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THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSII.3I AUDEAT

LONDON,
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1822.

We received this morning the French Papers
or Monday, which we are happy to observe do
not bring accounts of any tumultuous assem-
blages at Paris on Sunday. Order prevailed in
the Churches des Petits Peres and Notre Dame
(le Bonne Nouvelle; but within and outside the
Church of St. Eustache, several petards were
exploded during the lectures of the Missionaries,
and cat-calls were heard. With reference to the
report that the French Government intended to
remove the Schools of Law and Medicine to
Compiegne or Fontainebleau, it appears that the
Measure would be attended with such great
Public and private inconvenience, as to render its
execution very improbable.
The Gazette of Augsburg contains a letter
from Semlin, dated the 21st February, which
throws considerable doubt on the alleged capture
of PACHA. As late as the 16th of that month
110 public rejoicings for such an event, according
to the custom of the Turks, had been celebrated
either at Nessa or Belgrade ; and persons ar-
riving from the neighbourhood of Janina had not
beard a word of the surrender of ALI.
From Frankfort we learn that great prepara-
tions are making at the head-quarters of Count
de WITTGENSTEIN for the reception of the Em-
peror ALEXANDER, who was expected there about
the 15th instant (this day). Letters from Trieste
of the 28th ult., reported to have been received
at Frankfort, assert that the lonian Islands are
in open insurrection, and that all the troops in
Malta have been ordered thither.
Advices from Candia of the 4th ult. give a fa-
vourable representation of the affairs of that island.
A. local Junta, composed of twelve members, re-
gulates its internal affairs, and the military com-
mand has been vested in MICHAEL COMMENUS
APIIENTULE, who was sent thither by the Pelo-
ponnesian Senate, at the express solicitation of
the Cretan Deputies. APIIENTULE arrived in that
Island at the end of December, and immediately
commenced a successful career of operations,
which brought the wholelsland under the dominion
of the Greeks, except the castle of Retimo, which
is still in the possession of the Turks. He has
published a military code, which is likely to be
productive of the best effects. It is composed of

many articles and divided into two parts, en-
titled, 1. Punishments and Rewards ; 2. Duties
of Soldiers ; and, previous to the incorporation
of a soldier into any regiment, he is required to
take an oath to serve his country with devotion
and fidelity, and at the risk of his life, which he
dedicates to the deliverance, the defence, and
happiness of Greece.

An interesting debate took place last night on
Lord NORMANBVS motion for placing the office
of Postmaster-General in the hands of one per-
son instead of two, at the same time abolishing
half the salary. The Noble Lord founded his
argument chiefly on the necessity for reducing
public expenditure, and the inutility of two Post-
masters, or even one, though he declined going
the length of reducing both. Through a
great part of the debate, this subject was
discussed with reference chiefly to the gene-
ral question, whether it was expedient or not
to curtail the influence of the Crown by abolish-
ing this and similar offices ; and the present mea-
sure was contemplated by members on both sides,
rather as part of a series than as an insulated act
of economy. Lord No itmAxn-v declared that the
fate of this motion would shew whether the sav-
ing made by the reduction of two Lords of the
Admiralty was to be the first dividend of public
savings made by Members to their constituents,
or whether it was to be considered a payment in
full of all demands upon that House. Mr. S.
WonmEy on the otherhand declared that although
he had felt warranted in voting for the dismissal of
two Lords of the Admiralty, and might, per-
haps, give his voice against the Office now in
question, if its utility alone were in dispute ; yet
" if he was to be led on, step by step, last week
having abolished the two Lords of the Admiralty,
to-day abolishing one joint Postmaster, and to-
morrow the whole Board of Controul, he would
say, that he should resist at once the destruction
of that influence without which the Government
could not be carried on." The same positions
were taken up, on one side and the other, by
many Speakers. Mr. PEEL, however, very ably
and elaborately defended the office as being in
itself useful to the public. He entered into its
history, and enlarged upon the great importance
of the Post-office Establishment, the extensive
patronage depending upon it, the vast amount of
revenue under its management, and the great
sum, no less than half a, million annually, en-
trusted to its disposal.
The motion was rejected by 18-1 votes to 159,
giving Ministers a majority of 25.

Our readers may, perhaps, have heard of an
expedient said to be adopted in some places for
cleansing old and foul chimnies. The operator
lets down a cord, having at the end a live
goose, which, by its exertions in this uncom-
fortable position, very speedily and effectually
disperses the collected rubbish and impurity.
Just such a live goose we take Mr. HENRY
HUNT to have been in his place of con-
finement at Ilchester. By incessant struggles and
violent collision with all around him, he has,
we believe, dislodged a quantity of perni-
cious and offensive matter, and contributed to the
restoration of a safer and healthier state of things
in the sphere of his exertions. But as the goose is
not supposed to be actuated, in her fluttering and
sprawling, by any particular_ care for the corn-
fort and security of those who own the House,
so neither do we believe Mr. HUNT to have
been inspired in any great degree by disinte-
rested and patriotic sentiments in his contest
with the Magistrates and gaolers. We would by
no means under-rate either the sufferings of Mr.
HUNT, or the good effects which may have
sprung from his resistance ; but we do not per-
ceive in what he has done or endured, any
sufficient reason for the extraordinary measure
proposed to Parliament, of solemnly address-
ing the KING on his behalf. It should be
some very great and urgent occasion which
impels the Representatives of the people to inter-
fere, in their dignified public capacity, with the
Royal prerogative of pardoning or of continuing
punishment. A body so great and so exalted
should never ask what it may not reasonably ex-
pect to obtain ; and we think that on whatever
ground the liberation of Mr. HUNT may be
urged, his MAJESTY might very properly be
advised to refuse compliance. It is highly im-
portant that abuses in prisons should be actively
and constantly inquired into, and rigorously
punished ; but on the other hand a dangerous
premium would be held out to calumny and
conspiracy, if prisoners throughout the king-
dom were taught that their discharge might be
earned by complaints successfully preferred
against the Magistrates and Gaolers. Every
place of confinement would be thus converted
into a scene of mutual vexation and litigious
strife, and a system of torture would prevail
in every prison, the Governors being the vic-
tims. If it is thought that Mr. IIuNT should be
dismissed' in consideration of the hardships he
has already undergone, of course the intercession
of Parliament must be made for all persons in-
differently who have lain in Ilchester Gaol for
crimes or misdemeanours since the late sp.-
tem of misgovernment commenced ; unless in-
deed the House of Commons should adopt
the morality of those philsosophers who think
that a crime loses all its malignity if it
can be classed among political offences ; that
riot becomes venial when it savours of re-
bellion ; and that he who caused the bloodshed
and calamities at Manchester on the 16th of
August, 1819, is only chargeable with a malum
prohibilum, because his purpose in assembling
the distressed and irritated manufacturers was
merely to inflame their hatred of the Govern-
ment. On this ground of distinction, perhaps,
the House may address his MAJESTY on behalf
of Mr. HUNT exclusively ; but if they disclaim
' such doctrine, is there a vagrant, poacher, or
felon in Ilchester gaol, to whom they can con-
sistentlye
favour
f refuseivir.
iitheirus HUNT
good s
arioffices,sen
ex-
tend them to the President of the 'Manchester
Meeting ?
It is remarkable that the great outcry in
sinceNhile measures
theyu
'Manchestera s
res
have been taken at Ilchester for redressing his
grievances, and that while those grievances were

at their height, the subject was, comparatively,
a matter of indifference. There is every ap-
pearance of Party hypocrisy in the spirit
with which the cause has been taken up ;
and perhaps it may be thought by some
politicians, that as Mr. IluNT's charitable
efforts were attended -with so much public
benefit, while the manufacturing classes were
distressed, his philanthropic labours, if he were
now set at liberty, might produce the same happy
results among our suffering agriculturists.

THE BALTIC.—The approaching alliance be-
twee❑ the Courts of St. James's and Denmark is
not viewed with any satisfaction by the Govern-
ments of Russia and Sweden, and the total relin-
quishment of the Sound Duties in favour of
British Shipping will not countervail the loss
which this country must sustain, by the prohi-
bitory duties which have been imposed on Bri-
tish Produce, Manufactures, and Shipping, by
the latter Powers : under these circumstances, it
is expected that the present Administration will
not recommend to the Legislature to make any
alteration in the navigation and commercial sys-
tem of Great Britain, but that they will pro-
pose the immediate adoption of duties on Bal-
tic produce equal to those which have been
imposed by Russia and Sweden on British ;
for until then it cannot be expected that
British Merchants and Shipowners will be ena-
bled to enter into a successful competition with

the Subjects of other Nations trading to Russia
or Sweden.—The causes of collision between this
country and the Northern Powers of Europe are
daily increasing, and it is only by an adherence
to the OLD POLICY of England that we can hope
to place our commercial intercourse with the
States within the Baltic on a prosperous and
equitable footing.

A file of American Papers have been received
this morning, but not of a later date than those of
yesterday.
(From the Paper of the 18th February.)
INFORMATION TO MERCHANTS.-We learn,
says the Baltimore Patriot, that instructions have
been given to the Officers of the Customs to re-
ject all certificates of goods landed in foreign
ports where a Consul of the United States is re-
sident, and which come without the verification
required by law under his signature, as well as
invoices of goods paying ad valorem duty, no
certificates of foreign Officers being of any
validity.
Extract of a Letter from Laguira, Jan. 13.
" General L. TORRE sailed a few days since
for Coro with 600 men, and I think it will be a
Quixote expedition ; and on the 3d Jan. General
PAEZ marched from Caraccas for the Lines in
Valencia. The privateers and boats have dropped
down the river, and it is expected Puerto Ca-
vello would soon be taken."
Extract of a Letter from Porto Bello, Dec. 8.

—" The city of Plaza is short of all kinds of
provisions; there is not a single barrel of flour
in the place, and the last sold at forty dollars
per barrel."

Mn. liumE.—The British Monitor of Sunday
last says, in reference to what Mr. PEEL had said
of this Gentleman, respecting his complaint of
the waste of black cloth at l3randenburgh House,
" Mr. PEEL will no longer be surprised at Mr.
IlumE's stoicism, when he is told (as we have
been, and, if not true, we shall be happy to
contradict it) that the Honourable Member
for Aberdeen, who is a Surgeon, actually dis-
sected his own brother !" If we could give
credit to so very improbable a story, which,
as well as The British Monitor, we shall
be glad to contradict, we should rank Mr.
fIuME, in point of philosophic firmness, with
any Roman Republican of antiquity. Consider-
ing the notoriety which Mr. HUME has acquired,
and his importance to his Party, it would be
highly proper to have this fact ascertained one
way or other, that the public in general may
have an opportunity of estimating his feelings
and character.

BRIGHTON, MARCH 12.—The weather to-day
has been bright, but with a keen and penetrating.
wind. The KING, from two to four o'clock, en-
joyed a public airing in an open carriage, and
never had we the satisfaction of beholding his
Majesty in better apparent health.
Tuesday the Duke of YORK, as Commander
in Chief, held a Levee, at his Office, in the Horse
Guards, which was attended by Sir Wm. Con-
greve, General Fane, and upwards of twenty
Officers, together with several Ladies.
MEADE SMYTHE, Esq. has been elected Mem-
ber of Parliament for Drogheda, on the resigna-
tion of Mr. Pentland.

We lament to state that it is reported that
the Fellow Commoner who had his head laid
open by a stone, at the late Agricultural Meet-
ing at Cambridge, is dead. We merely mention
it as. a rumour, and hope it is not true.
The Rev. lIENsLow, of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, is mentioned as likely to suc-
ceed the late Dr. CLARKE, Professor of Minera-
logy in the University of Cambridge.
We understand by the latest letters from Val-
paraiso, which are dated the `.oth of November,
that an arrangement has been entered into at
Lima, between General SAN MARTIN and the
Authorities there, by which all foreigners are
precluded from acting as consignees, a circum-
stance which, if correctly stated, will cause
much perplexity to those merchants who, imme-
diately on the declaration of independence,
planned the formation of establishments in Peru.
These letters mention, as an extraordinary fact
relative to the situation of Chili, that the republic
has been able to reduce its debt nine-tenths, not-
withstanding the extensive armaments lately un-
dertaken against Peru, and that the whole will
shortly be liquidated.—(Morning Paper.)
DuEr..—A meeting took place yesterday morn-
ing in the Regent's Park, between a Mr. T—s
and a Captain B—n. After the first round the
Seconds interfered, and the parties were recon-
ciled. Captain B. was slightly wounded in the
left hand. The dispute originated at the Opera
on Tuesday night.

Brighton ; Marquis of Salisbury, in Arlington-street ; Earl
Howe, in Brook-street, from Atherstone ; Colonel Clifton, in
Regent-street, from Weymouth ; I). S. Dugdale, Esq. M.P. in
Grosvenor-street, from Atherstone ; Lieut.-Colonel Clithero, in
Wimpole-street ; Miss Brand and Miss Julia Brand, in Strat-
ton-street; Lady Augusta Tarel, at the Duchess of Grafton's,
in Lower Brook-street; Major-General Brand, in Stratton-
street, Piccadilly ; Earl of Limerick and the Ladies Pery, in
Macclesfield-street ; Count and Countess D'Aigle, in Charles-
street, Berkeley-square ; Lady Hervey, and Miss Caton, in
Lower Brook-street; Countess Dowager of Harcourt, in Port-
. man-square ; Mrs. Leigh, in George-street, St. James's ; Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Northampton, and Lady Elizabeth
Compton, in Lower Brook-street ; Lieut.-Colonel Whatley, in
Hill-street ; Sir R. and Lady Wigram, in Connaught-place ;
Dowager Lady Templeton, and Miss Upton, in Portland-place;
the Duke of Norfolk, from his seat, Arundel Castle; the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Chandos, from Stowe ; Sir George
Nugent, Bart. M.P. from his seat in Bucks; Lord Crewe and
family, from North Wales.
DEPARTURES.—EarI and Countess of Coventry, for their
seat, Streatham, Surrey; W. Rutson, Esq. from Melton M ow-
bray, for Liverpool; Mrs. Richard Prime, from Brook-street,
for Richmond.

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
Yesterday the Cabinet Niinisters dined with Lord Mary-
borough, at his house, in Saville-row.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester entertained the Mar-
quis and Mr_rchioness of Salisbury and a Party of distinction,
yesterday, at Gloucester House, Park-lane.
The Earl and Countess of Albemarle entertained the Duke
of Norfolk, Mr. and Lady Ann Coke, -Mr. and Lady S. I%lac-
donald, Mr. and Mrs. Foot, &c. at their house in St. James's-
square, yesterday.

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