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London, England, 1829-06-13 00:00:00

ing with regard to the East, in France and Eng-
' land. " Let not the people of London be asto-
nished at the little sympathy excited in France
by all these British complaints against the en-
croachments of Russia by land and by sea. This
may be connected, if you will, with what our
neighbours call our fashionable affection for
Greece. Be it so. But in truth it is a beauti-
ful and noble fashion to wish to complete the
independence of an oppressed people. Would
it, for instance, be better to confine our expedi-
tion to the Morea to the results which have
crowned that of Portugal ? 'Without doing
Mahmoud the injustice to compare him with
Don Miguel, we will own frankly that we should
feel indignant at seeing the Morea at the mercy
of the first freak of the Sultan, as we have felt
indignant at seeing Portugal given up to the
promises of Dcn Miguel. Yet the latter had
sworn obedience to the Charter and the Crown
of his brother, and we have not even obtained
from Mahmoud the acknowledgment of what
has been actually accomplished. "No ; be-
fore disengaging ourselves from a treaty which is
far from having received the accomplish-'
ment which each of the Powers signing it ex-
pected, let us leave in the East a power suf-
ficiently strong to finish the work of its political
regeneration. Till then all is weakness, ego-
tism, and shame." The sneer at the paltry in-
terference of England with Portugal, which led
so many of the liberals of that country to sacri-
fice themselves, in the belief of having our sup-
port, is not, perhaps, out of place. But the
French, who are now so honourable and magna-
nimous, cannot, surely, have forgotten that but
a few years have passed since they were the blind
instruments of their Government in the unprin-
cipled overthrow of the Constitutional Govern-
ment of Spain ; and that to them, and to them
alone, are to be attributed the calamities which
oppress the whole Peninsula. We admit that
the English Government has acted with silliness ;
but we must claim for it, at the same time, the
strictet regard for the rights of national inde-
pence which has been displayed by any Govern-
ment in Europe, since the termination of the
European war.—Morning Chronicle.

At a period when deep-rooted ignorance on
all the most important subjects which concern
the welfare of mankind has so firm a place among
the aristocracy of this country& we should not be
doing our duty to the public, were we not to call
their attention to the Report just published by
the " Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know-
ledge." By the efforts of this excellent institu-
tion there are now distributed every fortnight
among the people of England upwards of 30,000
copies of some Treatise on useful subjects.
Hitherto their exertions have been confined to
Mathematics, History, and Biography; but we
find that, should their funds increase, it is their
intention to circulate tracts on the economy of
farms. When we consider the lamentable ig-
norance of the country-labourer in this country,
there can be no species of publication so likely
to better the state of that part of our popula-
tion, and, therefore, there is no Society in favour
of which we more earnestly solicit the support of
the affluent and of the philanthropist. We for-
merly called the attention of our readers to the
admirable Treatise, written by Mr. Brougham,
on The Advantages of Knowledge; it is with
equal pleasure we can now refer to the last Trea-
tise published by the Society, The Life of Sir
I. Newton. Report has declared the author of
this to be a young man of high connection. To
him we say, prosecute the line you have well
begun ; should chance place you in a political
station, give the same attention to the affairs of
the public that you have in this Number be-
stowed upon science-10u have distinguished
yourself already by your success in the softer
field of Venus; emulate the reputation your
father acquired in the Royal Engineers, by your
services to your country in civil life.—lbid.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT,

At the Court at St. James's, the 10th day of June, 1829,

PRESENT,
The King's Must Excellent Majesty in Council.
This day the Right Hon. James Earl of Rosalyn was,
by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's Most
Host Honourable Privy Council, and his Lordship took
his place at the Board accordingly.
His Majesty having been pleased to deliver the custody
of the Privy Seal to the Right Honourable James Earl of
Rosslyn, the Oath of the Keeper of the Privy Seal was
this day administered to his Lordship.

At the Court at St. James's, the 10th day of June, 1829,

PRESENT,
The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

This day the Right Hon. Sir Nicolas Conyngha►n Tyndal
was, by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the
Board accordingly.

Whitehall, June 10.

The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, appointing Lieut.-General
Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset, K.C.13. to be
Lieutenant. General of the Ordnance of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Crown-office, June 12.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIdIS PRESENT PAR—

LIAMENT.
Town of Cambridge.
Co!owl Frederick William Trench.

Whitehall, May 25.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Gaskell
Taylor, of St. Helens, near Wigan, in the county palatine
of Lancaster, Gent. to he a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.