The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-11 00:00:00

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LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1840.

By the arrival of the overland mail from India
we have received a mass of highly important news
from the Indus, Bombay, Singapore, Macao, Can-
ton, Alexandria, the coast of Syria, and Malta, of
which ample details are given in another part of
The Sun. The dates are from China to the 3d
' of July, Singapore to the 15th of August, Bom-
bay to the Ist of Oct , and Alexandria to the 20th
September. The news from China is very interest-
ing. On the 21st of Jane, the first division of the
British fleet, including eighteen transports with
troops, under the command of Sir JAMES GORDON
BREMER, arrived at Macao; and on the 22d, a
proclamation was issued that on the 28th the port
and river of Canton would be strictly blockaded.
On the 25th, the whole of the first division of
the fleet, excepting the ships Druid, Volage, Hy-
acinth, and Larne, and the steamer Madagascar,
appointed to enforce the blockade of Canton river
and port, bore away northward, for the purpose, as
was understood, of taking possession of the fine Is-
land of Chusan, which will place Pekin itself at
the mercy of the British fleet. On the 28th the
remainder of the squadron under Admiral ELLIOT
arrived at Macao, and immediately bore northward
after the first division, which had sailed three days
previously. The Island of Chusan is described as
bearing the same relation to the province of Che-
Ke-Ang that the Isle of Wight does to Hampshire.
It is larger than Singapore, and situated in a de-
lightful climate, thirty degrees north. Its chief
town, Ling-Hae is a place of considerable trade,
and from the numerous canals by which it is inter-
sected is said to resemble Venice. Of the whole
island the following description is given in the
Canton Register:—
" From its central position, and its vicinity to the richest
provinces and greatest emporiums of trade, from its being
near the pievinces which produce the great quantity of
tea and silver, the latter both raw and manufactured, and
from its being provided with fine harbours, it seems to be
particularly adapted to be :made the (great emporium of
foreign trade, and, in fact, if possession of it can be ob-
tained from the Chinese, we have no doubt that i► will
soon become more important than even Canton has ever
been, although it cannot be denied that the navigation to
it is considerably longer,: and; that during greater part of
the year the Formosa channel is a stormy and dangerous
navigation. In the favourable monsoon, that is, in the
summer months, a sloop sailing from Macao may rcach
Chusan in four or five days; during the northerly monsoon
the navigation will, of course, be much protracted,"
The seizure of Chusan,—and we do not
doubt that the Government has advised its occu-
pation,—will either bring the Emperor upon his
knees, or be followed by the capture of his capi.
tal. In the meantime, the Chinese have made a
third ineffectual attempt to burn the British fleet.
Parcels of tea were likewise poisoned for the
purpose of being sold to the unsuspecting sailors
but being seized by pirates they were re-disposed o,
to the Chinese themselves, several of whom died it
consequence of drinking the poisoned beverage
And thus,—

" Even•banded justice
Commends the ingredients of the poison'd chalico
To their own lips."

The Canton papers state that Commissioner
LIN is indisposed. Large rewards were offered
by him to any persons who would seize and destroy
any of the British blockading squadron. The Bri-
tish squadron, on the contrary, had issued proclama-
tions which were dispersed along the coast, stating
that England had no quarrel with the inhabitants
individually, and that no injury was intended to be
done to private property. Of these paper mani-
festos we find the following account in a private
letter from Bombay of the 30th of September,
ba the information contained in Canton
Paperssed f the 30th of June, in the hands of the
writer :
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A public notification has been issued at Canton by
Captain Elliot, Chief Superintendent, declaring tehee.
jcct of the expedition to be the undeceiving of th
peror (Rho has been misled by the false reports of a
and Sang), and the establishment of lasting peace and
honourable trade. It further states that the Queen of
England, " venerating the Emperor, and tenderly cherish-
ing the good and peaceful inhabitants of the land," has
commanded the pawn; and property of the latter

to be respected while offering no opposition to her Majes-
ty's arms. It invites them to bring supplies fearlessly to
the several stations of the British forces, promising kind
protection and just payment. h declares that no native
vessel will be allowed to pass in or out of the port of Can-
ton
till the British trade shall proceed without obstruction
at points to be indicated by the Commander-in•
Chief, and until further notice. Fishing craft,
however, are permitted to pass in and out of the port
in the daylight, and native trading vessels of
the outside cities and villages are allowed to pass to
and fro, and to resort for purposes of mutual ex-
change to the station of the British shipping. An edict
has also been promulgated at Canton, by the Chinese, en-
titled " Rate of Rewards for destroying the English," in
which the sums to be received for capturing men- of- war
and merchant vessels, for destroying and sinking the same,
for taking alive " foreign mandarins or officers," for killing
them, for seizing alive Englishmen or Parsecs, whether
soldiers or merchants, and for taking "those rascals" (outlaw
Chinese, who assist to supply the " barbarians,") arc set
forth with the most murderous perspicuity.

Thus, though up to the 3d of July, the date of
the latest accounts from China, but little was done
in the way of active hostilities, events indicated that
the next arrival would bring most important news
from the Celestial Empire.
The news from the Indus is, we regret to state,
by no means so satisfactory. The capture of
Khelat, the capital of Beloochistan, and the defeat
of Major CLIBBORNE, by the Murrees and Bcloo-
chees in the defile of Poolajee, when four officers
and 250 sepoys, of the British detachment, were
killed, will be read with painful interest. The
British authorities at Bombay had ordered a force
of 10,000 men to march upon Khelat, and re-
venge the insult offered to British arms.
All the accounts from Alexandria agree in
stating that MEHEMET ALI was resolved to brave
the worst rather than accept conditions from the
Four Powers, and that his fleet is now under daily
orders to proceed to sea. If this news prove cor-
rect the PACHA is lost beyond redemption. No-
thing can save him, as France has wisely resolved
not to go to war about Syria. The sceptre of his
power in Syria is now broken, and if he will go to
war with the Four Powers rather than accept Egypt
only, his destruction is inevitable, as under such
circumstances France must abandon him to his fate.
Still as we are most anxious that MEHEMET
ALI should continue in the administration of the
Government of Egypt, we trust that some efforts
will be made to save him from the consequences of
his mad obstinacy. Were it only for the modera-
tion he has shown since the first announcement of
the intended blockade of Alexandria, we should re-
gret the occurrence of any event which would com-
pel the Four Powers to enforce the sentence of
absolute deposition pronounced against the VICE-
ROY by his Hol►ness the SHEIK-AL-ISLAM.

Besides the ordinary French morning journals of
Monday, we have received by special express the
Menifeur Parisien, the Messagcr, and Gazelle (lc
France of Monday night.
The Ministerial evening organ has the annexed tele-
graphic despatch :

" Marseilles, Nov. 6.—Malta, Nor. 2.

" The Great Liverpool arrived this night from Alex.
andria, which it left on the 28th, with the India mail
and passengers.
" St. Jean d'Acre had not been attacked. The
Phaeton, which left the squ'adron of Rear-Admiral
Hugon sailing in the direction of Spezzia, quitted Malta
at noon, on the Ist, to go to Toulon."
The above despatch, adds the Moniteur, only arrived
this day (Monday), on account of the state of the
atmosphere.
The Marseilles mail of the 4th instant reached Paris
only on Monday evening. At Marseilles the greatest
storm within the memory of man took place on the 3d.
It was a perfect deluge, and all the streets became so
many rivers. All the lower part of the Hotel ci'Orient,
occupied by Queen Christina, was inundated, and seve-
ral serious accidents had taken place. Three Paris
mails were in arrear, as well as the mails from Lyons
and Avignon.
The news from Alexandria is of great importance.
The Pacha had determined to send out his fleet to sea.

Constantinople letters of the 18th state t'nat M.
Walewsky has no mission but to preach moderation to
the Paella. Russia is said to be intriguing to procure
the fall of Reschid Paella, the Minister for Foreign
Aff,„.irs. Lord Ponsonby urges the Porte, it is asserted,
to grant a special constitution to rule Syria.

Besides the French journals we have received
Madrid Papers of the 3d inst., with important news
from Spain, which will be found in another part of
The Sun.

PARIS, Nov. B.—The following extract of a letter from
Bavaria, is given by the German Frankfort Journal:—
" The sudden order for part of the men absent from
their regiments to rejoin them, has caused a great sensa-
tion. Every regiment will soon consist of 2,400 men, be-
sides the -reserve. In less than three weeks we may have
an array of 60;000 men on foot. The police lihve re-
ceived orders to inquire into the number of horses that may
be hnd."

The Augsburg Evening Journal announces that the
Cabinet of Vienna has obtained from the French Govern-
ment the formal promise that the detention of Charles V.
at Bourges shall soon cease, and that he shall soon be at
liberty to quit the French territory, and to go to Ger-
many. It is believed that Charles V. will fix his residence
at Salsbourg, where preparations were already begun to
receive him and his family.—La Gazette de France.
It is affirmed that the orders given to purchase, through
the merchants, the horses for the service of the army, have
been revoked. We bear that nearly half of the barracks
intended for the encampment of the troops, near Paris, are
finished, and that the whole will be completed by the end
of the month. All round these little camps there have
sprung up, as if by enchantment, coffee-houses, taverns,
eating-houses, &c. They are almost little towns.
The works in the fortifications have not been suspended,
as has been reported. Notwithstanding the bad weather,
they are proceeding at Neuilly, Clichy, La Villette, and
Belleville.—Le Constitutionnel.

The National was seized yesterday at the post-office and
at its own offices. The National announces that this
seizure was made by notice of an ordinance signed " Ba-
roche," at the instance of the King's Attorney-General,
denouncing an article headed " The Army under the Mi-
nisty of tho Ist of March." The National announces that
M. Marie, Batonnier of the Order of Advocates, has con-
sented to defend the National before the Jury. —Lc Corn.
coerce.

Sincerely hoping and believing that peace be-
tween France and England will not be disturbed, it
seems even now not too early to express some reflec-
tions which are forced on us by the yet living a
p-
prehension of war. At the end of twenty-five
years of mutual peace, the two nations have been
on the eve of bloodshed, for an object which is of
as little importance to either as a single ropeyarn
or a single charge of powder. If the mass of the
English have been comparatively calm, and have
neither wished for nor dreaded the threatened con-
test, a large portion of the French, perhaps the
hulk, have looked on England with the most angry
eyes, and have been eager to rush into war. Even
yet England continues her armaments, her allies
are said to be also arming, and the problem " how
France and Frenchmen may be kept in awe" seems
to have made little or no progress towards solution
since the time of HENRY VI. If we admit that
peace is for the welfare of society, this is equally
discreditable to the statesmen of both nations,
supposing them to have any higher object in view
than merely levying taxes, to the religion we
profess, and to the civilisation which is the boast
of the nineteenth century.

the rest of Europe
hasFcoornutipnwuaairlcyls
looked k
efiftyd
towards
}'ears,
France with appre.
hension ; and the present commotion in that hive
of restless and little occupied men, has evidently
revived much of the dread that has prevailed occa-
sionally for fifty years. There must be some rea-
son for this. Situated in the middle of Europe,
compact and united, her 36,000,000 of people
speaking one language, and obeying one head,
neither very manufacturing nor very commercial
with comparatively little desire to heap up wealth_
with no object of national ambition but extensive
empire and warlike glory—having very few colo-
nies and a small mercantile marine, and compara-
tively little or no means of providing for her ever-
increasing population, beyond the resources of her
own soil—their numbers, their union, and their
want of a means of swarming off, have made her,
and are likely to make her, a terror to Europe.
The manner in which land is divided in France, ,
amongst more than 3,000,000 small proprietors,
tending to check agricultural improvement, by t
the restricted means of each cultivator, and
tending therefore to fail in providing sUbbifli•