The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-28 00:00:00

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Are we, or are we "` " Sove•
reign and people in the rod litiece to the law.
less invasion of the Russian despot? If we are not,
why, in the name of honesty, is our fleet in the Sea of
llarmora? If we are, why, in the name of good faith,
is onr ambassador at St. Petersburgh, and why are
Russian frigates repaired in British dockyards ?
Letters from Constantinople have confirmed our Bur.
mise that another note had been despatched from our
precious Cabinet for the acceptance of the Porte ! ! It
was, of course, utterly disregarded. How long is this
imbecility or treachery to be endured ? How long are
the name and honour of England to be the playthings of
drivelling incompetence ?

There is now for this country but one course of honour,
and, we believe in our hearts, but one course of safety.
We ought instantly, and without the loss of an hour, to
give to Turkey the most prompt, effective, and decisive
support. The only question now to be determined is,
whether the Emperor of Russia is strong enough to keep
the Danubian provinces. If he is strong enough he will
keep them, and the sooner the question is tried and the
game played out manfully and resolutely the better. If
our ships can burn his fleet in the Black Sea, they ought
to do it. If they can take possession of the mouths of
the Danube, they ought to do it. If they can harass or
annoy his armies or his territories, they ought to do it.
If the Turks or the Circassians want arms or ammuni-
tion, we ought to send them ; and if the landing of
French and English soldiers at Constantinople can in the
slightest degree aid the Turkish arms, our bravest regi-
ments and our best commanders ought immediately to
be on their way.
The struggle is one of life or death to England.
Eighty years ago Lord Chatham said he would not argue
with the man who did not perceive the question of
Turkish independence to be one of life or death to Great
Britain. The battle of that independence is now fight-
ing on the banks of the Danube, and England is keep-
ing aloof—Lord Aberdeen writing notes, Lord Palmer.
ston endeavouring to re-instate himself in the good
graces of continental intriguers, and Lord John Russell
dreaming of a 51. franchise in towns.
We have already stated that the English Cabinet
has been within the last week occupied in the very
honourable effort to restrain the French Emperor from
taking that decisive course which the honour and
interests both of France and England equally de-
mand. If the allied squadrons are not now in the
Black Sea, it is because instructions from home
have over-ruled Lord Stratford—if a French army
is not now on its way to Constantinople, it is because
the urgent representations of our Ministers have induced
the French Emperor to suspend for a short time that
step. In what position is England thus placed, not
only deserting the Porte herself, but depriving Turkey,
at least for the time, of the aid of an ally, more honest
and energetic than ourselves.
We do not believe we can long do so. The wise mea-
sures of the French Government have happily relieved
the apprehension of a scarcity of provisions which
caused the only drawback upon the determination of
that Government. The union of the Pretender and his
Orleanist kinsmen, brought about by Russian and
Austrian influence, has taught Louis Napoleon how lit-
tle his dynasty has to expect from the Absolutist So-
vereigns of Europe. The interest of his country and
his dynasty is the same. The fortunes of the reigning
family and the people are bound up together in resisting
the dominion of despotism, which Russian ascendancy
establishes.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Nov. 28.--Wind this day at noon, S.S.E. to
S.E. ; light breeze, and dull, hazy weather.
DEAL, Nov. 26.—Wind, S.S.E., fresh; 27th, E., fresh,
from W.N.W. light. Arrived—Arethusa, Callao ; La
Belle, Rio Janeiro ; Eva Johanna, Calcutta ; Pan de
Witt, do. ; Lismoyne, do. ; Georgina, Callao ; Parsee,
do. ; Henry Duncan, Quebec ; Teresa, Bremen, for New
Orleans. Arrived from the river—Eagle, for New Zealand;
Scotia, Sydney, N. S. W. ; Margaret Elizabeth, Cape of
Good Hope ; Marquis of Hastings, Sierra Leone. Arrived
from the river and sailed—Vere, Jamaica ; Jane E. Walsh,
New Orleans; Black Cat, St. Michael's.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Wind, N.W. to N.N.W.:
27th, E.N.E. Arrived—Ann, Bombay, for London, with
starboard bow stove in, having been in collision with a
schooner off St. Alba•i's Head at 9 p.m. of the 25th.
Sailed—H.M.S. Prince Regent, westward ; H.M.S. Duke
of Wellington, do. ; H.M.S. Tribune, do. ; H.M.S. Hague•
not, do. ; H.M.S. Amphion, do. ; H.M.S. Cruizer, do.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Kent,
London for Melbourne.

ELSINORE, Nov. -17.—The Attila, of Norden (not the
Alette, as before reported), from Memel to Hull, put in
here 14th Nov., leaky, and with pumps choked, and is
discharging to repair.

Buisioi, Nov: 26.—Part of the stem of a vessel, called
the Lady of the Lake, of Falmouth, was picked up to-day
off the Nass Sands, by the Juno arrived hero from Tenby.
BELFAST, Nov. 26.—The Sapphire, from the Clyde to
Melbourne, which run on shore on Burr Island, 4th Nov.,
has broken up, and the cargo remaining on board has been
washed out, part of which has been driven along the coast.
RAMSEY (Isla of Man), Nov. 25.—The Baltic, of Yar-
mouth, from Miramichi to Liverpool, is on shore about five
miles north of this place, full of water.

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APPLEDORE, Nov. 25.—The Waakzamheid, from Dant•
zic, in taking the bar last night, struck very heavily on
the South Tail, knocked off her rudder, and filled, and she
has been since brought into harbour, floating on her cargo.
CRONSTADT, Nov. 18.—The Russian ship Stephen
Savm, Holstem master, has been totally lost on Stoneshar ;
crew saved.

ItEVAL, Nov. 18.—The vessel which was on shore on
Chalkground, Nov. 15, is breaking up ; from the name on
V.e stern she is suppose to be the Lemnos, of Newcastle.
QuEENNsTowN, Nov. 25.—Wind, S.W. Arrived.—
Cape Breton, Callao; Mary Winch, do.; Parkfield, d .;
Iloenstaff, Buenos Ayres. Nov. 26.—Wind, S.W. Ar-
ri ved.—llauntless, Java.

CLYDE, Nov. 26.—Wind, S.E. Sailed.—Sabina, Mel-
bourne ; Margaret Smith, Mantanzas ; Sarah M`Ewan,
New York. Put back, Hudson, New York, leaky.
POOLE, Nov. 26.—Wind, N. Arrived.—David, La•
brador.

DARTMOUTH, Nov. 27.—Arrived.—Gazelle, Newfound-
land ; Rival, Cephalonia.
SCILLY, Nov. 25.—Wind, S.W. Arrived.—Christiania„
Rickibucto, for Hull ; Countess of Mulgrave, Quebec ;
Lady Mona, Hull, for Melbourne, with mainmast split.
NEWPORT, Nov. 26.—Wind N. Arrived—Alice° Char-
lotte, Memel; Anuiee, St. Malo, for Cape de Verde;
Othello, Memel ; Far West, London, for Savannah ;
Windermere, Liverpool, for St. Paulo de Fernando.
Sailed—British America, Grenada. The Windsor Castle,
bound to St. Thomas, is off this port, putting back leaky ;
she will have to discharge. Off port.—Arrived—Sarah,
Emma, Quebec.
OFF HOLYHEAD.—Arrived—lndian Queen, Port Philip
(and not off Liverpool on the 14th, as before reported).
TARBAY, Nov. 27.—Sailed—Caroline, St. Michael's.
Off port.—Arrived—King Fisher, East Indies, for London.
DOVER, Nov. 26.—Wind, S.W. to W.S.W. 27. Wind,
N.N.E. from N.W. Arrived-- Brouw, Johanna, Rotter•
dam, for Wellington.
OFF DUNGENESS, Nov. 26.—Arrived—Pennasberg, New
York.