The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-13 00:00:00

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1827.

We mentioned, in the late edition of our
Paper last evening, that despatches had been re-
ceived during the afternoon at the Foreign Office,
from Constantinople, dated on the 23d October,
at which time things remained in the same state.
The Capital was tranquil, and would probably
remain so till news of the destruction of the
Turkish fleets arrived, which could not be re-
ceived for some days after the date of these
despatches. We need not add, that the reports
which were in circulation last night, that intelli-
gence of the battle of Navarin had reached Con-
stantinople prior to the date of these despatches,
are altogether without foundation.

The Paris Papers of Saturday, and the Gazette
de France, dated Sunday morning, reached us
last night. Their columns are filled with obser-
vations on the glorious success of the Allied
Squadrons at Navarin,_ and with speculations on
the probable consequences of that brilliant day.
Each paper, while it admits the signal victory
which has been achieved by the naval forces of
the Allied Powers, draws a very different picture
.of its effect upon the affairs of the East. One
concludes that the salvation of Greece is ensured
•by it—another, that it -will have driven the
SULTAN to exasperation, and that the lives of
all the Christian inhabitants of the Empire will
be sacrificed to satisfy his desperate revenge—and
a third, considers the battle of Navarin as the
commencement of a war which may lead to the
extermination of the Turks as an European
Nation. All these different views are urged
with much ingenuity by the papers, and we have
devoted a considerable space to give their respec-
tive articles in our extracts in another. column.
We do •not find, however, in these papers any
new fact stated. The Constitutionnel, indeed,
mentions a report which prevailed in, Paris, that
upon the intelligence having reached Constanti-
nople of the annihilation of the Turkish fleet,
the Ambassadors of the Allied Powers were im-
mediately sent to the Seven Towers, and as the
Gazette de France, published some hours after
it, does not contradict this report, it is inferred
that there must have been some authority for it.
, Dates and time, however, will hardly admit of

the possibility 'of intelligence having reached
Paris, from Constantinople, of events consequent

upon a knowledge of the battle of the 20th of
O?tober, and the probability of the PORTE hair.

ing taken such a measure against the Ambassa-
dors is probably the only foundation of the
rumour. Another report is also mentioned which
seems to rest on no better authority, that the
Allied Squadrons had taken possession of the
fortress of Navarin, four days after the battle.
We had omitted to state that the Constitu-
tionnel gives the following as the actual force of
the Turkish Fleet :

4 Ships of the Line.
4 Frigates of Sixty.
14 Frigates of Forty.
29 Corvettes.
:37 Fire Ships.
126 Transports.

Total 214 of all sizes.
Of the Transports, forty-five are said to have
been Austrian, all which were destroyed.

We subjoin the price of the Funds, which did
not fluctuate materially on Saturday.
FRENCH Funds, Nov. 10.—Five per Cents, l Olf. 65e. ;
Three ditto, 71f. 20e. ; Bank Actions, 2,0021. 50e. ;
Neapolitan, 77f. 5c.; Spanish (1823), 64 It. Exchange
on London—One Month, 25f. 15e. ; Three Months, 25f.

The value of a gift is greatly enhanced by the
node in which it is conferred ; and this remark
is in no case more applicable than with respect
to the bestowal of honours by a Sovereign, in
reward for distinguished services. Our readers
will therefore learn with satisfaction, and our
Officers and Men will duly appreciate the addi-
tional value of the distinction conferred upon