The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-28 00:00:00

[DIORNINGI- CHRONICLE.]

Letters from Constantinople of the 25th, re-
ceived by the Turkey Mail yesterday, mention
the prevalence of a report at_ Constantinople of a
-victory on-the part of the Turks, but no particu-
lars had then reached that capital. In the Augs-
burg account, Chourschid Pacha. is reported, after
thel.battle"of•the 7th, to' have prematurely dis-
patched a -courier to Constantinople, announcing
the extermination of the Ghiaours. So stands
the matter at present. A battle has very
probably taken place, and we think the balance
of probabilities is also in favour of a victory on

the part of the Greeks. In a little time, how-
ever, we may expect to hear farther on the sub-
ject. God grant that the good cause may have
been triumphant !—The Russians, as is well
known, avail themselves of a particular species

of tactics in fig tin the Turks. They contrive

that the Turks should always be the assailants,
and as the onset of the Turks is irresistible (at ,
least by troops disciplined in the European man-
tler,) they oppose to them a small part of their
force. The 'lurks having driven this force in,
get immediately into confusion, when they
are routed by the reserve with the greatest
ease, and run off as valiantly as they ad-
vanced. The Scots Highlanders, before they
were regimented and disciplined, used generally
to break by their impetuosity the regular troops
opposed to them, but if the first onset was un-
successful, they were i❑ like manner soon thrown
into confusion. Though less powerful in body
perhaps than the Turks, they had the advantage
of being more agile ; and they contrived gene-
rally 'to engage at .the foot of a hill, which, if
unsuccessful, they could ascend without danger
sof being reached by a less long-winded enemy.—
Count Normann, in whom the Greeks have great
confidence, has the reputation•of being an able-
and experienced officer; and it is probable that
he would avail himself of the most approved
means for discomfiting such an enemy.

[MORNING HERALD.]

The•procecaings of the Court of Assize, in the
affair of Rochelle, are but of little interest,
except as they display the barbarous state in
which the tkchninistration of justice in France
still remains. There is no doubt but that the
principles of freedom "may be a long time esta-
blished in the body of a Constitution without
making their -way to the subordinate Courts of
Judicature. But once having triumphed over
the old traditions of those tribunals, they make
rapid progress. The administration of justice
in our own Courts of Law, particularly in cri-
minal cases, testifies this truth with force.—
In the reign of Elizabeth our Judges refused to
hear a witness against the Crown. The Courts
of Star Chamber and High Commissions were
not more remarkable for their oppressive and
sanguinary rules than the humblest tribunals
of the country. The spirit of slavish veneration
for authority, which pervaded those tyrannic tri-

bunals, was sometimes carried to excess by the
Judges of the inferior Courts. Who is there that
looks back to the ignominious conduct of Sir
Edward Coke, in some particular instances,
whilst he filled the office of Attorney-General
and Judge, but must exult that he lives in a day
when the administration of justice has arrived to
so great a degree of purity, and when the esta-
blished rules of our Courts of Justice are such as
in almost no case to give innocence a fear ? The
state of Criminal Justice in France seems to be
stationary. The example of England, as it has
showil the value of a Representative Govern-
ment, will surely provoke some improvements in
the administration of justice in France.