The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-30 00:00:00

EIrEN; EDITION

t.A.STI4IItN QUESTION.

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ti:the
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ht‘ll44M4tances ammunication ha§ just readied tit. The
,eer,wlikh we 'nave been favoured with it are
04' leave
I on our mini no doubts of its accuracy :
ter • write . •1: Pat is, Sunday Evening,
Y M impart to e
piese ne"ws.
tent on not an unlooked-for, but still a
t.,t7i;tr, ft.:aeons:Fß has sat in judgment upon the great
tit, all beetf, with which the ruling' Powers here have, very
.161dior'' fro coquet:rig, as in -SO Me sort an apology for
~e bee, ite it their immediate assent ; but, whatever may
°lit at latest, stacks and objections by Wednesday or Thurs-
lee, test, the draft of the New rim act will have been re-
4hAteoe., the hands of tb.e Baron de Bourqueney,
oilrs~u, some schisra should yet arise among the
ele_ttlEer• 'l•Ohr,,°Tne difference between them and their Royal
t 'ere sti great d'.lfleulty has been the national amour
4the sarauloared by ..1. ThierS, and pushed advisedly, and
IZeofexletratia no retreat, into demonstrations on a
but g;-,ee which the- nation will rue for many a
"ed, and aters's tricks are exposed, the nation is dis-
„44 after oiis l ter.etity will be in London within twenty-four
c cer reaches you.— Morning Post.
tp ,TIVy
Sen,y • OTE DELIVERED ON THE 30TH OF JANUARY
'O4 -1B EFFENDI ANIRASSAnOR FEO, THE SUB( IME
TO HE "
1
1 a BRITANNIC MAJESTY, BY THE PLENIPO-
14",, A E 3 OP AUSTRIA, GREAT BRITAIN, PRUSSIA, AND
Ll.
41, Pliw,,llandersigne,l plenipotentiaries of the Courts of Aus-
ps od, Prussia, and Russia, have maturely meditated
ehe ~ dol.aat,eh from Reschid Pacha, dated Constantinople,
47:1 eth`e', :I!) 1256 (Bth December, 1840), which hit Excel-
-6t rce,iv K!' Effendi, ambassador from the Sublime Porte,
ire of her orders to communicate to the First Secretary of
Furs, in Britannic Majesty for the Department of Foreign
'kat e Prc'el• that it might be made known to the Courts
Li' A:e'_s'grled the convention of the 15th July.
ire'us'es n!; to this communication, his Highness the Sul-
ret)le. 4. grant Alehemet Ali the hereditary pachalic of
oils,,
°u'ersigned, after having bestowed the greatest atten-
slley t,con-nounication, have decided on begging his Ex-
t,,4te tit Effsudi to have the kindness to submit to the
11:tete
ihmllowing observation:—They consider it their duty
bt,thitele,ate tu the day f the despatch from Reschid Pacha,
abe utatives of the Four Courts had not made known
elttt - 4tt the collective measure of the 15th October, and
:.n;'PPellrs from the last despatches from Constantin:ple
Asi;„tl) the 27th December, that at that epoch the Repre-
,,ilspri" of the Four Powers had not thought themselves
"t° address the l• •
the to :Ministry of his Highness the ad-
etjthwer'-
‘_e,
at estanding they .chaed to communicate. Nevertheless the
ttl e Courts have remained the same. Seepar-
y gr„t
.
411 distance, and having no occasion to come to a
had addressed to their Representa-
ill!es,nentanlinople orders bearing the mark of the most
f)e
„'Nesei lith December the Government of her Britannic
Acti,;:udress d to its representative at Constantinople in-
, Th,lt!aPvessly confirming those of the 15th October..
;Lie 26-prt of Vienna forwarded precise orders to its nuncio
tjNy t 4 ot last December. The Court of Pru,sta adhered
hhttoier the instructions decreed in common on the -15th of
eidoaf`Rl the 14th of November. The Court of Rus.sia, on
,4staste I)ecember, addressed to is Charge d'Affaires at
I, oople instruct ions drawn up in a similar spirit.
atle,sitoolentioning these facts the undersigned allow them-
'les,4.°°lle that the counsels given in this manner by the re-
tie, •'""es a the four Courts, will exercise a great influence
tios,4 'Pinions exposed by Reschid Pacha in his above-men-
'4llos:lettPatch of the Bth Oct., and that these counsels will
11'tain ",e apprehensions expressed by that Minister re-
°lte! the ulterior conduct to he followed by the Sublime
elsr.
I‘ll,,loss",efriheless, to remove those apprehensions, and to avoid
t. t Me, the undersigned have thought expedient not to
Y further report from Constantin ple, and, without de-
'elletzhlttlYing to the communication of his Excellency
114Iite, ,;nendi,:they have thought it their duty to state in
• e hOeolie °Pinion of their respective Courts, as they have had
the
•'' doing by word cf mouth.
"NI °°t•es they engacre the Sultan not only to recall
:°tes la of dew i' n deer Zed against Mehemet Ali, but,
4ltl.`er to
112.1 tafle • promise him that his descendants shall be succes-
%rest Iby his Hthighness to
shall be vacant by the death of
a govern'
:,,h respect g the Four Powers will confine them-
kO's%e•fiar,ett!inding the Sublime Poite of the intentions the
rcpt otal'I.himself mapifested at the commencement of the
;Isis—intentions which servedas a basis for the Con-
(4)44: bb 15th July. The Four Powers, in giving the Porte
sent "Itteecie' ',filch the Fres eit note is intendcd to renew, are
o that they do not indicate to him either an arrange-
ete a'Zary to the rights of sovereignty, and to the legiti-
lltes orsty of the Sultan, or a measure in opposition to the
Alta a PP.eha of Egypt is bound to fulfil. as a subject of the
,:f-13Ninted by his Highness to govern in his name a pro-
T'ej:•zle Ottoman empire.
truth is confirmed not only by articles 111., V., and
es, I,`"e separate Act annexed to the Treaty of the 15th
t° at a.lso by the instructions that. the Four Courts have
the deep
Ambassadors at Constantinople, in consequence
Pkt'ltte,7'laration of the 15th October. In fact this Act sti-
bt'i 13tt„.‘1). ) that all the treaties and laws now.in vigour in
Vklto",.,all empire or which shall be so later, shall be ap-
,et Pachalic of Egypt as well as to the other parts of
kPIel ;4', a° empire. This condition, which the Four Courts
tie4oTdispensable, forms in their eyes one of the most so-
-41 e uniting Egypt to Turkey, as an integral part of the
41 'Thpire. By the terms of (par. 6) the same Act the
he t..,44 sea forces, which the Po to may keep, form a part of
the en'e of the Ottoman empire, and shall be disposable for
lerieral service of the State.
lhet, isnosfine, it has been formally recognised by the note of
ekks ," October, deliberated in London, and by the instruc-
"t4 -°°fivlned by the memorandum of the 14th of last
Stitlernt).er, if that.' Mehemet Ali, cr one of his descendants
Li°latte the conditions on which the hereditary Govern-
:tee EgYpt is granted to th:em, tha.t title shall be with-
ster. t. 'btu them. The undersigned think that the complete
-1%1;4 of the conditions
.above mentioned will fully answer
of the Sultan, w ill satisfy the wishes of the All
Its 2 and happily terminate the work of pacification which
4444—'n the aim of their reciprocal engagements fixed in the
Y of the lath of July.
Clk. fact, by the accomplishment of these conditions, the
pattieswhhiadeh
ithe- solicitude and foresight of the high-contracting
d bebl itll b ttnaninte The Sultan would then
'fZef°,warely he obedience and submission
Pes,T theaGoeveornor of Egypt, the inhabitants of that
illlest" would be sheltered from the oppression they have
:oeed of I:tte years in consequence of the abuses of the
;Lsttrui.nistraliOn..7 In fine, Mehemet A. li obtam a
arersttion for himself and his family, without encroaching
skte' manner on his duties as a subject of the Ottoman
" The undersigned have the honour," &c.
(Here follow the signatures.)

EGYPT.

" ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 7.
444 k .entioned in my last that the firman from the Sultan
~rihere, but that it contained conditions so much at
Otiv-te with the terms of the treaty of July and the Napierd
'l,4s 41'cition, that the Pacha has refused to accede to it.,as well
the 'cued the Sultan, showing the positive injustice,
exli
til,aorditter impossibility, of governing Egypt under such
4eti4'rY trammels. Sir C. Napier has approved of the
te t.-„s Proceedings in this transaction, and he does not he
shame-
have
cleelare that the conduct of the Porte is a most
"4:11 of faith. It is quite clear that Lord Ponsonhy should
bAkiji;cisted the conduct of the Sultan, and insisted upon his
'''1,1,,,g the full terms of the trees' y and convention to Mehemet
t'enlarly after he had fulfilled every condition to the fu 1
;I,ti,,4:ittlen of Sir C. Napier particularly as the honour of Great
:!kt tn 4 was engag din these arrangements. My own opinion is,
rd Ponio-hey considered the Pacha so fallen that he would
any terms short of death. But this is another proof of
hlehmant of knowledge this diplomatist has with regard to
171,',
-"et Ali. I am quite certain that the Pacha will not
nser" atlY but. the full conditions promised him, and it be-
eat Britain %.eat Britain to demand of the Sultan the immediate
tee,, 4.411 t of the Convention. Unleis this is done, all that has
n'irtlee'eeted by British arms will have been thrown away.
ott thellarles Napier left in the Stromboli steamer for Marmoire,
00,ess f,lst inst. as he canrot do anything until he receives ad-
.." 1111; he
England. The Pacha has been much pleased with
„5 has acted throughout the affair with good sense and
441' "'"eh to his own credit and for the interests of Great
Bri-
NI% ,was by his admirable management that he prevailed
nhie the Pacha to give full effect to the Treaty of Commerce,o
ttertf. I before mentioned to you had been put t
t
~,u• Colonel Napier remains here to conduct to Syria
!Re%"„ailling Emirs and Sheiks sent to this country as host-
rps4:,:" of whom have arrived here, and are preparing for their
braOl'e. The Pacha went to Cairo on the 28th ult. to see
both 'TA, and still remains absent. Strange reports are afloat,
tzthtai to his s rious indisposition and disagreement with his
Irtith'.; the former is probable, but I do not think there is an.y.
Ittliegoi the latter. While the political state of the country is
°l'dit,-'ned, We cannot hope business to resume, and the extra-
Mtti,aq delays and disappointments on this bead make me
lgoLt hopeless. It is said that the cotton crop will reach
"eq:"`" eantars, but it cannot be correctly estimated at pre-
/non I regret to inform you that we have h•cl during the
144;_ 14 cases of the plague. We are much in want of
44,4" shipping. The -c.xchanges are upon London 73, at
kartaltl.,ooti.ttis ,lars:illes, 522; Trieste, 123 ; Leghorn, 123;
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