The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-20 00:00:00

and. we may expect a desperate attempt of the
Russians to get possession of Varna, without
which they will have no winter quarters, and
must retreat to the Danube.

The special mission of Lord HEYTESBURY

to Odessa has given rise, as was to be expected,
to conjecture and to political speculation. It is
said that Count NESSELRODE made a declara-
tion to the British Ambassador against all ambi-

tious projects; and that this declaration was con-
firmed by his Imperial Majesty. This agrees
with the spirit of the Russian manifesto. But

we cannot believe that Lord HEYTESBURY

would have gone so far to procure such a decla-
ration from Russia. Certain it is that this Power
disclaims, in the most pointed manner, all views
of territorial aggrandisement. Her professed ob-
ject is to enforce the treaty of Ackermann, to
establish the free navigation of the Black Sea,
and to indemnify herself for the expences of the
war. But how are those objects to be attained ?
It is not to be supposed that the SULTAN has
such an overflowing treasury as would suffice to
liquidate so extensive a demand. Even if he
were reduced to sue for peace, and were willing
to comply with the exacted terms, where could
he find a sum of money adequate to his purpose, ?
In this case, what course, we may ask, is to be
followed ? Will he lay his subjects under con-
tribution to raise the necessary sum ? This is
impossible. His people are already too heavily
taxed for their means; and the security of pro-
perty being very imperfect, there is little accu-
mulated wealth in the Turkish empire. The
Russian demand of money, therefore, will be
paid with territory ; and thus, though the EM-
PEROR may disclaim all views of territorial ag-
grandisement, yet the war will be found, practi-
cally, to terminate in this result.
The free navigation of the Black Sea is a most
important object for Russia. Her extended do-
minions now encircle its coasts ; and it is the
only practicable outlet to their produce. Russia
cannot be obstructed in her navigation of this
sea. It would be, in fact, equivalent to laying
waste a great portion of her territories. Turkey
at present possesses the outlet from the Black
Sea to the ocean. But if this cannot be recon-
ciled with the freedom of the Russian trade, do
we imagine that-Aussie, conscious of her gigantic
strength, will thus submit to be straitened in her
intercourse with the world at large ? Will she
allow Turkey to shut this door upon her com-
merce ? She will rather advance, and take pos-
session of the Strait both of Constantinople or
of the Hellespont, provided no other device can
be contrived for ensuring. the freedom of navi-
gation. The free access from the interior to the
ocean is indispensable to the prosperity of corn-
inercial states ; and our readers may, no doubt,
recollect with what perseverance and policy the
United States schemed for the possession of
Louisiana, which they were at• last fain to pur-
chase for a sum of money, and which they were
determined to procure, either in this peaceable
manner, or at the point of the sword. It was
not an increase of territory that the Americans
sought in the acquisition of Louisiana—it was
the command of the course of the great river
Mississippi to the ocean. It was this outlet to
the sea that they were seeking, without which a
great portion of their territory would have been
comparatively waste ; and it is for precisely the
same object that Russia is now contending with
Turkey ; and we may be assured that she will
not lay down her arms until it is attained. Russia
will not be content with mere promises. More
solid guarantees will be required—of what nature
cannot at present be precisely known ; but we
may be sure that they will be such as will deeply
encroach on the dignity and independence of
Turkey, and to which the SULTAN will only

submit to avert a worse extremity.
►With regard to the state of the campaign, and
its probable issue, we have little doubt that
Russia will accumulate such a force as will secure
success. The Russian Generals are well aware
of the nature of this position—they were stopped
by it in the last war ; and to suppose that they
would heedlessly advance, knowing what they
were to encounter, without any plan, or any
means derived to meet the obstacles in their way,
would argue a degree of improvidence that is
scarcely credible, and tetally at variance with the
well known sagacity and foresight of the Russian
Generals ; they may have
encourit-7 greater
resistance than:they Pvpceted. But if they have,
notwithstanding, the means of overcoming this
resistance, the result will still be the same, and
to what extent the Russians will push the ad-
vance of their powerful armies, will depend en.
tirely on the infatuation of the SULTAN in per-
sisting to reject peace, while, at the same tune,
he has not the means of maintaining a successful
war.

We direct attention to an impotent but am-
bitious article from the New Times, inserted
among the Public Journals of this morning, in
which the writer, after a long rambling tirade of
abuse—manifestly intended to be eloquent—
against the conductors of the Parisian Press,
curiously mixed up with some observations re-
specting the original quality and present condition
of the Viscount CHATEAUBRIAND'S intellect

(the substance of which may be found in a late
number of one of the Foreign Reviews), enters
his most serious protest against an article that