The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-23 00:00:00

TnE sitN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23. 1940.

.he Government will not be prevented from doing

its duty to the nation by these clamours of A fIIOL

tion reckless of everything but place. While Minis-
ters have been careful to avoid the precipitating a

contest with other Powers, it cannot be denied—

with the single exception of the Vixen affair—that
they have rigorously exacted all the regard to Bri,
tish honour and interests to which in justice this
great empire was entitled, either by her position or
by treaties. And if Lord PALMERSTON did for
a moment lose sight of British interests and the
honour of the British flag in the Black Sea, it
ought in justice to be remembered that his Lord-
ship nobly revenged himself and the British nation
upon the Autocrat in Central Asia. We need
only point to the Affghanistan Correspondence
laid before Parliament, and long since
published in
the columns of this Journal, in proof of this state-
ment. The humiliation of Russia is there proved
to be much more complete—much more definite,
besides being officially avowed, than the previous
momentary indication of weakness on the part of
England. Indeed it is rather remarkable, that
since the publication of that Correspondence, the
St. Petersburg Gazette, and the organs of Russia
in Germany, have not published a syllable about

an affair of which they previously boasted so re-
peatedly—the seizure of the Vixen. Probably the
Imperial Cabinet was given to understand that as the
repetition of the seizure would not be tolerated
either on the ground of right or precedent, it might
be the better plan to say no more about it. At
all events, we believe that cargoes not only of Bri-
tish salt, but of British muskets, have been since
repeatedly landed on the Circassian coast ; and in
every instance the Russian blockade was strangely
enough found to be no insurmountable obstacle to
such traffic.

With respect to our quarrel with Naples, the
Tories have discovered that it might easily have been
prevented, had the Government remonstrated soon
enough. We need hardly observe that it is not
usual among civilized nations for one Government
to act with the promptitude of a highwayman, by
clapping a pistol to the head of another, when it
is deemed requisite to demand a concession or to
enforce a right. The treaty with Naples was se-
cretly violated by the KING, in 1838 ; some time
elapsed before Great Britain was permitted to know
anything about it ; and when she did know it, a
moral necessity existed for ascertaining whether the
KING would persist in defiance of the rights of
British merchants, in securing to France the whole
sulphur traffic. The KING, too, constantly mani-
fested symptoms of yielding. When pressed for a
decision, his practice was to solicit delay—even a
week was sorght as a respite, when a longer time
would not be granted. Under these circumstances,
the Government did what every individual, capable
of forming an opinion upon such a subject, must
admit to have been proper and dignified. The
King of NAPLES was not taken by surprise—'
England did not invade his territory like a thief in
the night, and thus afford all Europe a theme
for commiserating his helplessness. Had our
Government taken such a course, the Tories would
have been the first to denounce such a system of
warfare as worthy of the sneaking, cowardly policy
of the Whigs. On the contrary, the King of NA-
PLES had fair warning given him, so that
he might carry his complaints, if he fancied him-
self aggrieved, to all the Courts in Europe. The
Government, strong in its right, and in its deter-
mination to uphold it, wisely manifested no wrath-
ful impatience. And what does it propose to do
now ? Make reprisals. And what do the Tories
propose that ought to have been done sooner to
prevent was.? Why, the very same thing—make
repriSals!' And these be thy guides, • 0
Istael I"

For the threatened, and, by the Tories, assumed
war with the United States, the present Govern-
ment is not responsible. If the boundary line
could not be adjusted without a quarrel half a cen-
tury ago, it is sheer stupidity to suppose that it
-might be easily fixed now, when a teeming popula-
tion on both sides has greatly increased the compa-
rative value of every acre of the territory in dispute.
The Times says that it was the duty of the Go-
vernment to have enforced the arbitration of the
King of HOLLAND. We will so far concede this
point as to overlook all the previous arguments of
the Times against this arbitration. We will forget
that the Times hesitated not to denounce his
Dutch MAJESTY as one of the greatest ninnies in
Europe for supposing that any British Government
would abide by his ridiculous arbitration. But
then comes the question, How was the arbitration
of the King of HOLLAND to be enforced ? We
must have gone to war, and in the then state of
the Canadas a war would have cost us the loss of
the whole of our territory in North America. In-
stead of being dissatisfied with the Government,
the nation has every right to feel grateful to the
Ministry for having postponed this contest till
the appearance of a time when the British people
are better prepared to meet it, should it unfortu-
nately become inevitable. A thousand reasons
must present themselves, even to the least reflect-
ing, why a war with the United States is to
be avoided by every honourable means possible.
With all their waywardness the Americans are
bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh, and par-
take of the infirmities derivable from our national
pride, and indomitable associations on the subject
of war. Brother Jonathan reasons in earnest, as
THEMISTOCLES laughingly did when he under-
took to prove that his infant son governed Greece.
Jonathan maintains that the Britishers beat the
world, and that he has only to beat the Britishers
to establish the reputation of a universal con-
queror. Ridiculous as this notion may appear, it
is unquestionably entertained by a large party in
the United States, and is in a great measure to he
traced to the contemptuous tone in which the Tory
party here have indulged when speaking . and
writing of the people of North ,America. To-
wards such a people, connected as they are with us
by so many ties, it is always prudent 'and wise ir, a
Government to exercise indulgence,. by making
large allowances for errors
originating in the mis-
direction of generous impulses.
We have treated, and shall continue to treat, the
Chinese question on a distinct footing from any
other objected to in the policy
simply
It is not like the Neapolitan question—a question
tion of the Government.
_aofquceosmtimmeircpeu;
Boundary question--a question of good faith, geo-
graphical accuracy, and expediency ;
mixed question of commerce and politics, in which
the latter greatly preponderate. It involves not
simply the profits of a trade amounting to some
three millions sterling, but the very existence of
Great Britain as the sovereign of one hundred
millions of Asiatic subjects.
Except, then, the single affair of the Vixen, and
the
now almost forgotten contest in Spain, we en-
tirely approve of the whole of the foreign policy of
Lord PALNIERsToN—and for the seizure of the
Vixen Lord PALSIERSTON is not more responsible
than the Earl of DURHAM, then British Ambas-
sador at St. Petersburgh. If the Noble Earl has
not lived to express a different opinion from what he
then entertained, he has at least lived to feel, as we
then prophesied he would, the deplorable error of
weighing the commercial rights of Great Britain
in a balance supplied by the Autocrat of all the
RUSSIAS.

The Parisduly
Papers of Tuesday hare been
received. The following telegraphic despatch, from

the Moniteur, confirms the news publishefl
night in our Second Edition, obligingly communi-
cated by the -illaining Post

THE SUB-PREFECT OF BAYONNE To TINE MINISTER OF THE

INTERIOR.

AYONNE, APRIL 20.
The fort of Aliaga fell inta the ,hands of the Queen's
troops on the 15th instant, after a vigorous re4E'tane?..,.
The Constitutionnel, the organ of M. THIER§,
has the lollOii;ing official paragraph relative to the
settlement of the Sulphur Question :
News of the highest importance was ciretilat,a in Paris
on I,londay evening. It was received from London. 'Tht
French Cabinet, appreciating the gravity of the conflict
between the Courts of London and Naples, offered its me
diction, which was immediately accepted by England.
France, by this act of confidence on the part of her ally,
is constituted mediatrix and arbitratrix in the grave dif-
ference which has arisen between the two Governments.
At her reque,t, England consents to suspend hostilities the
moment the negotiations shall have commenced, and whilst
they may be pending. A steamer has left Toulon to con-
vey this important intelligence to the Court of Naples, and
uff.'r it the mediation of France.

The annexed additional intelligence is from the
Commerce of Tuesday :
A letter from Milan, of April 15, informs us that " It
is affirmed that the Cabinet of Vienna has sent, in answer
to the despatch of the Neapolitan Government, a note,
containing the advice, which is rather in the form of an is
junction, to yield immediately to the demands of England,
and to restore the Prince of Cassaro to his office. Mean-
time, as it is not certain that Naples will follow this advice,
Austria is preparing to be in readiness for whatever may
occur ; accordingly, it is reported that the Austrian army
in Italy is going to be reinforced by some regiments."
Letters from Venice of the 12th say that Count Spam-,
Governor of the Venetian provinces, has just published a
decree for a levy of sailors on the coasts of the Adriatic.
Transports were preparing at Trieste and Venice. The
Ccsarea corvette, vthich has just arrived at Trieste from
the Pircus, has received orders to repair to Venice. It is
said that troops will be embarked for Ancona at the
first symptoms of revolutionary movements in the south cl
Italy. Thus Austria will profit by the fault of the
French Government, which abandoned that important
position.
Cou t ifartig, Governor of Lombardy, has lately set
out for Paris. some pretend that this journey, under the
present circumstances, has a political object; but otters
say that it is merely to accompany his son, who is going to
serve his apprenticeship with the Austrian Legation at
Loncl:m. Count Hartig has arrived at Paris.
1301 j E.—YaltlS, TUESDAY, APRIL 21.

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4 per Cents 104 75 475 ... 104 75 ... le4 75
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RAILWAY SHARES.

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,r4sutirg to Bale

Brussels and German Papers have been received
his morning. The following are extracts hoin

new :

BRUSbELS, APRIL I9.—The Moniteur of this morning
contains in its oflleia.l part, the Royal Ordinance appoint-
ing the new Ministry. They are—
M. Lcbeau Foreign Affairs.
M. Lee!el-al Justice.
M. Churls Liedts The Interior.
M. C. Rogier Public Works.
General Liuzen War.
M. Mercier Finance.

The Administration of the Marine is separated from the
department of Public Works, and transferred to the depart.
ment of Foreign Affairs.
Every thing concerning the Militia and the Civic
Guard is transferred from the department of the Public
Works to that of the Interior.

Every thing concerning public instruction, literature,
and the sciences, and the arts, is transferred from the de-
partment of the Interior to that of Public Works.
We see that the departments of the Interior and of
Foreign Affairs are divided, as the Chamber desired.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 21.—His Majesty has given audience
to the new Ministers to take their oaths.

M. Dumon-Dumortier and Mr. Smits, Director of the
Bank of Belgium, have had audiences of the King.
We do not know when the marriage of the Dake of
Nemours will take place; but the day must be near at
hand, for it seems certain that the Duke of Saxe Coburg,
and the Princess his daughter, will leave Brussels on
Wednesday or Thursday for Paris ; and the King, as we
are informed, will set out on the same day to be present
at the marriage.
(From the Leipsic Allgenteine Zeitung )
WARSAW, APRIL B.—After the fetes given in honour of
the young Grand Duke, a report is suddenly spread of the
failure of the expedition to Khiva, and of the total break-
Mg up of Perowaky's camp ; it is true that in the foreign
ipurnals received here most of the particulars are effaced
or cut ont aensual,'Wy,the4ell known black salvo or the
scissors of the censor ; but travellers have made us ac-
quainted with the fatal event which, in one respect, affects
Poland also, because many of its sons were doubtless
obliged to serve in the destroyed army.
A family named Psareki, which but lately returned to
Warsaw, is said suddenly to have disappeared in toe niLf ht,
without any trace to indicate whether it has met with s Ant:
accident, or has suddenly left that country.
BADEN, APRIL s.—The Poles resident here have re-
ceived their passports, with directions to depart within taco
days. It is probable that there are other grounds than the
expected arrival of the Russian Prince, for he has been at
Warsaw.

The Madrid Journals of the 14th have reached
us. The President of the Council had written to
ESPARTERO to obtain his advice about the ap-
pointment of a War Minister. This act of cour-
tesy put the Generai in the best humour, but he
declined to interfere with the constitutional exercise
of the Royal prerogative. The good understand-
ing between ESPARTERO and the President of
the Council produced an improvement in the
Funds. The Five per Cents. were sold on the 14th
at 29 for cash.

The debate on the Rentes Conversion Bill occu-
pied the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday. It
was violently opposed by the Court party, by whom
it was denounced as flagitiously immoral. This is
the first time we ever heard that it was immoral in
a nation to pay its just debts. But the truth is,
the courtiers want to compel the State to continue
to pay an exorbitant rate of interest for money
which it does not want. By means of the Rentes,
France is taxed annually several millions of francs
for the exclusive benefit of the Shopocracy and the
200,000 electors who support the throne of Louts
PHILIPPE.

Advices from Tangier of the Bth instant, state that
the French squadron was expected on the coast. Ad-
miral Rosamel has sailed from Toulon for that destination.
The Admiral, it was said, was instructed to demand of the
Emperor of Morocco a categorical explanation of his re.•
lations with Abd-el-Kader, to insist on his ceasing all in-
tercourse with the Emir, and, in case the Emperor de-
clined acceding to this injunction, or returned an evasive
a❑swer, to take possessicn of Tangier. This ultimatum
was said to have been forwarded to the Emperor by the
Consul of
_France, who had not yet received a reply.
All commercial intercourse with the interior was sus-
pended, in consequence of the apprehensions entertained
by the European residents. The merchants of Sake,
Mogadere, and Tetuan thought that the appearance of Ad-
miral Rosamel's squadron would relieve them from them.
insecurity.

Extraet of a letter from Algiers, 11th inst.:—" The
army has received orders to hold itself ready to march on
the 15th. It will assemble at Blidah and the environs.
Medeah and Miliana will be its first objects. Already
measures have been taken for the occupation of the first of
these towns, and that both may be provisioned from Cher
chell, to which place supplies are daily being sent. After
Medeah and Miliana are in our hands, the troops will pro-
ceed to attack Tekedempta. The campaign is expected to
last two months. The Arabs have not for a long time
shown themselves within view of our camps. They are no
doubt concentrating all their forces at the points we have
to pass by."
" We understand," says the Courrier de Bordeaux
" that the steamers proposed for the line from Bordeaux
to Mexico will be of 500-horse power each; that there
will be four of them, and a fifth vessel of smaller power.
They will all be so built as to admit of being strongly
armed, and serving as vessels of war if there be med."
" The French Government," says the Univers, " in
testimony of its satisfaction at the brilliant reception given
by the Governor of Erzerounn, Hafiz Pacha, to the Count
de Sercey, has sent him models of all the most perfect
pieces of artillery of every calibre now in use in the
French army. The intrinsic value of this present is lx-
tween 50,000 and 60,000 francs, but it will be the more
flattering to the Pacha and the Turkish Government, as
it is very rarely granted. The King, it is said, has added
some private presents."

It is understood that the Postage Stamps are to come
Into use on the 6th of May throughout the who?e
dom. The issue of them will begin in London and be
gradually extended everywhere.

STRATHFIELDSAYE, TUESDAY.—Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accomfarlied .the
Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, arrived last even-
ing in time for dinner, from town, attended by Baron Kne,e-
, beck. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge came alto,
having travell Iby the railroad. His Excellency Baron Bru-
nets, and Count Nesselrode arrived yesterday from the me, re-
polis. His Excellency Baron Nieuman has also joined the
circle. The dinner party last evening consisted of their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and
Princess Augusta, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Douro, his Excellent} Baron Nieuman, Hon. and
Rev. Gerald Wellesley, Count Nesselrode, Earl and Countess
of Wilton. his Excellency Baron Brunow, Viscount and VL-
countess Mahon, anti Baron Knesebeck.
The Marchioness of Anglesey and Lady Ade-
laide Paget are staying at Foctscray, on a visit to Viscount and
Viscountess Sydney.
Priiice Lieveri takes his departure the wect:
text for St. Petersburg.

;,,lON EY and COifl RCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK.
oriL L , , "•,TTON MARKET W
IVERP L EDNESDAY,—The FAICS
of this day are bars, principally on speculation.
Prices as yesterday.

The arriVala this morning are French and Ostend mails,
end ship letters from Demerara, Monte Video, and Africa;
frwn new York, by the Oxford, Calcutta, and Simpson,
arrived at Liverpool, from Singapore. Old dates.
The weather has been unusually severe in the Western
Islands. Such a succession of gales has not been known in
the memory of the oldest inhabitants. At St. Michael's
sc,ernl houses, amongst them the Custom House, were
•w( pt aWa"; the damage is estimated M 400,000 dollars.
Terceira suffered considerably ; earth We l+. on board a
schooner 15 mile; to the leeward of Pisa.
NEW 13RuNswIcK.—Liird John Russell's Despatch on
the 29th February.—The following resolution was brought
up from the Committee of the whole House :
' " Resolved—lt is the opinion of this Committee, that
there is nothing in the despatch of the Right Hon. Lord
John Russell, now under consideration, to call forth an
expression from the House on the subject of Colonial
Government, and that in the event of any occurrence
taking place to disturb the present happy political state of
the province, the House cannot but entertain the opinion
that any legal and doubtful representations which they may
haNe occasion to lay at the toot of the Throns, will re-
ceive, 33 they have always done, the royal consideration.

We have received the Dutch mail of the 22d April.
bringing the Dutch prices Df the 21st, from Amsterdam,
Two and a Half per Cents., 52 9-16 to 521; Five per
Cents., 99 5-16 ; Ardoia'a SpaniAL: 25 15-16 to 25k.
The above Papers do net contain any poli:ical intelligeneee
of consequence.
We have received the Journal of Conomrcg of Antwerp
of yesterday's date.
Accounts from Germany state that the Easter fairs are
going off very advantageously for all classes of comnieice.
AMSTERDAM, APRIL 20.—Fur some time past a great
deal has been said of the refusal of Nattebohm and
Brothers, of Amsterdam, to accept different bills drawn
upon them to the amount of 257,378,62 florin; by the
House of Abraham Meyer and Co. of Batavia, for the
cargo of the ship Jefferson, Captain Mason, which sailed
from Batavia to New York. These bills were payable at
Amsterdam, and were protested, owing to their not being
accepted in the months of November and December last;
hut we now learn, for certain, that the house of Nottebohm
had, a few days since, accepted a part of them, to the
amount of 192,068,36 florins, and that the remaining part
63,310,26, was also accepted for account of the house of
Abraham Meyer and Co. of Batavia, by M. M. Joan,
03Y, and Sons, of Rotterdam.
Yesterday the news of the differences between England
and America, on the subject of the Maine boundary, and
the fear of a war taking place, had an influence °a our na-
tional funds, caused by several large sales, and the prices
were lower to-day. Some business was done in the Inte-
grals, which maintained the prices of yesterday.
Ardoin's, which was in demand yesterday, is not so
good to-day.
‘Ve are assured that M. de Ballet, who we announced
arrived yesterday by the steamer, is the bearer of a treaty
of commerce concluded with the United States.
LIEGE, APRIL 17.—A1l along the road from Liege to
above Pepinster, the works of the contractors on the iron
road have been stepped by the landowners, owing to the
Government not paying them, as well as not ratifying their
cogageinents.

In the course of yesterday evening it was generally re-
ported in the City that the Maine question was on the
point of being settled between the two Governments, and
that ettr Ministers were to give two hundred thousand
pounds for the purchase of the land in dispute. Up to
the present hour we cannot confirm the above statement;
nor is there much credit given to it this morning.
We have this moment a report of an overland express
from India; the regular mail it cannot be, as it is not due
ill the tidi or 10:h of next month ; but a Government
steamer might have been despatched with some important
information—if so, in all probability, it will be known in
the course of the day.