The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-26 00:00:00

THE GREEKS AND TURKS.

Tat ESTE, AUG USV 4.—Several vessels from the
Archipelago bring news that the' Gteek Admi-
ralty is at present engaged in preparing for the
etecution of a very bold;project, which may be
pfoductive of the grerttest advantage to their
cause,- if it succeeds, but may also be 'very fatal
to the Greek. It is nothing less than to transfer
the theatre of war to Asia Minor, and to make
themselves masters of Smyrna. It is affirmed,
that for the execution of this project the Greeks
hate assembled a flotilla, with a body of 1'2,000
troops, collected from the several islands of the
Archipelago, which have shewn the greatest
eagerness in the cause of independence. We ex-
pect with great impatience the further details of
this plan, the execution of which mgt now have
commenced.

The Greek Admirafty has chosen the dioment
when the Captain Mucha is in the, lonian Sea,and
on the Coast of Candia, where the Greeks do
not think he can tthdertake any thing important,
because they have been able to prepare for a vi-
gorous defence ott all the points that are threat:
cued.

The Divan had received positive information
of this expedition, and for this reason it sent
Ibrahim Pacha with some thousand Amen troops
to Natolia. He is to assume the chief com-
mand of a new army that is orgatiiiing there, of
which the troops he has taken from Constanti-
nople will form the vanguard.
The success of the expedition' Will principally
depend on the part that the numerous Greeks of
Asia take. If they do not come to assist the
landed troops, the latter may be considered as
lost, for we must expect that the Turks will do
their utmost to expel the Greeks from that
iin-
portant province.
A report is likewise spread that tho' Captain
Paella has received orders from Constantireuple to
return, with all his fleet, to the coast of Asia Mi-
nor, to attack the Greek fleet. The expedition
projected by the Admiralty' will thus far, at least,
have the' advantage of acting as a poWerful di-
version to induce the Captain Pacha to leave the
lonian Sea and the coasts of Greece. He has not
yet, however, quitted tire neighbourhood of Pa-
, tras. It is not known what he intended doinv, on
that conist,, for there is no opportunity to strike a
great blow there, and his land force is besides
too small to attempt it.
It is certain' that the Egyptian squadron is still
at Alexandria. The plague, it is said, has
ceased, but the Paella of Egypt does not think it
prudent to let his fleet depart.--(Brussels paper.)
. _

Thursday afternoon, at the Grove House,
dington, a gentleman, for a, wager of a sovereign,
Mtn penny►piece seven times in succession with
a musket loaded with shot. The penny was
thrown up at a distance of 15 paces:

If the article from the Journal (h's Debuts (see
a preceding column) is official, it is, at the pre-
sent juncture, of great importance. It fur-
nishes tl solution of the question respecting
the nature of the alleged negociations at Cadiz,
and unfolds, at- the same time, the real views
and expectattons of the French Government,
in the efforts which they are now making
to bring the war td a close. Our readers ate
aware that we have for some. time past express.
ed our conviction, that the French entertained
the confident hope that the possession of Cadiz
and of the lit No's
person would be delivered into.
their hands; soon after the arrival of the Duke
d'ANdOui.ENtE at p'ott St. Mary, and that
they wetild only resort to the last expedient
for obtaining peace, by treating with the
Constitutional
Government, in the. event of
those hopes being frustrated which' they have
°
founded upon the ascertained treachery of a
powerful party within the Walls of Cadiz.—
Everr the Decree of the Dale d'Agobtmum
which has left to' the Madrid Regency no-
thing but its Hume,appeared to us to be
an unequivocal indicatbah of the policy to which,
we have just adverted. In confirmation of the
accuracy of that conclusion, the Journal des

Debais now thiorms us tiiat ctlid jibiitical Con:
stitution has been, nor will be proposed to the
Cortes. Btiti in all times and places, personal
capitulatiods have been -agreed to in order to ter-
minate revolution:4' " Never will the Duke
d'ANoourAstE nor his MhiEsTY's Government
capitulate with Revolutionists! Never will they
treat with the Cortes' iii a political body!"--
Now, the first remark. which we shall make
upon all this, is one which cannot always
be applied, to French declarations, vii. that
it 'is explicit and intelligible. That even
this declaration, howevers is by no means
remarkable for...sincerity, or Caliddiir, or con-
sistency, can be inade apparent with very little'
difficulty. 'ln the same `breath in which it is
haughtily proclaimed that the French "never i
will capitulate with revolutionists," it is admitted
that " in all timer and places, personal capitula-
lions- (with these persons styled revolutionists;
have been agreed to!" According to the notions
of dignity entertained by the French Govern-H
ment,- thtirefore, there is neither improptiety
nor dishonour in treating with ithliCiduals, who
hOe the baseness to betray their principlesi
to violate their oaths, and to desert the cause of
their friends and of theit country, whilst they re'
coil with affected horrot from the proposition of
coming to' an arrangentent with the very same
persons itt 'a
collediVe capacity. According!
to thisnest principle of political indr4lityi it is
honourable to conclude a treaty of amity with
every "' revolutionist" who stipulates, as the '1
priCe Of his treachery, that he himself shall be
' continued in hii rank and employment's, and shall
continue 'to rtneive his accustomed emoluments
.
from the coffers of France, whilst it would be
dishonourable to treat with the Corteri as a body,
although they should stipulate (not for the pH-
! vote advantage of their individual Members), but
! !
for the and independence of their country!
The French have done, and are continuing to do,
that very thing, (treating with revolutionists,)
%ilicit, in the delUsion of their own arrogance and
vanity they pretend to disclaim ; and, of the two
modes in which the accomplishment of the thing
was possible, they have, by their own acknow-
ledgments, chosen the one by which alone the re-
proach of baseness could be Cast upon them, and
from %thich alone they could receive the con-
taminationof dishonour !—Sitch is the 46 false po-
sition" into which those are necessarily led who
with to retain a character for principle,after having
proceeded far in a career by the very commence
ment of which every principle of justice and good
faith was anttageously and wantonly violated !
Dia the, assertion of the Journal des Debuts
that the. French will never treat with the Cortes,
as a political bedb can only be considered as by.
perbolical. If the French army Should encounter a
serious disaster,--if it should even be driven out
of Spain,--w ill France never treat with the Spanish
Government !—lt is all very well to threaten,
in the confidence of success, that they wiU
never treat ; bat that threat would be for-
gotten in the depression of adversity !—Let
the French recollect that their success is not yet
cumplete,—that their triumph is not yet sure!
We will add, that if the plot for giving up the
KING should fail, they shoed recollect that
their own discomfitdre is almost certain !
If is admitted by the Journal des Debate
itselfi that only 4000 of BAI.LAsTEnos's army
have remained with him after his defection t
The rest are said to 'have rettitited . to their
homes ! --;-. If the war should continire, ire
shall perhaps soon hear that their' homes are
the camps of the Constitutionalists, and that their
occupation is the mountahrand Guerilla warfare
which has already been felt so annoying to the
invaders 1

CITY, Ttielie &Clucks—Consols opened this
morning at 824-4, at which they remained steady.

FOIttION MAlntr.r.-L—Little or no bossiness has
been done this morning.

Dorrn, Auo. 9.4.—This afternoon a Courier
landed hereiand immediately proceeded to tow-n',•
with dispatches for the Foreign Office. He
arrived at Boulogne this rimming at six, from
Paris; and was immediately sent off in an eppti
boat by the British Consul. He is the bearer of
dispatches from Sir CHACRLES STUART.

Iresfer►la`y moirning the Duke of CLARENoE left
Bushy Park, on a visit to the Duchess of GLou-
CESTER at Bagshot Park.
The Earl and Countess of Li VERPO.OI. arrived at
Oxford on Friday, where the Nolikt Earl and
Countess continue to remain.

The CUANCELLOII of the Excuroaticn continues
at Leamington.

During his late tour in France, the Duke of
GLouccwitut gave 100 francs to the poor Protes•
tants at Nantes.

Their Majesties the EMPEROR and the Em-
PRESS quitted Vienna on the Ist instant, for their
hereditary States in Austria. In the month of
October they %rill visit Milan, it is expected.