The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-12 00:00:00

[BRITISH I'RESS.J

While the Greeks, in dispite of the taunts of
Sir William Gell, and the abuse of the Courier, are gradually
triumphing over thafanatic crescent, and each day consolidat-
ing their liberties, fury and infatuation are still at their height
in Constantinople. A ship which arrived at Odessa on the
littlt of March, and sailed from Constantinople in the evening
of the Bth; broughtthe dreadful news that Galata, Pera, and the
entire • quarter'"of the city inhabited by the Christians, where
the immense supplies of merchandize were, the treasures of the
East were all in flames, and the surrounding heavens like a
sea of fire. The captain of this vessel reported, that on the iith
It was known at Constantinople that the Greeks had taken
the outwarks of Patras., , Sir William Gell may string ca-
lumnies together as stupidly as he pleases about the
Greeks, but they are making their liberties sure, and win-
ning them from 'their. beastly oppressors with their " red
'right hands," and the dynasty of Othman is tottering to its
_very foundation. The finest portion of Europe, and a people
whose anceitors•yet live in immortal history, have too long been
degraded and brutified by this ruffian crew. • Sir William Gell
abuses the brave. Greeks, and sneers at their efforts, because
he could not run about withhis Turkish firman in his hand,
and, with th 4 aid,of an insolent Janissary, levy by blows
contributions on the villages and their inhabitants. 'With
him the Greeks are all base robbers and cut-throats( and
' the Turks
.patterns of justice and models of forbearance.—
If this impartial traveller should take it into his.head to
pay a third or, fourth visit . to the Morea within a short
time, he will find his ow friends, the Agas and Janis-
saries, all gone, and no Turkish Admirals to levy tribute at
Novarino or. glacwhere. Sir William 061 appears quite asto-
'nished how the Greeks, with their tine climate and resources,
can be discontented and not extrVerandy happy, with the sabre
of the Turks to the throat of tha Christian dogs ! He should
have remembered the ancient•pttet :
" Districtus Ensis cui-super itnpia
:Corvicependet non Sieulte Dupes,
Dulcem elaborant saporem,
Non avium Citharreque cantus
Somnum reducent."
No advantages of country or of clithate can compensate the defi-
cienciei of public liberty and private security. Without these
groat blessings, no people can be well governed or happy.

[MORNING Pon.]
Mr. Hume, beginning probably at length to
despair of acquiring any reputation or influence in Parliament
by his financial labours, seems disposed to extend his en-

lightened and patriotic vigilance to correct the abuses and
asuage the cruelty which, in his very correct judgment, spring,
from the administration of the laws. We greatly fear, how-
ever, that the philanthropy of this Hon. Gentleman will be
quite as unprosperous as his arithmetic. There may be abuses
and defects in the administration of the laws, as what human
institution is entirely without theM, yet if we may ,judge from
the attack of Thursday •night, its character of mildness anti
purity is built , upon a foundation
.touch too firm for the
asaults of Mr. Hume and his party, who are not only
without the , strength to make any impression on their
object, but even without the sagacity to select their points
of attack ,where the object is least invulnerable.—We will
not now enter upon the general subject of the adminis-
tration of the law in this country, which is so habitually the ob-
ject of sarcasm and invective by the Opposition in Parliament,
any further than to remark, that taken in all its parts it forms
a system which has endured for ages, which is intimately.
' blended with the character, habits, feelings, and prejudices of
the people, and which has conduced inun eminent degree to the
national prosperity and happiness. We•urge this remark not as
interdicting the fair and honest suggestions of possible improve.
meat, but us demanding from those who venture in any respect to
Impute blame, or to recommend alteration, that they should pro-
ceed with caution, deliberation, and reverence, An unfounded
attack, or a rash and ignorant proposal to change, is on this sub-
ject ntit merely .error, it is presumption and crime. The artifice
of attempting to engage the Sympathy of the most ignorant
part of the people, by proposing plans for mitigating the suffer,
ing which the law necessarily inflicts, is one of the oldest, the
basest, the most malevolent, and at the same time the most suicidal
artifices of Faction. No political party can employ this artifice
often and retain any portion of public affection or esteem. No po-
litical party, but one that is already weak and desperate, will em..
ploy it at all. flow far these observations are applicable to
the present Parliamentary Opposition, may be judged by their
present attempt to excite a public interest on behalf of persons
nuaring imprisonment, either on account of Government
claims, or on account of contempt of Courts of Justice.--
These two classes of prisoners, although Mr.' Hume, either from
the confusion of his own intellect, or awish to create confusion
in the minds of others, strangely. blended them together, are
perfectly distinct classes, connected neither by any similarity of
offence, nor by laying within the practical operation of any
conunon principle.

MURDER AT GLAPIIAM.—The whole of yes.
terday was occupied by one of the sitting Ma.
gistrates, L. B. ALLix, Esq. at Union Ball, in
the investigation of the above atrocious .murder.
A man named Philip who is said to be.
distantly related to the unfortunate ..deceased,
was'apprehended the previous night by Hall' and
Glannon the officers, on suspicion of being
,con-
cerned in the murder; he. is well known at
Camberwell, and was one of those men . deno-
minuted cc Caddies" or " Barkers" -to a stage-
coach : he generally attended the Stage-coaches
at the Mother Red Cap on Camberwell.green.
We abstain from giving the particulars- of the
investigation, as the. Magistrate signified it was
indispensably necessary for the endi off public
justice that the whole of the evidence against
the-prisoner should be withheld for the present.:
The deceased's' watch has been recovered.