The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-23 00:00:00

last night, is of the greatest importance to the
Greeks, and the cause for which they are strug-
gling. 'the liberal policy of.the British Govern-
ment, in giving strict orders that the blockades
of the Greeks and Turks should be equally re:.
spected, does Mr. Canning great credit,. an we
hope will have most important results in Greece.
It is true that on many occasions the fortresses
,in :the Morea held by the,rltilrlcST WhOtP.On the
,point of surrendering% have been relieved .by
,they ships...of _Austria,: and
.England, which
ought to have., remained neutral in the , con T.
test. :We have various statements of the cell-
.duct of some of.,.the British. cruisers before
Napoli di;; Romania, at ..Patras and Lepanto,
which we refrain from publishing, as we
hope much of the relatiens, may not,. be correct
and also in hope that the late orders sent by the
British Government will put Re end to such con-
duct. I\Nre hope,.also that the conduct of the
British Consuls, hitherto, we are sorry to' state,
very ittimice) to the Greeks and the cause of free-
dom, will also be, changed, and that, hoth by land
andsea, We. shall coutemplate the Greeks as our
Christian hrethren, struggling against the most
odious tyranny that exists in the workL ' It is no
longer the struggle of a few for their freedom, but
the efforts of a w hole nation,combating single hand-
ed against their oppressors for libertyand existence.
hitherto the obstacles have been InVny, and the
separate and distinct cOmmandi of the several
Chiefs have prevented that union of action, which
alone can accomplish great works. Now a Repre-
sentative Government ;is .establisbed at Napoli
di Romania, the Gibraltar of Greece, and. we are
assured that upwards of 70 of the Representatives
had arrived to form. a: Congress far the dispatch of
business,and the regeneration of the Greek nation,
and from their conduct hitherto we may look for
the most favourahlo result. The surprising exer-
tions made by sett-redound to the honour and en-
terprise of the Greeks in. a higher degree than
their efforts by land.. They have converted every
square-rimed vessel into a ship of war, and for
the past five months their flag has been triumph-
ant in the Levant. Not a,Turkish flag, has been
able to keep the sea. The,itifant navy of Greece
has defeated and disPerSed the ancient and large
force of Turkey—the Vower that, at no distant
period, struck terror to'the Christian world, has
been humbled by its own Christian subjects.

Lettntsn enass.J
We were happy, last night, to hear, for the
first time, liberal sentiments, becoming this
country,
.avowed -towards the brave Greeks, and
a respect for liberty on classic g_round,'endeared
to the memory by a -thousand glorious.recollec-
tions—aiOwed by the ostensible Minister of,
Great Britain, in his place. Mr. Hume asked
the Foreign Secretary whetherhis Majesty's Go.
vernment had given orders to respect.theblockade
by the Greeks, where. it was bona fide existing.'
Mr. arming, with,a candour and liberality that
are honourable to , a :Minister, answered--that
it was true, in one. instance, that a Greek
blockade, according to all the laws of war, had
been violated ,by a Ariti§h cruizer ; hut. it saw
equally true, that, in consequence of, that viola-
tion, orders had been given to. prevent such en-
croachments for the future. :the maritime
power of Great Britain is the only one the
Greeks had to fear, and this declaration of the.
British Minister at once frees theM from any.
alarm
no
contest of this sort. The Austrian;
has no naval force. With "the few ships this
despotic power could send from Trieste and,
Venice, she endeavoured to break through the
Greek blecipde, and throw supplies into Napoli
di Romania, liatras, and CorinthOo the beSieged
Turks ; but the Greek navy, whiCh scourecl: all
those seas, was- more titan equal to any attempt
of the,Anstrien,on. that ,elprogra. riq Greeks
in the Morea are now awaiting, perhaps, the,
closing struggle against the Ottoman „power,'
n' 'the tremendous expedition, preparing:- by
he barbarian Court against them. They are
themselves assured of_ their success, and sing
ing. the song, of. victory ; and with oily 4.11 th
11PUtrality ,on the part of the Eurol;ean'PeWers,
we have ourselves no doubt that the present' et 4
tempt of. the Moslem,. like all his past,.will eticl
in hi. own defeat, and the complete
„triumph of
the Greeks.,
.We hope yet to see,
:that country,
the scene-of' so many great and imperishable re.
collections, Avitlo,ta people free and happy, and
stieOce and civilization' again spreading their in.
lluence through that fair and classic land.