The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-16 00:00:00

licy of M. TRIERS. Nothing more remarkable
has appeared for many months in the columns
of the Journals, than the speech delivered by
that gentleman on Tuesday. Crowded as are our
columns, we must endeavour to make room for
the substance of this remarkable speech, in
which the ex-Minister so well depicts the
dishonesty of his policy
M. Thiers rose and said—The Hon. M. Guizot has declared
that he never concealed his policy, neither did I ever conceal
mine. Therefore it is the more necessary now to put an end
to what I call a comedy.—(" A comedy on your part, indeed,"
exclaimed a voice.) Some people have denied that we ha
in_
terests in the east.

Marshal Sebastiani here observed that ';nl were right.
M. Thiers thought, on the coLtrary, they were w rdilitt A
Foreign Minister, who was as good a judge of' the French
interests as the French themselves, voilato a French
Ambassador, " We see what at bottom is the true
.policy
of France on the Eastern question ; this policy is not
European. France possesses the north of Africa ; she has
an army there of 70000 men. Close to her are the Pa-
chas of Tunis and of Tripoli—poor Mussulmen Princes who
tremble before France. And a little farther there is the
Pacha of Egypt, whq possesses the Red Sea and the Euphratel.
This Prance c:dnimands, directly by the north of Africa,
indi-
rectly by, icier alliance with the ['ache of Egypt. from the en-
tr?:-iee of the Mediterranean and the Straits ki:lbraltar to the
Red Sea and the Euphrates. Such a
,ateof things cannot suit
us." There were three lines °° conduct to pursue in this ques-
tion. The first was to ";:opose immediate war on the Eastern
question. The se"..'ond was that of the note of the Bth of Oc-
tober, so mace blamed. In what consisted this policy ? The
policy c!.. the note of October the Bth, was first for France to
time to make her war preparations. During this time the
Pacha might suffer reverses ; the note provided for them. It
did not abandon Syria; but it foresaw that while France
remained quiet, the Pacha might suffer. But the French
Cabinet wanted to save the chief portion, the foun-
dation of the Egyptian power. The loss of Syria certainly
hurt French pride. But, in reality, the Pacha lost therein
a position much more considerable for France than for himself
—that is, a position commanding the passage of the Euphrates
and the Persian gulf. But, for the Pacha himself, Arabia
and Syria were sources rather of weakness and expense than
of power. The Pacha, if he remained true and real sovereign
of Egypt, despite of the vassality, that is, having a fleet, army,
&c. was still a useful ally for France. And he knew this so
well, that he was rejoiced at the note of the Bth of October.
But what did we want? To negotiate with serious means
for the object demanded by the note of the Bth October.
We knew that two of the Powers were supporting interests
not their own, and yielding merely to anti-revolutionary
prejudices. It was therefore we resolved on a serious armament.
With this force we should have obtained some concession, but
you, with your four hundred thousand men, have obtained no-
thing. For the Pacha, instead of being Sovereign of Egypt,
is degraded into the situation of a dependent functionary. I
comprehend that Syria is set aside. I would blame your sign-
ing any condition with respect to Syria, since it would be shar-
ing with four other Powers a protectorate that France pos-
sessed alone. As to interdicting the passage of the Dardanelles
to armed vessels, it was nonsense. For time out of mind it
was forbidden to traverse internal waters, and this prohibition
is a law of nations. If anything was meant by the Treaty
it meant to prevent the Englis from going to attack Se-
bastopol, and the Russians from going to attack the lonian
Islands--events that we should desire, not prevent: It was
wrong at this moment to prejudge what alliance France would
attach. I regret the breach of the English alliance—l am
disinclined to the Russian alliance. But were it wise to re-
turn to the English alliance, it is neither wise nor dignified to
say so or do so now. There was evidently a league forming
against France, in case France refused to sign ; and to en-
force it, the Treaty is signed. This I deprecate. The mo-
ment that one Cabinet says to its predecessor, " You were for
war and we for peace," from the moment' that such means
were used for procuring a majority—from that moment all force
is lost to the country.
So Turkey was to be dismembered for the be-
nefit of France ! The patriotic TRIERS had re-
solved upon declaring MEHEMET ALI King of
Egypt, provided he was prepared to recognise
in the person of Louis PHILIPPE the virtual
Sovereign of . Syria! Oh, M. TRIERS !M.
TRIERS ! You have made a sad business of it.
You are, after all, but a clever political moun-
tebank.

In a few days M. Humann, the Minister of Finance, will
present to the Chamber of Deputies a project of law for the
buppression of the six mints which still remain at Lille, Rouen,
Nantes, Bayonne, and Strasburgh. The same project of law
will ask, it is seen, for a special vote of credit for four millions
to enlarge the Mint at l'aris, and to add to the machinery.
It seems to be decided that all the coin is to be coined in
future by means of steam-engines, by presses with plan of
Thonneher.

It seems that the fetes on occasion of the baptism of the
Count de Panic, will be deferred for some days. The grand
concert in the gallery of the Louvre will not take place till
after the 10th of May.
The Prince de Joinville set out last night for St. Omer.
Mr. D---- calling himself homme de lettres had come
some time ago to inhabit a lone house in the com-
mune of Montrouge. Yesterday Mr. Gabelateau, Com-
missary of Police of that commune, went to the house
of Mr. D--, where he seized a chest containing pis-
tol bullet moulds and some powder. A letter from Mont-
pelier says that the preliminary proceedings against Numa
Raymond, on account of threatening letters addressed by a
secret society to a rich merchant of Montpelier, requiring him
to remit the sum of 50,000 francs, are going on without inter-
mission. Several persons have been arrested at Montpelier,
Nismes, Marseilles, and other towns in the south.
The Journal of the Eure and Loire of the 15th says, it is
reported that the three companies of the centre of the National
Guard of Evreux are disbanded, and that the Royal ordinance
has been received at the prefecture. We shall wait for the
official account to judge of this measure.—Le Commerce.
A SCENE IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
The National observes that during the debate on the supple-
mentary credits in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, when-
ever M. Thiers criticised the feeble policy of M. Guizot, the
centres gave vent to their bellowings, whilst M. de Gerente,
alone upon his bench; flourished his wooden knife in token of
defiance, and M. Jacques Lefebvre joined his harmonious cries
in chorus with his colleagues. M. Dangerville passed through
several fits of frenzy. 7he centres from top to bottom screamed
out " Order, order !" M. Piscatory turned round in a rage to
a stout rioter with white hairs, and by no means a white pocket
handkerchief, who repelled the interference with indignation.
The conqueror of Austerlitz alone, leaning on his elbow, was
wrapt in meditation in the midst of the confusion, like a deaf
man who is unconscious of a storm raging around him. M.
'Guizot found it necessary to ascend the tribune, and give the
torrent another direction, and was received with unbounded ap-
plause, until the Chamber was completely fatigued. The actors,
like the chorus singers, had exhausted the drama. The debate
was declared to be concluded, and they passed to the items
composing the credits demanded. A few members alone re-
mained, and millions upon millions were voted without a single
observation. At length a slight discussion arose between hiM.
Thiers and Dufaure relative to the artillery. hIM. Thiers and
Dufaure two artillerymen I We had assisted
at the tragedy and the comedy ; the representation was dege-
nerating into a farce, and we retired.