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London, England, 1842-03-31 00:00:00

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e ..,,,r. 1 c blessings of peace. These vessels could.
bly °•llfivek, CP./ '!liiir frigates in a few weeks, possi-
' of H,l-. gar lew ays; and as all the other nations
...e wort, ,
atter' ' -114t4ing into account our commercial
num-
ber
ornavY) could not furnish one half of the numd-
that sea.
that it-seeamers, we may rest assured
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flame "e of them would enter into a rash or unjusti-
fth warwith this country. These are onlya few
up, a a 44,414,.. • .
1-,ttey -b.w .resulting from such undertakings.
coura Promote intercourse with foreign nations, en
erftd ge tra+ and commerce, and form the most po.w.-
44:eans ot spreading the arts of peace and mill.-
ti,,_ . ever vpf A:
' ''' discovered, Great credit, therefore, is
csteto the late Government for establishing this new
by theni'cang we confidently trust it will not be neglected
be dulrstlecessors. Every plan for improvement should
one
(i Y rewarded. All the machinery of vessels of
akte es"ription and size should be constructed on the
f
kil ~„'guge and scale, so that any portion o
toti,-"g`an could be obtained at an hour's
Niti—t) and the officers and engineers should be amply
lervi: in officers
men of talent and skill to enter the
lirita.e.! With these and other improvements, Great
ritalia would continue, as she has long been, without
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lich Journals are delighted to learn that
that the DXIt is unpopular at Jerusalem, and
4iseow--°lte has refused to recognize him in an
tif;ll4,l7heaPacity. We have no right to complain
!)4e --Iseming a Bishop to Jerusalem, where
'N4li"'"llltely no Protestant congregation, or
lel, vet 0); Place of worship, we have rendered our-
Ntase to-444°0s to all the ridicule which they may
111°re fooletlBt upon us. There never was
business than sending an English
h4bitt:it his wife and children, to convert the in-
b , 11,
SYria.ia. All who have travelled in the
the eonversant with the deep impressions of
k• slttit‘i,4ce respecting the chastity of the priesthood.
all th,,-";e8e Persons, was there anything more likely
Iv 11186,- 'l,lllabitantS of Jerusalem with disgust than
• a neadlng a triumphal cavalcade, followed
tai litter
in a state of advanced pregnancy,
hter full of children ? His very first ap-
eto fir ea was an outrage against public decency,
e°neerned his family, and a mockery of the
lattl to-Y learned at the foot of the Cross in what re-
,l4litqe thbirnself• Our Government should learn to
'4411-1 conduct of prudent men of the world, who
4ineTouch as they can, the exhibition of t
'en(l 4,,,es 4 their character to the observation of trihe
ed
0.
49• ~,,;11e affair of the Syrian Bishopric is not more
:51te,6 not half so unjust as we daily practice
Sand ; but then the Turks know nothing about
ire 4either do one half the population in France.
~!/riajtlSYrio British province, and we to treat the
'441 -11 M we do the Irish, we would not only se.nhd
h°l4l-eillishop, but a dozen of them, together t
,„..e ha ells of rectors, and an army of priests into
ntherr,°""ll; and, moreover, we would compel every
C'Yph, B°ll of them—Jews, Turks, Druses,Armenians,.
rtliqiaplicl Catholics—to support these ecclesiastics, in
°f Pashas and Emirs, out of the proceeds of a
het4Playi ImPost, called tithes. And could no other
1:114 of:l,iit' be found for this army of divines in a
,71!th -4llevers, we would employ them in libel- ,
;783,%ehr,eetis of the country, abusing its ancient.
'ltioh,:q4 vilifying every one of its religious insti-
'lrei mAll this we do, and for centuries have done
Ltb)? 4.' But why expose ourselves to be laughed
it Prot to propagate this system ?In Scot-
pilii-,1°,41.1 a failure, and in our colonies it is fast
illAxA,-e seeds of general disaffection. As Dr.
a'141)1 Ttal the Bishop of Jerusalem, is really an
Nv",:lied man, the best thing Sir R. PEEL can
Leajaer -41 yesterday, is to order a Government
17"; Rise fit
himself and his family back to Eng-
illarst proceeding proves tluit he is
,„ver he alialified for such a mission, what-
-11,',N.,„`"e extent of his knowledge of Oriental
his --: Rad he taken his Bible with him, and
illTh34.;,regnarit wife behind him, he would have
-1,11 4e •;`" signs of a respect for Syrian prejudices,
ha34,ie el ultimate success. But in courting, as
t'4 of. Lue, a crown of martyrdom, he has defeated
great ends of his mission-- the rendering o f
Church popular in Palestine,
a•di
Neh ng* to letters from Madrid o f the 22d of
IN; the Spanish Government begins to be se
" Perplexed as to what course ought to be pur-
, Wepr,?°r proton ging the minority of the young
Pan filer MAJRSTY, according to the laws of the.
P46l:lllnenarehy, will be of full age at fourteen—a
hv,t;o meife when no girl is capable of assuming the
~14° fiot 431' a great nation.
.The. Regent ESPAR-
M 4 thi r Prolonging her minority till eighteen,
4tlinscan °llly be done by summoning an extra-
11:Drear.'1,'"sion of the COrtes, for the sole and
3 -rik"of revising the Constitution. Now
revisi
ettleted trkg Power of such a body could not be re-
a single article of the Constitution, unless
qtkiilla their pleasure. Here, then, is a serious
11°‘ver silt which the Government is doing all in -its
A di• Le Overcome.
;reelo„ 'gusting sacrilege," says the Constitucional of
Zeivie-gaih: has taken place in this city. A man, after
the hoT communion the altar of the Cathedral,
Pet:, rni 4,'e 'ac_aferifirom mouth, and stuck it, in de-
tQ(l 4;1,1, church door. A_esteimr scandal was per-
210drici line church of St.
II at aurae, of the 22d.—Five per Cents., 828 to
silty days.
Nrth of news in the French Journals
Person seems to pay much attention to the
.414'7. IT of the affairs of the Chambers, previous
:7141- dissolution. The session has proved alto-f
m°ls,„ a very barren one, except in the article o
t4511441-8e: of which the harvest has been remarkably
Among the. industrious gleaners after
ticoth.,7B in this field, is M. GOLBERRY who has still
the-filt,tee at work, to discover how the nonsense
7110,'"atobers may be most easily disseminatek.
'"eot France. M. GOLBERRY, who is a remark-
N 70,1 listener, though does not talk much
Lod Ll4roPoses that the Chamber shall appointko
tl),-`l4orters, who are to pen every syllable spoken
thee
I'lleth_vitrious orators, publish the whole daily a
hole ° °f the country, and address copies free to the
'4l, ' the electoral body throughout France. Let
the :ellelne bear the stamp of sheer absurdity
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eta~il'ee of it, and the French Chamber of De-
will be sure to appoint a committee to
Let it be feasible and rational, and
b),"Do -tY to one they will laugh at it ; but if
butt ,-1%,,4,,r°48, they will be sure to assume a grave,
"ical air, and, like magpies peeping into a
vet,,,berice the marrow has been extracted, look
6,- tit s" Personification of puzzled incapacity. • Not
4;;;Ih l„
4elober of the Chamber saw anything dis-
Cliott;r immoral in a plan for taxing thirty-ofive
;141(14,,-. °f people foi the political education
C thousand families distinguished from the
• e very fact of their being more wealthy.t
"Jeetion was made by the Editor of the S echle,
'144 4f bePut , against a scheme for ruining tet
v:/v tvsParislYbutg he took merely a class-intere.sll
;,elltql4ii-inte question. That M. GOLBERET'S plan W
tot,i."Y he rejected we have too high an opinion of
is t °ll sense of France to doubt. What annoys
11'4. Atli:- it Was not flung to the winds the moment it
QIN l'osed.
'1).1/41;12t and Queen of the Belgians are expected af
Aft?lii-h"e.3 to-day, or to-morrow. Lieutenant-Geneya,
kettugerh, who returned three days ago from Africa,
41te-`l, ads sent to take the place of General Bu
P(1),)1,11t.Y ;" " audience the day before yesterday of his
Of ,?'esterdily morning, he had a conference of
t
4tl4fets."_sllrB with Marshal Soult. A great number
A °ll ot:r.e now in Paris, who. have doubtless been
1) j°tir 41°11 of the approaching general elections.
D4P 1,4,1 announces, that the Electoral Colleges will
ii-i'l:1)°14:1`: for. the. 28th. of August.
to ()ti . re, it is said, has announced that his report
bl,'llZeelta.lirt'ads will be laid before the Commissioners
0141tatill„11,,, fac)turers aof beetroot sugar, in the depart-
IN Sot N' rth, will hold general meeting at
oftahat ni this month, for the purpose of consider-
he ""tsures the have to take in the present state
iti4titifa
Co?, ctures.
"Itns of Lansdowne has arrived at Paris.—
]l[°!l 'anne/
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shaiNer,
.the Committee on the Budget heard the
v'hOc'tiltof ‘‘' ar, Foreign Affairs,. and Marine. Mar-
. 4rb.14 ri.Nu'vf explanations relating to his department,
first Pide.d into three grand. sections—the home
t' o, whi-•el:geria, and extraordinary works. The two
of 23 'Prebend the expenses of the army, give
for 4000 men and 84,288
eachhanp eile°e9t:7t3h3ef"l.ately34 proposed reductions, a
ditr reg.irnwr eNery battalion will
.he taken away from
tent of the line and of light infantry. In ad-
14'1111414;3°noliti.en will pass intillo thlem reserve in 1843,
gradually effected.
4:ttitl4,l6Soualt sholv%3-'crtLotrsetllwse measures will produce
tat-4,11Qn 2°9f.32,656,892f., but the total diminution only
,ii°93 242 f in consequence of several augmen-
riskts.-.,t4lite.h 'will r”oquire a sum of 2,763,650 f. These
118 `are
-intended to give a supplement to the