The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-14 00:00:00

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'MR. HORACE TWISS AND LORD
CHARLES FITZROY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SW
Stn,—My attention has been called to a speech of Mr.
Horace Twiss, in the Bury Herald, and inserted in the
Times of the 2d July, in which the following passage
occurs:—" Mr. Miss then referred to his own official
and political life, and contrasted it with the Parliamen-
tary career of Lord Charles, of whose performances in
the House of Commons, he believed the sum and sub-
stance to have been a couple of motions, containing
• accusations against that able and estimable officer, Sir
, Howard Douglas, which charges the 'House of Commons,
. in both instances, declined to entertain."
Content to enjoy, during a residence of many years in
this country, the blessings of British freedom, I have
thought it hitherto my duty, as a foreigner, to avoid all
intermeddling in the clash of those political conflicts, in
which the vitality of that freedom has its origin; nor
even, as an lonian, should I have interposed on the pre-
' sent occasion, had I not seen his generous advocacy' of
the rights of my countrymen, brought forward on the
hustings as a charge against Lord C. Fitzroy, and the
very prudence with which he has ciaiducted that advo-
cacy to success, instanced against • him as a proof of
feebleness and inertness of purpose.
On the merits. of the question in dispute between
the lonians and .the tyranny which has so long
overshadowed their prosperity, and shackled all their
energies, I shall not attempt at present to trouble
your readers; suffice it to say, that until our
cause was nobly taken up by, Lord Fitzroy, the
lonian Islands (a free State under British protection)
presented a spectacle, to the neighbouring States of
Europe, of worse than Russian despotism, Austrian
espionage, or Turkish recklessness of all rule and right.
To resist was impossible—to remonstrate useless—to pe-
tition not useless only, but dangerous ; while even to
think, to speak, or to read an opinion contrary to that
of Sir H. Douglas and his subordinates, was sufficient,to
bring upon the offender a charge of conspiracy, and ex-
pose him to the seizure of his papers, to exile, to im-
prisonment,- and to (what, from my own personal expe-
rience, I may almost call worse) published calumnies
against him in the official Gazettes, despatches, and
widely circulated correspondence of her Majesty's Am-
bassador at Athens, and her Majesty's Lord High Cow-
missioner in the lonian Islands.
tinder these circumstances, with a full consciousness
of his danger, and Willing to endure it, the Chevalier
Mustoxidi, an eminent scholar and distinguished citizen,
enjoying the highest consideration in his country, ad-
dressed a memorial to the British Government, calling
upon it, in the name of his countrymen, for protection
and redress, and some modifications in our Constitution.
Upon this memorial Lord Fitzroy based the first of those
motions, which Mr. H. Twiss calls " accusations against
that able and estimable officer, Sir Howard Douglas."
The result of the announcement of Lord Fitzroy's first
motion, was a despatch from Lord J. Russell, in which
his Lordship, after annunciating what he considered the
principles on which the lonian Islands should be go-
verned, conceded the necessity of the reform indicated
in Mr. Mustoxidi's memorial, and suggested to the tord
High Commissioner an inquiry into the practicability of
putting them immediately into effect.
Upon the announcement of this despateh, having thus
obtained all •he sought, Lord C. Fitzroy withdrew his
motion, which was in fact merely a notice for papers, on
which to base a preliminary inquiry. But,tharged with,
a mission to examine his own actions, and show the
policy of all his previous acts, what was the condurt of
Sir Howard Douglas, the Lord High Commissioner ?
He retorted upon those who complained of hia adminis-
tration, charges of disaffection to the British protection ;.
accused them of being Russian partisans ;, criminate&
them as implicated in some Philorthodox conspiracy at
Athens, which never had existence ; seized on the
papers of Mr. Miistoxicli and other emlnetit citizens ; arid
wrote off a reply to Lord J. Russells despatch, declarin,,
that such was the state of feeling in the islands, that tut_ grant of liberal institutions to the islands would he
fraught with imminent danger to the' British protection,
and must therefore be indefinitely postponed.
Upon this despatch Lord Fitzroy grounded a motion
for inquiry into the truth of its statensenti i but Sir IL.
Douglas having been superseded in the Ineantime by
Mr. Stuart Mackenzie, her Weaty's ?Ministers consi-
dered that they had conceded enor.gb, and that further
inquiry might be looked upon its personally invidious to
Sir H. Douglas, They th:erefore associated themselves with the personal fri•l'eds of Sir 11. Douglas, and liege,
tived ther e motio" of Lord C. Fitzroy. The main object,
h?WerN;, "'.e. that motion was obtained—the retirement ot
Sir 11. Douglas, and the registry of a public rezion-
strance against certain acts on his part.
This, then, is a sufficient testimony of The services
rendered to the lonian people by Lord .Vitsroy ; if more
were wanting, let me enumerate the r-ratitude expressed
by all lonian citizens ; the add
rcP'es fro mall the islands-
the tribute of a gold medal Ptruck in his honour, and
lately presented to him laud, lastly, the heartfelt grati-
tude of all who, like. myself; have been cognizant from
the beginning of li Lordship's hearty zeal and untiring
exertions in our: cause.
I hP.-ie the honour to be, Mr. Editor,
Your obedient, humble servant,
AN Colonial Club, London, July 7, 1841. lONIAN.

EXCLUSIVE DEALING.---A society has been
formed by the Tories, for the purpose of encouraging
exclusive dealing. The proposal is an immoral one, be-
cause its object is to tempt or terrify men into com-
mitting the crime of voting against their consciences.
But it is both unwise and impracticable. It is unwise,
because it is more likely to provoke anger than alarm.
Englishmen may be persuaded, but will never be bullied,
into supporting any party. The very attempt to dictate
to a tradesman is an insult which he is sure to resent,
and if he appears outwardly to conform, his efforts are
privately directed to advance his real opinions. For
one who is thus awed into silence or a vote, three will
be roused by the consciousness of attempted tyranny
into active resistance and tenfold efforts to defeat the
tyrants who try to tramyle on them. It is unwise;
also, as it provokes r•etaliation, and Tory tradesmen
would equally objet',; to have every Whig customer
crossed out of ineir books. At Bath the system
was attempt,A and it thas produced the result ex-
hibited --6 i the last election ; indignation overcame.
fear' and threats led to active .resistance. • Some
oankers there having tried the game, the insulted
tradesmen, whose franchises were thus sought to be
taken from them, resolved that it was one at which two
parties could play, and they immediately determined to
refuse to take the notes, when presented, of the banks
which had used undue influences, and half-a-dozen
tradesmen might,: by so doing, break any bank in a few
days. And it is impracticable,. for political connexion
is but one of many that rule the affairs of life. Men
must deal with those who deal with them ; they have
friends to serve, relations to oblige, whom they cannot
afford to sacrifice for that which their consciences must
tell them is, after all, a serious moral wrong. Add to
these who cannot act upon the system, the many whose
good sense and good feeling will not permit them to
coerce the consciences of their neighbours, and the
remnant who are foolish or unprincipled enough to act
upon it will be so small, that they will be ashamed of
themselves. Exclusive dealing has been often attempted,
and in many places, and nowhere has it succeeded, for it
is contrary to the irresistible law of commerce, that in-
duces every one to buy where we can obtain the best
and cheapest article, without reference to the politics,
religion, or intelligence of the seller.—. Somerset County
Gazette.

A Strathaven correspondent mentions, that, at a
remote part of the moor on the Sidehill of Avondale,
there was discovered on the 12th June the remains of a
human body imbedded in solid black moss, about 2f feet
below the surface. When carefully opened up, the body
appeared to be that of a man fully six feet long, regu-
larly laid out east and west, without any coffin,
but in a
full suit of clothes, which appeared to be of very
antiquated form. The cloth and the body went to
pieces on handling, but by careful inspection tho coat
was observed to be long in the skirts, with only one
seam down the back, and ornamented there withroclosl-sorf
buttons made of cloth, and without any neck or la
one outer vest of the same texture of cloth, and
vest of a finer fabric and lighter colour, both
:ifimmnehich;
buttons and holes ; for breeches reached far down the body, and haderea
wgreatas anupmiecbeer
of
ornamented with tas-
sels belt or sash of strong
cloth like an apron or kilt, hailidthag,rthddown with a broad.
cloth,
hose with gartess and
; and for stockings, P-abe
ascertained how long the
knots ;no shoes. I
body may have lain
the under jaw with athvee long bushy beard resting on
ttlicanerern„_otthe skull was not found, only
circumstance) of there being a.
ltlaregberceniasmt, aonfdstofronmeson
the top of the hill, about 1501
it is supposed they may have been
yards from the grave,L.° a battle, or the death of a war-
rrials.ed_
Gtolocsogmowm
ell-me°7ISUICIDE BY THE LAD' OF
=1 N'INDSOR, JULY 12.—Considerable ex-
delalasitd, Adelaide-ysquare,reKinporgt:zattdta.
citement
OFFICERon
eV L been living with Lieutenant-Colonel.
lady, who
eningcroefa
SteadtuirndaAy
Glennie, of the 60th Rifles, for upwardsof
20 yetirs.
ATTEMPTEDtiIe
had attempted to commit suicide--and had nearly
tlfected her purpose—by hanging herself.
appears, It. ap-
that upon Colonel Glenmes returning home
trom the barracks, between five and six o'clock in the
evening, he found the front door of his house in Adelaide-
square fastened. The Colonel broke into the house
through the window on the ground-floor, and upon his
proceeding up stairs discovered the female (who is about.
forty years of age), suspended by a rope from the bed-
post, black in the facecut , motionless, and apparently decoct.
6he was instantly down, m6dical aid obtained with-
out a moment's delay, and after the lapse of some time
she was fortimately restored. The cause of her having
attempted self-destruction is attributedito the circum-
stance of the Colonel being about' to espouse a widow
lady of considerable,,property,, residing in Clarence-
crescent.
EARTHQUAKE IN TiRCEIRA.—A calamitoms
event has taken place in did' Isle of Terceira. 'She
greatest consternation 'reigns amongst its unfortunate
inhabitants, who, overcome with terror at the repeated
convulsions of the earth since the 12th of June, have,
to save their lives, abandoned their houses. The
Villa da Praia de Victoria was rechiCed to, a stole.
of...complete ruin at half-past three in the morae
ing of the sth. Not a single house, not a . siogi
edifice, has escaped safe. There exists not one stone spun
another, and even the water has disappeared. There can
now only be descried "Campus übi Troia fuit." Son e
places In the environs of Praia have also been destroyedi
aud the, people are living encamped in the adjoining
fields. In the city of Angra violent shocks have
greatly
alarmed the inhabitants, but, however, none very dis-
astrous have occurred there. All the authorities of this.
district have manifested the greatest zeal and activity in,
affording aid to the unhappy Sufferers. Six eontos
reis have been sent to the Treasury of Angra, ivhioll of
were conveyed by the Don Joao I. corvette,
and
a
loaded with maize will speedily aka far the islands.:

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