The Sun.
London, England, 1826-02-16 00:00:00

ENGLAND.

Monday, Feb. 20, Lou'sD. Nos. 1,0, 14, 13, 2.1, 104,
284, 293; 308, 319.
NTIL Y. Nos. 20, 72, 97, 102, 219,
238, 311, 368, 423, 425,
' • ' 437, 44, 500, 510, 521,
• 524, 541,552, 553, 558,
r 583, 943900, 710.
TuNi3y, -121, Isoxpox. Nos. 42, 266 ,2819 309,
316.
COUNTRY. Nos. 127, 131, 167, 170,
181, 199, 385 471, 477,
497, 501, 329; 532, 644,
579.591, 592, 649.
Vedneslay, 22, x DON. N 0.2. Lodge of Beam-
knce.
eoulvrivr• NtA. 54, 84, 112' 121,
129, 164, 215, 291, 314,
400, 414, 140, 442, 472,
478, 537. 543, 543, 549,
563, 577, 606, 661, 590.
- 23, Lox now. Nos,7, 39, 82, 92, 142,
136, 216, 327,481. Gen.
Cann. Fem. ich. at 11.
COUNTRY. Nos. 45, 43, 51, 57, 110,
113, 153, 176, 178, 243,
200, 384, 420, 453, 461,
483, 306, 545, 556, 586,
587, 657, 970, 717.
- 24, LONDON. No. 239. •
Co t: liTttr• Nos. 53, 236, 283, 533.
---.23, LoNnog. • •
COUNTRY. Nus. 354, 412, 492.

Thumlv.y,

Friday,

Saturday,

PRICK OF rrocKs THIS
Bank Stock... 198 i 200 19:4
3 per Cent. lied.
3 per Cent. Conti
3. per Cent 8.4
Ditto Red.
4 per Cent. New 023 sis
Bank Long Ann •111;/
India Stock
Ditto Bond., l5 12 dis.
South Sea Stock

PRICES OF FOREIGN F
Augtrinn Ms, 5 per cent. 35 6
Brazilian

1825
_:--- Scrip
Buenos Ayres lids
Mien, lids, 6 per cent —
Colombian 1311 x 44
Do. 1824 401} 2 1 4 31 5 4
Danish, 6 per cent. 50a 11 501
Do. 1825
Greek lids
Do. 1825
Guatimala
Mexican lids
Do. 1825 52 54 6

If therefore, any thing is to be expected from the
Duke of WELLINGTON, it will behove him to
be speedy in his motions, for, elated with
success, the Turks would be unwilling list-
ners to advice proceeding from the organ of a
Government, whose friendly disposition they
think they have reason to doubt. The barba-
rism of the Turks is one thing, their existence as
a Eiaropean nation another, and we think Europe

would have little choice between the Empire of the
Grand SuLTAm at Constantinople; and the Govern-
ment of the Northern Bear, brought down to the
shores of the Archipelago, and nearer into contact
with the European continental nations. There
is nothing between this however, but the establish-
ment•of Greece as an independent Government o;
and if this cannot be effected by peaceful per-

suasion, we do net see how it can be effected at
all, unless the overthrow of Turkey goes hand in
hand with the Pstablishinent of Grecian indepen.
dence. The following are the extracts which
have given rise to these remarks
CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. ID.
While the Greeks rimed reports favOurable to their cause,
the Porte announces that Ibrahim Pacha has taken.from the be-
sieged in Alissolongla en army chest, with 600,000 piastres, and
that that bulwark of Greece is reduced to the last extremity.
The Captain Pacha :A at anchor off Patras, and the Greek fleet
appears to observe him there.
CONBTANTINOPLIE, JAN. 14.
(By an Extraordinary Courier.)
The favourable news for the Greeks, announced by the last
Mail, seem to be confirmed. Ibrahim Pacha met with a consi-
derable defeat on the 7th of December, near Corinth, from
Nikitas, on which occasion the famous Reneged° La Seve (now
Suleyntan Bey) was the first to take flight. Ibrahim Pacha has
since gone to Patras, where Miaulis, who has gained advan-
tages in another action with the Captain Pacha, blockades him
by sea, and hinders his operations against Missoloughi. These
accounts make a great impression on the Turks, because this is
the last winter campaign made by the Egyptians on European
ground.
It was already feared that the Franks inthe Egypt ian set.
vice, who advised a winter campaign, will pay dearly for it.—
The Greeks, on their side, expect a favourable issue of this
winter campaign, especially as the interior of the Mores is said
o have been evacuated by the Egyptians since the middle of
tDecernber. It was the Neapolitan refugee Rossara who took
Tripolizza ; but he was mortally wounded. Mr. Stratford
Canning has not yet arrived. Some accounts say he delays at
SPezzia ; others, at Napoli di Romania. However, a Mimandar
is gone to the Dardanelles to accompany him hither. The re-
port still prevails that he is to make proposals in favour of the
Greeks. On the 4th Of this month there was a terrible fire in
Galata, caused by the refuse of the Janissaries. Hundreds of
tile Christians are reduced by it to the_greatest distress. The
damage amounts to many millions. The course of the Para
becomes worse: it is now. 230.
TRIESTE, FED. 1.
Our Gazette contains, under the head of Corfu, Dec. 29, the
following article According to accounts from the Alorea,
Ibrahim Pacha continues to scour the Peninsula in every direc-
tion.. He makes many slaves, among whom area great many
women. These unfortunates are sold et Previsa for 20 to 25
Piastres. Every Arab has at least two. The devastations are
dreadful. According to .accounts that have been received,
billsolongbi has already surrendered to the Turks."—This
article needs no comment, only it is to be observed, that the
most recent letters from Corfu of the 13th January, do not say
a word of the fall of blissolonghi. Zeitung,
Fcb. IL) _ .

WAIISAW, JAW: 25.
The Abbe Stanislaus Stalszic, Minister of State, who is well
known as a rr.an of learning and statesman, and was President
of our Society of Friends of the Sciences, died here on the 20th
of this month. He has left his whole fortune, consisting of
1300,000 Polish florins, to public institutions.—Among other!
legacies, are 200,000 florins for the founding of an hospital for!
the poor, and the same sum to the hospital of the " Infant
Jenis." The remainder is left for the erection of a monument
to Copernicus, to the institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and to
the School of Hrubiesou, &c.—(Frankibrt Paper:, Feb.

The question of the Currency now in some
,measure set,at rest, we may be permitted to
recur to the Silk Trade, a subject worthy of
deep consideration, and nothing inferior to the
former, in point of interest and importance to the
country. Several Petitions were presented to,
the House last night against the proposed admis-
sion of foreign silks, and the accounts received
from Congleton and Norwich, with the acknow-
ledged distress that now exists in Spilal-
fields, give weight to the contents of these
Petitions, which press for the speedy, though
deliberate decision of Government. It is un-
derstood, however, that the Ministers remain
firm in their original determination, and are re-
solved to carry through that measure, the result
of which is expected to overthrow the Silk. Ma-
nufacture of England, and the very anticipae
tion of which has created so much fermentation
and so much distress. Whether these anticipa-
tions are well or 111 founded, time alone can skew;
but whilst such deep and extended distress exists
every branch of the Silk Trade, we can
'scarcely think that Ministers can persist in their
refusal to re-consider the point, and allow the
manufacturers another opportunity of stating
their case, and supporting their views of the
subject, either by facts or arguments. For our
own parts we do not hesitate to say, that the ab-
stract principles of free trade, however excellent
in themselves, are positively injurious when ap-
plied to the commerce of England—a 'system
purely and solely artificial, and built upon re•
strictions and favouritism, prohibitions and en-
couragements throughout. This system, how-
ever, is essentially necessary to support
the taxation under which the country la.
boors, and which, without it, could not be
.endured. At the same time, however, we are
Needy to admit that it ought to be abandoned,
either wholly or partially, so soon as the trade
of the country can enter into cornpetition with foe
reign nations. Is this the case with the English
trade ? The manufacturers can best answer

'the question ; and if we may judge by their
,Gatcry, they answer loudly and, positively
iP the negative. They do say plainly,
that they cannot do it, not for want of skill,
.but on account of the money which is re-
quired, before that skill can be brought into
action, and a piece of wove silk taken from the
43°w. Fully sensible of all the immense advan.
tages which superior industry, and superior ma-
chinery, and practical knowledge give them over
foreign manufacturers, they yet declare that they
cannot compete, they cannot attempt to enter
even the home market with them, and hope to
effect a sale, whilst a piece of foreign silk goods
ramains unsold. There must be some reason
for this, some reason why foreign silk goods,
With all the charges of freight, &c. and the
addition of thirty per cent. upon its value,
should still be able to enter the English
rna4Rts at a price equal, or nearly so, to English

without these charges and dutieF. We
Will attempt to give one reason,- which, although
perhaps not altogether sufficient to explain this
alarming difference in the cost,of working the
raw silk, will at, least :account for a large por-
lien of it. The raw material must be imported
into England from a distance,.. whilst in France
and Italy they-have -it on -the-spot.. In the
course of its transportation into England, the silk
must naturally get entangled, and thus a great
and astounding difficOlty presents itself. This is
a difficulty which machinery cannot help, for the
disentanglement can only be -effected by the
gentlest usage and uncommon patience, and in.
the course of it, labour and material are lost, aud in
consequence a great es pence incurred. The foreign •
throwster has not to'ancounter this, he commences
his labours, and goes through them witt► ease and:
speed,- whilst the English throwster is impeded'
in every instance by the enlargement of his ma
terial, and the breaking of the thread, evils
which can only be overcome by growing Silk
at home, and thus having the raw material at
hand without the necessity of importation on dis-
tant removal. There is thus ground for inquiry
on this point alone, which seems to put a bar
upon any reasonable hope that any effort on the
part of the English Throwsts'rs can enable them
to equal their rivals abroad,and certainly entitles
them to the protection for which- they ask, if it
he considered that the manufacture is worth pre-
serving.. And who can doubt it.