The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-10 00:00:00

an opportunity of getting rid of him. We were to
sacrifice the lonian Islands, abandon .."1 position
necessary to the maintenance of our infit.'ence
in
the Mediterranean and our overland comm:1111e&-
tion with India ; expose the Turkish empire, which
we have undertaken to maintain, to the full force
of intrigues which, as Eal Russell himself
says, are highly " criminal," and " are directed
ultimately to the subversion of every throne in
Europe"—all for the sake of forcing the Greeks to
elect a Sovereign whose occupancy of the throne
could not fail to be disastrous alike to himself, t'
Greece, and to England. If the Duke of Coburg
had ascended the Greek throne, after an election is
which there would certainly have been no unani-
mity, he would have found the country full of dis-
content and poverty. If he could be left to settle
matters with his subjects that would not so much
have mattered. But if England had put the Duke
of Saxe-Coburg on the throne of Greece she would
have had to susrain him there, alike against hie
own subjects and other nations. We might have
made the most solemn resolutions that we would do
nothing of the sort, but it would be quite out of our
power tokeep them. The Duke would have repre-
sented English influence, he is a connection of our
Royal house, he had accepted the throne at the
urgent request of our Government. We should
have been bound to stand by him, and we should
have been involved, from the day he assumed the
government, in just the same entanglements and
liabilities in which the acceptance of the throne by
Prince Alfred would have involved us. Almost the
first thing the future King of Greece will do, will
be to ask the Government to lend him some money
or guarantee a loan. Money he must have in order
to start clear, and the application will be one im-
possible to refuse. Whoever takes the throne for
our accommodation will certainly demand our help
to make it comfortable. If he quarrels with his
own subjects we shall land a regiment or two for
his protection; if he goes to loggerheads with
France, Russia, or Turkey, as he is likely enough to
do, we shall have to lend him our support. As it is
we are just as well pleased that we have not this
new embarrassment on our hands. The dispatches
we publish in another column show how earnestly
Earl Russell has laboured to impose his will upon
the Greeks. And we doubt if even the paramount
ascendancy of Russia at Athens would do us half
the mischief which we shall suffer from the efforts
of Earl Russell to render English influence all
supreme there.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

4.,_._.

COLCHESTER—FEB. 7.
A liberal supply of grain, but trade dull, and prices un-
altered.

Wheat, white 46s 528 Beans,Mazagan..3os 331
red 42s 48s middle & 5ma11.358 42s
Barley
Oats . 20s 26s gray 35s 380

GLOUCESTER-FEB. 7.

To-day there was a good supply of English wheat from
the farmers, which sold at is per qr less money. Foreign
was in limited demand, and 6d lower. Oats, barley, and
beans very dull.

RD---FEB. 6.

1-day there was a dull trade
e a downward tendency.
teas, Partridge 37s 400
White 39s 400
Boiling .. 40s 430
Dun 35s 380

Ditto new —s 0.--13
Beans, Tick, old —348 39s
new --0 —s
Harrow Ticks 3ss 40s
new --s —0
Mazagan ..... 3OB 38s