The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-13 00:00:00

[MORNING HERALD.]

We bear from very good authority, that not.
withstanding the beautifully worded and states-
man-like treaties, between the English Govern-
ment and his most Christian Majesty, Louis the
Eighteenth, that in Paris, Havre, I3ourdeaux,
and other cities and towns in that country, the
Slave Trade is carried on in full vigour, and that
the French Government are well aware of such
trade being, commercially speaking," in a ilou-
rihing state," and that even it connives at the
trade in question, and that it is indirectly encou-
raging it, so that while Mr. Wilberforce and the
people in England are starving the Colonial pos-
sessions of the United Kingdom, fur want of
black cultivators, his most Christian Majesty
secretly encourages a plentiful supply for the
colonies—of the most polite nation in Europe.

The Foreign Papers contain some further de-
tails respecting the recent successes' of the Greeks,
which are interesting only as confirmations of the
previous accounts. Scarcely any doubt can now
be entertained of their ultimate succeSs. The
recognition of their independence will therefore
,
soon "become a question of European politks.
What course the Emperor of Russia nleans to
pursue towards them is, after his past caprices,
beyond calculation. It would appear, hoWever,
as if he was brewing something in his new Cabi-
net with respect to them. It was announced
that the late changes would greatly influence his
policy between the Greeks and Turks. Aiid ac-

Counts of the 4th from Augsburg state, that the
whole legation which attended Baron Strogonoff at
Constantinople, and which, since his recal, be-
came dispersed over Russia, had all been sum-
moned to St. Petersburgh by the Minister for
Foreign Affairs. These persons were all pro-
tected by the Minister Cape d'lstria, who was
the great patron of the Greeks (himself a
Greek), in the Russian Cabinet. —On the other
hand, a pamphlet, entitled " Greece in 182 l and
189.3, published by a Greek," has been circu-
lated over the Continent.—lt would appear to
be the aim of this publication to overcome the
anti-revolutionary scruples of the Emperor Alex-
ander. It argues that the Greeks were never
the subjects of the Turkish Government in a
juridical or Christian sense—that they took no
oath of allegiance,and that, in point of fact, they
have been in a state of continual warfare with
their foreign oppresors fro-'n the siege of Con-
stantinople to the present day. Thus, it is ton-
tended, the principle of legitimacy is intact,
as far as the Greek insurrection is concerned.
—The next point laboured in the pamphlet is,
that the Government which the Greeks pro-
pose to establish ultimately, is not at all of
kin to those of Naples, Piedmont, and Spain.
—The principles and frame are, it is said, wholly
different. Bow far this reasoning may recon-
cile the conscience of the Emperor of Russia to
a cause which is insurrectionary, we shall not
attempt to divine. But the general conclusion
at which the pamphlet aims, viz. that justice and
humanity call upon the Christian Governments
of Europe to put a stop to useless slaughter, by
recognizing the independence of the Greeks, is
well deserving of consideradon. The state of
the contest appears to be such at present, that
the civilized Governments should interfere to put
a stop to a war, the result of which seems deter-
mined and cannot be long delayed.—(lbid.)

[Berman Pam.]
The documents published a day or two since,
as the series of a. correspondence between Sir R.
Wilson and Morillo, struck us, we confess, when
we read them, with considerable surprise. Had
they appeared in the columns of any journal but
one of high character and respectability, we should
at once have questioned their authenticity ; there
was something so strange in Sir R. Wilson, a
comparative alien on the soil of Spain, holding no
authoried civil_ or even military character, and
appearing only in the garb of a generous volun-
teer, opening a negociation for peace, uncommis-
sloped by either the Cortes, King, or Ministry of
Spain, and making his propositions, not to a French
General possessing something like authority to
treat,. but to a notorious traitor, in arms against
the Constitution he had sworn to defend,and the
Government who confided to him a trust which
the perjured recreant subsequently abandoned.
The idea, tool of idly committing this country
in the quarrel, by introducing British troops to
garrison Corunna and other places, as a gua-
rantee of good faith to Spain, W 3 thought was
passing strange. The proffered negociation and
its terms were altogether beyond our intelligence
and comprehension ; we knew not what to make
of it, and avoided therefore any comment
on what we really then could not understand.
—lf asked what our impression was at the mo-
ment, we candidly acknowledge it was not a
-very flattering one ; the perusal of these letters did
not raise our opinion of Sir It. Wilson's diplo-
Imlay ; we admitted him to be an Orlando in the
field, but could not help thinking he was any
thing but a Machiavel in the Cabinet. It was
certainly one of the most ill-conceived and abor-
tive attempts at negociation we ever witnessed ;
its utter incomprehensibility appeared the leading
feature; it was superior to any other diplomatic
overture we remember, as regarded its utter mys-
tification. The whole correspondence was to us a
complete problem, " riddle me, riddle me right."
Now, however, the riddle is solved, and all the
obsequious notes to" his Excellency," the traitor
Morillo, the South American plunderer and cut-
throat, id which the triple renegade's 64 kindness,"
goodness, and condescension were so often and
markedly dwelt on,are discovered by some conjurer
to have been all a " ruse de guerre" to amuse
Morino. This is a poor excuse for Sir R. Wilson
—a most " lame and impotent conclusion" as re-
gards the correspondence itself, if the documents
announcing it be true. Morino was 44 too old
a bird to be caught with chaff." Sir Robert
or his interpreter here ought to have known
that. The Condo de Carthagena was the au-
thor of his own fortunes : in Southern America
he was long exercised in a troubled and event-
ful scene. Such a man, steeped in blood, and
a veteran in fraud and duplicity, could not be
supposed gudgeon enough to swallow the first
bait thrown to him at random. It is not true,
as the correspondent of the Chronicle-alleges,
that had Morillo accepted the propbsitions, an
armistice was, secured, and Corunna preserved
from impending peril. Morillo's acceptance of
these hair-brained propositions mattered nothing.
He bad forfeited all character, and possessed no
separate influence or command. Ile was com-
pletely subject to Bourck, and inferior even
to Huber or d'Albignuc in military rank in the
province; and he possessed not a shadow of
authority to
negociate on any extended scale.—
Morillo had turned traitor to the Cortes who gave
him command—he affected still to disclaim the
Regency
therefore, when Sir R. Wilson weakly addressed
at Madrid opposed to them. He was,
him, merely a Lieutenant .of Bourck's, and could
do nothing without the sanction of his superior,
the French General. We have the highest possible,
respect for the character and principles of Sir
Robert Wilson ; his conduct on more than one
memorable public occasion has commanded our
warmest admiration ; his last act of personal de-
votion to the cause of free Spain, with a few
brave,and gallant companions, was one of chival-
rous and glowing heroism, worthy of the Bayards
or Montmorencies of other days. But the ardu-
ous and different character of an unauthorised and
; have
injudicious negociator was one Sir Robert should
have avoided and above all, his propositions;
such as they were, should not
to a traitor. been made
The effort was made, we are sure,
with, the best intentions ; but it was made most
weakly and unadvisedly.

Prom tits LONDON GAZETTE, August 11.

Whitehall, 4ug.11, 1823.

The King has been pleased to direct Letters. Patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, of Great
Britain and Ireland; granting unto Robert Laurie, Gentleman,
the office of Rougc Croix. Pursuivant of Arms, vacant by the
resignation and surrender thereof by William Radclyffe, late
Rouge Croix.

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