The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-11 00:00:00

the benefit of education) that exists. No one
who knows him would say, that he has entitled
himself to pronounce against Sir Isaac Newton
and Locke (both of whom were Arians); on any
other principle than that on which he deemed
the Slave Trade Christian, because the Bench
of Bishops had voted for it. We are not pro-
nouncing any opinion on a question, respecting
which different sides have been taken by men of

unquestionable learning and talents. But we
cannot be far wrong in pronouncing the opinion
expressed by a man whose reading has been con-
fined to the Gentleman's Magazine, who sets
himself against some of the highest names for
learning and science in this country, and against
almost all the Theologians of Germany (univer-
sally admitted to be at present the most learned
in the world), to indicate a state of indifference
with respect to sincerity, which cannot be too
much reprobated. There was a time when men
in England preferred poverty to the declaration
of what they conceived to be falsehood. But the
time when 2,000 Clergymen abandoned at once
their livings for conscience sake, will never, we
fear, return.—Morning Chronicle.

The Ministerial arrangements seem to be any
thing but settled ; and, of course, till they are,
the policy of the Government can be neither
known nor acted upon. If this or that Noble
Lord or. Gentleman fills an office to-day which
he knows that another will occupy to-morrow, of
course he feels but little comparative interest in
duties from which he is so soon to be relieved ;
and, for the same, reason, can feel quite as little
zeal or interest in the general measures of an Ad-
ministration from which he is so soon to secede.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, it is now said,
wishes to be " Aut Ccesar, aut nullus ;" and it

is added that even the present Premier himself
would not object to this, but that there are in-
surmountable obstacles to the arrangement else-
where. Then Lord Palmerston is talked of as
Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but that is no
sooner affirmed than contradicted. Other reports
send the latter Noble Lord to Jamaica, and others
send him to—the right-about. In short, if
we may judge from reports and appearances,
all, except the Law appointments, are in much
the same state of chaos and uncertainty that
Mr. Canning first put them in. The Whigs,
however, who know full well that discre-
tion is the better part of patriotism as well
as valour, are making good use of their
time, and are vigorously employed in making
hay while the sun shines. The Master of the
Mint—who, by-the-by, has not bestowed a single
stiver of Parliamentary aid upon his new patron
—has, it is said, secured a seat at the Board of
Customs, for his son ; and Mr. Brougham, who
gravely assured his gaping auditors at Liverpool
that he was rather a loser than a gainer by the
late changes, has, besides his own silk gown, se-
cured for his brother (who has the temporary
birth of Attorney-General's devil) the reversion
of Mr. Backhouse's seat at the Excise Board.
These are strange ways of being losers ; but per-
haps the Whigs begin to think the loss of repu-
tation something—at any rate, John Bull, it
seems, must be the loser, be their's loss or gain.
—Morning Herald.

Our readers will have seen from our intelli-
ffence from Portsmouth, that accounts have been
received at that port from Lisbon, mentioning
tharsccmc of hip were about to proceed
rom the river Tagus to the Dardanelles ; the
kw,,-..........acaint-likewise_mentioned, that the Rus-

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naval force
to that part of the world. We have
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zarded an opinion that the Rus-
sians are bent on the subjugation of Turkey.
Now they seem detemined, in reality, to seize
some part of the Turkish turitory. She will pro-
bably seize some Turkish provinces, under the
pretence of being indemnified for the expenses
she has incurred at various periods, on account
of the Turks violating the treaty respecting Mol-
davia and 'Walachia. We also think that Russia
has a design upon Greece ; it would, therefore,
not surprise us to hear of this Russian squadron
taking possession of some of the Greek ports.
In justification of such a measure, the Emperor
Nicholas would probably urge that he had just
as much right to take possession of this or that
Greek port, as we to keep possession of the
lonian Islands. It would undoubtedly not be
to the interest of England that Russia should he
suffered to occupy any part of Greece, or that
they should Koceed to Constantinople, for by
the subjugation of Turkey, or the occupation of
any part of Greece, Russia is brought into a
much closer contact with Asia Minor, Persia,
Mesopotamia, and Arabia, through which coun-
tries it is probable she means, on the first favour-
able opportunity, to march her troops to the
East Indies. All nations seem to have got an
idea into their heads, that to have any thing to
do with the East Indies is equivalent to being
lon the high road of obtaining, by commercial
intercourse, both immense wealth anil power.—
As we beiare observed, France has likewise a
squadron in those seas, besides the one she re-
cently sent professedly to blockade the port of
Algiers. The United States of America have
stationed some of their heaviest ships in the
Egean Sea ; ships of much too great a force, too
heavy metal, and too ample dimensions, for merely
chasing Greek mystics. Austria has likewise a
few ships there, under the command of a Com-
modore. So that there are now in the Greek
Archipelago no less than four of the principal
powers of Europe, besides the greatest power in
the New World, with detachments of their re-
spective navies on the look-out to see what is
going forward in the way of negotiation, between
Russia, Turkey, and Greece, and to take ad-
vantage of any chance of acquiring a settlement
that might present itself. There can be no doubt
that each of the powers now looking on, would
be glad to seize the whole or part of Greece,
though it is very likely that they cannot agree
amongst themselves which of them is to have the
whole or part of such a prize. Some time ago
it was mentioned in one of the newspapers, that
the Russians were on the point of sending a
squadron from St. Petersburgh or Cronstadt to
the Black Sea. But an Evening Paper forth-
with contradicted that assertion in the most posi-
tive manner. That Evening Paper has, how-
ever, since appeared to be mistaken ; and a cir-
cumstance so fatal to its imaginary infallibility
should teach it in future to refrain from assuming
so arrogant a tone, in contradicting intelligence
which it does not itself happen to receive.—lbid.

We insert to-day a report of a raa:er curious
trial that took place before the Exchequer, k.l
which the verdict turned on a nicety which a
less attentive Counsel might easily have passed
over. The case to which we allude is that of
the .Attorney-General against Fish and Collins.
The facts of the case were stated in the House
of Commons lately, on the occasion of present-
ing a petition from the defendants, and are shortly
these—Messrs. Fish and Collins, having an
order for two pounds of straw cigars, and having
but one pound at hand, borrowed a pound from