided.
'Morino took an active part in its suppression,
And hence arose the false report of his defection,
and of the overthrow of the constitutional party.
The King,in a Decree respecting the disturbances
in Catalonia, has announced his intention to con-
vene the Extraordinary tortes without delay.

'We find in the Madrid Papers to the 19th
last, that' some damger was apprehended' in that
city on the 15th. The precise nature of it was
yet known, but its existence was inferred from
the extraordinary precautions adopted by Govern-
men t.—(ibid.)-

FNEW TIMES.]
'No intelligence has reached ❑s from' Spain of
a more recent date- than that which is contained
in the Paris Journals of Monday.—The Madrid
Papers,. which have been received to the 18th
inst. inclusive, add no facts of striking import-
ance to those already communicated ; but, like
ali accounts from the same quarter for some time
past,they suggest a frightful picture of the present,
and justify the mast serious apprehensions of the
fhture. Even in .the Universal, a Paper blindly
devoted to the service of the Constitutionalists,
not only is there no contradiction of preceding
statements, but from all parts of the kingdom
there are further details of the movements of
the Royalists, whose successes are admitted in a
majority of instances throughout these advices,
which occupy the greater portion of the three last
.numbers of the paper. All who can properly es-
timate the illiberality of liberalism will duly ap-
preciate the value of such admissions, by Jour-
Bals under the worst of all restraints—the law-
:less sway of a triumphant faction. If we may
rely on a private letter, even the " hammer" of
the populace is not considered a sufficient check
:Upon the Journalists: Some more immediate in-
:lluence is supposed to be requisite ; and, there-
late, the paper we have just spoken of has been
"placed under what may- be styled a Military
-Censorship, and.military officers sanction or re-
'led, articles intended for insertion.—How far the
sword may be. the best weapon to prevent or
-punish the abuses of the press, we leave to the
admirers of revolution to decide.

[THE TIMES.]
Letters fl'om some of the unhappy Sciotes who
have had fathers, sons, and brothers massacred,
.wives and children dragged away to 'pollution,
and their beautiful country wasted and destroyed,
pour, in upon us with most affecting appeals to
British justice and humanity, against the system
of deliberate falsehood which is carried on by
a portion of the press of this metropolis, in every
narrative thrown into circulation concerning
the affairs of Greece. It is melancholy to find
English writers thus ranging themselves on the
side of despotism, as if the welfare of Britain, or
• the.real policy of this Government, could, under
,anytircumstances, have a common interest with
it. But the system is of extensive application.
• Daring the.swar between Spain and her colonies,
'the latter were slandered and undervalued, as
the Greeks . are now. It was the same in
Italy, when the German foreigners overran it :
the same in Spain, when the cause of the In-
quisition and of secret torture was, preferred to
that of constitutional liberty. So is it in Greece,
where Turkish infidels and tyrants are taken
into favour against a suffering race of men, to
whom, according to the received Court doctrine,
Christianity itself affords no redemption from the
sin of endeavouring to be free- This, we say, is

melancholy ; but it has ceased to be dangerous—
for freedom spreads on every side ; and, whether
east or west, is hourly making, new accessions.
The destruction of the Capitan Pacha, the de-
stroyer of Scio, is confirmed by the unsuspicious
testimony of the Austrian Observer; the Greeks,
by a display of incomparable skill and courage,
having blown up the ship of that Officer, and set
on fire many superior vessels. This action, if it
be of the magnitude asserted, gives Greece, for
the present campaign at least, the command of
the seas of maritime warfare in the Archipelago,
and the power of cutting off the- supplies from
many important garrisons of the Turks.

The overthrow of the Highgate Chapel Bill is
creditable to the spirit and steadiness by which it
Ai a s accomplished, and useful as an example to
- the people of this country of the means through
which they.irnay best ensure the maintenance of
any- right when assaulted or violently threatened.
It .does not appear that the- Alember for Middle-
sex. withdrew his aid from the Bill, as at first re-
ported nor would it have been altogether-in
nharacter for. Mr. Byng, that, acting implicitly on
the instructions transmitted to him; as is, we have
' heard,- his profesSed habit; he should have one day,
tukep.for hiS guides those of his constituents. who
were Aupporters, and another day the opponents of
the rnpaisnre. 'this: would: have beep what Junius
Calls " impartial. treachery" to both. The jobs,-
hitants of,. Highgate met at the Gate Housd op
Wednesday last,,and: passed unanimously a series