The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-26 00:00:00

The Paris Papers of Tuesday have arrived,
and contain intelligence from Constantinople
four days later than the accounts from that ca-
pital which we communicated yesterday. We
extract from the Constitutionnel a letter from
Vienna of the 12th of April, giving the substance
of a letter from Constantinople of the 25th
March, in which it is said that all the efforts of
the Austrian Internuncio and Lord STRANGFORD,
to induce the Porte to reconsider its memorable
decision of Feb. 28, had been ineffectual ; and
that the Austrian Internuncio's Diagoman had
received verbal orders to inform that Mi-
nister that, as the Porte had declared its inten-
tions, all further steps were perfectly useless,
and that the SULTAN would be even offended if
the subject were again mentioned. The Journal
des DAats contains a letter from Odessa of the
Ist of April, three days later than the advices
from that quarter received in this country,
and brings down the accounts from Constanti-
nople to the 27th of March. It fully confirms the
statement in the Constitutionnel, with the ad-
ditional fact that the Reis-Effendi had likewise
informed Lord STRANGFORD that the final answer
of the Porte was to be found in its Note of the

'2Bth of February. The Austrian Observer has'
at length broken the studied silence it has main-
tained during the last two or three weeks, on the
subject of the affairs of Turkey and Russia.
Among our extracts from the Foreign Jour-
nals, we have given one from that Paper,
which states, that "it is formally authorized
to declare that the reports which have been
circulated for some time past in public pa-
pers, on the state of the negociations with the
Porte, are either entirely false, or mixed up with
data partly true and partly false, so that they do
not merit any credit whatever." Considering

that the Austrian Observer is the Official
Paper of the Austrian Government, some weight
is to be attached to this declaration ; but we
cannot help remarking that it has selected
very vague terms for the expression of its
sentiments, and knowing how ready it has
been at all times in communicating, cir-
cumstantially, news favourable to the main-
tenance of peace, we are of opinion that the ma-
terial parts of the intelligence on which it wishes
to cast discredit are substantially correct, how-
ever erroneous its minor points may be. We
consider it the duty of a Journalist to communi-
cate every article of intelligence on subjects
that interest the public mind, which seems
deserving of credit ; and it is to be wished
that the Editor of the Austrian Observer, who
pretends to be so well informed, would make
use of less assuming language, or justify his
tone by disclosing a part of his knowledge to the
public. The Berlin State Gazette, however, has
thought proper to denounce the Note of the Reis ,
Effendi of the 28th of February, published i❑ the
Journal des Dl:bats, as a positive fabrication. The
Journal des &bats is one of the most respect-
able papers in Paris, and the character of its
editors stands too high to suspect them of lend-
ing their sanction to any imposition on the pub-
lic, to promote a stock-jobbing speculation.—
On the contrary, every account, both public
and private, which treats on this subject, ex-
cept the Berlin State Gazette, confirms the de-
livery of the celebrated Note rejecting the Ul-
timatum; besides which, the silence of the Aus-
trian Observer on this point is, in our opinion,
most decidedly confirmatory of the accuracy of
this intelligence, and the inference its silence
leads to is entitled to more weight than the con-
tradictions of the Berlin. State Gazette.

It is, we understand, a subject of regret at
Vienna, that the British Ambassador is absent
from that Court at the present interesting and
critical period.

We understand that the Columbian Govern-
ment, in consequence of the remonstrances made
by the Commander in Chief on this station, has
consented to indemnify the owners of the vessels
embargoed in its ports for its service in their de-
tention, upon being furnished with statements of
their claims. In the case, too, of the caption
made by the General Clemente in Cumberland
Harbour, restitution is promised, on the property
being proved to be British. From the effect of
the prompt and decided measures that have been
taken in these matters, and the assurances ob-
tained from the Republic, we have every hope
that we shall hear no more of interruptions to
our trade, from vessels under that flag at least.—
(Kingston Chronicle, March 12.)

IRELAND.—The wretched state of a part of
the peasantry, we rejoice to find, has attracted
the humane attention of Government. The
Glare Journal states that at an adjourned meeting
of the Gentry of the Barony of Inchiquin, as-
sembled to take into consideration the best
means of relieving the starving poor, a communi-
cation was made by Major WA RBURTON, of " the
intention of Government to give all possible aid
to the local exertions of the country Gentle-
men ;" but that the aid to be thus afforded
would be " proportioned to the exertions of the
Gentlemen themselves, which he therefore re-
commended to be strenuous." The Barony of
Inchiquin is by no means the most distressed
portion of the county ; and yet, among the Re-
solutions passed by the meeting, was the follow-
ing, which too surely proves the frightful state
of wretchedness in which the peasantry are
plunged :
Resolved—That, having this day investigated the returns of
the individuals who have been appointed to inquire into the ex-
tent of distress in the Barony of Inchiquin, we find the number
of persons who at present have neither food, nor the means of
acquiring it, to be above three thousand ; and that, from the
same source of information, we are decidedly of opinion, that
number must, in the course of one month, be increased to five
thousand. _
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How extensive must he the distress pervading
the disturbed counties, when the inhabitants of
a single Barony have ascertained, by an actual
investigation, that it contains above- three thou-
sand persons destitute of food, and of the means
of obtaining it ! and when, from the unavoidable
consumption of the remaining small stock of pro-
visions, the number of persons exposed to the
horrors of famine will in one month be nearly
doubled ! A subscription for supplying the poor
of Ireland with potatoes really ought to have
bee❑ liberally supported. It is not yet, perhaps,
too late to arrest some of the worst consequences
of the scarcity.—The Irish Papers are chiefly
filled with the trials of persons charged under
the Insurrection Act, and with details of the out-
rages that continue to be perpetrated.—A party
of the 78th Foot having been employed in seiz-
ing a Still and apprehending three men who were
found working it near Loftus, county Kilkenny,
Were assailed by a large mob, who attempted a
rescue of the prisoners. In the conflict, one of
the mob was killed by a musket shot. A Coro-
ner's Jury have found a verdict of justifiable
homicide. Ensign Lord William THYNNE, a son
of the Marquis of BATH, commanded the party
of the 78th, and is mentioned as having displayed
great military judgment, prudence, and humanity,
on the melancholy occasion.

Yesterday at two o'clock a Cabinet Council
was held at the Foreign Office, in Downing-
street, which was attended by all the Cabinet
Ministers, who sat in deliberation until about
four o'clock. The LORD CHANCELLOR was only
present about half an hour, owing to his official
engagements.