The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-15 00:00:00

arrival of the mail, as it is expected to bring some of freedom. At one moment they are informed
information respecting the intentions of the Sultan,
that something will be done for
them : at ano-
and the manner in which he has received the last
proposals of the Powers. ther, that they are pitied, deeply pitied, ill cer-
The Corfu Gazelle, of the 13th December, eon.l tain quarters, where pity cannot fail to be infec-
tains the following article, under the head of Affairs tious and influential, and so from week to week
of Greece :
from month to month, they are alternately flat-
" The following documents, the authenticity of,
which we answer for, have been communicated tered and cajoled, till the time for explanation
to us by one of our correspondents. The fact to arrives, when the bubble bursts, and all is air.
which they relate is but too real. The interference) But a nation's rights are not thus to he frit-
of the. English Minister needs no praise; and we tered away, because Mr. is anxious to
are happy to see that the answer of the Greek Go-
vernment -
•
gives reason to hope that we shall hear preserve the Home Secretaryship,. or 'the Duke
of no more such excesses, which, besides their in-
utility, shock every feeling of humanity, and cannot
be palliated except by the ferocity which charac-
terizes the Greek soldiers, and which has been kept
up by the war in which they have been engaged for
seven years.
The first document is the following : -
" To his Excellency the President of Greece.
" ROAD OF FORDS, NOV. 28.
" Since I had the honour to see your Excellency,
I have been informed on unquestionable authority
that some Turks, taken prisoners by the Greek
troops, and brought a few days ago to the number
of 60 to Egina, had been branded in the forehead
with a red hot iron, by order of the Commander who
had taken them. My presence here, and the public
character u hick I still hold as AmbassadOr to the
Porte, make it my duty frankly to state to your
Excellency the painful' feelings excited in me by.an
action so contrary to the established usages of war,
and to the laws of humanity. I shall be much obliged
to your Excellency to inform me of the measure
which you undoubtedly intend to take to shew your
displeasure at such an act of barbarism, and to pre-
vent its repetition.

'of WELLINGTON is tenacious of place. Sooner
'or later the day must arrive when Ireland will
extort her rights, to prevent which has already
palsied England, and made her despised and de-
tested on the Continent.

" The well known sentiments of your Excellency
are a sufficient pledge to me that the subject of this
letter will be taken into consideration. I take this
opportunity to assure you of my distinguished respect.
(Signed) " STRATFORD CANNING."
Count Capo D'lstria, in his reply, expresses his
sorrow at the above deplorable action, says that he
has already taken measures to prevent a repetition of
such cruelties, and subjoins two official reports.
The first is a report to the President for the Com-
mission of the Department of the Western Spo-
rades, dated Egina, the. 20th of November, stating
the arrival of fifty-five Turkish prisoners, 'some
of whom were branded; they had been sent to
Kitzo Tsavella. The Commissioner says that
" the Greeks and Turks, like the heroes of the Iliad,
before they begin the attack, provoke each other by
reproaches and threats. This took place between
the Bey of Prevista and Tsavella; the first signified
to the Greek Chief, that if he ventured, to come
near him and fall alive into his hands, he would
cause him to be
that he would do well to run away, for if he took
him or his soldiers he would have them branded on

the forehead. The chance of war favoured our
troops ; 1 add, that no officer was branded, and the
mark on the forehead of the soldiers is so slight that
in a few days no trace of it will remain."
The other report is from D. Ypsilanti, stating his
occupation of Livadiu.

If any reliance can be placed on the follow-
ing, the Turks are resolved to keep possession
of Athens and the surrounding country, for
which purpose they have conveyed the produce
of the harvest into the Acropolis, the 'works of
which have been considerably strengthened :--

CORFU, DEC. 4.

(From a Roman Journal,)—The Turks in Attica
and Negropont are prepared to, make an obstinate
defence. The harvest in the country near Athens
has been conveyed into the Acropolis, the works of
which have been strengthened; it bas a garrison of
4,000 regular troops, and the most important posts
in the vicinity are occupied by 6,000 irregulars. The
fortress of Kitrababa, which defends the passage from
Attica to Negropont, has also been strengthened.
The whole population of Attica and Etilama is tin-
der arms, and in expectation of reinforcements from
Western Greece.

A variety of Meetings have beetLlately held

in Dublin, for the combined purpose of peti-
tioning :Parliament on the subject of the Mar-
quis of ANOLESEA'S recall, and giving expres-
sion to the grateful feelings of the Irish nation

towards his Excellency, as a man and as a Mi-
nister. This example will be followed almost
immediately by at least nine out of ten of the
different counties—a convincing proof that the
Irish, to adopt the language of an old writer,
love justice only less than they hate oppression."
The Marquis of ANGLESEA has—from the very
first moment when he set foot in Dublin—dis-

tinguished himself by the; high and impartial
character of his Administration. Though in-
clining perhaps as a man io the side of the Ca-
tholics, he has never permitted his private pre-
possessions to influence his public decisions.
He has been scrupulously, severely just, to both
parties—se much so, as to call forth the
enthusiasm of the Papists—to whom mere
cold abstract justice is no less a blessing than a
novelty—while
,he has extorted the respect,
almost the good opinion, of the Orangemen.
For such conciliatory conduct, he has drawn
down upon himself the displeasure of the Govern-
ment—of that Government which has indirectly
led the people to suppose that if not altogether
favourable, it was at least not hostile to Eman-
cipation. And this is the predicament in
which the Catholic Question is now placed.
Nothwithstatiding its apparent progress—
notwithstanding the growing liberality of the
age, and ;the consequent decline of preju-
dice—notwithstanding that, the talent of the
United Kingdom is firmly arrayed in its behalf,
and that its opponents are conspicuous solely
by their ignorant and time-serving invective—it
has made little or no substantial advance. One
by one silently, but with a most inveterate fixed-
ness of purpose, its advocates have been removed
from power, while its opponents have been as
tacitly encouraged. Meanwhile, to keep the
Catholics tranquil, a sop has been every now
and then flung to them, just as if they were ab-
ject mongrels, to be content with the mere refuse