The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-01 00:00:00

taliation, In a contest between two vigorous Got
ernments it is the interest and wish of either to

permit no violence, but such as the Sovereign
Power shall direct. In a contest between two
weak and ill] regulated States, the task and the
time of outrage must be entrusted to private
hands. Those who would argue from the pira-
cies of Greece dgAst the Allies act yet more
inconsistently ; for surely if any plan be calcu-
lated to put an end to them now, and to prevent
their recurrence hereafter, it is to bestow on
Greece a regular Government—to furnish her
with the means of restraining the irregularities of
her own subjects. The conduct of some of our
contemporaries is extremely curious. Who could
have anticipated that in the year 1827 there;
should be found journalists in London seriously
opposing the British Government for endeavour-
ing to rescue their Christian brethren, the Greeks,
from the grasp of the followers of iVlahomet ?
And that such opposition should he made, of all
men, by those who arrogated to themselves the
most pure and ardent zeal for the Clrristian.
Church, and who are incessantly imputing to those
who do not look on public men as they do, as
lukewarm and careless of its welfare ? It must be
a very singular cause, indeed, and one, no
doubt, in which the liberty and happiness of
the human race are deeply implicated, that
ranges under its banner Metternich and Maho-
met ! The grounds of interference on the
part of the Allies have been so often stated,
that to reiterate them is wearisome. They inter-
posed to put an end to the insecurity of the Le-
vant ; and who shall say that any international
law forbade them ? The principles by which the
conduct of nation to nation is to be guided, are
strictly analogous to those which guide man to-
wards man. No one has naturally a right to
meddle with the management of his neighbour's
family ; but if the consequences of their quar-
rels threaten to pass beyond their own circle, and
to break in upon his, he may most justly insist
on a separation of the contending parties, and
on the adoption of such measures as shall keep
then► asunder. While the contest between Tur-
key and Greece was limited in its effects to the
immediate parties, no other nation was justified
in stepping in to settle their differences ; but
when, in consequence of its continuance, the
effects of the struggle were felt by others, not
only those who were aggrieved, but on the plain
principle that he who injures one threatens all,
every nation in Europe was authorised in saying
to Turkey and Greece, " Depart ye this way,
and do ye depart that way, and let there be no
more strife between you." We have no wish to
indulge in school-boy cant, but it is impossible
not to remember, that from the wonderful people
whom we are now seeking to protect,mankind have
received more instruction than from all the world

besides—that their opinions have had a more deep
and abiding influence on every department of
society than those of any other nation—that
their literature and their arts are associated in

every cultivated mind with its earliest as well as
its most matured imaginings of excellence—and
that there is nothing which embellishes o; en-
nobles our nature, the most splendid examples
of which may not be found in their history. If
we add to these claims on our sympathy that
those whom we succour are heirs of the same
faith as ourselves, and expectants, through the
sante means, of the same glorious heritage, what
Englishman, what Christian, what man, would
not take shame to himself if he should labour to
pull us back in a course of action to which we
are impelled by all the prime inducements of hu-
manity ? And in favour of whom do the oppo-
nents of the Ministry plead ? We admit that
treaties are to be held sacred with whomsoever
made, but that is not the question. If it be
not denied that any circumstances whatever jus-
tify the interference of one nation with the affairs
of another, then the right of the Allies' inter-
ference must Pe granted. And unquestionably it
must strengthen such a right, that it is exercised
in favour of a country where every foot-print is
hallowed by a thousand glorious recollections,
and against a horde of barbarians, brutal and
bigotted, who have been distinguished ever since
they burst from their mountain fastnesses, as the
enemies of all that the wise and the learned have
concurred in revering ; and who, if they were to
perish to-morrow front the soil'which they cum-
ber, would not leave behind them one monu-
ment by which their existence could be traced,
except the ravages which they had perpetrated.—
New Times.

The white crop harvest is now completed, and,
although the wetness of the weather, during the
last four weeks, has greatly hurried, and often
interrupted, the operations of stacking, few in-
stances, comparatively, have occurred of stacks
heating; and we must say, that in all the dis-
tricts of this county, especially the higher parts,
and what is commonly styled the moor-edges,
the barn-yards were never better filled. This
chiefly arises from the abundance of the oat crop,
which, generally, and almost without exception,
has been one of the
.best which has been wit-

nessed in this country for many years. The
quality of grain is likewise good—we wish we
could say as much in favour of the wheat crops,
regarding which, it is now pretty well ascertained
that, in quantity, they do not reach an average.
Peas and beans have sustained considerable in-

jury from the heavy rains of this month ; and a
large portion of them are still exposed to the
weather. The potato crops are not abundant,
neither are they deficient, and are generally of
good quality.—Ayrshire Report.

On Tuesday afternoon, as a young man named
George Kitchen, aged about nineteen years, was
proceeding over the planks which are laid across
the river Dun, at the end of Blonk-street, he was
seized with a dizziness in his head, of which he
had complained before, and unfortunately slipped
off the plank, and in his passage knocked his
head against a piece of timber, which rendered
him unable to rescue himself from the water,
which being swollen with the late rains, carried
him down , before any assistance could be pro-
cured. Two persons attempted a rescue, but
owing to the strong current, were obliged to de-
sist. About two hours elapsed before the body
was found, though drags and every means were
used. At length, however, it was discovered
near Mr. Dixon's premises, where the water is
of a very great depth. An inquisition was held
over the body the same evening, when a verdict
of " Accidental death " was returned. On Wed-
nesday he was borne to the grave, prepared for
him in Attercliffe• Chapel-yard by his fellow-
workmen, with six females -as pall-bearers (a
custom, we believe, in the neighbourhood of
Bristol, where the unfortunate young man came
from), and followed by the whole of
.the work-
men in new white aprons. Mr. Burkett, the
architect, as a last mark of respect to the deceased,
paid the expenses of his funeral.--.B4fficid