The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-28 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

The statement that Turkey has sent Commis.
sioners to accommodate affairs with the Greeks,
appears deserving of some credit ; but it is by no
means clear as yet from what motive or to What
end. All that is certain is, that such a measure
can only be the result of alarms fur It is not its
the praetiee of the Divan to humble itself to this
kind of negociation. From what quarter the
alarm which has dictated the only rational mea•
sure which the Porte has pursued for some time,
has sprung up, is differently interpreted. It IS
by some of the foreign journalsf ascribed to
jealousy which has sprung up as to the Pacha of
Egypt ; by others, it is represented as a diplo-
matic stratagem ; by a third, to have arisen from
e appreitensioa of site interposition of the late
Emperor of Russia. With respect to the last,
we think all that is said of Alexander 'hav•
big resolved, just before his death, to march
his army to the banks of the Danube, is
assumed without any foundation, except the
airy imaginings of the writers. It was .a
measure not to be taken without hazarding the
peace of Europe, and Alexander stood too much
committed to other powers to place himself at
once, and without notices in a hostile or un'
friendly attitude towards them. His policy was
to obtain political influence on the continent, and
an invasion of Turkey, in opposition to the other
branches of the Holy Alliance, would have beets
fatal to that object. Diplomatic stratagems are
not in the Turkish character ; and the Divan
well enough knows, that its measures cannot de'
ceive the lynx-eyed diplomatic corps, which is
crowded into Constantinople. It is most reason+
able, therefore, to refer this attempt at negocia-
tion to that jealousy of the Egyptian Pacha,
which it is so natural for the Turkish Court to
indulge as to all its distant chiefs, and which the
power and ambition of the head of this rising
and formidable Pachalic may well justify. It
has been obvious for some time, that the conquest
of a part of Greece has been the• secret spring of
that large expenditure of life and money, which
the different armaments which have► issued from
the mouths of the Nile have demanded. The
zeal of the Pacha, and his obstinate bearing up
against disasters, could not, certainly be accounted
for by his devotion to the Ottoman Porte ; and the
Turks themselves appear, at length, to have disco-
vered this. To the friends of the Greeks this state
of things is a matter of satisfaction. The disputes
of their invaders and oppressors is an advantage
which may, in some degree, balance the evils
which have arisen from their own divisions; and
as Ibrahim does not appear to be making very
rapid progress towards the completion of his con-
quests, low and distressing as the case of this un-►
fortunate people is, there is, nevertheless, some
reason to hope, that they may yet esrape from the
yoke, against which they have so manfully strug-
gled. The internal politics of Russia continuo
to exercise the conjectures and reasonings of the
public journals at home and abroad ; which are
also made the vehicles of private letters, con•
Wiling the gossip of the political circles of diffe-
rent countries. No new light, however, has been
cast upon that singular train of intrigues and
transactions, which have deprived Constantine of
the crown, and this obsurity will, probably, remain •
for some time longer. It is very probable that
Russia has the advantage of the change in the
succession ; and that the► character of Nicholas
is, in all respects superior to that of Con.
stantine. Still, however, circumstances are
transpiring which show, that there is a party
in favour of the latter, and that his resignaa •
Lion was origipally forced, and not volun.
tary. But no movement in his favour is pro.
bable, unless the army should assume to itself the
power of disposing of the purple ; and this will,
probably, be prevented by the decisive manner
in which Constantine is said still to act, in en-
forcing the oath of allegiance to his brother.
Thu internal tranquillity of the empire will not,
therefore, probably be disturbed ; and, as to its
external politics, tl►ey less depend upon the per.
sonni character of the Emperor himself, whoever
he may be, than upon the circumstances with
which he is surrounded. We think nothing of
his having professed his determination to follow
the policy of Alexander, on which some of the
papers have dwelt with great confidence. That
altogether depends upon the degree in which
that policy was acceptable to the army and the
most influential body of nobles, for the people lit
Russia are out of the question.. That he will fa•
volts the strongest side is pretty certain, since the
tenure of which he holds the crown is not sus
gular ; but whether the feeling of that party be
as enthusiastic in favour of the invasion of Turkey
as by some has been assumed, is exceedingly
doubtful. We are inclined to think, that a spi.
sited co-operation of the diplomatists at Con-
stmitinople might, bring the case of Greece to a
satisfactory conclusion ; and that Russia, when
this popular cause of excitement was removed,
would, for the present, rest %veil enough content
in a state of peace. General peace is most de-
sirable for all the nations of Europe, and there is
a fair prospect of its continuance.—(Lioefroa
Courier, Jon.

SACHILEci F.—Wednesday night last some4hieves
contrived to force an entrance into the Vestry.
room at the imck of Bayswater Chapel, when
they broke open a box therein, and stole money
to the amount of 40/. or 45a they then' pro.
ceeded to the Chapel, where they pricked up ea.
riot's article..., and quitted the place undetected,
Information was forwarded to Harris,. al, con.
stable of IliVyswater, who is making every itt
quit). after the thieves and property.