The Sun.
London, England, 1821-07-30 00:00:00

what course, whether friendly or hostile,
was to be pursued by the Russian Govern-
ment towards that Power. Without at pre-
sent raising a discussion upon the rights ac-
quired by Russia, or the obligations she had
contracted, to protect the Greek Christians
throughout some provinces of Turkey, there 'are
two facts sufficiently known, one of which was
of a nature to produce disagreement, and the
other to prove that it, to a certain point, existed,
between the respective states. The first was the
seizure and sale by the Turks of Russian mer-
chantmen,outward-bound from Odessa ; the second
was the departure of the Russan Minister from
the seat of Government, and his official notice to
his countrymen, to take measures of safety against
the violence of a Power which observed no mo-
deration in its conduct. It is as well known as
the existence of Russia, that she has for half a
century or more looked to establish herself at
Constantinople. Russia has at _present only the
Baltic by which she can export her corn ; that
sea is closed up for half the year ; and the whole
of her southern provinces are without any con-
venient means of exportation. She fixed herself
on the Euxine as a preliminary step to this im-
provement of her commerce. The port of Odessa
has become a great shipping place, but the goods
when shipped are at the mercy, as we have seen,
of the Grand Seignor. They must sail close
under his palace walls, and may he stopped again
by the Turks at any point within the passage of
the Dardanelles. The Porte can at any hour ob-
struct the passage of the whole commercial marine
of -her southern empire. It is not wonderful,.
therefore, that she seeks to possess herself of the
course a the navigation from the Euxine to the
Ilellespont.

[NEW TIMES.]
The substance of the intelligence, which we
have received from the most respectable mercan-
tile sources, is as follows :—About the beginning
of June, a Turk having been wounded by one of
his own countrymen, whether by accident or in a,
quarrel, is not stated, some ill-disposed persons
gave it out that it had been done by a pistol
tired from one of the Greek houses. This report
brought the Turks in great numbers to the spot,
who immediately commenced a furious attack on
the Greeks, many of whom they murdered, be-
sides plundering several houses. The Pacha,
however, interfered, and quiet was restored
and continued until the 14th, when a report
was received that the Ottoman fleet had
been defeated by the Greeks off Mytelene;
and a Russian vessel having refused to submit to
be searched previously to her leaving the port,
the Turks, suspecting that she had ammunition on
board for the use of the Greeks, required of the
Governor that she should be detained, and upon
his refusal to adopt this course, he was murdered
by the populace. The most shocking atrocities
were now committed upon the Greeks, many
hundreds of whom were massacred ; indeed, such
was the fury of the barbarians that they even killed
many of the principal Tutks. Ultimately the vessel
was examined and proceeded out of port without
further molestation ; after which the ferment gradu-
ally subsided,and,on the 21stJune,noassassinations
having been committed for two days, the Greeks
once more ventured into the streets, and tran-
quillity might be said to have been restored. The
alarm which the violent proceedings of the Turks
excited amongst the European residents was so
great, that on the 18th, the different Consuls
ordered their countrymen to embark on board
their vessels in the harbour, as they considered
it unsafe for them longer to remain on shore.—
Subsequently, however, most of them had re-
turned to their houses, although the greater
part of the valuable effects under their care
still remained afloat. It was understood that
eight British ships of war had arrived at
Malta, and that they might bg expected daily
at Smyrna. The greatest anxiety was felt
by the Europeans respecting the continuance
of pacific relations between Russia and the Porte,
as, in the event of a war, it would become im-
possible for them to remain any longer at
Smyrna ; and the removal of their establish-
ments, and the consequent abandonment of the
debts which were owing them by the Turks and
other inhabitants, would be very disastrous both
to themselves and the merchants who had en-
trusted their property in their hands. An order
was issued on the 20th that all Russian vessels
should be detained until directions could be re-
ceived from Constantinople; and an embargo was
laid upon all vessels for ten days.