The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-27 00:00:00

TURKEY AND PERSIA.

CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 6.—Letters from Tabriz of the
13th ult., received
''here on the 3d inst., state that the British
Ambassador was to have left Tebera on the 6th, with all the
gentlemen of the mission, and was expected at the above place
on the 23d. It was generally believed that Mr. M'Neil would
at once proceed on to the Turkish frontier, and wait there for
an answer to the despatches Col. Stoddart had been sept with to
the Persian camp. The object of this officer's missionis said
to have been to acquaint the Shah with the motive. of the
British troops' arrival at the island of Carak, off Bush ire, and
inevitably
would represent to him the grievous consequences he
would draw upon his own head by refusing, while yet
there was time, to take the steps which alone could prevent
a rupture between Great Britain and Persia. The state of
apprehension in which the probability of a war keeps the
minds of the British merchants in Persia naturally disposes
them to look en the state of affairs in the most gloomy light,
and to doubt as to the possibility of a friendly accommodation
taking place. It is not Improbable, however, that Colonel
Stoddart may, on his arrival at the camp, find the Schah pre-
pared to lend a more willing ear than for the past to the Bri-
tish Ambassador's warnings, and, taught by the disasters his
arms have lately again met with befor Herat, to distrust the
assurances of success confidently held out to his ambition by
the Russian Envoy. Although following the plan of attack
traced outi by Count Simonitch, the Persian troops completely
failed u their attempt to take Herat by storm in July last.
This affair cost them upwards of 3,000 men. Several offi-
cers of distinction were killed during the action, and among
them General Barrowsky, a Polish officer of great merit, for
many years renowned for his bravery in the Persian Army.
Should the position of the Schah be at present one as jeopar-
dous as ti.,e letters from Tabriz represent it to be, it is diffi-
cult to I"Jelieve that he will have the temerity of courting fresh
dangers by provoking a rupture with England.
The Trebisond steam-packet, by which these letters came,
brought the appalling intelligence of the plague having mani-
fested itself in that city. One of the deck passengers died of
this disorder during the voyage, and on the vessel's arrival
one of the mates was ascertained to be labouring under the
came complaint. The board of quarantine very properly pre-
vented the landing both of the passengers and cargo. But
Government having, with its umil improvidence, neglected
to erect even a temporary building for the performance of qua-
rantine, all the individuals on board were removed to the old
tw o-decker, where it has been the practice of the Turkish
guardians of the public health to huddle indiscriminately all
travellers, without troubling themselves to ascertain whether
they come from an infected or from a healthy port.
The Ottoman fleet sailed from Smyrna Bay on the 29th
salt. It is reported to he bound to Cyprus. On leaving the
port the Capstan Pasha issued a Proclamation, whereby shop-
keepers were invited, in case money was owed to them by
persons belonging to the fleet, to present themselves at his
banker's, where they would receive the amount of their

claims.
The Ru3sian Envoy, M. Botaenieff, arrived here from
Trieste on the 3d inst.

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