The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-24 00:00:00

S MtAri OF NEWS

AND
Outltt Optutatt.

" Who runs may read.'

FOREIGN.
had been
A telegraphic dispatch from Perpignan
received at Paris, in which the evacuation of Barce-
lona by the troops is confirmed, and it is said that dur-
ing the tumult three officers and 500 men had been
killed. The citadel is in the power of the insurgents.
The Opposition had gained a complete victory in ,
the Cortes, and Espartero must either dissolve them or
change his Ministry.
It is stated in one of the Paris journals that the mo-
ther
and two sisters of Abdel-Kader had been ma ,
prisoners by General Lamoriciere in the neighboudr-
e
hood of Mascara.
The late Odean Mahamud, Prince of Mysore, the
.„;
second son of Tippoo Saib, was living in Pans, was boa
pension from the East India Company. lie was bu-
ned at Pere la Chaise, and was followed to the
by several English persons a distinction. A Mus"
sultnan priest read over the tomb the prayers ell'
pointed for that purpose by the Prophet.
The Moniteur Parisien states that a letter has beeh
received from Zante, with information that a series!
quarrel has taken place between the inhabitants Oa
the English garrison. The military detachment,
which occupied the barracks, has been sen tot Corfu,
groutia
and two companies of a Scotch regiment, quarered ill.
the last-named island, were sent to replace it.
The Sultan, in acknowledging the new Sovereir
of Servia, has imposed upon him the followin.g
terms :-1. The new Prince is to be styled
de
Basha Beg. 2. The Turkish Pacha of Belgrade hat
in future preside at the meeting of the Servian Seo-„
nate. 3. The tribute payable by the province__l
Servia shall be increased by the sum of 604gy'di
piastres. 4. The six departments which were added
to the principality of Servia by the treaty Of
no le shall again form part of the Turkish empire'
in
The Sultan is said to have the idea of for
deter-
Constantinople ; and the King of Naples has '
mined on fortifying Syracuse. Iti Ivcart
The Bavarian Chamber has elected pr",' gnu
President, after after three ballots. There were lv- -le
bers present. ces-
sity of an inquiry or commission to examine
The Augsburg Gazette has an article on theinenmt
Adria-
iniu rertha
on the customs duties, without the secrecy °
Zollverein Congress. 004
Letters from Vienna, of the 12th of this re ~,..
state that the daughter of Lord and Lady JerslY"'"l-'
Princess Nicholas Esterhazv,
promises an heir to that ancient and listing
family. is in a situation .
he:i.

:em= OPINION.
The Times thus allu.
udes to the recent encouraging
i
news from India :—" Confident as we ever were
the valour of our troops and the character of their,
leaders, we were not prepared for the flood of soect;
of which the late arrival from India has broughtioe
intelligence. Not only is peace restored with Ole.:
on the most advantageous terms, but Ghuznee iszula
stroyed, and its Affghan Governor routed in the Pee,
by General Nott. Three hundred and tiventf'sev6
Sepoys and a large part of the English prisonersubo
alreadyK rescued from the hands of the enemy. it 0
thhan, with 16,000 men, is utterly defeated at
, ,„Ific fol.
(e scene of our own past disasters) by t3renv-- tin
lock, and our two gallant commanders have toe n
quietl occupation of Caubul. For ourselves, happy6s
o. n y express our unfeigned thankfulness for thel
icsrsouweneisdi,than'dwhouicrhfearlvlenout rproapyeerraetiotnhsat
haypioneoar t itir
erne iii
ambition, or avarice of our own, may we Win inefell
or incur that signal punishment which so lately' .
e•
upon us during a similar heyday
.of good 1011113 of
Nor is it less gratifying to -find in this theclitusx
our success, that we have to acknowleke o
frank and cordial co-operation of those 111°:e4
allies from whom there has lately aPPeI
whinichtbaisPrse-ace
reason to apprehend a less satisfactory feelOg"
The admirable conduct" of the Sikh arGr'Lteala:le
pears to have been warmly panegyrized by
Pelo,elnloctlcheinsmhiasuraenpodrtgettohetrhinegGcolvoeurdnineet, and us
to threaten our peace has been replaced
of triumph by an omen of quiet and 001 bt of
need hardly say how warmly we feel tiet echos@
gratitude which the, country owes to tut ticorn-
courage and conduct have restored her to t"s",,lpent
mending position which she appeared for 11 in- names
to have lost. It will be some time before the of
of Pollock, Nott, and Sale, are out of the
Englishmen ; nor do we a all apprehend that they
will have reason to complain that their reer,,itsfbet
services are underrated. It will be observeu ;00
fuller details have arrived concerning the mewl" It
which led to the settlement of the Chinese We" *6
is impossible to view that contest with the 14 -
citing interest which attaches to the terrible e3:,;;1c6
of our Affghan warfare. A course of oper';',•„-,,st
conducted in comparative safety on a line olra
commanded exclusively by our own fleet, en' -e-
-sill
fended by droves of helpless and unwarlike, of
not spiritless, people, with the power to clio°se, -or
mouthse
time and place, to advance or recede, to tro, est
bombard, how, and when, and where it seemed, —deed
con.venient to our own able PlenipotentiarY, iS 'a-ted
a. different matter from a mountain warfare condoe
oci
in almost impassable defiles against the llardY $
practised Affghans ; and we have found it so." „er
t The Chronicle says :—" If for a moment we 1,,;011.
o the discussions that have hitherto taken place op
re f
the Chinese war it is but to observe that the a
surprise created' by the unexpected intelligencno-
laeace brings before us in the strongest li,gt t:,-;tot
justice of the only ground of complaint urged s.,flinited
those who were accused of having is antonly i"— nof
the
country in these hostilities. The resolutiotio
censure rejected in 1840 rested upoa the otagt3 the
that Ministers had by their ' omissions' oreer, had
difficulties which then existed. It was said tileJioa3
neglected to send out sufficiently precise instil-lin wai
for the guidance of the Commissioner. In ';'3,,,-troe'
urged the impossibility ofcon trolling by minute —„,intrY
ions the conduct of our relations with a C",; per'
more than 15,000 miles distant from us. 11#- re
t°
pose was it pointed out that instructions sen'id, be
England to-day might, most probably w°°,' otthe
wholly inapplicable to the state of facts existiob .ever,
period of their arrival. How conclusively, I°,:ijotel'
cis the validity of this argument proved bY t,',',„"tifles'
gence which is just now creating so mueht.,6- or 5i:4
tion through the country ! Tvvelve, eilnatoniog
months ago, if the Minister of this countrY. ''',,,,hlie
hwriterseld hy who
himselfsupport a
nd hishim,
only to the discouraging anticipations of the rows
beeefilmtroc•
sessed of the Government, had, sent out ' definitee--bie to
tions' to Sir H. Pottinger, would they to-del bladed?
congratulate themselves upon the peace juste blade
of
Not less fortunate is the successful teriniool.,%, we
partyor
baeeftoinregthuepyon the e
re,
military operations in Central Asia. ' Fortuti!lt'apes"
sa. y, for itis to the accident of a retreat bem.. go io'
sible at the moment it was ordered, that we,s t will
debted for one of the most brilliant chapters t.." Sri
be
found in the military history of British Iriiipters
that we are spared one of the most disgrseefu; the pit
•
that would be found in the whole history ('' n• taken;
tish Empire. Caubul and Ghuznee have It; lima
the prisoners, at least a great portion of ,t"-,- InPaig,ll,
been recovered, and the reverse of the lar,,bo-srougus,'
has been redressed, in spite of Lord Vie',.; overe'"
order to fly, before one human being v°5,,--feorell' l'
or a single wrong was avenged. We have "e „"tboritY
private letter from a friend in India, wil°se6' `You
is unquestionable the writer of which ser"-with-
were right about Lord Ellenborough's oraer,,t° t; 11°,
draw. Lord Ellenbarough did order a re"-:00 °'
did grant a 'reprieve, upon the representandea to
General Pollock, and it was only when eorluTlolilY
do so by the Home Government, that he
11500 01
1.:
allowed our troops to conquer Ghuznee Oa ...tisfie4
How much more reason,then, have we to he '''-i,t.si,
with/ the success of the operations in Affghtul from
p
when we reflect upon the disgrace and disaster
which we have so narrowly escaped." „, h 0
The following is from the Herald :--
us
Sueee_:'that
brought peace in its train in China; let us hoLd by
these victories in Central Asia will be follow- ~,„ to
the like blessing there. The restoration of Pet"''h,
Asia, Lord Ellenborough declares, 'is the fiPl- trod
ject of his desire ;' he has the means of restor%rpa
in his own hands; be has ' retrieved and sew6ite
all past disasters `on every score on which thet„,ta-
sustained ;' he has ' advanced the glory sou, - the
blished the ' accustomed superiority "' , tioo
British arms ;' he has avenged the Affghan viol the
of the laws of war, and he has convinced Indio, uh'eo_...
ultimate invincibility of our power ; he csn t cote
so soon as every prisoner is restored —eve
Our
Affghanistan without danger and without dishoncee;
and, surrounded with the prestige of military
reproach, within the Indus, those su the
ho can afford to be. magnanimous, anhdstst:ttiv's:iitobrcrea
which are denied even to successful warfare wken _.O/
cause of hostilities is unjust. Lord Ellenhoroug.n 11,.'
:1
war with satisfaction to all moderate persons— rot
he can disencumber himself of responsibili 1
tio&
occupies a 'vantage point, whence he can teronaeLlt;eo
the crime and guilt of its on
bac.
contrast
can th rtoowtilli smoawdnn
epsosl i coyf ihniteo
he can retrieve Indian financial difficulties, an w
veros,
he can restore prosperity to the empire he gii
ois
and assist the welfare of the home dominion 1 '
Sovereign."
oirmyr-TRADE-COMIYISIt.CI* 00 flit,
The Lord Mayor has received a requisitiou 4
oar.:
meeting of the Court, to consider the question I
par o mostdec esa cis
o vr— -- ;nd
WI ig' i ee ne Le.
,c:
Members of the Common Council to convene Voe the
abolition of the Corn .duties.
round the town collecting money to procure IU , Ave
duce". g
At Greenock on Frida.y, 110 men and 14. isVort
the unemployed ; at night the sum pro
pro_seior,.
fourpep,ce a-head to each individual, in the c''