The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-28 00:00:00

speeches which are best worth a perusal are those of
Mr. Peel against, and of Sir Thomas D. Acland for,
the repeal. The very ingenious manner in which
Sir Thomas contrived to tura the arguments of Mr.
Peel against, into arguments in favour of, the repeal,
aided as the Hon. Baronet was by the singular fair-
ness of the Right Hon. Secretary's admissions—in
this case more singular than politic—was one great
cause of the unexpected issue of the debate.—lbid.

The speech of Mr. Huskisson, on the Test, &c.
Acts, appeared to us to he but a lame piece of busi-
ness. In our opinion he had better have held his
tongue, or have kept out of the House on that night
altogether. The speeCh too, of Lord Palmerston,
did not by any means please but to stick to
place and pay appear to us to be the order of the
day. As to what is called political principle by
people called Statesmen and Orators, it appears to
have taken flight.—Morning Herald.
The Manifesto just published by the Ottoman
Porte is a document of great importance, not only as
showing the determination of that Power to resist
to the last, but the grounds upon which every
Mussulman is called upon to come forward in defence
of his religion and independence.—While we cannot
but regret the turn which affairs have taken, it is
impossible, at the same time, not to be struck with
the truth of most of the statements made in this do-
cument, and the just grounds of complaint which
Turkey makes against the Allied Powers. Its
genuineness is doubted; but it is so descriptive of
the well-known feeling of the Turks towards Russia,
and so much in unison with their conduct since the
battle of Nayarit', that if the document has not
appeared exactly in this shape in Turkey, there
can be little doubt that the substance of it has been
communicated to different Governors throughout
the empire. According to this, Russia evidently is
regarded as the principal enemy,---France and Eng-
land only as secondaries, and inveigled into the
cause by the insinuations and schemes of Russia.
That Power has,'. for the last sixty years, been con-
stantly directing its views towards Constantinople,
and seizing every opportunity of interfering in the
disputes between the Porte and the discontented
subjects of the different provinces—at one time
taking. under its protection the Moldavians and We-
liaians; at another time the Servians; arid now
claiming the same right to assist and protect the re-
volted Greeks. In consequence of this interference
Turkey has lost the greater part of her fleet ; the
Greeks, who were ou the point of yielding to their
old masters, have nearly secured their indepen-
dence; and Turkey believes that the moment is at
last come when, in order to maintain her sove-
reignty not only in Europe, but over the Greeks
in Asia, she must resist, by force of arms, all
further interference. The obstinacy of the Turks
evidently proceeds, not solely from their reluc-
tance to grant a comparative independence to
Greece, but from the firm conviction that it is
the object of Russia to drive them from Europe,
and instigate all their Christian subjects to imitate
the Axample of those in the Morea. It is not at all
imp ibable that this is the real state of the case ;
but, at least, the Porte is fully justified from all ap-
pearances in disseminating such a belief in order to
excite a spirit of resistance among the Mahometan
subjects of the empire, and obtain some security,
if she should be obliged to abandon Greece, that no
further interference shall take place. This, probably,
is the chief object she has in view in resisting with
such obstinacy the present claims of the Allied
Powers ; and, as a matter of justice, we think she
has a full tight to obtain some guarantee to that
effect. Let our Government, in conjunction with
those of France, Austria, and Russia, if the con-
sent of the latter can be obtained, give such a
pledge, and at the same time insist on the fulfilment
of the Treaty of the 6th of July, and there can be lit-
tle doubt that the present differences would soon be
settled. The influence which the distinguished in-
dividual at the head of the Administration has with
most of the Courts of Europe would make any sug-
gestion of his receive the most ready and mature
consideration. His name and character too must
have great weight with the Turks; and if a similar
plan were proposed by him, we can hardly see how
it could be rejected by the Allies, or fail of success
in reconciling the Turks to the loss of Greece. If
Russia refuse to give a pledge that the integrity
of the. Turkish Empire shall not be further infrin-
ged, we can only conclude that the designs at-
tributed to her by the Porte are well founded, and
that, after obtaining additional territory at the
expense of Turkey, she will next excite com-
motion among the Greeks in Asia, in order to have
a pretence for interference, and pave her way to our
possessions in the East. If these are her real mo-
tives, the sooner they are known the better. There,
no doubt, are difficulties connected with the disputes
which are not fully known to the public ; but we
trust, that by the change, of Ministry, and the supe-
rior influence which the present, as compared with
the last, have in most of the European Cabinets,
they will vet be able to prevent hostilities. The
Noble Duke, by his bravery and skill, had the ho-
nour of putting an end to one war in Europe; and
we trust that he has an honour only second to that
yet to obtain—that of preventing another.—lbid.