The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-22 00:00:00

*routiers.

The news of the capture of Salonica by the
Greeks is contradicted; but it appears the Greet'
squadron is still before that town, and that
the treasures of the church of Mount Athes'

which are very considerable, have been Ye-
moved on board that fleet. The non-arri-
val of • YPSILANTI in the Morea is now ac-
counted for : it appears from different quarters
continue
that he has been sent prisoner to the fortress of
Munkatsch in Hungary, under the escort of art
eteo
Austrian officer. This fortress is usually appro-
priated
or the dnt
to inflictinof State
the Pv severest reiner psu.p
' h-
ments on all the Jews. who fall into their hands-
fp extenuation of the conduct of the Greeks,
it should be observed that the Josys have
brought these cruelties on themselves by their
perfidy at Constantinople,' in laving
by theic
inforrna-
tion against the rich Greeks ; and ,
recent infaMous conduct as related in the
capita.
last communications from the Ottoman
sesr°erl:she
Greeks
were
delivered
When hundreds of Greek virgins
over to the brutal lust of the Turks in the baOf
r
of Constantinople, the Jews repaired this e
ttnd bought about twenty of these unforW4
f etlt
females who survived the horrid trea-11
of the barbarians; they transported them_e;
into Asia, and now the Jews demand immen!
I in
ransoms from their parents, who succeeda .
• q to de
escaping from Constantinople, threatening .
of the,
liver them over again to tile brutality
Turks, if the
ransom money does not arrive °.3 '-
the
fixed day. The atrocities committed by
1 those
Turks in Wallachia, if possible, eNceeL
~
Constirria-
practised by them on the -Greeks in
I both 3eXeSl
a
nople. Hundreds of all cids and 0 vd.
. 0 5 led ; .
have been poignardecl, hung, or inll'a
u t Off.—
numbers have bad their noses and ears .c
and wo-
Several have been put to the torture;
experienced
men, young girls, and nuns, have
such treatment as makes one shudder to relate
and it is chiefly in churches and convents that thes..
i$
horrid scenes have taken place. The country,
laid waste and the cattle driven away. LP-
wards of 20,000 persons, most of them vi°lllC
ri
i
and children, haVe been led into slavry od
the other site of the Danube ; and ndee

It Would seem the whole Country was nearly
depopulated. To add to these miseries, a
furious hurricane is said to have occurred at
Bucharest, and destrOyed fourteen hundred
ilnures, burying the inhabitants under their ruins•
Tail-stones, about the size I) f a nut, also fell, and
have annihilated all the crops. Moldavia appears to
he. likewiSe suffering the same calamities ; and to be
a. Prey not only to the Turks but to the Arnauts
and Albanians; The lietaerists, acting as gue-
rillas under the command of JounAKI and other
Chiefs, continue their resistance : some accounts

represent these chieftains as having defeated the
Turk,s, while-others state they have been worsted
in several rencounters, and are now beseiged in a
convent at Statina.
We learn from Christiana, that the King of
SWEDEN made his entry into his Norwegian capi-
tal on the 29th of July on horseback, and sur-
r°llnded by a brilliant and numerous cortege of
Cenerals. The Diet waited on his MAJESTY on
I:.e following day, and the President delivered
4 Speech conceived in general terms, expressive
of their unshaken fidelity for their Constitutional
*Monarch. He also congratulated the KING on-
the recovery of Prince OSCAR, on whom the
hopes of the nation rested.
The KING replied in the same tone of cor-
diality, adding, however, these remarkable
'Words

= " Never, forget that a national representation cannot en-
croach on the privileges of the executive power, without ex-
Posing the country to anarchy and despotism Martial
nations never give the appellation of GOOD to a Prince, unless
etlergy be joined to 'goodness."

It does not seem that any change in. the Coi
stitutiou will be proposed.

FUENCIE F[.NDS.
Aug. 18, Fire per Cents.
Bank Stock 1540 f. c.

: New York Papers, of the 25th July last, ar-
- tired this morning.—A Gentleman has favoured
43 with the following from St. Thomas's, arrived
it) the brig Bliss
" The last Curagoa Papers state, that a fleet
of thirteen vessels, under cOnvOy.of his Majesty's
hrig Mercury, arrived from Porto Cabello with
1500 persons ; and that the Spanish army under
Oenerals LA TORItE and MORALES had fallen in
with the troops under Generals BOLIVAR and
Atz. A sanguinary conflict ensued, in which
le Spanish infantry fought bravely ; but the
ea.valry behaved in a most shameful manner, and
fled into the interior. General MORALES the
text- day got into Porto Cabello with the rem-
pant of his army, but after that some stragglers
Still came in, which made the loss of the Spa-
Sprds about 2000 men. The Spanish force was
;),infantry 00 and 1400 cavalry, that of the Pa-
-I°t3 3000 infantry and 1800 cavalry: The
(apish Colonel PEREIRA, after being worsted in
mansp skirmishes with General BERMUDEZ, .near
°f the
made a vigorous attack in the streets
43 the town, and completely routed General
iqunEz, with the loss of 600 men and 200
Prisoners."

[From the Buenos Ayres Gazettes of the 29th May.]
On the 24th May the division of Buenos Ayres
Drops, under the command of Colonel LA MA-
"1111), being the van of the army, was defeated at
4ieraji del Medio, by RAMIREZ.
CHARLESTON,JULY 29.—(From St. Augustine.)
"cily the sloop Wasp, arrived last evening, we
'Ave the pleasing information from St. Augustine
ctf that port being in possession of the American
troops. On the 10th inst., at three o'clock, the
American flag was hoisted up with the Spanish'
and the troops lauded at the Tenth Battery, and
1114 i-died to the fort. The command of St. Au-
,s'astine was assumed by Captain BELL, and a
-rroclamation was issued by Colonel COPPINGER,
'-loernor of the East, to the inhabitants.

, -he long and interesting details of the evi-
dence and other proceedings of the Coroner's In-
.(tillest on the death of RICHARD IIoNEY, unfor-
-I.(llaa.tely killed during the disgraceful riot at the
olitittivs funeral, together with the pressure of
~, 'ler temporary matter, compels us again to
vest
0,,
to our intended statement of, and remarks
t;3 the reductions in the Public Offices. We in-
fto") however, a very able letter on the subject
`3llr Correspondent " A PLAIN MAN,"—a
sid,e: which we recommend to the serious con-
le4tion Of our Readers and of the Govern-
tern,
~,The effects of Economy (as it is falsely
in the National Expenditure, are greatly
'lluerstood by the Public.--." A PLAIN MAN"
Placed those which must result from the dis-
h, -sal of Clerks in a very clear, and indeed an
vi cntrovertible, point of view. To all who take
obe trouble to investigate the subject, it will be
v‘eravi°lls that by our imaginary saving, we shall
4L
lI.Y aggravate an existing and alarming evil

QUEST ON Ilo'Nry.—We cannot pledge our-
selves for the truth of a statement, respecting the
,death of this unfortunate man, which has been
sent to us; quarter from w hut from the highly respectable
which it has been communicated,
We think it, is proper, with the above qualifica-
tion to submit it to the Public. Our Readers
are aware, that many of the witnesses examined
before the Coroner have positively sworn that an
011icer" of the Guards fired the shot by which
P°NEY was killed.—Now, we are informed, that
In the hurry of turning out the detachment which
attended the funeral procession, none of the
Officers of the Guards were- furnished with am-
munition, exeept one,
,
troop whO received three rounds
of ball cartridge and who, on the return of the
s to the barracks re-delivered the three rounds
of cartridge to the Quarter Master! !—Should
this statement prove to be founded in faet, what
Inust be thought of the evidence of the " wit-
nesses for the prosecution .2"

Port THE SUN.

CORONATION MEDALS

• Ma. EDITOR,—A few days ago, I received a
lettet from the Speaker of the House of Commons, couched

in the following terns

Palace Yard, July 31, 18-21-
have the honour to inform You, that the Lord Ma-
ryborough, the Master of the Mint, has transmitted to me Gold
Coronation Medals for the Members of the House of Commons.
If you will, therefore, have the goodness to send, between the
hours 'of ten o'clock in the morning and one in the afternoon,
to Mr. E. Phillips, my Secretary, at his house in Palace-yard,
a medal will be delivered to your order. May I request you to
send a written order signed by yourself.
1 have the honour to be, Sir,
, . Your most faithful and obedient Servant,
(Signed) CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON,
Speaker.
On complying with the requisite formalities, I received a
case, containing a Gold Medal, struck in commemoration of
the late Coronation, weighing at least an ounce, and therefore
of not less intrinsic value than 41., exclusive of the expellee of
coinage. Indeed,.l am informed that the price charged for
them, by individuals who advertise that they enjoy the privi-
ledge of selling them, is six guineas. A report was in circu-
lation, some time since, that such a present was intended to be
made to each Member of the House of Commons, by his Ma-
jesty ; but had this report been acted upon on the preSent occa-
sion, the Speaker would certainly have announced the Medals
as being delivered by his Majesty's Most Gracious Command ;
and his name not being mentioned 'in' the letter, I. can only
conclude this donation to be a gratuitous act of liberality of the
Lord Maryborough, the Master of the Mint, by whom the
Speaker informs us the Medals were transmitted to him, for
the Members of the House of .ComniOns. This, Mr. Editor,
is a most splendid, and I believe unparalleled instance of mu.-
nificence, on the part of the Lord Maryborough ; and is pro-
bably intended to connect the recollection of his elevation to
the Peerage with the Coronation of his Sovereign. It appears
to be not less politic than munificent for as the number of new
Peers, created.on that happy. occasion, is so 'great as to over-
load the memory of individuals in general, many of them, for

some time to come, must frequently undergo the mortification
of hearing theinselvcs addressed and announced by their for Mer
names, instead of those•new and high titles, which are of course
so pleasing to their ears, and which are now their legitimate
due ; 01 which is effectually guarded against, at least as far as
the Lord Maryborough is concerned, by the distribution of
these Medals, in his name, to the Members of Parliament.

The ingenuity with which this object is accomplished, in the
present instance, is entitled to the highest praise. Had it been
only stated in the Speaker's letter, that these Medals were
transmitted by the- Lord Maryborough, most probably a great
number of the parties to whom they were addressed would have
been at some loss to know who was the Donor ; but.to render
all 'nista!' 2 on this point impossible, the Lord Maryborough is
described as the Master of the Mint, an office which every body
knows has been filled for many years past by the Right Hcn.
IVilliam Wellesley Pole. The temper that characterizes the
Noble Personage in question, would probably render him pecu-
liarly sensible to the indignity of being shorn of any part of
his honours ; an occurrence which is effectually guarded against
by this happy explanation.
A distribution of Medals among the Members of both Houses
of Parliament, seem!, to be the best possible means by which
new created Peers may at once impress the recollection Of their
titles on the minds of persons of the greatest rank and station
throughout the Empire ; and the great olive. of this letter is
to recommend the example set by the Lord MaryLorough, to
general adoption, more particularly when the elevation has been
rather sudden and unexpected. His present of Medals, struck
at the Mint of. which he is Master, may be thought by some to
smell of the shop ; but others see great propriety in his dis-
tributing Coronation Medals, on his own elevation to the
Peerage, considering it as an amende honourable for his having

once (to the great surprize of the Public,) introduced leis own
initials upon the Coin of his Sovereign.

The invention might be improved upon, by Medals being
struck with appropriate devices, illustrative of the public ser-
vices of the parties raised to the Peerage, and of their just
claims to the high distinction conferred upon them by
.their So-
vereign ; but where these cannot be conveniently found, the
aid of fancy may be invoked ; and the beauty of the Medal be
made to serve as a substitute for the merit of the Donor.
• I am, Mr. Editor,
your constant Reader and obedient Servant,
A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.