THE BRITISH AMERICAN.

a military aggressor on the Conti- nent she is comparatively powerless. And in this, to our minds, consistf her great ad- vantage. She has no business on the Con- tinent; in Involving herself in Continental disputes, she has every thing to lose, and nothingito gain.—Powerful in her means of naval offence, and invulnerable to attack. Great Britain has need neither to court nor to fear foreign! alliances, nor fo- reign feuds. Should it be imperatively ne- cessary for the national safety, or the na- tional honor, that this country should en- gage in war, there is no nation in Europe that possesses more ample means of offence against her neighbours, and of defence to herself, than Great Britain. We depre- cate war—we consider that if the conﬂict- ing claims of two petty States of Europe, for a citadel, should involve the continent in war, it would be a foul disgrace to the civilizedage we live in. But, if come it must, Great Britain is still in a condition to maintain the proud pre-eminence to which she raised herself,when the whole ofEurope, in slavish subservience to Napoleon, was leagued against her. But. it is not by truck- Iing, and‘by petty submissign that she can escape it; a bold attitude, and an unequi- vocal display. of determination, may pre- serve peace-show of vaeillation, or of hesi- tating weakness, assuredly, would not be be the means of avoiding wan—London Courier.

THE RUSSKAN GAME or Pomncs.—A semi barbarous nation appears to foil and more than counteract the diplomacy and “icy, oi'France and England combined.

e ostensible and ultimate aim of Rus- sia can no longer be disguised, can no lon- ger be mistaken or misunderstood. Enve- loped in schemes of low cunning, so con- geneial to a bargarous mind. Russia bared

er arm to strike its victim at Navarino. In violation to plighted faith, the blow was followed up at the Balken Mountains, and lastly, under the mask of frienship, it is in siduously preying on the vitals of its victim by introducing into the heart ofthe Otto- man empire, its ﬂeets and its armies. An eminent writer, on the subject, makes the following observation:—

“ The Ottoman government being super- stious ignorant, and barbarous, is naturally suspicious, timid. and easily deceived. The Ottoman Government perceiving that the conditions offered to the Viceroy of Egypt by Admiral Rousin have been rejected, has no longer any conﬁdence in the French Ambassador, or the Governor which he re- presents. ‘The Ottoman government, being in a state of debt and ruin, perceives with horror the advance of Ibrahim in Carame- nia, the occupation of Smyrna by Egyptian - g—the anchoring of the Egyptian

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sels or the threats of Admiral Roussin. And the Ottoman government, feeling that Mus-

selmen are themselves wearied both of ,the‘

Sultan and the Divan, and that an insur- rection in the palace or in the streets may each hour arrive, dares not take any ener- getic measures of its own accord; but per- ceiving that a Russian ﬂeet is there—and that no one else except belplesss and isola- ted Ambassadors are really there to help it, has thrown itself into the arms of Russia, has pressed to its bosom its bitterest ene- my—and, to escape from momentary dan- ger, has secured the utter fall of the Turk- ish empire!”

The English and French Governments now perceiVe their mistake—now discover the perﬁdy and duplicity of Russia, and all is hustle and confusion; now they are ar- ming—now they are preparing to dictate to the wily savage, who has, in the meantime, snugly ensconsed himselfwithin the citadels and fortresses ofthe Porte. The Journals of the day long since told Palmerston the consequences, that are now inevitable; while he, in the wisdom of official diploma- cy, asserted that the affairs of the East were settled. It was also urged by the politicians of England and France, that Russia should be categorically and distinct- lyintorrogated as to her views respecting Turkey. Neither Lord Palmerston nor the Duke de Broglie thought the case an ur- gemt one. Thus Turkey left without pro- tection from either England or France, is compelled, under existing circumstances, to throw herselfinto the arms of her bit- terest foe for protection, and to place ex- clusive confidence in a Russian ﬂeet, a Rus- sian Admiral, a Russian Ambassador, and in a Russian Government and Emperor. And now at the eleventh hour, the enlighte- ned statesmen of France and England would give their heads and hands to have both French and English fleets in the Bosphorus. The great arbitrators seems at fault. Nor, do we think the Grey administration, or the ministers of Louis Philiippe, will act with sufﬁcient prouiptitude to save Tur- key from ruin. It may not yet be too late with a French Army and a British Navy: let the proud flag of the Autocrat be humbled—Let his army be halted, and driven back within their own boundary, and while the allies are on the business of rectifying, let Greece be acknowledged; let the injuries of Eygypt and Syria be re- compensed for; let Poland, that land of the brave, be regenerated and her wrongs be redressed, let the autocrat be so humbled and confined within his legitimate bounda- ry as never more to hope beyond it. Then shall England and France restore civil right and liberty to the whole continents of EurOpe anal ~\sia, and their deeds shall emblazon a page In History, whose splen- dor shall eclipse the brightest on universal record.

The est Indian Question—The meetin ommittee of the West India body which was to have taken place on Satin-i. day, for the purpose of receiving the mea— sures of the government respecting the he- gro emancipation, is postponed till Wed- nesday.

A courier who arrived at Vienna on the 27th oprril from Constantinople, brought intelligence of the conclusion of peace be- tween Mehemet Ali and the Sultan, h which the latter has ceded to Mehemet the pachalicks of Damascus and Aleppo.

0’ .‘onnell’s Lelter.—-True bills of indict- ment were found by the term grand jury, on Thursday, against Richard Barrett, Esq. proprietor of the Pilot, at the instance of the Crown, for the publication of Mr. O’Connell’s ﬁrst letter to the people of Ire- land, inserted in that J0urnal.—-Dublin Warder.

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In the Lords, last night, the Bishop of Bristol presented a petition against the Irish Church Temporalities’ Bill, and hoped the measure would not fail to experience the most mature consideration of Parlia- ment.

The Duke of Sussex presented a petition1 from the city of London, for the adoption of poor laws in Ireland. His Royal High- ness said that, as this important question had been mooted elsewhere, he would not, at present, make any observations that were calculated to provoke discussion. The Duke of Hamilton declared that some mea- sure were requisite, as regarded the Irish poor in Scotland. The Earl of Wicklow admitted that there was cause ofcomplaint; but still poor laws for Ireland would fail.

In the Commons, at the morning sitting, Mr. Alderman Wood gave notice (for Sir Samuel Whalley) ofanother motion for the 15th inst. for the repeal of the house and window duties; and, in the evening,- Mr. Tennyson intimated that he would take an early opportunity of moving, as an amend- ment, the repeal of the house and window duﬁes ‘

This being the day ﬁxed for the West- minster election, little time has been lost by Sir John Ilobhouse and his friends in reclaiming that seat which he so recentlyj made a merit of sacriﬁcing to a sense 0' duty. Ifhe should be re-elected the wor- thy Baronet will return to Parliament with the conscious satisfaction of having, by an ingenious contrivance, avoided the dis- agreeable alternative of voting against Mi- nisters on the question of the assessed tax- es. while be disqualified himself (we must call it a pledge) to his constituents, who ought now to be well acquainted with the immense advanta es which result from ha- ving a patriot 'p'laceinaa as a Representa- tive.