The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The public arc aware that the Greek nation has
been not much better treated in America in the build-
ing and equipincalt of certain frigates, than in England
in raising the money for paying this and other ex-
pellees resulting from the glorious itruggle in which
Greece is engaged. A pamphlet has been put .into
our hands, published at New York, on the subject of
the frigates, by the Greek Deputy or Agent Contoa-
faVlos. The statement is to this effect :—Tha tan
application was made to two houses, that of Le Hoy,
Bayard and Co., and that of G. G. and S. Howland,
to build the frigates ; that the houses in question ac-
cepted the job with gratitude ; that they gave in an
estimate for one frigate, amounting to 247,500 dollars ;
and engaged to finish the two bi six months. In the
sace, however, of five months, the contractors had
already drawn fbr and received more by '200,000
dollars than the estimated cost of the two liigatea, and
neither of them were yet launched. The building of
the frigates was, in truth, not announced as near its
conclusion till eleven months from the commencement,
instead of 'six; and then the expense of each, instead
of 240,000 dollars, was 550,000 dollars ; and the
Greek Deputies were informed that they, should not
sail till the money was paid. We have almost ex-
hausted our fund of investigation and indignation on
the English Contractors for Greek loans ; and there-
fore have but little left to bestow on the condnet of
the American Contractors. Suffice it to say, that a
squabble ensued between M. Contostavlos and the two
houses (;.f Bayards and. Rowlands : law is had re-
vnirse to ; arbitrators are appointed ; their award is
unsatisfactory ; and, to be brief, the pamphlet thus
concludes

• " But, what will fill every booth with horror, remains
still to be told. 1 think I mentioned that the Deputies,
in commissioning these two frigates, wrote to both houses
not to undertake the building of them in ease the laws of
~the United States should be.opposed to their construction
And departure. Messrs. Bayards and Rowlands answered
that there was no law toprevent it, and without any further
trouble undertook their construction. It was now, during
the arbitration, contended by my counsel, and must be
acknowledged on all hands, that this transaction was ille-
gal, and that the' frigates wereisubject to seizure and eon-
fiscation at every moment, and at the instigation of any
man who should choose to be an informer. Was it then
generous, was it just, was it christiaulike, that these arbi-
trators, after having awarded to these houses a commission
amounting altogether. to' 86,381 dollars, 60 cents, for the
building of these two frigates, to award and order their
Wane& to be paid, and throw upon a foreigner not only
the whole responsibility of the law, but also the imyossi-
bility. of sending out this last resource to his country e Ge-
nerous reader, whoever you are, calm your anxiety. The
frigate, the only frigate, which cost 155,00t)1. sterling to
the Greek nation, is now on her way to Greece. For the
Same country that gave birth to these arbitrators, gave also
existence to. Henry D. and Robert Sedgwick ; without
'whose intervention and assistance, the generous way in
which, through their disinterested solicitations, a bond to
an amount of 600,000 dollars has been signed by several
individuals, ant] their unparalleled exertions, the frigate,
Avith this award, could never leave these American shores !
These two gentlemen, with the upright and noble-minded
John Duer and B. Robinson, constituted my counsel. The
.noble, the independent,:tho fatherly way (for friendly does,
not express half the fedi* of my heart) in which they
have :defended this sacred cause,uai acquired for them my
gratitude arid the gratitude of my country,"—Thics.

It is said that the Board of Stamps was dissolved
an Katurday last, mid that a fresh nomination has taken
We should wish to he able to say as much
,for iwgrity and discretion evinced i” the new ar-
rangement, Its for the propriety of removing the old
Board. Mf, tilewart, a brother of the Earl of Gal,
loway is assigmd Ay the new Chairman ; and Mr.
Richard Wellesley is marked to succeed Ins brother
iVIr. Johnston. Three of tlie o'ld members, Mr. Hal-
lain, Mr. Kingston, and this gr. Jphnston, are to
have pensions; Mr. Sedgwick's ease is sm.': to be in
suspense. We neither can see, why those tlirft ex-
Commissioners should have pensions for having
quately managed their. office ; nor why the case of Mr.
Sedgwick, the most culpable of all, should he tins
_moment in auspense.--/hid.
We do not wish to " intrude," but really we should
be pluch gratified, if my Lord. Nugent, Mr. Brougham,
Sir t. Mackintosh, and some other Patriot Whigs,
would te,qllow the example of Mr. Hume, and give a
few pli":tions in answer to a letter which we have
f
thi exs
day insertet..4 from a Haitian Scripholder. If we
remember rightly, hisL Company started with profes-
lions to singular cant:‘"ur and integrity ; boasting
much less of what they w:tad, than or what they
would not, do ; and among ther negative vir-
tues, the most prominent one was, the promise,
that if the undertaking were unsucc:""' the
Shareholders had the utmost extent of their 105...,
it was a very moderate one, explicitly defined. \Veit
~the scheme has failed. When will Mr, Brougham,
Sir J. Mackintosh, Lord Nugent, &e. tell us, at what
expand to the adventurena ?
LORD NUGENT, MR. BROUGHAM, AM) THE HAITIAN
MIXING COMPANY.
TO THE EDITOR.

,•., ani

Sot—As Mr. Brougham held forth suelt brilliant future
provpects for the. Proprietors and Shareholders of the Lon-
don University Company, of which he is a Director, he
will be conferring a signal favour on the Seripholders of
the liaitCati Company, of which also he is a Director, by
informing them what has become of their money. The
subscriptions were received eighteen months ago, and no
other communication has ever been publicly made to the
Seripholders, than by an advertisement that appeared a
short time i;,iee,_to the effect that there were no gold or
ores to he foitta.l in the island.
Your oholient servant,
Cortthilt, Nov, 6. A SCRIPHOLDER.
--New Timm

nyi
t ile ttYptittlitatia XIV ii 1 '
eli fell from Lord Chief Justice
Best. on Saturday, relative t the •
in the case of fir Jo. u_ 9 Joint Stock Schemes,
are deserving of Loath
artieurr.ing and others v. flone,
nave said, "It lea been Cotu'un. Ile is reported to
great names to be assoeiated wide the practice for
ompaniee of this
in d. These names drew unthinki:
bark in schemes countenanced by ultigdyersons to em.
then these great persons withdrew thenTaTions, and I
large sums of money, and left innbentelv Iluttle
meet the liabilities incurred. It was time pteirsons to
,should know this could not be done. Th,i'B Pblie
thus delivered by the Lord Chief Justice of th:Peur
MOO Pleas does credit to his heart and understand:-
Where, indeed, amid the almost general curruptioli ).f
ent
ete res day, would the principles of honesty and
.goo,-lp faith find countenance and protection if they had.
not a fefuge in the purity of the -Bench ? Too many
instances of diegraceful or cnal participation ni
Joint Stock delusions have been brought home to
Members of the Legiaiature, to allow us to look up
with unquali6ed respect or confidence to the co
shllective s
. character of Parliammt. I;entlerrien and arper
cannot long usocia.te torigether without the more ho-
nourable minds suffering from the Wont contact with
such base coinpattionsbip. We blush for ate Peerage,
sullied as its honours are, bI wlw so many have
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