The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

It is not now the communication of any new fact,
to inform our readers that the Ambassadors have
left Constantinople : the information has come out
pied-meal before ; a4a.l we cannot see that it has
been attended with any particular effect—warlike,
civil, or financial. lithe Allies are dettlinined that
the Turks shall no longer beat the Greeks, nor the
(;reeks the Turks, this course may,Terhaps, be as
effectually adopted witivout as with public Ministers
at Constantinople. The only difficulty will be, to
make up matters at last by any political arrange-
ment. Will Russia, meanwhile, act as a belligerent
against Turkey ? We almost hope not; at least un-
less the latter Power shall be so absurd as to proceed
to some hostile act. With respect to England and
France also, our Ambassadors have left Constanti-
nople, as well as that of Russia : NVIII. the TUl'liish
GovernMent in uonsequenee attempt to annoy or
capture our vessels on passing the Dardanelles, Co,
the purpose of-going to Odessa,- or otherwise navi-
gating the 'Black Sea ? If so, our course is plain, and
the consequence scarcely less so.—Times.
In the French Papers of Tuesday, which ar-
rived last night, we find no news respecting Turkey-
beyond the paragraphs published in a part of our
impression of yesterday. Tuesday being New
Year's Dayrthe courts and public bodies proceeded
to the Tuileries to pay their homage to-the King,
while the Opposition journals paid theirs to his Mi-
nisters. The latter, as an introduction to their com-
pliments, enumerate all the acts by•which the Ad-
ministration has merited their confidence for the last
twelve months, and express a hope that its mem-
bers will retire without acquiring any further
claim to their gratitude. - They allow, however,
that the levees of the President of the Council
and his colleagues were nearly as crowded as on
former occasions, when their power was reckoned
more stable and their popularity was less damaged.
It may appear useless, and therefore childish, to
make any remark on the innocent custom which
prevails among our neighbours, of sending their
public bodies to the Palace 'to bandy compliments
with their Sovereign on the occasion of the new
year. The annual ode of our Laureat was
bad enough, (and therefore we suppose that
he now gets his butt of sack to be silent) ;
but if short, and set to tolerable music, it was more
endurable than the grave and formal prose' of judges,
bishops, and academicians, who have for days before
tortured their language and racked their invention
for some new turn of compliment, or some far-
fetched topic of eulogy. Nothing can be more lu-
dicrous than to see successive trains of official per-
sons (each whit an orator at its head) parading the
state rooms of the palace, and presenting themselves
formally before his Majesty, to open upon him their
batteries of panegyric, for no other reason than be-
cauSe he happens to have survived another year.
Being precluded from talking party politics, and
having no other topic pn which to frame their ad-
dress but the additional year in the Royal life, the
attempts which they make at variety; often result in
extravagance and bombast.—Bid.

We know not well what to make of a charge
preferred against Mr. Peel at a late Meeting of
Magistrates of the county of Kerry, called to ex-
press an opinion on the conduct of Sir Richard
Wilcox, while Inspector-General of Police of the
province of Munster. It was stated at that meet-
ing_ by a Captain Smylie, the local Inspector of
P,!:ice, on the authority of Sir Richard, that his
evidence before a Parliamentary Committee was in
the. Report falsified, so as to convey a chargeagainst
the Catholic Clergy never made by him, and that
Sir. Richard waited on Mr. Peel to complain of the
misrepresentation, and to request that Minister
would cause it. to be corrected„ and thatizo, only
-
rested satisfied 0 a0"1.411 promise to
do .so. This-is attributing to Mr. Peel not merely
hoStilitY to the Catholics, but a disposition to re-
sort to dishonourable means in manifesting this hos-
tility. We trust that the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman will see the propriety of explaining the cir-
cumstances alluded to. We confess we are on-
willipg to believe in this charge against Mr. Peel.—
Morning chronicle.

,According to accounts from 'Vienna, the Ambas-
sadors of the Allied Powers have left Constanti-
nople ; and England and Turkey, who haVe been so
long in intimate alliance, are now virtually at war.
We dO not regret this on account of any injury
which the Turks may indict on us, for their means
of offence are comparatively nothing; but we regret
it, and in no ordinary degree, because it.affords the
Russians a pretence for seizing Walachia and Mol-
davia, and gives her an additional step to the great
object of her ambition—the capture of Constanti-
nople. It may be stipulated, in the Treaty of the
eth of July, that no accession of new territory shall
be made by any of the three Powers, and that the
Turkish_empire, with the exception of Greece, shall
be left entire. But what are treaties when opposed
to power, interest, and necessity ? and how easy is
it, undertmforesecn- circumstances, to make feasible
pretext, by chicanery and political intrigue, for evad-
ing the most positive engagements ? From the very
construction of the Russian army, the Emperor, how-
ever pacific he may be, will be under the necessity
of yielding, in some measure, to their wishes. Their
pay, when in their
.own country, is less, perhaps,
than that of any other army; but as soon as they
pass the frontiers it is doubled, and they are allow-
ed to make up any deficiencies by plundering
their enemies. A large army has been watching
for a long time on the- biniks of. the Prutli, anxi-
ously looking for hostilities with Turkey, and, most
probably, counting upon the pillage of Constantinople.
War is at length declared—they expect to receive
the rewards of their long watching and fatigues-; and
the Government, perhaps the Sovereign himself,
would be placed in the most critical situation, if they
should .be disappointed of the prize when almost
within their reach. As a matter of necessity, there.
fore, they must have some remuneration, such as
that obtained from Persia, both territory and money,
and that these can be obtained without a powerful
attack on sonic vital part of the empire the obstinacy
of the Turks leaves us little ground to hope. When
we compare the resources of Russia and Turkey, the
balance of power is evidently in favour of the former
SV,te, and will be a further inducement for her to
evade the Treaty of the 6th of July. Turkey alone
for six year;; could hardly make any impression on a
few rebellious Greeks. What resistance then can
she make to powerful veteran armies, commanded
by Generals who, in many instances, outwitted and
defeated those of Bonaparte, accustomed to Euro-
pean tactics, • enured to all the hardships of war, and
thirsting for the -plunder of the South ? She has
no great finances, it is true, but her armies Can sub-
sist on little; they Will find supplies in the
enemy's country, and a successful battle or
two would enable her to raise money sufficient
to complete her operations. her interest, too,
no less than her power and necessity', must
urge her to acquire additional territory in the South;
and her policy for many years has evidently been di-
rected to this point. She has at present in the
Black Sea a powerful fleet—much more powerful,
we believe, than is generally known—built at
Od6sa and other sea-ports, and prepared, no doubt,
for assisting. in an attack on Constantinople, and
opening their way to the Mediterranean. This
fleet, like the army, has been long watching the
operations in Greece, and are equally desirous of the
contest. How they are to be resisted 710 one can
foresee. Turkey, after the destruction of her fleet,
and in her present debilitated state, is quit unfit to
meet them. She must trust, if she trusts to any
thing but obstinacy, to England and France ; and if
Russia is to be resisted by these Powers, we are
afraid that England at last must bear all the burden.
France probably is secretly pleased at the success of
the Russians in Persia, and for the same reason will
be little inclined to spend her treasures in opposing
her progress in Turkey—inasmuch as both will lay
Open our possessiOns in the East, which have long
been the envy of France and all European nations.
These are the views which occur to us of the present