Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-03

of females. In introducing this question ne
discla,med all intention of casting reproacn
upon any body; ior ne was aware that ieei-
ing of deicacy upon the superstition OF Inc
natives alone restrained the British authorl-
ties from interfering to prevent these dread
full spec,acles. Still the question was not
in fact one of religious federation, but Whe'
.her murder or suicide ought tacitly to be
permitted under the British jurisdiction. 1t
might be sufficient for his purpose to state
the extent 20 which this shocking practice
had been carried in one presidency alone
he meant tina, of Fort William. Within the
last four years. IN that presidency, 1866 fe-
males had been seen to ascend and perish
upon the funeral piles of their deceased bus
bands. He moved "for copies Of all COM
muncations received from India relative to
the burningof females on the funeral piles
of their deceased husbands"
After some observations, the motion was
agreed to.
The following Allocution or Address of
the Greclan Elk Arch Germanicus, Arch
bishop of Patresso, to the clergy and faith
full OF Peloponesus, pronounced on the 2oth
of March, breathes all the enthusiasm
that was witnessed in America, in the G.
ventful days of Bunker's Hill 1t is dan
gercus, at all times, to attack the IL
berties & religion of the country. Nothing
will SO effectually arouse and embody all
the energies of people as to threaten the
system, with which is connected their
national pride, and on which depend their
hopes of future blessedness The out
RACES committed by the Musselmen upon
the last best hopes" of the Greeks, will
naturally call forth the most desperate de-
fence of the Holy cause in which they are
engaged. lN. y An,er.
"Hery Dear Brothers The Lord,
who punished our fathers and their chill
dren, announces to you by my mouth the
termination of the days of tears and trials
His voice has declared, that you shall be
the crown of his glory, and the diadem
of his kingdom The holy Sion shall no
longer be delivered ever to desolation -
isaiah, xii, 81 The temple of the Lord
treated like an ignoble place; his vessels
of glory dragged in the mire Il Mach. ii.
o.. are about to be avenged. The an
cient mercies Of the Lord are about to de-
scend upon his people.
The impious race Of the Turks have
filled up the measure Of their iniquities;
the hour of driving them from Greece has
arrived, according to the word of the E.
ternal: ''Drive out the slave, and the son
of the slave" (Gen. xxi. l0) Arm,
then, Hellenic race, doubly illustrious by
your sires, arm with the zeal of God,
each of you grid on your sword; for it is
better to perish with arms in hand, than
to see the disgrace of the sanctuary and
of the country. (Psal. Xiv. A. Let us
burst our bonds in sunder, and the yoke
that weighs upon our head (Psal ii. 81
for we are the heirs of GOD, and Joint
heirs of Jesus Christ. (Psal. vii. H.
<Others than your prelate will speak
to you of the glory of our ancestors; but
for myself shall only repeat to you the
name of that God to " HON we owe a de-
votion stronger than death. Cant viii
g.
"To morrow, preceded by the cross,
we shall march towards the city of Pa
trasso, the soil of which is sanctified by
the blood of the martyr, the Apostle, ST.
Andrew. The Lord will increase your
| courage hundred fold; and to add to the
strength which is to animate you, re-
! lease you from the fast of the Lent which
| we observe Soldiers of the cross 1t is
the cause of heaven itself that you are
called on to defend