The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-23 00:00:00

possible, and under severe penalties, all fire-arms fit for service,

that they may have in their possession.
The same Journal mentions the hostile preparations making
at Bayonne, and positively announces that the correspondence
intercepted by the soldiers of Zabala has been sent to General
Eguia. It is the battalion of the active militia of Salamanca,
which has-arrived at St. Sebastian: the Governor of Burgos has
retained the Grenadier Company of that corps to pursue the par-
tisans of Eavilla, whose bands daily increase ,and intercept the
communication.

The arrival of the French General, Count de Erlon, at Bar.
celona, is but too true ; it is positively affirmed that he has ask.
ed permission of the Spanish Government to raise a foreign
corps, to be called Knights of Libcrty, and that it was strongly
believed he would.obtain it.

BREST, SEFT. Lt.—The Goletta brig, Gugette, M. Lalande,
commander; has just been dispatched to Toulon ; it seems that
it is afterwards to join the squadron of the Levant. The frigate
Hermione, M. des Lauteurs, commander, and the corvette
Diligente, M. Gautier, commander, are also to sail. 13,ear-
Admiral Bergeret .has his flag in the Hermione, which is, ,it
is said, to return to its station at the Antilles.

AUGSEURGII, SEPT. i4.—(Extract from a pri-
vate Letter.)—We have received the two follow-
ing letters, which seem to throw some doubts on
the successes of the Turks ; but it is impossible
to guarantee the truth of the details which they
contain :

" ZANTE, AUG. 19.—The news from .the Morea explains
the dissolution of the Senate of Argos, in the following man-
ner :—As soon .as the Ottoman armies entered the Peninsula,
all the Chiefs of the Greeks were convinced of the necessity ,of
a Dictatorship. The choice was doubtful between Colocotroni,
and Demetrius Ypsilanti, 'but the first had the advantage, and
was unanimously proclaimed Dictator. The Members of the
Senate, of whom some inclined to England, and were retiring
to Zante, submitted immediately to a new head. Colocotroni
gave up the command of thecorps, before Patras, to Logotheti,
whom the Turkish reports had transported in chains to Ypsara.
Colocotroni defeated the Ottoman army, which had penetrated
into the Morea, and annihilated a corps of 8,000 men.* The
same letters assert, that Odysseus gave up the passage of
Thermopylw, to the Chourschid Paella, for a sum of 300,000,
piastres ; but that he'lms,since recommenced hostilities against
the Turks"

" SEPT. 2.—The Turks of Belgrade continue to
announce victories, and to look on the conquest of the Alorea
as certain ; but our Greeks have taken alittle courage since the
arrival of the ordinary courier from Belgrade., with letters from
Salonica of the -16th, and Serres of the 19th of August. All
these letters continue to announce victories gained by the
Greeks : they assert Chourschid Pacha liaS been defeated, and
that it is in consequence of his defeat that he returned to La-
rissa on the 6th of August, with 3,000 men, and thathe has
made a third call upon the Mussulmans, which no one has
obeyed. They assert also; that Om& Brione has suffered a
check near Jannina. But the "greater part of the letters only
venture to speak of their defeat' in allegorical terms. 1 give
you the news as it iseirculated here,-but I do not warrant its
correctness. You see both parties claidi the victory. We
must still wait for the next Courier from Constantinople."
LEGHORN, SEPT. 7.--. Another American squadron is ex-
pected in the Mediterranean, to reinforce the one which is there
already. The news is also confirmed of the American agents
who arrived some time ago in the Morca, having brought to a
conclusion important aegociations with the Greek Government.
FRANKTORT, SEPT. 14.—The attention of our politicians
is alternately turned toward London and Vienna ; they expect
to see Lord Wellington arrive, :but from what is known of the
proceedings of the English Government, it is not expected that
the Noble Lord will come with such extensive powers .as Lord
Londonderryusually had. This Minister acted under his own re-
sponsibility, and as head of the department for foreign affairs.
he Duke of Wellington,,as Member of the Cabinet, and as one
of the most distinguished persons in England, may be charged
with very important communications anti declarations ; but the
immediate controul of the negociations, drawing up notes, and
signing conventions, cannot, according to the invariable proceed-
ings of the British Cabinet, be confided to any person but one
provided with full powers by the Minister, whose responsibility
to Parliament requires that every thing should be submitted to
and approved of by him. According to this principle, the
King of England,.in approving the sentiments expressed in
the treaty of the Holy Alliance, of September 26,1815' refused
to sign it, because it was drawn .up in a form which did not
admit of its being counter signed by a responsible Minister.
The appointment of a new ;Minister for Foreign Affairs is,
therefore, a measure which must take place, before England
formally and positively interferes in, the •regular negociations of
the Congress. People are impatient to know if this Minister
is to be taken from among the moderate Tories, as Liverpool,
Canning; Wellesley; Or from among the Tories exalted, as
the Lord Chancellor, Lord Colchester; and others.
• The proceedings of the Russian Statesmen excite as lively a
curiosity as the Ministerial arrangements at London. Count
Capo-d'lstria, who had fallen into disgrace, according to gene-
ral opinion, for having supported the cause of the Greeks too
ardently, is at present at the waters of Ems, after having-passed
some days in this town. Redid not appear here like a dis-
graced Minister. He has a large suite, several secretaries, and
what is remarkable, imperial cabinet couriers at his service. It
is nearly certain,' therefore, that he is not out of' office. The
Russian Minister to the Germanic Diet, M. de Anstett, and
the Russian Consul-Gene-ral, M. Bethman, invited him alter.
nately to dinner, during his stay here, and appeared to treat
him with great deference; and M. Pozzo di Borgo, in passing
through the town, had an interview with him.
The friends of the unfortunate Greeks, in their present situa-
tion, regard these circumstances with attention and anxiety ;
they also remark, that the residence of M. de Strogonoff, at the
waters of Bohemia, is not far from the place of the actual con-
ference.

The most ardent partizans of the Greeks see even still farther.
They assert, that a great monarch complains of the langour with
which other Courts have supported his remonstrance in favour of
the victims of Musselman barbarity. They add, that the defeats
of the Grecas are not as decisive as stated by The Austrian
Observer. They regard all the publications on the termination
of the Greek insurrection, as a means of keeping out of the dis-
cussions of Congress all mention of the affairs:of the East, in
order to concentrate attention to those of Spain. The friends
of the Greeks refer to letters from Leghorn, Corfu, and even to
an article in the Gazetta di Forenza., according to which the
Turks were beat at Coriuth, on August jtht ; but even ad-
mitting that The Austrian Observer is animated with senti-
ments hostile to the Greeks, we must suppose, from the ta-
lents and the prudence of its editors, that they are incapable
of employing such improper means to -gain -their ends, and
which would so soon turn to their own confusion. The news
of the Observer is certainly true in the main, and if some iso-
lated combats have been unfavourable to the Turks, that is not
a reason to believe that the insurrection can still be prolonged ;
perhaps it is even not to be desired-; perhaps Greece, desolate
at the feet of the barbarians; will- excite more certainly the
pity of Christian Kings, than Greece armed for battle. '
PETERSBURGII, SEPT. 3.-11er Majesty the Em-
press
Maria has now . fully taken possession of the new and
magnificent palace in Jelaldas Island, and it will probably be-
come,
next to Pawlowsk, the favourite summer residence of her
Imperial Majesty. The best artists of this city have been em-
ployed in building and decorating it. The last private per-
son who possessed it was Count Gregory Osteff, of whom his
Majesty purchased it for 230,000 roubles in paper currency.
The Conservateur Impartial of to-day has the following ob-
servations on the affairs of the East Private letters from
Constantinopleof 30th July, affirm that the public tranquillity
is daily more and more consolidated; that they hear nothing of
the plague or of war ; that the moderatitin of a great power,
and the means employed by its allies, give reason to hope
that peace will not be interrupted. Soon, it is said, the Am-
bassadors of the four great Powers, at Pera, will reap the
fruits of their endeavtiurs. They' have for some time past re-
doubled their activity, because the pressure of circumstances
has required it ;.and this has been attended with happy conse-
quences. The Internuncio of the Court of Vienna, the Am-
bassadors of France and England, as well as the Prussian
Charge d'Affaires, have proved what a determined perseverance
can do, when it acts on one consistent plan. Ifall these endeavours,
as we are authorised to hope, obtain the consent of the Porte with
respect to some Concessions and EVacuations Which are neces-
sary to the maintenance of peace, all the Christians of the
East will owe to this beneficent co-operation a solid establish-
ment, which will not be endangered in times of war.—
From the panic terror which seized the Greeks at Smyrna
after the defeat of the Turkish fleet, we may judge of the
fate they would have reason to fear, if a Russian army had
approached Constantinople. Lord Strangford has resided, for
some time at a country house by the sea side. Mr. Chap-
pon, his Charge d'Affaires, .continues. his negotiations with the
Reis Effendi.' _

The same Paper contains an article on the subscriptions
opened in the Russian empire, for the Greeks who had taken
refuge in it. The subscriptions amount, it seems, to 975,000
rubles, of which his Majesty the Emperor contributed 150,000,
and the Empress Mother 10,000. But as the number of the