The Sun.
London, England, 1833-06-13 00:00:00

payment of which he is reduced. Of course
the landlord will accept the augmented rent. To
relieve the tenant of a burden, and throw
it upon the landlord, is therefore no injus-
tice ; but it certainly appears hard that
the landlords, whose tenants have not paid
the tithes of 1831 and 1832, should be
made to pay them, when they can have no op.
portunity of getting the amount in the shape of
increased rent for those past years. Hard as it
is, however, we see no alternative which could
by possibility be adopted, except the country
abiding by the loss—a course which would
be attended with much practical difficulty
as well as an abandonment of principle.
The embarrassment in which we now find
ourselves, is entirely owing to the Tory
principles of patronage and procrastination,
which never attempted to remedy abuses till it
was too late. Had Mr. GOULBURN; instead
of his Tithe Composition Bill, boldly brought
in a Tithe Commutation Bill, the national pro-
perty now in so much peril, would have been in
perfect safety.
Lord ALTHORP was not able to state the
amount of money which would be required to
effect the object he had in view. The resolu-
tion, after a short conversation, was agreed to,
without opposition.

The following extract of a letter from Con.
stantinople, dated May 22, appears in the Times.
of this morning :

‘4 We are very glad to observe that Government is
sending reinforcements into the Mediterranean. It is
high time they take some steps, or they will be too late ;
Russia has got the start of England and Fiance, and, not-
withstanding the continued assurances that peace is made
with Egypt, yet Russia continues pouring troops in here
as fast as her means of transport from Odessa will permit ;
fresh troops are daily arriving. They are uot, however,
landed on the Bosphorus, but a few miles to the eastward
of the entrance. By this means they mask their numbers.
One or two of the castles at the entrance have been given
up to them, and they are strengthening themselves as fast
as they can ; they have also a number of engineers and
men working at the Dardanelles. What all this may end
in we cannot say ; appearances are any thing but favour-
able for a continuation of peace. The Ottoman Govern-
ment, we fear, must fall."

If this account be correct—and we see no
reason why it should be otherwise—it is a per-
fect farce for France and England to talk of
sending fleets and troops to the protection of
Turkey, for there will be no Turkey left to pro-
tect. Indeed, her death-warrant is already signed
—her knell is rung—she is dead without hope
of resurrection, and nothing remains but for
the two Powers—who would not save when
the means of salvation were in their hands—
to attend as chief mourners at her funeral, and
chaunt a " requiem" over her ashes. This
language may appear premature, perhaps, but
there is quite enough in the present aspect of
Turkish affairs to justify it. The Russian Ca-
binet is not one to let slip the fairest opportunity
that ever offered, of realizing its most cherished
national dream of ambition. It knows well that
such a chance will most probably never again
occur, and is therefore resolved on seizing
time by the forelock, and striking while
the iron is hot. For what is the Rus-
sian bear—the Ursa-Major of the political
Zodiac—putting forth all her tremendous
energies, except for the purpose of striking
a decisive blow ? What mean the constant in-
flux of troops from Odessa,—the engineers at
the Dardanelles,—the fortifications on the Bos-
phorus,—but that NICHOLAS is bent on making
good his footing at Constantinople ? The dis-
tracted state of Europe, he knows well, no man
better, favours his project just at present, when
next year it may be too late. We scarcely know
how the Russians are to be dislodged from
Constantinople except at the hazard of a
European war. They will surely not submit
to be Talleyranded or Palmerstoned out
of it, for the days of protocolling, like the
anathemas of the Vatican, are gone, never
to return. How, then, are they to be dislodged ?
No living Statesman, we fear, can solve this
knotty problem. The main cause of Russian
aggrandisement, from the days of the second
CATHERINE down to those of NICHOLAS, has
always been—fear on the part of Europe. She
has become strong through our apprehensions,
and we are now—as we deserve to do—paying
the penalty of our mean timidity.

We learn from Falmouth that his MAJESTY'S
schooner Pike arrived there late on the 11th
from Lisbon and Oporto. She left the former
place on the 2d inst., and the latter on the sth,
with mails and despatches. The news by her
represent the besiegers as continuing their an-
noyance with shot and shell, with which they
were doing considerable damage to the city.
Captain NAPIER was negotiating with the Go-
vernment as to pecuniary resources before he
entered into any command. SA RTORIUS con-
tinued off the bar with the fleet.

Some of the friends of Sir JOHN HonHousE
are already exerting themselves among the
Westminster electors, in anticipation of Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT being called up to
the House of Peers. We do not find,
however, that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT him-
self has said any thing to warrant such an
anticipation. Sir .J. HOBH OUSE is not the only
person► likely to become a candidate for West-
minster in the event of a vacancy ; two others,
Mr. RAPHAEL, and a Barrister, are actively
exerting themselves. Some of the electors talk
of proposing Lord DUNBOYNE.