The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-17 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(Prcna tie Gazette de France, Dec. I '5.)
Nov. 15.—A private letter from Con-
tt-aetitiople, which has been communicated to us,
trays that the mission of M. Bois le Comte has for
its object to give explanations to the Porte respect-
ing the presence of the French troops in the Morea,
anti to declare that France has nothing at all to do
with the blockade of the Daidauelles.
The Ruse French brig of war arrived the day be-.
fore yesterday at the island of Vow.la, escorting two
merchantmen belonging to the expedition to the
Morea, bringing emigrant Turkish families, to the
number of about 500 persons; ten ships were ex•
pected immediately, and will bring to Smyrna that
part of the garrisons of Patras, and of the castle of
the Morea, which has expressed a desire to come to
this port ; a part of them gone to Romelia.
he last accounts from.NaYarin are of the Sth of
this month.. At this time Vice-Admiral 'de Rigny
had relurned to take, the .station he has occupied
• the arrival of. the. French troops, and General
▪ •kini had returned to his head-quarters. Th.
:!. IN' 01 the Morea being wholly terminated, it i
abh - tint the A.••miral :will go to Smyrna for
• time.—cuurier de Wthyinc;
, • „
PARIS, Dec.-14.-=LSeverat journals nave spoken
of. the journey, of M.„, Arnedee s4aitbert- in Such a
"tanner as..to-eneourttge‘TA belivf.thathe'is- entrusted
„1, a the I?orte,7! bag even been said,
that he was. aßpoioAett yrictk ag*nt. at Constanti-
,ople. It appears, however,
_that M. Jaubert
f) eleept to deliver (he despatches of which
be is the bearer to theirnba;;Sador. of the Nether-
lands, who now 4itiek on the negotiations with the
Turkish Government. ••
If we may beliet,e the reports in circulation re-.
specting the eontetits of-•thedespatches which have
been sent -by M.'Jaubertit is, intended to make j
another step .to -obtain ,from the Sultan his formal
sanction the:evacuation of the Morea, anti con-
sequently his adherence to the treaty of
.the 6th of
July.
.
a The Morea is,
-.evaeuated," says the Sultan;
" this is undoubtedly it'fact,blit a fact with Which I
do not choose to trouble myself at present ; let us'
speak no more of it." But the Powers are not of
that opinion ; they desire His Sublimity to pay
some attention to it, and formally approve this fact ;
in short, he shall legalize it by his formal approbation.
The Powers--we speak of France anti England.
might then re-establish the diplomatic relations,
which are now interrupted, which would enable
them to labour more effectually to bring about a re-
conciliation between Turkey antinnasia.:The .obsti-
Ilkley, or rather the firmness of the • Sultan, is so-great,
that it is much .to be apprehended that he will not
listen to the proposals of either party, and that he
reject every idea of an, accommodation with
Russia. Perhaps, however, he may become more
tractable, when he learns that the Allies have re-
stricted the limits of Greece to the Morea and the
Cyclades, as Ave stated a fortnight ago. Besides, it
must be recollected that there is no idea whatever of
the independence of Greece, but of the erection of
the Mores and the. Cyclades into a government or
province, administered by its own laws, but still sub-
ject to the Porte, and owing to it_. fealty and homage
as to its Sovereign.
The Englith journals speak of letters written
from Malta, according to which Admiral tie Rigny
had intimated 'to Admiral Heyden that each of the
allied squadrons-was going to act separately, seeing
that the treaty of the 6th of July is executed. There
is not the slightest foundation for the assertion con-
tained in these letters; the treaty of the 6th of July
is not executed; since the Porte has not adhered to
it, the Allies continue to be bound by its stipulatiot

(EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM TOULON.)
" Orders and counter-orders have thrown our m.

litany administration into confusion. In the space
of. two days an express has brought precise orders
tor all our troops to return; and a telegraphic de-
spatch has given precise orders to send fresh troops.
Already two Cr three companies of engineers have
been embirkdd. As for the actual position of the
army, it is-stilt.had, and the number of sick is very
considerable; -and, notwithstanding the lies of all
kinds, it is but too certain that the number of dyad
exceeds 9,000 men ; add mini and dis-
couragement are at the
,h,eight, and there is only one
cry to return to France.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India House, when Captain John ShePll"td was
sworn into the command of the ship if/the, consigned to
Bengal and China.
We are informed by a correspondent, on
whose authority we place implicit reliant?, that a file hav-
ing broken out on Saturday night in the torn-stack-yet d
of Mr. Taylor's farm, at Lawbton, near Hounslow, in the
very sight of the Cavalry-barracks, all assistance in extin-
guishing it was refused by the commanding Officer of the
Regiment statiened there. Nor was there any excuse for
this neglect of a public duty, either in the insignificance of
the damage which was threatened, or in the want of ap-
plication for aid, on the part of the enlister. The alarm
was so great, that fire engines were collected to the spot
from the entrounding towns and villages to the distance of
several miles ; and the conflagration (notwithstanding the
exertions of the country people, favoumed by time calmness of
the evening) was so coneidtrahle,t hat the barn and five'stacke
of corn were entirely consented. It was known that an
engine, alwaye ready far use, was kept at the barracks, and
an immediate request was transmitted for its assistance,
but no notice was taken of the application. Culotte/
Thackwell, the officer in:command of the 15th Diaguons,
resides at a house contiguous to the extensive premises
burning, or in danger of being burnt ; but he, and of course
his officers, made no attempt to arrest the progress of the
fire. It is notorious that enuntre-people are :tale acquainted
with the u-e of fire-engines, and in general are incapable
~e_a circumstance which excites
of combined operati
military farce, the greater surprise anii regret that a
sta-
tioned in tae immediate vicinity, and poesessed both of the
skill and the concert required (with an engine, too, in con-
stant practice), should have remained inactive spectators
of a calamity, winch common feeling mieht have prompted
mein to ...hit in arrestine. This feeling of surprise is
hinehtermed in the Min& of tie people of the neighbour-
hood by the contrast exhibited between the coneluct of the
troops on Saturday and their conduct about four years ago,
when the flax-inilis of the Duke of Northumberland. at
.-Aiont, were on fire. On that occasion time military offered
their zealous services, and mainly contributed to save half the
premises. Such is the state of facts submitted to us, and
on such a representation we make no comment. It :ley
be difficult to prove that time extinction of a destructive
tire is a military duty ; but there cm be ten doubt that it
is a moral one. It may not he in the articles of war ; but
cannot be excluded from the code of humanity. At any
rate, we hope that it will be found, on investigation in the
proper quarter, that personal antipathy or revengeful feel-
ing had no part in creating the distinction between time
conduct of the officers in the two spenified cases ; and that
no complaint about trespassing on the etifferer's grounds
kept them aloof fi om protecting his propeity.— Times. :