The Sun.
London, England, 1821-07-31 00:00:00

[BRITISH PRESS.]

Very little doubt exists that matters betNieen
the Greeks and Turks have come to a crisis, in
which Russia conceives she may interfere without
subjecting herself to the imputation of being ac-
tuated by a spirit of aggrandisement, and that as
it is the pOlicy of England to prevent the oser-
throw of the Ottoman Porte, she may feel her-
self called upon to interfere as a mediator in the
quarrel. This is presumed to be the purpose of
Lord Walpole's mission to St. Petersburgh, and
connected with it is probably the presence of
Count Lieven, whom the foreign Papers announce
as having been suddenly recalled to that ca-
pital from London. Mediation, it is true,
does not necessarily lead to hostilities, but it
is a position of great delicacy and dan-
ger. The mediator gives his advice to little
purpoself he does not lend, at the same time, his
weight and influence to carry it into effect. He
must feel disposed to enforce what is just and
reasonable, and cannot entertain a good opinion
of a party- who would persevere in a course of
error or injustice. We cannot therefore be sur-
prised that the offer even of mediation on the
part of England, between Russia and Turkey,
should have a serious effect upon the funds.

The alarm in the money market increases. A
further depression of the funds took place yes-
terday. Consols are now two per cent. lower
than they left off on Friday. The danger
of an interruption in the present continental
peace, arising out of the disorganized state.
of Turkey, becomes every day more ap.
parent, and to this cause speculation chiefly
attributes the decline in the funds. At the
breaking out of the disturbances in that country,
a strong belief prevailed that they were excited
by the intrigues and influence of Russia. Whe-
ther this charge be well founded or not we shall
not now inquire. No proof is wanted to shew
that it is the policy of Russia to extend her in-
fluence in that quarter. When the charge was
made in the House of Commons in the late Session
of Parliament, the Marquess of Londonderry
did not attempt to shew in his answer that
it was inconsistent with the policy or the
interest of Russia ; his Lordship merely
pleaded his confidence in the justice, the gene-
rosity, and the moderation of the Emperor Alex-
ander. His Imperial Majesty, to be sure, will
restrain his ambition on the side of Turkey, lest
he should forfeit the good 'opinion of the Noble
Marquis. This is all the security we have for
his good behaviour. The ambition that yields
to so feeble a force cannot be made of the
sternest stuff. It was a very different spirit
that prompted the acquisition of Finland and
Poland, and subsequent events are more calcu-
lated to inflame than to abate it. Success only
gratifies ambition for the moment, and new
conquests are requisite to allay an increase of
appetite;—(lbid.)

[NEW TIMES.]

The " leading Journal" (The Old Times) has
of late fallen so low in public estimation, that it
begins to feel the necessity of ascribing its daily
mis-statements to impositions practised on its
easy credulity. It takes refuge from the impu-
tation of knavery in that of folly ! We shall say
nothing now of the convicted falsehood of tear-
ing an ox to pieces at Saffron Walden on the
Coronation day, nor of the 'C cold thrill" on the
proclamation of his Majesty's titles in Westmin-
ster Hall ; nor of that most shameless assertion,
that the Queen was cheered from all the seats
on each side of the platform. These are re-
cent and flagrant instances of its attempts to
outface the testimony of hundreds and thousands
of eye-witnesses. But with a view, probably,
to divert attention from ,such damning facts as
these, it reverts to a falsehood of less recent
date, the account which it gave in February
last, of the King's reception at Covent Garden
Theatre. The very next morning after that
event, it broadly asserted, that the audience
was " a packed audience ;" and for some days
subsequently it attempted to keep up the same
shameless delusion, by paragraphs of various
kinds. It now attempts to prove that it was

misled, and misled by a man of known and
avowed loyalty.

Tier Majesty's threatened visit to Scotland
seems to have excited no small consternation in
that country, if we may judge from the manner
in which the affair is treated by the public Jour-
nals (of Scotland). It is a little amusing, in-
deed, to observe the tone of affliction with which
this menaced visitation is described, and the
sort of despairing hope expressed, that, after all,
the country may escape from the calamity. One
paper says, " as to the threat of visiting Edin-
burgh, it may either be. one of her Majesty's
jokes, or the sad expression of her actual purpose.
Let us hope the best." Another remarks," That
experience, which has undeceived the very rabble
of Middlesex, has not been lost upon our fel-
low-citizens; and though their good sense will
secure her, we trust, against wanton indignity,
their reception of her will be such as to convince
her that she has miscalculated the extent of their
understanding and loyalty." A third says, " The
weavers of Portsburgh, who invited her to take
up her residence among them,' and a few more,
may make a humble proffer of their homage. But
the gratulations of such canaille will scarcely
compensate the neglect and contempt of every
respectable person."—(lbid.)

[THE TIMES.]

Of the time and mode which may be selected
by Russia for executing her designs against the
Turkish Empire, we cannot form any definite
judgment from facts which have yet transpired.
The Turkish Government never publishes pre-
cise statements of political transactions ; and the
Court of Russia certainly will not promulgate her
own counsels a day too soon. Some fair infer-
ence rnighfbe drawn from the state of the Russian
military and naval armaments ; but that point also
is open to considerable uncertainty. A fleet is sta-
tioned in the Black Sea at Sebastopol, and has been
cruising in that neighbourhood; but the same thing
takes place every summer as a school of exercise
for the seamen. A large accumulation of trans-
ports and storeships at Odessa would be a stronger
index of approaching war. The military force
on the Turkish frontier is not ascertained cor-
rectly. Nor have we yet heard of the formation
of magazines towards the mouths of the Danube
or Dniester—an essential preliminary to a Turk-
ish campaign ; unless it were possible, which it
will hardly be, for the Russians to confine
their operations to the shores of the Euxine,
and thus be supplied by water. Whether
this Greek Insurrection has been raised by
Russia, is a question likewise which we are without
sufficient evidence to resolve. That the move-
ments in Moldavia and Walachia were not her
work, appears more likely from their feeble cha-
racter and speedy suppression, than from any
disavowal by the officers or authorities of Russia.
Had she caused them, it is true that she must
equally have disavowed them; but she would have
given them, it is probable, a more energetic and ef-
fectual impulse. The whole intercourse of Russia,
commercial and political, with Turkey, is carried
on through the agency of the Greeks; and the sus-
picion of their rebelling through her advice may be
founded on that single circumstance. But the
Greeks are Consuls and Commercial Agents for
every other nation except the English. It must be
admitted, however, in reply to this objection, that
no other government but that of Russia has an
interest in rousing them to rebel. The protec-
tion yielded to the Greeks by Russia has, in
some instances, proved- disastrous to numerous
individuals of that people. It is a frequent
practice that Greek merchandise should be
covered by the flag of Russia. Such was the
case at Smyrna. The Turks knew, or be-
lieved, that Greek persons and property were
on board the Russian merchantman. The
Governor was bound to respect the flag ;
and the people cut his throat in revenge, because
he would not detain and search the vessel. With
this act of violence commenced the massacre of
the Greeks. It is curious to observe in what
new forms, and under what diversified circum-
stances, the old maritime question recalls itself
to our notice—" whether free bottoms shall
make free goods ;" and that the subject of high
disputejbetween England and France should have
devolved upon a Turkish populace and
their- Pacha. Besides the practice of covering
Greek property with her flag, we know that
Russia is privileged and bound by treaty
to protect the free worship of the Christian
Greeks in the provinces on the Danube and in the
Isles of the Archipelago; these are further ties of
friendship between the Greeks and Russians, and
further grounds, we presume, of suspicion to the
Turks at least, that what the client undertakes
the patron encourages and connives at. Should
this spirit of exasperation extend itself, as some-
times happens, from the Turkish people to their
Government, the latter may (as it has in for-
mer instances) be infatuated enough to proceed
to acts of outrage which will leave Russia no
alternative but arms. So much for the miscel-
laneous circumstances which have.yet been made
public, and which bear, though indirectly, upon
the question of probable peace or war. The at-
tention of all Europe is anxiously fixed on the
result. At present the scale appears equally
poised, and any absolute opinion hazardous.

LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—On Friday night
Mr. RICHARD PARKER, Stockbroker, of Bartho-
lomew-lane, in the City, who resided at Ken-
sington, having been bled copiously in the course
of the day, imprudently went to bathe in the
Serpentine River : he had been in the water
about a quarter of an hour, when he suddenly
disappeared. A number of persons were swim-
ming at the time in the river and gave the alarm.
The boat belonging to the Royal Humane So-
ciety's house was rowed to the spot, and the
body was dragged for till a late hour, but was
not found till Saturday morning,' about seven
o'clock. The legs and arms of. the deceased
were much contracted, and it was the opinion
of the medical men, that he died of the cramp.
An Inquest sat on the body on Saturday night,
before J. H. GELL, Esq. Coroner, at the Brick-
layers' Arms, Mount-street; when the Jury re-
turned a verdict—" Accidentally Drowned."