The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-12 00:00:00

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dsi-Aterestedness on the part of Russia.
e of Kainardgi Russia extended her frou-
bo:ders of the Black Sea, including the
2. Crimea, at the expense of .Turkey.. J The
brought about through the mediation of
. and Austria, who, unwilling that Russia
.0. go too far, interposed in a friendly way, but so
as tr, let RuSsia perceive that they were not disposed
to let her go any further. At the peace of Yassy, the
Russian boundary on the side of European Turkey was
pushed forward to the river Dniester, whereby Russia
added to her dominions the extensive Turkish province
of BessaraEia, including the important fortresses of Ben-
der and Ismail, Ackerman, and other places of equal,
value. The Austrians had co-operated in that war with
the Russians ; but though victory entitled them to a share
in the spoil, they were content with the task of keeping
'Russian covetousness within the most practicable
bounds. At the peace of Bucharest the Russians
contrived, thri.nks to the stupidity of the Turkish Ple-
nipotentiars.;, Galib Effendi, and to the knavery of his
official ad-riser, the State interpreter Prince Demetrius
Moororisv, to come off with the addition. to the empire
of that part of Moldavia which is situated between the
rivers Proot and Dniester, that is, with the largest and
r;Alest portion of that principality. The Russians
would have accepted any terms of peace at that mo-
ment, pressed as they were by the formidable prepara-
tions of Napoleon, and standing in need both of the
army employed against Turkey, and of peace in tha',,
part of their frontier. Thus we find Russia corn:veiled
to stop at a certain point at each war, throur;:n the con-
siderations which could not be disrer-arded without
serious danger to her future safety and yet after each
war coming off with an extensive acquisition of territory
at the expense of Turkey in Europe as well as in Asia,
where her rapacity was not less remarkable. How,
then, are we to give credit to Russia for moderation and
disinterestedness in the face of the three successive
treaties, each of which deprived the Sultan of an im •
portant extent of territory ? And is it not evident
Russia was af.Taid of pushing too far her pretensions
to conquest; lest she should have to engage in a serious
contest with Powers who were not disposed to let Tur-
key fall entirely into her hands ; and that, 'under such
circumstances, she thought it best to make the most .of
the successes of her arms by adding each time an
portant province or two to her dominions ? We are
further required by the Frankfort writer to take notice,
that in the.war of 1829 the Rus:dan troops had over-
run the greater part of Tur.,,zey, and might have re-
mained there if they had ; but that on being
told by the English and Prench Ambassadors at Con-
stantinople, that " the Russian army advanced an-
other step, the Port".-; would cease to exist," they gave
a new and striping proof of Russian moderation, by
proposing peat -.1 and signing the treaty of Adrianople.
The war of 1F,28 had been provoked by the haughty
and insulting bearing of the Porte towards Russia.
The insurection in Greece, the conviction that Russia
had instigated it originally, and did her best to keep it
up, the, temper of the Turks, and a variety of other
equalliy irritating circumstances, had provoked the
Porte to that offensive bearing of which Russia had,
for: once, just reason to complain. But England and
Prance were in some degree sharers with Russia in the
displeasure of the Sultan, and parties to the war which
Russia undertook to fight single-handed. England
and France were, then, authorized to interfere, when it
appeared, to them that the honour of Russia had been
sufficiently vindicated ; and Russia could not do less
than abide by their joint dictum. The poor Sultan,
however, was sufficiently punished by being condemned
to pay to Russia a sum of 10,000,000 Dutch ducats
(5,500,0001.) by way of indemnity for the expenses of
the war, and 1,500,000 ducats claimed by the latter
for the settlement of an old acce,unt which Turkey
had never till then admitted tc,, be correct ; and by
being obliged, besides, to give up a vast line of
disputed territory in Asica, from the edge of the
Black Sea to the confines of the district of Kars,
adjoining to Persia. Thus, then, we find as little
evidence of disintr_restedness on the side of Russia in
the fruits of this war as on former occasions, and again
the fear of displeasing other Powers which kept her
ambition in -check. Of the conduct of Russsia, when the
Sultan wr:s threatened by the advance of the Egyptian
army ur.der Ibrahim, it is hardly necessary to say a
word. The subject has by this time undergone the
fullest discussion, and we doubt whether the disinb,e_
rued motives ascribed by the Frankfort writer tr, the
Emperor Nicholas will be taken for granted 'oy any
Government or individual conversant wilt i political
affairs. The effect of the treaty of arlskelessy
is too evident to admit of any doubt as 'to the real mo-
tive which dictated it. That i1a159'.,74 views with un-
easiness the distrust in which he; intentions towards
Turkey are held among the StP:tes of Europe most in-
terested in thwarting them, we can easily conceive.
That she is doing her utmost to gain over to her side
the two greatest Power'; of the continent, between
which and herself a r
1.1 os e affinity of governing prin-
ciple exists, it is impossible to deny. The meeting
of the three Sove;reigns at Kalisch has been brought
about by Russ;.a. Community of interest in resisting
the march of: liberalism is the ostensible ground of
their delibP.rations. The cause of absolutism is one
in which Russia knows how much the aid of her
hordes of Cossacks and barbarian Calmucks would be
prized, by her two allies. In return for her readiness
to assist Austria and Prussia in maintaining absolutism
w;,thin the whole of the States under their influence,
Russia naturally asks or expects their countenance and
good offices in enabling her to deal with Turkey as she
may think fit.—Times.

The King's Speech, as we had reason to expet,
formed the main topic of discussion with our morr.:lng
and evening contemporaries 'yesterday—and tell it
might, for, with the exception of a fulsome, and un-
&served eulogy on the financial to!ients of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the was nothing
in it which called for the slight-e-st notice. It told
nothing to the public of which 'it was not previously
aware ; and it said nothirm; respecting the future
which, by possibility, collie., gratify it. But this was
no fault of the Ministry. The measures which they
proposed were neither.. few in number, or small in
importance. They were ample in every possible
respect—they had, *the voice of the public in their
favour, and if t'.oev were burked in the House of In-
curables, the '.,lame lies not with the proposers, but
with the oreponents of Ministers. True it is that the
Session. opened with the proposal of numerous mea-
sures rif vast importance. to the public, on the part of
the 'present Administration—and equally true it is, that
it I,las terminated with the adoption of one only; but
snorn of its fair proportions—mutilated in every respect
as it has been, it is the Wedge which will separate the
aristocracy from the exercise of any undue influence upon
the will of the people to a greater extent than even tk-,
Reform Act itself, and to the proper application o.f 'which
we look forward with the most sanguine era!ectations.
But although one measure only has be::;n carried, it must
not be imagined that the Session loas been in vain. A
snore eventful—a more usdul—Session, was never
held. The discussions have been most useful—the
ancient landmarks of prejuilice have been shaken to
their foundation, and tiv,; great question now before
the public, is not n
Ant reforms the country desires, and
ought, and will Lave, but what obstructions it must re-
move in order te, have them. The House of Lords,
in this respect, are entitled to thegratitnde of the peo-
ple. They have done everything for them—nothing
for thercißeives, but raising the undebateable question
of the' own utility, which the people of England will
speedily solve.—Morning Advertiser.

DEPRAVITY.—On Friday the inhabitants of a
house in Drummond-street, Edinburgh, were alarmed by the
moans of an infant issuing from the house of a neighbour. The
floor was locked ; but the cries still continuing, a police officer
was sent for, who forced open the door, when a shocking scene
presented itself. The mother was lying on the bed, in a gross
state of intoxication, and an infant only a few weeks old, was
lying on the floor, where it had been left by its unnatural
motlmr the whole of the preceding night, and was, when found,
almost dead.

MURDER.—On the afternoon of the sth instant,
a young man, named Patrick Jordan, a servant to Mr. J.
Dixon, of Rathsallagh, was killed near the new barracks at
Tubber, in the police district of Rathcoole, while accompany-
ing a funeral to Ballymore-Eustace. Some disagreement oc-
curred amongst the people, and they continued to keep up a
sort of running fight while on their way; stones were the
principal weapons in use, and one of these, thrown it was sup-
posed by a man named John Hartigan, struck Jordan on the
back of the bead, and he died of the wound in a short time
after, his skull having been fractured.—Freeman's Jourtttil. '