The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-27 00:00:00

THE GREEKS.

The following is an extract of a letter dated
A rgostoli (Cephalonia), Dec. 13 :—" A few days
al.;o the Greek squadron fell in with the Turkish
lbeet a second time in the Gulf of Vole, and made
preparations to attack, on which the Captain
Pacha fled before them, making sail with 26 yes-
mils for Constantinople. This squadron was pur-
sued by a like number of Greeks; but I believe
rsithoot effect. Another detachment of 11 sail
Inatie for an island of which ido not remember

- the earne,.and was pursued by a smaller division
of the-Greeks, which came up with them, en-
• _0,04, 'iock., or drove on shore nineaf them.
Missolnagbi has terminated just as
I expected. -On the Ist instant tin. Turks sud-
denly raised the siege, embarking their artillery
and part of their troops; but leaving before the
place their sick and wounded., a quantity of
stores, horses, wetted powder, &c., and retreated
in the•direction of Prevesa. On the 7th, a Greek
squadron of 14 sail appeared in these seas, May-
rOcordato being on board. Therehave since been
some encounters of which we have hardly had
time' to gather the details. The Greeke fell in
with a Turkish corvette on coast ofithaca, and
- engaged her so sharply; that after vainly atternp-
' ing, to run her on shine, she was compelled to
surrender. She was on .her. way from Prevesa
from Patras, with stores and specie. Out of one
hundred and fifty men, 97 are -said to have been
killed, among whom are the Captain and the
nephew of Yussuf Pacha ; the rest gained the
•rhore- of •Ithaca, and were received into the Laza-
retto. A letter from Ithaca states that,6oo,ooo
Turkiiit piastres have been found on board the
prize. Ott the night of the 9th a Turkish trans-
port, with 150 men, put into Fiscardi, an outport
of this island, opposite to Ithaca, during a gal. :
a small Greek vessel did the same,•not knowing
of the Turks being-there, and at day-break they
found themselves within half a cable's length of
each other. A strong -detachment •of :the Sth
regiment was ordered to occupy the port, to pre-
vent any infraction of the neutrality and sanitary
laws : neither are allowed to remain more than.
`l4 hours in ,:fonian ports. .No intelligence from
the detachment has yet -reached this •city.—
Although these affairs are passing lit -a manner
under their eyes, yet it is hardly credible how,
• the Turkish men of war suffer themselves to be
kaocked about by this Lilliput fleet.

DUKE OF BELLUNO.

(Fro7the .414m:eine Zeitung of Jan. 18.)

LKTRACI: OF LETTItiI FROM 1-11-.NNA, DEC. 30.

" Astio-ng the many articles which have ap-
peaxed in the Paris Journals since the appoint-
Ment,of the late Minister of War, Marshal Vic-
tor, to.the post of French Ambassador at this
-C:onrt, some on theibackwardness, some on the
willingness of the Marshal to accept the post in
ctwstion, one of the latest in the Courier Fran.
cis. of thel7th instant has especially excited at-
tention here, because it mentions, and as far as
w, know, for the first time, a difficulty which
is said to stand in the way of the newly-
appointed Ambassador, on account of the title of
the Duke of Belluna, given to him by Napoleon
at the same time as other titles .were given to
other Marshals, Ministers, &c. This title, it is said,
Austria will not recognise, as it calls to mind a
victory obtained over its .arms, and the conquest
of a country which now makes part of its.
dominions. The author of the article in the
Courier Franc.ais seems either not to know, or
not to choose to know, that the French Govern-
ment, soon after its restoration in the year 1814,
formally acceded in diplomatic dOcuments to the
principle,..and repeatedly recognized it in subse-
WIPSIt negociations, that only those titles which
were attached to a certain place, where the pos-
sessor of them had performed some distinguished
military exploit, should be retained., but that all
others which, without having such an origin, ap-
peared to indicate a right of possession to lands,
cities, or domains, whiCh are situated out of the
French territory, should be abolished. If the
Allied Powers have not hitherto more peremptorily
insisted ..on. the actual cacryiug into effect of this
principle, which, if we are not mistaken, was ex. •
pr9ssed by the French Government so early as
in May, 1814, it can be attributed at the most,
if we may so express ourselves, to a delicacy
on their side, carried to the highest degree, and
time French Government will certainly be less in-
dined to think of acting in contradiction with its
own declarations of maintaining titles, the aboli-
tion of which it has itself recognised as neces
airy, as none of the Allied Sovereigns in the
course of , those campaigns, which twice brought
about the overthrow of Napoleon, ever made
use of the right confirmed by the public law of
Europe, and not disputed by France itself, of
conferring on any of its Generals a title, calling ‘.
to mind a victory gained by thern on French ground,
and the same manner as there are now Princes of
Wagram and the IYlowska, or a Duke .of Da lizic—
or creating, for instance., -Dukes or Princes of
Paris, Lyon, La Rothiere, &c. It may be rea-
sonably expected, that the French
.Government
Willi rather embrace this opportunity to fulfill the
Nvell founded expectations of the rest of Hurope,
and do away with the impropriety of seeing French
stobjects invested with the titles of Duchies and
entire provinces, atl right to which WitS formally
renounced by France in the treaties which re-
conciled it with the rest of Europe."

MR. LAMBTON AND MR. PEMBERTON.

[From the Durham Advertiser.]
As so much has been said respecting Mr.
LAMBTON'S heroism, it may not he amiss to sub-
mit the following explanatory circumstances to,
the public
Mr. LADIBTON attended a meeting of the Commissioners of
the river Wear ; he wasaccompanied by his brother, his agents,
his coal-titters, and other friends and adherents, of whom the
meeting principally consisted. It appears that Mr. Lambton's
primary object was to remove Sir C. Sharp from the chair,
which, of course, with his coadjutors, he effected ; he after.
wards attacked Messrs. Pemberton, for the vexatious opposi-
tion which they had created. (It is supposed that this alluded
to some opposition by Messrs. Pemberton to Mr. Lambton
and his friends, at which they were of course irritated, espe-
cially as they had been foiled by a verdict in a Court of
Justice.) Mr. T. Pemberton 'not relishing this attack, told
Mr. Lambton that he did not conceive Mr. Lambton was
treating him handsomely in using such language, and that
he had acted entirely in compliance with the recommenda-
tion of his laa' adrinrs. This was enough for the fiery
(or rather smoky) Member, who, with ;be assistance of his
brother, commenced a violent tirade against Mr. Thomas Pem-
berton. Every one allows that,Mr: -Lambton's talents consists
in the cominand, selection, arrangement, and endless trans_
position and repetitiou.of every term of invective the English
language affords. With such powers Mr. Lambton might at
one time have been.considered as a tremendous antagonist, but
he is now become a very harmless gentleman to his opponents,
as they now discover he is only great in words, alike incapable
of originality of thought or of deep reasoning and research ;
of the justness of this remark the Parliamentary annals will
afford ample proof. What a field for such a gentleman ! the
opponent against whom he bad commenced an attack, he de-
dared to be without character, courage, or friend, and yet
(waving all these circumstances) whom he would compel to
fight. How safe the Member thought himself—how noble and
generous his conduct in waving his antagonist's want of cha-.
racter, &c.! Had Mr. Pemberton's courage been at as low.
an ebb 113 Mr. Lambton supposed, how magnanimous his con-.
duct in thus insulting him without any provocation.
POKER.

Mr. T. Pemberton was then, by this valiant gentleman,
summoned out of the Commission Room, and report says, that
Mr. Lambton used the most opprobrious epithets as to Mr. T.
Pemberton's want of character, courage, &c. ; and when Mr.
Lambton observed Mr. Pemberton about to seize him by his
sensitive organ, he had recourse to the poker, with which he
saved himself pure, and which he brandished about in a most
spirited style. It appears it was then attempted to transfer the
quarrel to Mr. William Lambton.
VOTE OF CENSURE, AND CHALLENGE OF AN OLD
GENTLEMAN NEARLY EIGHTY "SEARS OF AGE.

During Mr. Lambton's absence from the Commission Room,
his friends, (ever ready to accommodate themselves to his
wishes), and entirely forgetting how he and his brother had
outraged the board by their conduct and public challenges,
drew up and passed a severe vote of censure on Mr. Thomas
Pemberton ; this was moved by one of Mr. Lambton's hired
agents, and seconded by another. During Mr. Lambton's
absence, a gentleman, wholly unconnected with either parry,
declared, that if Mr. Lambton had said half as much to him
as he had done to Mr. Pemberton, he would have taken him
by the nose.
When Mr. Lambton returned to the Commission Room, by
stated, that he had exposed Mr. T. Pemberton's character to
himself, in such explicit and intelligible terms, that no one
but himself could possibly pass it over. When Mr. Lambton
was acquainted with the vote of censure that had passed on
Mr. Pemberton, he became more furious and formidable than
ever, and threatened Mr. T. Pemberton's father, a gentleman
nearly 80 years of age, by saying, that had not his age pro-
tected him, he would have called him out alto.
The public will naturally make the following inquiry :
Why was not the highly indecorous conduct of the Messrs.
Lambton, in abusing and challenging gentlemen at a public
board, noticed in the vote of censure ?
The answer is obvious.;—is it possible that Mr. Lambton's
hired agents, who receive their salaries from his own hand,
would have joined in publicly censuring their own master
Wherefore, then the exultation of the high.
minded Gentleman
on being informedl of the compliment he had received, and the
remark of the sapient Editor of his Newspaper, as to the con.
elusiveness of this famous vote.
Might it not have been expected from such an exalted per-
sonage as Mr. Lanibton, that lie should have despised availing
himself of such support, or have, at least, requested his hired
agents to have withdrawn, or to have remained neutral upon
this occasion?

Mr. T. Pemberton having waited in vain for a formal mes-
sage from Mr. Lambton, sent his friend, Capt. Burne, to
Lambton Ball, and remained himself at hand, ready prepared
to meet Mr Lambton. Capt. Burne did not in the first instance
gain access to the great personage,
and was at last required "to
send up his business in writing;"
which he complied with,
and procured an interview, when Mr. Lambton (stating certain
scruples he began to entertain) concluded by refusing the chal-
lenge. This refusal Capt. Burne with difficulty procured in
writing, and proceeded with the precious document to Sunder..
land, where he posted it in the public News-Room between 2
and 3 o'clock on Friday the 9th. ,

The public must be well aware of the new point which Mr.
Larnbton had discovered in Mr. 'l'. Pemberton's character—a
most material one ! He had previously stated his thorough
conviction of Mr. Pemberton's cowardice ; but now for the
first time, most unexpectedly, discovered his great and appal-
ling mistake ! ! Oh Member ! get over this if you can !!
Recollect, at the meeting of the Commissioners you waved
every thing. Capt. Burne has declared repeatedly, that he
never met with a more cool, collected, or determined person,
than Mr. Thos. Pemberton.

Mr. Lambton's mind now misgave him ; and it appears Sir
Hedworth Williamson, Capt. Cochrane, and Mr. Baker, were
dispatched to Sunderland on the Friday evening, when Capt.
Cochrane was assured by Mr. T. Pemberton's brother-in-law,
(on the subject being mentioned to him at his house by Capt.
Cochrane) that Mr. T. Pemberton should not go out again to
meet Mr. Lambton after what had transpired. And late on
the same evening, when another gentleman was called in by
the friends of both parties, and when some conciliatory mea-
sures were proposed by the friends of Mr. Lambton, it was
then alAo distinctly stated, in the presence of the gentleman
so called in, that Mr. Thomas Pemberton should not go out
to meet Mr. Lambton again. Mr. Thomas Pemberton's friends
being most decidedly of opinion that there would be the great-
est impropriety in Mr. T. Pemberton's subjecting himself to
Mr. Lambton's repeated vacillations, should he again be
screwed up to the fighting point.
On the following day, Mr. Pemberton's character was again
brightened up. Mr. Lambton thinking himself in perfect safe-
ty, sent another challenge, which his friends consider as an ad-
ditional ostrich feather in his cap. That this great champion
is quite immaculate is very clear, by his never entering into any
combination to enhance the value of so necessary an article as ,
coal. Of the proceedings of Mr. Lambton's friends in the Sun- 1
derland River Commission, the public shall hereafter be in- I
formed. They have been distinguished by luminous Acts of
Parliament, never swerving from the Act to screen their own
friends, or to continue their emoluments after their places were
vacated. Never proposing and carrying Notes, and (finding •
they did not answer their purposes) again rescinding them,
and finally, never using personalities.
A single anecdote may be given as a bonne bouche :—When
Sir C. Sharp, about six months ago, was elected to the chair,
in opposition to the leading gentleman of Mr. Lambton's
party, this disappointed leading Gentleman exclaimed in an
agitated and agonized tone of voice, " Gentlemen, you have
done very terong"—they had done very wrong, fbrsooth, in not
electing himself ! What a fine compliment to the Commis-
sioners and Sir Cuthbert, and what an excellent specimen of
egotism !
It is much regretted, that such exalted personages as Sir H.
Williamson and Captain Cochrane should have moved in this
business ; it is thought that had they been present at the meet.
ing, they would have declined interference.
_ _

To the Honourable Captain, a gentleman of high honour and
conciliatory manners, Mr. Lambton is doubly indebted, Mr.
Lanibton having not long ago uttered a severe and undeserved
philippick against that gentleman's. father-in-law, which he has
kindly overlooked ; and the Honourable Captain must be well
aware, from circumstances in his own family, that an innocent
man may be easily involved by law proceedings in the faults or
errors of others,—as such he will probably be now lenient in
his judgment on Mr. T. Pemberton, from the errors of whose
workmen the alleged prosecution has arisen.
That Sir H. Williamson should have joined in this affair
against the old and intimate friends of his late father,• whose
good character was duly appreciated in the: county of Durham,
is still more extraordinary.
Bishopwearmouth, 21st January, 1824.
" The. late Sir liedworth Williamson was sponsor to Mr.
T. Pemberton.

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