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

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1828.

Sir ROBERT WILSON, last night, made his
promised motion, or rather put certain questions
to Mr. PEEL, touching the present temper of the
British Government with regard to the Treaty of
London. First, whether we adhered to that Treaty;
secondly, whether a good understanding subsisted
between France and England, as to carrying the
stipulations of the Treaty into effect, and if Russia
was still to be a party to it ; thirdly, whether any
communications had been received by Govern-
ment from the naval Commanders in the Medi-
terranean, accounting for and justifying their
not enforcing a strict blockade in the ports of
the Morea, subsequently to the battle of Nava-
rin ? To which Mr. PEEL answered, that our
Government felt the warmest disposition to give
effect to the Treaty—that though Russia was
still a party to the Treaty, yet that the circumstance
of her being at war with Turkey might eventually
alter the character of that Power as one of the
contracting parties, and give rise to considera-

tions as to the mea►►s of executing the Treaty
which a sense of public duty prevented him
from entering into. With respect to the blockade
of the ports in the Morea, orders had been
given for that purpose, and explanations received
from the commanding officers which could not
be divulged at present, but when the proper
period arrived, the fullest satisfaction would be
given as to the conduct pursued by our Govern-
ment—which conduct would be found recoil-
cileable to these two principles, the maintenance
of good faith by the fulfilment of every Treaty
into which it entered ; and the narrowing, con-
sistent with its decided purpose of abstaining from
interference with other countries, the application
of force to the attainment: of the precise objects
which it had in view.

In answer to a question from Sir FRANCIS
BURDETT, last night, Mr. PEEL declined, on
the part of Government, to interfere with the
supply of water to the Metropolis. The labours
of the Commission have therefore fallen to the
greund, for Mr. PEEL said that their report
did not warrant Government to enter into
the subject, seeing that the supply of water was
ample, and its quality not so bad as had been
represented. The Right Hon. Gentleman ob-
served that the expcnce of surveys, &c., would
fall best on private individuals or Companies who
might derive a profit from the speculations,
than on Government, and he instanced the
Thames Tunnel and Waterloo Bridge as splendid
examples of private enterprise ; but we think the
Right Hon. Gentleman forgot the profit result-
ing from these great works in the splendour
of their undertaking. In fact, he could not have
instanced more hopeless speculations, so far as
profit to the subscribers was concerned ; for, like
MILTON, their only reward for building such
durable monuments, seems to be founded in
the admiration of posterity.

We have no further news of an authentic cha-
racter from the East of Europe, but a few days
will, no doubt, furnish us with events of deep
importance. The flower of the Russian army
is on the frontiers of Turkey, or marching
by rapid strides towards the scene of action.
The number of troops which left St. Petersburgh
including
the Guards, amounted to 80,000 men.
The Guards alone were 30,000 strong. It is
again said that at the same time the passage of
the Pruth
was to take place, the Russian army
in Georgia had received strict orders to invade
tile Turkish territories in Asia, and thereby dis-
tract the attention of the SULTAN. The latest
accounts from Turkeyrepresent a great por-
tion of the Turkish troops as mere raw
youths of from twelve to eighteen years of age,
who had been forced into the service by the severe
orders of the SULTAN, commanding all from that
age to 60 to be included in the genral conscrip-
tion. With such a levy his force may appear
formidable as far as numbers are concerned, but
can such troops withstand the onset of the
not n
Russians?eve The SULTAN will find too late that
their young enthusiasm, nor the Euro.
pun discipline of his veterans, can resist the
impetuous attack of the invaders.

The following are extracts front German mid
other Papers, received this morning
TIENNA, MAT 6.

An Austrian courier, who left St. Peterabliighontbe
231 of April, has brought, as we learn, the answer of his
Majesty the Emperor Nicholas, to a letter of our Emperor,
in which his Majesty made a last effort for the preservation
of peace. We arc enured that the answer declares that