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London, England, 1823-07-16 00:00:00

MEItCANTILE SHIPPING.

MAL. JULY i 3.—W ind ‘V.S.W.—Arrived and !tailed foe
the River the Silvia, Corder, from Africa; Hannah, Webber.
Quebec ; Dove, Chancellor, Cadiz ; Pliant's, Kerr, Havannah ;
and several others, particulars unknown. Came down front the
River the Alexander, Richardson, for the Isle of France and
Ceylon t Pacific, Sutherland, Naples; and Muria, William.
New Orleans.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 15.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed the
Charles, innes, for Laguira ; and Indus, Wright, for Quebec-
PLYMOUTH, Jr tAr I4.—Wind IV.--Arrived the Smyr»a,
Farmer,
_from London ; Lord Nelson, Wilson, and 31Aria.
fireeniatule, from ditto; Charles, Darcham, from Antwerp :
and William and Fattens, Jones, from St. John's, Nat.--
Sailed the Shannon, Kendall, for London.
FALMOUTH, JULY 14.—Wind W. to N.W.---Sailed
Majesty's ship Lame, for the East Indies ; Nike of Kent
packet, for Liston: and Norton packet, for Jamaica. OW the
port the Wilkie, Ilawe, from Tatmagush.

Loss OF Ti DE SALABFURY STEAI4-BOAT BY Flat....
(From the Qudbee Mercury of June 134--It is with feeling%
of deep regret that we announce the loss of this boat. She ~tt
our port about two o'clock yesterday morning, for the River,
Chambly and Montreal, with a full cargo,'.valued at upwards
of 3,0001., consisting chiefly of the summer investments of o.e
merchants of the River Climb ; and had on board no 'less
than 240 passengers, men, women, and children, chiefly crab.
grants of the poorer classes. She had hardly passed Cape Rouge.
shout 4 o'clock, when she was discovered to be on tire. The horror
and confusion of the scene at this moment may be imagined, hot
can hardly be described. The crowd of
_passengers huddled op
ther in so small a craft, effectually bellied the spirited exertiot,s
Mr. Ku ..r and his crew still mode to subdue the raging eh,-
ment. In this perilous situation, Mr. Kuper, intent only
saving the lives of his passengers, directed the boat to be visit
on shore t in nearing which, and before the water shoaled
the depth of a man's height, she struck upon a rock bat'the
e Saloberry, having 'fortunately two large Americaribitata;
belonking to seine raftstrien who' were returning home, strOlit.
ed to her, these with his own boat would have been fully ads.
quote to save every individual and much of the property; ie.
veral passengers at this moment, in a state,Of uneontroulable
alarm, precipitated themselves into the water, and- though evety,
exertion was made to save them, five or six unhappily perWi-
ed—au American gentleman, a cabin passenger, whose nail.:
is unknown, is supposed to have been of this number. it

'DIE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

I.!;.rtracts front the Morning Papers, July IG.

DIRITISII PRESS.]
Legislation for Ireland has gone on wholesale
this Session. If that country be not tranquil and
.Contented, it will not be from a deficiency of
Acts of Parliament. The Police Act, the Insur-
rection Act, the Tithe Composition Bill, haVe all
passed in rapid succession, and were followed by
trish.Churches Bill on Monday night. The
Clergy of Ireland, at least, have no cause to
complain of the inattention of Parliament ; be-
tween Mr. Plunkett and his friend the Arch-
bishop of Dublin, aided by the orthodox Mr.
Gonlburn, their interests have been taken good
.care of. If the power of the Protestant as-;
cendaticy should totter in Ireland, its followers
cannot censure either the Irish Secretary or At.:
torney-General ; they have served it like true;
and devoted worshippers all through : but while
Bills are thus sweepingly passed for the compul-
scry erection of Churches in a country where nine-
tenths of the people are Catholics, has it never oc-
curred to the framers of those useless and obnoxious
Acts, that their time and that of both Houses
stould hive been much better spent in devising
measures not to irritate, but to conciliate and im
prove the condition of the Irish people ? Expe-
rience has shewn that they cannot be converted
by proscriptive enactments. The Protestant
Church, backed by a terrifying code, has been
supreme in Ireland since time days of Elizabeth,
and yet all, in fact, but the descendants of the
English settlers are still Catholics. The Catholic
religion, if purely andfairly taught, %sill notmake
a man unchat itable, nor a bad member of society,
nor are its real principles hostile to freedom or
liberality.of opinion. Some or the most enlighten-
ed nations on the Continent are still attached to
that faith, and the most venerated principles of
English liberty were settled and secured while
the King, the Church, both Houses 'of Parlia-
ment, and the entire people were Catholic. A
hatred of Protestants in Ireland, or the mainte-
nance of the accursed Inquisition in Spain, form no
part of the Catholic ritual ;. both have been pro-
mulgaUd by interested bigots, or by cruel church-
men. If such then as we assert be the true
principles of the Romish faith, and that faith is
now professed by so many millions of the Irish
People, why, in place of plundering the impo-
verished peasantry, to build for them, like
Egyptian task-masters, expensive Churches they
will never enter, have not the same acts been
passed, or a few thousands granted, to erect decent
Chapels throughout the country, with school-i
houses attached, where,under the view of liberal:
and well-meaning trustees, education might be
dispensed among the rising generation, and the
peasantry conciliated by the parental care of ihe
Legislature for their happiness and instruction.?
In numberless districts and parishes iu the south,
atul 'West''of Ireland there is not a Protestant at
all. In some of these Places churches have been
• built ; in others there are none. What use or
benefit to the people are they I The peasantry
look upon them just as the conquered do on a
fortress—as monuments of their inferiority and
state degradation.

[MORNING CHRONICLIIA
The nature of the movements and operations
of the French leads ua to conclude that Galicia
will soon become the theatre of active warfare,
.and with Catalonia„divide the defence of the Pe-
ninsula. The divisions of Campillo, El Pastor,
and Po'area, are concentrating in that province,
certainly one of the most important in Spain, and
mow that some supplies of arms have been ob..
•tained, we sincerely-hope,and trust that a manly
stand *it) be'made there, and that the example
'of our gallant countryman,
,Sir Robert Wilson,
will call forth a degree of activity which the
friends of freedom must regret has not yet been
exhibited. Galicia contains a population of at
least two miliions and a half, besides numerous
"military positions. The Galicians, less forbear..
ing than the inhabitants of other provinces 'of
Spain, when their interests are affected, during
the invasion of Napoleon, remained sullen
ipectaters of the inroads of the French, until
the troops of Ney and Souk began to plan.
der and oppress. Valdeoras was the first dis.
trict that then gave the signal of revenge ;
• but this slid not occur till the commencement
of Fehruary, 'Phil example of this town
was followed by the whole of Galicia, and so
successful were the efforts of the inhabitants,
that the Marquis de la Romanis in a' dispatch
dated the 11th of the ensuing March, expressly
. lays, Oat at that date the Galicians had killed or
taken as Many. as "10,00 Frenchmen. Vigo soon
afterwards surrendered to the armed inhabitants ;
Tny 'was abandoned, and Ney, -cut off from all
ennimimication with Soult and Bonnet, ordered
Corinna and Ferrol to be evacuated about the
middle of 'April, and he himself withdrew by
the «o-,v of I...ogo.—When .all these, memorable
Proceedings of the Galicians are called to mind
their peculiar character is considered—,
-UM in 'throwing off the yoke of an oppressor, as
ell sari firm And constant in any resolve once
,adopted—lt is hardly possible not to entertain
gwa hopes of still witnessing a firm resistance. in
Gaticia. When. we think of the heroism and con.
stancy displayed by the Galicians, is confessed
in the official dispatches of their enemies, and
consider how much they aro also favoured by no/
tune, we cannot bring ourselves to suppose that
tlifiy will tarnely:suinnit to a handful of Invaders,
and for eie'r, efface that' reputation they ac-
quired during the , last war. They then sheaved
themselves strong and ,
„firm in adversity,
.11
eaitinit'oir a yOke that oppressed
,them, and by
their efforts giving impUlse' vigor and- vigr to a cause
at that tithe in its cam' rtiencernent. Dl cult
as it
,
is, owing to the vigilance of the French, for Lie
people;in:Pne province of Spain, at the present
,snoment, to know what is pasiing in another, still
!life gallant defence of Mina and his hardy Gate.
i+ cdollot be unknown to the Galicians,
weithet:oan thcetample .be :lost on them. trif
Spaniards, in every province, seem to have , been
taken by surprise, so completely had they been

lulled into the idea that the invasion would not
take place, in' which they were confirmed by the
apathy of the Government and the absence of
preparations. The storm has, however burst upon
them, and they already see the effect of its ra-
vages. It must be clear to them, that the object
of the French and their Allies is not to alter their
institutions, but to humiliate and degrade them,
by divesting them of every atom of national inde-
pendence, and reducing them to a state of base
vassalage. No one can deny that Louis XVIII.'s
predecessor, Buonaparte, possessed the ability
to deceive and cajole, in a most eminent de-
gree, and perhaps he evinced it in Spain more
than in any other theatre of his conquests. As
soon as he had subdued a kingdom, or a province,
he immediately recurred to the arts of seduction
and deceit. With this view he began to organise
the several branches of the Administration, or-
dered public education, agriculture, and_industry,
to be encouraged and protected, anxious' that the
inhabitants should consider him their friend and
benefactor. On the very same principle is the
Bourbon Prince now acting in Spain. The feli-
city anti happiness of the people are always on his
lips, breathed in every dispatch ; yet rend asunder
the Veil by which his real design is covered, and
it will be seen that degradation and shame follow
every movement of his armies. Buonaparte told
tl►e Spaniards he was about to regenerate them•,
and make them happy ; the very same professions
does the Duke d'Angouleme now make. On the
first invasion, the natural distrust and sagacity of
the Spaniards prevented them from being the
victims of a most treacherous policy, and now the
second is commenced, we trust they will not
allow themselves to be deluded and betrayed.

[NEW TIMM.;
The Irish Government has acted wisely in fol-
lowing up its resolution to prevent the dressing
of the Statue of King IViWarn ; not because the
ceremony in itself is otherwise than laudable, but
because it has been adopted as a measure of- (ac-
tion to shew defiance to the Government, and to
promote irritation among the people. Whatever
course of policy may be eventually adopted' for
tranquillising that unfortunate country, the au-
thority of the law must in the first place be up-
held with a strong hand. Neither Itibandmen
nor Orangemen must be suffered to dictate
to the Constituted Authorities.—A late Dublin
Paper pretends, we know not with what
accuracy, to give the secret pass-words of the
Orange Societies. It states that of the Orange I
degree to be Beth-horon, and that of the Purple,
(which is the higher degreed to be Makkedih—
words which are found in the tenth Chapter of,
the Book of Joshua ; and which Seem 4.4/ refer'
to projects of vengeance on the part of the persons
who employ such significant terms. For ourOvin
part, we trust that there is no foundation for such:
ideas ; but so long as secret unions of this bature,
exist; iye may be assured that they swill
,give
cause of , alarm ; and, that such SttitoONOLS se
the above will find ready listeners •and wilting
believers.

.D 414 T itt 11$' .3

The Russian Manifesto, judging by appear.
(lures, has not succeeded in giving more satisfac-
tion to some of those on whose behalf it pretends
to speak,' than to society at large,egainst whose
rights and reason it is directed. Symptoms
break out, in certain quarters, of something like
displeasure against the StyPetersburgh
chin, for assuming an identity, or rather a
proximity of opinion, between the British Minis-
ters and the if oly Allies, with regard to the
Spanish war; and truly, it seems not .a little
wonderful' that Lord' Liverpool, who, in the face
of Europe, had reprobated the attack on Spain
as a breach of the law of nations, and had
deprecated its commencement as equally wick. '
ed and unwise, should now be held forth
by a grave Court logician, as not having
differed with the, despotic Sovereigns of Eu-
rope 4‘ respecting the causes of that war."--
Whi; Lord Liverpool and Mr. Canning de
glared solemnly and repeatedly, that no cause of
war With** Spain existed : they affirmed with as:
much distinctness, as truth, that no foreign
Power had a shadow of right to require from,
the Spaniards a change in their constitution
—that its defects (let them be ever so flamer-,
ous) ought to -be remedied by measures adopt..,
ed in Spain, and not beyond her. territory ;
and that the principle on which the arbitraryH
monarchies defended their interference in Spanish
atraira—viz. the illegitimacy of any reform not
originating with the King himself (that is to say,
not Originating In en impossible manner)---,wits
in direct hostility to those principles_ On which
the British Constitution had been framed. There
never was (we mean it with all respect) a snore
pregnant mixture of folly and effrontery than ap.;
pears throughout the whole of the Petersbiirgli
Manifesto, and we are welt pleased that the
binet of England partake the public sentiment
which it bas.excited.

The. Dublin Et'ening Post of Saturday last,
the 12th of July, informs us, that to a late hour
on that day, there had not been any attempt to
dress the much calumniated statue, or In disturb
the public peace. Some credit has, it seems,
been assumed on the occasion by the govern.
ing part of the. Orange. SocietY, as if' their pro.
clamations had worked this unquestionable good ;
but perhaps there ought likewise to be taken
into account a considerable addition to the
Iguard on duty, a regular patrolling of the
streets of Dublin by the cavalry, and a close
attendance of Magistrates and constables, with
every other accustinned indication of a resolute
spirit in the King's Government, to enforce, the
observance of its own orders,issued in the Novell).
her preceding. It further appears, that the
Magistrates of Belfast had issued a warning
to gg riotous and tumultuous mobs," which, how.
ever differently it might be construed by men
of opposite parties, was supposed to bear with
sufficient clearness, against the Orange outrages
•
hitherto sanctioned,in that.quarter on July 12.
What indeed, the Irish editors are to do with sech
an Matto in their list. of periodical cafamitiesonay
furnish speculation to the curious. A deal of stuff, tt?
us unintelligible, is talked about a set of Orange

pass-words, purporting destruction to their ene-I
mies. It is to be feared that the rancorous feel-
ings both of Orangemen and Ribandmen will
seek vent for themselves in mysterious and
gloomy menaces, for which the choice of a pass-
word gives ample room, inasmuch as it. imposes
on• the vulgar imagination of the cobfederates,in-
dulges bad passions at a small expence, looks
big, and means intrinsically nothing. Whatever
may be the fttry of the moment, Government has
no chance of success in quelling it, but by a
course of steady dignity, and, as an essential
part of dignity, by immovable good temper. A
watchful eye and equal justice will in the end do
all that can be accomplished, with a people who
unfortunately do nothing for themselves.---

( Ibid.)
[stostsusin roma
If the Monarchs who have formed themselves
into a Corporation, which has no other bond of
union than the dread of human freedom, and no
other object than to repress the energy of human
thought and action, knew their own interests,
or regarded the feelings of their victims, they
would carefully avoid every attempt at reason-
ing, and refer the general scope, as well as
the ,occasional determinations of their policy,
to the sense of absolute power, and the assump-
tion of an inscrutable and infallible will. Should
we feel less of indignation, or of horror, at the,
atrocities of a robber or a murderer, if they were
accompanied by a dissertation, impudently at-
tempting to reconcile violence and cruelty with
an anxious regard to the welfare and happiness of
mankind ? Yet of a similar nature, and attended
by an equal success, are the argumentative essays,
which to ,the weariness and disgust of mankind
have laboured to vindicate the armed inter-
ference of a foreign Power with the internal
Government of Spain. We yesterday laid
before our, readers a choice specimen of this
sort of essay, purporting to be an Expose
of Russian Policy, and bearing every internal
mark; of an official. origin. We will now
advert to some of its leading topics as a full jus-
tification of our comparison. We are told by
this semi-official document that the alarm which
the Holy Alliance had conceived from the state
of political feeling in France was its strongest
motive to employ a French army in putting down
the Constitutional Liberties of Spain. A military
enterprise was deemed the Attest means of putting
the people of Fiance in goed humour with their;
Government. To satisfy their thirst for martial
glory at the expence of some other nation, was,
it ,- :essential to the repose of ranee
andllY the. tranquillity of the world. Mightr,
,and-sagatioua, Altmarchs, in, whose eyes 04.
people.' of France 11,1. e. fis wayward children, and:
the :people of., Spain no. better than worthless
insectsl The
,CongresS. did indeed 46 display:
profound views awl Inky .elevation of mind,",
whets it discovered that to divert from every
other other tnfsehlef or the Jorantitto papnlation
I! rauce,,it,was Only necessary, to employ them
its bunting,
~engaging, ,atstF destroying the
Sects and reptiles Which. .:peOple:,the
aulal „..The French nation ~is we know, fond
of -military glory, but the glory to dazzle its'
_imagination and confound Its. judgment. must
.be ,a glory such as no Duke d'Angou'leme can
achieve, and such as no Hun can boast of having
permitted. The.confessinn that the invasion of
Spain was chiefly intended as a toy to amuse the
French people, places in the strongest light its
,cruelty and injustice ,towards the invaded coun-
try ; whilst it must excite a still higher degree
of indignation and contempt towards their Go-
vernment amongst those for whose diversion it
was so wisely contrived.

(MORNING' HERALD 3 ,
Those who advocate the cause of servilism hi
Spain regard the fate of that kingdom as already
decid4. SQii, that the event is so near, one
way or the.. other—for if the Spanish Constitu-
tionalists have the force and resolution to wea-
ther the present crisis, their success would be
more probable than their, failure is at this moment
—it would be as useless as, imprudent to indulge
in conjecture. Let it then be supposed, merely•
for argument's sake, that the confidence of those
ttri e Ce mu
w h oorn r t ws
easiltude is well-founded, and that
either fly or make an uncon-
ditional submission—Are there no difficulties
rrfe,:,:itialitieldgiswatriel ei ting the interests, indeed the
foreign rights, of this country; We throw all con-
sideration of the Spaniards out of the question, and
suppose the absolute Monarch and the Inquisition
the French army immediately
evacuate Spain ? Who could be so infatuated as to
expect it ? The French Government and its Allies
know well that the restored order could not
stand the first breath of public discontent, with-
out the support of a foreign force, and their leaving
cittorsiedo
its fete would only prove the folly of the
ou
ted towards Spain equal to its injustice.
They will at least, observe the consistency which
Slone can redeem the invasion from the union of
contempt With reprobation. The French then,
there is little doubt (always assuming, for argu-
their
nat'nt'a sal that success is certain), will still
stick fast in SPaio. It is easy to conceive the farce
that may he played on the aCCASIOR. The French
congratulate Ferdinand on the restoration of
his rights, and the Spanish Nation on the re-
itoration of Ferdinand and the inquisition,---.
and then propose to depart, their mission be-
ing fulfilled. • Ferdinand cannot part so soon
with his good allies, and entreatsF that a portion
—Perhaps the whole,_should remain with him,
in order to secure the newly recovered bless-
ings. to himself and his People. his Royal
ifesrennoctlinGteovernment, as
request is of course complied with,—and, now,
Spain becomes as much the patrimony • of the
the province of Alsace.
There is an example most happily in point.—
htentsprewsultmoleedsatlehat
they
will.
.They'tnay
be
emperor of Austria as much King
ofw ithe Two Sicilies us be is of IlungarY ?
uni;:riettohi!. Majesty's Government patiently en.
territory to the Crown
would be io.etroot, though not in name. it is
tranosfferFroafnetelt?e Spanish
able to avert it by some moms which the expe.
Hence ,of public affairs, and the resources of
negociation might furnish, but which are, no
very easy to be even imagined by the mere

lookers on. Possibly it is the conviction that
the British Cabinet will strain every nerve
to prevent the occupation of Spain, after the
war,. by the
_French, that has given rise to
reports or surmises in the Paris Papers, respect-
ing Morillo's acting from English suggestions,
and what appears still more improbable, the
opening of communications with the Cortes at
Cadiz.