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le titre de Pacha d'Acre, et avec le commandement de
la forteresse de St..lean d'Acre, I'administration de la
partie meridionale de la Syrie, dont les limites seront de-
terminces par la ligne de demarcation suivante.
Cate ligne, partant du Cap Ras-el•Nakhora sur les
cotes de la. Mediticrranee, s'etendra de la directement
jusqu' a l'embouchure de la riviere Seisaban, extremite
septentrionale do la Tiberias, longera la cote occident ale
du dit lac, suivra la rive droito du fleuve Jourdain et
la cote occidentale de la Mer Morte, se prolongera de
la en droituro jusqu'-a la Mer Rouge, en aboutissant a
la pointe septentrionale du Golfe d'Akaba, et suivra la
cote occidentale du Golfe d'Akaba, et la cote occiden-
tale du Golfe de Suez jusqu' a Suez.
Toutefois le Sultan en faisant ces offres, y attache
la condition quo Mehemet Ali les accepte dans l'espace
de dix jours apres quo la communication en aura ete
fait a Alexandrie par un agent de sa ilautesse, ct qu'
en memo terns Mehemet Ali depose entre les mains
de cot agent les instructions necessaires aux comman-
dans de ses forces de terre et de mer se retirer imme-
diatcment de l'Arabie et de touter les villas saintes qui
s'y trouvent situees, de rile de Candle, du district
d'Adana, et de toutes les autres parties de l'Empire
Ottoman qui no soot pas comprises dans les limites de
l'Eypte, et dans cellos du Pat:belie d'Acre tel qu'il a
a ete dcsigne ci-dcssus.
•

during his life, with the titie of Pacha of Acre and
the command of the fortress of St. Jean d'Acre,
the aclicinistration of the southern part of Syria, of
which the limits arc designed by the following line of
demarcation :
This line drawn from the Cape Ras-el-Nakhora, on
the shores of the Mediterranean, extending from thence
directly to the mouth of the river Scisaban, northern
extremity of the Tiberias, along the western coast of
the said lake, following the right bank of the river
Jordan and the western coast of the Dead Sea, ex-
tending from thence in a right line as far as the Red
Sea, and resting on the northern point of the Gulf
d'Akaber, and following the western coast of the Gulf
d'Akaber and the eastern coast of the Gulf of Suez, as
far as Suez.
Nevertheless the Sultan in making these offers at-
taches to them the condition that Mehemet Ali ac-
cepts them within the space of ten days after the com-
munication has been made to him at Alexandria by an
agent of his Highness ; and that at the same time Me-
hemet Ali deposits in the bands of that agent the
necessary orders to the commanders of his forces by sea
and land to retire immediately from Arabia, and all the
holy cities therein situated, from the island of Candia,
the district of Adana, and all the other parts of the Ot-
toman empire which are not comprised in the limits of
Egypt, and in that of the Pachalic of Acre, such as they
are above designed.

Si dans le delai de dix jours fixc ci-dessus Mehemet
AR n'accepte point le susdit arrangement, le Sultan
retirera alors son offrc de l'administration viagcre du
Paellalic d'Acre, mais sa liautesse consentira encore a
accorder a Mehemet Ali pour lui et ses descendans en
line directe, l'achninistration du Pachalic &Egypte,
pourvu que cette offre soit acceptee dans l'cspacc des
dix jours suivans, c'est a dire, dans un delai de vir.gt
jours, a comptcr du jour ou la communication lui aura
etc faite, et pourvu qu'il depose cgalement entre les
mains do I'agcnt du Sultan les instructions necessaires
pour ses cornmandans de terre et de mcr de se retircr
immediatement en dedans les litnites et clans les ports
du Pachaiic d'Egypte.

If wi!hin the space of ten days above fixed Mehemet
Ali does not accept the said arrangement, the Sul-
tan will then withdraw the offer of the life adminis-
tration of the Pachalic of Acre ; but his Highness will
still consent to accord to Mehemet Ali, for him and
his descendants in line direct, the administration of
the Pachalic of Egypt, provided that this offer be
accepted in the space of ten days. following—that is to
say, in the space of twenty days, counting from the
date of the communication made to him ; and provided
that he likewise deposits in the hands of the agent of
the Sultan the necessary instructions to his commanders
by land and by sea to retire immediately within the limits
and within the ports of the Pachalic of Egypt.

111.
The annual tribute to be paid the Sultan by Mehe-
met Ali shall be proportioned more or less to the terri-
tory of which the latter will obtain the administration,
according as he accepts the first or the second ultimatum.

- IV.
It is moreover expressly understood that in the first,
as well as in the second ultimatum, Mehemet Ali (be-
fore the expiration of the term fixed of ten or twenty
days) shall be bound to send 'back the Turkish fleet,
with the crews and armanzens, to the care of the Tutk-
ish authority, who shall be charged to receive them—
the commanders of the allied squadrons assisting at
this restoration (remise).
It is understood that i❑ any case Mehemet Ali
cannot charge in account, nor deduct from the tribute
payable to the Sultan, the expense of keeping up the
Ottoman fleet during the time that it has remained in
an Egyptian port.

All the treaties and all the laws of the Ottoman em-
pire shall be applicable to Egypt and the Pachalic of
Acre, such as it be above designed, as well as to every
other part of the Ottoman empire ; but the Sultan
consents, that on condition of the regular payment of
tribute above-mentioned, Mehemet Ali and his de-
scendants shall levy imposts in the name of the Sultan,
and as the delegate of his Highness in the provinces of
which the administration is to be to him confided. It
is further understood that on the condition of receiving
the above taxes and imposts Mehemet Ali and his de-
scendants shall provide for all expenses of the civil and
military administration of said provinces.
VI.

The land and sea forces which the Pacha of Egypt
and of Acre may maintain, shall form part of the
forces of the Ottoman empire, and shall always be con-
sidered as kept up for the service of the State.
VII.
The present separate act shall bear the same force
and value as if it were inserted word for word in the
convention of this day. It shall be ratified, and the
ratification exchanged at London, the same time with
those of the said convention.
In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries
have signed and affixed the seal of their arms.
Done at London, the 15th of July, in the year of
Grace, 1840.
(Signed) PALMERSTON [CHEKIB.
NIEUMAN.
BULOW.
BRU NO W.

PROTOCOL RESERVING THE RIGHTS OF
• THE PORTE.

PROTOCOL. SIGNED AT LONDON BY THE PLENIPO-
TENTIARIES Of THEIR MAJESTIES, &C., THE 15TH
JULY, 1840.
In affixing his signature to the convention of this
day, the Plenipotentiary of the Sublime Ottoman
Porte has declared—
That in stating, in the Fourth Article of the said
convention, the ancient law of the Ottoman Empire, in
virtue of which it is prohibited at all times to foreign
vessels of war to enter in the straits of the Dardanelles
and of the Bosphorus, the Sublime Porte reserves to
herself, as heretofore, to deliver firmans to light vessels
under the flag of war, which are employed, according
to custom, in the service of the correspondence of the
legation of friendly powers.
The Plenipotentiaries have taken note of this present
declaration, to bring it to the knowledge of their Courts.
(Signed) LMERSTON.
NIEUMAN.
BULOW.
BRUNOW.

SECRET PROTOCOL.
SECRET PROTOCOL, SIGNED AT LONDON THE 15TH
JULY, 1810, BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF THEIR

MAJESTIES, &C.
The Plenipotentiaries of their Majesties, &c., having,
in virtue of their full powers, concluded and signed, this
day', a convention between their respective Sovereigns
for the pacification of the Levant ;
Considering, that from the distance which separates
the capitals of their respective Courts, a certain space
of time must necessarily elapse before the exchange of
the ratification of the said convention could be effected,
and that orders founded on that act could be put into
execution ;
And the said Plenipotentiaries being profoundly pene-
trated with the conviction, that looking at the actual
state of things in Syria, the interests of humanity, and
the grave considerations of European policy, which con-
stitute the object of the common solicitude of the
Powers signing the said convention of this day, imperi-
ously require the prevention as much as possible of any
delay in the accomplishment of the pacification which
the said transaction is des•ined to attain.
The said Plenipotentiaries, in virtue of their full
powers agree between themselves that the preliminary
measures mentioned in Article IL of the said convention
shall be put into execution at once, and without waiting
for the exchange of the ratifications, consent formally by
the present act with the assent of their Courts to the
immediate execution of their measures.
It is agreed on besides by the said Plenipotentiaries
that his Highness the Sultan shall proceed to address
to Mehemet Ali the communi.:ation and the offers
specified in the separate act annexed to the conven-
tion of this date.
It is agreed, moreover, that the consular agents of
Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, will put
themselves in cominuhication with the agent of the
Sultan to address to Mehemet Ali the communication
and offers above mantioned ; that the said Consuls will
give to this agent all the assistance, and all the aid in
their power, and that they will employ all their means
of influence
him
oon
acceptMehemet
the
arrangement AliAli to the
offered
of
de deter-
miningtoilimb
order of his Sublime Highness the Sultan.
The Admirals of the respective squadrons, in the
Mediterranean, will receive the necessary instructions
to place themselves in communication with the said
Consuls,

(Sign; d) PALMERSTON
NIEU MAN.
13U LO W.
BRUNOW.

Note.—lt is believed that a secret article exists, by
which other coercive inusures may be employed, and by
which the straits of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles
arc to be closed against all vessels of war.

yesterdayfro at
public
cre-
dit plantation Islontroso and plantation Ogle on the east
sea-coast of Demerara, werea sold,d the fJrmer to Sir Mi-
-1 M`Turk for 35,000., n the latter to the house of
Ow _...t ra,
,c t
184E0).
Anderson and Co.o for 26,5001. These are very
George if not larger than could have been
large price,
and prove that
obtained ten years ago, ..
co. _ the resident planters
and merchants do not really
this
icisilder emancipation to have
ruined their properties
rote:id thato°ll' however much they
may find it politic too'
plantation this is the case. 31r.
Rctemeyer, at
.otil Herstelling, has issued
an address to the labourers of e estate, of which he has
had the sole and uninterrupted,, charge for the last 20 years,
in which he tells them that
he is perfectly satisfied with
Ells cropsa
,vvere as large on an average as
their conduct."
were in the days ot 51 ' el-Y. Our bank divided at the
they
rate of S per cont. per annum on the last dividend, and there
is a large surplus fund."
DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT INESTERN.
12._The Great Western left her •
BRIsToL, SFri ovage to New York, moorings
this afternoon on her
fullv
of taking with her
54 passengerr, and a cargo
copper and manufactured
consisting of cottons, silks, &c., besides a large
goods; •
1 rs and newspapers. Amon
q iantity of Jett('
of the United g the passengers
are Lieutenant Eustis,
United States army, bearer
of despatches from the• States Legation at Paris,
Capt. Mackenzie, Royal Engineers, General Hamilton, &c.
we were grieved at seeing in a Morning Paper
of Ft i lay that the Quee:_l,eren leaving the Castle on the
previous afternoon for h usual drive, looked ill and
harassed ; but we havebeent assured by a gentleman who
enjoyed the satisfaction o
bee
ill Cr
her on that occasi:
loved
b m that,
so far from appearing to harassed, our e
Sovereign looked all that good health, high spirits, and
bouty could nil her... Observer,

THE SUN, LONDON. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1840.

THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION

(From Gabgnani's Messenger.)
The most striking article in this umrning's journals is
that of the Constitulionnel, commenting on the repre-
sentations made by the Consuls of the Four Powers to
the Pacha of Egypt. The warlike tone of this article
would, considering the connection which is generally
understood to exist between the journal in which it ap-
pears and the Ministry, certainly create some alarm, if
it were not qualified by the very important admission
that the easus belli is not arrived, and by the reflection
that even amidst all the din of preparation for war ne.
gotiations are probably going on, which will prevent
the necessity of resorting, under any real or imaginary
motive of interest or dignity, to that fatal, and, fre-
quently to all parties, unsatisfactory mode of argument.
The Constitutionnel says—
" The note of the Consuls is highly important ; until
now we were ignorant of the nature and extent of the
coercive measures which the Powers had resolved upon
resorting to against the Pacha. The note makes us ac-
quainted with them. In the enumeration of the mis-
fortunes which the r csistance of the Pacha would throw
upon his responsibility, the note includes the entrance
of European troops into Egypt or Asia. This is clear.
If in this the note contains only a vague menace, it does
not limit the coercive measures to an attempt to create
an insurrection in Syria and a blockade. The European
Powers will enter Egypt and Syria, that is to say the
English will attempt a landing, and the Russians will
undertake to protect Constantinople. So much as this
had not been hitherto said as to coercive means. If
acts should correspond with words, the Powers will not
hesitate at measures of a nature to provoke an Euro-
pean conflagration. We have also remarked the cutting
words—who will dare to brave the Powers ? Who
will venture to oppose the execution of their decrees ?
If the Governments represented by the Consuls-
General have forgotten that there is a France in the
world, we hope there will be found some one to remind
them of it. The violations committed against the
laws of nations by Admiral Napier in seizing, before
the expiration of the delays fixed by the treaty, Egyp-
tian vessels of war, and even merchant vessels, have
it is asserted, led to energetic representations by the
I French Government. But, if the Powers should go
further, if putting foot upon the Turkish territory they
should pass from a seeming protection to a real act of
partition, France would then no longer protest by di-
plomatic notes, but by acts. Whilst the four Consuls
were showing in their note to what extent their auda-
city could go, M. de Pontois on his side, in a commu-
nication to the Divan, was showing precisely to what
point the patience of the French Government could
extend. It must necessarily reach its limit on the day
when a serious danger shall commence for the mainte-
nance of the European equilibrium ; that is to say, for
the honour and dearest interest of France. M. Thiers
has been called upon to reply publicly to all the me-
naces contained in diplomatic documents. We should
also be inclined to reproach him with his silence ; but
that ho is replying by serious preparations, and by ar-
maments, which, if we may believe the reports in circu-
lation, will be soon completed by a measure of national
defence which had been long called for."
(From the Journal Des Debats.)
The question whether we shall have peace or war is
more obscure than ever. The Ministry maintains a pro-
found silence as to its intentions and projects. In the
meantime anxiety pervades the public mind ; our Rentes
are falling rapidly, the Bourse is violently agitated, and
trade is alarmed. We have no war, and perhaps shall
not have any, but we have already a portion of the evils
by which war is accompanied. On one side what do
we see ? The Ministry continues its warlike prepara-
tions ; it raises soldiers and sailors, and the fortifying
of Paris is spoken of. What do we see on the other
side ? The Treaty of the 15th July has already re-
ceived a commencement of execution ; Commodore Na-
pier has seized Egyptian vessels, and Admiral Stop-
ford is before Alexandria. Yet our fleet remains sta-
tionary, and we are utterly ignorant of the instructions
which may have been sent to it. Are they pacific?
Are they warlike? This is a mystery. We do not
wish to take advantage of the grave circumstances
of the country to attack the Ministry. It is in its
own interest that we implore it not to prolong inde-
finitely a state of uncertainty which is fatal to trade,
and which may make war, and what a war ! dependent
upon an accident, a misunderstanding, or the slightest
caprice of a subordinate. The Ministry will not con-
voke the Chambers, observing that such a measure is
not necessary or opportune. In our opinion, the Minis-
try is very wrong ; but, at any rate, it has its journals,
an i
d if there be ever a time for publicity, is
it when a
question like that, as to whether a general war is immi-
nent, agitates public opinion and presses upon every in-
terest? What is the result of this silence? Irritation
is created against the Government; some accuse it of
cowardice, and suspect it of amusing the country with
preparations which will end only in heavy and useless
expense. OLhers reproach it with rendering the main-
tenance of peace impossible, by exciting rashly a war
fever which it will be unable to calm. Others,equally
unjust, but this injustice is the natural effect of the
uncertainty flowing in irritated imaginations, see only,
in all that the Ministry does, base calculations of per-
sonal interest. At each piece of news there is a new
shock. On all sides a cry is raised against the Govern-
ment. Let it then speak out ! Let it at least give an
outline of its intention and projects. France has a
right to know whether she is on the eve of unsheath-
ing the sword, or whether there is still any hope of pre-
serving peace.
(From Galignani's Messenger.)
A Malta:letter of the Ist inst., quoted by the Courrier
de Lyon, says that it is commonly believed there that
Commodore Napier has already bombarded Beyruth.
The Tunisian corvette Cervo had arrived with an en-
vey extraordinary from the Bcy to the Sultan on board.
The Porlafoglio Maltese, in a supplement of the Ist
inst., says:—
"The Consuls at Alexandria have not yet received
orders to withdraw, but Mehemet Ali has intimated
that, as they have no longer any mission in the country,
their presence has become entirely passive. This com-
munication was made in a more formal manner to Rifaat
Bey, and it is said that he is on the point of returning
to Constantinople. The officers of the English and
Austrian squadrons come daily into Alexandria without
being molested. The English ships stopped on the 25th
ult. several small coasting vessels laden with fruit and
rice, but released the barks after taking out the car-
goes, for which they paid the rayahs. When the Paella
learned that the English had captured some of
his transports on the coast of 'Syria, lie said they
falsely flattered themselves with the hope of cutting
off his communications with that country, for having
foreseen the object, he had provided 10,000 camels to
be ready for the emergency. It is said that there are to
be collected in Cyprus a large corps of men, of whom
20,000 are to be Austrians, 30,000 Turks, and 6,000
English. At all events, they will not be sufficient to
contend against the immense resources of the Pacha
without the 50,000 Druses, who may be armed in case
of need. The Naplousians have already come down from
heir mountains, and are encamped near Seida."

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