The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-15 00:00:00

the adoption bf this 1131110 m reallyhave the
effect to force any
.on, We Elva! -conclude withe to part with, property he
m
was inclined to reta. '
the following view of are tbriSequences Which
'vould. result from cartying this plan into effect :
" Property worth about three Inindred millions, will
have been transferred to the fundholders, and aboutfifteen
'millions of taxes will have been repealed. It istlear, therefore;
on the first blush of the matter, that eothing has been lost
by this proceeding; but is it not equally clear that a great
deal has been gained ? Ily 'enabling fifteen millions a-year
.of taxes to be repealed, a reduction would be effected in the
!price of a vast number of comr.,odities, add con.sequently in
the expence of living ; a rise would, therefore, take place in
the rate of profit, and an immediate stop would in conse-
quence be put to the of lux capital to foreign countries ;
the foreign commerce 'of the country would be extended ;
and a powerful stimulus 'would be given to all the opera.
tions of industry. A portion of the pubic debt being placed
to the account of every individual, and made a burden di-
rectly and exclusively affecting his own fortune, a new
spirit of industry and economy would be 'infused into all
classes. Every one would be as anxious to discharge his
futtnne of the incumbrances entailed upon it, hi conse-
quence of this measure,' as if they had been contracted di-
rectly by himself. And if this measure were combined
with the repeal of these indirect taxes to which we have al-
ready called the reader's attention, it inmost probable that
in a few years that portion of the capital of individuals
which had been taken away by the assessment, would be
fully made up by increased frugality and activity."—Mon i..
in 9 Chronicle.

It appears to us, that on the same principle
we entered the Turkish port of Navarin, and
destroyed the Turkish squadron there, we might
enter the river Plate, and destroy the Brazilian
squadron now blockading Buenos Ayres. Wllat,
however, should we say if a fleet of ships of the
line, frigates; &c.,. were to sail up the ThaMes,
and tell the people at the Tower, that if they
fired a single shot,. the consequence would be the
destruction of all the ships in the Thames, at
London-bridge, and elsewhere ?—M. Herald.
Victory appears to throw the Ministerial ranks
into perplexity and, dismay. The advocates of
Administration seem to know just enough of the
character of their country to suspect, that even
the splendour of success *ill not be sufficient, in
the general estimation of Englishmen, to sanc-
tify injustice. They akcordingly attempt, each
in his own peculiar way, to vindicate the justice
of the attack upon the Turkish fleet in the phrt
of Navarin. The various indications are
did i-
miler, indeed to a degree approaelling the ludi-
crous. • According to one, the proceeding was
quite right, because the destruction which ensued
was entirely accidental. According to another,
that 'destruction is to be admired and commend-
ed, because it was not accidental at all, but in-
tended as an appropriate punishment for the de-
vastation committed by the Turks in the Morea.
Now-Nse are referred to all the original grounds
of intervention, and anon to the single circum-
stance of the first shot having been fired by the
Turks. These advocates would do well .to re-
member, that Sir E. Codrington considered the
proceeding as a " disastrous extremity" to wlah
he and his confederates had been driven by
urkish aggression, and that the Gallant Com-
mander expressly acknowledges it to have been
his duty to refrain f'rom punishing the Turks, not-
withstanding the devastations they. had commit.
ted. The whole merit of .the transaction- hhs
been placed by Sir E. Codrington upon the ques-
tion, as to which party was the immediate
aggressor ? It is no less absurd in itself thin
disrespectful to that Gallant Officer, to seek to
rest it upon other grounds. From the language
of the dispatches, as well as from that °Utile pro-
tocol of conference, we are warranted in con-
cluding, that if a determined resistance on the
part of the Turks had been anticipated, the allied
fleet would not have entered the port. It was
expected that the Allies would have been per-
-mated, without opposition, to occupy the port ;
or, in other words, that the Turkish Officers
would have abdicated their imperative duty. The
Turkish Officers could not upon any principle
be to blame for the consequences, whether they
acted with or without instructions. The honours
subsequently showered upon the British Com-
mander shows conclusively that he was not in
fault. It follows that the blame must rest alto-
bether upon the Government at home. It will
ecome necessary upon the meeting of Parlia-
ment, therefore, that a copy of the instructions
under which Sir E. Codrington acted be laid
before it, in order that it may be enabled to
judge of the degree of criminality which at-
taches to the Administration on account of the
defects, or obscurity, or blunderings in those in-
structions which have produced 30 lamentable:a
.waste of British lives, and so entirely obstructed
or circumvented the objects of British diplo-
niacy.. One of the. Ministerial Journals—that
one which may be. supposed to speak the lan-
guage of Ministers most accurately, since it is
the Journal through which they published
the Treaty of Intervention, secret articles and
all—will have it, that the battle of Nava-
rin was nothing but an accident, and more-
over that it was an accident most propitious to
the Turks. "In one respect," it says, " this
battle is advantageous to the Turks, for we be-
lieve (query, the we of Downing-street, or the
we of the Printing Office) that if it had not
taken place—if the Turks had gone on evading
the -demands of the Allies, and they temporised
-instead of acting—it would have been difficult to
prevent Russia from espousing the cause of
Greece singly, and in her own fashion, by passing
the Pruth, and marching an army into Euro-
pean Turkey." This is no doubt the truth, as
it respects, not the interests of the Porte, for
sooner or later the struggle, with Russia for the
existence of the Ottoman Throne, must and, will
come ;—but as it respects the ambitious and
selfish designs of Russia, and the weak and
hypocritical policy of the English and French
Ministers, it is a truth which we have repeatedly
proclaimed, but which we. did not yet expect to
see. so distinctly acknowledged by the organs of
the British, Administration.. Russia is the only
one of the Allies who acts upon a determinate
and consistent system. Her system is aggran-
disement, and she will ere long, notwithstanding
the cowardly and base policy of other Powers,
deYelope her intentions, " by passing the Pruth,
and marching an army into European Turkey."
—Morning Post.

Obstinacy, with some of our contemporaries,
continues to prevail over reason, and party views
over British feelings. Afflicted at the triumph
of our arms, and- deserters of the cause which
they once supported as the most just and glori-
ous on earth, they still dispute the light of Ad-
miral Codrington to attack the Turkish fleet,
and represent the rescue of Greece from exter-
mination as a puerile or unworthy object. For
their "apostacy we shall not call them to account.
However it may degrade them in the public eye,
they are responsible for it to their own breasts
alonethough we lament their down-
fall from.- generosity and virtue, and wonder
at the change,. we most fullyadmit their liberty
of choice, 'even- though it should be to
repudiate honour and
t
te,embrace shame. OE
only point to w.' h
selves,le '''sve. shall address our.
the re •on of their anti.
English doctrines ; thoule
rti
E the weakness of thsii