The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-12 00:00:00

STIRIT OF THE.ptiBLIC JOURNALS.

The resolute and destructive attark upon the
Tulkish and Egyptian fleet by the combined
, squadrons, in the port of Navarin,, or which we
this day present the official account from the
patches of Sir Edward Codrington, is an event
to be looked at with mingled admiration and
regret. If the valour displayed by our tars and
their brave allies was most honourable to the
flags of their respective nations, the less of life
which they sustained, and' which they were forced
in self-defence to inflict, can be considered no
otherwise than as a grievous, though inevitable,
sacrifice to the attainment of objects equally re-
commended to the States of Europe by good
policy, and urged upon them by every humane
and Christian feeling. It appears that Ibrahim
Paella—whether in,obedience to, or with the con-
nivance of, or in spite of, the Ottoman Govern-
ment—had, grossly towardi the Allies, and
cruelly towards the Greeks, broken the condi-
tions of his armistice with the Christian Adn*-
rals ; that he first attempted to make sail from
Navarin foi .Patras, and bn being foiled in that
a barbarous piece o
landed
vengeance
.', its roittemopissearialbd wreaked
ieGreek
inhabitants of the Morea, butchering even the
Women and children, and reducing the whole
country to a desert. The Commanders of the
allied force behaved with exemplary but ill-
requited forbearance. On the 18th of October
they signed an agreement to enter and take a po-
sition in the port of Navarin, as a commodious
means of " renewing to Ibrahim Pacha pro-
positions, which, entering into the spirit of
the treaty, were evidently to the advantage of
the Porte itself." After the first part of this
arrangement had been executed by their
anchoring close to the Turkish liae-of-battle, the
allied flags of truce were fired upon, and many
British lives destroyed, in the very act of peace-
able remonstrance with the Infidels. The ne-
cessary retaliation for this outrage brought on a
general action, and the total destruction of a
fleet which was armed with 1,800 pieces of Ord-
nance. The despatch of the British Admiralis
noble seamanlike narrative—not a syllable of
rubbish from beginning to end. The annihila-
tion of the two line-of-battle flag-ships, the
Turkish and Egyptian, by the single fire of the
Asia, is mentioned as a sort of parenthesis, and
as a thing of course. Generous praise is given
to British officers as well as allies, and to the lat-
ter in terms of kind and manly cordiality, which
is met by corresponding warmth of expression on
the part of the French Admiral, both where he
acknowledges Sir Edward Codrington's letter,
and where he applauds the skill and courage with
which the English Captain Davies had relieved
the French frigate Arnzide, commanded by an
excellent officer, Captain Hugon, from a disad-
vantageous and too perilous position. There is,
indeed, in the nature. of this combined and gal-
lant enterprise, no less than in the frank and fra-
ternal spirit by which it is evident that the war-
riors of the allied nations were animated towards
each other, a character more than commonly
touching for all liberal men, who have never
beheld the flags of England and France waving,
except in fierce defiance, and for mutual destruc-
tion. A powerful and valuable spirit of good
fellowship may be infused into the minds of two
gallant nations, by their partnership in a common
danger, and for the general benefit of mankind; nor
do we shut our eyes to the assurance that fresh diffi-
culties may by such approximations between the
people be thrown in the way of any schemes of
narrow, selfish, tyrannical, and odious policy,
pursued by Governments for ends in which their
subjects have interests directly opposite to theirs,
and leading to wars for the ruin ofthe most precious
rights of society, that Courts alone may be un-
restrained, and the nations who bleed and suffer
at their bidding may be reduced to hopeless
bondage. Another consequence, and one which
involves in it a train of prospective advantages
seems to be of a more definite and immediate
nature than that to which we have above alluded.
The question relating to Greece and Turkey
may now be regarded as, at least in substance,
put at rest. If thelPorte succumbs quietly to the
distinct and temperate, though somewhat naive
communication of the Christian Admirals,
threatening that a single musket-shot will be
considered as a declaration of war against the
.Allied Powers, of which the " Grand Seignor
and his 'Paellas must suffer the terrible conse-
quences," there is an end of all forcible opposi-
tion to the Allies, who will place the Greek na-
tion 'on•the footing already agreed upon. If the
Porte stands out, and risks a further attack
f
orr liberationeor
acmte theyo off arms.
irresistible power which coerces her, the
t
6lnrieseecaiett
thaesivrni
el
case,
attained,
,s be e,
and
te
object
tthe
poaccomplishedolire,
Russia developed, explained, defined, and limited,
and, fand, in the course of the negociations out of
which the treaty arose, will have received its en-
tire and
b so satisfaction.segent tothe
t The desplitivheas
from Constantinople,l
at the Seraglio of intelligence from Ibrahim
.Pacha, on the subject of this important
battle, will be eagerly and anxiously expected.fmoratys
These reflections have been suggested by the
reading of' the Gazelle, and we have reason to
believe that the Government have received no
further information. It is believed, however,
aat It:
assistatht oval,e ati itctaorottrirh:ewr another eeosrpu horseshoe
understandingtol c.rl
si e has
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ofe mfl feoti
esbroctlitlasfpr:roabici
withsuea
passed through
ihNlhn,
two
ooigsuu:nolh.si
ft oh re
these
ourwithroeuatd ehresi,n that
fired
dheu
upon,
bayon
of these forts were fired after the naval fight 'began.
The Turks were drawn up,
withbattle ships in front, at the bottomtheoifr
tlhiene-baoyf:
and the frigates and other vessels in a second
line behind: so that our gallant countrymen,
when they had defeated and disposed of the first
:idern e
were on the
completelyside where
line, were raked by the next. This was the
cause of the severe loss sustained. The Itus-
sianthe hostile force,
consisting in that part chiefly of transports, was
smallest. The. French were on the opposite
side, s
a exposed to the enemy's
fire. We need not discuss whether our gallant
explained all thoebtlatawleiall circumstances
Admiral has fully
brilliant victory : one thing is evident on the face
which brought en the battle, terrninaring.ionlnt,hati:se
of the despatch—the English fleet and its allies
were attacked—the enemy had the *audacity to
strike the first blow. It has been avenged, as
all insults to our national honour ought to be
avenged, by the destruction of those who had the
borrillithaentnviaiedtnoersys, ttohaatssitaiwl taiss.
seamen's eyes, be the least interesting feature of
this brilliant
eve of the anniversary of the battle of. Trafalgar.
—Tinzes.

Inz another
partodeosutrructi
paper we give the
Gazett
on of the 'Y'urkish
f theof
and Egyptian fleets in the port of I'vavarin, in
Greece. The battle appears to have raged with
area fury on both a
; our semen acted with
their wonted determination to conquer or de--
ae account