The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-28 00:00:00

language; that Mr. HUskisson .cOnfounded his
own meaning so, in his letter to the Duke of
Wellington on the proposed Amendment in the
Corn Bill, that the latter was led into a miscon-
ception which has agitated the public mind, put
both Honks of Parliament in unpleasant colli-
sion, betrayed Mr. Canning into an ebullition of
ill-temper that will not be soon forgotten, and
caused the loss of that Bill which Mr. HuskiSson
• .
was sti ailmous to nave carried. Certainly,the
meaning. which the Duke of Wellington took
from the letter is what any, man, who did not
look for an occult sense would naturally have
taken
.froth •ft ; hilt We venture to say, that
if the. Noble Duke had written to a plain .honest
farmer on the subject, and wished to know; hiS opi-
nion as he did that of Mr. Huskisson, the fariner
would hate written his opinion, though, perhaps, not
very elegantly, yet with such natural simplicity, that
it 'could lead to no mistake. 'lt is a stange sort of
writing which requires a volume of epistles to ex-
plain the signification of a few lines. We wish those
who call themselves Statesmen would get rid of this
coxcombry of style. • There is nothing that indicates
superiority of intellect more than a clear, unaffected,
and • natural mode of communicating_ ideas. We
think the late events will tend very much to put that
laboured perplexity of language, of which we have
been speaking, out of fashion.: The best reasoners are
those who are always the clearest writers, for there is
a natural connection between the strength of thought
and perspicuity of expression. We wish our Mi-
nisters would bear this in mind, and endeavour to
write intelligibly, unless when they intend not to be
understood. It would also be well if Parliamentary
Papers and RePorts were so drawn up as,to be free
from the affected obscurities of language, which
make. them, for the most part, at present, difficult to
be translated into plain English.—Morning Herald.

• The intelligence from Greece still continues
very contradictory. Of late it has been very
much to the disadvantage of the' Greeks—that
is, provided the foreign newspapers tell us the
truth. But it is so much. the custom, both of
the Austrian and Greek Journals, to manufac-
ture lieS, that we hardly know what to believe of
their contents. The Greek Journals, however,
have,. for sometime past, been very quiet. There
has been very little of the Greek rhodomontade,
that we were so much
_accustomed to about a
year or two ago. This does not look well for
what is called the Greek cause. But our opi-
nion has been all along that the Greeks are a
very divided people, and that the various parts
of Greece are influenced in a variety of ways by
the great _Powers, who are looking on and
watching the progress of the present contest be-
tween the Greeks and the Turks, with a view ofl
turning the eventual issue to their own advan-
tage. There is Russia, Austria, France, Eng-
land, and the United States, all on the tip-toe
of expectation, surveying Greece with a wistful
eye, that would seem to say, on the part of
every one of them :—" Greece, we should like
you vastly well to belong to us ; if not abso-
lutely—yet virtually or conditionally. Your
situation is extremely inviting—nay, command-
ing, both in a military and political, naval, or,
commercial view. You Might as'well be a grand
military and naval station, or an 'emporium of
commerce for us ; your • local position being
exactly between the three Continents of the old
world, and also convenient for - commercial in-
tercourse with the new world." Were Greece.
to fall into the hands of Russia, the 'whole
Turkish Empire, Persia, and the British posses-
sions in the East Indies, would be overawed and
placed in danger. By the occupation of Greece,
Russia would lord it over the greatest part of
the Mediterranean, where she has long been
anxious to obtain a footing, and secure the out-
let
of the Black Sea, which is surrounded by'
Russian provinces, and conveniently situated for
her trade from the Ukraine,, the Pruth, Danube,
Dnieper or Boristhenes, the Crimea, the Sea of
Azoph, Georgia,. Circassia, and the Caucasus,
the rivers Don and Wolga. In poSsession of
France, Greece would prove a check upon both
the empires of Russia and Austria, as well as on
England, command Egypt and Syria, the trade
of the Levant, and more than balance the acqui-
sition of Malta, Gibraltar, and the lonian Islands
by Great Britain. In the possession of England
she would be a check against Russia and France,
and form a barrier against any meditated subju-
gation of our ancient ally the Sultan ; and she
would prove a safeguard to our possessions in
the East Indies, and a bar to the future aggres-
sions of Russia against Persia. The possession
of Greece in the hands of England. would
prevent our formidable rivals and enemies, the
United States of America, from acquiring a
footing in that . part of the world, which they
have been longing after many years. And, lastly,
Greece in the possession of the: United States,
would enable that people to secure a direct empo-
rium of commerce with the•three Continents tit the
old world. She would likewise enable the United
States to keep England in check as far as maritime
affairs are concerned. It is manifest that the United
States Government has some views of that kind by
keeping a naval force in those seas ostensibly for the
protection of their commerce; but, having treated
for an island in the Mediterranean before, they have
probably further objects in view in that quarter.
Austria would become a maritime power by the ac-
quisition of Greece, the vicinity of which country to
Hungary and the Illyrian Provinces—Venice,
Trieste, and the Adriatic, would give to the Em-
peror a decided preponderance in the south and east
of Europe—a point which Prince Metternich seems
not to have lost sight of. We have no doubt but,
that all'• these Powers have their private views and
designs to attend to in Greece, and that all those
Powers we have named are at the present moment
intriguing with the Greeks for the possession of the
whole or parts of Greece. It is equally clear us
that they are all of them likewise intriguing with
the Turks; and those very intrigues, we think,
prevent, in a great measure, the settlement of
affairs between Turkey and Greece. The Turks are
a shrewd people—much more so than is commonly
supposed, by those who have never been amongst
them. There can be no question that they perceive
plainly enough the views of the different Powers,
,notwithstanding the veil which, under pretence of
philanthropy and Christianity, is thrown over their
measures; they, therefore, play with them in their
negotiations accordingly. The Divan has constantly
declined all the good offices' and apparent friendly,
interference or mediations of the Christian States.
' They are for ever promising that they will do this,
that, and the other; they every now and then name
a time when their promises are to be put into exe-
cution; but, when the time arrives, they contrive,
by some management, to put off the thing still fur-
ther. In fact, they have been playing this game of
promising much and performing nothing for. the last
one or two hundred years • secure that the mutual
jealousies of the Christian Powers of each other form
the best security of the Ottoman empire—that the
Christians will never unite against them—and that,
if Russia and Austria attack them, his Most Chris-
tian :Majesty the King of France, and the Defender
of the Faith, the King of England, will be sure to
prevent the Mahometan crescent from being pulled
down from the minarets, mosques, and palaces of
Constantinople.—lbid.
The report on the Dissenters' Marriage Bill
is to be brought up in the Lords' to-night, when
it will probably be withdrawn for the Session.
We are members of the National Church, and
sincere, though humble friends, 'of all that con-
tributes to her honour and well-being—and, if