The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-02 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCIT PAPERS.
(From the Constitutionnel.)

PARIS, AUG. 29.—Two months ago our expe-
dition to the Mores was to all appearance of little
importance, in comparison with the immense enter-
prise of Russia and the alleged preparations of Eng-
land. The world, however, sees already in the mere
fact of that expedition the most important event,
perhaps, to which the Oriental _question has yet
given rise. As far as Europe is concerned, it is the
conclusion of a .political system which has been for
the last 30 years directed against the establishment
of French ideas, and the, commencement of a new
system, which will recall France . with those same
ideas to her ancient place in the political world.
Let us not hesitate to declare the truth; it is on
the Danube that the power which seeks the annihi-
lation
of the Porte must present itself ; but it is in
the Morea that the power must establish itself which
seek§ only the preservation of Greece.
It is in our power to publish upon the geographi-
cal position of the Morea, and upon its commercial
destiny, in case the Dardanelles should be opened,
facts which cannot fail to make a strong impression
on our readers, and which will prove, perhaps, the
importance of this corner of the world to be as great
in the future as it has been in the past.

. This district has never been possessed by the
Turks in the same security as the rest of Greece.
At the commencement of the last century the
famous :Vlorosini wrested it from them, and added
to his name the title of Peloponnesian. Fifty-five
years after the final expulsion of the Venetians, the
Russians made their lamentable attempt upon it
under the command of the great favourite of Cathe-
rine 11. It is only since the year 1770, the date of
that expedition, that the Turks have reigned with-
out competitors in the Morea. It is 'well known
that in order to have nothing to fear from the popu-
lation, they delivered it up for ten years to the
ferocity of an Albanian army, which lived at dis-
4Tetion in its territories, and which did not repass the
Isthmus till they had destroyed every tree and devas-
tated every cultivated field within it. In spite of all
this, the Peloponnesus was still, a few years before
the pre:ient revolution, the most thickly Peopled dis-
trict in Greece, and it was there. that the. Christian
population had the greatest superiority of numbers
over the Turkish. Whilst it was calculated that in
Romelia there was only a thousand inhabitants for
every square mile, and in Moldavia and Wallachia
only seven hundred, it was calculated that there were
nearly 900 for every square mile in the Morea.
There were in Romelia 1,800,000 Osmanlis against
1,600,000 Greeks. In the Morea, on the contrary,
there were only 50,000 Turks to 700,000 Christians.
Since the war the Christian population has much
augmented in the Morea and in other parts of Greece.
The Turkish population, on the contrary, has .so
much diminished, that it is only to be found in the
garrisons of two or three cities, without munitions
aid without bread.

The best informed Greeks assure us that in the
3Torea four-fifths of the soil were in the hands of
the Turks, who formed only a 14th part of the po-
pulation, Property was every where else divided
in a manner less oppressive for the Greeks. In the
Morea we neither saw that military institution of
the Armatotis, those political and civil ,cOrporations
so common in Thessaly and Epirus, nor those com-
positions for the IcEmatch, which on the other side of
the Isthmus softened or rendered more regular the
servitude of the Greeks, (as much as Turkish inso-
lence would permit), and which succeeded in intro-
ducing a certain confraternity of manners between
the professors of the two religions. In the Morea,
conquest had remained in its violent state; the
hatred between the Turks and the Greeks had pre-
served its primitive energy. Hence, the excesses of
suffering, the numerical superiority of the popula-
tion, the advantages of position; all concurred in
making the Morea the principal focus of the Greek
revolution.

The prodigious fertility of the soil added to. those
causes of the preponderance of the Morea in the
affairs of Greece. At the revolution, the property of
the Turks in the Morea becoming national property,
afforded a guarantee for the money borrowed in Eno--
laid. If the Egyptain invasion ruined so rapidly the
affairs of the Greeks, it was not by the victories which
it obtained over them, but by the .doubt which it
threw on the real value of the territorial pledges for
the loan,—dotibts, which placed the Greeks in a
situation of no longer supporting their credit, 'aid,
consequently, of being unable to defray the expenses
of an organization according to the European plan.
Such is the true secret of the three years of dia.,
asters experienced by the Cheeks. Whilst we were
making on their behalf contributions with so much
zeal and sympathy, Ibrahim was destroying their
credit by stripping them of those guarantees on
which they might, perhaps, have succeeded in obe
taining money even from the bankers of the Holy
Alliance.
The French expedition, in order to obtain thi
most entire success, must take out of the hands of
Ibrahim, and restore to those of the Greek Govern-
ment, the property declared national about seven
years ago. The Greeks wait the cele of these lands
as the true era of their regeneration, and it is only a
Government strong and respected which cao. effect
it by giving security to the purchasers, The latter
wilt he found among the rich Greeks who inhabit
the capitals of Europe and the lonian Isles. The
population, ruined as it is, will have a thou Sand means
for treating Tor_ small lots, eithei by entering into
engagements with the Government, or by procuring
Aid from foreign capitalists,
If it is true, as we are assured, that the half only
of the great plains of Vostizza, Corinth, Gastouni,
TfieZelle, Argos, Calamata, Tripolaza r, would, if
properly cultivated, suffice to extinguish the exist-
ing debt, if it be true thatahe mines„ the forests,
the fisheries of the Pelopennesus have never been
worked to their fell value by the Turks, and are im-
mensely rich ; if it is true that to the Production of
wheat, of wine, of oil, of raisins, and of figs, we may
the production of indigo,
add, in a very short time,
of coffee, of tea, of cotton, and of silk ; if It la incoo.
tee.table that the population of this beautiful country
has every necessary qualification to avail itself of
useful institutions; and if, in short, it is permitted
us to hope that it can very Soon love us as benefaF-
-1015, the most noble and consolatory revolution is
on the point of being accomplished under our
auspices. Liberty, order, commerce, prosperity,
will spring at once into being, for all the,elements of
them exist at present.
One thing alone Wit; wenting---,
_a prntection sue.h.
ei we are going to give. A glance at the map Is
sufficient to show how easy it is to place this protec-
tion out of the reach of all attacks, and hew inde-
pendent its work is of every thing which may' hap-
pen elsewhere between the Greeks and the Tuf.;-,
Let us put up our vows to Heaven to render our
Government capable of compreheading all the mag-
nanimity and all the extent of the engagements
which it is making in the name of France., Greece
till owe to us the same blessings as America does ;
its to ourseltes, and its position in the Me-
diterram'an, *
give us the anise . of relations of, far
greater impoFtance." ,
(From the ) Jonitear
of Anicaseser.)
(ran-ATE comarseosterver.)
LENIffURG, Ara. 17,--Reports, which haVe eerne
to the head-quarters of the Austtiaa troops in this
province, announce that An extraordiraary courier,
despatched by Field-111iretlal Count Wittgenstein,
had arrived at the head-quarters at Lublin, with
very important despatches from the Grand Duke
Constantine. It was soon after reported at Lublin,
that the Polish army would be immediately reviewed,,
and that a strong division of infantry, cavalry; and
artillery, would then commence its march to the
Danube. It was added that these troops were 'to
proceed to their destinations by forced marches.
CORFU, JULY 23.—We have received news that
25 transports from Alexandria, with provisions and
troops, have arrived at Navarin, It is added, that
Jbrahim Pacha has sent t t «11 .11c 1 Catetior of

the Morea to reap the corn, and carry off all the
cattle, and that these troops have every where
caused devastation, and massacred some Greeks.
On receiving this news the English and French
Admirals sailed from this port on the 19th for
Navarin.
(From the Ozzzette de France, Aug. 31.)
VIENNA, AUG. 3L—The hopes of peace that had
been conceiVed at Odessa had.vanished on the 11th.
The cause of this change was not, known, any more
than the true reason of the Emperor's return. It is
true, that those who are about the Emperor have
made communications to the foreign Consuls, which
gave reason to believe that an armistice has been
concluded, at the desire of Hussein Pacha; but it
is certain that political affairs are so enveloped in
mystery. at Odessa, that the correspondents do not
dare to risk a conjecture.
CONsTANTINOPV• AUG. 6,—The accounts from
the theatre of war are still favourable. to the Porte.
11ussein writes, that.up to the 2d the attacks of the
Russians upon Sbumla had been victoriously re-
pulsed. These accounts cause the armaments to
be pressed on with great zeal. A select corps of
10,000 men has set out for Adrianople, after being re-
viewed by the Sultan. The departure of the Grand
Vizier for Adrianople is also talked of.
BUCHAREST, AuG. 9.--All the accounts from the
head-quarters are favourable to the Russians. Silis-
tria is closely blockaded. The Turkish garrisons
of Giurdzevo, Rudschuck, Calafat, and Widdin,
which are very strong, make sallies from time to
time into Great and Little Wallachia. Considerable
reinforceMents are expected, which will put a stop to
their invasions.

PARIS, AtiG. 30.—Mr. Stratford Canning and the
Marquis de Ribeaupierre left Ancona for Corfu en
the Bth of August : Mr. Canning on board the Tal-
Lot frigate, and M. de Ribeauperre on board the
()ea brig.

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, AUG. 30.—Five per Cents,
107 f. ; Three per Cents., 73f. lOc. ; Bank Stock, 1,865 f.;
NaplAs Stock, 761. '7oc. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 741;
leraytian Loan, 622 f. 50c. Exchange on London—One
Month, 25f. 25c. ; Three Months, 25f. l sc. Cours
Authent;que.

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