The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-10 00:00:00

the most intelligent among them will tell you that,
however willin g they may prove themselves in the
bands of Russi a for the promotion of her views in
the Levant, tb:ey only lend themselves, ad interim.
until the time shall arrive for the realization of the
dream of a national Greek Empire.
Perhaps so. me deep political thinker sees, with
prophetic eye, . the barrier which eventually will
have to be raised by the West to stop Russian ag-
gression in th .e East. It need be strong and stanch
to dam•that N orthern stream.

Greece has jproved anything but a happy experi-
ment in the 'ray of kingdom making, and has
incessantly gi yen trouble to Europe as a hotbed for
political intri due. To Russia it has proved no
barrier, but a very handy lever, and has been used
very successi', ally by that Power ever since , its
establishment;.

I believe t hat at the time of its creation it was
proposed by an eminent British diplomatist to in-
clude Thessaly - and Epirus within its frontiers. This
point was, he 'wever, abandoned. The wonder is
whether its total abolishment has not since then
been advocates I. The lonian question, which com-
menced by tAle mysterious disappearance of de-
spatches fro ,m the Colonial-office, has, like all
Eastern subj eets, a hue of Oriental cloudiness about
it, and embi:ames a multitude of entangled copse,
quences and embarrassments which are alarming to
contemplate and difficult to enumerate, and leaves
the Grand Rajah question throughout the East, to
use a celebrated and much-quoted expression,
" still loomin g in the distance."
The Terrible returned with Mr. Gladstone from
Athens and the Southern Islands on Christmas
morning. The High Commissioner Extraordinary
has taken aliouse here, which circumstance leacts to
the belief that his stay will be protracted for some
months. Wo hear that the right hon. gentleman's
visit to •Athens was also connected with the settle-
ment of the complicated affairs of the Greek loans,
which are in a sorry plight, and over which a com-
mission, fora aed of members of the contracting
Powers, has I for some time been presiding, and that
he made it a part of his duty to inspect the finan-
cial labours o f these gentlemen on that classic soil.
His return to Corfu has has not caused much sensa-
tion; and the only outward difference is the, presence
of an extra ts entry before one of the largest houses
in the princii gtl suburb.

It is not la town how soon Sir John Young leaves
Corfu. Ia: m confidentially informed that he has'
not sent in hi s resignation. That his recall is, how-
ever, daily e zpected, and that Mr. Gladstone will
remain here -until the British Parliament meets, in
order to carr=y out the modifications which he has
recommeded_

It is fiaid that Mr. Gladstone has recommended
the creation o: f two Houses, to meet for three months
every year. The Upper to be nominated by the
Protectorate, and the Lower by popular election,
and that tht y are to sit simultaneously. This
would to a certain extent be the British Constitu-
tion in mini: tture. Whether such a system will
work satisfa,c torily may be considered very doubt-
ful, inasmucith as all the odium and responsibility
would fall on. the Queen's nominees, and it is to be
apprehended. that the popular representatives
would not wo-rk in union with them.