The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-25 00:00:00

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1829

The Bishop of BATH and WELLS, in presenting
a petition last night to the House of Lords, from
600 under-graduates of the University of Cam-
bridge, took occasion to observe, that " there never
had been a petition presented which was better en-
titled to their Lordships' notice." We must con-
less that we are wholly at a loss to understand
upon what foundation the Right Rev. Prelate
grounds this assertion. Is it upon the long practical
experience of the petitioners ? What experience can
they possibly have had, the majority of whom are yet
in their teens, and have still a lively recollection
of the nursery ? Is it upon their sound in-
tellectual acquirements ? Alas ! seven out of
ten of them have yet to read and appre-
ciate the tritest facts of history, more especially
those which bear upon the present Question. Ac-
cording, however, to my Lord ELDON, young men,
provided they live in Scotland, are capable, even at
the age of eighteen, of forming an opinion on the
propriety or impropriety of conceding Emancipation,
and certainly the task is far from difficult, if, instead of
viewing it with reference to the character and necessi-
ties of the age in which they live, they bring to its
consideration the mere dull, obstinate, inapplicable
prejudice% of the times that preceded them. Dis-
cussed in this fashion, the Catholic Question may
undoubtedly be comprehended not only 'by young
men of eighteen—Lord ELDON is here ungenereus
in his limitation—but even by urchins of ten, eleven,
and twelve years old. Such lisping legislators have
nothing more to do than to swallow unanalyzed the
long stories of their great grandfathers and grand-
mothers, backed by the sage and influential autho-
rity of their respective nurses, on the subject of
" The Pope, the Inquisition, and the Devil," and
thus qualified, to send up their petitions for the
serious consideration of the House of Lords, backed
by the grave wisdom of a Right Rev. Prelate, and
the senatorial influence of a venerable Ex-Chancellor.

German Papers of the 17th and 18th inst. con-
tain some further particulars of the immense pre-
parations making by the Emperor NICHOLAS for
carrying on the war. Several fresh battalions are
moving towards the Southern provinces, in order to
repair the losses occasioned by the last campaign.
Every thing betokens, if the war is renewed, that it
will be a most sanguinary struggle:—

FROM THE VISTULA, MARCH 6.

Travellers who come from the into for of Russia agree in
their accounts of the great traffic on all the roads leading
to the southern provinces of the empire. They met, in
particular, a great many battalions of young soldiers, be-
longing to the last levy of recruits, and which they were
informed were on their march to the two Principalities and
Bulgaria, to repair the losses suffered in the last campaign.
Numerous troops of horses for the cavalry (already broke
in) have been sent in the same direction, especially from
Wolhymia and Podolia. It is said that two corps of in-
fantry and two divisions of cavalry of the army of General
Sacken, on the Dneiper, are ordered to the theatre of war.
We do not yet perceive any movements among the Polish
troops which can indicate that they are to take any active
part in the military operations.

FRONTIERS OF POLAND, MARCH 8.

According to commercial letters from St. Petersburgh,
it seems to be still uncertain whether the Emperor will re-
main in the capital or go to the army. At present, Gen.
Diebitsch, who is appointed to the chief command, has
received the most extensive powers, and has taken on
himself the responsibility for the mode in which the war
with the Turks shall be carried on. This high honour
conferred on him excites great jealousy, but at the same
time has silenced those who, in the last campaign, would
not do justice to the great talents of the present Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Russian army. It is affirmed that
several Polish Officers have obtained permission to make
the campaign. But this circumstance needs confirmation,
as well as the report (which I lately sent you) that the
Emperor of Russia would come next month to Warsaw, as
the above-mentioned letters say that his Majesty will so
soon leave the capital.

The prices of corn have risen considerably in Poland,
and large purchases are made at Dantzic for England and
Sweden.

iRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, MARCH 5.

It was reported at Odessa that several ships, laden with
provisions for the Turkish Government, had been captured
by Admiral Greigh.
VIENNA, MARCH 13.—Metalliques, 96 15••16 ; Bank
Shares, 1,092—evening, 1,091.

Extracts from the French Journals, the contents
of which are unimportant, will be found in another
column.