The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-09 00:00:00

ships were destroyed in the night of the 7th
by Greek fire-ships. Ibrahim did not arrive
in time to save them. The Greeks then turned
against him, and used their fire-ships with such
effect, that on the 10th of October several Egyp-

tian ships were burnt. This was in a manner the
signal for the dispersion of the Egyptian fleet, yet,
the Commander succeeded in assembling the
greater part of them, and returning with

them to the entrance of the Gulf of
Stanchio, where the transports and the division
of the fleet left for their protection joined him,
and all set sail to return to Alexandria. The
Greeks pursued him. Those Egyptian ships of
war which were separated from the fleet are
palely taken, and partly have escaped to Candia ;
those Turkish ships which were not burnt, or
greatly damaged, on the 7th October, left the
Itarbour of Alitylene, and returned into the Dar-
danelles.

•'There is not any truth in the rumour that the
Earl of LIVERPOOL intends to retire from Office ;
but we believe that the Marquis of WELLESLEY
will succeed the Earl of linallowT as President
of the Council.

The intention of remunerating those .wlio•4ost
their property during the horrors of the. French
Revolution is an act of justice that ought to have
been the subject of consideration at an early pe-
riod since the return of the Bourbons to the
throne of France. Many of those victims to that
dreadful outrage on mankind, have perished.
under the axe of democratical tyranny,
.riiany were driven into exile, and many are
doubtless, at this moment, pining in indigence
and obscurity. The only fault of these victims
of injustice, cruelty, and oppression, was their
devotion to the Altar and the Throne. It was
therefore the duty of the late King of FaANce
to suggest and to promote some means of relief to
the unfortunate and innocent victims, if entire
indemnity cannot be awarded. Indeed, it would
be absurd to expect that ample justice can be
rendered to those who suffered under the spolia-
tions of the usurpers that obtained a temporary
ascendancy over the State? but the Government
of France should interpose and extend all prac-
ticable
.relief to those who suffered for their
loyalty. A great part of the landed property
confiscated by the usurpers under ,the name
of NATIONAL DOMAINS, have passed into
other hands. Some, no doubt, were purchased
at a fait.valuatlon, and others were the reward
of treachery, and revolutionary turpitude. The
purchasers ought not of course to be. divested of
what they paid for, but yet they ought to make
some sacrifice to the injured, parties, and the lat-
ter also must admit, that as the nation itself
suffered under revolutionary hoirors, it was im-
possible 'foi:individuals to escape without injury
in a general convulsion of the State.

The KING, whose departure we yesterday an-
nounced, arrived at Windsor to dinner.
The Duke of YORK returned to town yester-
day afternoon.
Yesterday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER took
an airing, and received visits in the course of the
day from, the Duke of Youx, the Princess So-
PRIA, the Princess VITTORIA, and the Princess
FEODORE.

Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, the whole
of the Cabinet Ministers in town assembled at
the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs,
and sat in deliberation for three hours.

The Prince de POLIGNAC, French Ambassa-
dor in this country, will, it is said, proceed to
France in short time.
We understand that a deputation of West
India Proprietors had an interview with the Earl
of LIVERPOOL yesterday, at Fife Honse, to re-
quest his sanction of an application to his Ma-
jesty's Government to permit Distillation from
Sugar. They' were also to communicate the
amount of the Subscriptions to the New West
India Company, which is said to be no less
than 4,000,0001.—( New Times.)
A BallOf took place yesterday at Lloyd's for
the election of five new Members of the Com-
mittee of that Establishment, hi the room of five
'others who. go 'out by rotation, when the follow-
ing Gentlemen were elected, viz.--Mr. WILLIAM
PRATT, jun., Mr. WILLIAM WHITMORE, jun.,
Mr. JOHN BUCK, Mr. JAMES LINDSAY, jun.,
and Mr. ROBERT DEWAR.
We are happy to find that the subscriptions
for the relief 'of the sufferers by inundations,
both in Germany and England, go on very suc-
cessfully.
The Earl of ROMNEY has given fifty pounds In
aid of the Charity Schools in Maidstone.
EARTHQUAKE IN ENGLAND.—At about two
o'clock on Monday afternoon, the shock 'of an
earthquake wit, ,felt at Portsmouth and in its
neighbourhood,. as well as at Chichester and
Hayling Island. • It was very sensibly felt by
many at the lower end of the Point at Portsmouth,
by the Custinn-house, but more particularly at
Kingstone Cross:. The convulsion was so'great
there, that the::family of a ,Mr. Piddle was so
alarmed that they feared their residence would
be rased to the . ground. The plates and dishes
. were all [(lngle-, such articles as were ins-
pended moved as a pendulum' of a clock, and,
indeed every thing in the. house was iu great
agitation.