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SATURDAY.

The Paris papers of Thursday are again foreboding war. The Cuis. stitutionnel contains a copy of the circular sent by Boghos Bey to the Consuls of England, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, at Alexandria, for reestablishing the quarantine on the Syrian coast, and taking measures to punish all insurgents. The reply of the Consuls to the notice was in the following terms-

" We, the undersigned, have taken cognizance of the circular of his Excel- lency Boghos Bev, dated the 18th instaet, and are obliged to state our inability to conform to/mires to the wishes expressed by his I1i-411ne,..s the Viceroy upon the subject of the affairs of Syria, seeing that by Article 11 of the treaty concluded at London =the 15OIl ofJulv, between the Courts of Austria. Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, and the tEfublime Porte, this province, tvith the exception of the Paehaliek of Acre. is to be considered as restored to the inure- diate government of the Sublime Porte ; and we are called upon to encourage and support, by all the means in our pon•er, those of the subjects of his High- ness who may manifest their fidelity and obedience to their Sayereign. (Signed) "Saurin, Hodges, Wagner, Count Meden "

The Constitutionnel also publishes the "reflections" of the four Consuls on the present critical state of affairs, which they were re ine-qed by Mehemet Ali to present to him in writing. This paper is di% 'Lied into the consideration of the consequences arising from the Pasha's accept- ance or non-acceptance of the treaty. After pointing out the advantages he would gain by accepting the conditions proposed, and the small real value to hint of the sacrifices lie is required to make, the doettment pro- ceeds to consider the other tIternative—that of refusing to aesetlit the conditions of the treaty. This 'minim' of it is important, as lc throws light on the course the Four Powers intend in that ease to ;:nrsue ; we therefore give it entire-

" The immediate consequence of such a refusal would be the employment of Coercive measures.

" The Viceroy is too enlightened, and knows too well the moans :mil re- sources which tlw Four Great Powers have at their disposal, to flat ter hitnseit. for a moment flint he would he able, by his own feeble moans. to resist even any single one among them. To count, tinder the present eirmonstaneos. upon the support of other nations to control the decisions of the Poor I riot I',' vet's, would be to cherish a most fatal hope. Who would dare to have them W ho would sacrifice their own interests for those of another. and compromise their own safety ftoni pure sympathy for :Mehemet Ali ? Besides, what real advantage would result from .11 'Ii a step? It wonlil provoke a general war, in w hich the 'Viceroy would he the first to he sacrificed, and would inevitably succumb. Far front being favourable to him, any intervention or the kind iii his favour would only hasten his ruin, whieh would then he certain. " The Four Great Powers would bring forces to hear more than sufficient to Blitgain a coeflict with all that might be opposed to the execution of tle.. treaty.

It would he upon Mehemet All tliat 11 1 1

. the War would rest. Ile would be the cimee or the interventioa and of the proseneo of Euro- eau troops in Egypt nod Asia. The Nlitssultnan ontions well knaw that it is lie who is the author ot war, which, as (hr as he is concerned, is entirely perso- nal. Mehemet All has threetened to shed noteh blood beiiire he will yield. The }biome:in Powers, on the contrary, are desirous to spare, its as pos- sible, as well the blood of %lie:Min:ins as the blood of snub Christians :is may serve under the banners of the Sublime Porte. A sufficient titre.: will be em- ployed, whenever circumstances may make it IlleeeSSary, to rend, r ill resist owe impossible, and annihilate it at it

" au it he dutibted but that the Viceroy must succumb? and will it be wills glory ? No: (liter can he no glory in 1

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hope. But there woold he both glory and w isdont yielditig tier, stilt, and still more to the force or AIM if \l loot Ali falls, With his mime go down to posterity ? N ; bw his compoeds hese not shaken the whole stirtlue• of the globe, like those of Genigisknati, Tamerlane, Alex-

ander, and Napo!con. History will sae no mom than this—There lived, uring the reign of Sultan Malummil. a Pasha ot Egypt, ii untn of great tom. his Sovereign. The young successor of Mahmoud, at the moment of his acces- sion to the throne of his ancestors, held out his hand to Mehemet All to olTer him the honours of the empire, and at the same time peace and concord. The Pasha rejected his offers with disdain ; and so Europe placed itself in opposi- tion to Mehemet Ali, and Mehemet All fell. His name will be lost among those of many other Pashas, his predecessors, who rebelled and were subdued. " Mehemet Ali, in refusing to accept the treaty, may indulge perhaps the chimerical hope that the Powers will not employ with energy and vigour the necessary measures for toutting into execution the treaty of the 15th July. Admitting this even, which in fact is impossible, what would be the result? Would the Viceroy expect to obtain the continuation of the status quo? But what state, with the sword of the Four Powers constantly suspended above its head, with its conaneree annihilated and its communications cut off, would be able to sustain such a ?

" :Mehemet Ali Inv sacrifice his own interests and those of his family to an excess of conceit and pride, to subversive views, to a boundless ambition ; he may bear sword and flame into the heart of Asia Minor, and desolation among the 3111S.I11111811 nations, menace the integrity of the Ottoman empire, and thus provoke the intervention of the European troops which may be ready to sup- port him. Ile may make his son march upon Constantinople, but he will not do all this with impunity. Should Haltim Pasha advance, all retreat would be cut olf ('ruin him for ever. He would meet with a sums defeat in Natalia, per- haps even his own grove, and in his fall would be involved that of Mehemet All and all ltis family. It is with repugnance that Europe will take up arms, and as a lamentable but imperious necessity. The Powers who have signed the treaty of London are placed in too LILL-Wed a position to be accessible to any feelings. of hatred or vengeance.

" The treaty is only bast d upon equity, propriety, and the stability of the future ; its only object has been the stability of the Ottoman empire ; it only demands of Mehemet Ali that ishieh iS just, conformable to his own interests, and compatible with his dignity ; lout in return it requires, above all, every thing that is necessary for the general peace. This is a truth of which the Viceroy must have a full conviction. " Let him yield, then, to the sway of necessity, and accept with gratitude, from the hands of his young and magnanimous Sovereign, and of all Europe, the glory of having founded, under their tutelary aegis, a Ilea' dynasty. He will tit ito transmit his works to posterity, will be blessed by Lis descendants, and will see his name inscribed in honour and grandeur unoms the pages of history."

The publication of the foregoing document created great alarm on the Paris Bourse, on Thursday, which was inereased by a rumour that the lioniteur of the following day would contain an ordinance for forti Cs ng Paris. The Monitcur of Thursdav contains several Royal ordin-ances. One grsnts to the Minister of -Marine an extraordinary credit of 3,483 000 francs ; a secoiel directs an increase of the effective force of the Marine Artillery; a third orders a similar increase of the effective force of the Marines ; a flu toils creates fifty new permanent companies of seamen ; a fifth increases the number of sub-engineers of the dockyards, of the officers of the military administration, and of the Intendsnee Militaire. The oilers refer to 11:(:.iSIII:25 formerly Liken. Settreoly any mention is made in the ,:a;s•rs:t of the disturbances of the workmen, all attention being eugrossed with the news front Alexaddria.