The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-09 00:00:00

friends. We were delighted to see this attempted attack
repelled in a manly and spirited manner by Mr. SAMUEL
WHITBREAD.

The insurrection in Crete' begins to excite so much
interest in Paris, that our Contemporaries can no

longer remain silent respecting it. Accordingly, the'
Chronicle of Tuesday breaks silence with the fol-
lowing attack on the brave Cretans :
" We will yield to none in interest for the Greeks ; but
we cannot approve of that abetting of their discontent which
can lead merely to bloodshed, and to no other ulterior result.
The upshot of the great Greek insurrection was to secure for
the Greeks, by the intervention of European Powers, the
tranquil possession of almost all their old country. The inde-
pendence even of this portion the Greeks would not have been
able to maintain against Mussulman force, except by the sup-
port, military, naval, and diplomatic, of the Christian Powers.
But it was not the intention of the Christian Powers
to crush altogether the Mussulman population. And
it would now be very unfair, after the recent settle-
ment of Greece, to come forward with a new crusade against
the Turks. It would be not only unfair, but dangerous ; for
Crete, if taken from the Turks, must be under the protec-
tion of some European Power. More than one would
dispute it. And thus, from philanthropy towards Greece
might spring a sanguinary war between the Europeans.
In the settlement of Greece, Crete was not included
in that kingdom, probably because the Turks had
not been driven from it. And, perhaps, the inte-
rest towards the Greeks of the island was dimi-
nished by the known fact of their being the most audacious
and relentless pi. ates of the Mediterranean. It may
be added that the experiment of a Greek island, under a
Greek Prince, with especial privileges, but under Turkish
suzerainty, did not at all succeed in the case of Samos. Per-
haps, then, the wisest efforts of the Philhellens should be di-
rected t,:wards securing for the Greeks under Turkish sway
such rights as the edict of Gulhane promises. We have
strong hopes of the regeneration of Turkey, not by the Turks
resuminr, their ancient superiority as an exclusive, tyranni-
cal, and conquering race, but from a better amalgamation of
races. But whether this takes place or not, the Greeks
have more to gain at present by peace than by war ; for every
year adds to their force, whilst it diminishes the number of the
Turks."
borne twenty-four years ago the Chronicle urged the
same prudential reasons, and others still stronger, against
the insurrection of the Greeks of the Morea ; and had
the gallant HYPSILANTIS, SOTIRI, KRARALAMPI, MAI"-
ROCORDATOS, INEGRIS, COLETTI, BOTZARIS, and CA-
NARIS in 1823 listened to the sage counsels of their
pseudo friends among the Liberal press in England,
there would have been be no Great Powers to guarantee
the freedom of their country in 1827. The Chronicle
ought to blush to remind the Greeks that they owe their
independence to the interference of the Great Powers, in
the face of the well-known fact that but for the bad
faith of these Powers towards the Patriots, and the indi-
rect assistance which they lent the SULTAN, the Greeks
would have achieved their independence unaided three
years at least before they succeeded in for ever
casting from them the Ottoman yoke. If the Great
Powers delivered Greece by what the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON described as an " untoward event," the destruc-
tion of the Turki4l fleet at Navarino in 1827, we must
not forget that British interference saved that fleet by
protecting it in the canal of Corfu in 1823.- Only a few
weeks after the inhuman massacre by the Turks of
20,000 of the peaceable inhabitants of thelsland of Chios,
under the protection of the ladies of the Imperial
Seraglio !
In the excess of its caution the Chronicle passes in

review the dangers that would arise from placing the in-
dependent Cretans under the protection of any of the
Great,Powers. This is a difficulty surmountable at very
little risk. When the proper time arrives, we shall be
quite ready to discuss it.
The Chronicle is at all times eloquent about the rights
secured to the Christian subjects of the Porte by the
hatti scheriff of Gulhane. Our Contemporary knows
very little about the Turks if he supposes that the habits
engendered by centuries of domination are removable by
a paper edict bearing the signature of ADD-UL-MEDJID.
They are in Europe the same fanatical, ignorant, cruel
race that they ever were from the period when they first
gained a footing in it. Nor could the Cretans choose a
better time for asserting their independence than when
all Europe is a witness of the barbarity and want of good
fitith of the Turks in Syria. Moreover the Cretans would
have long since proclaimed their freedom had .not their
chains been riveted by the iron despotism of MEHEMET
ALI. In depriving the VICEROY of the government of
the island the SULTAN virtually extinguished the sway
of the Moslems in Crete. To the gallant Cretans, then,
we with every success ! In Europe the Crescent must
henceforth yield to the Cross, and GOD forbid that we
should be found arrayed against the oppressed elevators
of that sacred banner in a. cause so worthy of Heaven's
protection as that of liberty. The efforts which the
Cretins are making for their independence in the field
are thus summed up in a letter from Athens of the
15th ult.:—
" The war has increased into an ir.veterate conflict in the
mountains of Spakia. On the 4th the Turks who had entered
on these heights were suddenly attacked in the rear, and all
their courage was inadequate to defend them from the masses
of stones which were hurled down upon them from the sum-
mits by their almost invisible enemies. A detachment of 300
Arabs was, as it were, engaged between two inaccessible
mountains, and forced to surrender. The insurgents estimate
their own losses upon this day at from 300 to 400 men, but
make that of the £tlussulmans, including prisoners, amount to
between 1,000 and 1,200. On the 13. h another battle was
fought with great fury. The attack was general. At one
moment the Turks gained several advantageous positions, from
which, however, they were afterwards dislodged by the intre-
pidity of their opponents, and obliged to fall back on Vassa.
The Christians have now four guns. On the 14th there were
some slight skirmishes K ithout any consequential results. The
deserters from the garrisons of the Peloponnesus to Camila
continue to be nuaierons, and among them are said to be se-
veral Germans."
Nor do the Cretans rely wholly upon their own re-
sources against the whole weight and fury of the Turkish
empire. The following correspondence, which we copy
from the columns of the Debuts, manifests the extent to
which they calculate upon the sympathy of the Christian
States—sympathy which we trust wilt not be withheld
from them. They must conquer or perish, as from the
Turks it would be madness for them to expect mercy,
were all Europe to unite in guaranteeing it to them
TO TILE MEMBERS OF THE OLD GREEK COMMITTEE OF
PARIS, VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIAND, THE DUKE DE
BROGLIE, THE COUNT DE ST. ACLAIRE, MARSHAL SE-
BASTIAN', SL. VILLEMAINE, THE DUKE D'HARCOURT, M.
BENJAMIN DELESSERT, &c. -

" GENEVA, JUNE 30.

" Gentlemen and former Colleagues,
" It is a duty for roe to inform you immediately of the letter
I have this instant received from the Cretan Commission.
Time not permitting me to write to each of you individually,
I take the liberty of addressing my letter to the Journal des
Debats, which will, I hope, give it insertion.
" It appears to me impossible, gentlemen, to remain deaf
to the cries of distress of these unhappy people. If European
policy cannot, on account of its engagements with the Porte,
come to their assistance, let the feeling of humanity which
exists in the bosoms of the people replace that which their Go-
vernments cannot do. Insurrection of all kinds is to be de-
plored ; but as that has taken place, and the vengeance of the
Turks is ready to massacre Christians who only ask for their
liberty and independence, ought we not to assist them ?
Let us again, gentlemen, form philanthropic Committees ;
Christian Sovereigns cannot blame, and if they once allowed us
to assist the Greeks, would they now oppose our efforts to save
the Christians of the east ?
" The circumstantial details which I have received, and
which I shall have the honour of hying before Sou, prove that
the unfortunate Cretans will he treated with the most frightful
barbarity if they yield; the massacres which were perpetrated
in Crete after the Greek revolution, shows the fate reserved for
the inhabitants of that island. In concluding this letter, I
permit myself to invite all the ancient Committees of France,
Germany, and Switzerland, who are interested in the cause of
the Greeks, to again unite, in order to send assistance to the
oppressed Christians.—Accept, Gentlemen, &e.,
" J. G. EYNARD."

"TO 11._ EYNARD.

"Monsieur le Chevalier,—Your name is ever connected with
the enfranchisement of Greece, and whenever the Greek peo-
ple, who are still under the Ottoman yoke, shall seek to break
it, they will throw towards you and your cellegues of the Com-
mittee of Paris their suppliant looks, certain to find noble and
generous sympathies among those who have done so much to
procure the freedom of Greece.
You will already have beard of the holy insurrection of
the Chi istian inhabitants of the island of Crete ; the cares
which we have been compelled to give to our unhappy brethren
about to suffer all the horrors of a war of extermination, or to
rise from a state of the most abject servitude, have alone pre-
vented us from making known to you immediately the resolu-
tion of the Cretans, and the events which have been the con-
sequences of it.
" To spare the recital of details, which from their having
taken phee have lost much of their importance, we take the
liberty of sending you annexed an account of this new insur-
rection of the Cretans, and of the causes which have brough it
about.

We'entreat you, Sir, at the same time, as well as all your
illustrious colleagues of the Committee of Paris, to take our
cause in hand, to rai e in our defence those powerful voices
which brought about the general mbirement which electrified
Europe in our favour.
" Since the publication of the memoir which we have
s,:at you, blood has been spilt in several places, arid
our unfortunatelcountrymen, although deprived of arms and
ammunition, have sustained heriosm the first efforts
of our enemy, who, stimulated by an infernal policy, have
flocked in their troops, hoping to drown in the blood of the
Christians every sentiment of liberty, and, by their celerity of
action, to prevent the great powers having time to interfere.
" Let the friends of humanity, let those who, like you and
your colleagues, haves acquired immortal claims to the grati-
tude of the GI eeks, counteract, by the promptitude and efficley
of their steps, the plans which tend to the destruction of an
heroic people, so unjustly sacrified in 1830.
"We conclude, Sir, .by informing your colleagues of the
Committee of Paris of our letter; we conjure them to grant
us once more their powerful protection, and to raise their
voices and your own in favour of unhappy Christians, and to
accept beforehand the expression of the gratitude and respec4
of your humble servants,
(Signed)

" M. APOSTOLIDES
" V. RENIERIZ,
" EM. ANTONIADE,
" EM. MANITORNY
" S. ANTONIADES,
" The Cretan Commi,tee in Greece.

"P. S. In addressing to you our prayers and supplications,
in pointing out to you our feelings, we conjure you, sir, to
be also our interpreter to the old Swiss and German Com-
mittees, an,l to all others who compassionate the lot of the
unfortunate Christians in the.east.
" Athens, May 28 (June 9 1841)."

We have received the whole of the Paris Journals of
Tuesday. Most of their leading articles relate to the
election contests in this country ; and, truth to say, the
reports of bribery among us have obtained for us a
hearty mud-pelting from the immaculate Liberals of the
Paris. Press. But missiles from such a distance, and such
a quarter affect John Bull less than the Lilliputian
archery did the spectacle-defended eyes of the immortal
GULLIVER.

But although little is said upon the subject we begin
to perceive that, as brother JONATHAN would say, mat-
ters are wearing an ugly look between France and England
in the Mediterranean. The former Power has long been
hankering after the Island of Majorca ; and for the last
three years she has been seeking, under various pre-
tences, to establish a protectorate over the Regency