The Sun. — 1825-01-31 (London, England)

BRITISH PRESS.]  We have given from the French Papers the latest intelligence respecting the Greeks which we believe to be authentic. The Eloile considers it to be quite confirmed that the Egyptian fleet, after its defeat off Candia, was again beaten at Spino Longa, with the loss of several vessels more. There is an idle story in the Etoile, representing the Greeks to be divided into three factions— Maurocordato for England, Varvaki for Russia, and Colocotroni for the Turks ! According to more credible accounts in the same paper, it appears that the Insurgent military chiefs have been completely defeated, and that Colocotroni has offered his submission. His allusion to his former services, and the death of his two sons in the revolt, is deeply affecting, and may, we hope, on certain conditions for his future good conduct, atone for his offences. The Austrians are endeavouring to pick a quarrel with the Greeks, but after this manifestation of the firmness and solidity of the Greek Government, we may expect that its enemies will treat it with some respect. The revolt of Coloctroni, so easily and speedily subdued, has proved that Greece has nothing to fear front intestine discord, and as to the next campaign of the Sultan, if there should be one, they who, disorganised, divided, and without resources, have frustrated four attempts to subdue them, have nothing to dread from the fifth attack of a declining Power, which they have so often defeated in the fulness of its strength.— On the 11th December M. Minziacky had a conference with the Reis Effendi ; it was long and very friendly. On the 15th he announced to the Diplomatic Body at Constantinople that he had entered on his functions, and he has paid the customary visits.  By the Lisbon Papers we received yesterday we observe that the King of Portugal manifests a sensitiveness, with respect to the press, which gives us but an unfavourable augury of the political course he intends to follow towards his people. His Most Faithful Majesty, by one order, withdraws his patronage from a Periodical, because its author had not followed the principles his Majesty approved. We can conceive no degradation of the royal authority greater than this paltry intermedding with these ephemeral productions. Cromwell, when urged to suppress some daring libels on his Government, snid wisely, that he cared not for paper shot. It would be well for other Rulers, we think, if they could feel or would affect a similar contempt of the pamphlets of the day. A Government has the strongest interest to know what is the state of public opinion as to its proceedings. How can it arrive at this knowledge if no voice is to be uttered but that of praise ? 'We hear nothing for+ ther regarding the Constitutional Charter which John VI. promised to grant his subjects. lie should he advised to strengthen his throne, by supporting it with the affection of his people, instead of issuing royal Decrees for the regulatieu of the periodical press.—(/bid.)  [MORNING cnaolkucLE.] We perused with much surprise the leading article of The Times of Saturday last. It is stated, " We have received assurances respecting the India Company, that they have long been mimicking their betters, and, like the Government, been retaining in their own , hands, or more probably in those of their clerks and understrappers, the prize money due to number.; of brave men, who have devoted their lives to secure, enrich, and extend the dominions of that same Company. We hope it is not true," —What does this mean ? In the first place, the writer is assured that the East India Company have been plundering the brave men who have fought their battles, and crowned them with conquest;—Secondly, he hopes his correspondent has told him a falsehood ; and then without further data, he proceeds to argue upon it as truth, and to lay charges of the most serious nature, even to the charge of suicide, at the door of the Directors ! We really think it would better become the writer, to have made himself a little acquainted with the few facts connected with the Deccan Prize Question, before lie save to the complainants of his disappointed half-pay correspondents, the importance of a lesiding article. The simple facts are these :_The East India Company have no more to do with the Deccan prize, than the Editor of The Times. The whole of the property captured by the Deccan army was by right, at the disposal 9f the Crown. The Crown appointed its own Trustees, and completely excluded, th Company from any participation. the e discussion which occupied so much time before the Lords of the Treasury, upon the respective claims of Lord Hastings and Sir Thomas Hislop, was, we supposed, freshin every one's recollection. Since that period the question as to what property should be considered Prize (for the prize.proper was very inconsiderable), has occupied the tion of the same authorities, and we understand it was only in the course of last week that the decision on this point was wade known to the  East India Company, who will doubtless be gratified to find that these brave men whom they are accused of plunderinz, are about to receive the reward of their brilliant achievements.