The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-31 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.]

,The period allowed to the forte for deliberat-
ing on the conditions described by the Emperor
Alexander, expired on the 26th 'of July. On
that day, Baron Strogonoff repaired to the Divan,
and demanded an answer to the terms offered by

his Court. Ills conduct on this occasion is repre-
sented as being more offensive than even upon
that of his transmitting the Ultim'atum to the
Divan. The Grand Seignior, however, forbore
to notice it, and most politely informed him, that
in consequence of the very important nature of
the subjects and of the deliberations to which it
had given rise in the Grand Council, the reply to
his Sovereign's demand bad not been completely
prepared, until a mach later period than had been
expected, so that it was not yet translated. His
Sublime Majesty, however, assured the Ambas-
sador, that he should be put in possession of the
document in less, than 24 hours. in the mean
time, he had the satisfaction to acquaint him, that
it contained. a perfect acquiescence in the wishes

of the Court of St. Petersburgh. Strogonoff, it is
• said, notwithstanding the conciliatory conduct of
the Sultan, replied, that his orders were peremp-
tory ; and unless he received the answer in the
course of the day, he should proceed to leave the
capital immediately without it, and thus abruptly
left the Council. Here the matter for the present
rested ; but in the evening the Ambassador wrote
a'note to all the other Foreign Ministers there, in-
forming them of his intention to proceed to ,St.
Petersburgh, and sent his Dragoman to the Porte,
demanding a passport for himself and suite. By this
time, however, the Government haVing used great
exertions, had' 'procured a translation of their
answer, and tendered it to the Dragoman to carry
to his master. The Dragoman declined taking it

until he had received further orders from the Am-

bassador, for which purpose lie proceeded to his
residence. The Porte, in the mean time, deli-
_ ,berated on the demand of StrogOnoti for a pass-
_ _

port, and considering that their answer would
remove.all differences between the two Powers,
and that therefore there was no necessity for his
absence, they came to a determination of not
granting it, but at the same time 'issued a Fir-
man, ordering that all the vessels nuclei the di.
rection of the Baron, or containing any of his
suite, might be allowed to pass free. Thus giv-

: ing him. the liberty of going or remaining. Siro-
. gonoff, on hearing this, gave orders for imme-
diate embarkation, and in a few 'hours was
under hail. An express was instantly dis-
, patched by the Porte to St. Petergbuigh,
. with the answer to the Russian iMani-
festo, accompanied by a long letter from
the Grand Vizier, complaining, in forcible
terms, of the conduct of the Russian Minister, to
whom he attributed the greater portion of the
massacre and bloodshed which had unhappily
taken place in various parts of the Turkish Em-
pire. The arrival of this news created so strong
a sensation in the City, that in the short space
of ten minutes the funds rose one-half per Cent.,

and before the close of the day, they were above
one per Cent. better than,at the opening of the
market.

[THE TIMES.I
The public will have observed, that for some
time past the accounts, from the North and East
of Europe which have reached this country
through private channels, and which we have
published as most worthy of attention, have
spoken . with gradually increasing confidence of
the probability that the recent disputes would
be settled without any actual interruption of the
relations of amity between the Russian Empire
and the Porte. The intelligence we now insert
from Vienna goes very far indeed to confirm, we
might say, perhaps, completely establishes, the
truth of those peaceful anticipations. It would
have been both indiscieet and presumptuous in us
to express otherwise than guardedly our own opi-
nions of contingent events, and superfluous to do
so when the grounds on which we should have
formed them were equally open to our readers.
But the authority for this day's information is so
undoubted, and its purpose so decidedly and
manifestly pacific, that we cannot do otherwise
than deduce from it a persuasion that all appre-
hension of immediate hostilities is at an end. The
news from Constantinople is of the 3 lst ult. The in -
b tellicrence previously received had been of the 25th,
on which day the Divan was left sitting in con-
sultation upon the demand; of Russia. The
nature of those demands is already known ; the
terms in which they are, now transmitted not
differing materially from the former versions,
which made the interests of the Greek religion,
and a redress of the injuries offered to that na-
tion, the principal object of the care and provi-
dence of Russia. It will be seen, from a perusal,
of these - propositions, that as it was in./their cha-
racter as Christians that outrage and indignity
were committed upon the Greeks, so it is not in
quality of Greeks, but of Christians, that Russia
has exerted herself to protect them. The ex-
treme moderation of the terms demanded leads
naturally to the belief that the other Powers of
Christendom have acquiesced in their propriety ;
nothing appearing on the face of them which can
menace the security, or ought to alarm the jea-
lousy, of any Christian State. But while we
bear testimony to the moderation of these pro-
posals, because they-seem to induce no change
in' the former relations of Russia, Greece, and
Turkey ; for the same reason, viz. because no
change will be accomplished by them, we must
be permitted to declare once more our doubts
whether they are calculated to effect their object
—the security of the Greeks and their Chris-
tian worship from oppression. The privilege
still extended to the. Porte of determining what
individuals among the Greeks she may think
fit to spare or punish as innocent of the late
disturbances, .or as parties to them, is one
which, however unavoidable while the domi-
nion of Greece remains with Turkey, can
hardly fail to be perverted and abused.—Our
account states, that the Porte has accepted
the proposals contained in the Russian note ;
and the circumstances attending the intercourse,
between the Divan and Baron Strogonoff, until
he finally demanded passports, are curious, if,
according to the guess of the diplomatic circles,
he merely assumed the guise of anger that his
departure from the Turkish territory might not
be at once attributed to a recal by his-Court. It
was on the evening of the 26th of July that the
despatch announcing their compliance was pre-
pared by the Divan, and a message, sent to Stro-
gonolf to apprize him of it. This Minister, there-
fore, must have been actuated by any motives
rather than those of conciliation when he thought
fit on the next morning to demand passports
for himself and his suite.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
We learn from Lord Bathurst's letter that
direction-s had been given by the Noble Lord for
an inquiry into the circumstances connected with
that event, even before he received the Sheriff's
communication, in consequence, as the Noble
Lord intimates, of intelligence which he had previ-
ously received; and which he informs Mr. Waith-
man differed essentially from the statement con-
tained in his letter. The nature of this intelligence
we can easily collect from the surprise expressed by
the Nobls,l4:arl, that if the Civil-Power under the
command of, the Sheriff were suflicient„as Mr.
Waithman alleged, for the preservation of the
public peace, " a mob should be suffered to con-
tinue in a state of riot" for so long a time after
the military had retired to their barracks, that
Mr. Conant should be reduced to the necessity
of " reading the Riot Act," and that in subse-
quently dispersing the rioters with the civil force
under his command, he should have received no
assistance from Mr. Waithman.

, [MORNING CHRONICLE.]
' Lord Bathurst says, he had, before the receipt
of Sheriff Waithrpan's letter, given directions for
an inquiry to be made into the circumstances
of the riot at Knightsbridge, 44 in conse-
quence of representations made to me, which,
I am bound to say, differ in many essential
particulars from the statement ivhich I received
from you." If the representations so made to his

Lordship differ in many essential particulars from
the statement of the Sheriff, we have every reason
to believe that they are false. We have con-
verged with several most respectable eye-wit-
nesses, who agree in all essential points with that
statement. That the persons implicated in it
should endeavour to give as favourable a repre-
sentation of their conduct as possible is natural
enough. But as- his Lordship has ordered an
inquiry, and the transactions were witnessed by
snch numbers of impartial persons, the truth
will appear in spite of every attempt at mis-
representation. His Lordship, misled by some
of these misrepresentations, tells the Sheriff,
" I cannot refrain from expressing my regret
and surprise, that, ' when the Civil Power un-
der your direction was fully adequate (as you
state) for the preservation of the peace among
the people,' a mob should have been permitted
to remain in a continued state of riot, after the
soldiers had been withdrawn within their bar-
racks, until the Riot Act was read by Mr. Co-
nant, and the rioters were dispersed by the peace

officer's antler his imtnediate orders.'' Mr. Sheriff
Waithman, in answer to this, states positivly that
be was on-the spot for nearly • nine hours, and
did not retire till -he had assured himself, by
riding about in different directions for about an
hour and a half after the military, that tranquil-
lity was perfectly restored, and that the reading of
the Riot Act, and dispersion of rioters, must have
arisen from some new and distinct disturbance.
However, as an inquiry has been ordered, we shall
not now enter farther into this affair. We trust
the inquiry will be,conducted in such a manner
as to give satisfaction to the country. It would
require very different circumstances, from any
hitherto stated in the Ministerial Papers, to per-
suade the friends of the Constitution, that the
conduct of the military towards the civil power
was not highly to be condemned. We will not
do the injustice to Ministers to anticipate their
approbation of a deliberate attempt to assassinate
the Sheriff, or even to set his authority at defi-
ance. We are inclined to believe that on this, as
well as many other occasions, they have been
much misrepresented to the country by the
Journals which pretend to serve them.