The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-20 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF THE EAST.

Text of the last note addressed by the Porte to the
Ambassadors of the Five Powers :
" It is known that on the accession of the Sultan,
his Highness immediatelygranted a full pardon to Mehe-
met Ali, and was ready to concede to him the here-
ditary sovereignty of Egypt. A commission was ap-
pointed to treat with the Pacha on this basis, when the
representatives of the great Powers announced to the
Porte by a collective note, that they were charged by
their respective Courts to concur in settling the ques-
tion between Turkey and Egypt. The Porte imme-
diately made this known to Mehemet Ali. But while
the Porte was quietly waiting the result of the over-
tures made by the Five Powers to the Pacha, he ad-
vanced further pretensions, claiming the inheritance of
all the provinces under his administration, and
announced that the restoration of the Turkish
fleet would depend upon a compliance with
these demands. He also insisted on the removal
of certain high functionaries of the empire, whose offices
were not at the disposal of the Sultan. In fine, he
allowed himself to address seditious letters to the Viziers
of Rournelia and Anatolia, exciting them to revolt. This
conduct of the Pacha of Egypt being a violation of his
duty as a subject, the Sublime Porte desires that the
Great Powers, who have undertaken to settle these un-
happy differences, will consult on the best means of in-
ducing the Pacha to return within the path of duty, to
restore the Ottoman fleet, to renounce the inheritance
of Syria, and his demand of the dismissal of Kostew
Pacha, to abstain from every act which may tend to
excite against the Porte its faithful and devoted pro-
vinces ; and, in fine, to wait patiently for the resolu-
tions which the great Powers may think fit to adopt, and
which may be ultimately confirmed by the Sultan. Con-
sequently the Sublime Porte requests the representa-
tives to transmit this note to their respective Govern-
ments requiring the necessary instructions, which, when
received, may be communicated to the Porte."
We quote,the following from an Alexandria letter of
the 2601 ult., given by the Sod of Marseilles :—" M.
Cochelet, French Consul-General, on the receipt of
despatches from Constantinople, has had another con-
ference with the Viceroy, to urse him to release the
Turkish fleet, rather than have it taken from him for-
cibly by the French and English squadrons. Mehemet
Ali, however, returned the same answer as before. It
seems that he limits his demands to the hereditary so-
vereignty of Egypt and Syria, and the dismissal 01
Kosrew Paella. At the same time he undoubtedly has
no faith in the stability of the union between the Five
Powers, and believes that a war must take place, in
which he will be able to play a distinguished part. Th,
Government has applied for a loan of 400,000 talaris,
for the payment of the army of the Hedjas, which is two
years in arrear. The sum has already been almost entirely
advanced by the merchants connected with the Palace.
The troops on board the Turkish ships are exerc;sed
every day with the Egyptian troops, and every Thursday
they practise firing. The superiority of the Egyptians in
precision of movement is evident, although the majority
of them are mere boys. At a grand entertainment
given by Colonel Campbell, the British Consul, the
Egyptian Admiral had by his side the Turkish Vice-
Admiral, who is at present the chief officer of the fleet,
the Capitan Pacha beinc, at Cairo. The Secretary to
the Council of Public Instruction at Cairo is now at-
tached to the Cabinet of Boghos Bey, for the purpose
of drawing up the articles by which the Egyptian Go-
vernment explains and supports its pretensions. Ad-
miral Stopford has decided that the English steamer
shall cease to run to and from Beyrout in November,
when the prevalence of contrary winds will no longer
prevent the Indian packets from bringing letters via
Suez. The English merchants are annoyed at this
resolution, and, if they cannot induce the Admiral to
rescind it, will engage a foreign packet to undertake
the transit. They have offered 1501. a voyage to
the Austrian Company, besides paying for such mer-
chandise as may be brought, but the Directors
demand 300 pounds. More than half of the
the depot of coal for the Indian packets at Suez has
been consumed by fire. A Turkish frigate, said to be a
remarkably fast sailer, is gone with two Egyptian fri-
gates to the coast of Syria, to make, it is said, a trial of
speed. Said Bey was a few days ago at Tripoli, in
Syria. He is about to proceed to Candia, where he
will find fresh instructions from his father."
The Sod of Marseilles has a letter of the 21st ult.
from Cairo, announcing that on the 15th a fire broke
out in the Copht quarter, which at first threatened to
be as destructive as that of last year ; but the firemen
and authorities were more active—only five or six

houses were burnt, and eight or ten pulled down.
Abbas Pacha was present in person, and directed the
operations. He cut down with his own sabre a man in
the act of throwing inflammable matter into the fire.
The dike of the Nile was cut on the 18th with the usual
pomp and ceremony. The inundation is expected to be
very copious, and the harvest correspondently abundant.
Much sensation had been caused in Cairo by the acci-
dental drowning of M. Usgatt, the director of a com-
mercial house in that city.