The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-20 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 20.

There are short supplies of all descriptions of Grain this
week. The Wheat trade is nearly in a state of stagnation.
Barley fully supports Monday's terms. Beans and Pease look
upwards. The factors all ask more money for Oats, and neces.
sitous buyers are obliged to give advanced terms, but there is
not much trade in this article to-day. '
A RILIVALB.—EngIish Wheat, I,Bso—Barley, 200—Oats,
4,soo—lrish Oats, 2,200 quarterlour, 4,100 sacks.

A large RATTLESNAKE was some time since
presented to the Alexandrian Museum. Its favourite food is
the frog. A number of these animals, quite young, were one
day put in the cage to this snake, all of which he devoured but
one. Though others were frequently given to the snake, he
always spared this ona—until cold weather set in, when they
both became dormant, and, were thus stowed away in a close
cellar for the winter. On the return of warm weather they were
taken from the cellar, and On'being exposed, were soon resus.
citated—and their familiarity renewed without any abatement.
This was the case again another winter and spring. The frog,
however, died. The snake did not lung survive.,—(dtnericam
Paper.)

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THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Erfracts from the Morning Papers, July 20,1825.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
From the Diario Fluminense, published at
Rio de Janeiro, and corresponding to the 2%%0th
of May, it would seem,' that among the import-
ant iMprovements in Broil!, sanctioned by the
Emperor, is one for the opening of the- naviga-
tion of the Rio Doce, an interesting river, flow-
ing through the province of Espirito Santo, by
which means the communication with Minas Ge-
raes and the other interior provinces will be mate-
rially shortened. EsperitoSanto is one of the most
valuable provinces in the Brazilian Empire, both
oa account of its mineral riches and its geogra-
graphical situation. The Rio Doce is the prin-
cipal river flowing through it, and it is suscepti-
ble of being rendered navigable to a considerable
distance into the interior, by which means a land
conveyance for nearly 300 leagues will be avoid-
ed. The difficulty of inland communications is
now .the greatest inconvenience felt in Brazil,
and the Emperor has seriously turned his
attention to the surmounting it. The province
of Espirito Santo affords facilies beyond any
other,
,and the opening of the Rio Doce will be
the greatest benefit that can be bestowed on the
Brazilians. It will unite the interior provinces
with the great commercial cities on the Atlantic
coast, and make up for the great distances which
intervene between them. The project is not a
new one, as the former Government of Brazil,
struck with the immense importance of the enter-
prise, had some surveys made and roads traced,
in anticipation of the scheme ; but the glory of
carrying it into execution was reserved for the
days of independence. Henderson, in his work
ou Brazil, speaking on the subject of the Rio
Doce, uses the following words :—" The only
natural difficulties of this river which present any
impediment to its free navigation, are the Escae-
dinha'Falls, met with in its course between the
province of Minas Geraes and that of Porto Se-
guros. They are three in number, and do not
extend more than three miles, being nearly toge-
ther, so that the construction of a railway or auy
other expedient the Government might be inclined
to adopt, for the space only of three miles, would
connect a conveyance by water to the coast for
the produce of the interior districts, which at
present is sent on the backs of mules."—Several
mercantile letters we have seen, received by the
last packet from Rio de Janeiro, consider this one
of the most princely schemes that could possibly
be projected, and highly extol the ardour with
which the Emperor has taken it up. Its success
will no doubt lower the prices of several articles
of produce now brought down from the interior
at an immense expence, and greatly increase
the population of Espirito Santo, where numerous
settlers are flocking, under privileges of the most
inviting kind. The opening of the Rio Doce will
also enhance the value of the Costello Mines, as
this river flows very near the base of the mineral
ridges in which they are situated,

[THE TIMES.]

Letters from the Cape of Good Hope to the
11th of May, give us reason to believe that Mi-
nisters have acted in regard to that famous per-
sonage Lord Charles Somerset, as the country
has a right to expect from men who have so deep
a stake in the national prosperity, and in the
maintenance of an 'honourable reputation. The
Owen Glendower had arrived out with dispatches
for the Governor from England. Enough had
transpired to persuade the colonists that Lord
Charles had something to apprehend from the
charges preferred against him, and from the mea-
sures taken to show fair play to his accusers, or,
in other words, that there was still some chance
of the laws of honour, justice, and humanity
being hereafter respected by the officers of that
unhappy settleinent, and of their authority
being administered on principles which English
functionaries need not blush to acknowledge,
nor the subjects of a . free and enlighten-
ed kingdom to endure. It is stated that
Lord Bathurst had communicated to the Go-
vernor the long catalogue of accusations against
him, and had intimated that as his Lord-
ship might find it expedient to return to England
and defend himself, he (Lord Charles) had the
Authority of Ministers to request Sir Lowry Cole,
British Governor at the Isle of France, to repair
to the Cape, and officiate as Governor ad interim.
The above intelligence, added to that contained
in letters from Mr. Greig, editor and proprietor
of the newspaper suppressed in a manner so
worthy .of the Holy Alliance, but so little cha-
racteristic of an English nobleman, whether Whig
or Tory, had put the colonists in high spirits. Mr.
Greig was to go back immediately, and to re-esta-
blish his paper under the full protection of His
Majesty's Government at home. The King's
subjects would, therefore, enjoy the privilege of
-conveying their. respectful and loyal sentiments,
,their wants, their thanks, or their remonstrances,
io their own language to their natural friends,
the King and. Parliament, without employing as
.oivir‘ntouthpiece one whose interest and passion
titould be first to gag, and then misrepresent
them. We cannot for ourselves conceive a com-
manity—we mean always a British community—.
existing under such wrongs as have been described
in letters from South Africa: Such a system of
Ti#government speaks volumes for what might be
expected.iit Great Britain herself, were her con-
stittittOn"or the habits of her people to tolerate,
evetaora single twelvemonth, the exercise of
irresponsible power. Lord Charles Somerset may
not be quite a fair sample of his caste, but there
is,not a man of them who might not soon de-
generate into a jealous and overbearing tyrant,
wer,e. the right of petition suspended, or the,
vigilance of the .public press relaxed—of that
'pies, . whose -inevitable tendency it is to put
dcksvtl,its. own excesses--.40-purge its own vices
---to :nature its own , and correct and
elerttit its own viewsald opinions, by the very
4pipcois.iyhich it,Vrikptoysto modeiate and animate
...tteshatitet:and, tekleform. 7..7to,tead and enlighten
the society by vihose favour, as well as for.whose
benek, itexists. If it shall indeed turn out, that
Ministers have adopted the manly part which we

are willing to ascribe to them on this occasion,
they shall have our hearty acknowledgments
and support. There are, it i, obvious, no in-
dividuals of the whole nation so deeply inte-
rested in that general prosperity, which, when
it does prevail, few others can contest with
them the honour of so immediately promoting.
But they are wofully beset by that hateful
incubus, a spendthrift rapacious, importunate,
jobbing, and unforgiving aristocracy—men who
feel for none but themselves, who regard the
King's Ministers but as trustees for their mo-
nopoly, not for the greatness of the Sovereign or
happiness of the people—men who would not be
effectually subdued by any scheme of Parlia-
mentary reform which we have ever heard of,
and whom it is therefore a doubly precious ob-
ject to make war upon by the only unconquer-
able weapons—by the public Press and the Law
of England ; which are equally, thank Heaven,
above corruption and controul ; which can
neither be defied, perverted, nor eluded.

[NEW TIMES.]
Our private letters from France strongly con-
firm the statement which we were the first to
publish, that the French Government had come
to a resolution to recognize the independence of
Hayti. One letter from a most respectable source
says, " The Treaty with the President Boyer is
considered l •re to be all but signed; for the pro-
ject was forwarded to Hayti in the month of May,
for his ratification, was founded on the results of
the preceding negociation." It can hardly be
doubted, and, in fact, we believe it to be unques-
tionable, that the recognition of this ancient
French colony as an independent State will be
followed up by a similar recognition of South
American independence. Our Correspondents,
who applaud the policy of these recognitions,
are by no means disposed to pay the same com-
pliment to the fiscal regulations of the French
Government. A new Custom House Ordinance
(they say) has just been issued, the only benefit
of which must be confined to the very few mer-
chants who may wish to trade to India direct,
whilst the great mass of those who have indirect
relations to that country must be seriously in-
jured. The duties on indigo, lac dye, pepper,
pimento, and other spices, as well as on salt-
petre, &c. imported into France from the Euro-
pean entrep6ts, will be doubled, trebled, and
in some instances quadrupled, while the duties
on the same articles imported direct from India
in French vessels will be proportionably dimi-
nished.

[BRITISH PRESS.J
The Aggregate Meetings under the. New Ca-
tholic Association are proceeding with all the
energy of which they are capable ; but we do
not think the result will afford Mr. O'Connell
and his party any real cause for exultation. It
is declared, and that too very gravely, that—
" The first purpose of the New Catholic Associ-
ation is and shall be, that of promoting public
peace and tranquillity, as well as private har-
mony and concord, amongst all classes of his
Majesty's subjects in Ireland.." A very laudable
purpose this, no doubt, and entitling the worthy
projectors of it to the gratitude of ages. But the
mode of effecting this desirable end is truly
Hibernian. " Let us not forget," says the elo.
quent Mr. Sheila in the speech which ushered in
this benevolent design, " that the former great
confederacy of the Irish people, for such it may
be justly designated, may still hold its meetings
for fourteen days, for the redress of grievances
in Church and State. What then do I propose ?
Let the Hierarchy, the chief Clergy, the Nobi-
lity, the Gentry, and the leading Citizens of our
body assemble from all parts of Ireland. Let
their debates be continued from day to day, and
let the whole mass of national grievances be
brought under review." Who but an Irishman
could have devised such a plan for promoting
public peace and private harmony as this same ?
And to take this course too with Paddy, who of
all animals on the earth is the least peaceable under
irritation! To assemble his countrymen of every
rank, and from all parts, to debate ; and then to
let loose upon their passions all that remembrance
can furnish to exasperate—to empty at once among
them the bud 4et of greivances—to bring the whole,
in a mass, under review—and all this for the pur-
pose of pmducing national tranquillity !—peace
and good-will, public and private ! This is an
age of miracles in the Emerald Isle, so we will
wait the event ; in the mean time, 'however, we
do not underrate the danger. It is gratifying to
observe, in the midst of all this, that Ireland is
advancing in prosperity, in spite of the intempe-
rance of her agitators. The reason is, that
the question of what is called Catholic Etrianci-
patiou does not interest the great mass of the
community. They have other cases,other concerns,
other anxieties; their care is to get food and rai-
ment : the sufferings of the peasantry of Ireland are
those to which Catholic Emancipation can bring no
remedy. To the wants under which Ireland
herself labours it can bring no remedy either.
She wants a respected middle class—a substan-
tial yeomanry—agricultural capitalists, wealthy
by inheritance, and imbued with the spirit of
euterprize : these are among her most pressing
necessities. If you wish to emancipate Ireland
—to emancipate her, that is, from the real
grievances with which she is struggling, and by
which her industry is overlaid, and her best
energies enslaved—prepare her to profit by the
advantages which surround her—keep her in that
state of tranquil allegiance which will give en-
couragement by giving protection to the employ of
British capital—rescue her population from igno-
rance, and from that moral profligacy and habitual
sloth which ignorance always begets. Emancipate
the tenantry from the series of sub-landlords, the
sinecurists of the soil, who reap the profit of har-
vests which they neither plough nor sow, and
leave these miserable rack-rented slaves to con-
tend with Fate as they may. If the Hierarchy,
the chief Clergy, the Nobility, and the Gentry
of Ireland would turn their steady
:and serious
attention to the means best adapted to the eman-
cipation here recommended, they:would do more
to promote public peace and tranquillity, as well
as private harmony and concord, than by any
other mode which the patriotism of Mr. O'Cou-

nell can meditate, or any plan of association which
his evasive ingenuity can devise.

[MORNING POST.]
We received last night by express, French
Papers to the 18th inst., with the Eloile of Mon-
day. Accounts from Syria state that most of the
foreigners who had enlisted in the service of the
Pacha of Egypt, finding that, contrary to his
promises, he was directing his forces and their
abilities against Greece, had taken the first op-
portunity to effect their escape. They had en-
tered into engagements with him, because they
considered him a liberal man, who was more dis-
posed to assert his own independence, than to
bend to the dictates of the Porte. Indeed, it
is said that he had assured them that his policy
was to let the Grand Seignior exhaust his means
whilst he strengthened himself, and that whatever
aid lie might promise to give, he was too sensible
117 his own interest to afford it more than ver-

Bally. The dilatory nature of his conduct dur-
ing the last two years was considered as a proof
that he meant to maintain a disguised neutrality.
From the moment, however, that he took an
active part in the contest, those officers conceived
themselves deceived if not betrayed, and hasten-
ed to quit his dominions and service as opportu-
nities of doing so presented themselves. Among
those who have abandoned the Egyptian cause,
are the two Counts of Lantosca, Piedmontese, and
a great number of French and Italian veterans.
Those who have remained, complai❑ loudly of the
manner in which they have been treated, and
say that they have found in Egypt " abundance
of promises, but few effects, and a total want of
good faith, and that envied, hated, and constantly
menaced, there was no situation more deplorable
than their own." In order to prevent the Austrians
from reiterating their complaints, or threatening to
take hostile measures, the Greek Government has
issued a Decree, ordering the establishment of a
Commission of five members at Napoli di Ro-
mania to examine strictly the merchant vessels
sent in by the Greek fleet as having violated
neutrality, before proceeding to condemnation.

[TrIE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
We have received the Paris Papers of Sun-
day ; but, with the exception of news from
Greece, and this copied from The Allgemeine
Zeitung, they contain nothing worth noticing.—
According to this news, the Turks, who are be.
sieging Missolonghi and Anatolico, are reduced
to the greatest hardships for want of provisions.
They had received some supplies from the
Castle of Lepanto on the opposite side of the
Gulph ; but these were soon consumed ; and
to a second application an answer was return-
ed, that no more could be spared. By this
scarcity the army of the Seraskier has been re-
duced from 16,000 men (its original amount), to
less than 10,000. Moreover the Greeks, it is
said, have been successful in all their sortees, and,
upon the whole, the picture of their affairs in

that quarter is favourable. When we recollect,
that, to the last moment, reports equally gratify-
ing had been circulated respecting Nayarit], we
cannot help distrusting the present accounts ;
and, indeed, our fear is, that the results will be the
same in both cases. Who, that had only read the
statements, published by the friends of the Greeks,
with respect to Navarin—the uniform success of
the besieged, and the frightful difficulties to which
the besiegers were reduced—could have possibly
anticipated the fall of that important place. It
had been even stated more than once, that the
Egyptians were compelled to raise the siege, after
having been defeated in a general engagement ;
and other accounts went so far as to say, that
they were obliged to surrender at discretion,
after having attempted in vain to negociate a ca-
pitulation; by which they could retire un-
molested. It is now known that there was
not a Word of truth in any of those state-
ments ; and what security have we that the
intelligence respecting Missolonghi, is not fully
as faithless ? 'the latter has not, in the first
place, a thousandth part the chance of being
relieved which Navarin had, because the
chief strength of the Greeks lies in the Morea ;
whereas their affairs in western Greece, of which
Missolonghi is the capital, never assumed a con-
solidated character; and they are even indebt-
ed for the footing which they have held there
hitherto, to the previous apathy of the Turks.
When this apathy was exchanged for a little
vigour, and when the Turks invaded the coun-
try to the amount of fifteen thousand men
at most, they marched through it without
encountering the slightest resistance ; and we
therefore say again, what probability is there
that Missolonghi will make a more snccessful
resistance than Navarin has made. It is ex-
tremely painful to us to be obliged to make these
remarks ; but the cause of truth and even the

interests of Greece require them ; and it is far
better in every respect that her real situation
should be made known, than that a false should
he thrown round her affairs. Well might she
exclaim " save me from my friends;" for they
have done infinite injury to her cause by their
extravagant representations. When the exact
truth is known, universal sympathy will be ex-
cited in her favour ; whereas, if the present
system of delusion were kept up, she might sink
irretrievably, whilst hollow or indisgreet friends
were' blazoning forth imaginary trimplis on her
part.

[MORNING lii-:RALD.]
There is something in the general tone and
character of Irish oratory which resembles very
much the tawdry tinsel embellishments, with
which a certain class of the community are wont
to adorn their persons ou May-Day. This is
particularly discernible in a speech of Mr. Shiel,
as reported in our paper of Monday ; and to
which, it would augur quite as good taste to at-
tribute any one characteristic of true eloquence,
as it would be to introduce the sooty
we allude to, as qualified to shine in a drawing
room. persons
Yet this very speech is represented as
having been received with " thunders of aN
plause;" just as we see similar effects produced
by the rantings of a bad actor, on those upon
whom the finest touches of nature are entirely

thrown away. We wish that the rubbishy- em.
broidery with which it is thus oroarneuted were

all that we had to quarrel with it about. It
carries with it, however, faults both of the
head and heart, far from exceeding those of taste
or composition ; and contains, in fact, expres-
sions which we will not sully our pages by repeat-
ing—but such (particularly those which relate to
the King and Duke of York) as must do irre-
parable injury to the Catholic cause wi h every
rank and description of Englishmen. Though we
believe there is more of vanity than any thing
else about all this, we have no hesitation in
saying, that if the object of these agitators were
to urge men to rebellion and bloodshed, that
they might themselves share the spoil, we do
not know of any language more appropriate
to such an object than that attributed to M .
Shiel. So completely fabulous (or perhaps, we
should rather say, poetical) is this gentleman's
imagination, that poor old Matter-of fact seems
quite a stranger to his harangues. In proof of
this, we have him on this occasion talking of the
unbought CathOlic Priesthood—" our Clergy,"
says he, " the unbought Teachers of the Gospel."
Now truly, we had thought, in the downright
simplicity of our nature, that the Catholic
Priesthood, like that of every other Church,
" lived by the Altar." We thought, too, tha
the way in which they were paid (for bought and
paid mean the same thing here) was so extreme•
ly oppressive to the people, that the object
of one of the far-famed " wings," was to hand
them over in one lot, to be bought in a good round
sum out of the English Protestant Taxes.
The bargain, it is true, did not take effect;
but to talk of people as unbought, and that
by one of the very deputation which was so
ready to sell them, is somewhat amusing, and
not a little fabulous and incredible. But so
it is, a hen ardent zeal and bitter disappoint-
ment get, as in this gentleman's case, the reins
of the imagination. Wretched Ireland ! when
such people as these are your organs—thrice
wretched -country ; when your wordy patriots
are merely candidates for office ; and while in
the pursuit of personal objects, and in the bit-
terness of personal regret, the great interests of
the community are thus lost sight of and aban-
doned !