The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-09 00:00:00

Rico, that Santa F 6 is occupied by the Royalist
General Canterac, and that Bolivar has fled as
far us Carthagena. These stories, however, are
ridiculed by the Colombian° of the 26th of May,
as wholly visionary ; and we own they appear to
us to be in the highest degree improbable. Cer-
tainly affairs go on far from prosperously with
the insurgents ; and so much is admitted by their
warmest friends. The Colombian Government
itself bitterly reproaches the Peruvians for their
backwardness in the cause of freedom ; and from
the tone of this complaint, it clearly is not given
without a cause. At the same time, the Madrid
version is no doubt a gross exaggeration.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
Intelligence was received yesterday, through
several channels, from Greece, all highly favour-
able to the cause of the brave people of that
country. The statements respecting the defeat
of Dervish Pacha, the Turkish Commander-in-
Chief, are confirmed, Greek valour has again
successfully defended the passes of Thermopylo.
The contest was one of the most obstinate by
which even this sanguinary struggle has been
distinguished. The Pacha was encamped at
Larissa, from whence he proceeded with great
haste to force the passes. The Greeks defended
them with the most determined fortitude, and,
notwithstanding a series of attacks of the most
desperate fury, finally repulsed their assailants
with considerable loss. The Turkish troops are
represented to have fought with the utmost
courage, " and to have rendered the issue of
the battle for some time uncertain. The
Pacha fell back upon Larissa, where it was
understood he was awaiting the arrival of
some reinforcements from Romelia. This event
is of the highest importance to the Greek cause.
Dervish Pect►n is not only the Turkish Generalis-
simo, but confessedly one of the best Captains
in the Turkish army. Ilis defeat, therefore, will
produce the most decisive effects throughout all
the provinces of Greece. We learn, also, that in
order to insure the greatest advantages from this
repulse, Prince Mavrocordato, the President
of the Greek Government, had marched ivith
a body of .picked troops against the Turks un-
der Omer Vrione. As the latter were in a dis-
orderly state, the most confident expectations
prevailed, that they would be defeated with ease.
Tile Prince would then- combine his operations
with those of Nicholas who had been ordered to
penetrate into Thessaly, by way of Livadia. In
the centre of Thessaly the two armies would form
a junction, and be. prepared to co-operate with
great effect against Dervish Pacha before he
could be reinforced. The corps of Constantine
Bozzaris have had an engagement with the troops
under the Pacha of Scutari. The Greeks were
again victorious. I3ozzaris remained master of
the field of battle, and the Turks had fled in
every direction. Altogether the affairs of the
Greeks are going on in the most prosperous style.
The military Chiefs are submitting to the General
Government, and the deliverance of the classical
soil is every day rendered less doubtful. Among
the Greek newspapers received yesterday, the
Telegraph° Greco contains a spirited proclama-
tion by Conduriotti, on the duty of union and
the necessity of submitting to the legitimate au-
thority. An article, dated the 29th of April,
announces the entry of the Government troops
low Tripolitea, and expresses a fervent hope,
that Nal.►oli di Romania would in a few days
be garrisoned in a similar manner.

[MORNING HERALD.]
The Pope scorns to have taken fright at the
progress making by the Societies for the distri-
bution of the Bible. We think that his Holiness
has good grounds for alarm, for if the distribu-
tion of the Bible continue, Popery is in danger
of being upset, in which case, what would be-
come of its temporalities ? We have frequently
looked into both the Old and New Testament,
but we could never discover in those books any
authority for such a system as that of Papacy,
nor could we find any authority for the levy of
any sum for the support of the Pope and others
belonging, to the Catholic Church. Now the
Pope, in all probability, has also looked over the
Scriptures, to see if he could discover any autho-
rity for the good things to which the Papacy for
1500 years Leas helped itself; and like us, we
dare say that the Pope has been disappointed in
finding out the authority for the institution of
the Papacy itself, or of its right ;,o the tempo.
ralities thereunto belonging. The I'ope, there-
fore, no doubt reasons to himself thus—if f suffer
the system to proceed, of teaching every body
to read in their own language that book in which
there is nothing said as to the installation of a
Pope, or an illitMetiOU to the people to support
a Pope, Cardinals, and so forth, and if I go on
with this teaching and giving a hook which does
not sanction my assumed Papal authority, nor
in which book is mention even made how or in
what manner my assumed authority is to be
supported, people who are being instructed, and
to whom are given Bibles, will, in the long
run, by drawing their arguments front these very
books which may upset me, my cardinals, and all
that we have appropriated to ourselves ; more
especially if these people look only into the New
Testament, in which there is not only not a syl-
bible said regarding a Pope, or of tithes to sup-
port a Pope, but, on the contrary, in which are
instructions to the Apostles to go forth into all
nations teaching, but not to take with them
money or scrip—in fact, to have no regard for
money or scrip. It is osident that the eyes of
the Pope and his Cardinals are opening to the
danger they ure in. It may answer the purpose
of those who get their living, or who make 'for-
tunes by the printing of the Scriptures ; or of
those who are maintained by salaries for manag-
ing Societies for thf instruction of, or for the dis-
tribulon of the Scriptures among the Popish
flocks ; but it cannot answer the Pope's purpose,
nor that of his Cardinals. The Duke of York
also seems to have taken the alarm—the Pope's,
most bitter enemy. By possibility, the Duke
may have a few ad vowsons, and, therefore, he
may be.in fear of losing the right of presentation
to those advowsons. The Duke may also, like
the Pope, have been conning over the New ries.
turnout. to see if tie can find in it the worth ad.