The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-12 00:00:00

THE PACHA Or EGYPT.

The following is a description of the character
of MAHOMED ALI, the Ruler of Egypt, who is so
much attached to the English Nation, as given
in the Travels of R.tc Wit,sox, .Esq. through
that country :

" I paid my respects to the Pacha in the suite
of the British Consul, and, on, this occasion the
Consuls of other nations were received. The
place in which the audience was given was a rude
building, humble enough for the ruler of such a
kingdom. A band of music, the sound of which
was grating to the ear, played on our entering,
and a numerous retinue of Turkish and Arabian
Idaves were present, whO were arranged before
the Pacha in a semi-circular form. His High-
ness honoured us with a seat next to himself,
who sat cross-legged in n. corner, tipon a Persian
carpet, resembling an English hearth-rug, and
smoking from a Turkish pipe, nearly seven feet in
length, the mouth-piece of which was superbly
mounted with diamonds, and •behind him Stood
a slave fanning off the flies which annoyed him
exceedingly. At this interview, by means of nn
interpreter who understood the Italian langUage
_ _

he entered into a long gonversation, making many
judicious inquiries respecting' Great Britain,
particubirly the extent of her population, re-
sources, and the strength of the army and navy.
The attachment of the Pacha to England is uni-
versally known, of which there, could not be a
stronger proof than when he inquired of the
Consul for the Consul-General at Grand Cairo,
and directed him to write to him that he was at

berty to send to the King of England all the cu.
riotities in. Upper Egypt he could collect, pro;
vided he only left a few for himself to look at,
by way of amusement ! hle shifted his convey
sation in a moment to that of commerce, and the
prices of grain, of which he appears to have just
as competent a knowledge, from being himself a
merchant, as any one in Mark lane, London.
In short every sentiment this man uttered provezd
him to be possessed of a mind wonderfully acute
and discerning, and it was observed by some of
our party when he put the questions, that they
were so important and difficult to answer at the
moment, that it would have: been requisite to
furnish them with a list some days previous to
the interview, in order to consider the proper
replies they called for.

" Rammed Ali is about 50 years of age, and
owes his elevation to courage, combined with
talents ; his intrepidity was remarkably conspi-
cuous in the attack of Rahmainch on the banks
of the Nile,in conjunction with the British Army.
Ile appeared to me, however, to be, further ad.
vanced in years, which probably might arise from
those fatigues inseparable from a life of activity,
and the operations of war. Notwithstanding that be
is a stern administrator of justice, he is considered
as naturally humane, and though tributary to the
Porte, perfectly independent, and no Pacha is
perhaps in existence, of whose pow or and popu-
larity the Grand Signior entertains a greater de-
gree of jealousy."
After other inter sting remarks, and particu.
larly on the protection be affords to travellers
INIr. Wilson concludes with the following, hint
which we hope will not he lost sight of
cs 111 conclusion, having said so inuch respec

ing the present. Paella, I may be allowed to eA
press a hope, that his growing powers, great re-
sources, and increasing popularity, added to those
benevolent and patriotic dispositions by which he
is actuated, with the estimation in which he
hold* the British nation, will be duly appreciated
by the government of this count, , end that pru•
dence will be exercised to preset re a proper un-
derstanding with Nahomed Ali, who governs se-
veralmillions
of_ropie, end in which 11.0 t only
our political and commercial interests, but tho,,e
of the antiquarian and traveller; appear to be
most deeply interesteu.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

•
COURT OP CHANCERY, FEB. 11.
TIIPMPSON V. TROTTER.
Mt. TROLLOPE moved, on behalf of the defendant, that his
Lordship would suspend an attachment being executedagaitut
the defendant for irregularity until the 13th inst. that he aught
be able to get a day-rule, to slim ease in person uhy an at-
. tachinent should not be ;ken out against him, he being now a
prisoner in the King's Bench.
His LOILDSIIIP replied, that that Gentleman had been be-
fore him several times already, complaining of irregularities,
and at these times he gave, he trusted, a correct judgment; and
..if ins were,to listen to such an application as the present, he
should every day during the Tenn have calls upon him by all
the prisoners in the King's Bench who are in custody. both on
an attachment and another cause, to order them day.rules ; but
as he did not think his duty was to sit.there for the purpose of
assisting prisoners in the King's Bench to get day-rules, he
could not grant the present motion.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEn. 11.
TIIE KING, OW TIIE PROSECUTION 01' SIR HUDSON LOWE,

V. BARRY O'MEARA.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL before the arrival of the Lord
Chief justice, who was sitting to try undefended causes at
Guildhall, rose and moved for a criminal information against
Mr. O'Meara, for a libel on Sir Hudson Lowe.
Mr. JusticeYr.tY begged the Learned Solicitor to wait
till the Court should be full.
At a quarter after 11 o'clock, the Lord Chief Justice came
into Court. •

The SoLTEITOII-OENERAT, then renewed his application to
the Court, in nearly the following terms :—I am to move your
Lordships for a rule, to show cause why a criminal information
should not be filed against a person called Barry O'Meara for
several libels. I make this application on behalf' of. Sir Hud-
son-Lowe, late Governor of the island of St. Helena. The
libels of which Sir Hudson Lowe complains are contained in a
book, or rather in two volumes, entitled A Voice from St. lie-
lena, or Napoleon in :Exile. When Buonaparte was conveyed
to St. Helena, Mr. O'Meara was, at his request, appointed his
surgeon, and continued to act in that capacity for about two
years. When he was Appointed— .
The Loan CHIRP JUSTICE.—Pray, Mr. Solicitor, how
long has this work been in circulation ?
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL.--It was' originally published
some time ago, but a new edition has very lately been put forth.
The LORD CHIEF JURTICE.—When was that edition pub-
lished ? •

The So LICITOR-dENERAL.—In November, my Lord.
The LORD CFlltr JusTxcE.—And are you applying now
on the ground of offensive matter introduced for the first time
into that edition ?

The SOLICITOR.GEWERAL.—CertainIy not for the firs'
time"; -btit I should submit—
Mr. Justice BAY LE v.—When was the first edition pub,
lisped ?

The Some iTon-G ENE nea.—l belieite in the summer, my
Lord. I would submit, my Lord, that it is the perseverinre-
petition of an offence of this kind which may compel an inaivi.
dual libelled to Seek that redress which at • first he may think.
needless. Sir.fludson Lowe, the party aggrieved by these at.
tacks, might at first suppose thatthe calumnies would fall still-
born from the press ; he might conceive that they would pass
.unnoticed bY the world ; but when he finds them widely dif-
fused;- and his character assailed on every side, he may feel it
due to himself to contravene slanders, and to seek protection
for his good name. When Mr. O'Meara was appointed to the
situation of surgeon to Buonaparte, it was expresely stipulated
that he should retain the character of a British officer; that he
should be subject to the regulations of the British service ; and
that he should receive pay, not from Buonaparte, but from his
Sovereign, While he was engaged in this employment, he ap-
pears te have been studiously collecting materials for those libels
of which Sir Ilildson; then the representative of Ids Majesty,
.and engaged in a most arduous and delicate duty, had reason to
complain. After a considerable time it was discovered that
Mr. O'Meara ,had been concerned in forwarding letters from
13nonaintrte's suite to Europe, and he was accordingly sent
home On his return he preferred charges against Sir 11. Lowe,
which were referred to the Admiralty, and underiVeat an exa.
ruination, the result of which was that the accuser was dis-
missed, freer) his Majesty's eervice. This (Matthaei took place,
not on any, charge brought against him. by Sir li. Lowe, but
professedly and distinctly on the account which he himself gave
of his own conduct during .his residence at St. Helena. This
circumstance enkindled, or at least heightened, those feelings
of hostility which induced Mr. O'Meara to give a &lie colour-
ing to those measures which Sir HONOR Lowe, in a situation
replete with difficulty, had conscientiously adopted. lie com-
plained that a great part of this work was filled, not with direct
and manly charges, but 'with insinuations of great oppression,
exercised by Sir Hudson Lowe towerds his prisoner ; and that
these insinuations were frequently placed in the mouths of per-,
sons who were how prevented by death from denying that they
ever used theni. Of the persons to whom the author referred,
and of whom he now spoke in terms of the most exalted eulogy,
he had formerly holden very different language. lie now re.
presented sloutholon as a person of rare virtue; but formerly,
in letters.naSir Thomas lteaci,ire hadheaped en this individual
terms of the coarsest abuse : had designated him as aca noto.
rious liar ; had represented hiM as actuated by the most paltry
Malice ; and cautioned British officere. against the malicious
perversions of the character of Sir Hudson Lowe, of which he
Was perpatuelly gailty. lAA Cases, whom lie now praised, he
had familiarly termed " the Jesuit," and had expressed the
mThosetsaunelequdailfriefireedneaebhoofrrsteyniecewnesfrehmisarikaindbelerhd
jannhisprfooceedmierina%
present mode of characterizing Bertrand and others. Bat that
of which Sir- Iludson Lowe chiefly complained was a direct in-
sinuation, repeated in various forms, that lie desired to shorten
the life of his:prieoner, and that he employed means to attain
that atrocious purpose. With this. view, he, in one passage,
represented` Buonaparte as informing bial that Sir 11. Lowe
hail proposed to dismiss O'Meara and substitute 31r. Baxter in
his room.; and that he urged this proposal twice, with great
earnestness ; but, as adding, that he refused it, and " never tem
so horrid a countenance" as that of his gaoler. Now Sir 11. Lowe
well recollected this conversation, in which he propased, not that
Mr. Baxter; who Was the principal of the medical establish-
ment of the leland, should take the place of O'Meara, but that
his additional skill should be employed to remove the disease
under whieh Napoleon was labouring. In another of these
extraordinary an malignant libels, he represented Sir Hudson
Lowe as expressing himself respecting his prisoner, in the pre.
sence of' Major Texer, who Was since dead, in language which
he must have been insane to titter before witnesses. In other
passages he represented Buonaparte as speaking to Sir Hudson
Lowe, in language to which only one meaning could be ascrib-
ed; alluding to the fate of Edward IL, and speaking of him as
!clking like "ahe hangman of the principality," and as a ho.
man fiend. Ire stated that when lie requested Buonaparte to
see Baxter, he replied " ; he is too nearly connected with
the Governor, and.the Governor is -- ; he renders adieus all
that passetaihrough his hands."
The LORD Cher?.' uszict.—Does your affidavit state
who is the publisher?
The Some IT OR -GENcßeia.--.Yes, my Lord : wepure.hased
a copy of Mini it vveels ago, and he has made an affidavit stating
that 'Air. O'Meara is the author of the woe*, and that the last
edition wasaarblished under his sanction.
Mr. Justice Br:BT.—Did you not know that he was the au-
thor till then 'l.
The Soucyron-OENErtm..—ln a popular sense we cer-
tainly did; in a legal sense we did not. In another passage
Mr. O'Meara charged the Governor with confining him within
the berths allowed to the French prisoners ; but he forgot to
mention the reasons for that restriction—that he was detected in
conveying a snuff-box contrary to those regulations which were
considered requisite. lie attempted anxiously to get beck a
letter, because he knew—
[Here the Jiedges consulted together, and the Solicitor-Ga.
neral paused.] in a few minutes
The LOUD ciIIEF jlJsllcc said—We are considering only
of the lateness of the period in whielt this application is made.
When rules of this kind are moved for against Magistratet and
erm
r
i peremptorilyftsoliearlymetoat .Justicest,imade
stiool e etioitinlofiiita
.deirae;
siduaaonriotd.otn ooteiti
allow
wrsti interfereiioicowrrei.eitotlbbKri
se,:
cause
unlessthliusedteuti,s
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being
me thecge m alleged,uasnbiso' shown-
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beets
e e °isenno;
the
aPhPldlic'elt.i°nnlefacteitoa'l:int.'l
for leaving the party to his • ord remedies inary
ever, the party applying complain& of an,injury iio
1218 ofttcjal character, so that it is the converse of the case where
the charge is brought againit a Magiatratee
that fteheB.l)iarti3cytirigith-PrzegT;tikidLtee'-ofi'eptincreifriediltlirikellYnetrtleSiderer-
neated ; he might suppose that it would be unregarded.
Mr. justice IlEsT—Do your affidavits suggest that this wa themcra.s.e in this pafticalar i
The
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sinceth there pule.
Ju_rira sine a ills lair edition.
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beent.
11. e, aitilie()2l
.(-.. PIIILLIPS.—There have been three since the last
edition.
'fate Lord; it took some time
t_e_Theepaterenabpreopiteirgs
jwvearTtoitcht:es..._e cilluvrielnyiaesu.
many
uffituvits,
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letters., in—whichJerzlYhtears, speaks in contemptitoss Or
abusive terms of thepirtles on whom he has lavished his eulogy.
I trust your Lordships will feel for the situation of Sir Hudson
Lowe, who solemnly denim the black intentions charged on
him, and declares that he discharged his anxious duties with
all the moderation, the forbearance, and the kindness, of which
lua :situation admitted. It is not for the first time in thii
book—
The Juthres here consulted again ; after which
The Lord Cit rEr-Jui r c E—YOu may take your rule; and
in shewing cause, perhaps you will shew us authorities for ow
interfering at so late a period.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL accordingly' took his rule u
shew cause.

GAMING-I.IOUSES.
THE KING v. C. E. ROOFER AND W. S. nintPHßty.
These defendants we brought up to receive the jtidgm.V t°l
the Court, having been convicted at the last Middlesex Siang'
of keeping a common gaming-houie, at No. 32, Pfdl-31211, i
playing the game of Rouge et Noir. enn nt,
Mr. CURWOOD moved an objection in arrest of j —a-- e •
but it was over-ruled by the Court.
Affidavits were put in on both sides in mitigation and 3013'
',ration of punishment.
Mr. CURWOOD spoke in mitigation. sP°k°
Mr. C. PHILLIPS, in an eloquent appeal to the Cou
tt,
in aggravation.
It being suggested to the Court that three other defelthli.ll,
named OLDFIELD, PHILLIPS and CARLESS, Conyle;elot 3
similar offence were in attendance to receive judgment;tt ed to
The Conwt! ordered the fire defendants to be conitn:
the custody of the Marshal, and be brought up again te.morro
morning, and they were committed accordingly.

beiTshuispodenfelyindra.ntprohavthinegmeb,
THE 'KING t'. FROST.. Ft 0 li;
brought up, and the Court, under all the circumstance; of F!,
case, sentenced him to six months' 'imprisonment in Coldb3::"
fields House of Correction, and to find'sureties for his goal 'e'
haviour for five years.
STRIKING ATTORNEY' Off THE ROIL. "
On the motion of Mr PEansoN, and hearing Mr. Ga•s"'
of Monmouth w?
on the other side •
The COURT side,
Mr. Jackson, an attorney of thilrcni'artir
eeann
Attorney publishing
to be struck off the 8011, pursuant to the Statute; far 3"°lv,lA;
an unqualified Person, named Wood, to act in his "r" a:
to
attorney, and ordered Wood to be imprisoned for one 111°11tr.
the King's Bench prison for his misdemeanour'. .
CRIMINAL INTOR3IATION. ~ ~,f,rmst;lo
Mi. C. F. WiLidasis moved for a Crinliill'
i,r- to c. 0..
against two parish officers for compelling; two Pair" stout.
tract marriage, and thereby impose a burthen on 4 neig
ing parish; bid
~,,d by'
The COURT thought the better course was 0 pro,-
dictment, and therefore refused the Rule.
TIIE KING v. SIR W. W. WYSZ;E• by 3 0
Mr. ENOUGH AM moved Nr a rills to :chew cause w i.„;00.
rearrahto information should not issue to Sir Waticin l'ier,
Wne, calling upon him to shale by what authority' fie f.,be
cises the office of Alderman of the Common Council °I the
town of Ludl in Wales .
Thground of objecti"n: fa,
Learned c ounselow, stated, was.to Sire Watkin not being ail 1
bitant, and as such ineligible. ' .
The CounT granted. the Rule Nisi.
thatEezvePrEyltiMuNl:: .
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pears that several authors are of the contrary opilliOng 0 ad,
reason of this may be, that no method has hitherto heetect w
viseetof giving the needle any desired situation with rel.' uld
point in the circumference of a round galo tit .
intensity of action which each
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the conductor ; and although Paggendorf has thrown lei
light on this subject, by employing roagnetS for the Purl'e'ttiva
maimed undecided in its the rel,l, re
giving the needle any situation at plcasnre, Yet
endeavoured, by the following experiment, to rerno,cidth of r
on this subject. A brass wire, .10 feet long, sill 1:-. non t''d
inch in diameter, is plated la a p rpendicular posau'vc did
side of a column, at the middle of we hich is A Sta,ll3 ,v,,i, „sse„i.
needle on. Both ends of the wire are placed in s':'l- 9Or
filled with mercury ; by these it conimunicates Olio ttio
pair of. plates on the Professor's csmstruction,` t 9, wilds a tilt
vessel is of copper ; and in order to prevent the int-t tile', te:
other parts of the apparatus, this is so constructeo P,ot, lA'
main far distant from the ' needle during theetl'ellrd 10 ito,
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pole, and the other beneath the lower opt' a7t ' to c°ll,
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with the mercury ih one of the small vesscis;',: "Ctile golf"'
paratus is of a rectangular figure. The pole Wltt'A'," '.iiO°
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effect upon the magnetic needle.
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St. Albans, Miss Sheffield; daughter:of the AleS4'
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of Messrs. Flamston and 'Ellis. auctTnnen '
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