The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-29 00:00:00

ETRE PUBLIC LEDGER.]

It is somewhat singular that neither the Smyrna
nor Constantinople letters waste a line (we wish
we could conscientionsly.use another phrase) on
the naval action, which is said to have taken place
between Cape Doro and Andros, and in which '
the Greeks claimed a brilliant and decisive vic-
tory. This silence is the- more remarkable, as
the engagement is, stated to have occurred nearly
three • weeks previously; but, as we expressed
before our opinion respecting this victory, it is
unnecessary to repeat it,- particularly as it has
been confirmed in the interval by the arrival of
the- Turkish fleet at Candia, where it has joined
the Egyptian squadron. It is one of the charac-
teristics of this war, that it has been marked
throUghout by the most. contradictory state-
ments, for which the Turks, however, are
wholly blameless, as they never publish any
thing, thinking it a breach of dignity to trum-
pet forth their triumphs, and a breach of morality
to palliate their reverses. Therefore we, have
only- partial statements on one side, and vague
accounts on the other.
_'This is the cause why we
..never_pits our faith to either, and usually form
our opinion upon the few incontrovertible facts
that happen to reach us. One of these is the cap-
Sure of Navarin,. which, as it was achieved. in
the presence of the whole disposable force of
Greece, we looked upon as a conclusive proof of
the superiority -of the Egyptian troops. Another
undisputed- fact - is the irruption of Redschid
Pacha as far as the, gates of Missoloughi, without
the least resispuce.on the part of the Greeks,
which furnishes a glaring evidence of their utter
inability to cope with the enemy in that quarter.
A third part is the.occupation of Salona, which
is only second to :Missolonghi, as- a place of
strength in Western Greece ; and, as the enemy
still retains it, and moreover presses the siege of
Missoloughi, we must of course infer, that the
war in that province has assumed a character the
most alarming for the. interest of the Greeks.—
The fourth and 'last :fact is, the passage back-
wards and forwards and this repeatedly, of the
Egyptian fleet between Candia and the Morea,
from which it appeal's, that the Greeks are either
very remiss on their'favourite element; what
is more likely, incompetent to cope upon it with
the Egyptians. With these glaring facts bel'lre
us, we have not been able to resist the impres-
sion, that the affairs of the Greeks have assumed a
.most disastrous turn, and that rumours of a con-
trary texture are circulated for no other purpose
but to conceal the true state of things.

[MORNING POST.]
It has long been a questio,i with naturalists
whether animals are savage by nature or by cir-
cumstance's; •but•the issue of the late Lion Fight
at Warwick tends to remove much of the doubt
which has .hitherto existed in this respect. In his
native wilds, the King of the Forest is invincible;
and whetfhunted, has been known to turn upon his
assailants, in defiance of 11 shower of balls frOm
musquetry. An instance of this occurred not long
since, in the EaSt Indies, when a lion, after having
received severitl:shots, rushed out and nobly charg-
ed his assailants, and it was not until a numerous
party rushed do him with swords and muskets that
he was overcome. In the fight at Warwick, such
was the effect of.domestication, that the lion was
tame, and even cowardly ; he seemed quite uncon-
scious-of •his strength, or the force of his paws,
and never once attempted to use his teeth ; thus
giving a clatradiction to the assertion of the Poet,
that " itsrisroroir to harm each creature feels.",—
The exhibktion was indeed extremely revolting.
There was a noble and generous animal, whose
nature had been subdued, expoSed to the attacks
of three animals at'a tirne,whose instinctive ferocity
f:ad beep increased by exercise, and was stimulated
by their 1:9 less savage masters. For the sake of
humanity; we wish the brutal exhibition had been
prevented, by the. Magistrates, who, it appears,
Aqueamishlyrested upon a point of legal doubt, but
if the law is not sufficient to prevent such cruel-
ties, we trust it will be made so ; though,. as the
exhibition failed as a speculation, it is probable
We.shall not he insulted by a repetition of so dis-
graceful and shocking a barbarity. Since writing
the above, we find that a similar savage and
cruel scene is advertised for Saturday next, at
-Warwick ; but, foe the honour of the country
and the character, of the Magistracy, we hope
and trust it will not be suffered to take place.

[MORNING HERALD.]
Scarcely a week passes in the course of which
we have not to record either some ..stage coach
accidents, the deaths or the verdicts- consequent
thereon, or instances detailed at • the Pvtice
Offices of the insults and abuses to which persons
are subjected - who venture into 'stage coaches,
especially those on the P.addit:gton-road, and
other short stages near /401141311.:- In the latter
case it is understood' that a confederacy exists
among the worthies of whip to indem-
nify each other against plrcuniarl penalties,
which renders•that part of theitiW and the efforts
of the Magistrates: to • carry It 'into effect
almost unavailing. —.Superior as our roads
are become, and our mode of travelling is to that
•of any other country, in point of general comfort
and expedition, it is hard that those advantages
should be superseded by the carelessness,. the
drunkenness, and insolence of those whose duty,
and, one •would think, whose interest it is, to
treat their employers' with care and civility.
Much of this bad character among the drivers -of
public vehicles arises from the absurd- taste which
has existed for some years among their betters
of aping their manners and Vulgarity. gentle-
men have turned coachmen ; and coachmen wish.

ing, in their turn, to be thought Gentlemen, both
the one and the other become the very re-
verse ; and the difficulty would be to determine
which has resolved himself into the greater
blackguard, the would-be coachman or the would-
be Gentleman. To check the improper conduct
of these gentry, as well as to profit from a
share in the business, a Stage Coach Compa-
ny has been established ; but no sooner does
the first of its coaches start to Bath, than
we hear that a combination of the postmasters
is formed to exclude from their posting line, as
it is called, any innkeeper who dares to give so
much as a dinner or breakfast to the passen-
gers by any of these new coaches. We are
glad to see that in the instance we allude to,
the injured party has had the courage and
good sense to advertise the particulars of the treat-
ment he has met with ; and we hope that people
who travel that or any other road, where similar
attempts are made, will, for the sake of them-
selves and the public, mark their sense of such
proceedings. But these things are of little con-
sequence compared to the dangers, both of life
and limb, which are continually occurring—not
one half of which, we verily believe, ever reach the
public eye. Stage coach proprietors know, in some
instances, how to keep such things out of the
provincial papers ; and of course they generally
occur at points too far distant to reach the London
press through any other channel. As it is, how-
ever, no small part of the time of the Judges at al-
most every Assize town (besides the similar causes
tried continually in London), is occupied in try-
ing stage coach causes. The other day a case was
tried, wherein a person having, from fear or acci-
dent, fallen from the roof of a coach, the brutal
driver still went on, heedless of his situation,
leaving him, for aught he knew, to perish on the
road. Juries have, as they are probably bound
to do, given temperate damages in all or most of
such cases. But what is a verdict of 1001. to man
who, after lingering six months with a broken
limb, finds himself after all, perhaps, a cripple
for life, and his pursuits or business totally de-
stroyed ? It would be well, perhaps, if some re-
medy of a more summary nature could be found for
such cases as these, than a long and expensive law-
suit. Why might there not be an immediate in-
quest, like that of a Coroner ? Or might not
coachmen and their employers enter into some
previous security for that of their passengers ?
These things, however, may perhaps be imprac-
ticable. Competition is probably in this, as in
most other cases, the surest check and protec-
tion ; and the prevention of the evil would be
much promoted by the Press (the provincial part
of it in particular), giving immediate publicity to
every well-grounded cause of complaint which
occurs.