The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-21 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

ZANIE, OCT. 30.—The Russian frigate lieiena,l
Captain Epanttin, which sailed from Navarin on 1
the 21th, arrived here on the 28th, in the evening,
and sailed again to-day. It has on board the Dra-
unman of the Russian Admiral, who is going to St.
Petersburgh with despatches relative to the battle
of Navarin, in which the Russians had so glorious
share. This frigate was here once before, corning
from AM. 'lna, and was even then received with ex-
Traoroinary enthusiasm,
and still more on this oeca_
,ion, by the inht,bl
tants of all classes, who flocked
To the harbour, am .
accompanied the officers of the
frigate, as it ware, u., ttiumph,
to the residence of
the RosianConsul, •
b"ut the two days that it

remained here, innumerable boats were employed
in conveying Greeks on board to see it, and to
speak to the officers and men, so that it probably
had 6,000 visitors of both sexes, who supplied the
crew with provisions of all kinds, gratis, while every
one took from the crew pieces of biscuits, to pre-
serve, as it were, like relics. These marks of friend-
ship and attachment to the Russians, sliewn by the
inhabitants, have been the more disagreeable to the
English Local Government, because the English
s hip the Asia, when it returned some time ago after
hindering Ibrahim Pacha from proceeding to Patras,
was not received with any expressions of approbation.
ZANTE, Nov. 19.—The Helena returned here
yesterday, having landed the Russian Messenger,
Otranto. Much as the inhabitants wished to ex-
press their joy at the return of this frigate, they
feared to excite too much the displeasure of the Go-
vernment ; and as they at the same time saw the
police in motion and vigilant observers, and are also
acquainted with the austerity of the English resi-
dent here, they remained pretty tranquil, though their
countenances evidently expressed the great interest
and attachment which they felt for the officers and
crew of this frigate, or rather for the Russians in
general. The Resident, Colonel Frederick Stoven,
a staunch Englishman, and who, it is said, in his
predeliction for his own nation, is nothing less than
favourably disposed to all others, yet formerly show-
ed some regard for the Greeks, is now incensed
against them, as he has seen his national pride so
deeply offended by them. It is said that he has
sent a severe report on this subject to the
Lord High Commissioner, and at the same time
called his attention to the dangers with which
these inimical dispositions of the inhabitants
might threaten the English Protestants. Reports are
already spread of an augmentation of the English
garrison. For the true philanthropist, who, with
real cosmopolite feelings, interests himself in the
fate of unhappy Greece, all these are very distressing
circumstances. The French Consul, too, on this
island, was a little disconcerted at the triumph
which the crew of the Helena enjoyed here, whereas
the French squadron, when it appeared off this
island, was no more saluted with any expressions of
joy than the English.
According to a regulation of the Protectorate, the
criminals of the several islands are to undergo the
penalty of imprisonment in one of the other islands,
in order to prevent communications with their rela-1
rives. This regulation has been known for several
(lays, but had never been carried into execution with
respect to the criminals of Zaute, till after the arri-
val of the above-mentioned Russian frigate, which,
however, was then done immediately, all the crimi-
nals, above 100 in number, in whose fate about as
many families are interested, being crowded into a
small merchant vessel, and sent bound to Corfu,
there to be landed on the little rocky island of Vido.
The Helena sailed to-day, bound, as we hear, to
Malta.