The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-09 00:00:00

count of the state of feeling in that capital since
the rejection of the Russian Ultimatum : •
" The policy of the Divan, it is said, is best expressed in the
pamphlets. distributed by it, and through the popular orators
paid by it. Nothing is spoken of but the insurrection of the
Greeks, and the support which Russia has given to them. All
other points are passed over. The Russians are only men-
tioned with reference to the Greeks.—Has ever," exclaims one
of these orators, "has ever the Sublime Porte carried treachery
so far as to instigate to a violation of faith the inhabitants of
the provinces which Russia, by unjust weapons, forcibly tore
from the land of the Believers ? Were these provinces not con-
, quered in war, as we conquered Greece 400 years ago ? But
the Russians say religion admits of no right of conquest, and
therefore the Greek Christians were not bound to acknowledge
it! Would they assent to such a proposition if the sons of
Mahomet, under Russian sovereignty, were to hold this lan-
guage ? Never has the Sublime Porte endeavoured to seduce
a subject of the neighbouring powers from his allegiance ; but
at all times, in war and peace, the Russians sought to seduce
our subjects.— We can put faith in no Christian, not even when
he wishes to give us good counsel. His own interest directs
every counsel, every aid.—As the present differences began in
diversity of religion, the Turk considers the war as one of reli-
gion, and you may be convinced that the war will be the more
violent, as the people believe the object is the extirpation of
Mahometanism, and that consequently their all is at stake.

,Extract of a Leiter from Sierra Leone, Dee.2.]
"In my last I mentioned that two officers and
two men of his Majesty's ship Myrmidon were
wounded by the Spaniards. On the arrival of
that ship off the river Bonny, Lieutenant Bing-
ham was sent in the gig to examine the river, and
to gain information respecting any vessel that
might have Slaves on board. This officer, on en-
tering the creek, observed a brig and a schooner,
under Spanish colours, and pulled towards them ;
neither vessel exhibiting the least appearance of
res;stance. On nearing the brig, which was
moored across the creek, Lieutenant Bingham
hailed her, but was answered by a heavy fire of
grape-shot and musketry. By the first broad-
side Lieutenant Bingham was severely wounded,
and his boat .-crew made their way out of the creek
almost by a miracle; their boat was riddled with
musket-balls, and their oars shattered to pieces.
On the boat reaching the Myrmidon, Captain
LEEKE got under weigh, and at great risk crossed
the bar, bringing his ship within gun-shot of the
Caridid. On boarding, it was found that the
master and crew of that vessel, and those of the
Nueva Vergen, had got on shore, abandoning
their vessels to the captors. It was afterwards
ascertained that the slaves were apprized of the
approach of Lieutenant BINGHAM, and that they
had removed the crew and guns of the schooner
on board the brig, making a total farce of 14 guns
and 75 men. Under these circumstances, Mr.
BINGHAM'S escape from their treachery was truly
miraculous."
Mr. JIUME, who must be prying into every
thing, public or private, to which his parlia-
mentary privilege entitles him to turn his atten-
tion, has received a very smart and well-merited
check from the Morning Chronicle. The Hon.
.Aberdeenawa Member, in his zeal to support his
own zealous supporter, The Times Newspaper,
has recently undertaken the task of blowing 11,e
horn for that famous Journal, in the House of
Commons, since the Magistrates have thought
proper to prohibit the ordinary news-venders
from treating the public with that offensive
instrument through the streets of the Metro-
polis. Among other swells, in his new and
honourable vocation, he took upon himself
to assert, the other day, that " The Times news-
paper publishes more than any other two papers
in England !" We will tell the Hon. Member,
that there are several Sunday newspapers in
London that publish many more of each number
of their publication than The Times does daily.
Each of these Sunday papers, therefore, has a
greater number of Readers than The Times; and
if the mere number of Readers, without regard
to their quality or circumstances,—their property
or their intelligence,—is to determine the selec-
tion of channels for Government or other adver-
tisements, the Sunday papers ought to be pre-
ferred to The Tunes. But the nature of the

advertisements,and the description of Readers, are
the things really to be considered. What would be
thought, for instance, of the window of a Book-

seller, if he were to advertise a new edition of the

Book of Common Prayer, with notes, in Carlile's

Publications; or of the sagacity of a fancy club,
which should announce a cock-fight, or a milling,
on the covers of the Methodist Magazine ?—lt

would be about as wise, perhaps, to submit many
of the Government advertisements to the tap_
room readers of The Times ! It is a very good
channel of inquiry for persons wanting ser-

vants : while we would advise servants wanting
places to have recourse to the columns of
the Morning Post and Morning Herald,—to
those old-established Journals, which circulate

amongst the rank, fashion, and property of the
State. An advertisement respecting property,
once inserted in either of them, would in our opi-
nion be more efficacious than if twice inserted hi

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The Times ! So much for the boasting of this