The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-16 00:00:00

DIED

Suddenly, on the 14th inst., at Kennington, aged 41, Mr.
Charles Delafons, of the firm of Delafons and Sons, of Sack-
ville-street, jewellers.
On the 14th inst., at Hackney, James Davies, Esq., of
Gracechurch-street, in his 68th year.
Suddenly, on the evening of the 14th inst., rt his residence,
No. 24, Hans-place, Sloane-street, Samuel Tolfrey, Esq.,
aged 71.
On Wednesday, at Hornsey-road, Mrs. Mary Crook, wife
of Mr. James Crook, of Skinner-street, Snowhill.
At Brighton, on the 14th inst., aged 38, William Robertson,
Esq., of Keppel-street, Bussell.square, and formerly of St.
Ann's, Jamaica.
Last night, at his apartments in Bridges-street,,Mr. Charles
Bruce, printer. He was an unassuming, worthy man; and re.
markable for his eccentricities.

Tia; LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Palters, Sept. 16, 182.5.

• [MORNING POST.]
We received last night by express French
Papers to the 14th inst. and the Etoile of Wed-
nesday. - Now that apprehensions are entertained
of Greece_ placing herself under our protection,
all countries will probably be as anxious and fer-
vent in their offers of assistance, as they have
hitherto proved indifferent or even hostile.— '
Already does the avowed organ .of the French
Government,. the Etoile, blazon forth the aid
sent 'from France to the Greeks since the Go-
vernment has been in possession of the intelli-
gence from Napoli di Romania. We are now,
openly told that a " party of old officers, sub-
alterns, and workmen of the artillery, commanded
by Lieut.-Colonel Maxirne Raybaud, and Capt.
Arnault, of the artillery, and carrying with them
every thing necessary for the establishment of a
cannon foundry and a yard for ship building,
sailed from 'Marseilles on the sth inst." The
question which a few have raised in this country
with.respect to the projected expedition of Lord
Cochrane to Greece, is thus decided in the affir-
mative by the example of France. An auxiliary
force, composed of officers actually holding a rank
in her service, has been permitted to quit her
ports, with the avowed object of assisting
Greece. It is true that they are sent by the
Parisian Greek Committee and not by the Go-
vernment, but this only serves to render the two
cases more perfectly identical. For his Lord-
ship's expedition is also the work of a Committee
—the London Greek Committee. There can be,
therefore, no future difficulty upon this point ;
for if France, so backward hitherto, has sud-
denly gone so far, we cannot incur blame for
hastening to follow. Hesitation, or delay that
is not absolutely necessary, would alone be• ob-
noxious to just censure. Now that the political
feeling towards the Greeks is changed, from ai
motive which is not quite so honourable to• the
converts as we could wish, the late attempts to
increase the darkness of their horizon have
ceased. Whatever exertions they made, what-
ever successes they obtained, it had become the
practice of Journals which ought at least to have
been neutral, to misrepresent or to deny. Now
on the contrary all is made smiling and favour-
able. The army of Redsehid Pacha has been
overtaken in its flight and dispersed ; the Greeks
of Candia have once more risen in arms :
the Mainottes have re-occupied Calamata,
which Ibrahim Pacha had burned, and there-
fore interposes between him and all future
reinforcements. A corps of l'2oo Arabs, which
he had left at Nisi, has been entirely de-
stroyed ; and tvhilst Colocotroni and Pietro
Bey, reconciled, unite their respective forces to
surround the Ravager of the Morea, Goura ad-
vances from Greece Proper with his Itoumeliotes
to attack him, and the plague having manifested
itself at Modon and in Caudia, compels hiin to
draw a cordon against his own reinforcements in
the Morea, and prevents the assembling of others
in Ancient Crete. We sincerely trust that all
these statements, with the exception of that re-
latively to the plague, will turn out to be correct
to• their fullest. extent. But there-is now an evi-
dent disposition to represent the affairs of the
Greeks as in a Ilearishing condition, in order to
make it appear unnecessary and unjustifiable in
us to accept their offer and to interfere in their',
behalf. Against the exaggerations which suet'
a disposition is likely to produce, it now behoves
us to be on our guard, however gratifying they
may be to our feelings.

[BRITISH: PELESS.]
The French Papers which arrived last night
contain some curious and interesting details re-
specting the alleged solicitation of the Greeks
for the protection of the English Government.—
Some of the facts stated are so obviously untrue,
that we can give no credit to any of them till they
are confirmed by. more authentic intelligence.—
It is said, for example, that the English " have
distributed in all the islands very urgent procla-
mations, po'itively inviting the Greeks to give
themselves up to them ;" and again, that " on
the 6th of August a Greek expedition sailed from
Napoli di Romania for Crete, consisting of eight
large mistics, a- brig and a schooner, with 8,000
troops on board, paid by Commodore Hamilton,
doubtless with the last loan received from
London." Every body must see that these
extravagant assertions are wholly destitute
of foundation. The neutrality professed by
the English Government has hitherto been,
and no doubt. will continue to be, strictly
and honourably observed. Yet here the English
Government, to what end no one can imagine, is
representmd to have " thrown off the mask," and
taken a sudden, active, and decided part in the'
war! It is, perhaps-, true, that under the mo-
mentary pressure of despair, the Greek Govern-
ment'deerned it advisable, in case of the last ex-'
treavity, to solicit the intervention and protec-
tion of England.; but all the rest of the narra-
tive of tfir :toile we must for the present:reject,
es:the offspring of the fertile invention of some
of-those writers of Greek news, who have enter,
Mined us at different times with so many won--
dello! achievements which have never occurred.
Welrame4lothing new from Spain. The Memo-
rial Bordelais says that the Trappist has been
found-dead in his bed in the convent where' he,
was confined by order of the Government. It is
remarked that Ferdinand is quite fortunate in
getting rid 'of 'his royalist enemies. The Baron.
d'Eroles died the other day of apoplexy, and
the-Trappist is found dead in his bed ! It was
hardly. necessary to have executed Bessieres.
He too would. probably have died suddenly if
be had bpen committed to some safe place.of con.
finement,.where nobody would have known how he
wasAreated. The reports are still current that the
"French f6rce will shortly return into the Penin-
sula. • The, ludicateur de Bordeaux contains a
letter- from Bayonne, dated the 7th instant, in
which there are accounts of the manceuvres of
the troops encamped under the walls of that city.
The Minister of War was expected there on the
18th or 20th ; and it was generally understood

that 25,000 or 30,000 men would cross the Bi-
dassoa at the close of the year. The statement
in the Journal de Paris respecting the successful
conclusion of a negociation for a new Spanish
loan, is wholly void of truth. The French Funds
are again declining, in sympathy, we supposei
with our own. The Five per Cents. ex. div.
were, at the close of the market on Tuesday,
99f. 50c.; and the Three per Cents. 71f. 45c.
On the 22d of this month, the registers of the
conversions into the new stock of Four and a
Half per Cent. will be closed. At present, the
amount of these conversions does not exceed
600,000 francs, and they have not yet- been
quoted at any price. This is certainly a striking
failure ; but, indeed, what motive can the ren-
tiers have to reduce their annuities one half per
cent., in order to secure themselves for ten years
against a re-payment which is less likely to take
place every day

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
For the twentieth time, the report is renewed
at Paris, that the terms of a Loan for Spain have
been agreed upon, betvfeen certain French
Capitalists and a. Mr. Tassin, who is stated to
enjoy the full confidence of King Ferdinand. It
is added also, that the Ambassadors of the Powers
in alliance with Spain are well inclined to sup-
port, with all their influence, the success of this
financial operation. As we do not hear a syl-
lable mentioned of recognizing the Loan to the
Cortes, we take leave to doubt the correctness of
this, as regards the Ambassador of one friendly
Power at least. Till the beloved Ferdinand is
brought so far to a sense of justice, as to acknow-
ledge the Constitutional Loans, it would be a
most glaring suicidal act of the French, or any
other C4pitalist, to intrust him with a single far-
thing more of their money.

[NEW TIMES.]
The French Papers are filled with the most
laughable stories of our interference with respect
to Greece. The Quotidienne informs us that
5,000 English troops have arrived at Malta, in
order to aid the views of England on that valua-
ble possession, the Morea. Also we learn that
Commodore Hamilton has promised the Greeks
1'50,000 piastres, on the condition that they
would carry on the war against Ibrahim Pacha.
An English Admiral is to make his appear-
ance, without delay, in the Levant, with a
man-of-war and three frigates. (This, we may
remark, shews the idea which the Greeks en-
tertain of the number of vessels requisite to
overthrow the Turkish power.) But the most
delicious piece of information of the whole is,
that the Hydriotes and Spezziotes (respecta-
ble Powers !) demanded of Commodore
Ha-
milton to hoist the English flag over them ; to
which the Commodore re-plied, that although
England could not support them so openly,
she would most efficaciously do so in private.
The joke in the Rovers is nothing to this.—
Let us sing a chorus, says • one of the heroes of
that celebrated tragedy, to conceal our presence.
Still better is Commodore Hamilton's secret;
don't mention it, says the Commodore,. we shall
help you most particularly ; it is requisite, how-
ever, that it should be a secret, and therefore only
publish it in all the European papers. We shall
tight the Turks and defeat them, without giving
them a hint that we have done it. What description
of blockheads is it that is deceived by such
stories as these ? It appears that the Bank of
France are following the example of the Bank
of England, in withdrawing their advances on
stock. This circumstance a writer in tl►e Quoti•
dienne reasonably enough assigns as one chief
cause of the present low prices of the French
funds..