The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-23 00:00:00

ALBANIA.

The Moniteur Ottoman gives a long article on Albania,
short inn how impossible it was for the insurgents to attain
any good end by their rebellion, or to be successful in it.
It winds up by hinting that the whole movement may have
proceeded from Mehemet Ali, and adds, " It would be dis-
agreeable were the declarations of TAI Bouzi (the Chief
of the rebels) verified, and if the conviction were acquired
that the particular situation of Mehemet Ali is a perpetual
obstacle to the tranquillity of the empire, and to the peace-
able progress of reform ; if it were true that one of the
delegates of the Sultan had availed himself of his influence
and riches to implicate a population too easily excited, it
would be an act infamous towards the Albanians, and ex-
tremely culpable towards the Government. The eyes of
Europe would not remain low,. shut to the consequences to
result from such attempts." t"Now this is the language of
an official newspaper, the organ of the Government, and
it shows pretty clearly how well disposed the Sultan
is to haul Mr. Mehemet Ali over the coals ; for though
the article makes an hypothesis of the seditious act of
the Pacha of Egypt, it is well known here that most
damning proofs of his guilt exists in the hands of the
Porte ; his whole plot has been traced in all its sinuo-
shies, and what proves clearly that the Albanians acted
for the " Sultan of Egypt," is that the moment all external
communication was cut off by the Turkish blockade,
they scarcely made another effort to resist the Pacha of
Rumely. The proofs alluded to are hoarded up, and will be
produced the very first favourable opportunity. Albania
is now tranquil. Bosnia will receive quietly the reforms
it has hitherto rejected, and the hands of the Porte will
be quite free to grapple with Mehemet Ali, who must be
put clown before the Sultan can be seated firmly on his
Throne. It is absurd to suppose the Empire can for a
moment prosper with one-half of it divided against the
remainder ; and the Statesman who devised such a means
of strengthening Turkey, deserves to be put on the very
last form of a charity-school for entertaining so ignorant
an idea. The very fact of the constant intrigues of a
Northern Power to produce disunion and intestine war-
fare, is an irrefragable proof of the absolute necessity of
union and internal repose. All these squabbles of the
Porte necessarily lead to a great expense, which means
taxation to the utmost, and in the mean time the fiscal
reforms, so needful to secure the tranquillity and pros-
perity of the country, are, of course, put off sine die. We
all cry out the Government is ruining the people—this
is too true ; but what is the Government to do ? A
Tartar on the desert may be reduced by hunger to eat
his own horse, well knowing that, without the noble ani-
mal, he has no chance of reaching the abode of men.
The cravings of the Porte must be satisfied ; it has much
work to do, and cannot get through it without aliment.
The army must be fed, clothed, and paid ; ammunition
is to be furnished, means of transport to be organized ;
the fleet must be kept ready. In a word, war is to be
made, and for that the proverb says three things are re-
quired—money, money, and money. These three things
must come out of the thrice-drained pockets of the
people ; and if odious monopolies are resorted to to fa-
cilitate the levies we cannot be astonished. The only
wonder is how the Porte manages to raise the wind at all.
Now it must not be forgotten that Mehemet Ali, a vassal
of the Sultan, by grinding whole populations to dust,
actually raises a revenue exceeding that of his Sovereign.
He is not authorised to do this either by Mahmoud or by
civilization. To extend his sway he raised the standard of
rebellion, seized new provinces, threatened the capital, and,
not content with all this, he stirs up a distant province, and
does every thing he can to embarrass the Government. Is
such conduct to be tolerated, and tolerated for ever ? No,
the Sultan will, in the end, collect his strength, and aim at
him a blow he will not be able to resist, weakened, as he now
is by his own political excesses. I have reason to believe
that the Porte has no immediate intention of drawing the
sword against Mehemet Ali, but his reign is drawing to a
close. He is beaten in Hedjaz, and cannot raise an army
to repair his losses. His hold of Syria is uncertain ; his
fleet is disaffected. Once get rid of this low-born excres-
cence, and Turkey may become something again. Her
treasury will be filled without having recourse to pernicious
sources. The army may then be removed to the Danube,
where it ought to be, and chuckling Russia will be cheated
of her prey. To foil her completely union is the first point
to be attained.

In the 48th year of the reign of Henry the Third,
as appears from the patent rolls of that year, quoted by
Philipot, the King granted a free pardon to Frances de
Balsbam, "for that she was hanged for felony at Canter-
bury, from nine o'clock on Monday to the rising of the sun
next day, and yet was still alive."