The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-05-11

which gives its to the archipelago, Is only two
mynamctrcs long, taken at its longest part and ~
mean breadth Is about myriametIe and half These
islands barren, and scaTcey inhabiisd their
position constitutes all their importance. The English
not the irsl To appreciate the advantages when
they offer in military and commercial po.nt OF view.
They have long served nest Of smugglers and Pr
rates. We easily conceive the value OF this ac-
QUESTION. In future, the English will be no 'onscs
compelled TO place their ships under the pro.ec.on -
| the Portuguese guns. Whilst nomnally wtmn W.
doninions Of the Emperor Of China, they VIII oe -
home this is all they wanted. In I6ii they oo'sn
ed permission from the Great Mogui TO iounu ~
adjustment al Surata. This served AZ their Po'n'
d'oppui for the conquest OF India, and the rmII.s
of Delhi soon learned TO their cost that %
single inch of ground 10 the English, 70 iuln''n
them with the means Of stealing an en'i!e Ai"k.o
What the English did on the banks OF the uahsoe'
| they will do in China .,N; ~,
they have 10 do with people who are without she
means of tefcDce and they will lay hold Of 'he ns'
opportunity for throwing OIL The mask. In me mean
lime, they will continue to gain gound ana s,rene-n
according to their praisew orhy custom, until some
fine day the anger Of Emperor will break FORTH and
give rise TO new and new concessions ON the
part OF the Chinese This is the history of all the in
vasions Of the English"
THE EAST
The Paris correspondent Of the London Morning
Post states, the authority of letter FROM Vienna
Of the lth instant that the Eastern Question may he
regarded settled, IOr tnat NtsCuiu aSha h"u
been only the creature of Lord Ponsonby, has been
dismissed through the united efforts of the Russian
and Austrian Ambassadors and has been replaced ny
Rfaat Bey, who formerly Ambassador al Vienna,
and who since that period has been IN close connec
ton with Prince Metternich. Al Riiaat Beys trst
conference with Baron Stumer the new Minister for
Foreign Affairs solcmnly promised tina, within lew
days the Porte would publish new haiti scheriii,
with the s pssG. Re q 7Es y This
is said 10 have produced great sensation in the do-
matte circles at Paris not only because Of the defeat
Of Lord Ponsonby, and his probable recall but on ac
changes into which Reschid Pacha had embarked.
The abdication of Mehcmct Ali in favor of lbrahim
Pacha 10 looked upon as probable event
rvgxrY,
On the 10th Of Marh the Turkish iec,, with only
500 of the "a 90 aen who manned il On reaching
EgyF re-en,essd the Rosghcrs The Sultan had
impaired in his steamer 10 the k,Sls ii the Selase
Es2rnea in esier - witness the event The NAH
tea<sa, sap II the hne, sk The lead, and IN deae-
hing the pant Al the Sersgte rsl salute II u guns
vhh hss Aness osssa should Ne instantly sssara-
81, Al The SSAer vessels Il The iess Showed The
azaEas ofsAe MAhne0slsh
The S<xs consisted II SAID eight SHIPS
q the kas hsgates, soxsessss, aud sax hxxs
ar,4 ssAe< hsAs ,ssssss- The cnstue population u
CAssanflnogAe and is enyrVns haed the AAaks otshs
cAanrsk And ero~nsd the hssShss whseh overlook the
ezy, in s<sr 10 e0oy the spectacle 10 the course Of
the affeNkHn The Sultan weas board the Mahmo0-
dsh, accompanied BY all the PAshas, and compss-
n,<aied Atusri Walker in the most fAitesing terms,
on his coniuct throash boot the recent occurrences
Major Brace SweSie and broyhes-in-law OF Baron
Bruno~, the Russian Ambassador in Lonion, has
Tered the service of the Porte and Beyrout
mAnd ofthe Turkish regiment.
Great dissatisfaction felt among the Syrians still
detained in Egyps. Numbers were to be seen in the
regiment Of cavalry encamped outside Alexandra
IL was chiefly this circumstance which had given rise
TO the GOODNESS and dissatisfaction observed between
the Pasha and Commodore Napier previously to the
departure of the latter. The Maronite Emirs and
Druze Shciks had however arrived safely at Bey-
rout.
Itsis remarked that M. Cochelet, who had been
placed Consul General for France by Count Rohan
Bbabot, had long confidential interviews with Niche
met Ali before his departure.
Advices from Constantinope of the 18th of March
state thai the Ottoman fleet returned to the capital
the 10TH and had resumed its former station along the
European bank Of the Bosphorus. A conference had
been held few days before at Terapia, in The palace
Of Lord PonsOnby, for the purpose of examining the
reply of the Porte to the last demands of Mehemet
Ali when the Ambassadors the resolution Of
supporting the claims of the Pasha and notified to the
Disan that if the Sultan did not grant them, his
Hghness should not expect any further interference
on the part Of the Four Powers. The Porte would,
il expected, accede to the wishes Of the Ambassa-
doris
by the French steamers Mentor, dispatches from
Constantnople TO the Sth of March had been received
Mehemet Ali A tranquil termination to the dis
cussions was expected.
The Defterdar" Of Gambia had been sent to that
san to restore order under the cannon il necessary
Of the British corvette g Magicenne."
grand convention Ga folkmote) had been called
at Samos to ratfy general pacifcaton in that
island
The Syrian news is from Smyrna and Beyrout of
the 18th ult On several points OF the coast the plague
was raging. The mountains were tranquil.
From Athens the down to the 3lst ult
The plan OF National Bank for Greece aban-
doncd. The Mavrocordatos first duty in office was
10 suppress revolt of his countrymen against their
Bavarian monarch.
The frontiers of Egypt much disturbed
MelIk Muir was said TO have beaten Ahmed the Pa
sha's Governor of Kartoom. The two great Bedoun
tribes the west of the Nile engaged in warfare
on their own account, and the peaceable Inhabitants
employed in the collection of natron at the lakes south
of Alexandria had been extensively plundered. The
Pasha had formed an alliance with the Bedouins of
the Desert, the borders OF Syria exempling them
from tribute; and he was preparing them to fortfy
GAIA.
The Pasha awaiting the decision of the Pote
upon his objections to the proposed conditions annex
ed 10 the hereditary Pachaic of Egypt, without how
ever, relaxing his preparations to enforce his own
views. He had declared his determination to concede
nothing beyond the payment of fixed yearly tribute
OF 800 900 Goo 900 dollars and to allow interior
cnce in the details Of his government. As if in def
of the 1hatti-schef of>the Odd January, he had
ordered the army to be increased from the present
number of 55 900 to 10 600 picked men, he daily
bringing in conscnpts in letters TO Cairo; he had
Stopped the supplies of shipped Suez for the
| Holy Cities which form their yearly tribute from
Egypt and he had raised the French Co'onel of En-
gineers, Nj. Ga'se, who recently fortified Alexandra,
and was now strengthening Caiio, to the rank of a
Bey on full pay. at $50 purses, (f750,) per
Three regiments had been ordered from Cairo garri-
son Alexandria, and none of the Pashas sailors
permitted to leave the city for moment.
ODESSA, MARcA "a.
:" II to be the intention Of Russia to employ