The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-17 00:00:00

sible—
" Sed revocare gradum—Aiclabor, hoc opus est."
Trust me, the Russians are too wise to risk
their navy in an adventure of this description.
We now come to Varna. If the accounts I
hear from Odessa are correct, the principal oper-
ations of the Russian army will be confined to
the shores of the Black Sea, Varna will then be
the principal point d appui, and from this point,
it is presumed, that the main army will attempt
to penetrate towards the capital. None but those
who have been in this part of Turkey can be
aware of the difficulties which such an expedi-
tion will have to encounter. Varna is nearly
300 miles from Constantinople, and the coun-
try, almost without exception, a continuation of
marsh and forest, extending as far as the plains
of Southern Romelia. I speak from expe-
rience, having travelled on one occasion seven
hours on horseback, through a forest of oak,
without meeting with a single habitation. As
the Russians have too good an opinion of
Turkish prowess to attempt the siege of Con-
stantinople with an army comparatively so small
as that with which they opened the campaign
last year, a force of ,a- most imposing descrip-
tion mist,. of course, bc,einployed ; it then
becomes a matter of inquiry how this army is
to be landed on the coast. If a spot to the
south of Varna be!7.seleeted as a starting

point, should tbe-urtny;,advance, every poun
of food for man and:'horse must necessarily
he sent from Odessa, for no supplies can be pro-
cured on the road, and a vast chain of detach-
ments must be kept up, to ensure a safe convoy
to the main body. We will, however, suppose
that every difficulty is surmounted, and that the
army, according to the calculations of the Russian
General (to whose publication I have had oc-
casion to allude), is actually encamped before
the capital, after leaving a sufficient force to be-
siege, or (to use a military term) observe Adria-
nople. Every one conversant with history well
knows that when the Turks besieged Constan-
tinople, they were in quiet possession not only
of Adrianople, and the neighbouring towns, but
of the whole country, on both sides the Bos-
phorus ; that the city contained no more than
100,000 inhabitants, divided into the two con-
tending factions of Greeks and Genoese. Con-
sttntinople and the suburbs now contain more
than 500,000 Mahometans, literally " Defenders
of the Faith." Every preparation has been
made, and is making, to sustain a siege ; myriads
of Asiatics will be continually pouring in to join
the garrison, or rather levee en masse, that
will crawl round the standard of the Prophet,
and in this state of things, should an investment
be attempted, and not succeed, no event in
modern warfare (except the retreat of the French
from Moscow) has equalled the appalling con-
sequences that will then arise from such an ad-
venturous crusade. In short, the success of the
approaching campaign is even Mint dubious
than that of the last. The invaders will meet
with the same obstacles, both natural and arti-
ficial—the same mountains, the same rivers, the
same marshes, the same climate, whilst their ene-
mies are still the same fearless fanatics as before.
Europe is only to hope that some effective me-
diation may put a stop to these horrors, and that
circumstances, though at present unforeseen, may
bring about that grand desideratum so pointedly
expressed in the words of a well-known civic
toast, " a speedy peace and soon."
P.S. I have still a few remarks to communi-
cate, which I shall add by way of postscript to
my long and warlike epistle. I have, as yet, said
nothing relative to the probable operations of
General Paskewitz ; for circumstances have re-
cently occurred which, in the opinion of some,
are like;3, to limit the exploits of this enterprising
commander to a very circumscribed sphere of
action. I allucl.e to the melancholy catastrophe
at Teheran, which L'i.ae stung Russia to the quick,
and roused the feelings 9f the nation from the
Caspian to the Polar Sea. No misconduct on
the part of the Ambassador, or suite, could
have justified such a horrible outrage. Every
concession, it is true, has been made by the Per-
sian Government, whilst the Russian Authori-
ties have nobly come forward and acknowledged
that the sad tragedy originated with themselves ;
but blood has been shed, and the dignity of the
Emperor insulted, by the murder of his repre-
sentative. The two countries are now in the
situation of two individuals who are mortal
enemies, but who, for the present, are obliged
to keep up the appearance of friendship. The
spark has been kindled, and though the flame
may be smothered for the moment, it will one
day burst out, and that probably ere long. Our
St. Petersburgh politicians pretend to say that
the Persians are ashamed of the disgraceful
peaez, they have so recently made, and that, fired
by the successful resistance the Turks are now
opposing to the strides of their gigantic foe, are
anxious to renew hostilities, and try their strength
once more, in conjunction with their Mahomedan
brethren.

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