The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-15 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCt.

FRENCH 'PAP.thtS.
- (From the Jeuttal des .belnds, Aug. 12:).
PAnts, AJG. I L.—The trtoen;we reflect. on the
rsition of England as it regatds Eueope, or as it
regards itself; the 'More We ate torivinced that its
present state Of inaction cannot be long, and that
events will .vety soon, whether it will or not, bring
it back upon the stage from which its Ministers
haVe latterly so completely erased it. Self-denial is
a private virtue which is not of a very durable
nature even in individuals; but .the political disin-
terestedness of a nation which has ships and men,
when great- questions are on the point of being de,
cided by sea and land, would be a very uncertain
element of the combinations that are preparing; and
the Cabinets of .utope will do well not to found
their calculations on this anomaly.
Whatever humanity England may have shewn in
?la conduct towards Portugal, it cannot be denied
that the events of the Peninsula have struck her to
the heart. There is not a more pitiable sight than
that of Don Miguel saluting with his usurpations
the last English soldiers under sail from Lisbon for
Plymouth. The Cabinet of the Regent shut against
Sir F. Lamb during his official residence as Ambas-
sador from his Britannic Majesty—acclamations of
joy in the Government Gazette on the departure of
that Freemason—the dinouement of so melancholy-
a drama consummated amidst cries of Dedi to the
Constitution, to-the legitimate King, anti to the Eng-
lish!' Sir J: Doyle cast into a dungeon, reclaimed
by a diplomatic intervention refused, and brought
before the merciful tribklnt of nine inquisitors; Eng-
lish subjects arrested at Oporto, their property con-
fiscated to -pay the expences of the Usurper's cam-
paign, and perhaps those of his coronation ; lastly,
the embargo laid on vessels which the British nag
no longer protects in the Tagus and the Douro,
if they have on board a single victim of Don
Miguel; or a few piastres, if taken by a faithful
subject of Don Pedro going into exile. This is,
in a few words, what England has jest expe-
rienced in Portugal. And let us remark, that this
is only what may be called the miter side of the
question. We must see is it, besides, an alliance
of vital importance, in the opinion of all States-
men who have succeeded each other in power in
Englatid, hazarded, and perhaps irretrievably lost,
by these last dissensions. Now all this is only the
s ork of the triumph of a party ; and the vanquished
of to-day becoming victors to-morrow,• restore with
usury, to .England the advantages which she has so
strangely.abandoned.

So long as her intervention was only useful, li.
an apparent and cautious concession to the prin-
ciples of the law of nations, she timidly gave way
to the first pretext that presented itself to free her-
self from it. Has she waited to resume it when it
shall become necessary ? Has she wished that gra-
titude should increase with the importance of the
service ? Is it necessary, in order completely to
satisfy Europe, or to deprire it of all ground for
complaint, that the signal should come from Rio ?
Is it without any reserved design, without ob-
ject, that the English Ministers, for this month
past, have been talking only of the august Chief
of the 1-I°"° of 1.111-glorll and of their religious
ciisereance of the treaties Which bind Great Britain
1::. ' l'":„: 4.""'13' 4?
/s-ilot, the actual dethronement of
'9' ' 'ltu of itself 1‘ 'costa firdcris? Anti if that
Tilt.'" 5'1°04 me. -u.av ask of the Duke of Welling-
ton, or
the Tl,-t-i4 1:.',,' saccessor, only the free entrance of
.•;:st's.gus. for his, daughter, Donna Maria, the legi-
liirive Queen of Portugal, will England—which has
cugagod by treaties to maintain the integrity of the
territory--still refuse her ships ? She has seat them
against-disarmed refugees on the frontiers of Gal-
licia—let thel. go agairA the scaffolds of Don Miguel,
and Europe will wish ' .em a prosperous voyage.
Ibrahim Pacha at length offers to evacuate the
Norm The ravages of the Egyptians have not even
'elude country in a condition to maintain them.—
The purls of , Greece, strictly blockaded by the
Allied.squadrkina, .114 longer receive the supplies sent
by bHathe,r. I,le only asks for ships, and departs
I for Will the expedition which is preparing
in the ports of the Mediterranean be prosecuted with
less activity in consequence of this news ? and ‘vill
the French flag, which we have been promised
should be displayed on the cradle of regenerated
GICCCP, merely protect the peaceable return of
Ibrahim arid his bands to Alexandria ?

We do not believe it. Troops have not been as-
sembled at a great expense on this coast : so many
transports have not been freighted ; our old ships
have not been put into dock ; and new ones do not
come out, for the mere purpose of hastening an event
which was always thought at least probable without
our intervention.
Amore elevated thought directed the conception,
which has been hailed by France, and is worthy of
her new destinies.

She hes resolved to be represented in the East
otherwise than by Ambassadors and Consuls, at the
moment when Russia w•is marching with 300,000
men against Constantinople, and ►►hen Austria ►vas
covering its Eastern Frontier with Camps of Exer-
cise, and Corps of Observation.
After Ibrahim is gone, there still remains enough
to do in the Levant for our ships to sail from
Toulon. Far be from us the idea of speculating on
the gratitude of Greece; but far from us also be the
project of renouncing it en the first opportunity
that presents itself of paying for it less dearly.

This whole tract, which is inhabited by Armenian!,
now presented a portion of entire desolation, as the
Turkish Government has removed all the inhabitants
to the most remote parts. The enemy was first seeu
near Meschkow, on the 29th. His cavalry in great
numbers had come from the fortress to the distance
of 16 wersts, and 'attacked'our advanced postS, but
was repulsed, reinforcements came tip. The
bbldnesS of his cavalry in venturing so far from the
fortress, as well as the aecOurits that We. received'
from our scouts, showed that the garrison of Kars'
teas numerous, and Consisted of very good troops.
—Tht• cavalry amounts to about 5,000, and the
infantry, which appears to include all the inhabit-
ants capable of bearing • arms, probably amounts
also to 5,000 men. The General resolved,by a side
movement, to turn the fortress, and by taking a po•
sition on'the great road fromErzeroum, to Cut off
the communication between Erzeroum and Kars,
and thus deprive the fortress of the reinforcements
which the Seraskier was bringing to Kars, at the
head of 20,000 mew. This operation was executed
in perfect order, in sight of the fortress, without any
interruption from the enemy. On the Ist of July,
the General, With the greatest part of the troops,
marched towards Kars, intending to make a recon-
noissance. The ttoops had scarcely sbewn thetn=
selves" in order of battle on the farthest eminences
which slope towards the fortresses, when a numerous
body of cavalry sallied out, and attacked with impe-
tuosity the foremost regiments of Cossacks. The Ge-
neral, seeing the possibility of coming to a general ac-
tion, desired to draw the enemy as far as possible from
the fortress, and ordered the Cossacks gradually to
retreat from the front towards the left flank. The
enemy, in assurance of victory, followed the Cos-
sacks, and the General immediately ordered Major
General Baron Ostensacken, with a division of Cos-
sacks, Minns, and Tartars, and two cannon, to cut
of the enemy front the fortress. This manoeuvre,
executed under the lire of the fortress, astonished
the enemy, who suffered great loss. The field was
covered with dead ; and twenty of the bravest par-
tisans, among whom were some officers, were made
prisoners. The latter said that the enemy had 100
killed, and 200 wounded. We had 12 killed, and
12 wounded. (The remainder of the article de-
scribes the strength of the fortress, and an Article
from Tiflis of 10th July gives the account of the
taking of the fortress in all respects conformable to
that received through Paris.)
The Emperor has been pleased to address a most
gracious rescript to Sir J. Wylie, expressive of his
satisfaction at the admirable arrangement of the
medical department of the army.
Arrived at Cronstadt to the 27th July, 682 ships;
sailed, 512.—St. Petersburgh Journals to 3014 July.
SEMLIN, JULY Servia all parties are
making active preparations. The Turks and the
Servians look for the issue of the war with very
different wishes and hopes. The hitherto incon-
siderable progress of the Russian arms in this pro-
vince cannot fail to increase the uncertainty and
anxiety that agitate all classes of people. The
Turkish garrisons on the Danube are continually re-
inforced by small detachments. Widdin is said to
have now again a garrison of 13,000 men, and a
camp of 24,000 men is forming near the town, to
hinder the Russians from crossing the river. We
have an unfavourable summer, with violent tempests
and hail storms, which have done much damage.—
Allgenzeinc Zeitung, August 8.

YRICES filY STOCKS THIS
Bank Stock 2131,4 14
3 per Cent. iced. 99 774
3 per Cent. Cons .. .87 fjlL4 i,;,
3%4 per Cent Vti%
Ditto Rol
4 ,yer rent. Ntw
Ditto. 18E(.5
Bank L. Ann.
India Stock —l
Ditto Bon& .... ..... 113 115 pm.

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Neapolitan, 1824
Crazilian Bonds ..62% 593 61 ' Peruvian Bonds —
Buenos Ayres 80nd5...:.... —1 Portugitese Bonds 53 2 4
Chilian Bonds, 8 pet ct. ... t Prussian, 5 per cent lOYM‘i
Colombian Bonds — I Ditto. New —
Ditto, 1824
Danish 3 per cent. ... ...... (11. N Spanish, 1521 10M%
Greek Bond? — --- 182`3
Ditto, :825
Oltatunala — ---- Exchange.... —f —c.
Mexican Bonds — -- 3 percent....... —l. —c.
Do. Ins 381 i% 4 ---- Exchange —f. —c.

PRICES OF IItISII STOCKS.—DUBLIN, AUG. 12.
Bank Stc.ck 9StY:S4 1 St. Patrick Iwiir. (per sh.)
C,nEels, 3 per nerd.
Gov. Stock, .1!.4 per eent.... 9474 I National Ditto
Ditto' New..„ ................. 917•1. I Patriotic Ditto —
I pen Cent. 10P-14 + Hibernian hank l6'S
Gov. Deb. tr,,, per cent.... 95N I Provincial Ditto
Royal Cnial Stock ... — i Royal Irish Mine —
Grand Canal Stock —l Imperial Mine
City Deb. 4 per cent — t' Mining Co. of lrelaoci
rtallat Office Deli. tn. ct. —...! Commercial RiiiMing3 —

Arrived. Due. lAtrivett. Due.
O MIMIC '' 0 1 Harnburgh.... ..... ... 1
O Brazil 0 0 WHAM 0
O Buenos Ayres
1 Dublin
O Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0
I France
O Gottenburg,h 1 0 Mexico 0
0 Guernsey 6,c Jersey. 0 1 Waterford 0

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