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From the London Morning Chronic*.
GUIS BCE.
Leve toi 1 sur ccs niuiits, q'ie ton regard
domino, .
Vni» i*t c.-s Hols * rVit Salamne«
■V is»«t <;> schamps ? G'cst Marathon*
nionls r Ccsso.n !es I tiertnopyles !
Xiimiiivm’i tons ci s champs soiiUcridis,
X. s rochem ont leiir tfh'irc, et ccs flou
out kmr mini.
Out, l’airm-me, quc I’on respire
r.si impiegnr tie ghiire et <1 immortahte,
Bi ans ce slut bruyant, qui sur la greve
••xpin f
3.. y, dons leurs airs, aur ce roc
loumuHle,
II ,„ti b qui lea inspire,
|ls oiii uno vt.;x, poor te dire,
Ci.ul.tt, ViMinsci'., I.ihkhtkl
\\ \\ i f & IjUIIOUS.
D Jferent *iccuunts! Which
- is 'I i uc. f
COURT KTIUII ' I I E St SQU MIBI.F,
\Yr giannd yesterday at » inistiuler
Standing which had taken place at \\ sl,-
in r i«»i, Wtwecn two distinguished For
-1.-,;..,, ArnbAssa tors. It appears from sub
sequent information, hut (be parties »•
tin Uiitlsli and French Ministers. M
Canning and Mr- Ncuvdlc }ne cticpiei e
of -lie Court table at Washington, is es
to dished by mage, and enjoins that the
oldest 1 roUnt foreign unmoor should
1.. precedence as to place And attention.
q . i ifiioh Minister had been here re
pcse.i mg his na.ioii. priori® Mr Can
n u's appointment and residence mar
in, court of Washington; but in the mean
time, the former hud occasion to return
. h, me, leaving merely a charge dcs -d
--faiics to represent him. Mr. Nenville re
turning to his station, it would seem;
,•aimed the usual precedence, and accord
,-iv took the appropriate seat at the
1* table. It is improperly stated
in a Haltiniorc paper that tin* dispute on-
Ifi ,Ated at the table-This would ...deed
be a species of the highest indecorum:
But (he tact is, that when the parly was
breaking »?. and in ,lle ,( >hby ot tin 1 re-
Indent'..house, Mr Canning, m a jocular
luunii' r> told die French Mi.water hat he
*,..,1 »‘outg' neralf d” him, hut liat lit.
S'mnld .Hiidoi. again Mr N. conceiving
it «n unfair imputation, becalm vciy vio
lent, and Some liars' exprt-sstom were ex
rliar 'cd • i.ud the French Munster at
handle, f Ins sw rd,
u ,un which -indication of pe.sons' hostd
v'• \jr Poht’cs, the Rushan Minis <1
in • rfered and tin altercation was closed
Liu. 'lit ti ie rM OazeUr.
. p appears that George IV and L u.h
•yrvtll• waxed warm on die subject id he
6i.iv tra te, each claiming dm honor of be
,1, C.-u to teMTV.naU' it and oneid e
«f w.ucli th 1 '• or actually belonged 1 d«t
In i , .rpubl cOl he b-mg th-fusi
to s. t Mltf «>S npe H « ver, these IV o
jm us pel ntocs osl tiuii > mper;
tl rat drew las ««or.i, andT.ouls ftw ru
p t bit di E nperm A.fxander, famou
as ain ilialor, iiilcHerevK a”d ‘ • *er< die
matt, r • .(Vied.” [.V Y.Xat.Mv
[• I'Ve following lias reference to the
mat ‘is iu dispute between Gen .lacksnu
a' h ~1. Cidt.cn. on the one ha d ; ami
(; 1 .rhsmi amlj' dge V omcnilnon the
01. r. And hv the bye, we are afra d that
these ven s"t.ject3 will afford a fniidid
th, -;n of i'.ec'a”>aiion to ill so who 'ike
V*. •■'burton City better than tlieir own
Loir, s ]
.. * We liave given in a >odier rohimn an
ex.ract from tin J\'w ‘.nal intvlHgrwer, in
v hieh . ir.ethin,; hk a oelei ce is set up
fen i.;, nerat Jackson. That man has id-
K set precedents, the evil of which
fj ~ui weighs ah his services to his conn
t' ('hough we a1 si nsih.e they v eivve
jyi nat.) Tilt American Legislature
tari'istjedns lepmalion by overlookii g liis
cm duel in 1 tact caseot Armstivmg ami Am
fc s er, ai d it its members listen to such
a ik ti hogging defence as is here set up
so: bint, we h,»ve no hesitation in saying
lb. \ are unworthy ol the free institutions
on which they i- ftict so deadly n wound
In t urkey 01 Uussia,' the favourite iifThe
Sti .taii or Autocrat may play freaks of this
ki». I i but in a lUpubic, tlte man en
t|ns.cd with the swerd must never be nl
lowed to lin-ge fra moment that he is
a 'bje.ct to tbe law. We h pc and trust
f<>, the sake of the human race, whose
destiny may in some degree he considered
dependent on the United States, that the
Autericans will,oh this occasion prove wor
thy of ibemselwa-
London Morning Chronicle.
Some of our cotampocaties are very
m oh at a loss to r cciicile jhe Irish and
H .uoverian speeclies of his \jajkstt with
cacn other In thk former his Maakstt
♦i id he people of IrelUnil, that ‘ Ins heart
h<l been always liish aid in the latter,
t'- M .ople of Hanover, “ I liave always
b 1 a Uanovena i— I will liv* mid die a
B !• veriaM,” And lv» Mujesiy’s advisers
« i dled upon to > xplain these contra
dic'o us
I is seldom ihatvre can conscientiously
ofl ~ an excuse lu- bvt. Muj-sty’s advisers
1., rue op sent ease, h.,w ver, we think
» • .» vUAOIt aw/.V <* v V v
** j ■ -ty ceases to ha»e response
b ilvisers th.- moment he enters the
K dom of Hanover We can take no
c>* •, zw of wnat passes ; here any more
tti •■ so • ilanovenans can of what passes
b-.i***i U • Majesty m.ght repeat to hi*
g >o I lUimvcr an subjects the substance of
ti, vi iqj > Uooto’s d atnb* agai ist Bng
laa 1 > wnioli we lately allnded, and call
4,h - English th.* most bmtal, frffish, find
go- ft >enpb in existence, we con 1
b* 0 hing lo say. The King of Kg
lt 1 aldo no w ong a any case, anil in
th i se ms. vfi’tisl'rrs ciih d> no ■ rong.
FltfiuußCOt waving allowed a foreign Sov
t'eigndo ascend our Throne, and to relain
dammions indepcndeni ot ibis countiy.all
the rest follows as a matter of course In
deed, picvious to the dissolution of the
German Empire, his Majesty as a Slate
of that Empire, might, according to its
Constitution, have born obliged to contri
bute his share ton war aga.ust England.
The wisdem of our forefathers was, no
doubt, very great, but they overlooked
occasionally very important matters. j
|r is when his Majesty returns to these
Kingdoms that we must look to Ministers
lor die display of alt tlieir discretion. As
ji is dangerous to go beyond the Revolu
tion for preedents, andh » Majesty is the
first King who has taken a fancy to visit
all the Uuee realms, we have had since
that event, they must acttiy the ungnided
light oftjicir own understai ding in appea
sing the conteiuio ; which, like that of the
nihes oflsuAßi. and Jphah, f'»r their res
p< oii*c inurmts hi tfit* house *t J ham is
likely to latte in flu bu k ngdoins
The Irish have already got the heart of h s
Maji sty, but the Scots and English am
vet to bo satisfied. As the Scots are a cal
culating pcoph , will they bit sa’isfied wit
ihcuesd f The share foi Johk liut.L, as
ter this double al)o< alum, we leave for
Ministerial ingeiiui'y.
Ibid
London Fa*lm*na for Kovem*
her.
Promenade lire*a. —A peli«Sk?, compos
ed of dajk viol t-coloured velvet; the
body is tight to the shape, rather long in
the waist, und a good deal sloped at each
side,of the back. The sleeve is an easv
1 wldrti jyil is terminated by a French cuff;
the pelisse v/raj.s across rn front, and is
trimmed with satin of the same colour.
A CHcbemire shawl is thrown over the
shoulders, anil fastened at the throat with
a brooch I..ace ruff made v< ry full.
Ilead-di essa bonnet composed of violet
coloured velvet, and lined with white sa
tin. A very full plume of violet-colour
, ed ostrich leathers Is placed on one side
of the crown; boots of violet kid ; Lim
erick glov- s ; ermine muff
j livening JJrcss. —A round dress, com
posed of blood net over a whit- figured
satin slip. The corsage is cut square
round the bust, and is ornamented with a
. wreiilli of L’rovence r< si s. The sleeves,
( which are very short and full, areo; blond
over white satin; the fuhuss partially
conceals the roses which form it into dra
peries. The bo 1 tom of the skirt is fin
ished by n wreath of Frovence roses p a
-1 ced near the edge. This is surmounted
by atiiinming of the same material as the
( dress: it is in folds; they are edged with
while satin, and form cavities, placed at
j sumo distance from each other ; a bou
quet of roses is put in every cavity. A
( coral wreath is placed rather far back.
Necklace and ear-rings pearl. While
kid gloves and white satin suppers
Jtckt rutann’s Repository,
Extract of a piivaie letter, dated Angs
burgli, Oi t 29; —“The Kmg, win n he saw
the) oinig son of the Duke of Gutnbridgi
for the first lime; asked him if lie could
•peak, the infant in,mediately lephed,
‘God save the King!* ” Lon, Courier
His Majesty delights in telling the fol
ingstoi).—ln Irebud, ai Lord Talbot's,
Meyer, the German tai or, or some other
German in the Royal suite, could not
make hmise f understood, upon which
the King one of Ins Irish 'attendants, whe
ther there was any person in the house
who spoke German ? The servant rt-pli
, clili i' he had a cousin who played tin.
GermanJhtte, if that would do.
Lon. Traveller
\ A young Indy wus told by a m.e.i d ta
lly that she r,»d belt, r p.\c pua'.e n s- ii
from off (lie I’sssiac (nils into the bas n
In nea’h, than mar 1/ The young ia .y
r plied, “IW 'Uld, d 1 till light I bllOilld
, fitid a husband at the bot mi.”
Sin,ff'..vdsh re ,lilvertiser.
The Visco iiile-. Cha •BO'txh was tmi’ -
1 U bed of a son and hen on Mm my even
ing, at nine o’clock, at ntr House, 111 l*a k
place, nt. James's ihe M.i; caioi tss 01
S.iusttuav quilted a dinner party at lia -
I tie d.house, hi Heit oublinc, and arm d
in town in time to rev in the joy ml
elm ge. The fair Lady ana ber infant are
1 doing extremely well. Ibid.
Trq isition at Lisbon.
We copy f’Oio a country paper (Tbe
West Briton) a letter from an Englishman
at Lisbon, describing the throwing open
ofllir dungeons of die Inquisition.—The
fact of this exhibition we lad already lea 11
ed from the Portuguese paper*, and had
communicated to our renders; but d ere
are many particulars in die private le’lcr
which make it worthy o' attention It
s. ems clear, from (he lette in question,
that even in very recent times the esiulv
lis* ne nl has been in honid efficency, and
that one E'-giishman at least has been a
mongtbt sufferers:—
Lisbok, Oct 20. 1821
I send yon a description «>f the I quisi
tion at tliis place, which 1 have be, 11 to
visit- Tbe (tort es are proceeding steadily
w ith the great work they have unde, ta
ken 5 and I have no doubt that diry will
form a constitutional system ot Guv em
inent equal to any in the world. They ap
pear to li»vc the Spanish Constitution and
that of the United States of America chief
ly in their view At the sitting of 1 lie
Cortes on the 10th instant, Se ■ bor Figu
ras presented a letter from the K e)ie-' of
the Inquisition, stating, that on t . build
ing being opened tor public inspection,
the people hud behaved in a ve.y disor
derly manner, break.ng op, n doms and
carrying away papers, &c.; Kiidtha' s.-vi -
ral had actually cried out thai the build
ing should be biiVin d, whilst they li -Id
lighted candles in their hands, as if about
to put their thr- a s into execution ; winch
he stated they would have done but fcr
inlerposi’ion of the guar is. The
Keeper therefore prayed :tint
'« 1 •* ’ T v•. v '* —«•%»... A.. • jL “ *'a*Okkt , f*dtYC»
of such scents. Senhur lia-t-*s said, iliat
if any such
bed had occurred, it was owing to the ie
fnsal of the keepers 10 si,-,w ilie ns.ru
meits of torture and the low er c« bs of the
prison to the viaifjmts. In his opinion
p« ntlemcn, the keepers, cherished
respect f*r the Tribiitiai. u.
whicV, 1 hey spoke Willi apparent venc.a
tion X, it « ~f i apnieliendvd the pebpi.
might set ftr c th tlie pbe<, it wd.Jd ü
better to Suq, cn d Jumps in . arioni -./nr■; N
a d not allow vi* v taiipms to carry lights
Senbm F naud rboma# pjonosed tba
»n inscription, ©1 which me foilowing is a
*
translation, should be fixed ou every place .]
occupied by the liujuisit on in Portugal—
“ May denial malediction follow every
Portuguese, who does not bold for
ever in abhorrence an Invention s j
infernal.”
On :he Bth of October, the Inquisition
at Lisbon was thrown open for public in
spection, and for the first four days the
concourse of j.cople of »H descriptions
iha crowded to view it was so great that
the ) ressure at the entrance rendered it
nn enterprise of some risk. I lie build
ing is a large oblong, whh agatel n in the
centre, there are three floors, with a num
ber of vaulted par sages along the sices
of which are cells of differ* nt sizes, from
six by seven feet to eight by nine Let.
Ka' li cell has two doqiS; the inner door
of iron, <hs outer of oak, vei;> s'rong.
as there are no windows in the cells on
(be ground and middle floors, r« light is
i admitted when tnc doors are'shuu • Th<-
ci ll# on the. upper floor are larger than
i the others, and each has an aperture like
a chimney through winch the sky is vi
sible,—These were aonr* printed to the
use of those who it *as supposed might b
liberated. In the mot of each ced (fur
tin y are all vaulted) is a small aperture
of about an inch in diameter, and a pri
vate pasture runs over each range; so 'hat
the persons eonph ytd by th ■ Holy ttffiee
could at any time observe th<* cmiduc o'
the piisoneisunscen; and if two p rsons
w re cunfiiv d in one cell, hear then' con*
ve nation * Frequently a familiar of the
Holy Office wi g put into th . cell of a pris
oner, as u person arrested, in order to eii
trap Ine unfortunate inmate of this horri
ble place into admissio slhat might after
wards be used against him 1 saw in seve
ral of the cells human skulls anti bones ;
most of them appeared to have lain there
for many years, as I broke some of'them
eas iy v/itl» n»> fingers; oth< rs were haul
amlfesh. lu a number of the ce ls the
names of the unhappy inmates were writ
ten ou the walls; some had strokes, ap
parently marking the number of days or
weeks the victims of this horrid tyranny
had been confined. On the wad of one
ceil 1 counted upwards of 500 of these
marks On the wall of another of the
colls was written, “ Francisco Jozc Car
valho, entered here the last dav of M foil.
18U9. and remained as many days as there
are strokes in the wall.” On the wail of
another cell was written, ‘‘JohnLayco k;”
the name had hem covered with w hite
wash, which had scaled off- There v.’tr
a number of strokes under the name, and
the figures 18 were easily made out, the
others were obliterated. Some of the
cells which had not been used for several
years were locked up, hut the visitants
soon broke them open Human bones
were found in many of these. In one was
found pa tof a friar’s habit, with a waist
girdle of rope and some bones The aptr
titles like chimneys in some of the cells
were closed; and 1 have bten infoimetl
that it was a common mode of pulring
prisoners to death, to place them in (lies,
apertures which were then wailed up. and
quick lime being poured in from the top
a speedy end was put to their sufferings
The furniture is very old; the chairs in
the halls are coveted with leulhe • sux Id d
id! round with vyry large brass nails;—)
send you a piece of b ather with one o 1
ill. s * nails, taken horn one of the hist
cbail s. The large tables in thi hails had
drawers for papers; these the visitants
b.ok" open, every one being desirous of
obtaining some teiic of tbe once terrible
Inquisition In several-of the sellsahei-e
vr r. mutt i c“S’s, some of then) oMI other?,
marly n w; which proves tost the lequi
si ion was if tight in tip to a very recur
tut.- Usds the three floors which i
have describ'd ’tore are a number ot
cells under ground, which hart cot ye,
b en opened.
i h, sr ,t is supposed, contain the appa
ratus for mflu-'iitg the torture, Sec. — I 1 is
ui dt rstood that those will he shortly
tluown op-n to the pubhc; when they
a»c I shad not fail to wist tin m, a d shall
send you u description, The spit on
which the Inqu'sirion stands was co> en d
with holtsi s i - 17oi, when the great
earthquake hap)*---id, b. which they were
laid in nuns, soffuil the present building
has not hei n erec t;A more than 6 / years;
and all the victims ilia* were imiiiol. ted in
it must have been sacidictd wimn (hat
period. * * * •
* t here arc seats in these private pas
sages so contrived, tha a prison sitting,
might inspect two of the cel's at the same
’ time, as by a tnr of he head he cou'.dfix
1 his .ye upon the hole over cither qed.it
pleasure ; or he could hear what was said
in cither. The persons appointed to list
en to the discourse of tlie prisoners wore
cloth sires; so i hat their footsteps couid
not be l eant
—a— ■B-igui iimwiii i ■
Va\Uotui\ TWmav'k.s
From the London Morning Chronicle.
November 3.
A Pamphlet has just been published by
1 Itinni.WAY, evidently Hie production of a
military man, proba! lv. ot an Engi
neer, and written with great abi'.itv and
spirit. The mithor s’ates his .ibj.'ct to be,
not to prove that the Greeks have a right
to take up arms but o instruct them ho-w
i to use them tc the best advantage. It is
accompanied with a sketch oflhe Isthmus
of Corimh, in which are traced three
nes of defence, on which he enters iu
f 'he test into various details.
After suite preliminary observations n
the history of the Greeks, he proceeds to
* ohs.Tve, that—
! Greec. at this moment is full nf m-"
■ highly endowed, and general thirst ft.
knowledge has filled the Universities of
I Europe with Grei k study its, i-u'i; opted
i by the patriotic aid of their countrymen.
I do not sav that the Greeks are pre era
ineiitly iudustnona, brave, learned,patri<»
tic, or religious; but Ido say.that)!) pus
>_ .sess these qualities at all, is astroiv nro-f
' Tihi ir Kief oTctMtr«o.cr, t , th'Se wi,
i know what the Tdrkisli sway las be n,
nd that it .still is, with regard tc civihza
lion, an exterminating principle]
It is that the Gtv< k he.-r tlut itev steal
■ ~~ , i ,at they assasi- a —be it so; but let
1 b.S asked wh-t can men do fyat have
no protection against conqueror! wheat
pleasure »aki from their wives, their chil
dren, their lon ones, a d’heir
They wail lie, vvqnse destruction fol
ws ;he truth; they will steal, from
.mom ail has been stolen; they will as
assinate, whq have noother protection .
tgainsi mtirdcjeits. There ras but one ■
reproach ajjainst the Greeks; * * Why do
*** , - *
you not rise upon your tyrants!” and this
'rcptoaah they have wiped away; let it
not be said that a great People; say, ra
ther, that those surrounding Nations who
withhold their are debased.
The writer gives th*. following estimate
of the advantage# possessed by tacit ot
die contending parties:—
What is then the state of the Greeks ?
Ist. They are far more numerous titan
their enemies.
2d. They possess equal courage.
3d. They possess the greatest part of the
country and many tracts, and some is
lands where the Turk, even in the day of
Ids (trengtb, never could penetrate; aid
these form so many impregnable fortres
ses from w hich to draw supplies.
4 h. 'Hie Greeks have sailors; the Turks
have cone.
s(h The machine of Turkish Govern*
m nl has, in all iis subordina.e pans, been
worked by Greeks, and will go on b..diy
without them.
Clh Tue Greeks are belter informed
on all subjects thantbe Turks.
7th- They fight not fur civil and reli
gious freedom alone, but for existence;
extirpation i* certain, if they are defeated;
wi ereas the Turks have Asia Minor to re
treat into, and only fight for a province
belonging to their Sovereign.
8-h. The best tioops the Sultan bad
in his army are arrougsr, those Greeks
now in a ms against him, and
9ih. The Turkish army may have cour
age and arms, but nothing else; and is
not entitled to the Dime ot un ainiy; it is
a mimeious but dltti, sc bad, tt.ai the,
lasi Empkhoh lost Ins life by an attemptin'!
restore discipline and introduce tit Etiro-J
peau system among Hie Janizaries
Agsi'.st h>-se nine advantages may be|
placed these on the side of die To k;— »
Ist. They have an established Govern-j
ment
2d. They hold must of the fortresses. %
3d. 'The .Sultan may have great cum "
mai dos money if li acis wisely.
4‘h .He has greater nuans of forging
aims ai d making gun*powecr. A total
ignorance of the art of war, ari l com-'
plete want of discipline, is a disadvantage
common to both Greeks and i n ks; but
the torn.er have the advantage conmrob
to both Greeks and Turks; but the for
mer have advantage of being aware of
their ignoirmce, ..nd eager to remedy the
deficit. This feeling is a host of sir. ngtjfi
on their site-
With respect to the manner of. arming
the Greek, he propos* s the price as the
best weapon they can adopt. “It cao b
made by every peasant; it is cheaper thin
any other; it needs no ammunition but
courage; it is u.- .d without any instruc
tion; ii is tetrible in aiiack, and ofleSn
sive war la the game for Greece to play;
it is termed bv MoStxduouli llv* fjnitti
nf -weapons,” —He does not araeit tha- it s
ttpeiior to the musket and bayonet ge
nerally', but it is superior to die 'lxir
kish musket that has no bayonet In jre
irealing, a musket is n superior weapon,
and lie pro os. s that oue-fourlhof ihe
amy should carry them. Tl;e cava ,y
should be turned with swy.ids and lanft,-,
and pistols, which abound in Greece,
might !»e given to both services- jl lie
English hook of regulations for the rtun
oeuvres of tioops, is translated inti Italian,
possessed l>y many G.. eks formerly i.>
me British service. He r.-oomnilnds
them to adopt tlie British military d dr,
(>t the excellence of wliict. the beautiful
discipline of our armies is a proof. ,
With respect to the plmoj opee tarns,
be says— j;
1 snpp: se, then, t) at tbe awny h. sil.. t -
fied an: son ;ts march thru’tlie Islijimus;
whai is the object of the next opcnpiim f
'l'd a hack the Turkish army as soon at jios
s bl-s because die tarluer from (’onitaiili
<iple; the b d b takes place, the gfra er
w : l! be he d ffi nity of the enemy’s re
tea .should tie be defeated, whig that
of the Greeks would be less. With re
ga d to the ground tujereiy, tlie cjm try
is.so strong', tha- nod n.b. a Turkish force
might (b.t -lid every inch from the Is’h
mus f Corinth to Constantinople; ,-fiut as
th. 3 G eek army would have the po;ni la
ion in its favour the whole length rs this
ad, the Turk would havegKiat (|lfitcul
ty in preserving his commuuicatips with
Constantinople; h;s supplies by seawould
be precarious, ami liable to be intercept
ed by the enemy. If the Turkish Gene
ral directed his march against the Is h
outs, h:s right flank would be exposed to
tlu Alnanians; and if his operatic .s were
1. reel ■ djagai nst t hese hardy c rnountainee rs,
the army from the Morea wot.ld threaten
iis left li he assembled his army on th .
ief. banks of lb in.us, fortifying Tticala
and Larissa, tti Greek army, having se
cured and fc -ofied Le panto, could, if the
Turkish position was too strong to be at
(irke.l, pu-s iu cue column to tlie t. eslern
side of the Hindus, and reinforced by the
Albanians, turn the enemy’s right by a ra
pid march,fall down fiom the ■nountains
towards Saionica, and foice him to give
b..t lr; so that whether he acts i (Pensive
•’y. op takes up » defensive posjtio;, !te
wid be attack d in f out aid re#, ami o
bliged to fa I back in lime, or cii his ie
treat into M . cdon.a, th:o igu th? Greek
army, li he assembles lus ariiiy in de
tensive pos.iion at Salon ca, (or at any
"iher lace ou tlie great roads by iMnllip
popoii and Adrian.iplc op. n to the Ser
-.n>, Bulgarians, and Wallachiniis, win.
will be able to assemble in lar,ie bodies
here being no troops to keej them in
subjection. Say that he divides lus army,
placing one ha ton the coast roa I, a‘ d the
outer at Soph .a, Hhiliipuopoii, ir ,»di ia.
nople, the who e Gieelc army would at
t-'( k half the Turkish arm', if ti c G t eks
ere defeated, they would ret re on ter
rified defiles among friends; Id, if me
Turks were beaten, as would jiobab y be
the case, they would rttreat, pursued by a
■ ictorioua army, and finding cv try-pass in
tbe hands of an enraged rontlace, as
ood soldiers as themselves, a; 4 animat
ied by the v ictory gained by tii army oi
h -ii* countrymen.
He deprecates the idea of (treece be
ing assisted by the armies of? European
poorer*, in w hich case ahe wofclj be par
liiionetl like Poland
'J'he following observations rn the sub
ject of subscriptions are exceedingly sar
castic, whatever may be thougit of their
justice : *
Greek agents are at present seeking to
-aise money by voluntary cditributions;
1 hope they may succseri; itwney is the
great want of Greece, but HW she will
pet none- We helped Portugal and Ger
many liy private subscriptions, hot all that
was done from motives of p ivate inter
j eat; rich ridividuals had tlwir objects m
. view in so w (.d ug those malters, tar cx
. ample, wneu money was sefct to Leipsic,
. ; an »yo fairs th?rc* • mdi
we hat > • _ Napoleon was volt
, motive whicli made our hearts bee
.n 4 r. uses open, ami we hid our tenors Ihi
a mask of charity; hut none of sou
t'i!e*e ffO ,ives BSK!st tlie P oor (ir *‘ eks ’ an . d ~
iSSey ' vi > l fi ' ,d ,hat the y havc ? n!y nul
thSTown exertions to trust to; let them vag
in their pikes alone. cm
over the proposal for offering tic
» r£i h ,n 'y to Alia Pacha, or the cm
, Mpoleon, and conclude with the tm
rl, ,'ii*/ animated strictures on the con pit
ISt »ttrib«t«l to the Dri ish Govern- re
lira* ft P a fhy of Mr. AV ilbebiobcx. Ini
•nlft t'h- I'ihlc Societies — _ f‘-
in this contest England looks on insult- m
ineiv doe* worse —she gives secret
jjjJtodic Infidel against the Christian; to w
the fifteenth against the nineteenth cen ot
rtj rv . to barbarism against civilization; e
!1 the shame nf the country that ad- ct
imgf’ctei the cause vs the black Savage oj .1- ai
/jicij, the assists Asiatic Slave-traders r
aWinst European Slaves! Ad\v o are C
fifiosc slaves whom her Consuls and Fo- ii
t-cign Minister designate as rebels ? The b
Countrymen, the near and dcai i datives n
ot her own lonian subjects; tubj- cts ot b
j ■whoir. she calls herself the protettrice! U a,
even befcn said in the public papers, o
*|hat some of them having been wounded, a
k t ,j attempting to return to their homes n
Corfu, were refused permission to o
tjaml : a thing so thatf-aceful cannot be f:
S ,!!■» cd without bl|P» foundation; but t
it is incumbent on the British Government b
to five some explanation, that may clear n
di-m from so disgusting an imputation — (
! The lonian Greetts have fathers, mothers, i
rsfoihcrs, sister* on the continent ot
J Greece; and are brave young men who fly, r
£ tothe aid of such dear connections, to the I
, aid of their country, are they to be brand- 1
v f,i as criminals, and cast back to the blood- 1
t' b unds that pursue them ? A.d is not t
| Greece the country o! a Greek Islander ? i
I C,iii any Treaties break ilie '
an I the feelings of nature ? Could the t
.hole world ’akefroma man ot til Is'e r
i nfWlt.glil the f ediu'sof au Englishman? *
Impossible ; —the people ot English <
isaudsare Englishmen, and, if England [
iviiS ravaged by barbarians, lhi-y would Hy t
toiler aid; lonian G-cfiks are still Greeks, s
and, hough the fear of death may p. event >
them from flyii gto the aid. of th i; rein- <
lives and their, policy ilia* forbids them is I
bad, unholy, disgraceful, and nothing but I
p-i ot <{: n persuad •us to beli. ve that it <
as b en a -opted. V\ here is the rehg.i- t
ens zea| of Mr Wi iie«fohce and of the i
li ble Societu s? I-. the C bustin' fa-th to
be pr /bagatfd hy sifiering t’h. s' mis to I
be pe/seciited to the death in the midst i
nf Christendom by a nation of Infidels, i
who maybe fairly said to owe their p<w •
er in Europe to the p otectionof Great
Britain? Will our Bnrh of Bishops to < 1
look on with unconcern atthc Christian
b ond now flowing in Geeci? Are not
these Prela es called on in tlu-ir united
cliaractcrs of Legislators a >d Churchmen
to aid the children of Gimu-.t ? Much
did all these people raise up their voices
for war against the enormities of the
French Bevoiution,yet the horrors then
exhibited fall tar short of those now pass
ing in Greece: then let these Dig halves
i f the Church of E p , and ,ct M .
WiLBEKFOhcs and Societies, once so cla
mourous in defence of the Church of
France, now stand forward in the cause < f
Christianity in G eece; or le. them b.
content to pass for canting hypocrite:
who acted from the impulse of interested
motives.
“ For the last three weeks.” says The
Scotsman, “the London and D 'bliu Jour
nals have contained little else than ac
counts ft he outrages committed in differ
ei.l districts of Ireland; and yet these sa
pient chronicles of the times, those who
can afford to write a folio on any idle u
mour about a change nf Ministers, or af:vl
of Storks, have not thought it worth
their while to devote a single paragraph
to an investigation of the causes whicli
have led to such deploraide excesses.
They really seem to think that Irishmen
plunder and murder without any motive
except the love of exciiement; and that a
whole kingdom may be thrown into a state
apj.roLchir.g to civil war, fr >m the mere
restless and intractable depositions of
those who have good reas-n. to be peace
able and orderly! But the Irish are not
gratuitous ruffiians. There is nothing in
curably bad or vicious in their character
On the contrary, they are naturally hu
mane, generous and affections' e. It is th
circumstances in which they are placed,
their squalid and abject poverty, their
gross ignorance, and the violence dorr to
their rights, prejudices feelings, a d
opinions, that have rendered them savage
and vindictive.”
For our part we are fully sensible of the
st-ength of the claims which I; eland h.o
upon ns, and we have more than one
e deavoured, as well as w>* could, lota
-Mention to the subj ct. That part of th
general charge which res dvi s into rend -
ness, is hardly, therefore, applicable to
us.
We agree with The Scotsman, and havt
oMiSiJvfi observed that ther* is not'd''.;
either incurably b id or vicious in the cb
rider of (lie Irish, and we would fain hot.-
tl f same may be said < f - very other pi
pe, for we are unwilling to think th -t an
nation is incurably bad or vicious, or thu
-ationai defects are not always the reaul s
of particular circumstances, independen
■ Torganization Human nature we c n
ceive to lie essentially the same every
where, and therefore we can recognize tin
existence of humanity, generosity, and at
fiction, in the Irish, without putting th
proposition in the questionable shape if
their being “ naturally humane, generous
and a: cctu-na
The arli.le in The Scotsman to which
we arc alluding, is equally creditable to
the head and the heart of the writer, “'flu
prest-m,” as he observes, “ is, in fact, a
eal helium servile —an insurrection of an
oppressed and starving peasantry against
oolice officers, landlords,middle-men and
tithe proctors—against all, in a word,
whom they consider as their oppressors.
The privations which they have suffered
seem to have driven them to despair; and
in their fury they- have apparently resol-
to wreak thdr vengeance without
distinction on the upper classes, and, if
possible, to reduce high and low to one
common level of hopeless wretchedness.
It is surely high time that some radical
change should be made in a system of go
vernment under which so monstrous a
state of things has attained to a baleful
maturity Cperaion has been fairly tried,
and It has failed. For upwards of two j
centuries Ireland lias, some few sh irt in- I
only excepted, subject to a I
M
htary regime,—Lrwa of the most m
King and sanguinary description hav|
en enacted, and rigorously executed
le gibbet—that ready and perpetual te . ‘w
urce of weak and vindictive legislator Sff ‘
has groaned under the weight of ci-nn. fT'
ils, aiid the whole country ha* been out- P i'.
ged and disgraced by the evtry'-day cc- 5
irrence of bloody and barbarous execu- , £
t ns. But die evil has not been, and 1 . >
mid not be, eradicated by such .rest
ieiU. The ilatufal feelings of the peo
le have been pervet ted—’.hey liave been iy.
sndcred treacherous, cruel and ferocious; IE
utthe incentives to crime have been sun
-red to remain, and mime has become ■&
sore prevalent than ever"
The wrirei- enters into the various causes
rhich liavc conspired to sink Uie people'*- m
if Ireland o that extreme of poverty, rut v ft®
y-, and despair, at which they have arriv ) V
■d “ the mastei 1 grievance (lie observes),* *
md the great S'-urce from which tlit-Jj M
- st have been derived, consists, in theFip
government of Ireland laving
nvested in a small minority of her i,ii,Jj|
a'pan s ” The same ccitseoneiices alwm.BLtta
result from exalliinga [ onion of the
bit ants of a country over the rest, whetli c; | ,1, .
aa a privileged caste or race, as in the
of the .French N-iblcsse, or a privily -V * j
sect, as in the case of the Irish Ofur.jt. ./
men. The Orangemen otiglr, as is u,;i
observed, not to be requested to fob „r v,
from making an ostentatious display i f
their political aupeiio'ity; they oughn* •
be deprived of it, and compelled to sib.
rni' to the mortification of seeing the.; t ~
Catholic count!yn en placed on the saai< ;
level with tht mselves.
To lay th-.- basis of future improve,
menr The Sen tm. n observes, ll«a : (lathn. L
lie Emancipation must lie aclcoir.panH <1:
by an abolition of the system'■by v/hii-i) ->rh
Tithes are at present collected, and by ,
'borough revision of the Revenue haws ,- -
An impor ant distinction betwten Eap •
’and and Ir-daud, respecting Titlmqismi.
tired In th.e former, thu hncls oft’ie riepyo
as well as the poor are equally :a$ yU.
ed, for th Eunpo.t of the Estahiishf.!
Church ; whe- eas In the latter, win e tlk »
potatoe garden o poor cotter is taxedt] •;!
the utmost extent, the flocks oflheex'c. - -t,
sive a ;d opu’ent gtaziei are entirely A ..J,
eTripled—a distinction vvh’ch took phiteiw-lif
cons;-quence of a Resolution of the frii,'
Mouse of Commons, in 1735. 'fhe fitli-f. ,
h'.wevi-i, arc differently levied in ;I.L s
ent par s of the country. “ la Ct it
nangh’,” said At Grattan, “ pola-r-$ -
no; pay tit ha; in he North a in ,d
•nodus 'akts place, whee they do pa •;
but in the South th ydo pay a gre ; .
tithe ; andi i the South you have andni » , t „
CONTIN £ TO HAVE pttrpt tliul didllHjj -
ces ”
The excessive competition for land, t! vl
- ot the poverty and e.v.rs a
population of the country,necessarily le oi
enormous icti s “In Eng and, it is c t '(th
s ived, no farmer will lay out 'capiul« --1
thcr iti the improvement of old lami nr I ?
the bringing cn of new, unless hepric j' *
raw produce be such as will afford hinnJ, 1
common and average rate of profit on ill •
c p'-tal s exp- nded. But in Ireland tl r
< ccup-ert- of die - mall patches of grouift i
in o which die c - n ry is so geiurdy m :
vid.d, ate e tircly deslilut- of capii-n
T'e ep it In s are sought as- r, brcal l
-hey iff >n* the means of prolonginyl # ,
t.daerable existence. Thirty.fi-’e yemi’-
go it w as no uncommon thing far a cn»
to pay 71. -per Irish acre for pot uoe gun| ,
and an additional 10s. or 12s so- tithe.
The so lowing e tract from apampiii
of I cR v Mr. Ciiicit£STi:n tXlnliitii
p c ure of th mischiefs occasioned in"
D stillcn Laws, which it is impossible;; *
re d without feelings ot hovrer:—
i'iie calami-ies of civ lizecl warfare t *’
in general inferior to (hose produced 1
tlie Irish Dis illery Laws; and I d
whether any nation of modern Lu-'-j
which is not in a sta'e. of actual levnluli:
can furnish instances of icgal erm
commensurate to those which 1 have'
presented. In ill governed states li
bers commit ans of injustice in o[)p- [
tiou to law ; but in Ireland, they iu
the badge of authori'y. F-oia the- va
ous specimens of outrage which I in
produce d, it is evident that the usual .-a’
guards for loyal individuals are despi*-
Vtembers of Pa liameui a- e pillaged wit
attending their duty—women are t-u
ed witii ferocity—imams a>e ribbed
their chillies—the poor are deprived
lu ir toed-—travellers are s opprd J
attacked —widows are driven to (ley- :
and poverty —the ca.tle of tht fiirme s i
s olen and killed-—the children ares'.s yd
ed to death—famine is rendered ft
a.fill, and ic.-tilence more de-.clly-|
easan y art- become cunspi r aioM- -
eaccubte subjects have fat'eu by
and of the assassin. In Britain,
i-mse of every mail is his castle —in 1
land, it is the place if hia greatest dang'
m i ail this measuresemaua e from jn
:i verunce in a sy stem, the insiittirieri
which is a ested both by internal a
•x ernat evidence file outrages co
i. led with ho semblance of he h
finitely excee 1 in severi y all mate.
■■)• jii-,tilled by the simple offe.icr
mu. gli- g ; and Earn convinced th it
F --ncii rt volutiipiary army, w hich can'
ar imo the heart of om count iy, w«
avc been indignant at the imput.-'*-'
ui such enormities as have btc; c
* d on its inhabitants by their own cu
t ymen.—(Mr. Chicubstek’s Letteri;
British Member of Parliament, 1'07.)
The object of the ttm ai visij tq-Irehl
" ha* been J ally answered” and Vt-L’ ■
suite of Socit-iy m tnat Goun ry ( «"r jA!
jns.iy described by The Count" to |J
tarrife, and “ one wnicli neither 'lib-'-'' a
f.ice, nor the necessary rigour of'-A p
ur.vs can alter.”
The Courier seems to consider
case of Ireland to oe altogether hoi f
less. “It is muen cns.cr to say what - I
not effect a cure 'or this disease u
list will” We suppose, if the a'-'t
Gzoar.E the second had not made id n
tical with respect to witcticraft, he v/.v\
have settled tile matter by s.,ying it
the It ish were .bewitched- Strange
a Country so wisely governed as Ire'a
nas been, should nevertheless prim
uniformly unruly ! We cun conceive h
Turkey should be in a state of amirct
but how a country enjoying the blvssn f
oi Orange Government should be only i
anarcliical than Turk.-y, and the scene ,
perpetual outrage, is indeed a miracle.
VVe agree, w di the I'he Courier tl
absenteeship is not the cause of tue
viL, iboueli >t occupies so conspicu. tit
I lace in liis'i d-xlania ion. In the g -
Iter -jar. o? t e .’ontinent, tiic
if land ) e in cities at a distance 4[
arcir estates, but we never bcwdtd f ;!