The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-19 00:00:00

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

The ques'i ins asked on the 12.z.h inst. in ex House of
Commons on the Eastern question, and the answe.s and
explanations of Lord Palmerston form the steple of leaders
in all the French journals of Tuesday. The foilawi .g
extracts from them will convey to English readers a correct
i lea of the spirit in which they arc written:—
The Courrier Francais says :
" The hatti-scheriff war, without doubt, suggmtad to
the Por;c; England took the leadit g and the active part.
Tee Powers Lai no oti.er motile in what they had done
than to lay a bait for France. If France disarm, the here-
ditary ri_;ht will be grante I to Mehemet Ali; if not, it
will be withheld. To <ff ct the des;red remit, M. de
Me t 'rr job puts himself forward as a moliator; but, to
sp. ak frar,kly, if we had to ehaose b, tae .n the brut they
of Lori Palmerston,and the interes'ei a lvances of M. de
Metternich, we should prefer of th two enem'es, him
who does net conceal his hal intention:. The French
Goseromcnt world act very unwisely in accepting the
Gvettures which are held out to it. It has only to r;fer
the Powprs to the i* own deeltrations. Hereditary right
was promised to M h•rnet. Ali by the Treaty of July 15 ;
let those who signed the Treaty execute their promise.
It they do no., the t.liarne which will ctver them will be
equal to that which frllowed the partition of Poland. We
have no interest in pte.:enting them from si.ishonouri.ig
themselves."

The Quctidienne quotes the second article cf the sop,-
rate a.-q of the Treaty, which says " His Highness promises
to grant to Mehemet AU, fix him and his descend :nts in
line direct, the Government i f t e Pacha!ic of Egypt;"
and then argues : •

" Tne words • in line di ect' were nt t inserted without
motive; the words 'in order of primogeniture' were cot
adee I. Tieis it perfectly tree; but did Mehemet Ali, ashen
he acmptel the treats, contemplate the sutt:rfage, not to
say fraud, which the Quotidienne supposes to have been in
• ended by th, irtroductien of the wcrd • in lines direct ?'
As regards the clause in the h ati-scheriff, interdicting
the Pacba from the nomination of his officers beyond the
gtaic of Lieutenant, the Quotidienne quotes Art. 6 of the
separate Act of the T: eaty. h.: land and sea f trees sh ll
always be considerei as kept up for the service of the
0 toaaan empire."
The National concludes a viclent article by stating :
"In all this affair, bewevqr, there is re lly no question
either of the Sultan or the Turkish empire. Lord Pal-
merston lies to himst If as he lies to the world,wirm he seeks
to throw the responsibility of the hatti-schetiff of the 13th
February on the powerless Abdid-Medjid, and his feeble
Minister'. Turkey is no longer her own mistress; if she
exists, it is only nominally. Let the Allies cease to lend
to her their ships and their soldiers, and we Eh ell sea what
will become of the firmans t f the Sultan. There would
then be no necessity even fr protest on the part of Me-
hemet Ali, and the Sultan would consider himself too
happy in being able to purchase his own security at the
price of all the rights and privileges for which his vassal
might deign to apply."
The Presse, rlluding to the demand for the recal of
Lord Ponsonby, says :
" To us the declaration which Lord Palmerston has just
made in Parliament is much more important than the recall
of Lord Ponsonby. It binds England much more closely in
the eyes cf Europe than the recall of an individual. The
conduct of Lord Ponsonby has already once been disa-
vowel, vvithnut his being recalled, and the disavowal. was
nt t the le-35 efficacious on that account. • We allude to the
decree of decheance, which was suggested by the British
Amhaasador, and revoked on the formal demand of the
Et g'ish Cat inet. This preceee. t proves that Lord Pon-
sonby is, after all, enly a subaltern, who has been long
prctcoted by powerful friends against open and fin•at
disgrace, but whose acts are without importance until
they obtain the approbation of the Government. The
refusal to bestow this approbation upon the conduct
of Lord Ponsonby is now cf a more decided cha-
racter than on the question of the decheance. This is
all that is essential for France. The rest is within
the exclusive domain of the policy of England, which
has to inquire whether it will be proper to have
any longer for representative an old madmen, who
in always more prompt to follow the councils of a blind
hatred than to consult -the teal interests 4. f his country.
We wish the Opposition Journals would cease their prattle
about the magnificent advantages which they say would
have resulted now from the note of the Bth October, if it
had been enforced by the present Cabinet. This sorry
and il-timed nwe would now, as on the day when it was
issued, serve only to embroil affairs. As the Powers
disavow the chicanery practised upon Mehemet Ali, and
announce their determination not to aid the Porte in en-
forcing it, it is Evident that the position indicated by the
note of the Bth October would only have the effect of
forcing an open door. Now, when people make too great
a fuss about their way through an open door, they natur-
ally suggest to others the idea of closing it, in order that
it may be seen hoW tar such Gascon-bravery would go.
Such would infallibly have been the result of the system
of the note in question ; it would have provoked the Powers
by its fiznfaronade, and re-constituted the coalition. It
woul I have complicated, and irreparably perhaps, difficul-
ties which, ia the present state of things, appear to us of a
nature to clear themselves. Let us, then, bear no more
of the posthumous praises of a policy which public opinion
has so justly condemned. It is in obavion ; there let
it rest."

The Constilutionnel, determined not to be behind hind
in violence, says—
The policy cf the English Cabinet is evident. Lord
Palmerston is resolved 0 persecute to the end the man
whom France had taken under her protection, and if our
Cabinet should persist in a desire to find grace in the e)es
of Europe, it can only be as a conquered Power re igued
to its defeat."

NEW APPROACH TO UOVENT

GARDEN.

On We 3nesday a meeting of the rate-payers and inhabi-
tants of St. Paul, Covent Garden, was held in the vestry-
room, the Rev. G. H. Bower, Rector, in the chair. The
object of the meeting was to take into consideration
whether any or what means should be adopted to obtain a
b:tter approach to Govent Garden market from the West
end. Mr. Clarke, the Vestry Clerk, having read the re
quiai'ion to the Rector for calling the meeting, the Chair-
man, Messrs. Clark, Crossly, Broad, and Daniel, com-
mented very fully upon the disadvantages which were in
flitted upon the traders of Covent Garden by the narrow
avenues to it; and insisted that great benefit in a com-
mercial, moral, and physical point of view would accrue to
all the inhabitants of the parish by a new approach.—
( Hea-. ) The commercial trade would profit by a be.-
ter approach from the Wes'-end, along the New-stree`„
from Coventry-street to Long-acre. The value of land
in that line would be also raised, and realize at least seven
per cent. The morals of the neighbourhood would be also
bettered by the removal of the dens of infamy with which
it was surrounded; and its health would be likewise ire_
proved by the pulling down the houses in Rose-street,
which were filled with poor
passed pledging the meeting t(ollpfeatritLn Aparrelsioalmuteinotn
fowrans
branch thoroughfare from the West-end along the new lir.e
of street from Ccventry-strcer toI Long-acre, and to lay be-
forere
po thert o Commissioners
Mr.
Payne,the
ef
great Another
advantagesre
and the
passeders
of
olayingods and Forests,oitheuncannon and the
tci oo nmwma
Commissioners pba,rtfiys,i:emsLuprorvorieoromr.ents, the plan and
approach--namely,
that naru!iy,
that would arise from the pro o.
the ground tbat would bePvaeanta
down of the houses would produce seven per cc- aPtuthng
that the distance from Charing- cross te Temple-bar coat.,
be shortened by a quarter of a mile by it. The Chair"
man stated that the new entrance would cost 26,0001., and
that the outlay would produce a rental of 15,000/. a year.
Mr. scedsman, said that the paving-board of St.
Martin's would enlarge the carriage-way of New-street, by
lesseningrl anrsek the( 2. 0 01 . )
footway, if the parish of St. Paul would pay
the e
deputation was then appointed to
xCie
wait upon the Coulmissioners of the_Wcodi and Forests.

Patronized by their 31hjesttes the King and
Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses
ti, e
i,Augustariiteae,nsdeiS oApihairay, heran d Sereneßes thethe
iPrincessweg Dowager
spleerohhaLys,
of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury and the
Dukes of Norfolk, Devonshire, and Manchester. In addition to the
hilerigGhnra"ce
above distinguished patronage to the newly-invented Spectacle
Lenses and Invisible Operative Voice Conductor, the,Nessrs. S.
and B. Solomons, opticians and aurists, 39, Albemaere street, Pic.
cadilly, and 76, King William-street, Bank jefAligland, feel great
pleasure to state that their valuable inve t‘rns have also gained the
sanction and unqualified approbation above four hundred of the
principal members of the medical ofession ;as also of numerous
individuals of high distinction io have heen greatly benefited by
their use. Immediately ese improved Spectacle Lenses are
placel before ex t rem, i rfect vision, it is at once brought back to
its natural and original state, every object becomes clear and dis-
tinct, and the most minute particle is seen, either by day or candle-
light, with ease and distinctness. Their Voice Conductor, by
which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is not
theh least perceptible, nor snore uncomfortable, than having a piece
of woolrd in its place, and the faintest whisper at a public a•sembly
is heard
the Yorkwith
Ipersons
odfistthiencstanmeessn.—am3e9., Albemarle-street, opposite
:he
Eliaotrel of
Hotel, and 76, King William-street, Bank.—No con.
nexion with
Nlinto had a Cabinet Dinner en
W?.nrday at the Admiralty. Vise( Melbourre, Mar-
Right LlEsuc'- Right
VisectiLt Pa!reer,t.or, Lcrd
Viscount Dancannon,
the Right Hong I
Hon. B. Macaulay, Earl of Clarendon,
Sir J. C. Hobhouse, comprised the party.