The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-19 00:00:00

ENIN EDIT' ()14.
blockading squadrons. After narrating some oth
particulars of no interest, the Correspondent of
Moniteur concludes as follows :
" The Allies, however, are masters of a position which
is rather alarming for the Pacha. They occupy Mouni
and Zouk Mikail, villages of Lebanon, situated near
the Lycus (Nahar-el-Kell). But, if they do not succeed
in driving the Egyptians out of Beyrout, the possessioa
of D'jouni and Zouk Mikail will be of little importance
to them, although their position be almost inexeug•
liable. Ibrahim can prevent their receiving cattle and
horses, and cut off their supply of water if he -
com-
mands Dog River. The Allies, having no other re
sources than those derived from their ships, the desert-
ers who may join their rauks will, ere long, prove
burden to them.
" Honour, country. love of prince, are all empty
words in the East ; religion is the only motive of ea"
tion, the fear of the prince the only curb, and the hope
of plunder the only i.
the holy citync ofitement Damascus, which shudders at
the sight of infidels at its gates, in Naplouz, and at
Aleppo, the Pacha will be able to recruit 113 many irre-
gular troops as he pleases, and the latter will fight
bravely when supported by the disciplined army•
" The Allies had accordingly formed an exaggeratecc
idea of the co-operation which they expec ed from
Christians of Lebanon, and the other discontented
a'
Syria.
The Emir Bechir urns villages to punish this die
aaffectionaoyfs' thpeuinr
iisnhheadbibitnanttisi
e; itaLnedba niosnth; u s such °gen eV/
he
h:rnselfby adopting another system ;
his
conwelouu dw
ctlora;

be attributed to fear."
All the Correspondents of the French iournils,,
do not take an equally gloomy view of the prospedisf.
of the Allies. In a letter from a French
officer on board the squadron commanded by MI
miral HUGON, off Glecce, we find the following

passage
,6 Events are progressing in Syria with great raim.‘ll.lP
and the French Government, by making 10"11'
Ict
finds itself, for the measures which circumstanoes wa-.
eleve
necessitate, forestalled by England. 'claere are
British ships on the coast of Syria • the squaron' fro,
Lisbon, composed of fire ships, two 'of which are titre,:
end is 13riarci
deckers, was at Malta some time age,Stop-10!
now united with that of Admiral Si
which is acting in Syria.
" The position of the French squadron is!alletiall:edr
ridiculous. We see, as it were, acts accomPlieue- -
Go-
our own eyes which are disapproved of by our owa
spa
vernment• without any obstacle being made thelti°'4lo.
if the English chose to entrap us in one of the'r
tomary ambuscades, it would not be difficult for theusoke
destroy us ; for, besides the sixteen ships which I 51) me
of, they have nine steamers, several
small vessels. It appears to me that the seek - •
considerinc, its numerical inferiority,. ought t°
France, and not here." • 'a
• /.1
Upon the whole, however, the impressio
ldbe
Paris
crroo7;
on Saturday was, that the question won
settled pacifically. Active negotiations were 10°1111'
to be carrying on between the Cabinets of Panel
and England for arranging the basis Of 3 fith;
adjustment, and it is not unknown hies-
already many of the greatest difelnrs
have disappeared. Already have the Ambassa •
instruehtcey.
of the Four Powers at the Porte been
to communicate to the SULTAN, that whil°
admit the abstract right of his Highness to deP°l;
MEHEMET ALI, they nevertheless trust 001 _
the event of the Viceroy's early subm
sentence will be revoked, and Egypt and a Part
have
. -
Syria granted to the Egyptian Ruler. TheY.o
further been commanded to signify to the A 44
that as the Consuls• General of the Four Povier
h lost
have quitted Alexandria, no time ought to "eor
in communicating to the PACHA the benevwe r
and gracious intentions of his Imperial Ille4te
ission
We had expected that some such prudent step
t
would be taken, and we are well satisfied that
has been taken so early as to appear the ap
PGogee
neous act of the Four Powers.. That the
3
will offer any opposition to the recommenda °1:
ti :$5.
the Four Powers is inconceivable,
• settie..
they have charged themselves with the eutge-
ment of the question agreeably th
to e
Porte itself. •
The most important news that we receive fr-gar
oola -
Greed, by
way of Marseilles, concerns the Pr°E
. made to King Otbo lajthe Four
the Tresty-of LerfaMT,To' lariat.' The
this nestr• • alliance. This ,fiet atingsseeeA bY"
oFurtic rhad th c People, a journal of A th-etis;'Which 101,14
o bad consequences that would arise kohl
b
t
acceptance. of this proposal by King Otho .(11"E_..1
eludes its article on the subject by a •
wishes of the
Gpv
meut must not flatter itself with
thel'iasviynigngthteesapP,,-
Grc nation in a proceeding which would inaPe6e'a"..*
Greece the obligation to hinder and to check, .in
of
e,a" war, the movements in Thessaly, Maceuia.
E bpirus ; for no Greek, it says, would be a patricid
violate the oath which he has taken-for the con' ked
liberty. It is said that Admiral Hugon. h 5 11' as
the Greek Government to be allowed to land
ms
in order to exercise them,. has been refuse" Pe
mission.—La Gazelle de France.
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A Morning Contemporary, enjoying the
icon:
fidence of Mr. URQUHART, who is now in ';gahs
feather with a section of the French Cabinet, Ice
the following article, communicating i"telligen
which we believe to be substantially correct
We are informed that the note hitherto unP The
to which M. 'Fliers alludes in the postscript °'
Bth to his memorandum of the 3d, is more pacific t
the British Government had reason to expect' Of
It contains a protest a.ainst the supposed 0--
i ~„
Russia, but contains no protest against the prop ceeuthi
of Great Britain.
It demands what will be the conduct of
Government in the following eases ! ard
1. What will the British Government do with re,fr
to the deposition of Mehemet Ali, which has alcol
been pronounced by the Porte ?
2. What will the British Government do with,rneci
speet to the threatened attack on A.lexandrib a
_f
the destruction of the Turkish fleet in the harbour v
Alexandria ? Govern.
3. What are the terms which the British
ment proposes to accord to Mehemet Ali ?yai
We further understand that Lord Palmerstoll
answered the abvieve queries in the followinw nianner•
1. With regard to the deposition of Mehemet jo
The determination of the British Government t'es
depend on the extent of the resistance the 'Viceroy giv
the British
to the execution of te eaty.
2. With regard toh thetr attack on Alexandria and the
Turkish fleet ?
The determination of the British GOVernlnat
pend on the use made by 'Mehemet Al of the Turk,lSni
fleet, and the warlike armaments prepared in the Pori' -
Ale.
W xandri
itha. be
3 regard to the nature of the Wins to
granted to eh Ali ?
They willM dependemet in great measure on his readiness'
to accede to the treaty of the 15th July.
It would be much better to publish these notes et
once, seeing the good that has resulted from the pre'
vious diplomatic correspondence of these Ministers'
Taking the answers of Lord PALMERSTON tO
the"
French Ministerial queries to be substantially Or
rect, we may be allowed to express something
like regret that they were not more exPlieit.
In answer to the first query we see no good reason
for withholding from France the prompt aLls_l.—.)r'
mice that England would • not tolerate the
execution of the act of deposition ; in an,
swer to the second, that England wool"
not bombard Alexandria unless hostilities
were commenced by the PACHA against tile
Four Powers, or that violence was offered to the
subjects of all, or either of them ; and in
answer to the third, that in the event of his sub.
mission in so many days, after receiving an offer of
the SULTAN'S forgiveness, and the revocation of
the sentence of deposition, Egypt, and a certain
fixed extent of Syria, would be secured to him in
perpetuity. As the English Cabinet is
prepared
to make concessions to this extent to the PACIIA°
where would be the evil in frankly stating them tO
the French Minister ? The ablest diplomacy
consists in going directly to the point, reserving no