The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

we presented 'yesterday . ,
We have little to* add to the information which
Constan-
tinople. It seems to have been accepted as rn
rata, that the Ambassadors had quitted-Constan-
tinople ; and we observe that some Evening
Papers- adopt this conclusion. Now, though it
may,eventually turn out that the ofirnbaqadors
had quitted their official stations at the tiine,spe-
cified, yet we must inform our readers, that the
intelligence which we conveyed 'on the subject
was not decisive. News had, indeed, been re-
ceived at Frankfort from Vienna,. to the:: erect
that the Ambassadors had, by order•of the Su-
tan, quitted Constantinople ; but then the Ga-
zette de Fiance, which made known the receipt
of this intelligence, added, in a note, that the
Ambassadors had not, at the date of the last
news, demanded their passports: We fear, how-
ever, that the foundation of pacific, hopes is in,
cessantly impairing by the escape of por-
tions of intelligence, springing from the above-
named source,—namely, the Vienna letter. We
learn that the Sultan is making great preparations,
and means, as the phrase is, and Rs hiS character
imports, "to die hard." The levy-en-masse is
decided on in his European states and capital. ,It
is perhaps hardly fair to introduce a jest' On so
serious a subject, but hereafter may he applied to
the actual condition of .the Turkish capital that
famous historico-bombdstical distich, containing
only two words in line—

" Consteroebantur Constantinopolitani
" Innumerabilibus solicititudinibus"—

and other States are not without -their,anx*ieties.
In ease the war-die be irrevaahly thrOW'n; is
Russia to advance, and take possession of the,
three principalities; or shall we force the • Dar-
danelles, and threaten the Turkish- capital.?—
Austria has placed a strong cordon of. troops on
her eastern frontier, and would,,
.no doubt; be
rendered extremely uneasy by the extension of
the Russian empire, and its more multiplied
points of contact with her own dominions. Yet
the war-parts, is powerful in Russia. For our
own parts, we still cling to the hope that there
will be no just necessity at once to let fall the
concentrated force of 'the three great European
States now in alliance upon the Sultan of the
Mussulmans, unless he proceed to attack us :
and how can he attack us? A levy-en-mass.
is a feeble instrument for external warfare. We
should not be hasty with him. Perhaps his it:-
dignation may waste itself in transports of pas-
sion and tumultuous preparatires ; and then,
when breathless and exhausted, he may be dis-
posed to listen to reason,—the reason of the
strongest.-1 i2lle#.
It is rumoured in France, or rather fl-cm
France, that' Villele no longer expresses him-
self with his wonted confidence in the security of
his Administration. He is said to indicate fear
from the issue of the late elections. Some idea
may be forined of the odour in which 'M. Pev-
ronnet is held by, the constituent body of his
countrymen, from the _fact of his being defeated
in two attempts to obtain a seat in 'the Chamber
of Deputies, and that now there seems aothing
to be left for him but an appeal to'the electors of
Corsica! This man, be it known, is at the very
head of that portion of the ultra-Royal interest
of France which espouses, or is protected by the
Jesuits, and is the individual among the Minis-
ters who enjoys• most immediately the goad
graces of the Court itself,---Ibid.

A Cabinet Council is to meet this day, and
much will, no doubt depend on the result 0f their,
deliberations:- Tor onr-yarts,-we think the posi-
tion in which our Government is placed is a.
very embarrassing_ one. The interference of the
Allies has had the effect of encouraging the
Greeks to rely -on -their efforts, and to relax in •
_their_4;maii4-41vod-44. of The-Grand,SeigniO"r-,
will, in a great measure,: be signal far their
extermination. The Mike, again, however
weak for distant -enterigizes, are powerful at =
home, from their numbers, their fanaticism, and :
their bravery. To attack, them at home.would
require a large army ; ,and therefore the only ally
which could act with effect, or even venture to
invade Turkey, is Russia. As far ,as we lire
concerned, the is finished; for When we have
destroyed the Turkish navy, we have done; our
utmost. To land an army capable of maintiining
its ground against a hostile population, inured to
hardships, 'and, peculiarly adapted for ,guerilla
warfare, would be . attended with an expenee
which would give the finishing : blow to our •
finances. But if the Turks persist in their de-
termination of war, except reparation- be made,
we have no alternative but to accept it, exciv
one, which would amount to, passing. sentence et.
condemnation on our Navy and the Navies of
our Allies, and me cannot therefore, in honour
shrink from the consequences. -If we .cannot,
therefore, afford aid to Russia, the_ only ally,
capable of effecting the invasion,- neither can we
oppose that Power ; and we are •:asSurci tbs
Austria alone can prevent the occupation of
Constantinople by the Russians.--=Mvidialic
Chronicle. _

The mysterious manner in which the pro-
perty taken from Johnson and Grimaldi was
restored, and the statements whichilave appeared
on the subject, were yesterday canvassed •at
Bow-street. It has been our endeavour, to
cr, oflin st legal
them, protection, tec
thatti o: a
too asurd
, af;oer
show; that the negociating for the restoration of
stolen goods is the necessary result oc the de-
fective constitution of our Police. The idea of
matter
of
blaming individualo who have sustained a heavy
loss,
through
wishing to recover part of it, and making it
acctuhe absencesation against
thereby compound felony, is reallyabsurd to
to
merit a moment's examination. The oh:iect of
the social union is to b' n obtai— y co:mbination
that protection to persons li t
a ( property, which
individuals could not secure liy "their solitary
efforts, and not to th •1 ow on individuals the ex-
pence of protecting the whole community, and
therefore no one capable of connecting two pro=
positions together, would deem it just that the
individual, who has not obtained the protection
to which he was entitled, should hesitate one' t •
moment to negotiate with thieves or receivers •
for the recoT.•ery of part of his property, on a(--- '
count of any Supposed Oligation to endeavoun
to bring the criminals to justice with a view teo
the public good. The man who.. has already
suffered from the defectiveness of the public in, '
stitutions, is the last man who ought to be called
on to suffer etill.mor3 for the pub;tc. his true
that the hog says he ought to forego the at-
tempt to recover his property, and that he ougllt
to ruin himself for the good of his country ;
hut we know that men ruin their country '
willingly for their own good, but never ruin
themselves for the good of their eountry.(at least
since the days of Decite4 ;,cudthat 1
te.c.-prin-
ciple of the law is, therefore, unjust, and cannot
be executed. The people 01 al I ' '
'nb ant • ch oose
to he, in a great measure,without Law and
without Police; they have reached •••
a veryis
d
tinguished point in industry and ' civilization •
without therN and to Nive -re all the creatures, of