The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-27 00:00:00

DRITISII PRIOR.]

The success of the Russian Ultimatum is now al-
most certain ; and the event has most completely jue-
tified our anticipations. The Porte, on receiving the
concurring representatione of all the European
Powers, and being made sensible that force, if neces-
sary, would be eniploysd, found itself under the ne-
cessity of unwillingly complying with the terms ; and
the entirely Russian part of the question being thus
disposed of (to use the phraseology of the French
Minister, in epeaking of, the war in Spain) nothing
310 W remains but to settle the entirely European and
the entirely English part. We allude to the state of
Greece, and the equally important question of French
influence and commercial tyranny in Egypt. It will
be recollected that the ukimatuni was said to have
contained a proviso, that a Congress should be as-
sembled to arrange the affairs of Greece, and
such a 'meeting will no doubt take place.—
Some of our contemporeries, in their anxiety to find
something new, had prophesied a war between Ramie
and Austria ; and others, nut aware themselves of
any means of surmounting the difficulties which pre-
sented themselves to their minds, had concluded that
these difficulties were ineurmounteble, and spoke of a
war between Russia and Turkey as inevitable. The
result (of the negotiations adds One honeur more to
the fame of our Foreign Minister. But that fame
would be incomplete, if it could for a moment be sup-
posed that ulterior measures, favourable alike to the
feelings and the interests of Englishmen, had not be"
stipulated as the price of otir cp-operatiou with
ussia.
The remonstrances of England in favour of
the Greeks have been diregarded by the Porte. and by
Ibrahim and the national honour forbids
.our per-
mining the English
.i.Ambassador at Constantinople. to
remonstrate
remong and memorialise, month after month, with-
out any perceptibie milli. If the Porte will not
lietam to the friendly representations of her old and

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still faithful! ally, that ally must assume a tone,
however reluctantly, which will give the Porte to
understand that there is a possibility of her be-
coming an enemy. We do not say that a war in this
case will take place any more than in the other; but
we do say, that our readiness to undertake such a war
ought to be duly impressed upon the Turks and the Egyp-
tians. The question of French influence in Egypt is
one to which the East India Company is bound to
pay the most scrupulous attention. It is not very
long since the French journalists were urging their
Government to secure that country in their interest,
by telling them that it was a country to which France
had many claims, and for which they had made many
sacrifices. They seemed even to flatter themselves
that some . degree of actual superiority might be ob-
tained over it ; and it is much to be regretted that the
French have already acquired a very great influence
in Egypt, both by the number of Frenchmen hi
the country,, and the facilities
.permitted by the Go-
vernment, on account of its vicinity, to fit out ves-
sels for the service of the Paella in the southern
ports of France. In stating this, we do not mean to
imply that the French Government had formed
any dangerous projects ; but by' showing what it
might do, we would endeavour to trace the line of
argument which must have weighed with the Eng-
lish Minister in taking his measures about Egypt, in
concert with our allies ; and we would thus endeavour
to prove, at the same time, that it is necessary to make
such demonstrations of our power, to injure the Pacha
of Egypt, as may be required to make him fully sen-
sible of its reality and its magnitude. These demon-
strations are absolutely indispensible at the present
moment, to secure the commercial interests of our
East India Company, which would be most seriously
compromised if our influence in Egypt did hot out-
weigh that of France, or if it were to continue so
small art the conduct of the Pacha, with regard to
Greece, shows it to have been on recent occasions.
The possibility of some attempt being made by the
French Ministry to erect Egypt into an independent
state, and to secure commercial advantages in copse-
(pence to their country, was suggested in the French
Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday. To prevent this,
England has no other course but to endeavour to
secure her influence more firmly, by making Turkey
and Egypt sensible of their true interests in the
present conjuncture. It will be seen by this, that
we consider the question of Egypt as entirely East