The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-01 00:00:00

GREECE.

The Leipsic Gazette, of the 28th inst., publishes
the text of a communication, from the French Govern-
ment to the Powers of Europe, on the internal affairs of
Greece. This document, dated the 11 th ult., begins
by stating that the attention of the Cabinets of Eu-
rope, and that of London in particular, had been re-
cently turned to circumstances of an unpleasant na-
ture connected with Greece, which gave rise to
apprehensions that her Government was not suffi-
ciently strong to command respect from its subjects.
This, it says, is the more to 'be deplored, since the
increase of the Greek population. the improvement
of agriculture, and the augmentation of the public reve-
nue, show the country to be possessed of vital energies,
which could. only be compromised by the faiths of its
administrative system. France, consequently, calls on
the protecting Powers, and on those who subsequently
to the treaty of 1827 have entered into relations of amity
with it, to address friendly representations to King Otho
on this subject. France does not consider Greece suffi-
ciently ripe for the establishment of a constitutional Go-
vernment, but she suggests that the attributes of the
Council of State might be extended and provincial and
municipal councils be instituted. This system would both
strengthen and regulate the Royal authority, and would
have the advantage of being in unison with the national
tradition. The document then concludes with an appeal
to the Cabinets of Europe to save a kingdom which they
had founded from all evils of sufficient gravity to compro-
mise their common work, and all the interests connected
with it.

Letters from Athens state that Adm. tasusse arrived
there on the 20th of August with the Inflexible and Santi
Petro.

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AND
Vubitt fa Onion.

" Who runs may read."

FOR,EXC-N.
The India Mail arrived at Malta on the 27th, and
at Marseilles on the 31st of August, with news from
Bombay to the 19th of July, and from China to the 20th
of May. His Celestial Majesty, the Emperor, was con-
centrating a large force, commanded by his brother in
person, to " utterly cut off and exterminate the English
barbarians ;" but whether like the King of Ava he has
commanded his pig-tailed warriors to march upon and
burn London, is not recorded. Admiral Parker and Sir
Henry Pottinger sailed from Bombay for China on the
7th of July, on board the Sesostris steamer. The re-
inforcements had preceded them, so that on their ar-
rival in the Chinese waters hostilities would at once be
resumed.

A circular addressed by France to the Courts of Lon-
don, Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh, dated the 11th
ult., on the internal Government of Greece, appears in
the Leipsic Gazette of the 28th instant. France sug-
gests that all the Powers in amity with Greece, and par-
ticularly the protecting Powers, shall address represen-
tations to King Otho on the subject of his misgovern-
ment of that country, and calling upon him to extend
the attributes of the Council of State, and to institute
provincial and municipal councils, in order to prepare
Greece for the orderly establishment of a representative
constitutional Government. We rejoice to see France
take the initiative in a work so worthy of her civiliza-
tion, her recollections, and her glory ; and we rejoice
still more heartily to find her stating in this document
that England was the most urgent in recommending her
to make this appeal to the public justice of Europe. Lord
Palmerston has not quitted office without bequeathing
the rich legacy of independence to Greece.
The Paris Journals continue to shower abuse upon
M. Guizot for the praises bestowed upon him by the
British press. The National says :—" It is really quite
delectable to.witness the tender sympathy which binds
the British press to M. Guizot. A unanimous concert of
praise is sounded by the London Journals ; no doubt to
drown the effects of the discordant charivari of Caen.
We are anxious to take note of this success of our Fo-
reign Minister, as nothing can better prove from whence
he comes, where he is leading us, and who are his
masters."

The Commerce sings to the same tune. "M. Guizot,
the object of a Gharivari in France," exclaims M. Mau-
ginn's Oracle, " is comforted by the English papers of
every party. This is as it should be." In ninety-nine
cases out of every hundred, the concluding observation
of the Commerce is pretty correct. He would be a shal-
low politician who would suspect the patriotism of a
French statesman on the evidence of a charivari in the
usual French fashion.

The Courrier Francais is equally bitter. It says :
" The London Journals are unanimous in support of M.
Guizot. This support looks suspicious, for it is an.in-
terested one, and France, we fear, will in the end be
the sufferer by it. Our interests are decidedly opposed to
those of allied Europe. A man cannot be popular both
in London and in Paris. He must, perforce, make an
option between France and England. It seems that M.
Guizot has made his choice. Ours is not the same.
As for the English papers, since they find M. Guizot so
excellent a statesman, such a perfect Minister, why do
they not make place for him in the British Cabinet ?
France would be too happy to be rid of him." With all
due deference for the opinion of the Courrier
Francais, we take leave to observe that France
does not so abound in great men that she can afford to lose
the services of the greatest of which she can at present
boast. Were M. Guizot to choose another country
France could not fill up the blank made by his absence.
England would be proud to see M. Guizot enrolled
among the number of her citizens.
The Legitimist Journal Quotidienne remarks :—" M.
Guizot ought to feel completely- happy. He seeks to be
unpopular in France, and no Minister ever enjoyed more
unpopularity than he does. His aim is to attract the
admiration of England, and lo ! every English paper
eulogises the policy of our Foreign Minister as the
most noble and the most courageous. A Radical
Evening Paper (The Sun), even treats as vile
and base the adversaries of our great doctrinaire."
M. Guizot takes his stand on the principle of maintain=
ing the peace of Europe. His adversaries are the ene-
mies of peace and the progress of civilization. Regard-
ing them, as we do, in that light, no reprobation is too
severe for them.

The Constitutionnd and the Courrier Francais, not-
withstanding their condemnation of the Whigs, have al-
ready taken the alarm at the accession of the Tories to
office. The former journal says :—" We have, as re-
gards foreign policy, still less confidence in the Tories
than the Whigs. Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen
will, as far as France is concerned, adopt the conduct of
Lord Palmerston ; or if they modify it, it will be in the
way of aggravation." The Courrier Francais, in allud-
ing to a report that Lord Londonderry would succeed
Earl Granville in Paris, observes:—" This will be the
first insult of the Tories to France, and without doubt
they will not stop there.",
Admiral Lasusse arrived at Athens on the 20th of
August with the Inflexible and Santir Petro ships of war.