The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Etoile, dated Wednesday, May 20.)

, .
SALazets, MAY 15.—(Conclusion.)—(From the Aus-
trian Observer, June 10.)---Lord Cochrane, before lie left
the vicinity of Athens to proceed to Poros, thinking, pro-
bably, that the fall of the Acropolis must be the inevitable
result of the events of the 6th, wrote on the morning of
the 7th to Captain Le Blanc, commanding the Juno,
French frigate, a short letter, in whieh he requested him
to employ his good offices with the Seraskier, in favour of
the garrison of the citadel. Capt. Le Blanc consented to
this, and immediately wrote to Redschid Pasha, asking an
interview with him on this subject. Lord Cockrane had
set sail for Poros without giving notice of what he had done
to Gen. Church, who, as Commander-in-Chief of the land
forces, was the proper person to make such a proposal.
Capt. Le Blanc feeling the impropriety of this proceeding,
went to the Phalerus to confer with Gen. Church; the lat-
ter, though he seemed hurt at the proceedings of Lord
Cochrane, (lid not venture to refuse the proposal. The let-
ter of the French Captain was, therefore, sent on the 9th
of May to the camp of the Seraskier, who showed himself
well inclined to listen to it, and replied on the following
day, that "the precepts of Islamism and the principles of
the Porte ordered pardon to be granted to the rebellious
Reyes, when they submitted; that the too-long resistance
of the Acropolis, without hope of deliverance, was au ob-
stinaev without object ; but that, in consideration of the
friendly relations existing between France and the Sublime
Porte, he consented to treat the besieged with all possible
indulgence."
In consequence of this favourable answer, M. Le Blanc,
accompanied by M. de Reverseanx, another Officer of the
French Navy, who had arrived on the 10th at Salarde, re-
paired on the Ilth to the Court of the Seraskier, wisen the
following offers of capitulation were signed on the same
day :

" TIMMS OP CAPITULATION OPPNAND TO THE CIALUDION
OP INN CITATML 01 ATISCU, NT WO EICJILLNYCY Tin
IZILASEINA RIDSCNID MINIMUM TACNA.
" Article 1. Colonel Fabvier shall retain his arms, and
retire at liberty, with his baggage.
" Art. 2. The troops of the garrison shall lay down
their arms, and retreat whenever they think proper. Those
among them who are subjects of the Sultan, and who choose
to enlist in his army, may be admitted among the troops
of his Excellency the Seraskier. retaining the rank and
the pay which they enjoyed in the corps to which they
belonged.
" Art. 3. Hie Excellency the Seraskier engages to

sick and
necessary.

, as well as every thing else that may ha

" Art. 4. The Garrison shall be conducted by a route
at a distance from all the Turkish posts, to the sea coast,
at the same spot where the troops landed in the night of
May 5.
" A►rt. 5. His Excellency the Smokier will grant to
the column, during its marsh, an escort of cavalry, and
will ensure its perfect safety to the place of embarkation.
" His Excellency the Seraskier promises, on his word of
honour, punctually to observe all the articles of this capi-
tulation.
" Additional Article.—His Excellency the Seraskier far-
ther consents to grant, as a security for the faithful observ-
ance 'of the capitulation, hostages, which shall be sent on
board the Juno French frigate, and delivered to the French
Captain, who shall send them back to the camp of the
Seraskier, as soon as the capitulation shall have been com-
pletely executed.
" Signed in the presence of his Excellency
the Seraskier, and Romelia Redachid.
" May I I, 187. " MEHEINIET PACHA."

Captain Le Blanc, commanding his Majesty the King of
France's frigate, the Juno, M. de Reverseaux, accompanied
by some of the Seraskier's Officers, proceeded with their
offers of capitulation under the walls of the Acropolis.
General Church had given a letter written by him to
Colonel Fabvier, which the Seraskier would not permit to
he delivered. When these officers appeared at the foot of
the Citadel, they were, at first, fired urn : some time
passed before Ai. de Reverseaux Gould exchange a few words
with Colonel Fabvier, who appeared upon the wall, and
called out to his countrymen that he did not command in
the citadel, in which he happened to be by chance. The
proposed capitulation was sent into the fortress, and the
next day the following answer was sent to Captain Le
Blanc, by the Greek Commander of the Acropolis :—...
" We thank you for the trouble which you kayo taken
on our account. The capitulation proposed by the Bern-
trier, and offered to us through you, speaks of subjects of
the Porte ; there are none here. We are Greeks, resolved
to live free or die.

jI the Seraskier desires to have our arms, he has only
to come and take them by force.

4, We have the honour to salute you,
(Signed) NICOLAS KRIESIOTI.
STATES KATZIKOIANNI
DION RUMORPOPOULO.
J. AIAMMURI.
GERASMO
NICHOL ZACHURI rz A.
•S. VLACHO.
NITRAS LEKKA.
14 Acropoirs of Athens, April 30 (May 12), 1827."

Captain Le Blanc brought back the answer on the morn-
ing of the 13th to the Ilialents to General Church, who
had heard the Acropolis briskly cannonaded on the night
of the 12th, and imagined that the negotiations of the
French officer had not a favourable result. Under these
circumstances, the General resolved to remain with Phale-
rus, which he would probably have left, if the garrison of
the Acropolis had accepted the proposed terms on the 13th
of May. Commodore Hamilton arrived on board the Cam..
brims with a brig and corvette, in the port of Salamis,
where the Talbot was already waiting for him ; and it is
said that two more English man of war are expected.
Captain Hamilton met near the Isle of Seipho, 25 Turkish
ships of war, two of which were of '74 guns. These
vessels were also seen by the American frigate the Consti-
tution, which is at anchor at Egina.
The Bombaschi (Colonel of the Turkish Garrison of the
Monarchy of St. Spiridion) whom General Church, by his
personal exertions had saved when the Greeks, in spite of
the capitulation, had massacred the greater part of the
Turkish garrison, had been received, at the request of
General Church, on hoard the Austrian corvette Il Veneto,
Captain Korner. The officers having heard that it was
proposed to remove the Turkish Officer to Captain Hamil-
ton's ship, applied to General Church, and represented to
him, that the Turk, by the terms of the capitulation, was
free on parole, and ought to he sent to the Turkish camp.
General Church replied, that he was entirely of the same
opinion, and requested the Austrian Captain to cause the
Bombaschi to be given up.
On the 13th May, Captain Korner, after having sent,
word to the Seraskier, at his invitation repaired to his
.eamp, when he learnt from the Serukier himself, that
Ibrahim Pacha, who had received orders from his father to
join him (the Seraskier), was on his march from Corinth,
where he would go to meet him in a few days.
On the 14th, in the evening, a very brisk firing, which
continued about half an hour, was heard all along the
Turkish lines. It was presumed that some great event had:
occurred, perhaps a sally of the garrison. To-day, the.
15th, we learn that it was a feu de joie of the Turks, pro-
bably on the news of Ibrahim's approach, or the arrival of

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE tit, 1817.

We are 'Vastly indebted to Sir EDWARD
KNATCHBULL for so kindly verifying our pre-
diction of last week, that the Ultras would soon
find out that the New Corn Bill was not the
measure of the Earl of Lx NquirooL, just as they
did formerly that Mr. PITT was hostile to the
Catholic Claims. But strange as it may appear,
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the House of Commons, as our reader; will
perceive by the Parliamentary Report. He
admitted, no doubt, that the principle of the
Bill might have been sanctioned by his LORD..
star, but not th• details. Unhappily for the
statement of the corn-growing Baronet, Mr.
CANNING declared that in introducing the Bill,
he had spoken from a memorandum of Lord
LIVERPOOL'S, as from a brief, and that there
was but one single alteration made, that respecting
our commercial intercourse with foreign countries.
But we really should like to know what sort
of Bill would suit the enlightened views of these
country gentlemen. It is very clear that they
want one which shall force up Corn to the
right side, as they would call it, of sixty
shillings per quarter. Mr. CANNING stated,,
that on the day he introduced the Bill, the
price of wheat was between 535. and 545.
and every one knows that it is very frequently
lower when all the ports are shut. Now they must
have sense enough to see, that if they got the
scale of duties raised to any amount they please,
still corn must often fall below 605., as it
does so even with an absolute prohibition, and
they must know very little of their own interest
if they wish to have prices fluctuate greatly.
Their rents can never exceed what may be
reckoned on in average years, and in the rare
years of great scarcity and high prices, the farmers
(for whom they care very little in general) have a
sort of gambler's luck, which does little good
even to them. The fact is, nothing would please
these selfish, though short-sighted individuals,
but an absolute prohibition, up to 80s. or 905.,
with a handsome bounty on exportation of 15s.
or 205., till it reaches that desirable price.

We hope, however, that they will not be of-
fended at our humbly offering them some disin-
terested advice, being not so unacquainted with
the subject, or so incapable of sympathising in
their case as they may suppose. With regard to
those landholders who are not in debt, we should
say that the best way of continuing in that happy
state is to aim at a fixed and moderate, rather
than a forced and fluctuating rental. It will
give the incalculable benefit of ready-money
dealings, which no man will adopt with a vary-
ing uicome. Let them imitate Scotland in
granting leases, for without more than a twelve-
months' interest in it, no tenant will bring out of
the land half its maximum of produce. Let them
employ themselves in giving a death blow to
the Poor Laws, by gradually, not harshly,
reducing that intolerable burthen, confining their
operation to the aged and infirm. Let them
with this view exert their ingenuity in devising
public works, such as canals, which hold out
fair prospects of remuneration, which can give
employment to numbers of paupers, and by ter-
minating gradually, leave fewer unemployed
than there are at present. We are convinced
that whether they be Whigs or Tories, they will
find the present enlightened Administration ready
to assist them to the utmost of their power,
when they do not seek their own aggrandise-
ment, at the expence of other interests almost as

important, and with which theirs are intimately
connected, instead of being opposed to them,
as they erroneously fancy. Acting on these
enlarged views they will, with more real wealth
than at present, enjoy the esteem of all classes►
instead of being held up, as they too often
are, to contempt and execration, as a hard-
hearted and selfish race, confining all their po-
licy to the raising of their rent-rolls, and of the
price of bread to the poor.

But to those landholder* whose estates are
" From age to age, in everlasting debt,"

we can only say, that, seek relief where they
please, whether from a total sale or the dismem-
berment of a part—whether from matrimonial
alliances or commercial speculations, nothing can
exceed in folly and delusion,—their fancying that
they will be bettered by now and then forcing corn
up to a high and unnatural price. The Bill
which has been lost in the Lords, aimed at the
happiness of all, by steering a middle course
between conflicting interests, and we only hope
that the Country Gentlemen may again have an
opportunity of accepting one possessing so many
advantages, for the order to which they belong.

The French Papers of Tuesday, and the
Etoile dated Wednesday, have been received.
The discussion of the Budget has afforded M.
CHATEAUBRIAND, on Monday last, another
opportunity for displaying his oratorical :flow
rishes against M. VILIALE and his financial
plan ; but the tirade, however heartily meant,
failed in its object. The Chamber ordered the
speech to he printed, and thus, like our eloquent
Mr. HUME, the I'rench orator has the satisfac-
tion of having his " multiplication table" raced
upon record. In thus coupling the rival States-
men, we do not mean to compare their financial
abilities, for our countryman's evidentlyabreeforeA th e
no:
too
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tionable an order to be well calculated
üblime figures of the ardent Frenchman.
sEtotle gives from the Austrian Observer,
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statement be correct, we regret to observe that
Lord COCHRANE should have acted without'
the concurrence, or at least the knowledge, of
General CHURCH, immediately after the disastrons
result of the attack upon the SERA siciEfts
camp. It appears that hic Lordship cony
municated with the French naval comment!'
ing officer, requesting him to intercede i"
behalf of the Greeks, so as to obtain 101.
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them a favourable capitulation. The French
officer before doing this consulted General
CHURCH, who naturally felt a little hurt, but
who at once acquiesced in the step advised 11
Lord COCHRANE. The result of the negocia-
tion is highly honourable to the brave Greeks ILII
the Acropolis, and their answer to the Frog''
officer is worthy a better fate than what, in ai,
probability, now awaits them. They say," With
the characteristic spirit of heroic men, We
thank you for the trouble which you have taken
on our account. The capitulation proposed 14
the Seraskier, and offered to us through you:
speaks of subjects of the Porte : there are pony
here. We are Greeks, resolved to live free,
or die."

FILINCA FUNDS, Just 19.—Five per Cents, 102 f. IOC.;
Three per Cents., 70f. sac.; Neapolitan Rentes, '76f. soc•

We have received, this morning, Brussel'
Papers to the 21st instant, with the Allgemeine
Zeitung and Frankfort Papers to the 16th, but
the latter contai►► no news from Greece, except
that already received through the Austrian °b"
server of the 10th instant. The news fon'
Batavia has no interest.

By the Marquis of Huntly, Captain Askel
files of Sydney Gazettes to the 11th (1,
February, have been received at the North and
South American Coffee House. The following
are extracti:—

" On Friday afternoon, 'the 9th of February, arrived 0,1
whaler Sisters, Captain Robert Duke, from New Zealan°,
having left on the 98th of January. The Wesleyan bliv
sionary station has been plundered, and the Missioneriei
compelled to fly for their lives the Rev. Mr. Turner,
Mrs. Turner, and three children, together with the Reg'
Messrs. Hobbs and Stack, as also Mr. L. Wade and Wife'
have arrived as passengers in the Sisters. The bri
TVellington, which was carrying prisoners to Norf°l'
Island, had, when within two days' sail of her destination:,
been captured by the convicts, and the Captain, crew, 'll'.a
troops made prisoners. Mr. Buchanan had his heed 15%,
open with a musket. As soon as the vessel was in °$
possession, the pirates made for New Zealand, where"
providentially happened the Sisters was lying at anali,ii".l
off the Bay Islands. An action then commenced bet"
the pirate and the whaler, which lasted six hours, in Ww.„s
two of the former were killed. Captain Duke then
on board with a flag of truce, and declared, if they did 110
surrender, he would bear down, assisted by two or thf,,,
hundred natives, and pmt every man to death. This hot we
effect ; and the pirates surrendered. Some of them, bovila;
escaped; but by the exertions of Capt. D., with the assert-it,
of the natives, the whole were soon retaken, and they Pittro
been brought, S 4 in number, back to Sydney in the Pf_j
and the Wellington, which latter vessel had also arriT
off the heads. Forging on the banks seems to be on t
increase in the colony. Some persons had been OPT.
hended for this crime on the New South Wales B/"3:
The mounted police had effected their purpose, and the 1;
tins had quite disappeared, and all was tranquil. Sear 't
all the dollars in the Venus, Kilgour, which were
sometime time in Torres Straits had been recovered'
of 60,000
amounting to between 8 and 9,000.
The Editor of the Hobart Town 6;usgte has exPreista
ping the wretchedness lilt.;
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so that New South Wales may become the scene of their
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future reformation and usefulness : the intercourse itP;
Island, which it appears is in a most shocking state, h,tj
give melancholy and long lists. The mar"et
is completely stagnant with extensive supplies of n'hes;
which continue to pour in; the Settler's prospect of resinn;
prices that will remunerate him, is stated to be still ditto°
Average price of Wheat, 4s. 6id. per bushel ; Do. glaise
45. 6d. ; Do. Barley, Ss. 9d. ; Do. Oats, Ss. 6d. ;
Fin
Flour, 16s. per cwt. ; Seconds, Mc ; Beef, Ss. gd. Ft)
stone; Mutton, 4s. 10d. ; Pork, se. Id. ; Hay Ofes(10-1
per ton, 91. ; Straw, 11. 55. ; Cattle generally brought
prices. tive
In Van Dieman's Land an Act of Council is in ec
preparation for the Relief of Insolvent Debtora ; and a large
tract of land was raising by the settlers in Oyster HAY j°
the supply of the Sydney Market.
t htoestael amountColonieso of sp
calculatednriov:tepope rtY.
and shipping of twenty-four u!:
ing, amounts to the extraordinary sum of 950,0001., °II°,
ing 200,0001. more than was calculated as the whole 13'
t
perty of all the population in 1810.
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houses,requisition fora Colonial MI:,

This morning the Colonial market in Mincing-lane, for
Raw Sugars, has been brisk at yesterday's advance the
refined market has also been extremely steady, and as h.
quantity in stock is small, the consumerslake off the guar
tity made as fast as it comes to market; 'Coffee
ii i
flat; and at a public Sale this morning of St. Doming*
a great part was bought in at 425. of good quality.