The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-26 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1841.
1. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway,—Committee on
Petition, March 11.
2. Newcastle upon-Tyr; Improvement,—Com. on Pet., March 11.
3. Cambuslang and Muitkirk Roads and Bridges,—Committee on
Petition, postponed from March 4 till March 5.
4. Scrabster Harbour,--Committee on Petition, postponed from
March 2 till March 4.
5. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway,—Second Reading,
March 1.
6. Exmouth Market,—Second Re: ding, March 11
7. Wigan Small Debts.—,Second Reading, March 1.
S. Durham and Sunderland Railway,—Second Reading, March 1.
9. Marsh Gibbon Inclosure,—Committee on Petition, March 9.
10. Atherstone Small Debts,— Committee on Petition, March 9.
11. Birkenhead Gas and Waterworks,—Second Reading, March 1.
12. Birkenhead Church,—Second Reading, March 1.
13. Barnstaple Road,—Second Reading, March 1.
14. Wells (Somerset) Road,—Second Reading, March 1.
15. Chelsea Poor,—Second Reading, March 1.

MEHEMET ALI AND THE FOUR

POWERS.

The Augsburg Gazette publishes a memorandum of the
London Conference, addressed to Chekib Effendi, and dated
London, 30th January, 1841 :
" The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of Austria; Great Bri-
tain, Prussia, and Russia, have maturely considered the des-
patch of Reschid Pacha, dated December the 6th, from Con.
stantinople, and communicated by Chekib Pacha to Lord
Palmerston and to the representatives of the other Powers,
having signed the Treaty of the 15th of July. This com-
munication states that his Highness the Sultan hesitates
to grant to Mehemet Ali the hereditary government of
the pachalick of Egypt. The undersigned, after devoting
their utmost attention to the circumstandes of the case,
have unanimously- determined to beg of Chekib Effendi
to communicate the following considerations to the Su-
blime Porte. They first deem it their duty to remark, that
at • the date of the above despatch of Reschid Pacha
the representatives of the Four Powers had not taken in com-
mon that step which was resolved on in London on the 15th of
October, and that at the latest news from Constantinople of
December 27, the envoys in that city had not felt obliged to
lay before-his Highness the Sultan the resolutions of the Powers.
But the views of the Allied Courts have not varied. Sepa-
rated by considerable distance, and not deeming it necessary
to come to a new understanding, they had forwarded commu-
nications to their envoys in Constantinople, which bore all the
character of being their unanimous opinion. The Govern-
ment of her Britannic Majesty addressed, under date of De-
cember 17, instructions to their representative in Constantino-
ple, confirming the resolution of the 15th of October. The
Court of Vienna wrote in the same spirit to its internuncio on
the 29th of December. The Court of Berlin adhered -to
the same, and the Russian Cabinet wrote in the same spirit on
the 23d of December. The undersigned, therefore, permit
themselves to hope, that the counsels that must have been given
by the four representatives in this sense may have had amarked
influence on the views, and removed the uncertainty, which
Reschid Pacha describes as prevailing in the sentiments of the
Sublime Porte, In order, however, to remove this uncertainty
'altogether, the Four Powers deem it best to lose no tima, and
not await any further communications from Constantinople,
and to express fully the views of their respective Courts, as had
been already communicated by word of mouth. Their view is
to invite the Sultan to employ mildness and magnanimity, and
not only to recall the act of Mehemet's deposition, but promise
him that his descendants in direct line shall be named to the post
of Pacha of Egypt, as often, as the death of the Pacha leaves
a vacancy. In asking the Porte to show this favour to Mehe-
met, the Four Powers do not put forth any new idea, but
merely repeat the views—entertained by the Sultan himself at
'the commencement of the Eastern crisis—views which served
as the basis for the Convention of the 15th of July. In giving
this counsel, the Four PoWers are persuaded that they recom-
mend nothing contrary to the sovereignty or lawful authority
of the Sultan, or what. would impede the duties which the
Pacha ought to fulfil as a subject cf the Sultan, called by him to
govern a province of the Ottoman empire. This is not only estab-
lished by the 3d, sth, and 6th articles of the Act separately attach-
ed to the Convention of July 15, but also by the instruction address-
ed by the Four Powers to their envoys. By paragraph sth of the
above Act, it was established that all conventions or laws then
in force, or to be in force throughout the empire, should be in
force in the pachalic of Egypt, as well as in other provinces.
This condition, which the Four Courts consider indispensably
necessary, creates, in their eyes, the fastest bond to tie Egypt
to Turkey and the Ottoman empire. Paragraph 6,establishes,
that the sea and land force of Egypt must be fully available
for the service of the empire. Lastly, it was established in the
conclusions of the 15th of October, in London, and the instruc-
tions of the 14th of November, flowing from them, that if Me-
' hemet Ali or his successor should break through the condition
on which the hereditary Government of Egypt was confided to
him, his title m;ght be revoked.
" The undersigned believe that the full accomplishment of
these conditions must meet the wishes of the Sultan, as
well as of the Four Courts, and attain the great aim of
pacification meditated by- the Convention of July 15. The
Sultan was henceforth certain of the ;obedience of his Pacha ;
the population of the province was secured against the mis-
government of the last years, and Mehemet Ali and his
family had their future position guaranteed without breaking
through his dependence on the Porte.

" ESTERHAZY.
" BULOW.
" PALMERSTON.
" BRUNOW.
" London, Jan. 30, 1841."

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COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—A new farce
was brought forward last night, at this house, under the,
name of The Captain of
ceau of action; a compact adVenture of cross-purposes;
a chapter from the autsbiography c f a gallant of the Gil
Bias or Bachelorkef Salamanca school. The scene is in
the Watch. It is a lively !tor-
Brussels, somewhere, it may be said, in the sieelc de Louis
Quatorze. The incidents are well devised for the ends a
farce, and are put together in the piece with considerable
dramatic skill. The parts were all well sustained, but
Mr. C. Mathews was particularly happy in
personating
the accompshed and mendacious Captain. The house,
which was exceedingly we!l attended, appeared to relish
the novelty very highly, and (although there were some
dissentients) it was announced fcr rape ition with consi-
derable applause.
POPULAR MOVEMENT—IRISH MEETINGS.
—The high counties are in malor. Roi•common met to-
day. The county of Waterford assembles on the 28th
instant. Wexford and several c aer .couniies are prepar-
iPg. All through Ireland—in ( very part of the four pro-
vinces, and especially in the North, the towns and parishes
either have met, or are about to assemble, to petition in
support of the Reform Bill of Lord Morpcth and agsiiist
the disfranchisement scheme of Lord Stanley.—Dublin
Evening Post.
THE TWEED,—Tho salmon. fishing in Tweed
commenced on Monday we, k. Some of the more exte-
rienced fishermen consider that there arc symptoms of a
good season ; but the fishirg in the other Scottish rivers,
which commenced a fortnight since,
has as yet been very
barren. —Ayr Observer.
The late fire at Wynyard, the seat of the Mar-
quis of Londonderry, was distinctly visible from the tur-
rets of Hylton Castle, near Monkwearmouth, a distance of
nearly twenty miles.
The Marquis of Northampton arrived in town,
yesterday afternoon, from a visit to Mr. C. and Lady Eli-
zabeth Dickens, at Stoke P.irk, Lear Chichester.
The Earl of Charleville left .Clinrleville Forest,
Tullsmole, on Friday last, ti,i• Dubiin, where the Noble
Earl inteuds to stay a few days, and thou come to town.

LONtON:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1841.

After the debate, which lasted till nearly three
o'clock this morning, but which both space and
time command us now to leave unnoticed, the
House of Commons, decided by 299 to 294, a
majority of 5, that Lord MORPETH'S Bill should
be read a second time. We congratulate the
Irish' and the • inhabitants of the whole em-
pire on the result. To exhibit the Legisla-
ture in determined hostility to one-third
of the people—to find it bent on exasperating
and provoking them by an unnecessary exercise
of tyranny—must have been fatal to the public
peace and the public prosperity. The Majority,
though small, has happily averted So great a
calamity, and time will be given to the public
and Ministers to profit by the imminent jeo-
pardy in which the national fortunes have been
placed.

We have much pleasure in directing attention
to the meeting of the Great Western Railway
Company, which took place yesterday. For the
first time the Directors had the satisfaction of
announcing a dividend. The Engineer's Report
stated that the works, which have been expedited
in an extraordinary degree, would be finished
early in June next, so that the public will enjoy
the advantage of travelling into Wales, three
months hence, in six hours after leaving London !
Welch mutton will then be as common as apple-
dumplings, and almost as cheap. Success, then,
to the Great Western Railway, going a-head at
the ordinary pace of forty miles an hour !

The Tories complain of the menaces of their
opponents ; they are therefore affected by them.
Insensible to justice, alien from honesty, they
are still susceptible of fear, and those who struck
that chord are well acquainted with the base
nature of the Tories. They will not allow the
people an equal voice; they monopolize the re-
presentation; they idolize, property; they essay
to fix more :firmly the .iron hoof of oppression
on the necks of the multitude; and when they
are warned of the terrible danger, they shrink
back alarmed, and cry out like blubbering, well-
licked boys, that they have not fair play. These
are the boasting, proud gentlemen of England.
Let them do justice, abstain from oppression,
and no man will threaten them, and they will
have nothing to fear..
When they and their public helps in the press
talk of menaces, we must remind them of their
total want of generosity. Never have they granted
anythingbut to fear. As Mr. SHIEL proved to them,
in 1782, and in 1829 they gave up to threats what
they had pertinaCiously denied to •justice. No
pqople in Europe have been so mercilessly treat(A.
in. all their domestic relations as the Catholic
Irish. No other people of Europe would, we be-
lieve, have , so long submitted to the treat-
ment they have received..' At least, we are
sure that .no Protestant population, from the
Gulph of Finland to the Mediterranean, would
have evinced one tithe of their patience under
their unmerited. oppresSion. In fact, they have
been so patient that they have taught their op-
preSsors to despise as, well as despoil them, and
they can only regain their place amongSt
civilised nations, by demonstrating to the
cowardly Tories and fierce' Orangemen, that
they will no longer be insulted and oppressed by
them. If menaces in tine make the Tories
aware of what they are likely ultimately to en-
counter, and make them stand. back, they will
be most beneficial.

We have no' love for the Romish priesthood,
and it does not add to our respect, however much
it may recommend them to the Tories, that they
and their creed have been instrumental in mak-
ing the Irish such passive slaves. But what
is the remedy which enlightened statesmen
should apply ? Political oppression ? No ; that
will only make the Irish more and more subser-
vient to the artful system of Rome; political
privileges, giving them the ength and intelli-
genc,e of freedom, and so enabling them to throw
off the thraldom of priestcraft—such noble
freedom, however, cannot be given by the Tories.
The stream cannot . rise higher than its source,
and the poor slaves of Puseyism and Church-of-
Englandism• can never extinguish priestcraft or
liberate the Irish from the, chains of Roman-
ism All these isms belong to one family ;
they are all a crop' of the same weed: and
flourish together, stifling useful plants. Roman-
ism will soon die out in Ireland, when the kin-

dred isms of England arc ploughed up, and al-
lowed to wither and rot.

Madrid Journals of the 18th instant have cotne
to hand :

By a decree of the Bth, the Regency had appointed M. An-
tonio Gonzales, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary of Spain. in London.
The Five per Cents. were done on the 18th at 28 1-32 for
cash, and at .2n at 60 days.
M. Antonio Gonzales arrived in Paris on Tuesday, and was
to leave for London on Wednesday evening.

The French journals of Wednesday have all
reached us. The Constitutionnel, the , Courrier
Francais, and the Commerce have all articles on
the financial embarrassments of the French Go-
vernment. On the first of March there will not
be more than sixty millions of francs (30,0001.) in,
the Treasury—a sum inadequate to 'defray the
ordinary expenses of the Administration. " The
Minister of Finance," says the Courrier Fran-
cais, " has not been able to issue Treasury bills
except for the small sum of • thirty-nine millions
of francs, and that at an interest of three-and-a-
half percent. for,-six months, and four per cent.
at a year. Two years ago -the Treasury could ;;et
plenty of money at two per cent., and now indi-
vidualS can borrow as much as they want at the
same rate. The credit of the. State' is infinitely
worse than that of individualS." ,What a com-
ment this upon the war policy ! Here isanother
of M. TIIIERS' bitter legacies to France !
A Correspondent of the Constitutionnel states,
that the Kin; of PRUSSIA sent Baron.BnocK-
IIAUSEN to Paris, to make a list effm:t to induce
the King of the FRENCH to discontinue the ar-
maments. - The Baron-was well received at the
Tuileries by M. GUIZOT. •
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Count B-RESSODE has returned. to Paris from
Berlin, to be present at the debate in the Peers
on the Fortifications Bill. The Chamber of Peers
on Monday granted a further respite of ten days
to the Editor of the National, whose appearance
was prevented by extreme ill health.
TRIESTE, FEES 1(.-Letters from Athens say that the
counts respecting the finanCi's cf the kamdom continue to be
favourable. It is said that there are above three millions
of drachmas in the'Treasury, and a short time ago a million
francs was remitted to France in iryrnent of the interest of
the loan.