The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-03 00:00:00

THE LONDO4 ,i6M3NALS,

:-Z-ALLY EXTRACTS 'FROM THr. kIC)Ft.NING -PAPERS,
Jthittary 3, iS2T.
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• [l3lllll Ht PRESS.]
The island of Zante appears to continne very
ratich agitated, and so unpopular has Sir Thomas
lolaitland made himself throughout the lonian
Wands, that disaffection towards the_British Go-
vernment will most probably sliew itself quickly.
is every part of the 'Onion. -The evident parti-
elity -which the head of the lonian Government
displayed at an early period of the present war
towards the oppressors of Greece, excited' in the
b7CaSts of the lonians a strong feeling of dis-
pleasure. This was raised to a high pitch of in-
dignation by the apparent cruelty of the High
commissioner in recently depriving some, Parga-
nc,tes of their right of- residence within the
union, on the ground a:their having vio-
lated the neutrality which it .was his 'Excel-
lency's policy to observe. The lonians took but
pains to conceal their sentiments, so that
even independent of the- attack made by the
people of Zaute .upon a party of .British troops
Whointerfered for the protection of some Turkish
sailors against the fury of the populace, it is pro-
bable that Sir Thomas Maitland had gobd rea-
son to apprehend an insurrection akairfst the Bri-
tish 'authority. From this apprehension flowed
his edict-for the general disarming-of the people.;
but the 'measure was considered by them as -a
.gross and wanton insult,, and has .alarmingly
creased the hostile dispositidn of the islanders.
It was very doubtful, while the lonian Islands
continued tranquil and obedient, whether our pus
-session of them was beneficial to the interests of
Great Britain ; but should the minds of the inha-
bitants become alienated from our Government,
should.they be made to feel the severity of an
austere and despotic authority, instead of the
protective mildness of a liberal and generous ad-
min4stration, and should it finally be found neces-
sary-to maintain our possession by the employ-
ment of a large army, and by the exercise of mi-
litary law, no doubt can any longer subsist, and
it becomes clear to demonstration, that either the

character of thaGrovernment must he•ameliorated,
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or that the ensigns of British power ought, with-
' out any delay, to be removed from the sight of a
people who have ceased to regard them with sea-
tments of respect or attachment.

[MORNING POST.]
The Paper which made itself conspicuous lately
ty Publishing incredible accounts of atrocities,
said to have been committed by the Greeks, was
at last obliged, yesterday evening, to raise a little
Corner of the veil which conceals the enormities
of his friends, the Turks. The necessity was
really cruel, but the task was performed, as fol-
lows, with much better grace than could have
been anticipated : 44 We regret to state, that the
letters by the Turkey Mail this'-morning, of the
2f.lth November, confirm the intelligence of great
excesses having been committed in Constanti-
nople, which, in several instances, ended in the
iTrttrddr of Christians. These excesses are ascribed
entirely- to the sailors landed from the Turkish
aeet which arrived from the ArChipelago. They
brought thirty Greek vessels in as prizes, and on
their passing Seraglio Point, these barbarians
hung each to the yard-arm three or four Greeks,
as trophies of victory ; the crews were after-
wards allowed to go on shore, where they were
guilty •of the greatest cruelties.. One of the
letters we have seen says—' His Excellency
Strangford has remonstrated strongly with
the Porte ; and we trust his influenoe will be
successful upon this as upon former occasions.'—
The same letter, on the subject of the disputes
between Russia and Turkey, observes—' The
Austrian Internuncio has had a long conference
-with the Turkish Authorities : all that has trans-
pired is, that no definitive arrangement has yet
taken place, but if there is a war, it will be en-
tirely owing to the obstinacy of the Porte, and
-,ve think hostilities with such a powerful neigh-
bour, and such internal convulsions, will end in
the entire overthrow of the Turkish Government.
-We cannot, therefore, think for a mornent,lhat the
Divan 1,7;11 thus rush forward on destruction.' "
Vie have received advices of a later date, Nov.
from Constantinople, which make no allusion
eihntever to the assassination of the, Sultan, and
state that the outrages of which that city had
again beer: the theatre, were partially repressed.
A very heavy gale had been experienced in the
neighbourhood, and several ships had been lost.
Tile thirty Greek merchant vessels adorned with
the bodies of as many of the Turkish Admiral's
assn. Greek sailors, hanged to make up for the
paucity of the captures, and to add to the re-
hpectability of the show, had excited much ex-
ultation at Constantinople. But notwithstanding
the loss of those ships, which had, been found al-
titdst defenceless at Galay:idi, the naval strength
ot the G.-eeks was considered unimpaired.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We refer our Readers to our Law Report for
an account of the trial, the Earl of Jersey against
ttan Publishers, and Printer of John Bull, for a
libel. in the. Paper of May 6, 1821.—The Chief
4-ustice, in his charge, stated, that the article in
tAd Paper ins question was a scandalous and de-
fitinatory publication. The :Jury found the de-
feitdants Not Guilty, on the ground that the evi-
denceof publication by them was not satisfacto-
lity.made out, but that they had no doubt of the
P4per being a, libel. Thus these assassins of fe-
,stsje.reputation, 'or rather these screens for the
assassins, have been again branded by the Court
and the Jury, though they have escaped punish-
went. A remark will naturally force itself on
wog' of our readers on this occasion.. The
lipiltsh law is said by lawyers to be The per-
fettion of human reason, and its forms are, we
supp9se„ all equally dictated by reason. Yet it
4,appens that numbers of causes are perpetually
Is;idt, an account: of nothing but the omission of
sot* formality or other. It is not long since, in
atiptherTibel,case, Wright v. Cobbett, the plain-
tkflid:to recommence proceedings with a ruinous
outlay, on account Of, some informality in the
dhlaration. Thjsfipite_of thipp is either a._.4b0l