The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-26 00:00:00

....M.LtrIkTIN'G ED I_ 0141

IMPORTAN T NEW S
FRO 31 THE
SEAT OF WAR.

Lrye have received, by special express from Mar-
eves, our correspondence, which has arrived by the
!ant mail of the 21st inst. Complete success, it
Pears, has attended our operations in Syria. Our
7utabtes are frog, Alexandria the 6th, Constantinople the
16th 9th,
.811IYrna the S yra the 1 1 th, and Malta the

EThe Mr,:ita Post.ofEce has issued a notice, that in
nsecltlerice of the rigorous blockade of the ports of
rofIPL and Syria, on the 6th instant, by Admiral Stop-
atb'y virtue of orders from the English Ambassador
Uanstantinople, the mails for Alexandria and India
here
not to be forwarded by her Majesty's steamer
t'ometheus. It was doubtful whether French stea.
:era Would be excepted from this blockade. The India
'mails remain at Malta.
The Illonitcar Parisien of Saturday night contains
•the following eastern intelligence :
The Uovernment received on Friday, by the tele-
' let. the news of the arrival at Marseilles of the
fro..war packet-boat. This steamer brings despatches
the East, which have not yet been received in
It has transmitted some sea news, which state
Hmg but what is already known, for the taking of
• • eYde, which is therein mentioned, had been published a
bti„
singe, and this is the only motive which prevented
a Government from informing the public of it."

t. ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 6.
IN 'nes our last, of the 20th ult., there has little oc-
'.
Pled here. Operations in Syria have been prompt
I,,,l';,eaccessful beyond expectation ; particulars you
"'" °eve learned through Malta, as our communication
1...1518 a manner cut off, and we cannot give credit to the
11-7"htrt.s from the palace. . The Pacha puts a good face
r"" it, but is evidently disappointed.
'„ The following is a summary of events since our last,
l' • teth sePt. All the Turkish officers of the fleet allowed
A-akte_turn to Constantinople, also those in prison at
They will be conveyed in merchant vessels.
8 riigimeSS has thus got rid of disaffected men, who
plPtitht have caused serious mutinies if the fleet should
Are t° sea. The ordinary sailors are distributed
ehe'"llhout the ships mixed with Egyptian crews, but
commanders complain of their sullen and mutinous
wiliPtobsi_tion, and wish. them away also. It is said they
le c sent to Cairo. Sundry chiefs. appointed to the
Adet "'Said Bey, flag captain to Hatif Bey, the Vice-
-144'a% 'Old-Mooties(Mustapha) Paella is Admiral.
`grther accounts, and some particulars of
Villa
da-
? done hy the unprecedented inunda.tion.
' tea's stores, and stacks of grains (it is kept in heaps
wat °Pen air) washed away, large tracts of land under
Ot!"
e,
to the utter ruin of cotton, Indian corn, and
t craps on the ground. Fears of a scarcity before
driliael atleecr:ll)
y can be available—price of wheat in Alex
; -
risen to the Peclia's export price.
6.—A representation was made lo his High-
,Tis morning about the proceedings in Cairt
4 "ighness said, " I will put every thing to rights.
4 was on the move at the time, having determined
iti-..Nag to Cairo last week. Ha set out this morn-
to -",e' lad is in full confidence he will reopen the route
,besnee.
Y a letter from Colonel Hodges to Mr. Larking,
ellere informed that a commercial blockade is to take
e• Aoatriaßut we are indebted to the public letter of the
ejl Consul for particulars. It will commence as
d°° as the Admirals:announce it. Fifteen to twenty
438Y1 Will be allowed for vessels to come out of port ;
,1_(1 during the fif;ecn days vessels will also be allowed
'° enter. Certificates from the respective Consuls us
kolte° the cargoes, &c. No active operations, says Col.
podges, will be taken against. Alexandria until fresh
'usteuetion,s active from England, but these may arrive
44Y day.
The English and Turkish operations in Syria have
have prompt and successful beyond expectation. They
reve taken a flank position that will oblige Ibrahim to
• b.raw his forces to the south, and prevents any move-
;eat to the north. Acre is threatened, but there is,
h will be, a large force there. A close blockade will
el? disagreeable to us, and when it comes we will bun-
malturselves off to Malta.
i‘eh SEPT. 30.—A communication to Captain Fisher, of
toMajesty's ship Asia, about the inconvenience caused
e'antile interests by frightening ships outside—
Y are afraid 'to enter. Thus British merchants cannot
let •
0 their property removed.
se . I.—The French steamer Castor returned from
teTaeebringing back the
.Abbe, who found the country
..-co disturbed for his missionary labours. The officers
''t'l-this ship spoke favourably of Captain Napier, and
14.,lmeseribed the operations of the Anglo-Turk force at
aida as being well managed; 3,000 Egyptians made
Itrdly any resistance, surrendering at once. Jaffa and
'true other points dismantled by the British fleet. So-
-11, ~jaitti Paella's family arrived at Alexandria by the
4,Zaseor. The same day the Etna arrived from Toulon
3 eleven days ; but her news has not transpired.
portee said to tell the Pacha to hold out firmly, but to
tO. oar" A French officer of engineers arrived
• i
Ittliatend the defence of Alexandria.
he le, ars that some of Ibrahim's despatches to Mee
• aud nri'Lli were intercepted by the English, near Saida ;
of other hand the Egyptians took the liberty
at blt'irig some despatches from Mr. Consul Werry,
tair 4:llalcas. The letters by the Pacha's post to
eari:l ieem also to have been opened, and our Vice-
Can Mr. Wattle, together with the Austrian, Rus.
Peell:ca Prussian Vice-Consuls, -ordered by Abbas
eairo t° quit Cairo. Abbas Pacha, Governor of
flitto:tin_rieetlrstgldnrandson of Mehemet Ali, arid has Just returned
eeeeeeuelrout. He always hated Christians, and is
e. a great brute without capacity, and he ist
g his spleen in various violent proceedings a
014
11 3.---French steamer, Fulton, for Syria, carrying
ICall
alv_fert, with despatches for Ibrahim Pacha.
411 h•tue French steamers have been very useful to
p ighness Mehemet Ali when his own arc laid up.
%Zech steamer Etna, sailed for Toulon. Letters
Per pi 1° be taken. Heard of the Esglish pass; ngcrs
ttaehe:!tal being detained at Cairo. Only a few
oc; Suez in time for the steamer.
0,....4.--French packet steamer Leonidas arrived p.m.
uieici.4.--Her Majesty's ship Ganges and corvette
tfZee•letned the ships outside ; also the Emmetjee Post-
%loin Packet, from Beyrout, but she has not made a
tt'icatian yet with the shore. News from Cairo,
tiethat I order of Abbas Pacha, the hotels had their
'arnedrem —"et' and their doors closed, and the travellers
the k2ut ; but, on the representation of Mr. Giiddon,
!ovreee'lean Consal-General, the travellers were al-
be thila return to the hotels, but the doors ordered to
14114. -},d. Similar orders were sent to Suez, and the
'o:ltleete.,°llses in the Desert shut up ; no travellers al-
e 'ree Pass,
eatehe se Proceedings are unauthorised by the Pacha,
!net
eie Ali, because this evening Mr. Larking and
itlem-;" Johnson waited on his Highness, who assured
Ptts, shat` mails and passengers should be allowed to
usual,huld and that if no official person remained, he
himself forward the Indian mail ! This was in
Penee'llskm. to the sudden flight of Captain Lyons, the Hon.
etOrtra,."Y's agent, who in a moment of panic not only
e 2 times. "cd on board the Asia, but wrote to his subordi-
%%hitt to quit their pasts and escape ; and if he wrote in
5t3412 to Aden, the authorities there may prevent
th, sssell Coming up the Red Sea. It is a hard case on
cte 1::°Ple in India and England, who look for letters by
.iiee.4"d Sea route, to find that the chief chance of de-
-4414 the mails arises from the officials, and not from
"tarnet Ali
teeTANTINOPLE, OCT. 7.—The success of the
Allieieed arms in Syria will be learned in England with
Leasure, the more so as great results have already
Yon secured at a very trifling sacrifice of human life.
"Ruler correspondent will inform you that the
reile-er°f KIM, in the Bay of Acre, and only five
Wee" from it, was taken by three frigates, of which two
sad English and one Turkish. The guns, mortars,
hlte,:setwraunition having been taken out, the castle was
(Se or " 4P- The same ships then repaired to Tyre
-e
14%,, ti'lf out the garrison, 500 in number, no sooner
tooje approach to commence an attack than they
Otee; !° their heels, leaving in the place four months'
which were immediately conveyed to the
teeieh then succeeded the attack of Sidon, (Sayda,)
was directed by Commodore Napier, Ad-
• . eticrel. walker, the Archduke Frederick, and Captain
hhialge, of the Royal Engineers. The Cyclops,
tho Zs and Gorgon (steamers), with a ship of
/II!. and a brig, English, one Austrian frigate,he
aeped.r frigate, and a corvette, composed t.
°Peree',ol%, and just as they were commencing
kleot t, the Stromboli (steamer), with a remforce-
cieent.°', 330 marines, only 13 days from England, ac-
tieo :11Y hove in sight and joined. Our newly-are
/sad de?entrYmen were immediately in the thick of it,
Pieek`l4_ wonders ; but I regret to state that Lieutenant
e wan should so soon have found a grave in Syria ;
Ilion 8 41111081 the first man killed. The affair was
whoi,"-tlie allied forces penetrated the fortress, and the
and surrarrison, 2,000 in number, laid down their arms,
',eyed toendered themselves prisoners. They were con-
k 14r.e the fleet, and are to be sent
to Constantinople.
ill Sat,' luPPly of stores, ammunition, &c., were found
111 and these alsowere transmitted to the fleet.
eoga.e., .
uek„, le in this affair, English, Austrians, and
geithe",) behaved admirably, and the Archduke distin-
, Mtge himself among the bravest. The fleet conti-
bel e iieteoni Bay. Ibrahim Pacha was at Dje-
1' on'enla, thirteen hours' march. from Beyrout.
wve hund
hours • red men, under Sheikh Mesoud were four
thief,
winitandTbatice, watched by Sheikh Franisiz, a Druse
Pistol , Is mountaineers, who were posted within
soot, ready to engage him the moment he
attere
Uodertd to stir. Ibrahim's vanguard, 2,000 men,
rs...tout Os
Pacha, was two hours still nearer Bey-
guerni the allied Commanders intended on the 28th
,the h •zeptember to attempt to surprise and cut off
(I"' Dail • • • d th •
inters y acetions wre e y moon-
- boon , ° Ktr arms, a
ofpp I.
which 19 eOOO stand had already
le attributed among them. Egyptian deserters came
', ever. a
t ""Y bY fives, tens, and:thirties. One day 130
in 4. body, with arms and uccoutrements, and