The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-11 00:00:00

POLICY OF MEHEMET ALI.

ACCOUNT OF EVENTS AT ALEXANDRIA, COLLECTED
BY A CORRESPONDENT AT MALTA FROM THE ORAL
COMMUNICATION OF A PASSENGER OF DI2TINC-
' TIoN ON BOARD OF THE PACKET.
Admiral Stopford appeared on the 24th of August
with the Priec,ass Charlotte before Alexandria. He
immediately moored his ship in line with the Bellero-
phon, and the two Austrian frigates the Medea and the
Guerriera, in front of the Rassettin, the Viceroy's Pa-
lace. On his arrival the allied squadron saluted him,
and Col. Hodges went out to him in the Hydra steamer.
The Colonel gave an account of everything going on
here. An Egyptian transport brig, which arrived off
the port in ballast after the Colonel's visit, was allowed
to enter. In the afternoon the squadron was joined
by the Austrian corvette La Clemenza, which cast
anchor beside the other vessels. At night one of the
boats of the allied squadron approached close to the
batteries of the port ; the troops preserved the most
pea feet coolness, expecting.an attempt to land, in which
case they would have fired.
03 the 25th the English sloop of war Daphne joined
the squadron. She had been in sight the day before.
Afterwards the Papin, French steamer, arrived in nine
days from Toulon, and was allowed to enter the port.
She brought journals containing, among news of the
Bth of August from London, the declaration of Lord
Palmerston, that France would not go to war with Eng-
land and Europe for the Oriental question, and that
peace was certain. The French, who hitherto had not
fiiled to instigate the Pacha to maintain his pretensions,
were deeply nurtified, and felt themselves, as it were,
degraded by this news. M. Cochelet went, in no haste,
in the afternoon, to tell him his news. He found the
Paella in an imperturbable state quite surpraing, and
having an air of calmness which might be called terrible.
Great supplies of powder are put on board of the
Viceroy's ships. Arrangements are made for 40,000
quintals. His ships of war guard the entrance to the

port. Around them ply a number of boats always
realy for action.
t, the morning of the 25th M. Laurin and Colonel
Hodges waited on the Viceroy, They advised him to
yield, as the period of ten days granted by the treaty
was about to expire ; but they found the Pacha immo-
vably fixed in his resolution to resist. Mr. Hodges
observed, that even ii hostilities were to take place, he
would remain at Alexandria as a private individual !
I know not what the Pacha replied to this. On being
also waited on by Count Aledem, who paid his visit un-
accompanied by any person, he said—" I recognize the
superiority and the greatness of .the Powers. I would
have yielded to one of them sing but I will- not to the
four united together. There is always a becoming
manner of doing things. But before I arrived at Alex-
andria the Consuls were endeavouring to excite alarm in
the country. They wanted to make the sailors revolt. They
have brought a fleet here in great haste without waiting to
know what my answer would be. Finally, they wished
to annihilate, to extinguish me, hut 'Mehemet Ali is not
in a humour to be extinguished, even for the gratificati in
of the worthy Consuls. They lately said that they in-
tended to go away ; now it seems they wish to remain
here."

Such are the s.:-ntiments of Mehemet Ali. Those
who wish to deal with him as if he were a mere com-
monplace man have no right idea of his character, and
unfortunately much blood will be shed.
In consequence of Mehemet Ali's refusal to make
any concession after the ten days stipulated in the treaty,
it is pretended that all Syria ought now to be regarded
as having no legal governtnew, and, according to the
Consuls, the a:lies are endeavouring to restore these
provinces to the Porte, with the Regencies of Tripoli
and Tarsus.

It remains to be seen what means they will employ
to accomplish this object. What is certain is, that tor-
rents of blood must be shed in the contest.
The Peeb t goes to Cairo, but the people of Alex-
andria would prefer that he did not undertake the jour-
ney. They wish him, especially under the present cir-
cumstances, to remain in their city.

NEWPORT RIOTS.

COMMITTAL OF WRIGHT BETTY.

NEWPORT, SEPT. 9.—Much excitement was pro-
duced here in the beginning of the week, by the report
that the lurking place of " Jack the Fifer" had been
discovcred, and that he w6s in th. 3 custody of our
police. The rumour turned out to be incorrect, it having
originated in the capture of Wright Betty, who, al-
though not quite as daring a rebel as Rees, yet took so
prominent a part in the insurrection as to induce the
Government to offer a considerable reward for his ap-
prehension. Having been taken and brought into
Newport, he this day underwent a public examination
before the Magistrates.

The first I;itness called on the part of the prosecu-
tion was

Mr. John Lewis, of Tvdec, in the parish of I 3 tz-
!alley, who deposed that he was a tin-plate manu-
facturer. His residence adjoined the Tram-road.
At between six and seven o'clock on the morning
of the 4th of November, an armed mob of about
1,500 men came opposite to his house ; some of
them came into the house and:asked if there were any
arms there. Witness refused to give them any. The pri-
soner said if there were any there, he would have them.
Witness ordered them to leave the house, and took
hold of the prisoner to remove him, upon which he said
he might as well be civil, and took a pistol out of his
pocket and said, " What do you think of our blood
now ?" Witness replied that he had never said any-
thing about it, and advised him to be cautious what he
aid, as he was known. He then put the pistol back
into his pocket, and having taken his gun from the man
who held it, he and the armed mob went away.
Mr. T. Philpotts, jun., who defended the prisoner,
cross-examined the witness very ably, but failed in elicit-
ing anything material to his client.
kifrcd Tibbs deposed that he was clerk to the Mon-
mouthshire Iron and Coal Company, and was in New-
port on the morning of the riot. The prisoner, who was
well known to him, came down Stow-bill with the rest
of the rioters ; they wheeled round towards the West-
gate Hotel. The prisoner, who was in front of them,
fired into the window of the hotel.

The prisoner declined c4lling- any evidence in his be
half, and he was committed to take his trial for the of
fence, and the witnesses bound over to give evidence.

THE LUDLOW OUTRAGE.

(From the Shrewsbury News.)

By the time this reaches you Misters will be in
Sh%wsbury ; be is committed for trial.
9th September, 1840.
_

Misters looks better to-day than he has any time
since his arrival in I.ud ; his cheeks are fuller,
though still pile, which appears is his natural com-
plexion, the addition of a clean shirt has given him a
more respectable appearance. There is something ex-
tremely remarkable in his eye which is deep, brown
and perhaps, if the beholder were free from prejudice,
might be called a well firmed expressive eye ; but there
is certainly something about it to cause a feeling of
mistrust under any circumstances. The situation of
the unfortunate creature may in some measure be the
cause, but certain it is, that no one ever looked upon
his eye or his mouth without being struck with the
wild and peculiar expression of the one, and the clear
indication of determination, if not ferocity of the other.
Mr. M mkteth's entrance to the room, in which the
Magistrates had assembled did not in the least discom-
pose the prisoner. This gentleman possesses a most pre-
possessing exterior, he is extremely dark and well pro-
portioned. The prisoner, in comparison, it is evident,
would stand very little chance in a struggle with the
wounded gentleman under equal circumstances. The
scars (and happy we are to say that they are but
scars), are literally from ear to ear, in a direct line from the
corners of the mouth to the centre of the whiskers on
either side—these marks are turned upwards towards the
ears, causing an expression essentially different to that
which would have appeared had the line of the
mouth been lengthened downwards. This is happy
for the unfortunate gentleman, fot according to a pria-
ciple, well known amongst artists, the ghastly and me-
lancholy appearance of a line so drawn from each side
of the me -.th would have been as distressing to the be-
holder as afflicting, to himself. As it is, however, Mr.
Mackreth's countenance, which must have been hand-
some before the brutal attack of the assassin, does not
suffer so much as might have been imagined, though
the mark will never be effaced. We understand the
wounds in his throat are doing as well as those we have
described, and it must be highly gratifying to the feelings
of Dr. Lloyd, as well as creditable to his professional
abilities, that so complete a cure has been accomplished
in so short a time, and under circumstancces so sudden
and appalling.

RESCUE OF A PRISONER, AND
AND MURDER OF A CONSTABLE.

BRISTOL, WEDNESDAY.
An inquest was held this day, at the Dolphin Ta-
vern, Marlborough-street, before J. B. Griudon, Esq.,
Coroner, and a highly respectable Jury, on the body
of James Pearce, a constable of the parish of St.
George, county of Gloucester, who died in our infir-
mary on the evening of the 7th, in consequence of in-
juries he received on the 16th of last month, from
some ruffians who rescued a prisoner from his custddv.
It appeared, from the evidence adduced before the
Jury, that for some time past the premises and pro.
perty of Mr. S ttnuel Gough, brick and tile-manufac-
turer, Upper Easton, near this city, had been sub-
jected to various depredations, in consequence of which
a watch was kept, and at about two o'clock on the
morning of Sunday, the 16th of August, Mr. Gough,
jun., succeeded in defecting a young man, named John
Thomas, as he was in the act of plundering the
garden. He apprehended him, and having called
upon the deceased to assist him, they took Lim to the
station-house of the St. Phillip's division of Bristol police
(the nearest lock-up) for the purpose of getting him se-
cured for the night. When they got there the officer
on duty refused to receive him, alleging as a reason
that the cells were full, and that the robbery having
been committed in the county it was out of his juris-
diction. They then asked for the assistance of another
constable, which having been refused on the same
grounds, they (Mr. Gough and deceased) proceeded to-
wards Hanham, for the purpose of lodging him in the
Gloucestershire station-house. When they got opposite
to the national school at Redfield, they were overtaken
by John Thomas, the prisoner's father, William Thomas,
his brother, and a companion named James Porter,
who set upon theta for the purpose of rescuing him
' from their custody. James Porter picked up a large
stone from the read, and seizing hold of the deceased,
and making use of gross language, he beat him with
great violence over the back of the head ; William
Thomas then went up to him and knocked him
down, and the elder Thomas beat his head against
the ground. They continued their assault for some
distance, beatin and kicking deceased and Gough till
they came near to a public-house called the George and
Dragon, when a painter, n tined Underhill, and a black-
smith, named Fussel, who had been alar med by their
groans and cries of " Murder," came to their assistance.
Porter, who had retained possession of the stone, Oa n
fell upon Gough with it, and the father, John Thomas,
rescued his son from the custody of the deceased, whom
he knocked down, and, seizing hold of his head, again
beat it with brutal violence against the ground. The
prisoner upon being released, joined in the affray, and
attacked Gough, but ultimately, by the assistance of
Underhill and Fussel, the latter of whom was armed
with a large stick, the ruffians were beaten off, and the
deceased, who appeared to be very ill, taken home.
The widow described the appearance of his person when
brought home, and said he told her on the Tuesday fol-
lowing how he had been injured. He said, " Every-
body has something to bring him to his end, and the
blows 1 rect feed have injured my head."
Mrs. Gough, by whom he was also seen during his
illness, said he told her on the Sunday morning that

JVENING IDITION

they had beaten his head all to pieces, an
Thomas had given him h's leath-h!ow.
The deceased continued to get worse, and at length;
by the advice of the medical gentleman who attended,.
him, was removed to the infirmary on the 31st 0!
August, and placed under the care of Mr. Nathaniel
Smith. He was in a state of total insensibility, f;°111
that
which he did not recover, and died on the night of Mov
day last.
Mr. Smith having described the appearances which
presented themselves at the post mortenz exemipation:
and expressed his belief that the deceased died in con'
sequence of if:juries received in his bead,
The CORONER summed up the evidence, and
The Jury, after twenty minutes' consultation, re,
turned a verdict of Wiifui Murder egainst James Fed.
ter, William Thomas, and John Thomas the elder, a!
principals ; and against John Thomas the younger, A'
accessary.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND TEMP'6.

RANCE SOCIETY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV,,.,n
London, Sept. 9 !I .I"v•pci
SIR,—In your paper of this day I see a letter, sign'
by " Theophilus A. Smith," in which he informs egA
that " the Church of England has at length aralir Of
herself, and come forward to aid in this great %or: 0-f
moral reformation." Strange thing that the Chare"
England should not have been aroused long before !
fear that her arousing is not from any love of the tamp
ranee cause, but from the bold and important Pes,t:ve
that the Roman Catholic priesthood and the IsitY,lb-„vs
taken in the matter. The Church of England 0917:0
waits till it is discovered that any voluntary asanciat°o
is popular, she hen tries to get hold of the direetled
of the feelings connected with the association, f
pockets the cash by bamboozling the understandits.°l
the people. The most excellent Theophilus adds,
the
she soon take the lead in this moral reformation
people,' a sincere wish no doubt on the part el thed
Church ; but then mark the modesty of the c° i 0•
part of the sentence, " as she does in' their religious
struction." bag
Every one knows that the Church of Engler—r
the
not taken the lead in the religious instruction °'the
people ; she has been driven to " arouse" herself by „a
exertion; of \Vesleyans, Independents, 806,515;40'
others, and then she followed in the wake of de
tive forerunners, and the miserable failure she has ac•
is seen in her National (I) Schools, which are Inan"cbil•
tories of a spurious reverence, to be felt by tbveri- d,
dren, to those " black bodies, who," as Fox, the ui
said, " form an eclipse between God and men's se:ijt;
But what an acknowledgement this " Thee P—i
makes. He acknowledges that the " religious ia'rros.
tion " is a matter quite distinct from " moral refer her
tion." Tae Church of England has been forelet ig
creed down people's throats for ages, but oc'ff„!rbee'
beginning to think of their moral reformation.
philus," why were you not silent ? , So.
But still this Church of England Ternperalle,, or
ciety will be an excellent Society. There are tae to
three persons that are most earnestly recornmenu:e the
" Mr. Theophilus A. Smith," for the first lessons ipr,
temperance exercises. They arc—the Rev. the
Molesworth, Vicar of Rochdale,
and the Messrs. tea
Churchwardens of Chelmsford, who have per Pet%
the imprisonment of John Thorogood. Their ma

tion is not at present known unto all men.
Your obedient servant,
J. E.,
A Member of the Temperance S°cl.;el/‘