The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-24 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APR IL 24. 1841

That, by a revision of the Customs Duties, the revenue
would be increased, the trade and manufactures of the United
Kingdom promoted, and the merchants' shipping extended.
That their opinions have been strengthened by the satisfac-
tory evidence, statements, and facts produced before the Select
Committee of your Honourable House on Import Duties, and
by the Report of the said Committee thereon.
And y;.ur Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that your
Honourable House gill be pleased to make such alterations in
the excessive differential duties and restrictions as shall
deemed fair aria just to the consumer and to the British F.M-
ducer, and also promote the general trade of the country and
the increase of the revenue.

The first name to the petitionis JOHN HORSLEY
PALMER, and we presume, therefore, that it-is
his production. It is perfectly moderate, suit-
able to him, for all the metropolis knows that
he is incapable of anything intemperate. The
petition will, we presume, have consith,rabto.
weight with the laudlorils, who have
turned a deaf ear to the monied s in the
City, ho:.--ever much they have en•arded the
sufferings of the people.

Those who limitthe selnices recently rendered
to this country by,l_,' ommodore Sir CHARLES
NAPIER to his I.P'.iliant exploits on the coast of
Syria, take b.:.t a pitiful view of the claims which
this gall?..nt officer-has established to the grati-
tude '..d. his admiring countrymen. In our eyes
S:i r CHARLES NAPIER was a greater man in
Alexandria than at Acre—greater in preventing
war by his sage counsels than in winning. the
laurels of a conqueror. Nor do we rate the
diplomatic talents of the Commodore a jot the
less on account of his treaty being rejected by
Lords PONSO'NBY and PALMERSTON, and his col-
league, Admiral Sir ROBERT STOPFORD. Events
have manifested to the world that the gallant
NAPIER understood. the character of the VlcEnor ;
the policy at which he aimed; the relative
Merits of the great question at Lsue ; and the
interests of Great Britain involved in its solution,
a thousand times better than our obstinate mis-
representative at Constantinople, whose opinionri
on all occasions Lord PALMERSTON thought pro-
per to adopt, often at the sacrifice of his own
better judgment. rfo be enemies in the field
4nd continue_ friends in tile closet bespeaks a
rare greatness of mind in the conqueror and the
conquered; and such are the relative positions
of MEHEMET A.LI and Commodore Sir C. NAPIER.
Even the Times of yesterday morning does
..,
justice to the gallantry, manly simplicity, and
straightforwardness of the Commodore, and the
good faith of the Viceroy towards England,
under the severest trials of: his forbearance in a
long leading article from which the following is
an extract :

The speech of Sir Charles Napier at Liver')o'ol is more re-
markable, as most of the doings and sayings of that bold
British saiior appear to be, for energy and straighttirwardness
than for discretion and subordination ; but as the main conk
cern of the public is not to shield this or that official
personage, or to keep up the solemn mummery of di-
plomatic pretences, we are nearly as much obliged
to Napier for turning the tables on Lord Ponsonbv,
as for turning Ibrahim out
.of Syria; and his oral
evidence is as opportune in England at this moment as hiS
broadsides were off Alexandria in November. The language
which Mehemet All held to the Commodore is precisely the
same which he has a all times held to the repressmtatives of
tilts country at Alexandria. He has always professed the
greatest deSire to enjoy the favour of England, and to attract
the advantages of English commerce. In all the affairs arising
out of the overland communication with India his perform-
anees have gone beyond his promises, and his good faith has
been equal to his good sense. Is it then reasonable or politic,
that because he governs one province on a bad and oppressive
system, and dared to usurp his Sovereign's authority in an-
other, we should invariably presume everything ag4inst
and disdain to exercise that restraint over him which more
amicable relations would infallibly place in our hands?
Commodore NAPIER has already done more
than any man in Europe to digsipate the preju-
dices which. exist in this country against the
VICEROY. The noblest gifts of fortune do not,
in old aristocratic countries, compensate for the
want of birth, even in parts of the world where
office only confers distinction, as in Turkey and
Persia. MEREMET ALI has been regarded as a
rebel and a robber
.by men, one would think,
possssing minds sufficiently enlightened to see
in the institutions which he was seeking to esta-
blish--iii the forms of civilisation which he was
anxious to developc—in the habits of industry
strught to inculcate—and in the com-
mercial pursuits to which in his own person he
did honour, the gekths at leasrof a great trtd-en-
lightened national policy.
The Times, in continuation, labours to
prove from public documents, what we
never before thought ,admitted of a doubi,
namely, that in the conflict between the SULTAN
and the VICEROY the former was the aggressor.
We had thought that it was well known to all
who have paid attention to the progress of the
late catastrophe in the East, that it was Sultan
.MAnmoun who sent a fleet against MEHEMET
ALI, and not MEREMET Au against the SULTAN.
We had likewise imagined that nobody doubted
that the battle of Nezib was not fought till after
HAFIZ PACH A, had crossed the Euphrates, and
invited the Syrians to revolt. The Times, how-
ever, having established these facts concludes its
article' as follows :

These facts tend certainly to corroborate Sir Charles Na-
pier's stror.g opinion, that if we had from the first deter-
joined to secure to Mehemet Ali peace and the safe possession
of subordinate authority within certain limits, instead of listen-
ing to the Sultan when he talked of destroying the rebel, the
advantages of our friendship would have operated as strongly
as the dread of our power to divert hint from all projects of
conquest and usurpation. " The danger," sass Lord Pei-
meriton (August 1, 1e39), " by which the Turkish empire is
threatened, is the usurped power of Mehemet Ali."
Would that it were so, and no morel But to our appre-
hension the perpetual danger of Russian power from without,
and the ineradicable disease of failing power within, are far
snore to be dreaded. The proof is evident, for now that the
usurped power of Mehe.vet has been wrested from him, and he
has ceased to be a danger at all, the dangers of the Turlz'sh
empire are at least as great, the maintenance of that State us
uncertain, the condition of its Government as wretched, as
they were before. Consequently the thief source of anxiety
lay not in that element which we have succeeded in removing,
but in that, less distinct in shape but more certain in effect,
which at present eludes our policy, and, if we are to believe
Lord Palmerston's words, escapes our notice.

The sound opinions of Sir CHARLES NAPIER,
and the revelations made by the Blue Book now
before Parliament, constitute safe guides for the
amendment of our Levantine policy. AK yet
Russia has gained little or nothing by havinq
duped the Noble Foreign Secretary The
bravery of NAPIFR and his pliant compa-
'lions in arms defeated all the schemes which
Russia hoped to acir,-mplish the moment she
could .wheed,lo: Lordp
• A b3lEßSTOTV—iiittr"the
adoptOf her views. The bravery of our
AS .'fors rendered harmless the blundering of our
Statesmen. Had Acre only resisted our cannon
for six weeks instead of less than as many hours,
how different would have been the result ? Then,
Indeed, would the triumph of Russia have been
complete, for her whole Black Sea fleet I,vould haVe
been at anchor at Constantinople, while three or
four English ships of the line would have
anchored at Tenedos to prevent a French
squadron from passing
,the Dardanelles
to relieve the Turkish capital ! What a figure
England would cut fighting against France to
secure to Russia the undisturbed possession of
Constantinople ! But Russia had pledged her-
self to deliver up Constantinople to the SULTAN
upon the defeat of the VICEROY. And you be-
lieved her, Lord PALMERSTON ? Believed that
Cabinet?
ec
Alusiv scan
on de she was sincere in abandoning the policy of half
a century—the instinct of her nature, rather than
fa
INe believeliadetothethßerii)trisoh
ctltsy et au .
would v
raises of h3unds not to hurt hares—of dogs not
to bark at sheep—and of a pike not to swallow a
minnow, as suppose that Russia could have
Turkey fairly within her grasp, and not strangle
her.

the British consumer of many articles of first necessity, and
of totally excluding others of foreign growth ; thus giving more
than a fair and remenable protection to individuals interested
in the produce of the United Kingdom and its dependencies,
and laying a heavy tax on the community without benefit to
the revenue.

" Art. 1. The Cortes shall meet to settle the Rien-y
question on the day that Government shall decide.
" '2. Each Chamber may deliberate singly, but not vote.
3. The Deputies and Senators united shall then vote, first,
on the number of Members the Regency shall contain; se-
condly, on the persons of whom it shall be composed.
" 4. The vote shall be by ballot.
" 5. For the first vote each deputy or senator shall write is
his bulletin one, three, or
,five.
" 6. Should there be no absolute majority the first time, a
sceon4 ballot shall take place between the cpinions having most
votes.

" 7. Should the result be the same, chance shall decide.
" 8. The same method shall lie followed for the electAn of
the Regent or Regents.
• " 9. No discussions sha'l take pace even on questions of
order. The Constitution prohibiting the two Chambers to de-
liberate together."

These articles were immediately adopted, with the exception
of Art. 9, which gave rise to a discus,ior., M. Campazano ad-
vising its suppression, and to have inserted in its stead that
all questions should be settled by a majority of votes. This
was vehemently opposed by General Beoane, who said that
the constitution positively prohibited deliberation wh,:n the
two chambers were together, and that no violation of the fun-
damental law should be allowed. The gallant general asseriel
that there were men who wished to create anarchy, in o.der
to seize on the property of hone,t and peaceabl, citizens ; but
he would let them know that, when he commanded, such cri-
minal prOjects should meet with no 'success, and added, that
400 daggers, sent from Genoa, most Probably with a revolu-
tionary design, had lately been seized on their art ival and
-transmitted' to the tribunal of Valencia, which is charged with
the investigation.
After this vigorous sortie Art, 9 was carried.
• In the Chamber of Deputies M. Collantes and other De;iu-
ties caked on the Ministry to communicate the budget for the
year 1842 as soon as it could possibly be got ready. The Mi-
nister of Finance, in reply, stated . that the request of the
Honourab'e Members was quite useless. as Government was
desirous that the budget shou4l' be laid before the House with
all possible despatch, adding atfhe same time that Governnicnt
was desirous that the interest
.of the debt should be paid in
order to re-establish the credit of
.the country.
Our market has .been ether brisker than u,u1.1. Five pee
Cent.i.. have been done at 28 cash, and at 27 at GO dais.

We have reeeiveththe whole of the Paris Jour.

teals of ThitrsdaZ'Th'elf,m iteur Algerien pf the
15th, announces that the dispute between Pra,nce
and the Emperor of MOROCCO has been amicably
settled; and that the new French Consul, on
being installed at Mogadore, was honoured with

a salute of twenty-one guns. The following of-
ficial report of the late operations in French
Africa, under the command of General Bun-
GEAUD, is the only piece of intelligence of any
interest in these papers :
FRENCH AFRICA.

.The Moniteur Algerien of the 13thinst. contains in its official
columns the following despatch from General Bugeaud, dated
Algiers, the 12th inst. :
" A detachment left Algiers on the 30th ult., with a large
convoy, which it introduced into Aledeah on the 3d inst. At
the same time General Duvivier reconnoitred the mountains of
Beni Salah to discover a shorter and more military road than
the Col de 111ouzaia. He was attacked inces,antly by the
Kabyles of this difficult country. He succeeded, however,
in repulsing them. On retiring from the mountains he was
suddenly attacked by a battalion under the command of
Barkani, ex-Bey of Illedeah. Being surprised in broken
ground, he at first lost some men, but C 4 lonel I3edeau
having joined him; he attacked the Arabs, drove them back,
and caused them considerable loss. During thi► day the -17th
regiment of Light Idantry and a battalion of the 24th regiment
of the line, commanded by Colonel Gentil, displayed much
'steadiness in resisting the ince=sant attacks of the Kabyles.
'1 his detachment had 11 men killed and 54 wounded, includ-
i•tg two officers of the 17th Light Infantry.
" The principal column having deposited its convoy at Me-
dealt, was attacked in its march towards the Wood of Olives by '
a numerous body of cavalry. A brtalion of the 23:1, 4:4.h,
and a bittai ott of the 24th, commanded by the Duke D'Au-
rnait'o, placed their kna; sacks on the ground and rushed upon
the Arabs, whom they drove into a ravine. Several of their
tutu and bones fell under the Ere of the French infantt3, sod
manywere wounded: .

"bn the 4th, at the moment that the escort which had de-
posited the convoy at Medeah was mounting the Col, the
rear-guard, commanded by General Changarnier, was warmly
attacked at the Weod of Olives in the rear, by the cavalry,
and on the left by the regular battalions of Abd-el-Kader.
This rear-guard supported the charge valiantly, but it bad
nearly cost us dear, for General Changarnier received a wound
in the shoulder, which at first was considered mortal, but the
ball having been extracted the General again put himself at
the head of his troops.
" The affair might have become serious upon the left, which
was tittneked by two battalions of regulais, who came from the
valley llouromi; if a battalion of the 23d, half a battalion of
the 3al, and a detachment of sappers had not taken the Arabs
ill the rear, whilst Colonel Hauteville supported them with
another battalion. The Arabs were driven into a ravme,
nu übers were killed, and eleven were taken prisoners.
" At the same time Colonel Brunet attacked Barkani's in.
fantry, abd drove them out of the Wood of Olives, where t4ey_,
`reirkieial deed. The eneiii-fe being diScoUrag'ed,"retired on
all points, and dared not again attack the column, which
being obliged to take another convoy at Illouzaia, coal not
pursue them. _

" The second convoy entered Illedeah- as fortunately is the
first.

" This short expedition revictualled Aledeah with nearly
400,000 rations, and the•three battles 01,01 the enemy fought
to prevent this has proved to trim how utterly imp ;tent he is
whenever Pe attacks our coluinni.

" This day 400 cavalry from the eait, commanded by Ben
Salem, attacked the friendly tribes at Ra,santa. Lieutenant
Pelle marched out. of the liaison Carree, at the head of :iOO
native Riflemen, put them to flight, killed several, and drove
them as far as Sidi Kea'ed, with the loss of !even wounded.
This officer flowed much resolution on the occasion."
[Here follow- the names of several officers and privaies who
d;stinguished themselves.

HANOVER.
The Cassel Gazette publishes the following proelatna,iong
the King of Hanover :-
6' PROCLAMATION RELATIVE TO. TILE CONVOCATION or TH,E

STATES-GENERAL OF THE KINGDOM.
" Ernest Augustus, by the Grace of God, King of Hanover,
Prince Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Cumber-
land, Duke of Brunswick and Luneriburg, &c., declare, that
the preparatory measures required by the law of the constitu-
tion published on the 6th of August oflast year for the convo-
cation of the States-General being terminated, in pursuance a
this constitutional law we convoke a general assembly of the
States, and fix the 2d of Jiine next for the opening of tbesame.
VVe cmrnand that all those who have a right to sit in either of
the to "o chambers, whether by personal right or by reason of
their functions; or by legal election, repair in proper time to our
residence, in order to assist at theopen ng of the session, and
take part in its deliberations. The present prcclaination shall
be published in the first part of the record of the laws.
" Given at Hanover, April 14, 1841. .
" ERN EST AUGUSTUS,
, .
" Baron de SCHELE."

ISLE or BouttaoN.....We read the following passage in the
report of the Captain of the Adolphe-Fanny, %,hich has arrived
in the rim. of Bourdeaux from the isle of iiou4bon, the fel:o,v.
jog statement :—" On the 21st of January, 1841, in 33 de7.
18 min. S. lat., 27 deg. E. long., boarded•by the. English
war brig Curlew, commanded by Lieut. J. C. Boss, after hay..
ing tried in vain to evade her. But his orders were supported
by a cannon-shot. This circumstance, together with the un-
pleasant news received at our departure, induced us to believe
that we were prisoners of war. The commander, who came on
board, left us for some time in this painful error, solely, we
su_ppose, to enjoy oqr embarrassment; but before be left us he
altay,d our apprehension=, giving us news op to the sth of Oc..
toter."
!t!, ..,• cur,.
on the same day.
I,A,le.t,ter &wt.:Vienna of the 12th instant, speaks of severs'
:-Ivtrtot4a allianctrs the. house of Austria is stated to be

3,213 were found to have signed in favour of the
charter. Whereas the counter petition) as con-
tended for by the opponents of the charter, was
signed by a larger number representing a much
larger amount of property rated. It is quite
true that the ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S Bill is de-
signed to provide a legal remedy for an illegal
contract-pending the trial of its validity in tly,.
Court of Queen's Bench, where it is expec",,' t,a to
be quashed during the present term. 'l>.ere is an
error also in the statement about
cost of prosecutions, which
may notice • - at a
_•
future time. comparative
We have been info.
strenuously resist' - .med that this•charter is
ed by it ; a pe,, ~ by those who are to he tax-
,tion having been presented a few
days ago
*o the House of Commons, praying
sei:,;(7aP-''...on from the Attorney-General's Bill,

",ned by a large majority cf the whole inhabi-
tant householders and. ratepayers of the Bo-
rough, each one's address and calihig be-
ing attached to his name. We stated
that "persons promoting the incorporation of
the new boroughs have not required or sought
the confirmation of the charters, being satisfied
they are good in law." Since the article was
written, however, a change has taken place. The
parties now evidently h .ve a doubt, as Mr.
Ainsworth on the 23d inst. two days afterwards,
gave notice of a motion "To insert a clause for
confirmation of Bolton Charter of Incorpo-
ration," the supporters of Cie Cirtrter thereby

showing that they not only seek the confirmatila of
their charter, but admit their doubts of its va-
lidity. We were informed that the persons to
whom our Contemporary vouchsafed support
hi,:a discovered the charters were good in law, and
were now willing to abandon their original op-
position for private gain, in the nature of " Corn-
pensatica." This does not apply to opposition
made to the Bolton charter, as its opponents
have sought neither compensation nor costs.
Since writing the above the contract before re-
ferred to, . and, which the ATTORNEY-GENERAL
by his Bill endeavoured to legalize, was this day
brought up and quashed in. the Court of Queen's
Bench.

The Madrid Journals received are of the 15th
inst., The advocates of a single Regency in the
Clipital, the Provinces, and the Chambers were
increasing in "Ambers and influence. The fol-
lowing report of the proceedings in the Cham-
bers on the 15th inst. is rather interesting :
In the Senate the President announced that the Committee
appointed to draw up the regulations to be observed en the
junction of the two Chambers for the purpose of settling the
Regency question was ready to submit its report to the
Chamber. The following were the articles proposed.to the
House:—

•
on the point. of coetractirg. The Crown Prince of Saidinia
is to be married to the oldest daughter of the Archduke Rey-
.nmr ; the Ittnperor of liia2il to another danghter of the Arch-
duke Reynier, or to a danghtet of the Prilee-of Salerno, whose
mother Is an Ausqviilli Princess ; and a ,on of the Duke of 1110-
(Una to ill•incess Januaria, sister of Don Pedro, Emperor of
-
Commerce. • ;
BOURSE —PARIS. TMURSDAY, APRIL 22.
f irst Highest Lowest halt
Price - Price. Prize. Price
Fr :nth 5 Der toot_ ll3 85 1139;
..„ H.; 8; ,„ o 0
4OM Cents 99 35 99 35 99 35 ;79 3i
3 p2r cents 7l; 3,1 . 35 .. -.9 25 19 130
or r'ranve
L Witte Bank !,,,Oof. stares 5157 51 .. 51.-4 54) ..;.5i57 5C —5137 50
Batt}:
3 ?er .......
... 10131 .. 1'45
3 per Cent 3 71.15 ... 71 v 5 71 2i
ionist2 Ac. vie t2Th ::454 ... 2'A
PaMiae 514 ... 5.%
...
Portocoese 3 per Cents
1(3% ... 10..1 ... 1(3% ... 10314
rAILWAY SHARPS.
St lierrnan,
Ve.'ssolles,/i. 8_ 7-170 270 370
L.B. ......... ....... ... 247 51 4
61 50 .. :47 50
iouen
cirt,sr•„rgissur
Mon.-miller to Cette :6; 263 •
... 281 ,61
-Itiolhausen to "'harm..... -nts ... 445 ... 445 ... 445