The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-25 00:00:00

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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, ISM

Government are in daily, nay, hourly expecta-
tion of news from Russia, in answer to the de-
spatches which have been sent off, touching the
Affairs of Turkey. The communications with the
French Government have also been very frequent
upon the same interesting, and at, this crisis most
important subject.

We are glad to perceive that the subject of Ana-
tomical Dissection was last night brought forward in
the House of Commons. The popular prejudices
respecting it are scarcely more contemptible than
the pusillanimity with which all attempt at legisla-
tion has been hitherto avoided, and a necessity
thereby created for the existence of an evil—whereas,
under due regulations, dissection would not be cal-
culated to outrage the feelings of hUmanity. The
most affectionate relatives will consent to the open-
ing of a body under peculiar circumstances, but the
disgust originates in an idea that the mangled re-
mains of mortality are not committed to the sacred
custody of the tomb, but are scattered with profane
irreverence, or employed in satisfying the natural
cravings of some eagle or wolf, which the lecturer
may keep to assist in consuming what he does not
dare to honour with the rights of sepulture.
The same arguments apply in this as in all other
attempts to prevent what must inevitably take place.
For no one out of St. Luke's will deny that the art
of surgery is essentially necessary, or will assert that
it can be acquired without the dissection of dead
bodies. Now, this being conceded, what can be
more preposterous than neglecting to modify what
must evidently exist, and to diminish public preju-
dice by punishing the wanton, not the necessary
operations of anatomy ? For instance, let every sur-
geon
throughout the Kingdom give security that he
will on no occasion neglect to collect the mortal
remains on which he has operated, and to commit
them with the usual solemnities to the chambers of
the dead—and we are satisfied that ,the prejudices of
half the world would at once be reconciled to such
a modified exercise of the profession of anatomy.

\Ve truly rejoice in the decision to which the
Dissenters have come, respecting the very unobjec-
tionable declaration proposed by Mr. PEEL The
speeches of Lord Jourt RUSSELL and of the Right
Honourable Secretary for the Home Department,
display that spirit which ought to mark the dis-
cussions of legislators, and are a happy contrast to
the petulance and flippancy which sometimes break
out, even in our Houses of Parliament.

Our readers will perceive that the Corn Question
is positively to come on, on Friday the 28th. We
are afraid, however, that th© devotions of Sir E.
KNATCHBULL and the Country Squires, will be in-
terrupted during Easter, by their anxiety to pick
holes in the resolutions which may be submitted.

Upon reference to our Parliamentary Report, it
will be seen that a very large majority-213 to 34,
has determined that the Elective Franchise shall be
transferred from Penryn to Manchester. This is
as it should be. 'We hope that, before long, Bir-
mingham, Leeds, and other great Towns will have
equal justice done them.

By an observation of Lord 'WALLACE last
night, we perceive that the Parliamentary Com-
missioners have recommended the consolidation
of the English and • Irish Post Offices. Should
this take place, we trust that the conduct of the
Irish Post-Office, will be given to its present in-
defatigable Secretary, Sir EDWARD S. LEES, than
whom there does not exist a more efficient or
more conscientious public officer.

Frankfort Papers of the 18th, and Brussels of the
22d inst. have been received, from which we make
the follo\ving extracts, which are highly honourable
to the bravery displayed by the Greeks besieging
Scio

BItUSSELS, MARCH 21.

The following is the repOrt made by Col. Fabvier to the
Greek Government on a sally made by the Turks in the fort
of Scio, and of which a notice has already been given in
several Journals :

SCIO, JAN. 24.
I have the honour to send you an account of a brillian
action, which does the greatest hon Our to the Greeks.

I had given orders for the occupation of an elevated po-
sition, named Nemoreas, which is near the gates of the for-
tress; but, before this order could be executed, the Turks,
sallying from the place. to the number of about 1,000 men,
themselves attacked this position. Captain Ghicas, with
about 30 men only, defended it with the greatest valour.
There the enemy, falling in a mass on the left, succeeded in
passing the positions of Captains Papadopoulos and Neo-
phitas, whose soldiers, almost all of them natives of Scio,
took flight.
The Turks continuing to advance, occupied the position
called Turlotes ; but the 2d Regiment, consisting of 225
men, rushed forward against the entrenchment, and at-
tacked the enemy. At the same time, the regular corps of
the right line approached, and the line was again occupied,
while other troops, supported by a small corps of cavalry,
under Captain Juvet, attacked the Turks, who had occu-
pied Turlotes, and pursued them towards the town.
The Slaughter was terrible : of 1,000 Turks, who sal-
lied from the fort, scarcely 100 returned. We have taken
30 prisoners, among whom is an Albanfian Chief. The
ditches ;are filled with dead bodies. Vie Chiefs of the
Turks and the flower of the garrison have been killed ;
seven standards have fallen into our hands. During the
action an immense number of balls and bombs was fired
from the fort.

Our loss amounts to 40 killed and wounded. Among
the latter is Captain Neophitas, and I have myself also re-
ceived a very slight wound. Our greatest loss is that of
Captain Vautier, of the Hanoverian service, who was killed
in the middle of one of the enemy's battalions, where he
had made a dreadful slaughter.
The prisoners have informed us that 1,500 Turks, with
provisions and ammunition, had arrived in the fort, all
whose officers arc richer killed or wounded. But for this
reinforcement, the place would have capitulated long ago.
The object of the enemy was to favour the landing of the
Turks from Tchesme, under the command of the Paella of
Smyrna.
The honour of this glorious day is wnerally attributed to
the regular troops, and especially to ihe 2d Regiment. I
have also great praise to give to the officers of the irre-
gular troops, who, though the enemy had occupied all the
heights, succeeded in dislodging them, and caused them
great loss. (Signed) FABVIER.

A report from General Church, dated Mytico, Feb. 4,
announces that Missolongbi, blockaded by sea and land,
will soon surrender ; that the fort of Anatolico would have
been taken, had not Captain Hastings unfortunately re-
ceived a slight wound ; that Omer Vrione still occupied
Arta, though with few troops; and that the Greeks had
just taken four' convoys of 'supplies destined for Miss°.
loeghi.

BRUSSELS, BURCH 21.
His Royal Highness the Prince of prange left this city
last night, to return to the Hague : it is supposed he will

set out on his journey to St. Peteisburgli towards tilt end
of this month.

STIITTGARD, MARCH 15.

His' Majesty the King had been indisposed for some
days with rheumatic fever and catarrh, when on the 14th
the measles appeared, and have since proceeded in the
usual coarse. Last night his Majesty slept better, and the
fever is now much abated : all the symptoms are favourable.
Her Majesty the Queen is in a fair way of recovery.

In a former Number of our Paper, we, in common
with our Contemporaries, have given insertion to a
statement affecting the character of the Ursuline
Convent at St. Omer. We have since been assu-
red, on the most undoubted authority, that the
article, like many others from the same source (an
Evening Journal), was a malicious falsehood. We
therefore hasten to do the only justice in our power
by giving the following contradiction, from a well-
conducted and promising Weekly Publication, en-
titled The Catholic Journal, whose pages are exclu-
sively devoted to Catholic interests. It was a Work
much wanted, and one which all true Catholics
ought to support. We perceive that it is stamped,
and can therefore be received by post like a News-
paper:—

URSULINE CONVENT AT ST. OMER. '
(From the Catholic Journal of Saturday.)
" An article has been inserted in a newspaper in Eng-
land, in which it is stated that a young woman has been
"for five or six years in the cellars of the Ursuline Convent
at St. Omer, because she refuses to take the religious
veil. It adds, that no one is allowed to see her, to speak
to her, or even to mention her name in the convent ; that
they give out there that she is mad, because u-hen they
try to force the nuns' dress upon her, she tears it to pieces,
anti will not, on any account, consent to put it on; that
she is confined there by order of her uncle or guardian,
who has posses.ion of her property, and lastly, that her
name is Mademoiselle St. Bernard.

" This article is a tissue of falsehood. No. young wo-
man whatever in this place is kept in forcible or oppres-
sive confinement. Neither the ecclesiastical superiors, nor
the civil authorities, would suffer such conduct or any
violence of the like description ; which, besides, is altoge-
ther inconsistent with the upright and honourable treat-
ment of their pupils by Ursuline Ladies.
" We, the undersigned, feel ourselves called upon, as
well for the credit of religion as for that of the ladies of
the community, to contradict this degrading calumny. We
defy thole who may be disposed to come and investigate
the truth, to find out any thing that can give the slightest
colour to such a calumny.
" As to the remaining part of the article i❑ the same
Gazette, it is too malignant a fabrication, and too plainly
falsified by the localities of the place, as well as too re-
pugnant to the rules of common sense, to require to be
refuted. It deserves to be treated only witk contempt.
" Given at St. Omer, at the Convent of the Ursuline
Ladies, the 11th March, 1828.
" LIEERSAT, Almoaer of the Ursuline Convent of
St. Oman.
" Dzitom, Cure of Notre Dame at St. Omer, Dean
of St. Omer, Vicar-General of the Diocese of
Arras, Superior of the Ursuline Community."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

PonTsmouTil, MA RC H transports
are making from the Eastward, supposed to be the Vittoria
and J. Buchanan, from Lisbon. Arrived the Arab trans-
port, from the West Indies ; the Andromeda, Muddle,
from the Mauritius in 105 days. Sailed the Timandra,
Mary Owen, Vibelia, and Jas. Colvin, transports, for Rams-
gate, to disembark the troops and horses ; Ellen, Sims,
for Newfoundland ; the Urania, Mearn, for New York ;
the Recovery, Brooks, for the South Seas ; the Creole,
Galloway, for Pernambuco ; the Sir .Wm. Wallace, for
Bermuda, ; and the Juno, Lawson, for Jamaica.
MARGATE, MARCH 24.--Arrived off Port, the Scotia,
Melville, from Teneriffe.