The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-18 00:00:00

Letters from Constantinople of the 27th, and
from Alexandria of the 30th ult„ with Smyrna
Journals of the 29th, have been duly received.
The intelligence from Egypt is very meagre. The
PACHA, who was in good health, no longer mani-
fested any wish to interest the European Consuls
in favour of his claims. On the contrary, he
granted them audiences with difficulty ; turned the
conversation on general subjects ; and showed an
unwillingness to talk at all about his relations with
the Porte. This was supposed to result from va-
rious communications between himself and the
Divan, which ended in a joint resolution to settle
the question between the VICEROY and the Porte
without the intervention of any of the " Infidel"
Powers. As the PACHA began to feel himself
more secure, it was observed that he was less vigi-
lant in protecting his Christian subjects, and per-
mitted a greater latitude to the fan atical zeal of the
Mussulman priesthood. This excited great alarm
among the Christians at Alexandria and Cairo. It
is rather remarkable that the same contempt of the
unfortunate Christians begins to be mani-
fested at Smyrna and Constantinople—a fact
which clearly demonstrates that the tolerance
with which they were before treated was
entirely owing to the liberality of the late SULTAN,
and the distracted and weak state of the empire.
The following paragraph from a Smyrna journal
places this matter in a very intelligible light :
A few days before, a Maltese riding through the
streets on an ass was meet by a Turkish officer, who
ordered him to alight. On his refusal the Turk laid
hold of him, and the poor Maltese, who wanted a leg,
was easily dismounted. A dispute ensued, which soon
ended in blows. The Turks congregated to the num-
ber of several hundreds, denouncing death against all
Europeans, and the Arabs encouraged them to
the Maltese, saying, " You need not be afraid to strike,
the Pacha no longer protects those infidel dogs.
An imposing force soon arrived on the theatre of the
riot, who took off the whole party to the Bach Aga,
or chief of the police. A Janissary of the British Con-
sulate having been sent to claim the Maltese, the Aga
refused to commit him to his care, but marched
him shortly afterwards to the Consul's house under
a strong escort of soldiers, whose chief was told to re-
quire a receipt for the same. The Chancellor ob-
jected to the unusual demand, and expressed in ener-
getic termsdiscontent at soldiers entering the Consulate.
The commander of the platoon, little satisfied with this
reply, attempted to force his way into the office, and into
the Consulate-house, but was resisted by the Chancellor
and the Janissaries, who, sword in hand, repelled the
assailants. The Ottoman officer, the first cause of the
disorder, was thrown into prison, with a dervish, who
mounted a stone, and sought to excite the fanaticism of
the mob against the Christians.
The accounts from Constantinople statethattlie
M new French Ambassador, M. PONTOIS' reception
by Lord PONSONBY, was friendly in the extreme.
His Lordship had contracted a friendship for M.
PONTois in Brazil, and was exceedingly delighted
that the KING had chosen him for the embassy at
the Porte. Thus the malignant statement of the
France turns out to be an arrant falsehood. The
p!! snd French fleets were preparing to winter
at Vourla, Smyrna, Malta, and the Gulf of Enos,