The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-28 00:00:00

EASTERN NEWS.

THE OPERATIONS IN SYRIA.
The Reform of Smyrna has the following supplement,
the contents of which it owes to a traveller who left the
camp of the allies at Djouni on the 29th ult., and had just
arrived in the Lloyd's steamer Metternich
" Accui ding to all appearances the affairs of Syria will
be brought to a conclusion in a short time. The insurrec-
tion is making the most rapid progress. Already 14,000
mountaineers have joined the allied troops, at whose
camp, or on board the blockading squadron, Sheiks are
daily making their submission. The country in general
has pronounced its determination to throw off the Egyp-
tian yoke too decidedly not to give a full expectation
that Ibrahim Pacha must soon be compelled to with-
draw. He is at present about four leagues from Djouni,
with 8,000 or 10.000 regulars, which are the only
disposable troops, the others being dispersed in different
parts of the province, and unable to unite with him on ac-
count of the insurrection which cuts off their communica-
tions. Desertion among his troops is very considerable,
and twe entire regiments have broken up and left him.
From these circumstances Soliman Pacha, who still keeps
Bey rout, is considerably weakened, having been obliged
to send nearly one-half of the forces which were under his
command to the relief of Ibrahim. The allied camp at
Djouni is composed of about 8,000 men, besides the Sy-
rian insurgents who have joined it. Daily. however, new
reinforcements are arriving from Malta and Gibraltar. The
steamboat Stromboli landed a small corps of marines
horn England, and oo the same day they took part in
a skirmish that occurred between Djouni and Be3rout.
One of the officers in command of them fell by the
energy's fire, and his death was greatly regretted by his
men. Ibrahim Pacha made preparations on the 29th for
a night attack, and Admiral Stopford omits nothirg which
art and prudence can dictate for protecting the troops on
shore. They arc in fact most formidably defended by the
guns of the squadrons, and particularly by those of the
steam-ships, which can run close in shore without danger.
There are eight if not ten Eegltah steamers ou the coast,
and some of them arc of prodigious size and power. Some
Egyptian spies have been caught in the allied camp, and
wo have been hung from the yard-arms of the squadron.
A report that Mehemet Ali intended to send but his fleet
naviag reachA the English Admiral, he immediately des-
patched three additional ships, two English and one Tur-
k,sh, to join the blockading squadron off Alexandria.
The Allies have established an excelent military hospital
at Cyprus. '
The Reforme of Smyrna gives the following intelliger.ce
of the Gtla instant front Constantieople
" The steam-boat Ferdinand . arrived here on the 3d,
brining news of great importance. On board also was
Neury Bey, Capou Kiahia of Mustapha Pacha, of Candia,
Jed the tlicers of an Egyptian frigate captured by the
allied squadron. We likewise learn by the same means,
that the Egyptians have been beaten in every rencontre
hey have had with the troops 1 ,cied to contend with them.
The English, Austrian, and Turkish soldiers have
rivalled each other in ardour and courage. At the
attack on Sayde the Archduke Frederic greatly distin-
guished himself. At one of the first assaults he had an
officer killed by his side. At the moment lie was mek-
ing his entry into the fortress the angle of a wail felt
and nearly buried him in its ruins, but he speedily dis-
.ntangled himself, and, covered with dust, advanced,
sword in hand, cheering and animating his men by his
voice and example—his followers answering his call
with great enthnsiosm". It was easy to perceive that the
blood of the Archduke Charles, whom Napoleon called the
neat able General and, intrepid soldier of Austria, runs
warm in the veins-of thiS young Prince, who has thus re-
ceived his baptism of blood in the most glorious manner.
The steamer Euphrate, which lett Toulon on the 21st ult.,
came in on the 3d. We are told she brings proposals for
mediation in favour of Mehemet Ali, but the terms have
not transpired. The same movement of troops continues.
ytic Tahiti Bahiri left us on the Ist with 1,000 men, and

merchantmen have teen hired by the Government to trans.

port all the remaiaing troops we have here to Syria. It is
rumoured that the Porte N about to contract a loan under
the guarantee of England: `There are daily conferences
'tetween the Minister af•Foreign Affairs, Lord Ponsonby,
Ind the Austrian Internuncio. The latt.2r had a very
on;; interview with • Reschid-' Pacha on the 29th ult.
Next day• a council• extraordinary of all the high fanc.
•ionaries was held, to _discuss the actual state of affairs.
ratat Effendi, who is employed in the office of the Arnedji
f the Divan, arid who was.so long the Sultan's represeu-
alive at the Court of the Tuileries, has been appointed
Mouhassil of Cyprus, and will immediately take his de-
parture for his new destination. The Porte has come to
resolution to erect a marble column in the gt eat square
t Sultan 'Bayazid in ccnimemcration of the reforms
'ately introduciA into the'ssicm of governments and par-
icularly that most salutary theastire adopted with regard
io the Moulegtas or general firms. Ftthi and Said Pachas
have been sent in a Government steamer to the coast of
Karabauroun, to inspect the coal mines recently discovered
,n that country." • .
• We find the following from the Levant, in the Sud of
Marseilles , . ,

CONSTANTINOFLE, OCT. 7...—General Joehnaus, who
:commands the. Turkish troops in Syria, has just ben
named ferik (gereral of division). This is the first in-
stance of ,such a drade, in., the, Ottoman army. The
Eg}ptia'n Vessels taken by Commodore Napier, which are
about fifteen in number, three or four of them vessels of
war, and the other's trading vessels, are to be brought
here. The ratifications of the treaty of commerce, which
~ve just been concluded between Spain and the Porte,
were exchanged on Sunday lait, at the office of the MibiS..
ter for Foreign Affairs. Count Walewski left yesterday
in the Eurotas steamer for Alexandria. He was here a
long time, but he had no audience either of the Sultan or
his Ministers, he merely watched the turn of affairs. The
Russians have made no movement, sad their arrival here
is less spoken of., It is generally thought that the Allies
gill obtain the whole of Syria without their aid, and that
it will be impossible now' for Ibrahim Pacha to march
upon Constantinople: Such, at least, is the opinion of
the Turkish Government, derived from the first successes
of their arms.
" ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 6.—The small town of Saida has
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-been sacked by the Allied trocps. The house of Soliman
Paella was s leading object of plunder. His family, who
resi.led a t Saida, , were rcconveyed to Alexandria, in the
Ca6tor Frcuch,steamer. The report that the Government
had destroyed all the establishments on the route of Suez
fur the reception of travellers, is unfonnded. It is true,
however, that orders were given to close the English hotel
at Cairo, at which meetings were held. The Governor
of that place ' had' also desired the Consuls of the Four
Powers to discontinue their functions immediately, and had
placed the subjects of their respective countries under the
protection of Consuls of other nations."

On the other hand, a letter from Constantinople, in the
Malta Portfolio, says:--
'Tile Ambassadors of the Four Powers have received

orders from their Governments to communicate alt their
deliberations on the Eastern question to the French Am
hassador. The mission of Count Walewski had fur its
object, it appears, to induce the Porte to accept the
tnediation of France. He has partially succeeded, and
ors set out. far Alexandria to announce to Mehemet Ali that
the Porte consents to this mediation as rcgardsEgypt only."
The Constantinople correspondent of the Semaphore of
Marseilles sal :

'• A steamer from Toulon is waiting for the reply of the
despatches which it brought to-day (7th inst.) M. de Pon-

role again waited•on the Porte. it is remarked that great
mystery attended the arrival of this steamer, which has
Ir,itight no private letters from France, and the crew of
which arc not permitted to land. The Captain says be is
ouund to secrecy by oath. The mercantile men here feel
alarm, and the Allies are endeavouring to injure France in
public opinion. A report has been current that M. de

Pontois was about to withdraw. It appears certain that
Al. de Pontoie esked Reschid Paella if he saw any whjec.
Lion to the absence of the French Ambassador. The
answer was that, as the Porte did nct renounce the friend-
eels of France, the absence of her Representative could
not change the nature of things."
CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 7.—The Austrian steamer the
Ferdinand arrived here on the 3d inst., having left Bev-
rout on the 26th ult. The intelligence she brings is cf the
most favourable nature for the cause of the Sultan and his
Allies. Unless it be grossly exaggerated, it is clear an-
other week cannot elapse ere we have news of Ibrahim';
complete ennibilation. His force has now dwindled, it is
said, to 6,000 men ; be is surrounded on all sides by in-
surgent Syrians, while a Turkish army (including 2,000
Europeans) of 8,000 men threatens him from the coast.
The number of deserters and prisoners amounts, we are
told, to 2,000. The operations along the coast of the
naval force, both English and Srutkistr, have been bril•
liant and decisive. Captain Walker, in particular, has
distinguished himself by some bold and judicious de-
scents, which have been attended with the cornpletest
success. At Sayde, where there was a considerable body
of Egyptians, he landed about two hundred men, who,
-upported by the seasonable broadsides from the Turkish
frigate, soon made themselves masters of the place.
Kaifa also has fallen into the hands of the Allies. Should
lbratilm succeed in extricaticg himself, which was repro-
,ented as very doubtful, from his present critical position,
it is supposed that he would retreat upon the main body
of his army at Marasch.
The Phoenix steamer left Constantinople on Friday last,
taking to Syria Colonel Sir Charles Stewart, who will as-
sume the command of the Marines, and virtually of the
Turkish troops also, immediately on his arrival. On Sa-
turday a Turkish steamer and three transports, having on
b-nard 2 000 troops, sailed fur the same destination. They
will be followed by two otter steamers and additional trans-
ports, with 3,000 men. Indeed, the efforts now making by
the Porte are unexampled as they are prodigious, and the
number of troops it has been enabled to muster in this
emergence is beyond all expectation. They have been
pouring, by !and and sea, into the metropolis, during the
last fortnight ; and, independently of the troops to be sent
to Syria, there are fifteen thousand regulars here. Much j
of this energy is no doubt owing to the strenuous exertions
of Lord Ponsoeby, who, if he has been mainly instru-
",%"tni in precipitating the present crisis, I must do him
justicetas, to acknowledge, has spared no pains to bring it
Tos, f and satisfactory solutioe. The Eupliratr,
2d inst. tler
Pre.hch stes'un-fsleate, arrived her from Toulon 011 the
bore is mystery, and nothing'
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has transpired as to the object
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