The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-07 00:00:00

EVE:'4,I iNG 14_,M1 I° ON .

at nes, they turned them
jagainst the Egyptians. The.
people of Syria, better ud,gee than the people of
Franca can be of the nature of the Paella's rule, have
everywhere risen against him, and at the date of the
last accooats Ibrahim Paclea, with the wreck of his
forces, was forced to make a hasty retreat to the moon- •
tains. It would be to offer an insult to the French na-
tion to supose after the complete demolition in a few
weeks of the fabric of Egyptian despotism in Syria,
that they can any longer hesitate to avow that they
have been under the most complete delusion with re-
spect to the power of the Pacha in Syria, and the
character of his rule in that country. The hand-
ful of English and Austrian marines could not have
shaken the power of a Government possessed of any
claims to support from its treatment of the people
over whom it was placed. The Egyptians have
been routed by the Turks and the Syrians. The vete-
rans of Ibrahim were broken by the raw levies brought
only a few weeks ago from Constantinople in British
ships. In the interesting account which yesterday ap-
peared in our columns from our Syrian Correspondent,
one fact mentioned by him speaks volumes as to the
demoralised state of the Egyptian army. We allude to
his coming, when he least expected it, on eight armed
Egyiltips in a cut for purposes of irrigation, and con-
-veyin7these armed men as prisoners on board an
English vessel. The people of Syria have determined
the question of the title of the Pacha of Egypt to
the country. The title of the people of Syria to de-
cide this question themselves is one which we are
sure the French nation, on reflection, will be the
last to dispute. When the Belgians, animated by
&lee example set by the French in the three glorious
days of July, took arms to effect a separation
rom Holland, the title of a people to choose their
own Government was strenuously contended for by the
French, who strongly protested against ail foreign in-
terference. But we will not insult the fame of one of
the best and most liberal Sovereigns of Europe, the late
King of the Netherlands, by comparing for an instant
his enlightened rule with that of the oppressive des-
potism of Mehemet Ali. It would be strange, indeed,
if what the French themselves claimed and obtained for
Belgium in 1830, were to be refused by them to Syria
in 1840 1 But the people of England will hail, in the
Speech delivered on Thursday at the opening of the
Chambers, the prospect of a renewal of the good
understand which has so long prevailed between
the two countries. The language of the King of
the French with regard to Spain leads us to
hope that the efforts of the two countries may
again be combined to promote the tran-
quillity and prosperity of that interesting kingdom. We
repeat with the King, " May the throne of Isabella 11.
and the institutions which should maintain it preserve
that noble country from the long and unhappy trials of
revolutions:" Bet we would add, may the enlightened
Government of France see that one of the most effec-
tual mean; of preventing fresh revolutions is to inspire
the Government with an honest and sincere disposition
to proceed in the petals of that constitution which the
people have purchased by so many noble efforts. We
cannot conclude these few observations without remade-
lee that the time is now come when justice to Lord Pal-
merston demands that we should offer our tribute, what-
ever it telly he worth, to his merits in this Eastern ques-
tion. He has been assailed in many quarters, and not al-
war eapported by those who ought to have supported him.
Ti'is success which has attended his arrangements with re-
terea ie to the East, will, we trust, lead those Liberals
awho are now organising meetings to condemn all inter-
tereoce with the affairs of Turkey and Syria, to pause
before they commit: themselves further. By- a very
•saiefit cependitere of money, and the judicious em-
ploymerit of the means which the right arm of En;-
he navy, place at the command of a British
I\f ilisccr,. he has preserved the integrity of the Turk-
tsit empire, released the people of Syria from a
grinding despotism, and, made the power and influ-
ence of England be fd-, throughout the East. 'The
restoration of Syria to the Sultan has been effected
by means, too, which must give the Turks con-
fidence in themselves, and tend greatly to the regene-
ration of that important empire. Is it nothing, we
ask, that a cause of quarrel between the Powers of
Europe has, if not been altogether removed, at least
reereived to a distance ? But Britain is not confined
to this and the neighbouring island. It has arms in
every part of the world ; and any attempt to with-
drew ourselves from the affairs of the world would raise
ue enemies against us in every quarter of the globe.
Where does English commerce not penetrate? How
much have not our merchants suffered by the hostili-
ties its South America it We repeat, then, it is impos-
ei:,le to look on the success which has attended the
oiler Itions in Svt is without raising our view to
the dire,ting mind who planned these opera-
tions, and had the firmness to pursue his course
tli,ough good and h d report. He hay raised the
ritrttien et hi-is country ; not hy exciting the jealousy
of other net'ons by the exercise of an ill-regulated am-
bition, ha' by s!lppnrting the cause of truth and justice
by how .3t an]. straightforward xns.
(From the Times.)
The speech of the Kol of the French, which we
-rave yesterday in a Second Edition, has realized all our
hors and predictions of the becoming spirit in which
that dieceurse would he framed, and of the just and up-
r'-;ht intentions both towards France and towards
tirigi,l).Juring Powers which would be manifested therein
lie Louis Peilippe. Toe King proclaims his love of
Fence. end appe to the Representatives of the French
tiateel to alsiit him in the maintenence of a blessing so
Jcr, tia! " To the common interests of Europe, to its
peonle, and to the progress of eivilizatioe." Nll-
- further states, that he would equally rely upon
the Coembere, " if the honour of France and her rank
naleag nations commanded her to make new efforts."
This laneuage may be called vague, but it is as pre-
cise and explanatory as the occasion called for. It
woul I undoubtedly hare been less Vague had M.
Guizot prepared a clause declaratory of the King's
tesoliolen " to raise an additional army of 150,000
non," or in other words to make war upon Europe.
The Press of M. Thiers, hoping to persuade the
world that the advocates of peace in Franca and else-
where had gained nothing by the substitution of M.
Guizot for M. 'riders, have been insisting ever since
the accession of the former Statesman to office, that
he could be compelled to " walk in the footsteps of
his predecessor," and even that the Royal Speech
weal,' be couched in the very terms which, when of-
fered to his Majesty by M. Thiers, Louis Philippe had
disapproeed and repudiated. We took the liberty of
representing this anticipation as a slander upon the
Kng's good sense and on the good principles of his
Mhuster. We expressed a belief that the course of
policy about to be pursued by the Qovernment of
raace would be pacific ; that its tone would be con-
ciliatory, as its acts would be upright; and that led-
eller bullying nor brag:jug, nor looseetoregued paeogaca-
filen to war, would find a piece in the counsels ad-
dressed by M. Guizot to his Sovereign. The King
announces that ho has " the dignity " of his coun-
try at heart, as much as its security and repose.
Now, does not that imply, quite as clearly as the
most definite and offensive menance of 150,0E10 men,
that if the exigency required it (but not in an-
other case), the armed men should be forthcoming ;
nod who can blame the King or Government for
such en hypothetical intimation ? The European
Powers (and England least of all) have not combined
for aggressive purposes against the French King or
people. Their aim was to curb the growth of evils
which, had accomplished much, and threatened
iarther irritation and confusion amongst the several
-European States—a policy to which France herself had
at one time promptly and unreservedly acceded. The
real cause of separation, or what has been termed by
M. Thiers himself " isolation" from the rest of Europe
on the part of France, an,l of all the consequent ill•
humour and violence which her late Administration has
exhibited, will not 'reave been left doubtful in the minds
of many persooe who have watched the political contro-
versies of Paris during the last three or four days.
Once tbat the debates of the French Chambers shall
Isasva begun, there will of course be less necessity for
meddling with public journals, regarded as the organs
of certain political leaders, because those individuals
swill have an accredited and acknowledged channel
through which to enforce the sentiments whereby they
wish to make it known that they are actuated. We
say the necessity will be diminished, but it must still
however seldom, exist, inasmuch as ther are doctrines'
aihich it may suit the underhand purposes of a cer-
tain class of politicians
to
ohavedilintly circulated
throughout society, and
withthe impliedit benefit more-
over of their sanction, which
awouldt be
iby no
means decent or even safe to avow
the tribune,
and to incur for them a recognised res
onstrb
But now, before the proceedings of the Chambers.
have opened, and at a crisis which becomes more anxious
every hour, these journals which avow (without being
contradicted) that they do speak the feelings of promi-
nent public men, may be fairly and usefully Consulted
for facts which they could not have invented, and re-
specting the truth or falsehood of which their patrons
must be the individuals of all others the best informed.
The strife, which daily grows in bitterness, between the
champions of the Thiers and the Guizotns
little
try, has
produced articles from the former of an indiscretion
less than fatal, as illustrations of this imprudent violencei;
and we must add, that it is not merely the policy of M.
Thiers, but of a date anterior to his Ministerial existence,
which has thus been exposed to eyes not bound to treat
it with extraordinary reverence. It is affirmed with some
choler by the journal in question, that when M. Guizot
first came to this country he complained that the quar-
rel between France and England had already gone too
far, that eit was too late," "and that he despaired
of re-establishing their amicable relations." This
was at the first advent of the Thiers Ministry, the
Ministry of the let of March. The quarrel, therefore,
must have preceded the month of March. Yet M.
Thiers and his press
h
eenofstuEnniolg
dus wihthhtbehir
exclamations at the perfidy
been stunning us with their
exclamations at the Perfid
siening a treaty on the 15th oyf Jul fogrfaee'dw
awtsh
ae
lcgr
eo,aoddy-
will and lost the alliance of a Powery which
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at variance with her for five or six months before. I3sr
that mode of reasoning
consistent, let us ask, with
go
od faith ? The variance existed then, bqt what was
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