The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

A letter on the subject of Greece has been
placed in our hands for insertion. It bears the
signature of Mr. Blaquiere, who has already
shown zeal and activity in the cause of the Greek
people, and with the solicitude which he mani-
fests in this letter for the final success of their
struggle against the Turkish power, we are sure
that every Englishman will most deeply sympa-
thise. At the same time it does not appear to
us very evident, what steps the author of the
present address would recommend to be taken in
favour of the unfortunate Greeks. If he means
another loan, it will be necessary to satisfy the
public with regard to the honour as well as the
discretion of those by whom the funds so raised
are to be administered. The last loan, without
being of the slightest benefit to Greece, was, to
England and other Christian countries, a dis-
grace which can hardly ever be obliterated. And
in what hands could the proceeds of another
contribution be vested, with the joint concur-
rence of the British creditors and of the Greeks
who borrow? There are no Greeks, either civil
or military, in whom, whatever may be Mr. Bla-
quiere's feelings, any man of business in this
country would repose confidence for the value of
a ten-pound note ; nor, from the jealousies, in-
trigues, and animosities of which every part of
Greece affords such lamentable proof, can we
persuade ourselves that there are any British
subjects whom the body of the Greek nation
would agree to name as trustees of a fund, for
the amount of which they and their children
must be responsible hereafter. Lord Cochrane
and General Church, devoted as they have been
to the cause of liberty and to the Greek service,
are loaded with the foulest abuse that corrupt
and envious faction can, disseminate. They
would, probably, be rejected as trustees—nor
alight they to accept the office. However willing,
we might be, therefore, to submit the proposi-
tion of further voluntary and individual succour,
to ptomote any warlike enterprise of our own
gallant cnuntrymen, we must be excused from
xecon3mending another attempt at borrowing a
um, of money on behalf of Greece, under the
notion of a single farthing of principal or interest
being repaid within any definite period. The
intervention of the great Allied Powers must be
the real and only hope of ultimate safety for the
Greek nation. If the treaty of intervention be
immediately and vigorously acted upon, nothing
can impede the success of Greece, or endanger
her independence--at least her independence of
the Turkish sway. If that treaty be but a noisy
menace, nothing else that has yet been suggested
can save'her. With regard to the final object
of the treaty, in its effects upon the Turkish
empire, should the Divan yield with a good
grace, it may probably be to secure for a time the
dominion of the Porte over the rest of her Eu-
ropean provinces by the sacrifice of Greece,
which, governed as it has been, is perhaps the
least substantially profitable among them. If
the Porte thoula:do more than bluster, and make
actual resistanes to the Allies, the loss of Greece
may prove that pottion of her calamities which
she will think it least worth while to mourn.—
Times.

The disturbances in Spain have at length be-
come the subject of official consideration. In
the Patis Papers of Sunday, we have a circular
from the Spanish Minister of War to the Cap-
tain-General of Catalonia, containing a history
of the Catalonian insurrection, and an account
of the objects and pretexts of those who are con-
cerned in it. The extent of the danger has com-
pelled the Goverment to break silence. Kings
very frequently allow themselves to be persuaded
that they know much better what is good for
each one of their subjects than he does himself,
and thus, in their paternal care, they prescribe
to him in what manner he shall prosecute his
trade or calling, what books he shall read and
what not, what opinions he shall entertain, and
so forth. it is not to be expected, however,
that Kings should have a monopoly either of
self-conceit or benevolence, and accordingly it is
found, that subjects take it into their heads oc-
casionally that they know better what is good for
Kings than Kings themselves do, and wish to
enlighten them as to the delusions under which
they labour, and to free them from the false friends
by whom they are surrounded. It is delightful
to see so much benevoience in the world. Kings
enlightening their subjects by fire and faggots,
and subjects making war on Kings for their own
sake, and even bringing them to the block, from
their ferveiit regard to loyalty. The King of
Spain seems a good deal at a loss how to deal with
subjects so benevolently inclined towards him.
For " the conspirators," it is said in this circu-
lar, " issued proclamations, in which they dared,
with unexampled temerity, to manifest the de-
sign of tearing the King from the captivity in
avhich he is held ; they did not fear to point to
she approaching annihilation of Royalty, if not
ipported by their efforts." Again :—" The
excess of audacity which characterises these de-
signs, is to pretend that his Majesty is the slave
of the faithful servants who surround him—au
impious and odious artifice, not less derogatory
from the Royal authority than from the Royal
dignity, and which can have no other object for
result, than the sowing division among loyal
Spaniards, and weakening the Royal authority
in the midst of civil war, and de vin prig it of the
energy and the means by which it resisted the
efforts of the revolutionists who really oppressed
his Majesty from 1820 to 1823." This is not
such a izew piece of tactics as his Spanish iVja-
hesty's Mini sters would have us to believe it is ; for
istory informs us that most rebellions in modern
times-have been uodertaken out of pure friend-
ship for Kings, their rebellious subjects being al-
ways better judges of the friends and advisers fit-
ting for them than they themselves are. It would be
veryfoolish in any men to assign evil intentions to-
wards their Sovereign as a motive, when the assign-
ing. of good intentions will serve them better ; for
there are always people in the world so veryfoolish
as to be the dupes of pretexts, and to lay aside
dis-
guise might risk the loss of such fools. It
seems, accordingly, to be an understood matter
in the world now, that there are no enemies.
Wherever a man turns he finds persons anxious
for his good ; the Magistrate sends the rogue Co
the tread-mill for his good ; and even the Inqui-
sition burns the sinner's body merely for the
good of his soul. Our own Sovereign has, like
others, experienced the zeal of friends, anxious,
above all things, to serve him, by surrounding
nit with Counsellora who have the interest of
oopy nly at heart ; and who only take the
friendsaef violating his privacy---and libelling his
have in si3razthe excess of their loyalty. We
principle.of.pregnant proof of the folly of that
rogate to a. Comxitte
Holy Alliance which would'ar-
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guardianship of e of Sovereigns an universal
foreign interfereneeilTstins The tenancy , of
always mischievous. When
a nation is left to
each other as to itself, the parties, after doing
_chief as possible, come,
in time, to a sort of compromise; and the in9ile-

ration of the party in authority is ensured by the
dread of having the party not in authority on
their hands. Philanthropists may talk as much.
as they like about benevolence, but mankind owe
much more to their fear than their love of each
other. But when Foreign Governments inter-
fere, they of course espouse the side of one
party, and the reliance placed by such party on
this assistance deprives 'it of the moderation
engendered
by fear, and necessarily creates dis-
affection by creating and aggravating abuses.
The experience of all ages and countries bears
testimony to the truth of this position. In the
East Indies the native Governments rub on
tolerably well, till we take the Princes under our
protection ; but the moment a Prince knows that
he is backed by the British power, he lays aside
all discretion in his oppression, his country be-
comes a desert, and we are at last obliged, to
save the territory from utter destruction, to incor-
porate it with the rest of our territories. To
take an illustration nearer home—the oppression
of the Irish has only been carried to that dis-
graceful height that makes Ireland the reproach
of the British name throughout the world, from
England freeing the Irish Squirearchy and
Orangemen from all dread of the consequences
of their oppression. So long as England chooses
to amuse itself by paying soldiers to allow the
Irish Squire to oppress with impunity, so long
will he oppress. But the impudent swaggering
tyrant, if left to himself, would soon be
tamed into better manners, and forced to
respect those who could retaliate. The
Holy Alliance allowed themselves to be
hurried away by an exaggerated fear of de-
mocratical revolutions to the adoption of a
policy which inevitably leads to revolution.
—Nations, so far from being disposed to
revolution, are, on the contrary, disposed to
bear with their evils too patiently. The great
security of Governments, is the dread of an in-
dustrious population of the losses and sufferings
which would ensue from an interruption of the
general tranquillity. In England, when the mass
of the people were ignorant and dependent, a
few discontented Barons or Priests could at any
time excite a rebellion ; but, let any evil-disposed
persons in the present day attempt to disturb the
peace, and every man who has a house over his
head, and a wife and children to protect, will in-
stantly range himself on the side of authority.—
If a people, therefore, be at all protected in their
persons and property, they will never rise
against their Government. The King of Prussia,
th most absolute Sovereign in Europe, is hardly
to be distinguished in his capital from any of
his subjects, and the military force consists prin-
cipally of armed citizens. Denmark is another
absolute Government, but it is impossible for
any Government to rest on a more secure foun-
dation, The dread of democratical rebellion is
of all chimeras the wildest. Spain was not dis-
turbed, because democratical doctrines were ad-
dressed to the people ; but democratical doctrines
were addressed to the people because the country
was disturbed. The elements of discord had
long existed, and will continue to exist long in
the country. " The social system was falling to
pieces, and the people were every where in that
state, which invites to revolt, for their situation
could not be made worse ; and a mass of igno-
rance called forth as usual the unprincipled to
take advantage of it. Had the holy advisers
been able to read as they ought, the signs of the
times, they would have seen, that so far from
strengthening either Spain or themselves by their
interference, they would weaken both. They
would weaken Spain by aggravating the evils of
misrule, and preventing a natural remedy ; and
weaken themselves by exhibiting to the world
their own gross ignorance of the principles of
government. As to -Trance, the immediate
agent in this grand course prescribed by the
Holy Alliance, there is no saying what the con-
sequences yet may be to her. She has entangled
herself in such a manner that she can neither ad-
vance with safety nor recede with honour. As
to the idea of occupying Spain permanently, we
will do the French statesmen the justice to be-
lieve that this vision never entered their heads.
The expence of occupying Spain permanently
against the will of the inhabitants—that is, of
governing and administering it as a dependency
of France, would be so great, as in twenty years
to involve the French finances in ruin—and fi-
nancial difficulties are the parents of revolution.
But with what decency, can France, which in-
vaded Spain under the colour of restoring tran-
quillity, withdraw her troops at a moment when
civil war is raging? Irshe then takes a part in
the war, the evil will still be aggravated, and from
step to step, she may be led involuntarily to take
possession of the country, and thus endanger her
own safety.--Morning Chronicle.

Among the improvements required in Lon-
don, we know of none more obvious than the
one pointed out in a Paris letter in our Paper of
yesterday—viz., the providing one more spa-
cious places of sepulture in the outskirts of the
town, in lieu of the present reprehensible prac-
tice of burying nearly all who die in the metro-
polis within the very heart of it. The disgust-
ing exhumation which is now taking place near
St. Martin's Church, and the many other simi-
lar violations of the dead, which necessary
changes in various parts of the metropolis have
occasioned, would all have been avoided, had
general burial-places on the outskirts of the town
been, as they ought to have been, long since re-
sorted to, Of cQ4rse, as the population in-
creases, the method we advari iR becomes every
day doubly necessary ; and we wonder it has
never occurred to the successive Bishops of
London, weir called upon to consecrate vari-
ous small spaces as additional burial-grounds,
how much more desirable it would be to see the
burials removed altogether to separate and en-
larged spaces, where neither rPligzon nor hu-
manity would be outraged by the disturbance
which now takes place; while, above all, the
health of the metropolis would be preserved
against tilie pestilence which now " walketh at
noon-day." We are iiot prepared to enter into
the details of the matter, Which we are aware
admita of various suggestions, and which would
not be wanting were plans called for and encou-
raged by Government. On the whole, we should
say that the plan pursued in Paris appears to be
the best, and that this is one of those improve-
with great propriety copy.
ments which we might
from our neighbours. If their living hells are
not beneath our imitation, surely their mode of
disposing of the dead is at least as worthy of our
regard.—Monzing Herald,
It is proposed to put in force more strictly the
laws in respect to public houses, and the Lord
-
Mayor is highly praised for his -activity in that
respect. We grant the purity of the- Lord
Mayor's motives, and we contend that he is at
the same time the greatest friend to those houses
that they ever found. lie is, in fact, giving
a monopoly of night business. Let not the pub-
lic be so silly as to imagine that penalties will
ever put them down. Penalties will only ay a

per tentage to their bills—they will calculate on
fines, and charge accordingly. Forfeit their li-
censes, it will be equally' n vain. So long as
there are funds to purchase wine, wine will be
sold after eleven o'clock as readily aibefore .; all
the difference possible is, that it will cost more ;
and by the limitation of the number of those who
1 sell, and the increasing of the hazard of selling,
' the trade will fall into less scrupulous and more
disreputable hands. It is precisely the same
with gaming houses. They encourage cheating,
because, under the penalties annexed to them,
they will not otherwise pay. It is folly to sup-
pose that men will not game if they feel inclin-
ed, because the law declares against gaming-
houses. There is more money, we believe, lost
by gaming in England in one year, than in
France in half-a-dozen, although in the former
it is carried on in defiance of the law, and in the
latter under its sanction. We desire not to be
mistaken. We are as heartily opposed to drunk-
enness, and gaming, as the most zealous of our
contemporaries, and as desirous of seeing those
vices put down, but we look for that consumma-
tion not to enactments, but to manners. Both
of them are vices of ignorance, and its conse-
quent—with all who are above the necessity of
manual labour—idleness. Both have prevailed in
the country, at former periods, to a much greater
extent, and we look confidently to the general
diffusion of education, and to the taste it gives
for the purest stimulus—intellectual recreation—
for their ultimate extinction. In the mean time,
whatever be adopted in respect of gaming
houses, we should wish that places of enter-
tainment should be allowed to regulate their
hours of shutting up by the requirements of
their customers, and that while men will
drink they should be allowed to drink, under the
protection of honest landlords. The crime
against which the fears of the respectable part of
the community are chiefly directed, is theft in all
its forms, the besetting sin of the poor. The
grand cause of this crime is poverty, to which
there is no remedy to propose, but the grand en-
couragement is the facility which pawnbroking
offers to the disposal of plunder. The fence
drives a hazardous trade, and he must be ensured
at a high premium. The thief makes little by
dealing with him ; and the young thief seldom
knows where to seek him, when he is inclined to
ask his assistance ; but the pawnbroker's shop
stares him in the face at every turn. Many of
these are kept by men of respectable character
and unimpeachable honesty, to whom, in fact,
the public owe much gratitude, for scarcely a
day passes over that thefts are not discovered by
their means. Many of them also are kept by
men who as richly deserve hanging as the most
practised robber. These melters of spoons and
metamorphosers of watches, encourage more vice
than all the gin-shops and vulgar hells in town.
We would not propose the suppression of
pawnbroking; for though we consider time
good it affords infinitely less than the evil it in-
flicts, we know the system to be too deeply
fixed to admit of present remedy. We would.,
however, suggest a plan by which it might be
converted into an active and useful instrument of
police, to which plan, though it might impose a
small additional labour, we should hope respect-
able pawnbrokers would not object. We would
call on every pawnbroker to deliver, every morn-
ing, to the clerk of the police office of his dis-
trict, a correct list of the goods pawned during
the previous twenty-four hours, described in such
a way as might lead to their identification, which
list, on complaint being made of a theft, might
be immediately referred to. It is true that this
might seem hard, inasmuch as when it led to she
restoration of, stolen goods, the pawnbroker
would be made the author of his own loss ; but
that consideration would not weigh, we are as-
sured, with the honest part, and the rest have no
right to have their interests consulted in such
cases. To give effect to such a regulation would
require some details, but these do not appear to
us to present any difficulty worthy of particular
notice. The value of this plan is, that while it
bids fairer to prevent theft, or, where perpetrated,
to crush it in the bud, than any remodelling
of the watching system, it leaves the freedom of
the community entire, on which a stricter police
could not possibly fail to trench. While attend-
ing to the preventive portion of the police, -we
would also observe on its powers of punishing.
We consider the plan of sending every case of
theft, however paltry, to the Sessions, as involv-
ing two evils. It converts boys comparatively
innocent, into matured villains, by the previous
imprisonment which it inflicts, and it burdens
the Sessions with such a number of cases, that
the more grave do not obtain that deliberate at-
tention which they merit. Wherever, therefore,
a petty larceny is not accompanied with aggra-
vated circumstances, and where the article stolen
does not exceed a few shillings in value, we can
see no possible harm in giving two Magistrates
a summary jurisdiction ; and, in respect of boys
not exceeding a certain age, we should most
strenuously recommend the restoration of the
punishment of private whipping. That punish-
ment was abrogated in consequence of the most
nonsensical and unfounded clamour that ever was
raised. We are persuaded that a sound flogging
under the inspection of a Magistrate, would do
more to deter a young rogue from diving into his
master's till, or his pocket, than all the tread-
mills that ever revolved.—New Times.

We understand that the receipts of the Lei-
cester Musical Festival have been 4;647/. 3s.
11d. The expenses, as far as they can be at
present aseertained, appear to be about 3,500/. ;
thus probably leaving a balance of 1,1001. in
favour of the charities.—Leicester Chronicle.
On Monday morning, about two o'clock, a
respectable stock-broker, who resides at the west
end of the town, baying sacrifieed too freely at
thhise
wslairyiniomelof was endeavouring to find
e
St. James's Park, when,
being overcome by the narcotic potations in
which he had indulged, he sat down on one of
the benches, reclining himself on his right side,
in order to enjoy a comfortable snoose. He
could not have been in this situation long before
Thomas Grist,. one of the Bow-street patrol,
happened to pass, and his attention was parti-
cularly attracted by seeing a female, most fa-
shionably dressed in black silk, sitting alongside
of the gentleman, whose left waistcoat and trow-
sers pockets he perceived were turned inside
out ; he instantly questioned the female, who
replied,, that she was taking car© of the gentle-
man s property for him ; she had got his silver
spectacles, handkerchief, and some other articles.
Grist immediately awoke the gentleman, who
was extremely surprised at the appearance of his
fair guardian, whom he had never seen before in
his life. Fortunately he had reclined on his
right side, which contained a considerable sum
of money, and which he found was all right, or
it might have very possibly turned out a bear
account. The gentleman having got back his
property, wa4soCll safe home by the officer.