The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-04 00:00:00

3.t ion, calmness,

God forbid. ! Temper, foresight, moder
-justice—without-whickall other valificat
oatagents aro vain7appear to have been
anciin their .stead ye see illibumour, haut,
and unsteadiness of purpose, with revenge
slights and want of knowledge and estimatio
rafter of the people., A few who have p,
power have done more (Brown in Kahun,
and.otliers) than those to whom, from their
•1 GovernMent had a right to eip.3ct the adjustm.

ions in politi-
Jost sight of,
cur, hastiness,
t for fancied
ti of the che
)ssessed the
instance,
ant adi

cult questions. _ ..
The papers have been filled of late with ye r-r 'angry
proceedings between Mr. Ross Bell and Gene , . Gor-
don, commanding in Scinde, in which the former lut s be-
haved very ill. Both parties have been* reproved 9J -
and the
Governor-General, but Bell has not berm re.
-nove 4
General Gordon, declaring that he could no lc nger ''s erve
under his interference, has resigned his comOan ci- It
is rumoured, however, that the Supreff te Gov.erua lent
can no. longer bear with Mr. Bell, and We re-
moved him, and appointed my gallant o id friend 4. . Jut-
ram to his place. I hope so ; Outram is a fine . little
fellow, and already a distinguished • politician. and
soldier. From what I can gather of Bell's act: ;,. he ;
seems to have been led by his vanity ti ) the verg eof I
nearly insane conduct• in his administration of Sc;
nn©
I
and Cutchee affairs. lie has inter fered with and un- •
settled property, estates, titles to lal ids, and heredit IVY
offices,' customs' regulations, duties, &c., in so • strut 'be
a fashion—in short, to have so eompl etel, y 7.mset tied 1:-.1/c.:
country, that it will take years of g° od at .•d te crvPlwate
\in.. At last wes
management to bring it into order .g'l-
are beginning to have inklings of t. Inoi' tr 1 a
thee '
' enclosed
of the occupation of Affghanistan, a. is a retty
list,' which was published the other d tLY, p
little item :-42,346 rupees a mont 11 am aunts to
quite 50,000/. per annum; and the Scha VAS
ou o \ vn
in foErce,
which he was to have paid, and which zng-
land believe he pays, but of which he • ll' not pay
)es
a fraction, is 180,00 C/. per annum. I. idia pays fin.
t
this, so also for the regular troops, the corm nissmone ariat, y
to the
expense of moving ordnance and stores, sect
bribe _uncertain or refractory persons—Kam ram Schell;
and his Vizier Yar Mahomed, fur instance --N vith 25,000
rupees a month—fortifications, political ag, incies, and
their establishments ; for example of part of the latter,
take Mr. Ross Bell's camels, as set forth in the I enclosed
letter, where broad facts are given-675, at the ra
these.onthly
expense to Government of 10,000 rupees. I .e 3,
are pleasant items for the Indian financialists to cont em-
plate, with no prospect of reduction, and little al 'ility to
meet them, if any dependence is placed on the ne w loa 1,
which has turned out a complete failure so far, : tad the'
amount subscribed sadly disproportionate to th a wants
of the state. Here is the account :

Lacs 1 Rupees.
Calcutta
The banks of Bengal, &c .
Bombay and Madrass, 10 by the Oanks of
Bombay

Total ,
—a drop in the ocean of expenditure. Ctontrast this
with the opening of the loan for the Burme:ce war, w hen
in three or four months as many millions sterling NA 'ere
fortjtcoming. It is said Government will be obliged to
take 4 per cent. paper in payment of the loan, s,llling it,
of course, again at a discount. We shall see.
What can be done then to lighten the exi tense ?
Withdraw troops? Impossible—for, as I will to 11 you.
by and by, we may yet be obliged to take Hera t ; we
cannot hold one tribe in allegiance to the ,Schah with-
out them. Reduce the troous in India ! ;sible
too. The political agency charge appears e.norm ous ;
why then should there be so many officers ? E very-
petty state, whose whole revenue hardly equals the 1 )a.y
of the agent, has one. Could there not be one too
many, and could not the smaller one, trans act
their business by means of their own agents ? Almost
all the agents are young men, and why- they
should be set to direct or advise the movement:
of troops I cannot divine—troops commanded 1..,y olcl
and experienced officers. Surely, it would be heti qr
tl
give these men the civil as well as military authority ,
for at present the system engenders quarrels and im—
pedes the service. According to the list, we have 18
young Lieutenants out of 33 officials. They may be
able to speak Persian, and therefore would have made
admirable aids and interpreters to the commanders of
the troops • but I should think it dangerous to trust
them with ;he entire power in such a country as Affgha-
nistan. Something must be wrong, or we should not
have affairs like those of Kudjuk and the Ghillies, nor
would the whole of the country be insecure and un-
settled.
It le two months, I think, since there was a very strong
rumour that Herat had been given up to the Persians by
Yar Mahomed, of sold rather, And that in consequence
Major Todd has been ckliged to fly from Herat. It was
contradicted from Persia by the next mail, but the news
from Persia just arrived at Dombay gives the truth of'
the matter. The letters are from Teheran, and there is
no doubt, I believe, of the authenticity of the intelligence.
The surrender of Ghorian to Herat was, as you
know, the sine qua non of the renewal of the inter-
course with Persia, and the King invitad Mr. Riach to
Teheran to settle the matter. It was agreed to. and
Riach went to Meshed in the way to Ghorian to
sec it carried into effect. Meanwhile, the brother or
son. of Kamram comes to the King, saying! he had
driven the English—that is, Todd, &c., out or Herat,
and offers the place to theScha.h. After some coqucti.ng
with the offer, the Schah has accepted it, and while
to satisfy the British Government, has given Ghorian to
Herat, has become virtual monarch of both himself, and
has appointed Kamram to be his deputy. What, there-
fore, will bo done ? It seems, in very truth, that the
Persians and Herrattses have laughed at our beards,
and the abSence of Todd from Herat, indeed of any
political agent, gives too ruizell re..--son to suppose that
this advantage may have been taken. The letter further
states that there are assemblings of troops towards the
sea, and many new fortiflcations. which have, at the least,
in conjunction with the abo,v4c AI very suspicious ap-
pnrance.

•
• E GY PT•
ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 16.
On the ith of August the steamer Nile arrived from
Constantinople, bringing a detailed account of the recep-
tioti of ►gici Bey and Sami Bey at Constantinople, be-
sides ordeti for the faithful execution of the hatti
scheriff of Gulhane, and a vizerial letter announcing
that the Sultan bad reduced the tribute from 80,000 to
6%000 purses. The Pacha had hoped for a reduction to
15,000,000 piastres, being half the amount of 60,000
purses: On the following day Ibraham Pacha left for
Delta, and reached I)isouki on the 12th. On the 12th
the Austrian corvette Clemenza came into port with the
Austrian Consul, M. Laurin, an board, who had just left
Constantinople. The corvette saluted the fort with
twenty-four rounds, which ‘vere returned. lie had a
private interview with the Pacha that evening, and for-
mally landed on the 13th. On his landed lie was again
saluted, and the Paella came to meet him, and conduct
him id the palace, receiving him with affability. When
he reached his eonsulate the Austrian flag was set up,
while Salutes were lira anew.
On the 14th, Mustaphtt Bey, Colonel of the Sultan's
infantry, arrived from Constantinople with the French
steam-boat, bringing orders to the l'acha to send the Sy-
rians back to their country. The Paella caused Boghos
Bey to write to Colonel Napier, that a Colonel having
arrived from the Porte to demand the Syrians, he was
ready to deliver them to him (the Turkish Colonel), and
would Rend them to Syria by his own trMlsports. The
English Steamer Polyphemus arrived on the 15th of
August from ConStan!inople,- with the Consuls of Eng-
land and Russia. The Prussian Consul, having neither
subjects nor vessels at Alexandria, did not come. Before
entering the port, the Polyphemus approached the ships
Rodney and Calcutta. The Consuls landed incognito on
the evening of their arrival. On the 16th each had a
separate Interview with Boghos Bey, and they are ex-
pected in a fewdayi to have an interview with the Pacha.
Decorations' of honour arc being prepared fur them.
Tho State Council of the Muawins, presided over by
Scheriff has been increased by, Its. distinguished
membera' Hanna Bahri Bev and intsni Bey. This
council is getting ready forits departure from Alexan-
dria for. Cairo, where the - Paella himself will pass the

Ramadan, after visiting the provinces.
Bahl Bey, Governor. of Damietta, has been removed
from office, and Ratib Effendi, elx-Govcruor of the city
of Candia, has been made head receiver of customs at
Alexandria. Two cases of plague occurred here yes=
ter(lay.
The country seems inclined to peace, including Le-
banon. The French Consid at Beyrout has received or-
ders.not to. make ,any concession to 'the detrimeni of
French commerce in favour of the new Government.
The Jews who were mixed up in the affair of Padre
Tomasolave been ethployed in their different offices as

before., , " •
Crete is entirely quiet. The foraigu insurgents have
been transported to Greece' by the English vessels Tyre
and Blazer; and the Sfakiots have submitted to Mustapha
Pasha, who has entered their province. The English
Consul, Mr. Ogley, and Mustapha, have been disputing
with each other, the latter reproaching the former for
having delayed in acting against the rebels. Mr. Ogley
has been called to Lord Ponsonby, to justify himself.
According to a plan of Lord Ponsonby's, Tahir Pasha
(well known as the Capitan Pasha) would be appointed
Grand Vizier, and Sarim Effendi Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
The French are preparing for a fete at Cape Carthage
in remembrance of the 6th crusade and the death of
St. Louis, which occurred in the year 1270. The Arch-
bishop of Algiers. will preside over the ceremony.
Thn Albanian soldiers have caused great disturbances
in lledjaz and Arabia.
The Nile rose to above six teen cubits on the 10th, and
the canal conducting the water to Cairo was out. It is
now 20 cubits and 1-6th, and the increase is expected to
be on a fair average.

MALTA.—Aue. 27.
The Great Liverpool . arrived during the night, in four
days, from Alexandria, which she left on the 22d inst.,
one o'clock, P.N. She brings a mail from Bombay, de-
spatched on the afternoon of the 20th of July, in the
Auckland, which steamer brought the mail as far as
Aden, when it was taken up and brought down to Suez
by the Berenice; The Prometheus takes on the Indian
mail, addressed via France, this afternoon, to Marseilles e
It does not appear from the Bembay papers that th
mails of the sth, 6th, and 7th of July frem Calcutta
were yet arrived, or delivered, though the Government
express of the Bth of July had been received. Sir John
Wilson, late Governor of Ceylon, and several officers
from India, are passengers by the Great Liverpool. '
The Britannia and Bowe left Corfu in company with'
the Vanguard on the 19th inst.. at which place the
Ganges arrived on the 18th from Palermo. On the 22d
the squadron fell in with the Hazard, and the same even-
ing she was sent on to Malta, while the Vanguard was
• dtspatched to Candia. •The Ganges sailed from Corfu
on the 22d, and having come up with the Britannia and
Howo on the 24th, entered Malta harbour with them on
the 26th. The Weazle, 10, was the only nks2-of-war