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London, England, 1825-10-05 00:00:00

lIIE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extr act Q from the Morrung Papers, Oct. 5, 1625.

[3IOIIZ,TING POST.]
The Gazette of last night contains a Proclama-.
tion enforcing the provisions of the Foreign En-
listment- Bill, which it was resolved to issue at
the Council held at Windsor, on Friday, incon-
sequence of the imprudent publicity given by the
Greek Committee to the arrangements made with
Lord Cochrane for the assistance of the Greeks.
This Proclamation, which will be found in a pre- -
ceding column, after noticing the happy terms of
peace- and amity on which Great Britain is with
the Powers of Europe and America, and the
strict neutrality his Majesty is determined. to
mi,iittain in the disputes of some of those Powers.
‘vith their former subjects, observes, that all acts
of hostility by individuals, subjects of this realm,
against any of those Powers, are calculated to •
call in question the sincerity of his Majesty's de-
claration of neutrality, and to provoke those
Powers to make reprisals on the persons and pro-
perty of his Majesty's- subjects. It notices
next -the war between the Ottoman Porte and
the Greeks, and the attempts that are making to
fit out 'ships. of war and privateers in Bri-
tish ports, commanded and manned •by British
office-rs a nd,seamen, to cruize against the Ottoman
Porte; 'which -render it necessary to enforce the
• provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, which
prohibits all his Majesty's subjects from enlisting
into foreign service, or fitting out or equipping, in
his Majesty's dominions, vessels for warlike put-
poses, without his Majesty's leave. His,Majesty,
therefore, being desirous of preserving to his sub.
jests the blessings of peace which they now so
happily enjoy, commands them. not to take any
part in the said contest,' nor infringe this law, the
violation of which is a misdemeanour, and will
on Conviction subject the offenders to fine _and
imprisonment. All ships engaged for such war-
like purposes are forfeited, and all officers of his
Majesty's forces and customs are charged to seize
them wherever they may .be found.

[TILE PUBLIC LEDGER:I
The long-spoken of Proclamation, for enforcing
the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Bill,
appears in the Gazette of last night. This mea-
sure, which will appear so harsh to the friends
of the Greek cause, was agreed upon at the
Council held at Windsor on Friday last ;- and it
was no doubt the subject of the long and frequent
deliberations of the Cabinet, which had been held

sometime before. From this last circumstance,
it may be fairly presumed that there was much
conflict of opinion in the Cabinet; and from Lord
Liverpool proceeding, the day before the Coon•
cil, to Windsor, for the purpose of preparing the
King for the result, another inference may be
drawn, which any man of the least penetration will
be able, without our aid, to divine. It is obviously
a sacrifice to what is called expediency, and one of
thise decisions in-which argument is obliged to
yield to 'numbers. The reasons alleged in the
Proclamation are specious enough ; but If our
policy had been always directed by specious
motives, in opposition to principle and generosity,
we should have never emerged from a state of

mediocrity. Had we always consulted conveni-
ence, in preference to considerations of a high
and comprehensive utility, we should have re.
mained stationary, like so many other nations
vi-ho have followed the same rule. The Consti.
tution would never have arrived at its present
perfection, and the Stuarts would be now seated
on the throne of these realms, cramping by the
legitimacy of their ruler as well as by their fa-
vourite doctrine of political expediency, the
resources of the country at home, and the dis-

play of her energies abroad. The best excuse
for the measure is the hacknied one, that it is
a concession to the desire of maintaining peace ;1
though. we are not at all persuaded that it is
a valid one, for we are not aware of any
Foreign Power that would provoke a ,quarrel
with. this country, because a handful of British
subjects were preparing to join the Greeks, and
to follow-an example handed down to them from
generation to generation, and which . had its
origin in the best and most glorious period of "
English history. The .Porte is the only Go.
vernment so ignorant of the spirit of our In-
stitutions, and of the character of the nation,
as to he capable of- acting,•in this -headstrong
manner ; and the question is • then, whether
a concession, inconsistent . with the great prin-
ciples upon which our prosperity as a nation
is based, ought to have been made to the preju-
dices of that Power? For the honour of the
British character, we hope and trust that it was
not _respect for Turkish' prejudice, or apprehen-
sion,orTurkish hostility, that has.given .birth to
:his measure; but that it- has originated ina-ho,
mane consideration for the lives and property of
soclt•of !our countrymen as reside in the Turkish
dominions, and who would be exposed to the blind
vengeance of that people in theevent of hostilities.
This Proclamation decides the question of the G reek
Protectorate, and is rather-an ungracious return
to that people for-their-offer to place their des-
tinies in the-hands of 'England. It will, give Aka t
nation' great pain as soon:.as it is known ; and its
tendency-to. paralyze its,energies intbis frig4iful
struggte-cannot-bei-d 'enied: However, the know-
ledge of it will transpire too late to have muchAu-
- fluence on the presen-t-cainvaign, which wilt be on
the. plaint of -terminating..by, the time it reaches
Greece.: The chief,injury, it will .occasion wilt be
to-'I/reveal' the departure, of the' naval force in-
tended - far the use of the Greeks, and' which
is., -nearly, ready for sailing.. It. -cansists,..we
understand, of four-- steam-vessels, constructed
upon the most aporoved-principle, and'so formed
as'ne:be'capahie cd.carryit44- gulls of. the heaviest
metal. These• will' new be • detained ; and 3 in
addition-to this disappointment,. another awaits:
theGitektii,in the-prevention of, Lord. C.Ocitrane-
joining them, as his. Lordshio.is-stateditolhave.
explicitly declared- that he will not. go, if, there
bethe least objection:- on the. part of.l
jest-0
Government to his dbparture, Hiowever,
they will not be. wholly „ even. in • this_ case,..de-
rived of the means of having a force, capable
in point of size, of coping with that of their ene-