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and Mytelene, not to mention so many other gems of
the Archipelago, to remah in his hands, they have sa-
crificed quite enough to state policy and :rival interests.
We close our remarks with the letter of General
Cut:act' to his relative, Mr. WI Latar HoaToN : it is
alike creditable to the patriotism and good sense of the
writer, who, instead of complaining of the shameful
return made for his sacrifices and services in behalf of
Greece, merely deprecates the fate which awaits his old
companions in arms :

" Epidaurus, 14th April, 1830.

" MY DEAR WILMOT,-.-TO whom can I so properly confide
the accompanying Report as to you ? Uninfluenced as lam by the
spirit of party in any country, but deeply interested in the fate of
Greece, and closely connected with her, as having served in her ar-
mies, and witnessed particularly the glorious emits of the men et
Western Greece, shedding their blood profusely for the general
liberation of the nation, it cannot be supposed that I can be indif-
ferent to the fate of the latter at this moment, and of Greece herself,
when definitive arrangements are about to be concluded for the ester.
blishment of this country as an independent State; but which ar-
rangements, if carried into execution as is reported, will deprive of
freedom, to which they have so just a right, the most deserving of
the Greeks ; will leave Greece without a defensible frontier, and
will make her Sovereign of less importance, in point of extent of
territory, than a Roumili and less powerful, in point of
military strength and position, than a Paella of Josnnina or of
Scutari.

"As a frontier, the Thermopylae has kV comedto be such. The
celebrity which this pass owes to the gloriosa death of Leonidas,
and to Xerxes haring confined his operatics, to the eastern !heed
of Greece, will net be MiEcient to defend modem Greta as en in.
dependent kingdom. It is in the union of the Thernopyls and the
Blacrln-Oros, as her frontier, that she can alone find safety ; and it
is well known that the road of Epirus Is that which she has to dread
in our day, the concentrating point of which, as well as that of
Thessaly, is Joannins.

" I have to beg of you to have the Report printed, together with
this Letter, for the information of Parliament and of his Majesty's
Ministers, who would not perhaps, disdain correct information
on this important subject. You may have an opportunity of pee.
sorting it to Prince Leopold, if be has not already left Eng.
land. About to return to England, after a painful ab.
seem of above three years, I feel myself obliged, by a
feeling which I cannot overcome, to remain in this country
until the final settlement of the important question of her frontiers.
To you, then, and to your generous exertions, I commit the Re.
port ; aad, believe me, that every noble effort that you may make
towards the accomplishment of the object of it, will bind still
stronger those ties of friendship by which I am already bound
to you. " I remain, my dear Wilmot,

" Your affectionate brother,
- " R. CH U RCN."
" P.B. These few lines are written in my way from Rena to
Argos and Napoli di Romania."

last night, in the House of Lords, on the motion
for the third reading of the Royal Signature Bill, the
Earl of WINCHELSEA suggested that it might have
been desirable to have some evidence adduced at the
bar, respecting the nature and extent of his MAJESTY'S
indisposition. The suggestion was taken up warmly
by the Duke of WELLINGTON, as implying a doubt
whether the indisposition was mental or bodily, and
totally uncalled for; the House having the authority of
his MAJESTY, under the Sign Manual, as to the cha-
racter of the disorder, in addition to the statements
of his medical attendants. The discussions in both
Hama of Parliament, as well as in every other
public &assembly, would be greatly abridged of their
usual proportions, were the individuals, who take an
active part in them, to clearly understand each other.
The Noble Earl's words did not convey the doubt im-
puted to them. They merely suggested the propriety
of having some evidence, to prevent the possibility of a
precedent that might be abused, to the prejudice of the
best interests of the country, in other times. And can we
be sure that such danger may not hereafter possibly arise,
as the case now stands ; that in some future age a wicked
and profligate ministerial cabal, such as this country was
once cursed with, might not turn it to their own advan-
tage ? The reports of the medical attendants, referred
to by the Minister as evidence of the nature of the
disease, contain nothing specific on the subject. They
merely announce the changes of the symptoms without
any allusion to their character. They are, therefore,
no authority on which to ground a legislative measure
of this description ; and for the Message under the sign
manual, the country has only the responsibility of Mi-
nisters. The present, therefore, is purely a case
of ministerial responsibility. If, then, we think
the two Houses of Parliament should be content
with it as a ground for the proposed measure,
it is not because they have not a right, and it might
not become their duty, to require some further grounds
without being guilty of indelicacy or disrespect to the
Sovereign ; but because the Bill is intended to be of
very short duration. Had the Minister persevered in the
original intention of extending it to the ensuing Ses-
sion, we have little doubt that it would not now pass
without inquiry ; but limited as it is in time, and with
the numerous securities, against abuse which it offers,
there does not appear to be any reasonable objection to
Lts adoption.

On the motion for the further consideration of the
Legal Reform Bill last night in the House of Commons,
the Attorney-General stated his intention to withdraw
the clause limiting arrests to 1001, and that relating to
the statute of limitations. This alteration is not, how-
ever, for the purpose of abandoning those important
changes in his plan of legal reform, but in order to make
them the subjects of a distinct and separate bill. The
bill, in its original state, was a perfect olla podrida, a
jumble of Welch judicature, new judges, and the laws of
debtor and creditor. Divested of theme two im-
portant branches, it is now become somewhat tan-
gible, but having thus lost much of its recom-
mendation, it was roughly handled last night. The
Bill in relation to the abolition of the rights and privi-
leges of the county of Chester, Mr. E. DAV EN PORT con-
sidered of so arbitrary a character, that it might be sup-
posed to have been drawn up by the Grand Viz tEa ra-
ther than by an ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who had sat the

greater part of his life upon the Opposition benches. We
differ very much from the Honourable Member on the
contrast which be seems to think the characters of thaw

two g!eat Officers afford.. It would have been more just
had he reversed the characters. The GRAND VIZIER
of the present day, whatever his pretensions were
formerly, is a chastised and humble individual, every
moment of his life in dread of the bow-string. The
ATTO RN EY-GENERAL, clothed in the impregnable pano-
ply of office, fears no danger but from the public press ;
and that he scatters with his thunder as he lists. Mi-
nisters have deservedly obtained credit for a disposition
friendly to judicial and legal reform, but there is a ca-
price--a waywardness in their manner, that divests it of
much of its grace. The English public are crying ont for
the abolition of the punishment of death for forgery, but
the Ministers will not listen to them. The people of
Wales are crying out against the abolition of their ancient
judicature, and the Minister says he is determined to
inflict that change upon them. Provided the change
please himself, it appears to be to him a matter of indif-
ference whether the people affected by it are pleased
or not.

A morning contemporary states that the Bishop of
LiwcoLx has been chosen tutor of the young Princes:,
VICTORIA, and is expected shortly to vacate the Mas-
tership of his College, which he now holds, in order to
enter upon his new duties. Doctor KA YE, it is added,
owes his elevation to the Episcopal Bench to the favour
of Lord Livearoot., having been previously known to
that Minister as one of the Pinfessors of Divinity at
Cambridge. In early life he was fOr some time the pri-
lite Secretary of the present Marquess of LA NSDOW NE,
when Lord HENRY PETTY ; a connexion leading to as-
sociations favourable to that general liberality of senti-
ment which the Bishop is known to entertain.

, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols opened at the same price they left off yesterday, 931 for
the Account; at present they are 931 to 1, and for loney 921 1.
It being a holiday with the Hebrews little business is doing at
present. In the Foreign market, Greek and Spanish Bonds con-
tinue lowering. No arrivals of consequence.

From Paris we hear that the reports inserted in the Journals, of
a number of sick being on board the ships of the Expedition, is
incorrect, and has been contradicted by the French Admiralty. A
night and day telegraph Is to be established on board the Province,
by order of Admiral Duperre, to keep up a communication with
the troops on shore.

Extract of a letter from Naples t--" His Royal Highness the
Duke of Calabre has received orders from his father to assemble the
Neapolitan Navy, which Is to be sent to the Barbary coast the mo-
ment the French expedition sails from Toulon."

Livzatroot., Maw 24.—There has been a fair demand this
weak for British Plantation Sugar, the sales amounting to about

1,000 hogsheads, at rather lower prices : besides which 300 bags
of Bengal have been taken.

Thej demand for Cotton this week has been limited, owing
in a great measure to heavy arrivals, the import exceeding 39,000
bags, (nearly all American) the prices for which description have
receded iof a penny per lb. The Tobacco Market continues dull.

The demand for Pine Timber has been tolerably fair, though not
so extensive as it was a few weeks back. The old stock diminish.
ing very fast, some inferior sorts have been forced co the market at
low prices.

HALF.PAST ONE.

Although we have no political news of consequence, the Coned
Market has become rather hew/yam the early part of the morning,
when they were 931 to a for the Account, and at present they may
be quoted 93, alternate Buyers and Sellers, and 92‘ I for Mosey.
The Estafette Rom Paris brings the Preach Three per Ct. Bente,
eti Widnesday at 111/416.

Malta Papers to the 29th April, and Bermuda Papas to the 27th
April, have arrived, but they are unimportant.
. .

In the Foreign Market, Greek was done at 32, since which they
have rather improved to 33. Spanish has receded. h other Seen.
titles little doing.
THE KING.

The Duke of CLA azwcz spent upwards of two hours
in company with the KING on Tuesday. His Royal
Highness afterwards returned to his residence in Bushy
Park. Sir HENRY HALFORD remained in attendance
on the KINO yesterday. Sir MATTHEW TIERN EY and
Mr. BRODIE left the Palace yesterday morning, but
were expected to return to the Palace from town last
night, and sleep as usual at the Palace. Earl FIFE was
the Lord, and Colonel WiIATLEy the Groom in Waiting
yesterday at the King's Palace, St. James's. Among
the inquirers were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
President of the Royal Academy, the Recorder of Lon-
don, the Secretary of State for Ireland, &c.
Yesterday was the birth-day of Prince GEORGE of
CU MBERLAN D, when his Royal Highness entered his
12th year.
The Princess AUGUSTA left town yesterday, on a
visit to the Duke and Duchess of CLA RENCE, at their

residence, in Bushy Park.
The Duke of WELLINGTON gave a grand dinner to
the Prince of SAL me yesterday evening, at Apsley-house,
in honour of his Highness's arrival in this country. The
principal Foreign Ambissadors and Ministers, and u se-
lect party of the Nobility and Gentry, were invited to
meet the Prince. Among the party were t' e RUSSIAN
AMBASSADOR and Princess LEVEN, the AUSTRIAN
AMBASSADOR, the FRENCH AMBASSADOR, the PRUS-
SIAN MINISTER; Earl, Countess, and Lady GEOIIOI-
AMA BATIIURST, Earl ROSSLYN, Lady LYNDHURST,
Lady PEEL, CouLt and Countess MUNSTER, Mrs. Ar-
BUTIINOT, Earl of VERU7.AII,AT G. LAMB, Earl and
Countess of ABERDEEN, and the Chevalier de NEU-
MANN.

The Cabinet Ministers, the Great Officers of State, and
others of the Privy Councillors, receivenummonses at
an early hour on Tuesday night, to attend a Meeting yes-
terday, of the Lords of the Privy Council, at the Colonial
Office. The Meeting was held at twelve o'clock yester-
day, and was attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Archbishop of York, the Lord President of the Coun-
cil, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury,
the Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial De-
partments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Presi-
dent of the Board of Controul, and the President of the
' Board of Trade. Their Lordships assembled in the
Council Chamber, and agreed to an Order to the Arch •
bishop of Canterbury, as Primate of all England, to issue
a Form of Prayer to be offered in all Churches and Cha-
pels of the United Kingdom, for the restoration of his
Majesty's health. Mr. Buller was the Clerk in Waiting
on their Lordships.
Summonses were issued from the Foreign-office on
Tuesday night, for the holding of a Cabinet Council
yesterday afternoon. The Ministers assembled at the
Foreign-office about two o'clock. There were present
the Loan CuaiscELLoa, the Duke of WELLINGTON,
Earls BATHURST, ROSSLTN, and ABERDEEN , ViSCOWA
MELVILLE, Lord ELLEHBOROUGH, Sir ROBERT PF.EL,
Sir Gaoaoe Mu altA Ir, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, and Mr. HERRIN,. The LORD CHAN-
CELLOR left the Council about half past three o'clock,
to attend to his duties in the Howe of Lords. The Coun-
cil broke up about four o'clock.