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

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

NOTE ADDRESSED BY THE CONFERENCE OF
LONDON TO HIS EXCELLENCY CHEKIB
EFFENDI.

The undersigned hare had the honour of receiving the note
dated the 11th of this month, by which his Excellency Chekib
Effendi has had the kindness to announce to them, that in con-
sequence of the proofs which Mehemet Ali Pacha had given
of his submission, his Highness had graciously performed his
promise, by restoring him under certain conditions to the post
of Governor of Egypt with hereditary descent. The Ambas-
sador from the Ottoman Government communicated, at the
same time, the firmans published to this effect on the 13th of
February, 1841, together with the note addressed the same
day by his Excellency Redshid Pacha to the representatives
of the Four Courts at Constantinople, by which the Sublime
Porte announced that the Egyptian question was terminated.
The undersigned consider it their duty to express to the Ot-
toman Ambassador, in the name of their Courts, the satisfac-
tion this event has caused them, which, at the same time that
it brought tic) Eastern crisis to a definitive solution, fully
realised the benevolent intentions which have served as a guide
to the policy of the Courts who signed the Convention of the
15th of July. In this state of affairs the Four Powers have
replied in anticipation of the desire which the Porte has ex-
pressed to see the Consuls return to Alexandria ; and the pro-
tocol signed at London on the sth of this month has already
invited the Representatives of the Four Powers to come to an
understanding with the Porte to fix the time at which the
aforesaid agents should return simultaneously to Egypt.
As to the details which regard the internal administration of
this province, and to which the firmans published on the 13th
of February refer, the undersigned have been informed by
despatches dated Alexandria, the 24th of the same month, that
the greater part of those articles have been already regulated.
In effect Mehemet Ali has acknowledged, without any re-
serve, that all the treaties and all the laws of the empire
should be applied to Egypt in the same manner as to any other
province of this empire. He has subscribed to the orders
which have been addressed to him by the Sublime Porte, to
regulate in Egypt the monetary system, the levies, the service,
and the uniform of the troops, and the construction of ships
of war. He has replaced under the orders of his Highness
the Sultan the land and sea forces of Egypt, of which the
Sublime Porte itself has determined the number; in a word.
he is at present legally placed, with respect to the Porte, in
the position of a subject delegated to the government of a
province forming an integral portion of the Ottoman empire ;
and in conformity with the principle which the Convention of
the 15th of July was determined to re-establish, it is to the
authority of the Sultan alone that it now belongs to resolve
the questions relative to the internal administration which re-
main yet to be regulated, and to take into consideration the
wishes which Mehemet Ali has submitted on this subject to
the decision of his Highness.
Without. in this respect entering
.into an examination
which would not be within their province, the undersigned
can only refer to the principles laid down in the collective
note which they have had the honour to address to the Ot-
toman Ambasador on the 30th of January. The principles
based upon the conditions of the separate act attached to
the Convention of the 15th July will serve as a rule for the
amicable explanations which the representatives of the Four
Courts may yet be called upon to offer to the Sublime Porte.
The undersigned are firmly assured that these explanations,
conceived in a sincere spirit of conciliation, would lie received
by the Sultan in the same manner as he has ever received the
advice already offered by the Allies, disinterested and sincere
advice, which his Highness justly appreciated when he by an
act of clemency accomplished a work of pacification which the
Allies had honourably aided him in securing.
The undersigned avail themselves of this opportunity, &c.
London, March 13, 1841. ESTERHAZ Y.

NEUMAN.
PALMERSTON.
BULOW.
BRUNOW.

THE PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 14.
The following letter from the Directors of the
Company who own this vessel, addressed to
Messrs. Jones and Hodgson, insurance-brokers
at Liverpool, was posted in the Underwriters'
Room to-day :
British and American Steam Navigation Company,
2, Billiter-coart, Billiter-square.
AlEssits. JONES AND HODGSON.
GENTLEMEN, the Liverpool correspondence of the
,
Times of this (lay's date, it is stated that the sails of the Pre-
sident were neither numerous or good; " the report is hardly
worth contradiction, but as it may cause uneasiness amongst
the Underwriters on her, I beg to annex a list of the sails
handed over by Captain Deane to Captain Roberts, when he
took command of the vessel.
I take this opportunity of stating that the Directors are un-
der no apprehensions for has given
of the ship, being of o
nion that her machinery has given way, and Captain RobeTt"
has put into Halifax or Bermuda, most
GprßobEabolyotßhe
as the gale was from the N. E.
I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
LlaAttelßrDp.ort:
(Signed)

HOARD THE
PRESIDENT.PN
INVENTORY OF SAILS
Fore and aft foresail, ditto mainsail, ditto thizen sail, three
main gaff topsail, mizen ditto ditto, two fore-
sails, one topgallant ditto, one forestaysail,
lower studding sails, two topmast ditto, two
topgallant ditto.
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COMMODORE NAPIER.—This gallant com-
mander arrived here in the steam-ship Oriental
this morning, the vessel which brought the last
India mail. She went at once into quarantine,
from whence, however she expects a speedy re-
lease, all on board being tvell. We are glad to
find that arrangements are being made, under
the auspices of the East India Association, to
give the gallant Commander a public dinner on
setting foot once more on his native shores.

Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India-hOuse, when the thanks of the Court were voted,
unanimously to Mr. William Butterworth Bayley, Chair-
man, and Mr. George Lyall, Deputy Chairman, for their
great application and attention to the affairs of the East
India Company during the past year.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager will leave
Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire, on Monday or Tuesday next,
for Marlborough House. Her Majesty.is expected to be
present at the Ancient Concert, on Wedzroday, evening
neat, at the Hanoveriticeze Ron%

LONDON:
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1841.

ARRIVAL OF THE
CALEDONIA.

(EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.)

NO NEWS OF THE
PRESIDENT.

The Caledonia arrived at Liverpool yesterday
morning at ten o'clock, bringing New York
papers to the Ist, and Boston papers to the 2d.
The Caledonia brings no word of the President,
which vessel, therefore, cannot have put into
any American port. It is still possible that she
may have reached the Azores or Bermuda, but
hearing nothing of her by this arrival, cannot
avoid enhancing the uneasiness which prevails
respecting her.
The intelligence concerning Mr. M‘LEop is
contained in the following paragraph:—