The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-18 00:00:00

PORTUGAL,

We have received Lisbon news to the 101 h instant, brought
by the Braganza steamer, which left that city on the above
date. The Countess of Durham and her brother, the glen.
Captain Grey, came passengers in the Braganza.
'The letter of our Correspondent represents the political cif,.
Iles as being agitated by the int.igues and personal rivalries of
the candidates, either for office or promotion, The Duke of
Palmella, it appears. patronises Costa Cabral, the present
Minister of Justice, as the instrument by which he expected to
make some arrangement of the Ministry, more after his
own heart than the present one. Baron Lagos at
one time was talked of for Finance Minister, under
the Duke's protection. However, no changes had
actually taken place, and it was expected that the Ministry
would meet the Cortes when the period of adjournment ex-
pires (25th inst. )in its present shape, The uncertainty which
the intrigues and rumours afloat naturally occasioned, had
acted prejudicially in hampering
..the„. financial schemes of the
Government, and inducing a want of confidence among capi-
ttilists, which may, however, prove only temporary. A por-
tion of money towards the next dividends was on the point of
being remitted by this packet through the bank ; but at elate
hour some difficulties were started, which it was expected
would prevent its remittance by this post.
The pending treaty of commerce with England continued to
excite the clamours of the Revolutionary and anti. English
press, which writes in evident ignorance of the whole subject.
•

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 27.
The announcement of the participation of France in the last
deliberations of the London Conference, and of her adhesion
to the Treaty to adjust the affairs of the East, had been re-
ceived by the Sultan with the liveliest satisfaction.
The first dragomans of the great Powers had had, for the
last ten days, 'frequent conferences with Rifaat Pacha, the
Minister for Foreign Affairs. Although the object of tlie'e in-
terviews had not transpired, yet there were many reasons to
believe that they had reference to the Egyptian question, which
was considered to be entirely settled. Tlie Divan, as we have
already stated, have acce led to the modifications of the hatti-
scheriff of the 13th of February last, required by Mehemet
Ali, and a new hatti-wheriff to that effect was being drawn
up, which would be shortly despatched to Alexandria.
The Sultan removed on the
indisposed for some days, in conse-
but he was then convalescent,
'26th to the Palace of the Sweet
Waters, where he intended to reside during the month of May.
and it was hoped that his sojourn at the Sweet Waters would
(Hi uiesn cHeigohf nth": chhaandge
hasten his recovery.
The four Austrian superior Officers who served in the last
boefenseason,
expedition to Syria were presented on the 24th by Rifaat Bey
to the Sultan, who received them in the most gracious man-
ner, and expressed to them his satisfaction with their gallant
conduct in Syria, and the services which they had rendered
the Ottoman empire.
Hussein Pacha, the President of the Board of War, died on
the '27th.
Preparations for a new expedition to Candla were carried
on with the utmost activity. Several vessels of war had been
taken out of the arsenal, and laden in all haste with provisions
and ammunition. They were to immediately sail for that.
island. 'lbis expedition, which is to be commanded by Tahir
Pacha, the Grand Admiral, was to consist of two ships of the
line, six friates, and a number of smaller vessels and steamers,
which, after landing 6,000 troops in the island, would cruise
along its coasts. A note to that effect bad been communicated
by the Forte to the different foreignleptions in Constantinople;

Some disturbances have occurred lately at Trebizond, vrhia
'have caused a momentary state of excitement in the Greek
community. They had been rebuilding an old Greek church
that lay in a quarter of the town inhabited partly by Greeks
and partly by Turks. The latter murmured, but as the former
had obtained a firman from the Porto for the purpose, nothing
was slid until Easter-eve, when the Turks began to complain
aloud that the walls of the building had been carried much
above the limits prescribed by the firman. The Pacha ordered
that the walls should be reduced to the height prescribed in the
firman, which was accordingly put into execution on Easter-
Sanday. The popular excitement was so great that Kiayoghe
Emir Aga, fearing that something might happen to the Rus-
sian Consul, sent to tell him that should any insult be offered
him during the row, he had fifty armed men ready to pro-
tect him.

Elated by their success, the Turks next turned their atten-
tion to a Greek school that was building in the Christian
quarter of the town. The place was inspected by the legal
authorities, and it was declared unlawful to allow the building
to stand as it was. inasmuch as it was contrary to their law to
allow an infidel building to be raised higher than Mussulman
houses. At this decision the Russian Consul, as protector of
the Greeks, interceded with the Pacha, who after much dis-
cussion decided that the whole edifice should be razed to the
ground. Whiie the people were demolishing the building,
however, a second order came from the Pacha, that only the
upper story of the school should be thrown down. This ap-
pears to have been owing to another application from the Rus-
sian Consul.