The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-10 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION,.

;SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
( From the Globe.)
The intelligence from Alexandria is brought down to
August :29. The Paella obstinately adhered to his re-
jection of the conditions of the treaty entered into by
the four Powers, and was preparing to defend his pos-
session of Syria with all the force he could collect. The
determination of France to take no part in the quarrel,
but to preserve a strict neutrality, had been communi-
cated to the Pacha, and was publicly known. This had
greatly dispirited his subjects, who are aware that to
provoke the hostility of the combined force of the four
contracting Powers must prove a hopeless contest ; either
of tue four would, singlehanded, be more than a match
for tsuy force he could bring against it. An armistice
of ten days had been agreed to by Commodore Napier,
which terminated on the day of the departure of the
vessel by which the intelligence was forwarded to Eng-
lend. tens force., under Commodore Napier. stationed
off Beyrout, consisted of the Benbow, 7 ; the Thun-
derer, 84 ; Powerful, 84 ; Edinburgh, 7:2 ; the Castor
frigate, and the Gorgon steamer ; a force sufficient to
carry destruction along the coasts of the Paella, with-
out any counteracting means st his disposal to check
its operations. It was reported, with considerable con-
fidence in its truth, that the English commander had
taken several small vessels bearing tke Pacha's flag,
and also a large frigate ; the latter had but six guns on
board, and offered no resistance. The inhabitants of
Syr;a were represented as exceedingly disaffected to
the Paella, and almost unanimous in their wish to be
restored to the dominion at the Sultan. The Turco-
Egyptian fleet, the possession of which was supposed
to tuld materially to the Paella's means of resistance,
will prove but a sorry auxiliary to his cause. Its con-
dition, the mixed character of its crews, and the in-
efficiency of the system of naval tactios employed by
its commanders, render that fleet anything but formid-
able. Were the British commander des:reus of de-
stroying that fleet in the harbour, a very few hours
would serve to accomplish its destruction. It seems
difficult to account for the refusal of the Pacha to
accept the terms of the treaty, except by the fact of
his characteristic obstinacy, to which age, though it has
weakened his other powers, seems to have imparted addi-
tional strength. It is possible that reflection, aided by
the cennsels of those who possess the means of know-
ing the relative strength of the contending parties, and
whose fidelity to his interests have given them a just
claim on his confidence, may yet induce an acceptance
of the proffered terms. If the Pacha still persist, the
contest will be short, and the issue certain. A letter
addressed by Commodore Napier to the British Consul
says—" I am glad to inform you, on unquestionable au-
thority. of the important fact, that the nephew of the
Emir Pacha has sent in his adhesion to the Sultan, and
only waits the appearance of his master's flag to declare
himself. lam also gratified to learn that a considerable
European force will be landed with the Sultan's troops
at Beyrout. Without this, any effective operation in
Syria would be attended with very hazardous delay."
The first blow was expected to be struck in Syria about
the 10th of September.
We observe that the Belgian papers have been lately
engaged, pro and con., in a discussion which we regard,
to say the least, as superfluous. They have been dis-
cussing what part should be taken by Belgium in case
of a continental war ; and they appear to have for-
gotten the very conditions of the existence of Belgium,
although that country has been so recently constituted.
The Indspendant, in answer to some rash suggestions
of the other papers, gravely propose s that, in case of
war, Belgium should declare to the Powers who were
contracting parties to the Treaty of April, 1839, that
Belgium was determined to remain neutral. As if there
were any great merit in sech a declaration ; or as if
Belgium had so much as any choice on the subject !
It appears to be forgotten by our Brussels Contempo-
raries, that by the 7th article of the Treaty of 1831
and by the 7th article of the Treaty of 1839, Belgium
+engaged to maintain perpetual neutrality. It would be
well if our Belgian friends would study a little more
carefully the treaties to which they owe their recent ex-
istence as an independent nation; and it is to be hoped
that they have no intention of violating, or admitting
violation, of those treaties, either by departing from
their engaged neutrality, or by sacrificing in any way
their national independence.
(From the Standard.)
DISTURBANCES IN PARIS.
We are glad to learn, from accounts received this
morning, that although Paris was in a state of the
highest eaccitemeat and alarm at the time our Cor-
respondent despatched his communication, no actual
collision bad taken place between the people and the
military, aced consequently no blood was shed. We
have copied into another column the letters of our
Morning Contemporaries' Parisian Correspondents,
wloch confirm the fact that affairs had assumed a most
alarming aspect ; and great fears were entertained by
some that an outbreak would take place in the course
of Monday night, while others, on the contrary, thought
that the public tranquillity of the capital would not be
fertile.. disturbed. All accounts agree in stating, that
a perfect panic agitated the Bourse on Monday, and
caused the or.nat fall of five per cent. mentioned by our
Correspondent. Whether the decline was owing entirely
to the discontented spirit of a portion of the Parisian
public, or to the warlike appearance of the political at-
mosphere in the East, we cannot attempt to determine ;
but we think it most probable that it might fairly be attri-
buted to a combination of both these circumstances.
'Tice whole of the French papers of Monday
eenfirnt the statement that the conduct of the
Pariiian operatives had begun to assume a very forrni-
(Lbie share. The streets of the Faubourgs St. Auto-
ee and St. Marceau were filled with masses of idle
:shouters, and as the day advanced attempts were made
ao erect barricades. For a short time a dangerous col-
-53i0:1 appeared imminent, but the city was imme-
e+ately catered with ational Guards, troops of the
line, and Municipal Guards, who immediately sup-
pressed all attempts at disturbance, and made prisoners
,f the leading offenders. A rumour was current is
''.iris confirmatory of the belief that has been
ing entertained, of the existence of a secret
Treaty between France and Mehemet Ali. The
t'arisian Journals appear to he exceedingly ex-
asperated by the last accounts from Beyrout. The
Dchals and Courrier Francais indeed profess to disbe-
there that a course so utterly repugnant to good faith
can have been committed. There is still very
arent activity observable in the marine and military
eepartments of France ; preparations, indeeti, on a
scdl,l which would lead to the inference that it is the
intention of both services to place the army and navy
on a war footing. All this would seem to harmonise
but little with her pacific assurance. The Debuts adds,
that in the event of any roup the Cham'sers will be
isorneidietely convoked. On the other hand, the Four
Powers, with the exception of Great Britain,
appear to be not wholly unmindful of the threatening
aspect of Of tirs. A letter from Milan, of the
29th ult.. announces a great movement of
troops. in Venetian Lombardy. At Venice the num-
ber of operatives employed in the arsenal has been
tripled, and they are working day and night to com-
plete the armaments of ships destined to join the
'Austrian squadron in the Levant. Extraordinary levies
of seamen are also quietly being made in the districts
of Chiezza, Malarnocco, Tusina, and Mestre. At
Peschiera and Verona, great numbers of workmen
were employed in repairing the fortifications. From
'ilan to Venice the country is covered with troop?,
and the villages are filled with German and Hunga-
rian battalions.

(From the Courier.)

news from bnina by the overland India dispatch,
al:I/cough indicating teat the

dawn is overcast,
And heavily in clouds brings on the day,
Big with the fate"—
a.f the Celestial Empire, conveys nothing beyond the
of hostie fleets and armies in motion for their
destination. We may now therefore shortly look for
tome decisive action in that quarter of the globe.
filo intelligence from India politically is of an unfa-
vourable cast. beginninge are now to feel the thorns
after gathering the laurels of victory in Affrhanistan in
.he faithful accomplishment of those prognosticationst
.rhich first and exclusively the Courier ventured to
make at the time, after a' careful review of the policy
by which the Affghan expedition was dictated
and the wastefal and weakening consequences of
so far and unprofitably extending the limits of
Eastern Tic co
the empire. '
country has paid dearly al-
ready for the Earldom of Auckland, but the full cost
if the barren conquest of Cabul is a lame calculation of
years to come, which may not be measured
fractional proportion incurred to this day, burdensome
ensbY the
that confessedly is. Our cause of quarrel with
)ost Mahomed was of the most flimsy material, and
lqst easy •f arrangement ; but the martial propn
_ities of the Governor-General, little dreamed of heere-
....lto:l,g those who knew the then-meek President of the
!loard of Trade, have led him to aspire to the part of
the Macedonian King, though, reversing the order of
-.larch of that great conqueror, the hoast of Auckland
Jtac been to roil back the tide of war towards the Perse-
-ars of Alexander. It will be seen that the sensual
cff eninate Shah Soojah, who, at the point of Bri-
..
,') bayonets, was replaced on a throne he was too
Starito hold among a warlike population, has not
^_trot wil,dom from Adversity nor derived courage from
hardships of exile. He is without subjects or party
.a a State of which re-constituted the Sovereign, and a
ountry won for him by a foreign sword we now find
Only by that sword be kept in allegiance. As if the
-overnmellt or superintendence of some eighty mil-
lions of people were too light a matter for the grave
attenti,n of a Whig statesman, Lord Auckland with
meddling zeal, has carved out work for himself and
his successors some fifteen hundred miles distance
ft tl And not alone does the
ngly despise and annihi-
lig reckless calculations of
lions also. And millions
lutes of Cabul, without the I
Ile return, as if cast at once
of the ocean. The wholet
attracting now so little of i

from the seat of empire
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