The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-19 00:00:00

FOR TIIR SUN.

NATIONAL ScIfOOLS.
Ma. EDITOR—hi the report of the proceed,
ings of " the British and Foreign School Society"
in an evening Paper of zekerday, 1 find ,the
folloWing remarks on
.the conduct of TUE NA-
TIONAL ScnooLs 'attributed to His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Sussgx. Not knowing from
whom this report proceeded, and which is in
:3orrt' e measure confirmed by the repOrt of the
same meeting, in your own Paper, 1 am induced
to believe, that words have been attributed to
His Royal Highness, which he never uttered--
for I cannot suppoSe that he would, under any cir-
'curnstances, have made such an attack on the dis-
tinguished individuals who are entrusted with the
management of the National Schools--but more
especially in their absence—yet it appears from
the evening Paper referred to, that " His Royal
_Highness observed that he had never advocated
a contracted system of education : he saw no
reason for doing that in detail at home, which
Was done generally abroad.—(Great.applause.)—
For these and other reasons he had NOT sup-
ported the NATIONAL Schools ; and he shou Ids
withhold his .support until lie was satisfied .-that all
the sums appropriated to the education of the chit-
&CH of the national church mere duly applied.-=-
Nevertheless, he respected the national schOols,
and wished them success."

I shall defer, until another opportunity, my
observations on this attack on the administration
of the funds of the National Schools—convinced
that the public will disregard it, and consider it as
a most unjustifiable attack on the Lay and Clerical
Members of the several NATIONAL Schools
throughout the Kingdom.
A SUBSCRIBER to the SOCIETY in BART-
LETT'S-BUILDINGS, and also to several
BIBLE SOCIETIES.
Richards's CofFee-house, May 18, 1821.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

"'Any EXTRACT'S FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS,

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[NEW TIMES.]
_ The curiosity of the public has been of tate di-
rected, more perhaps than was absolUtely neces-
sary, to the disturbances in the Ottoman Empire.
ft is tolerably clear, from the latest. adVices, that
the worst dangers are to be apprehended, not
from the progress of the insurgents, but from the
arming of the 'Turkish population ; and that the
insurrection is really in no degree formidable.
The fo.llowing Extract of a private Letter will
convey a fair impression of the sentiments which
are prevalent in the Turkish capital :
" ComsTANrixopLE, _Vat. 12, 1,N1.--7-:ou may very
readily cone:ive the dreadful consequences attending there-
newed orders of the GoVernment for the arming of the whole of
the TtulziAi population. Robbery and insult are daily cm-
,mitied in a most wanton manner, and the most outrageous at-
tacks are continually perpetrated by tiles:: men of war. They
forribiy enter what warehouses they choose, select and Lvy con-

:5 vithont discrimination—so 'much so; that one might

conceive the town was given up to pillage. In the inte-

rior of Constantinople these excesses are committed to a greater
extent; and, indeed, to such a length, that the Government
have imterfered, and scat several of the marauders to the gallies.
We do not expect tranquillity will .be restored Until the new
Vizier returns, which will not take place for some days. In
this state of aff'airs, it has been thought necessary to shut up
the principal warehouses, and for the present to suspend all
pecuniary transactions of a commercial nature, which is con-
sidered as a very excellent policy.
" Lord Strangford, the English Ambassador, is most sedu-
lously attentive to the protection of English property and Eng-
lish individuals ; I assure you, we have found him of essential
service.

" Although this insurrection will, as we expect, be speedily
quelled and subdued, yet we, cannot too much congratulate
ourselves upon the plan being thus fortunately ddocted : 'for-
there is no doubt that it was very extensively organized, and
justly warranted the apprehensions which it creat3cl among our
tiOvernmenion its first announcement. We are now, how-
ever, ltd to hope, that you have heard the worst."

THE T MES .]
The Portuguese news relates to affairs on both
sides the Atlantic. On this side his Maje-sty is
expected, it being asserted on. the other side.
that he will depart after the approaching ac-
cottchement of his daughter-in-law. His motives
to remain where she is are not strong, and the ap-
pearance of his reception, at the end of his voyage,
is not inviting: for it seems that some of the
Deputies to the Cortes, captiously enough, ob-
jected to the term " approbation," as indicative
of his Majesty's feeling towards the new Consti-
tution. He was to be allowed to swear only.
Those w ho stand upon punctilios of this :kind are,
"Ive fear, verging upon Republicanism. The
French papers are to the 16th inst., and, in. ad-
dition to the ordinary portion of news, contain a
report of great importance,-but greater improba-
bility. This is, that the King of Spain has
escaped, from Madrid, and put himself at the
head of the anti-constitutional. troops. If his
Majesty had been endowed with a taste for hair-
breadth escapes, he would surely have indulged
it in some attempt to get out of Iluonaparte's
custody,. .

[BRITISH Pups]
The circumstances of this expedition (against
the piratical Arabs) in general suggest one obser-
vation, which the experience.of the past will, we
trust, render it unnecessary ever again to repeat.
The stability, the existence- of our empire in the
East„.tlepends mainly upon. the apparent invinci-
bility of our troops. Our reputation, therefore,
ought never to be intrusted to the native troops
alone ; in every expedition or enterprise,ofdiffi-
culty, a considerable proportion of British
troops ought always to be entployed. In-
deed it has often occurred to us that the Di-
rectors confide too much in the valour and
fidelity of the native troops, whose . prejur
dices .and peculiarities of opinion frequently
conflict with the views of the Government
and the interests of. the empire, and are
often'brought into dangerous collision- with the
thoughtless impetuosity .of young military men,
or the jealousies which, continually arise between
.distinct bodies of the same armx. The Indian
army at present amounts, we believe, to nearly
`200,000 men.; the British troops in. Ilindostan
do not exceed 25,000 or 30,000 men, The dis-
proportion is too great, not to excite, some appre-
hensions for the probable evils that seem. likely
to arise from it,. for highly and proudly as we
estimate the tried heroism of British soldiers, we
cannot tnt feel that there. is
,a :point
,beyond
whicb human exertion cannot
.calculate upon the
probabilities of success, when.: opposed to such
fearful odds as the native, force tnaintained in
Indiapresents, with all its advantages of arms
and, discipline, and. aided: by the resources of the
great mass of the population.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The discussion on, the Ordnance. EStimateslas.t
njs,l4, will, we suppose, be called, as usual, a fri-
volous and vexatious attempt to impede the public
business. This sort. of, opposition is, no doubt,
vexatious enough to Ministers, for it brings their
professionS of economy to a test' whic, un-
fortunately for- them, they are utterly unable
to bear. They cut but a poor figure in the
close fight in which they. have lately been
engaged, and they have received some thrusts
in it, the effects of which they will feel fora long
time, however much they may attempt to
semble it. Mr. Robert Ward, for instance, with
the. help of numerous poetical quotations, can de-
very.plausible and a very ornate statement;
but unfortunately when this statement comes to be
Taken to pieces, it turns out to be erroneous in
almost all its parts. A close examination
.Shows
that the boasted economy of his department, ex-
isted only in his. imagination ; and that fit is
truly, as was stated by Mr. Hume, e, the most
'wastefully conducted of the whole.—One sub-
ject formed•a prominent part .of 'the discussion
of last night: namely). the wasteful system on j

which our Colonies are managed. Here every
pretext is anxiously laid hold of for continuing a
large expenditure ; and we contrive so to manage
matters, that colonies which,while they belonged
to otherPo►►•ers, produced even a revenue to them
after paying all charges, are a heavy burden to
U 5. But how can it be otherwise, when, as in the
Cape for instance, a Governor is allowed nearly
twice as much as Lord Londonderry himself ?
-No part of our system requires revision so much
as that which relates to our colonies. We repeat
it, Ministers must be brought ton clime engagement
if any good is to be done, and much good will
undoubtedly follow from the course which has
been pursued With regard to them. If ever an-
other Manchester outrage requires the aid of
Lord Londonderry's eloquence, he may again have
the same command of assertions, and may deliver
them in the same loud and confident tone ; but
whatever might he the case with regard to his ma-
jority: in the liouSe, the country would not so
easily forget the story of .the three repeated
readings of-the Riot Act, and the two cart loads
of stones.