The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-28 00:00:00

ob its return to France, stuck fast during a week in a blurt-
bank at the mouth of Smyrna Bay, against which it ran
foul at noon-day. The Dardanelles, Syra, and Leghorn
have again and again bad to witness similar gaucheries,
and but the other day the Minos, though having on board
an Admiral, and one who moreover having lived during
four years on the shores of the Bosphorus might have been
able to give proper directions on the occasion, imbedded
itself in a sandbank almost close to the French Ambassa-
dor's residence at Therapia. The extreme irregularity of
this conveyance for their letters, added to the sensible
difference in the expense for postage, has induced the
Europeans residing in this country to forward their corres-
pondence in preference by the Austrian post.
The occurrence of five cases of plague among the crew
of the steamer Leonidas, on his way out to Marseilles,
has led the Directors of the Administration to forbid pas-
sengers being taken on board these vessels at any of the
Turkish ports till further notice ; an exception has, how-
ever, been made in favour of the Marquis d'Eyragues, who
acted as French Charge d'Affaires during the Ambassador's
absence, who embarks to-day on board the Eurotas.
The Governor-General of Southern Albania, Moustapha
Nouree Plebe, sailed to-day for Salona. The Turkish
Government is embarking munitions os war with great ac-
tivity. A frigate has been sent to-day with dispatches to
the 'Turkish fleet, which left the Dardanelles on the 3d inst.
The steam-packet from Trebizond, which arrived here
on the sth inst., brings no intelligence from Circassia. Six
weeks have elapsed since the last accounts from this country
were received. This long interval is looked upon by the
Circassian refugees both at Samsoon and Siaope as most
ominous, and leads them to conclude either that the Rus-
sians have succeeded in effecting a land'ng on those points
of the coast where the natives concealed their boats, or
that the vigil ince of the cruising vessels does not permit
them to send a messenger across the sea. I have in vain
referred for information on the subject to the Journal of
Odessa. No more allusion is therein made to the campaign
in the Caucasus than if it had never been undertaken.
Indeed, so carefnl is Russia in concealing her acts from the
observation of Europe, that were it not for the notice which
the Correspondents of the English journals at Constanti-
nople have occasionally taken of her gigantic operations in
, this important quarter, no one in England would even sus-
pect their existence.
According to advices from Alexandria, July the 28th,
Mehemet Ali was with the greater portion of his fleet at
Candia, and Ibrahim had left Egypt in haste for Syria.
Thus, notwithstanding the injunctions of the British Ca-
binet, the whole of the Egyptian fleet is out at sea, those
ships alone excepted which are out of service. It was not
publicly known when Mehemet Ali was to return from
his cruise. The Government was reduced to the greatest
penury, nor could it be conceived how it was to meet its
expenditure.
The correspondence between the Circassian exile Seser
Bey and Lord Ponsonby is carried on with much activity.
The European acting as Seser Bey's Secretary brought
yesterday from Baza.rdjik despatches for his Excellency.—
Tithes.

CANADA.