The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-31 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.]

Our last observ.iitions on the reported assass-
nation -of the Grand Seignior appear to have been
regarded as conclusive. That report was on Sa-
turday entirely discredited; and indeed a rumour
of an opposite character obtained belief. Ad-

*vices were said to have been received, that Rus-
sia ;:ad agreed to such a modification of her
• ult-jmatuni as would render its acceptance by t,he
'Torte highly probable. Whatever ground there
may have been for this last statement, certain it
is that the funds decidedly improved. Consols
for the opening left off at 774, with every
appearance of a further improvement. The
great cause of alarm on the Stock Exchange in
the early part of last week was the sudden fall
in the French funds. This was supposed to in-
dicate the certain approach of hostilities, and to
be strongly confirmatory of the sanguinary scenes
said to have taken place at Constantinople ;. but
it is now proved to have originated in a totally
different circumstance, the failure of one of the
most eminent Stock-brokers in Paris, who had
purchased, on speculation, near a million and a
quarter of renfes, which it became necessary to
bring at once into the market, for sale, to make
up his differences, So sudden an excess of the
supply, over the demand, of course depressed the
price: and the effect was increased (as is customary
both in .France and England.on such occasions)
by exaggerated rumours of foreign.convulsions.—
Nothing has yet appeared in the conductor the new
French Ministry to indicate a hostile policy, still
ftss a direction of tharhobtility against England.
-t—They are no doubt pledged to give weight and
efficiency to the interference of France in the
*gen:ral affairs of Europe, and especially in those

which relate to Greece ; but this object may he

attained by measures entirely in unison with the
sr-stem of our own Cabinet. It is not at all es.

senti4l the_injerests of this country, that the
French Monarchy, acting honestly and honourably

in support of the balance of power, and the rights
of humanity, should be curtailed of one jot of

o:at influence n hick it may fairly claim. On the
contrary, by uniting the voice of France to that
of England, terms may be' obtained from other
powers, which either of those two Governments
alone would in.vain demand ; and thus the gene-
ral peace and good order of society may be pro-
moted by means alike redounding to the honour
of both Nations.

[MORNING HERALD.]

- We had .yesterday. no Paris Papers. Those of
. Wednesday and Thursday, which were due, had
not arrived up to a late hour last night. This is
the more to be regretted, from the critical state
- of affairs in Spain and in the East of Europe. It
is probable that the next arrivals from the former'
kingdom will remove the uncertainty that pre-
'veils respecting its internal repose and the stabi-
. lity of the Constitutional Government. As to the
question of war or peace between Turkey and
Russia, nothing can be inferred from the Ger-
man Papers. Their date is anterior to that
:La the rumoured insurrection and massacre
Constantinople, of which we may add,
there are -strong- reasons for doubting the
truth. The-statement of the difficulty of "com-
munication between the Porte aud tire Re-

rency of Algiers, bears testimony to the number
ind activity of the Greek cruizers—rand it ap-
wars that the Dey is by no means disposed to
xpose his Navy to a conflict with them, a 'though
le gives a reluctant and imperfect obedience to
he Finnan issued to him from Constantinople.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
A Hamburgh Mail arrived yesterday with pa-
pers to the 21st. The report of the Revolution
in Constantinople had reached Hamburgh in
letters from Vienna of the 12th of this month,
with the painful addition that all the Christians
in Pera were assassinated, and that this, with
other quarters of the capital, were destroyed
by fire. There is a letter from Algiers of the
22d of September, which states, that the
Creeks had so effectually interrupted the com-
munication between the Hellespont and the
coasts of Barbary, that the Porte was unable to
communicate to the'Regencies its• command re-
quiring them to supply their naval forces for the
defence and support of the Moslem Empire, and
that in this serious emergency an English frigate
condescended to be the bearer of the Imperial
Fir man. 'We hope that this is not true ; we
should lament to see the English flag prostituted
to so vile a purpose. The Greeks, struggling for
freedom against their barbarous oppressors, ought
not at least to find us enemies, especially as our
Government affects to pursue the principle of
neutrality.

NORNING CHRONICLE.]
Nothing can more fully confirm the series of
remarks on Spain, which we have published
within the last two weeks, than the second Re--
port of the Committee of the Cortes on the late
Message of
"the King; a subject to which we had
not room to advert on Saturday, when we pub-
lished the details. The Report distinctly an-
nounces, that " conspiracies existed of various
descriptions against the Constitutional system—
parties of factious individuals, appearing, as it
were, simultaneously on different points of the
Monarchy—the public spirit agitated with. jea-
lousies and fears—the genius of discord re-
covered all its force in August last, agitat-
ed the passions, sowed distrust, and pointed
to the dreadful picture of civil war." Such
does the . Committee declare is the state
of things, and " such the terrible fruit of the
schemes by which their enemies, domestic as
well as foreign, were endeavouring to plUnge
them into the horrors of the most dreadful anar-
chy."—We did not hesitate to declare, that, the
grand focus of all these schemes was in France,
and if we refrained from mentioning the chief
agents by whom they were carried on in Bayonne,
Bordeaux, and Paris, or the particular house and
street in the latter city, where the chief delibe-
rations were held, and whence the greatest
part of the disorganizing plans issued, it was
because these were minor circumstances ; the
existence of- the plots, and the encourage-
ment they met with from the French police,
was the chief object we then had in view. To
any one who, for the last threemonths, has atten-
tively read the French Papers, and noticed the
ridiculous, contradictory and insidious letters
and remarks published in them daily on the
fairs of Spain, these facts could not have been
hidden ; riot could he be insensible of the secret
object for which they' were put forth. The sen-
timents and wishes of the ex-inquisitorS, and all
the band of serviles who had fled from their
country, not in consequence of any act or decree
of the new government ; but because they could
no longer endure the taunts of their countrymen,
and the sight of a growing prosperity, they
thought it their interest to oppose, were always
to be seen, as if reflected by a mirror, in the
French Papers, intended to be thence conveyed
to the rest of Europe, as a true picture, and-foi
purposes it makes one shudder to think of.
Fortunately, the Patriots of Spain, as well as the.
enlightened part of the European community,
have not been deceived by these false colours
held out to them. All have. Veen put on their
guard, and When known to their full extent,
these " plots and conspiracies " cannot fail to
. •
bring down deserved contempt on those Who
projected and abetted them.