The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-12 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, MARCH 11.—Wind S.W. strong breezes.—Arrived
the Latona. Johns, from Demerara, sailed the 2iith of January ;
and the Nile, , from Berbice. The Victory, from
Portsmouth, passed through this morning, under jury masts,
for the River. Came down from the River and remain, with
the rest of the outward-hound, the Britannia, Bradley ; John,
Hutchinson ; Tropic, Brandford ; Heignington, Wilson ; El-
fleda, Norfor,- and John Dougan, Fleggitt.
PoirrsmouTH, MARCH.II.—Wind Westerly.—Arrived
his Majesty's ship Bittern, from Plymouth ; Thetis, Rubarth,
from Stockholm. Sailed the Eblane' Smale, for London. f
FALMOUTI!, MARCH 10.--Wind `V. to N.W. light breezes
and fine weather.—Sailed the Britannia, Ruby, for Lisbon ;
Louisa, Barnard; Swift, Pyne ; Providence, Wilson ; and
Active, Mathews, all for St. Michael's; Fanny, Brokenshire;.
and Hero, Dye, for London. •
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 10.--Wind N.W.—Arrived the
Balana,. Howland, from New York, sailed the 10th of Feb.,
and Herrine, Tapley, from Alexandria. •

The Elizabeth, Simpson, from Demerara to Glasgow, was.
driven on shore on Thursday morning in Carnarvon Bay, and
it was feared would be totally wrecked.
The Hope, Porter, from Belfast to Trinidad, struck upon
Ballywater Long Rock on Tuesday, and filled with water the
next tide.
The Two Sisters, Kairas, from Newry to Glasgow, was
driven on shore on Sunday, near Campletown, and filled with
water.
The Fortuna, Alward, from Vireismar to Leith, has put into
Peterhead leaky, and is discharging.
The Antonia Ulrica, of Amsterdam, was driven on shore
yesterday morning, near Newhaven, cargo, coffee and sugar,
discharging.
The East India Company's ship Sir David Scott, was dis-
patched from Calcutta for China on the 26th of August. The
Earl of Balcarras sailed the same day.

KEEPING THE SEALS.—A lady was listening to
the late Lord E►RSKINt'S account of the people
at the North Pole, and when he had mentioned
that the natives clothe themselves in the skins of
the seals and eat their flesh, " What, live upbn
the seals ?" exclaimed the lady with a look
of horror. " Yes, 'Madam," answered Lord
EnsKINE, " and devilish good living too, if one
could keep them."

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TUE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extrurtlfrom the Morning Pnpers,Marchl2,l 525.

['EM PUBLIC r.EncEn.]
Letters were received yesterday from Malta,
dated the 12th of February, which are only in-
teresting, as they confirm the intelligence we had
obtained, through other channels, of the re-esta-
blishment of tranquillity in the Morea. They
also mention a circumstance, for which we had
been prepared, namely, that the Greek Govern-
men't has become more formidable to the factious,
in consequence of the promptitude and firm-
ness it displayed in suppressing the criminal
proceedings or Colocotroni. The Turkish gar-
rison of Patras has been the first to feel
the 'consequences of the additional impulse
imparted to the measures of the Executive Body
—the blockade having assumed a character of
-vigilance it never presented before ; and it was
expected, with the utmost confidence, that the
Greeks would obtain possession of this important
place before they entered on a new campaign
against the Turks. The fulfilment of this hope
is the more important, as, besides giving them a
place of great strength in case of danger, it would
enable them to turn their whole strength against
the enemy, should he attempt another invasion,
which, to judge from the naval and military events
of last year, we look upon as improbable to
the last degree. At that time, the Porte
had strained every nerve, and had the cor-
dial co-operation of the Viceroy of Egypt,
in order to make success certain by sea
and land. \Ve know the results of these extra-
ordinary efforts, and, with what a comparatively
trifling loss to the'Greeks, they were baffled by
this brave people. This war, it should be recol-
lected, is a war of religion, as well as a contest
for social existence ; and if the enthusiasm, which
the latter sentiment engenders, were even to ex-
pire, the religious antipathy would still inspire the
Greeks with the inextinguishable zeal of martyrs.
Without taking these double motives into consi-
tfer:ition, it is not possible to appreciate justly the
energies of which that people are capable, or their
chances of ultimate success. Moreover they have
the great advantage over their enemies, that the
improvements made in the military art are open
to them; whereas the Turk is blind to them all ;
and as the war lasts this distinction will be the
more marked. We feel very little alarm there-
fore at the accounts in the German Papers, of
the redoubled exertions which the Porte is making
:VA year. They speak of five armies that are to
P•rouqht into the field, which, we know, make
;e ridable appearance on paper than in
reality. One is to consist wholly of Albanians;
butwhat is said of another people, may be more
properly said of this—point d'argent, point de
Suisse ; and we wish to know, where the Porte,
with its repeated depreciations of the currency,
and its other financial shifts, is to get the
money to tempt those mercenaries. As to the
other armies or hordes that are alluded to, we
can only say of them, that they will be ineffec-
tive in proportion to their numbers, the Porte
disdaining the use of a Commissariat and maga-
zines. These large masses, when they first move,
are irresistible ; but, like a fire, having consumed
every thing they meet in, their way, they expire
at last from mere exhaustion. We have seen the
illustration of this in their last invasion of the
Mores, where they perished almost to a man by
disease and hunger, after having apparently sub-
jugated it ; and, out of an army of 50,000 men
who had entered it, not 5000 men were alive at
the end of three months. The same fate would
attend any future attempts, from the causes alone
that we have stated.

[THE TIMES.]
The Worcester Journal contains the following
paragraph :
" THE ASSESSED TAXES.—it is very generally supposed
that Ministers will not consent to the repeal of the Assessed
Taxes,; but that immediately previous to the dissolution of Par:
Lament they will repeal the Window-tax ; thereby putting
John. Bull in good humour at a very critical moment."
I (this paragraph he correct, it seems the people
are to he burdened with an oppressive tax for au-
other_Year, merely because it does not suit the
convenience of Ministers to dissolve the Parlia-
ment-immediately after the present Session. Next
year,when they must of necessity appeal to the na-
tion, they will be graciously pleased to repeal this
odious tax, by way of courting popular favour ;
and John Bull, ever credulous and forgiving, is ex-'
pectedto forget that he has been compelled to
bear an unnecessary grievance, for no other rea-
son than because it was not commodious to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to relieve him
soonsr.. It may be a very clever and ingenious
expedient to persuade the good people of Eng-
-lan4 that they ought to be very grateful for a
Savour unnecessarily delayed—for a concession
which might have been made a year sooner
withput any detriment .to the public service,
and which is withheld,, notwithstanding the
popular importunity, because the Cabinet
can ,rely on the popular placability. This
may be good policy ; but really the Chancellor
of Exchequer and his friends should
not take such large credit for candour and
frankness as they so constantly do! We know it is
very easy to use the people, when in tolerable
humour, as if they were mere playthings; and it
has tong been an established. nriaxim. with Cabi-
nets to act upon the knowledge of that possibility.
Bat looking at the speeches, and we may add the
general character, of the present Finance Minister,
we had entertained a hope that he was disposed
to treat his fellow-subjects with the respect' due
to rational beings, and to meet their just petitions,
not with fair words and ..ilattering promises, but
by the immediate grant-of every request not in-
cterssistent With the general welfare. •

[narrisn ettEss.]
The Paris Papers of Wednesday contain no-
thing .of much interest to the Fuglish public.
The' discussion of the Law of Indemnity is not
conletded-, but it is no longer calculated to ex-
cite seven, the. slightest sensation of curiosity in
this country. The amendments debated. an Tues-
day related merely to the details of execution.
Six articles composing the first title of the law

have been adopted. The Chamber had begut3
the consideration of the second title, regulating
the admission of claimants to the indemnity, and
the mode of its liquidation. The Papers either
dare not, or do not choose to say any thing on
this subject. The King of Spain, it appears, is
busy with his Ministers respecting the New
American States and his finances, but nothing is
known as to what passes. One act of retributive
justice at least has been performed : the Presi-
dent of the Tribunal of Purification has been
himself exiled. This is somewhat like the burn-
ing of an Inquisitor-General. Nobody can pity
the sufferer. Ferdinand is endeavouring to or-
ganize an army. He should first provide funds for
main tai fling it. He may purify theservice as he can ;
but while he cannot secure the fidelity of his sol-
i diery by paying them regularly, he will always be
in danger of revolutionary movements amongst
them. Quiroga was the very officer who brought him
the dispatches announcing the failure of Lacy's
revolt, and Iturbide commanded the Royalist
fokces with which the insurrection of the Mexican
patriot, Ilidalgo, was suppressed. So much are
men the creatures of circumstances, and so little
can their abstract principles be relied upon for
the guidance of their practical course! The
Illoniteur of Wednesday contains, in the official
part, only an ordinance of the King relative to
the duties to be levied o❑ the Canals of Orleans
and Loin;.

- [MORNING HERALD.]
We are glad that, at length, the Civic Body
are beginning to take up the subject of Com-
panies. In our yesterday's paper we gave a
speech of Mr. Waithman's, with regard to the
Equitable Loan Company. He mentioned a
curious circumstance, but we should hope that the
worthy Alderman had been misinformed. He
said that out of the twenty Members of the
House of Commons, who were now sitting in a
Committee on the merits of the Equitable Loan
Company—eleven were interested in the mea-
sure itself.—Some French writer—we believe
it was Montesquieu, said that if ever the British
Parliament became corrupt—the far-famed
British Constitution would become extinct, and
that then England would follow the fate of all
other nations, and sink into insignificance. We
hope such a period as that described by Montes-
quieu is far off ; but we do not like to hear that a
measure should be referred to a Committee of
twenty Members of our House of Commons, and
that 11 out of the 20 should be interested in
the very measure referred for the Committee to
report on. But the worthy Alderman must
have been misinformed. We hope, however,
that inquiry may be made into the matter when
the Report comes down. Mr. Robertson
too, in his place on Thursday night, said that
there were hundreds of thousands of shares in
these new Companies reserved for Members of
Parliament. We hope that Alderman Waldman
will not stop at this Equitable Loan Company,
but that he will get hold of the prospectues of all
the new Companies, and whenever they deserve
exposure, we hope that he will expose them. It
redounds very much to the credit of the present
Lord I\iayor that he resigned the shares put on
one side for him in the Equitable Company, and
that he refused to become one of its Directors,
and that he also, refused to become a Director in
other Companies. We should like Mr. Waith-
man to exhibit in the Common Hall a few of the
Solicitors' bills who have the working of Com-
panies.

INIEW TIMES]

Much business was gone through in the House
of Commons last night, and much desultory con-
versation took place on a variety of topics, al-
though there was no lengthened debate.—Mr.
Calvert presented a petition from a number of
inhabitants in the neighbourhood of St. Cathe-
rine's Docks, against that new undertaking,
which again led to some discussion as to Members
who are interested in Private Bills taking any
share in the proceedings of the Committees, and
Mr. Huskisson, with those clear and compre-
hensive views which he possesses on every sub-
ject of which he treats, made it obvious to the
House, that the Members for inland counties are
as much interested in the prosperity of the trade
of London, as any citizen of the metropolis is in-
terested in it. In the Committee of Supply, Mr.
Hume inquired when the Report of the Commis-
sioners sent to the Cape of Good Hope might be
expected ? and was answered by Mr. W. Horton,
who assured the Committee that the Commis-
sioners were most actively engaged in their in-
vestigations ; and that as to the conduct of
the Governor of that. Colony, if the Honour-
able Member chose to bring forward any
specific motion regarding it, he would be
fairly met by his Majesty's Government. On
the question of a grant of 45,0001. to de-
fray the expences incurred by our endea-
vours to abolish the Slave Trade, Mr. Buxton
inveighed in severe terms against the baseness
and perfidiousness of some of the Continental
Powers, iu violating as they have done the trea-
ties they had entered into for the suppression of
that odious traffic, more especially of the French
Government, which has, we fear, but too well
merited the bitter censure the Honourable
Member pronounced upon it. In our intel-
ligence from the City will be found a letter
which gives some information respecting this
infamous trade, and if the details are cor-
rect, no language is strong enough to express
the abhorrence- every one must feel. It is
not for us to say where the blame lies, and who
among the French authorities are the most
deeply implicated ; but disgrace and infamy
must rest somewhere. The thing, if not en-,
couraged, is at any rate permitted, and the Bour-
bons ought at least to have learned one lesson
from adversity, and feel compassion for human.
misery.=Mr. Martin's Bill against cruelty to
animals, we regret to say, was thrown out, there
being, on a division against the Bill, 50 ; in its
favour 32.—Majority against the Bill, 18.

[monsixo rosT.]
We were the first to intimate, after Sir Franci.
Burdett's motion relative to the Roinan Catholic
Claims was carried, that the great question in-
volved in that proceeding might now be expected

to receive more consideration than heretofore,
with a view to some practicable arrangement.—
Others have since enlarged upon this hint, until
at present very general and sanguine hopes are
entertained on the subject. We still, however, see
a mass of difficulties to be overcome. In the first
place, will it satisfy the Papists, and will it conse-
quently tranquillize Ireland, if any thing short of a
full participation (so far as regards eligibility), in
all the offices, honours, and emoluments of the
State,were conceded to that Body? And then comes
the important question, can that full participa-
tion in all those essential privileges and concerns
of the Constitution be granted without sapping
the foundation of every thing free, great, and
glorious, in the history of the country—an ex-
clusively Protestant Government in Church and
State ? With regard to the former, what ob-
ject can there be for conceding an iota of

the claims advanced by the Roman Catho-
lics but to terminate their notorious dis-
contents, or, we might say, disaffection, and
if possible amalgamate them by force of
reason and natural feeling, in concord and peace-
ful allegiance with the rest of his Majesty's sub-
jects. We are convinced, however, that this ob-
ject can never be attained by partial concessions.
On the contrary, every civil privilege conferred
short of the whole, is so much additional power
conferred to extort the rest, and with that power
must be combined a proportionate aggrava-
tion of discontent at the remaining disabi-
lities. The obvious result of such a mode of
proceeding would he to embroil the United King-
dom more than ever. Let the Papists into Corpo-
rations and into Parliament, as well as into all
the intermediate institutions of the Realm, and
at the same time exclude them from all the higher
objects of ambition, and what must follow ?
That every one of those Institutions will be kept
in eternal distraction by the intrigues and the
clamour of the Papists respecting their " griev-
ances," and their inability to reach the higher
objects of ambition. Now their complaints are
general, and made in their isolated character as
a distinct class of the community ; but then we
should hear the welkin ring with brOken and
discordant cries for redress from every parti-
cular body and place in the Empire. See the
dilemma—seethe danger into which such a course
would lead. To grant the Papists eligibility to
minor offices, and withhold their appointment to
those offices, would be mockery—it is what no
honest -Ministry could harbour a. thought of.—
Shall we then pursue a policy which would ren-
der it imperative to nominate persons avowedly
discontented or disaffected, on account of their
remaining exclusions, to places of trust and emo-
lument ? And yet, if we say, that the absurdity
as well as peril cannot be avoided, if the Ca-
tholic Claims be but partially conceded. How
would the same cause operate in Parliament, or at
least in the House of Commons ? Unquestiona-
bly, that every Papist Member would place
himself in constant and determined opposition
on all points to a Ministry which refused to grant
him a right to office. Nature, interest, every
thing, wourd compel him to act thus ; and who
would have'the real welfare of the State so trifled
with—who would have the best and dearest ob-

jects of a wise Goverement so sacrificed ? In
this way, one of two things would be inevitable—
either the Papists would turn out the Ministry,
or the Ministry, after a useless and exasperating
struggle, would let in the Papists. Such is not
the course which either wisdom or policy would
dictate ; and we therefore hope to hear no more
of so impolitic and dangerous an expedient.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
Mr. Peel opposed the second reading of Mr.
Martin's Bill, as he did not see upon what ground
monkeys and badgers and bears were entitled to
a distinct legislative enactment for their protec-
tion, while other animals were excepted, merely
because Country Gentlemen took a pleasure
in hunting them. " Let them for a moment,"
he said, " compare hear-baiting with stag-hunt-
ing, and they would find that the former ani-
mal had a considerable advantage." We believe
that the practices of bear-baiting, cock-throwing,
cock-fighting, and the fighting of dogs, monkeys
and badgers, are now comparatively rare in this
country. The people have left them off because
they ceased to have attractions for them. In
towns these fights are very rare, and even in the
country villages in most districts of the Island
they are getting fast out of repute. Cock-fight-
ing and badger-fighting were a favourite
amusement in the place where the writer
of this passed his boyhood, but they are now
utterly unknown there. A legislative enactment
to put them down would, in all probability, have
had an effect quite contrary from that t% hich
the Legislature intended, just as the Act to
compel the Highlanders to wear breeches served
only to prolong their attachment to a dress,
of all others the most unsuited to a cold northern
climate, and which was adopted at first to make
a dress to fit the lower part of the body, exceeds
the ingenuity of a savage. And here it seems to
us, that Sir J. Mackintosh might have suspected
from his own statement with respect to gaining,
that rooted habits are not to be changed by Legis-
lation ; while, on the other hand, the change pro-
duced by the diffusion of education and enlightened
principles, renders Legislation unnecssary. When
we first alluded to Mr. Martin's statement respect-
ing Dr. Magendie, we observed, that " no man of
any humanity would wish to see an animal sub-
jected to unnecessary pain ; but when the alter-
native is human or brute suffering, we would cer-
tainly prefer the latter, on the principle that every
thing that lives is sacrificed without hesitation
when it contributeste our existence."—We added,
that we deemed it very unfair on the part of Mr.
Martin to attempt to influence the public against
a scientific gentleman of the first eminence,
because " without presuming to determine
whether the experiments of the Professor (Ma-
gendie) are or are not judiciously conducted with
a view to the advancement of science, we think
we may venture to observe, that the Country
Gentlemen are not likety to settle this Auebtion
in a satisfactory manner."
We are happy to find
Sir J. Mackintosh, though he advocates Mr.
Martin's Bill, takes the same view with respect
. to experimenting on animals. " ho could say

where scientific discoveries should stop ? and if
they could not be limited, and it was desirable they
should not, experiments founded with a view to
beneficial scientific results might be permitted,
although they could not be permitted without
the infliction of pain on the animals. From the
responsibility of the obloquy of supporting such
experiments he should not shrink; for he thought
that they would be the means of advancing
science ; and though he must acknowledge
that the means were harsh, he thought it could
not be denied that the results were beneficial."
-After paying the highest compliments to Pro-
fessor. Magendie, he observed, " he did not think
such a subject could properly be made the ground
of legislative enactments, but must be left to the
humanity and feeling of the inen of science
engaged -in performing the experiments."—
As we have already observed, it is to edu-
cation, and not legislation, that we must
look for a change in the habits of a people.
To take as a case in point, the barbarous,and
savage practice of hunting, which yet retains its
hold on a tolerably large class (certainly not the
most enlightened), could not, we believe, be put
easily down by legislative enactment, supposing
Country 'Squires to have no power in framing
the laws. The time will come, however, we
have no doubt, when people will look back to the
practices of the Country 'Squires of the present
day mil h as much astonishment as we look back
to the painting of the bodies of our ancestors.
They will be amused to hear a man like Sir F.
Burdett, himself a sportsman, eulogizing his fa-
vout ite amusement, because, forsooth, though
cruel, iCis healthful, and condemning a bullock-
hunter, though to him the pursuit is no doubt
equally invigorating.

THE LATE MR. BELZONI.-The following is a
copy of the last letter which was received from
this highly lamented individual. It was written
the day before he died, and the sentiments which
it contains are alike honourable to himself and to
those who survive him. It is dated at Gato, in
the kingdom of Benin, Dec. 2, 1823, and ad-
dressed to Mr. BRIGGS, formerly his Majesty's
Consul at Alexandria, and now of the firm of
BaiGas and Co. Gould-square, London :
" My dear, dear Sir, and true Friend.—God has pleased that
I should not survive to see my friends again ; a violent attack
of dysentery has brought me to the hour of death. All I can
say is, that I am fully resigned to my fate, and I beg pardon of
any one I may happen to have offended in my past life, begging
their prayers for my next. All the travelling apparatus will be
carried to Liverpool, by the brig Castor, now in the river Benin,
I believe belonging to Mr. Bold of that place. The next is
what I feel most deep in my heart ; console my dear Sarah ;
tell her I cannot write to her—she has been to me a faithful and
good wife upwards of twenty years. I die at last a beggar ;
and if my friends should agree to do any thing for her and
my family, 1 wish it to be divided between my wife and my
mother. God bless you, my good Sir ; may he reward you for
all your`goodness unto me. Your's most truly,
G. BELzoNi."

ST. PAUL'S.—In digging the foundation for the
rebuilding of this cathedral it was discovered be-
neath the graves, that the foundation of the old
church rested on a layer of hard and close pot-
earth. Curiosity led Sir C. WHEN to search fur-
titer. He found, that on the north side it was 6 feet
thick, that it grew thinner towards the south, and
on the decline of the hill was scarcely 4. Onadvan-
cing farther,he met with nothing but loose sand; at
length he came to water and sand mixed with
periwinkles and other sea-shells ; and, by bor_
ing, came at last to the beach, and under that the
natural hard clay, which evinced that the sea
had once occupied the space on which St. Paul's
now stands. It was the opinion of our great
architect, that all the space between Camber-
well•hill and the hills of Essex had been a vast
bay, at low water a sandy plain.

ROBBERY BY A SERYANT.—On Thursday a girl
named Mary Hutchinson, was charge before the Magistrates
of Union-Hall, with having robbed her mistress of a great
quantity of clothes. It appeared that the prisoner, who was in
the service of a Mr 3. Peniston, a haberdasher in Blackfriars-
road, had become acquainted latterly with one of the thieves
in Kent-street, who had made her a promise of marriage;
and for the purpose of decking herself out on the bridal day,
had burst open her mistress's drawers, out of which she took a
vast quantity of very valuable clothes; the property was after-
wards discovered at a lodging, which she bad previously hired
for concealment. A large bundle of the clothes was produced,
and consisted of articles of finery, such as silk dresses, lace
caps, &c. The prisoner was fully committed for trial.

A gentleman has been in the neighbourhood
of Montrose lately looking out for hunting quarters for Colonel
GORDON, of Cairness. The habits of this celebrated character
are no less remarkable than his disinterested generosity. He
generally rises every morning at four o'clock, and remains in
his library till eight. After breakfast he mounts his horse,
and continues the chase generally till lour or five, when he
spends the evening with a few friends. Independent of the
personal exertions of the Colonel in behalf of the Greeks, he
has presented them with no less than 20,0001. in aid of their
cause.—(Montrose Review.)
The congregation of Sleaford church on Sun-
day morning were surprised by a very audible forbidding of
banns, by a buxom young woman from Swarby, whose ci-
devant sweetheart (assistant to a malster) was asked in church
to another woman. The Minister parried the interruption by
requesting her to attend in the vestry-room after divine service.
The poor girl there stated her claims to the false swain, who had
been unhappily too much favoured by her; but her objections
were not held to be valid in law:—( Lincoln AJereury.)
Another ghost is frightening the old women at
Chelsea. It is described by one of the credulous sufferers from
the alarm which it occasions, as " a tall figure in black, which
in a few seconds becomes perfectly white."