The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-18 00:00:00

EASTERN AFFAIRS.

The following proclamation has been addressed by the
Porte to the Commander-in-Chief and the other superior
officers of the Turkish Army in Syria :
Ever since my accession to the Imperial throne, my
first wish, my most ardent desire, has been for the amelio-
ration of the condition of my subjects, and to settle the
Egyptian question, which has been an obstacle to the hap-
piness and prosperity of the inhabitants of Syria, one of
my hereditary possessions. With this view, in union with
my :Lilies, the Four Powers, I concluded the treaty of
London, and in order to execute its stipulations, it has
been necessary to have recourse to coercive measures.
Scraskier, Generals, Colonels, Officers, and Soldiers
numerous successes and brilliant victories have been the
fruits of your innate fidelity, your courage, your emulation
with the Admirals, Generals. and Officers of the Allied
Forces in heroic gallantry. Your exploits will yet be able
to render your Sovereign many honourable services, and I
on my part shall not fail to requite them by distinctions and
rewards. It is, therefore,with the greatest pleasure, the most
sincere gratification, that I here publicly express my entire
satisfaction at the laudable manner in which you have
performed your duty, at the gallantry and good-will of
the Admirals, Generals, and other officers of the Allied
forces, and at the obedient fidelity of the inhabitants of
Syria. It is in testimony of my admiration that the pre-
sent proclamation, decorated with the sign-manual, has
been issued and sent. Let it be opened and read in the pre-
sence of all, that my approbation may be declared to the
whole army, Every one will, lam confident, cheerfully
exert himself to the utmost to remove radically, as soon
as possible, the destructive will that has debarred the in-
habitants of Syria from the enjoyment of the security of
persons and property, the welfare and prosperity, that have
been extended to my other subjects. The renewal of
your strenuous efforts to be instruments for the production
of this great good will secure you my especial regard,
which will be hourly strengthened and augmented. Con-
formably to my former orders you will b careful on all
occasions to preserve the most amicable relations with the
commanders and officers of the Allied forces, and to act
cordially in union with them. Exert yourselves to pro-
, mote the cause of your Sovereign, end every one of you
will become the praise and admiration of future ages."
We quote the following from the Constantinople corre-
spondence of the Journal de Smyrne, under date of the
28th ult. :

" Admiral Walker was received by the Sultan in the
evening of the 19th in private audience. The brave sailor
was greeted with all the Grand Seignor's accustomed affa-
bility, and received every expression of the Sovereign's sa-
tisfaction at his conduct throughout the recent proceedings
in S ria. On leaving his presence the Sultan invested
him with the insignia o Vice-Admiral as a reward for his
eminent services. On the 21st the English frigate Talbot
arrived from Sr. Jean d'Acre with about thirty Egyptian
prisoners, among whom are several young officers. The
Sultan has ordered that all the Egyptian prisoners at
Constantinople shall be divested of their national dress,
or nailer their rags, and be new clothed from head to
foot. They have been distributed in the different barracks,
leaving to each man to choose that which be preferred.
This humane and kind treatment, to which they had never
been used, excited in them both joy and surprise. It
may be concluded that they will never regret losing their
old toaster, but will bless God that they have escaped from
a rod of iron to come under the paternal sway of the Sul-
tan. The first time they received their rations of bread,
they prostrated themselves on the earth and returned
thanks to the Prophet, covering their portions with many
kisses. These unfortunate creatures, though born on the
fertile banks of the Nile, had never in their lives been
allowed to taste a morsel of such bread. From this fact,
which will be testified by the whole population of Con-
stantinople. every one may judge of the condition of the
peop!e of Egypt under the domination of Mehemet Ali.
A now journal in the Armenian language is announced to
appear after the feast of Retrain."
The Eastern Observer's Constantinople intelligence,
28th ult., gives us the subjoined information :
The Sultan has directed a splendid brilliant necklace,
composed entirely of diamonds of the first water, to be
imme.liately prepared as a present to her Majesty Queen
Viteoria. It is intended to he a token of his esteem for
our bcl .ved Sovereign, who has been his Highness's best
friend in the hour of tnd. A new Persian arnbassadr
has arrived here, and has been complimented by the Porte
in the usual manner. There is some talk of the nun--
nation of a person of high rank to go as Ottoman am-
b.silivior to Paris, to assist at deliberations to
take place regarding the arrangmcnt of the Et.Typ-
t;an question. Izzet Pacha has been finally recalled from
Syria, and made Governor of Adrianopie. The new Go-
vernor of Syria is Z Aerie Facha. The Egyptian frigate
which lately arrived here fob of prisoners was, on the pas-
sage from Syria, the scene of dreadful distress. She hid
1,400 Egyptians on hoard, besides a Turkish crew, and the
captain hit upon a most inhuman manner of getting money ;
lie sold the water; and such of the unhappy wretches as
had not money to buy it were left to die of thirst. Out of
the number upwards of 400 thus perished. There ought
to have been co want of water, as at no period of the voy-
age was the ship over 12 hours' sail from a port, where it
could have been, procured in abundance if wanted. A
small barrel was sold for about 31., and this to men who
were 22 months in arrears of pay, and could not be other-
wise than in extreme destitution. The Minister of Com-
merce, his Excellency Ahmed Fethi Pacha, has decided
that the public sale of the privilege for fishing leeches in
the various lakes of the Ottoman empire shall commence
on the Ist of January next. The lakes of each district
will be sold separately, as last session, and the purchasers
will have permission to fish for leeches in them during one
year, from the 13th March,lB4l,to the 12th March 1842, in-
clusive. Persons understanding the business, who have
gone into these operations, have realized large sums."

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday morn-
ing, at eleven o'clock, a commission of lunacy was opened
at Mr Dar.4's, the K•ng's Head Hotel, Egham, Surrey,
b fore William Philliraore, Esq , one of her Majesty's
Clumi:sioneis or Lunacy, and a Specid Jury, composed
Of sixteen Magistrates and freeholders of the county, to
iv:quire into the state of mind bf the Rev. Harry Jordan
Pace, Xl. M., formerly of Dorsetslitre, but at present con-
fined at Sir John Chapman's Lunatic Asylum, Great Fos-
ter House, Eghirn. The Commission had been sued out
at th instance of the wife of the Reverend Gentleman,
who had caused him to be recently removed from Le Con-
vent du Bon Sasoir, Caen, in Normandy, to Great Foster
iimise. The Commission, which was unopposed, was sup-
ported by Messrs. Roy, Blunt, and Duncan, solicitors, of
Lotlibuy. The evidence adduced, and an interview with
the unfortunate gentleman himself, left no doubt of the
state of his mind. The principal characteristic of his ma-
lady seemed to
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