The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-20 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

nutis, MAY 16.

" CHAMBER 01' DEPUTIES,-SITTING OF FRIDAY, 3IAY

" The order of the day is the continuation of the
discussion of the project of law relative to a loan
of 4,000,000 of renter.

" General Andreossi having pronounced a eulo-
gium on the firmness displayed by the Sultan Mah-
moud, in his efforts to introduce a better system, and
having shown that Russia has but one step to take
to realise its long cherished projects against Con
stantineple, and expressed his opinion that in the
-
end Russia and England will come in contact in
Persia, proceeded to remark on the treaty of inter.
vention .in the affairs of the Levant, made by the
three Powers whose interests are different, and who
have united only to observe each other, Is it not
to be feared that this opposition of interests may
lead to combats as unforeseen as that of Navarin,
which, however, honourable to the squadrons en-
gaged, has not been shown to have been necessary,
but in opposition to the system of mediation and
preservation of peace which the three Powers
had solemnly proclaimed ? Such a mediation,
he said, resembled theconduct of a, man who, under
the pretext of separating two combatants, should
place himself between them, and in that position
should throw one down and leave the other standing.
With respect to the Greeks, of what avail has the
armed intervention been to them ? Humanity is
alleged as a ground for interference ; but why, then,
did they net interfere sooner in the affairs of the
Levant, and why do they now neglect them ?
Would it not have been more advantageous to the
Greek cause to destroy the army of Ibrahim in the
Morea, than the Egyptian fleet in the port of
Navarin ? Austria has been loudly blamed for
having been at the least an indifferent spectator of
the affairs of Greece ; but Austria, as a Govern-
ment, had to regard the political question which
alone was favourable to its interests. Accordingly,
it is constantly said at Vienna, that it is impossible
to have better neighbours than the Turks. In fact,
the provinces under the dominion of the Sultan
secure to Austria a great extent of frontier, which
requires neither care nor expense, because it has no
aggression to fear on that side. But if these pro.]
vinces get into the hands of an active and restless
Power, there will no longer be any security or tran-
quillity for Austria, and she will be obliged, at a
great expense, to fortify these frontiers, and to main-
tain a strong military force there.'
" The Powers of Europe, deluded by the Treaty
of London, have hesitated, while Russia is prose-
, cuting its plans; but the General does not think,
however, that the European Governments will re-
main mute before Russia, and suffer it to fulfil its
destiny, while it declares that peace must be main-
tained, and that the epoch of conquests and of the
aggrandizements of states is passed.
" If the Ottoman empire should be dismember-
ed, and the European Powers should receive from
Russia some fragments of the spoil as a reward for
their
of
di
tdistant
concessions,
complaisance,the
c h hopes,
would
that
b e more
bur-
densome than advantageous, a system of compromise
might be adopted, and the positions of the 'king-
dom, which have been entirely deteriorated by some
articles of the Treaty of Paris, be improved by an
addition of territory. The General thought that
the intervention of France in the affairs of the East
cannot produce any immediate effect ; but the loan
required by the Minister may be very useful to re-
pair preceding faults, and to meet extraordinary ex-
penses of the marine and the army ; only he thought
it might be adjourned till after the discussion of the
Ways and Means.
" The Minister of War entered at some length
upon explanations of the manner in which the money
asked for was to be applied.
" M. Petou refused to consent to any farther sa-
crifices, when he thought of the past extravagances,
and saw the Jesuits tolerated.

" M. Sirieys de Mayrinhac declared that he was
not alarmed at the deficit; he justified the late Ad-
ministration, and declared that commerce had never
been more prosperous.
" Some other Members having spoken, M.
Viennet made a very long and vehement speech, in
which lie spoke in very bitter terms of the late Mi-
nistry, of the ambition of Russia, and of the secret
projects of England. lie said, among other things
It is the interest of Europe and ours that Turkey
should not become a Russian province ; that the
islands of the Archipelago should not be swallowed
up by England. To save our Mediterranean com-
merce from total ruin, we must present to both
those Powers an awe-inspiring reserve, which may
disconcert their ambition, which, by leaving them
in uncertainty respecting the alliance, may stop them
both in'their usurpations—which may hinder them
from attaining the secret object of their policy, per.
haps, by agreeing together at the expense of their
reciprocal allies. It is as mediators alone, as gua-
rantees of the Treaty of the 6th of July, that we
must appear in the contest; but as mediators, whose
voices cannot be disregarded with impunity.'
" The Minister for Foreign Affairs made a short
reply to this speech, in which he said that while he
recognized the full and entire liberty of the Cham-
bers in its deliberations, he did not think that liberty
could go so far as to bring foreign Sovereigns, their
Ministers, and their Cabinets, before the bar of the
Chamber; and lam sure,' said he, that each of
you disapproves and disavows, as I most explicitly
do, the expressions that have been used in speaking
of the Sovereigns of Europe and their Cabinets.'—
(General applause.)
" Several voices having called for the closing of
the debate, it was agreed to by the Chamber. Ge-
neral Sebastiani, the Reporter of the Committee,
presented his report.
" The Itioniteur of Saturday, of which 20 co-
lumns (nearly seven pages) are filled with the de-
bates, does not give General Sebastiani's report,
but it is given at great length by the Journal des
Dcbats.

" The General commenced by drawing an alarm.
ing picture of the power and probable views of
Russia, and showed in particular the danger to which
Austria would be exposed ; and if this barrier were
once passed,' what,' says he, would become of our
independence ?' The future, in its most favourable
chances, presents to us, at least, great powers making
new partitions. The projects for dismembering
European Turkey are of ancient date. Russia and
Austria may find in these opinta spolia, means to ag-
grandize themselves by satisfying their greedy am-
bition. England, be assured, will get its share.
Notwithstanding the danger of its extensive posses-
sions, it will endeavour to extend them still more,
and already the Archipelago, perhaps Egypt, at-
tracts its attention. Prussia will be able to find
nowhere but in Germany, indemnity, which by add-
ing
new provinces to its kingdoms, will increase its
strength and consolidate its positions. The parti-
tion of the Ottoman Empire would then be consum-
' mated at the expence of the secondary States, de-
priving some of them of their political existence,
and all of their independence ; and should France
remain motionless, renewing the faults of the Cabs-
net of Versailles ? Should it remain an impassible
spectator of this distribution of kingdoms ? In the
midst of the augmentation of other States, if it were
wholly without a sphere, its relative strength would
be greatly
its independence
and where would be the guaran-
tee of ? Having entered at consi-
derable length into the actual state of the resources 1