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state Of strength It is said that several leading Mi
yuehtes, and among others the vscount Santa Mar
ha, have offered their swords to the Queen for the
defence Of the country against Spanish invasion
viscount Sas taking ON appointment under this gov
ernneft, is also an important feature in the present
crisis. The Portuguese naval force now in the river
is ono frigatc, one corvette, three briggs, and two
schooners mounting in all 1872 guns one frieate Of
80, corvette Of "a, and one brig Of 20, may be
speedily added to the force. In about month the
Portuguese navy might consist of fifteen sail, and
496 guns.
The University of Coimbra has been temporarily
closed, the students being all formed into acade-
mical battalion. The Duke of Tcrceira is appointed,
by carta regiai the Didrio commander of the army
of observation and particularly charged with the de.
fence Of the northern provinces
SYRIA, EGYPT, AND TURKEY.
The amicable adjustment of the Egyptian question
would seem, by the intelligence brought by the Co.
lombia, to have been in slight degree jeopardizcd
by the refusal of Admiral Stopford to rafy tho COM
pact of Napier
1t was little expected that the convention would be
disavowcd by the Power whose officer it had been
imagined, was fully accredited to negotiate But this
unexpected thing has come to pass and the whole
question, apparently SO well arranged, danger
Of being completely rc-opened but-luckiiN it will
be thought-thc Pacha is so depressed by his msfor-
tunes in war, that no will submit to any conditions
that leave him not altogether stripped of authority in
Egypt. The terms offered by Admiral Stopford, and
sccepted arc the hardest that could have been mpo-
sed on him without enfo eng the decheance which the
-Four Powers admitted it was not their intention to
effect Altogether, the management of British agents
in the want out in very equivoca coors. Before
I;,l,,, tir If
past understanding, ctus rccaptuate the leading
facts, and place them our file for future use.
On the 26th of November, Commodore Napier con-
cudcd convention with the Pasha, in virtue of which
the latter became bound to recall Ibrahn Pasha from
Syria, and to 'restore the Ottoman fleet as soon as
he shall have received the official notification that the
Sublime Porte grants To linn the hereditary govern
ment Of Egyp" The Pasha was inclined to accept
these terms, in consequence of Commodore Naper's
having transmitted to him copy Of letter from Lord
PalrIerston to Lord Ponsonby, dated London, the
18th October. This despatch states that ut would
be expedicnt that the representatives of the -Four
Powers at Constantinope should be instructed TO pro-
coed to the Turkish Minister" and tell him, that upon
the Pashas complying with certain terms, ''the Sultan
should not only reinstatc Mehemet Ali as Pasha of
Egypt, but should also give him an hereditary tenure
in that Pdshalic." On the I'd of December, Admiral
Stopford wrote to the Pasha"I am sorry to find that
Commodore Napier should have entered into con-
vention with your Highness for the evacuation of
Syria by the Egyptian troops which he had no au-
thorlty to do, and which cannot approve Of or ra-
tify." The Admiral adds-'I hope this hasty and
unauthorized convention will not occasion any en-
barra,sment to your Highness.-It was no doult
done from an amcablc intention, although under a
limited rier Of the state Of affairs in Syria; but it
will not lessen my earnest desire most readily to
sdopt any measure which may tend to renewal OF
that amty and good feeling which trust will hereafter
subsist between England and your Highness the
terms Of uhich, am happy to say nsr in a
state Of progress ,cith the Allied Pomtrs."
On the 9th Of December, the Admiral transmitted
to the Pasha 'the official authority from the British
Government, in the name Of the Four Powers, TO
maintain your Hlghness in the Pashalic of Egypt,
upon the conditions that in three days after the com.
muncaton made to you by Captain Fanshawe, you
agree to restore the Turkish fleet to the Sultan, and
evacuate Syria" The authority" is q letter from,
Lord Palmerston to the Lords the Admiralty bear.
ing that the representatives of the Four Powers in
London have decided that their intentions shall be
made known to Mehemet Ali by the Admiral com.
mandng in the Mediterranean )" and their intentions
nre that upon the evacuation of Syria and the resto-
ration Oh tIe OttO1lldH Heet, the our fOWeIS Will
recommend to the Sultan to establish Mehemet Ali in
the Pashalic OF Egypt"
We infer from the tenor of Lord pamcrstons letter
the Lords of The Admiralty, that previously TO the
receipt oft, no, only Commodore Napier had no au-
thorty 10 enter into a convention with the Pasha, but
the British Admiral was equally unauthorized 10 take
such step.
The English papers anlnadvert with much sevc-
the pnhlic faith that has heep dcn hy
their Government towards the Pasha of Egypt. TIL.
London Spectator says:
The plan English OF these proceedings is this; the
British Government orders its naval commander to
blaze away-do as much mischief as he can in Syria
and Egypt-and while he IS thus engaged, they sci
about discussing what all this is for. Hostile oper.
atoms were commenced in the beginning OF September
and in the middle of October the Allies not We,
agreed amongst themselves what it was they proposed
to accomplish by these hostitcs
BY the convention OF the 18th of july the British
Government thought itself warrented TO lead Meheme,
Ali to expect the hereditary Pashaic of Egept: on the
18th of November discovered that could not offer
him the Pashalic for life The British Government
upon which has devolved almost exclusively the toi
and expense Of the operations in the Ievanthas beer
degraded into the blind tool of Russia, Austria anc
Prussin il does their bidding against its wishes
This is not all. The legal maxim is "qui facit per al
lum :acit per se"the principle is bound ly the act:
of his agent Mehemet Ali is entitled TO hold Com.
modore Napier TO be an accredtacd agent of Engant
a naval commander with six sal! Of the line and tn
steamers who had just battered down Acre, appear.
before Alexandria, and threatens repeat the oper
alton there unless the terms he offers are accepted
The Morning Chronicle Of Tuesday says truly-'Wt
cannot OF pretend to know what may have beer
Commodore Napier's instructions but we presume
the Admiral did not send six sail of the line and three
steamers to Alexandra TO repeat hi. own exhibition
Angus, last For what purpose were they sent
- II seems TO us the height offoy TO have sent tn,
Commodorcs squadron to Alexandra, unless witt
power to negotiate il has been decided ,ce behre b.
erenhighsr authority than Admiral Stopford, thai
the commodore has negotiated succesfuUy"
The appreciation entertained in high quarters Of the
terms offered by Napier to have cen previous
ntnatcd to the Pasha 1T has already come to our
knowledge" says Boshos Bey in his letter to Napier
Of 23d November "lhat it was the intention of the
-Four Powers to leave his Hghness the government OF
Egypt" Meheme had every reason to b,ive thai
Napier was the accredited agent of England he acted
upon that belief and he be SLOWED to suffer injury
from acting upon that belief the stain upon the honor
of England will be ndeblc. The Pasha is entitled to
say, But for my confidence in the honor of England,
would have gone on with my preparations for defen.
ding Egypt trusting to that honor, suspended them
after signing the convention, the disavowal of the
convention by England takes me by surprise ! an,
not prepared to resist and accept of terms which
otherwise would have rejected. In short the British
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