The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-27 00:00:00

declare they cannot advise him to do 1 What will
they do ? Stick on till after black Monday?

The proceedings of Parliament up to the pre-
sent period of the Session have apparently been
little better than a waste of the public time.
This the Government journals have ascribed to
the course pursued by the Opposition. They can
see no imaginable grounds why the business of the
State should be retarded by the warfare of words that
nightly takes place, when the Government, or rather
Sir ROBERT PEEL—for it is a farce to allude to his

silent and useless colleagues—is speaking so fairly,
and so disinterestedly, adopting as his own the :mea-
sures of the men whom he has supplanted, by way of
courting their confidence-and kind support. But there
is a circumstance (which the Opposition has not failed
to remark) that by no means tends either to diminish
the force of their original objections to Sir ROBERT
PEEL'S Ministry, or to excite any compunction for
occasioning a little further delay by some wholesome
contentions.

The discharge of the severe duties which have de
volved on the Right Hon. Baronet, and the extraordi
nary tact he has displayed in bolstering up the Con
servative cause, though unquestionably very creditable
both to his intellectual talents and his moral intrepidity,
have but rendered more conspicuous the utter ineffi-
ciency of his official associates, for any purpose either
useful or ornamental, at a time when assistance would
appear to be most needed. It would be ungracious to
suspect anything like treachery to be going on, to pre-
vent the disclosure of which Sir ROBERT PEEL is
disposed to trust to his own masterly dexterity, rather
than to run the risk of those inadvertencies of speech
which might now and then have escaped them, had
their aid been given; it is to be supposed, rather, that
from sheer incapacity alone have they sat like cyphers,
and allowed their leader to bear the full brunt of the
battle by himself. Here and there, to be sure, they
have strung together a few nothing, just by way of
giving him breathing time, but no further help have
they appeared able or willing to afford. Now, to con-
ceive a case, barely possible, as some people think, and
not improbable, as others imagine—if by the exertions
of Sir ROBERT PEEL the old Tories should be firmly
established in power, and any event should then occur
to deprive them of his services—men die, get dis-
gusted, are sent adrift, and so on—the contingencies of
life are many—what guarantee have the country that the
Tories would remain the Reformers they now proclaim
themselves to be? Not from want of principle, of course,
but from lack of discretion, they might see occasion to
abandon their Reform propensities ; at a time when
the same facilities of displacing them as now exist may
exist no longer, would it be wise to hazard this pro-
bability ?
The Reformers see something so remarkable in the
present helplessness of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S compa-
nions, that they have stronger reasons than ever for
distrusting them all, and conscious of the defeat which
is about to be inflicted upon the one-headed but many-
bodied Government, (which may render necessary the
little that has advanced in the way of public business
to be began, de novo, upon the formation of a new
Government), they impose, perhaps, less restraint
upon their tempers than they otherwise would, and
apparently waste the time that ought to be devoted to
business. But the time so occupied, depend upon it,
has not been wasted ; and this, as regards the interests
of the country, the result will prove.

Advices from the East confirm the correctness of a
rumour which prevailed yesterday in the city, to the
effect that the Governments of England, Russia, and
Turkey had recognized the provinces of Wallachia and
Moldavia as independent States. The importance of
this strange and unexpected event cannot be exagge-
rated, inasmuch as it raises up an impenetrable barrier
between Russia and the dominions of the SULTAN.
There was a period in the history of Euro-
pean policy, when the effect would have been
different—when in fact the separation of these
provinces from the Turkish sway would have
been the prelude to hostilities ; but it is the
principle of modern international Councils to protect
with the most jealous vigilance the interests of infant
States, as the most effectual means of preserving a
just balance of power. So long as the provinces of
Wallachia and Moldavia were subject to the SULTAN,
we could not prevent the encroachments of Russia on
that side, without first having our assistance sought
by the SUBLIME PORTE. To hare acted otherwise
would have involved us in a war with the very Power
which we wished to protect. But now, that we are
ourselves parties to the treaty for recognizing the in-
dependence of these States—now that we are num-
bered among the guardians of their independence—we
may and can protect them against the treachery of
Russia without exciting the jealousy of our Eastern
Allies.

The inhabitants of Wallachia and Moldavia, though
for several centuries subject to the OTTOMAN yoke,
are Greek Christians. After various vain attempts to
destroy their nationality, by compelling them to con-
form themselves to the customs of the conquerors, the
PORTE granted to them the free exercise of their reli-
gion, the election of Governors professing their own
faith, and the appointment of Patriarchs=-the SUL-
TAN reserving to himself the right of confirming the
objects of such elections and appointments in their
respective offices. The Governors were called Hos-
podars ; their jurisdiction extended over certain
districts, within which they possessed nearly the
same power as the Turkish Pashas, being both
Supreme Judges and Collectors of the reve-
nue, which they farmed out to the highest bidder.
The sufferings of the people under such a system of
Government were even worse than in Egypt, and yet
they complained not, because the hands which op-
pressed them were raised in supplication before the
same altar with themselves. The war between Russia
and Turkey in 1829 had a considerable effect on the
provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia. Forming
the Turkish frontier on the side of Russia, they
were exposed to the violence of both parties.
After the treaty of Adrianople, the Moldavians
and Wallachians claimed their independence ; but
although their claims were not then recognised
by Russia and England, yet it procured for them
a considerable extension of their liberties, and a very
great diminution of the revenue, which they were be-
fore compelled to pay into the Turkish Exchequer. The
PORTE, in fact, agreed to treat them rather as tributary
States than as provinces of the SULTA N'S dominions.
The SULTAN, however, has at last yielded to the in-
treaties of the Hospodars, and now sanctions the ele-
vation of the provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia
into independent States, as the safest way of effecting
the security of the European frontiers .of his empire.
We cordially congratulate Great Britain on this
most important event, which to usiopens a wide field
for commercial industry. Wallachia and Moldavia
are agricultural countries, with a rich and bounteous
soil, which, however, has not been cultivated in con-
sequence of the heavy oppressions under which the
inhabitants groaned. Nature has done everything,
but as yet man has done nothing, for these States. A
trade with England will soon be opened, based on the
most liberal principles—the consequence of the esta-
blishment of a responsible Government, whose interest
it will be to encourage and protect the industry of the