The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-10 00:00:00

[BRITISH I It ESS.i

The affairs of Greece continue to occupy the
public attention throughout Europe. The guess
tion is undoubtedly beset with difficulties of no
ordinary description. On the one hand, our
jealousy of Russia prevents us from permitting
her to interfere in the affairs of Greece ; and on
the other, our sympathy for the Greeks, and our
own interest in their emancipation, render it
highly improper for us to leave them again to
fall under the dominion of the Ottomans. The
most obvious course la undoubtedly, to leave
the Greeks to themselves ; but this is one of
those temporizing measures which only increase
the danger by delaying the remedy. If,
Greece should achieve its own deliverance
an event which every day seems to render more
doubtful—what would the situation of that
country be in the vicinity of the great empires
of Russia and Austria ? It would be a mere
despondency, and so far from establishing a bar-
rier against the power of Russia, it would give
'the greatest facility to her future enterprises, be-
cause she would no longer have to contend with
the Turkish empire, but with a small part of it
erected into an independent State. The best me•
thod therefore would be, in our opinion, to allow
Russia to interfere in Greece ; but to take care
that we should have some indemnity which might
counterbalance her advantages. We would not
by any means give up Greece as an integral part
of the Russian dominions; but we would allow
her to obtain the same influence there as Austria
has in Naples,and France in Spain, and we would
allow that only on condition that we should be
permitted to obtain a similar influence in Egypt.
This influence might be acquired by making a
diversion to recall Ibrahim ; and it is neces.
sary for us, because the French have Dot yet
abandoned the idea of attacking India through
Egypt. The Porte, it is true, has always been a
faithful ally of this country, and that circum-
stance, we are reedy to admit, increases the dilii•
culties that the Cabinet of Great Britain has to
contend with on this distressing and perplexing
subject ; but the conduct of the British Ministry
has evinced such scrupulous delicacy tosiards
the Porte during, the whole of her struggle with
the Greeks, that the most fastidious jealousy
could not be excited by it. But paramount
duties now force themselves on the attention of
Mr. Canning and his colleagues, and it becomes
not not only a question of feeling, but of policy,
as to this country remaining any longer a passive
spectator of affairs in the Morea ; and we hope
to see them giving that tone to the negociations
now carrying on, that still put an end to a con-
test that, independent of every other considera-
tion, may in its result, if timely interference
does not take place, severely affect British in-
terests.

" The Literary and Political. Life of Sir
PrilLte Fumvos," who, during more than half a
century, attracted so much public attention, is
likely to be soon given to the world, by one who
was well acquainted will, his genius and talents.
The long disputed question relating to the author
of " Jurous's Letters"' win, we understand, be
finally decided, when this very interesting
bla-
graphy shall appear.