The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-02 00:00:00

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Notwithstanding the improved tone of the French
journals noticed in another article, our readers will
perceive that they are still ingenious in that species of
discovery which is called " the finding of mares' nests."
For example, the Toulonnais accounts in the following
manner for the unwillingness of the French Government
to publish the Prince do Joinville's dispatch :—" We are
assured that the Prince do Joinyille has dwelt upon the
precision with whiCh the eighty guns of the town of
Tangiers were pointed, and he declares that they must
have been served by Englishmen. He also mentions the
complimentary visit of Admiral Owen's aide-de-camp,
and his refusal to admit him into his presence. Other
passages, containing more or less ill-feeling towards the
English, have no doubt determined the Ministry in
withholding the publication of ,his Royal Highness's re-
port."
The National, in another passage, writes—" The bad
feeling of England towards us is demonstrated every day
by the clearest evidence. We have already cited various
facts in support of our assertion, and we shall now give
the following :—The Bey of Tunis is, like the Emperor
of Morocco, our neighbour in Algeria. The Queen of
England has sent him a present, consisting of jewellery,
to the value of 8,000/. sterling. It is known that small
presents cement friendship ; consequently, if the Bey of
Tunis become the ally of England, he certainly will not
remain the friend of France. In time of peace this
would be but of little consequence, but in case of war,
the hostility of the Tunisians would be troublesome to
us. Thence it follows that, if England at present seeks
their friendship, it is a proof that she entertains hostile
intentions, and that we must redouble our vigilance."
The non sequitur suggested, after the word " conse-
quently," is a curious specimen of polemical logic. The
inference from the premises assumed by the National is
not that which he thus deduces ; but rather that if the
King of the French would make the Bey of Tunis a
richer present than the Queen of England has tranmitted
to him, the Bey would remain the attached friend of
Louis Phillippe, and not of Queen Victoria. This
might not be absolute gallantry iu the Bey ; but it
would be, we suspect, the morale of Tunisian morality.
We find in the Frankfurt Gazette des Posies the fol-
lowing extract from a letter dated Copenhagen, the 22d
ult. :—" The death of the Grand Duchess Alexandra,
wife of the presumptive heir of the Crown has inspired
much sympathy, but, in a political point of view, the im-
pression caused by this event is quite different. The
connexion which was formed between Denmark and
Russia was not seen with pleasure. The marriage was
even less popular in the Duchies. The presence of the
Russian fleet has caused considerable irritation here.
Serious fears wore entertained that the Emperor of Rus-
sia
coveted both Copenhagen and Constantinople. At
Stockholm the entrance of the port had been fortified, to
prevent surprise."
Advices from Tripoli, of the 12th ult., states that an
insurrection had broken out in the Gerian mountains,
and that Miludi Sheik, the ex-Minister of the deposed
Mahmudi family, had placed himself at its head. A
body of Turkish cavalry, marched against them, had
been repulsed, with the loss of their Colonel, Ismail
Bey, who was either killed or taken prisoner. The son
of the Pacha was preparing to embark for Bengazy, to
assume the command of the expeditionary army. It was
rumoured that some Frenchmen were directing the
movements of the insurgent mountaineers, but for this
report there seemed little foundation.
Athens appears to have been recently the seat of
serious disturbances, which are described by the Greek
Observer, of the 19th ult., to have occurred on the 16th,
three days previously, on the occasion of the elections.
The mayor having presented himself before the hall in
which the electors were assembled, at the head of a
party of gendarmes, previous to the counting of the
votes, the people opposed his admission, and a collision
ensued between them and the military, in which one
man was killed, and several wounded. The King imme-
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had resigned on the previous evening, and the people,
hearing that Coletti had undertaken the construction of
a new Cabinet, retired quietly, and tranquillity was re-
stored.
The Gazette de France states, as a rumour, that Baron
Athalin, first aide-de-camp to his Majesty, had left
town for London.
Great interest, and more uncertainty, attach to the
rumours touching the fate of the renowned Abd-el-
Kader. The Siecle has the following passage, quoting
from Marshal Bugeaud's dispatches :—" In the opinion
of the entire army," says the Marshal, " the battle of
Isly is the consecration of our conquest of Algeria, and
ought to accelerate the conclusion of our differences with
the empire of Morocco." This expression may account
for the pacific news which was current at Marseilles, and
of the surrender to us, by the Moors, of Abd-el-Kader.
Such a report, however, requires confirmation.
The Journal des Debats states that, notwithstanding
the positive assurance given in several journals that the
Emperor of Morocco, after the battle of Isly, sent a
detachment of his 'guard to arrest Abd-el-Kader, the
Government had not received, up to a late hour on Fri-
day afternoon, any confirmation of such a report, and that
such reports should be received with a certain reserve.
The Paris correspondent of the Times remarks," Thai
the Emperor would readily accept them (the new terms
about to be proposed by the French Cabinet to Abder-
rahman), is also generally believed, but the difficulty
that prevented his acquiescence in the original terms
still exists in the person of Abd-el-Kader. How long it
or that redoubtable warrior may continue to exist, con-
stitutes the entire question. That he will submit is not
to be expected. That (as rumour states) the French
Government have set a price (two millions of francs)
upon his head must be a calumny. That some of his
own followers or emissaries of Abderrahman may at-
tempt his life, is quite possible, but there is nothing be-
fore us to show, that with the very best intentions the
Emperor of Morocco can, or could, expel him the empire.
The pacific arrangement of the affair, though more pro-
bable than it appeared some days since, does not there-
fore appear at hand." From other advices, also, it ap-
pears that the rumour as to the taking of Abd-el-Kader
was still very prevalent, but the French Government
had yet received nothing to confirm it. There is no
doubt, however, as to the existence of a circular, in
which Marshal Bugeaud announces the sending out of
400 cavalry by the Emperor of Morocco against Abd-el-
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Some of the Paris journals state that a letter has been
received by the Minister of War from General Bugeaud,
announcing his return to Oran, and his having left the
command-in-chief of the army on the frontier with
General Lamoriciere. Some affect to consider this as a
clear proof that the operations for this season are over.
The Aloniteur Parisien announces that copies of the
letters exchanged between the son of the Emperor of
Morocco and his father, together with a diplomatic cor-
respondence, were found in the Moorish camp. They
were inclosed in two chests. A large convoy of gun-
powder had likewise been intercepted by the French.
The Debats says—" It is known that Captain Bouat,
Governor of Senegal, who had left Paris to join the
French squadron at Cadiz, could not arrive in time to
take part in the operations against Mogadore. It is he
whom the Prince has charged with the duty of bringing
to the King the colours taken from the Moors. He will
arrive probably to-day at Paris. As this brave and able
officer was lamenting, in presence of the Prince, his hav-
ing arrived too late for the attack of Mogadore, the latter
said to him—' My dear commandant, you were taking
part with us although absent, for it is to your excellent
information that we owe a great part of our success.' "
The Courrier Francais states, that at ten o'clock
yesterday morning Lord Cowley went to Neuilly, and
had a long conference with the King, M. Guizot, and
another personage, believed, it says, to he Marshal
Sebastiani.
" Marshal Soult," says the Constitutionnel, "has re-
ceived a new and most earnest invitation to return to
Paris, in order to give his sanction to the determination
come to in the negotiations with England."
The Constitutionnel states positively that Baron Atha-
lin has left Paris for London, with letters to many in-
fluential personages in England, and among them one
from Lady Cowley to the Duke of Wellington.
The Revue de Paris says :—" Accounts have just been
received from Messrs. Garella and Cortines, the en-
gineers who were sent some time since by Governmen
to survey the Isthmus of Panama. The full results are
not yet known, but it is said that they reject the idea of
a railroad, and decide in favour of a canal ; the great
object Leing, not the mere conveyance of merchandise
across the Isthmus, but a union of the Pacific and the
Atlantic, so as to enable ships to pass from one to the
other in a few hours, instead of having to go round
South America, after doubling Cape Horn."
A Morning Contemporary observes :—" Our letters
from Constantinople show that there is not the slightest
ground for the assumption that the Turkish fleet (the
departure of which from the Dardanelles supplied to the
French Government the pretext for nearly doubling its
already extensive fleet in the Mediterranean) was ever
destined for Tunis." The pacification of the Lebanon,
in which a Turkish Commissioner is still busily em-
ployed, seems to have been the actual object of this
armament.
Wultusch and Petronevitch have been allowed to re-
turn to Servia. The Commissioner sent into Albania to
inquire into the grievances complained of by the people
of that province, has returned to Constantinople. The
trial of the Albanian prisoners is over ; 500 are con-
demned to different degrees of punishment, of whom
twenty-eight to death. The Sultan has, however, com-
muted the punishment of the latter to the galleys for life.
The Russians are said to have suffered severely in the
Caucasus.
A great sensation has been created in Malta by
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recent act of the Government in respect to the coin in
circulation. The South American dollar had been forced
by the Government, at the fixed value of 4s. 4d., which
was more than its real value. It appears that these
dollars are of no defined weight, and the consequence
has been that a great quantity of coin has been intro-
duced, the value of which is under 45., though circulated
at 4s. 4d. Latterly, however, the public offices have
refused the light coin, and the consequence is an im-
mense loss to the public, besides an immense incon-
venience, of which the Malta papers speak in the
bitterest terms.
The Madrid papers announce that the elections pre-
mise to be very favourable to the Government ; an un-
doubted truth, for the Government has taken care to
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