The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-10 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

(From the Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday.)
We have already acknowledged the blockade of
the Dardanelles by the Emperor of Russia, and not
only munitions of war, such as saltpetre, gunpowder,
muskets, sail-cloth, ropes, bombs, cannon, &c., will
be prohibited from entering into Constantinople, but
all kinds of provisions, including sugar and coffee,
will be most carefully excluded.
.The effect upon the population of that capital, in
consequence of the Russian Emperor having revoked
the waiver of his maritime right, and the ready com-
pliance of the British Government in acknowledging
that right, need not be told. Constantinople, in
the course of six months, should the Russian vessels
be able to keep the sea in winter, will be reduced to
the utmost extremity, and the effect cannot fail to
be communicated to the operations of Sublimity in
Thrace. In short, it will expedite the termination
of the war.

By the last accounts, however, we learn that the
Porte has added another, and a powerful one to its
enemies. It has declared war against France, so
that the French King, it is probable, will send a
squadron to blockade Smyrna. Will the British
Government acknowledge this maritime right on the
part of France ? We do not see how, in compliance
with.the principle on which the Duke of Welling-
ton's Administration is conducted, his Grace can
refuse his assent to the rights which may be claimed
by France.

Again, should France proceed another step, and
take military possession either of Smyrna, or of
some of the Greek Islands, which, as a belligerent,
she would be fully warranted in doing, could Eng-
land interfere ?

No doubt she will. She will write and negociate
and send diplomatic notes, and receive dexterous
replies; but will she tell her cannon to interfere ?
We confess we think this exceedingly doubtful.
If she do not interfere, however, the trade with
Turkey for the present is at an end. We need not
hint that the Mediterranean commerce is the very
best and most productive which the British mer-
chants carry on with any part of Europe.
At present the outcry of the Turkish merchants
agoinst the Duke of Wellington is very extravagant.
We doubt whether it is even surpassed by the de-
testation in which his Grace is held by the Bruns-
wickers of Ireland.

Yet, after all, what would they have his Grace
do ?—The only effectual way of stopping the war of
France and Russia against our ancient Ally would
be to go to war with these Powers.
Nov, we ask, does any one man contemplate the
possibility of this ?
A war with France and Russia! Oh, no, Gentle-
men, it will not come to this. A war with France
with Russia, with Wheat 120 shillings a quarter—
with Gold rapidly leaving the country—with the
American Tariff in your teeth—with Lancashire
and Yorkshire on the point of suspending their
looms—with Ireland, on the verge of an Orange in-
surrection, with the Poor Rates at 7,000,0001. And
the National Debt, at virtually one thousand mil-
lions. No—we shall have no war with France
and Russia.

We should not be able to subsidize Austria. Three
or four millions of sovereigns would be no trifle just
at present.

We should not be'able to take the carrying trade
out of the hands of America, without exercising the
right of search—and an attempt to exercise that
right would add America to the number of our
enemies.

By going to war with France we might endanger
the stability of King William's Throne in the
Netherlands. The French might cross the Rhine
once more.

By going to war with Russia, the Baltic might
be closed against us, and, what is more material, the
King of Prussia might occupy the Kingdom of
Hanover.

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By going to war with the United States, we
should put the safety of Canada to the utmost '
hazard. The accounts received Yesterday from
Quebec show clearly that the Canadians are anxious
to become a component part of the great American '
Republic.
Finally, by engaging in war at all, we should en-
danger Ireland.
But what would be the dangers from within ?
Bank Restriction certainly and immediately—a re-
ductionlnaela•slitandiize of the interest on the debt in due time—
universal confusion—and financial anarchy.
Go to war with France, Russia, and Atrierica
with either of the three ! It is out of the question.
We must set our house in order first
securities ; and,
first. In spite of
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Must emancipate Ireland, magnanimous! Church,d we
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conditionally. We must come to an
finally, the people must have enough eat.
France, therefore, may go on, and
so will Russia,
without receiving let or hindrance from the King of
Great Britain and Ireland,
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