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among them more than 60 were oiliczrs or sergeants.
Amongst others whose gallant conduct has entitled
them to notice, is Captain Mustapha. who was brought,
up in the English navy. Admiral Walker represents
his conduct as most noble. The Admiral himself
fights like fury. and I have seen the Egyptian flig which
he tool. from Beyrout with his own hand. It showed
that cannon-balls had not been spared. We hear little
of Suleiman Pacha. He was, with 2,500 men only, sur-
rounded by a large body of mountaineers, who were
seeking to take the whole body prisoners without
bloodshed.

The above details were brought by the steamer Fer-
dinand, which went to Alexandria, took to Mehemet
Ali a letter announcing his dismissal, and brought away
to the fleet the Consuls-General of the Four Powers.
She arrived bete on the 3d. _ .

On the same day the French steamer of war Euphrate
arrived here, front Toulon, and the public have been
lost in conjectures as to the object of her mission. All
I have been able to hear on the subject is that France
formally steps forward as the protector of Mehemet Ali,
and threatens armed interference unless the Sultan tin-
medtately consent to make the ambitious tyrant a pre-
sent of om: third of the empire his Highness hasinhe-
rited from his forefathers. France has set her heart
upon founding an Arab empire, though it be under a
certainty that such an empire cannot possibly stand
without the total destruction of the Ottoman power and
the certain ultimate occurrence of the events of which
she professes a determination to steer clear.
On the sth a letter was received here, addressed by
Mehemet Ali to the Grand Vizier. It is, of course,
in reply to that taken down by the Ferdinand, and con-
tains, I understand, a declaration that, under the pro-
tection of France, he is determined to repel force by
force, and make good his right to all he possesses. He
regrets much to be under the necessity of turning his
arms against the Sultan, but cannot submit to injustice,
and so forth. The Pacha's conduct has not excited
surprise, but that of France has confounded the Porte.
Yesterday, Lord Ponsonby and the other Ambassadors
of the Four Powers had a long conference with Reschid
Pacha on the subject, the result of which has not yet
transpired ; but I am told that active operations in
Syria will not be abandoned, but, on the contrary,
pushed with renewed vigour. It appears that Me-
hemet Ali has ordered eighteen ships of the line
and eight frigates to push their way out of the
harbour of Alexandria in defiance of the block-
ade, and if we have another Navarino-business there,
who will have provoked it ? France, by her perverse
counsel. If she interfere to protect the Egyptian ships
a collision will take place---then adieu to the peace of
Europe. Who will have broken it again ? France.
England must bestir herself, or the matter will go to
great lengths. What France aims at is as clear as the
sun at noonday. She wants a power in Constantinople
under her control, to present a barrier against,Russi a—
another in Egypt and Syria, to cut off the communication
of England with India ; and then, having beaten Eng-
land out of the Mediterranean, that sea will become a
French lake. This ig her scheme ; and let every
Englishman, whether Tory or Whig, look upon it and
refl .ct if it is not worth while to unite hand and heart
to prevent its realisation.
For the moment nothing is to be feared here from
Russia. The state of Caucasus, Georgia, and all her
trans-Caucasian provinces, is such that she is power-
less in this direction. But if we have nought to dread
from Russia, we have everything to apprehend from
France, whose ultimate views arc all directed against
England. Without going into the question whether a
rebel Pacha has rights superior to those of his sovereign
or not, let us regard calmly the real tendency of the con-
duct of France. It is to the destruction of British naval
supremacy ; and much as I should deplore war, I
would rather see it return with all its horrors than be-
hold our Government truckling to foreign predominance,
and compelled to seek safety in subterfuges disgraceful,
and acquiescence mast humiliating.
We have armed the Syrians, and plighted to them
British faith that they shall not be abandoned. If,
therefore, we now, to humour the petulant caprices of
an envious neighbour, consent to desert them and de-
liver them over to the remorseless ferocity of the butcher
Ibrahim, our character will be forfeited for ever.
What, an Arab empire I it is an absurdity, and he who
conceived it should be sent to Bedlam. If Nlche:net
Ali must, to please France, reign, he had better reign
at Constantinople. The empire would then be pre-
served undivided.

But if France interfere, and by a manceuvre get pos-
session of Egypt, wheie are we ? Oh, she would en-
gage to give it up as soon as she had set matters to
rights. She made the same promise when she went
against Algiers. How has she redeemed that pledge ?
By retaining Algiers as a legitimate conquest, and by
pursuing a war of extermination against the Arabs,
who have the audacity to defend their property, fami-
lies, and honour, against the fire and sword of an im-
placable foe.
The PlAenix steam frigate set out on her return to
Syria on the 3d, and took down Sir Charles Smith,
whose health was completely restored by the excel-
lent air of the Bosphorus. The Gallant General is,
probably, by this time at the head of his troops again.
The Porte has been active, and has sent off about
5,000 more troops, with a supply 0f money, and stores
and provisions in abundance.
Whilst lam writir., a Grand Council is in delibera-
tion at the Sublime Porte on the exigencies of the mo-
ment. J. R.

MALTA, OCT. 15, 1840.
By the arrival of the French steamer Minos, we have
received the Smyrna Mauzari Shark of the 9th, with a
supplement of the 10th instant. The following are the

more important news :
" Operations on the coast of Syria have been going
on with great success. The fort of Kaiffa in the Bay
of Acre has been taken, and after the removal of the
guns, mortars, and ammunition, was blown up and aban-
doned. This was effected by two English and one
Turkish frigates, which subsequently went to Sour (the
ancientTyre) whose garrison ran off. Four months' provi•
sions for 500 men were found in the castle, and were
instantly withdrawn. The expedition against Saida
(Sider) etas a more serious affair. It was composed of
an English ship of the line, a brig, the Gorgon, Cyclops,
and Hydra steamers, joined by the steamer Stromboli,
which had at that moment arrived from England, having
350 marines on board. Besides these were the frigate
commanded by the Archduke Frederick, and one Turkish
frigate, and one corvette. The commanders were Ad-
miral Walker, Commodore Napier, Captain Aldridge,
of the Royal Engineers, and the Archduke. There
was some opposition, and Lieutenant Hocking, only just
out in the Stromboli, and about a dozen marines were
killed. The loss altogether between English, Turks,
and Austrians, was about fifty killed and wounded.
The Archduke behaved most gallantly, and personally
headed the party that took the citadel. Saida was soon
taken, together with the whole garrison amounting to
2,000 men, who, with stores and ammunition, were
conveyed by the Hydra and Gorgon to the fleet, and,
it is said, the prisoners will be sent to Constantinople.
" Ibrahim Paella was at Djebel Senin, 13 hours dis-
tance from Beyrout, with only 6,000 men. Sheikh
Meshoud, the commander of his left wing, was four
hours in advance (near Beyrout) with 1,200 men, and
opposed to him, almost within a stone's throw, was the
Druse Sheikh Tranzir, with the mountaineers of his
tribe. Ibrahim's vanguard, amounting to 2,000 men,
under Osman Paella, was six hours in advance, and
General Jocmua and Izett Pacha had formed a plan for
cutting off and making his whole corps prisoners. In
this they expected to succeed on the 28th September.
They only waited the arrival of Commodore Napier,
whu is the life and soul of all such enterprises.
" The famous Soliman Pacha had allowed himself to
be caught in a kind of military mousetrap. He is with
2,500 men in a position whence it is scarcely possible a
single man can escape, as he is completely hedged in by
a large body of country folks, who are directed to take
the corps prisoners only, and to avoid shedding blood as
much as possible.
" The Egy p`ian troops continue to desert in small
parties as fast as they can get away.
" Ibrahim's flag that was lately so prendly waving
over the castle of Beyrout is arrived here. Admiral
Walker took it with his own hands. It is full of shot
holes."

" SMYRNA, OCT. 9.—Sir Moses Mantellore and his
lady arrived here by the French Government steamer
Minos, accompanied by Dr. Lawie, and D. W. Wire,
Esq., and re-sailed in the same vessel for Constantinople
the evening of their arrival.

" Her Britannic Majesty's steamer Phoenix, having
on board Colonel Sir C. F. Smith, R.E., arrived on the
sth instant for coals, and left again a few hours after to
join Admiral Stopfoid on the coast of Syria."

" CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. B.—The French steam-
packet which arrived on the sth, brought a letter from
Mehemet Ali to the Grand Vizier, wherein he states that
he is encouraged by France to hold out, and that, under
her protection, he shall defend himself to the last. He is
very sorry to make war against the Sultan, but will be
compelled to do so until his just demands are conceded.
It is supposed that the French Cabinet communicated
to the Porte its determination to go every length
rather than allow the Paella to succumb, and yesterday
the Ambas,adors of the Four Allied Powers had a long
conference with the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the
subject. The result of their deliberations I have not
exactly heard, but am assured that the military opera-
tions in Syria will be prosecuted with renewed spirit.
To-day is the usual council day and all the members
will be in attendance to discuss this matter in its every
bearing.
Her Majesty's ship Ganges had arrived off Alex-
andria to reinforce the blockading squadron off that
port. Captain Lyons, the East India Company's agent,
has arrived in Malta.
" About 300 Maltese have been embarked for Malta
on board of two Greek vessels."

MALTA, Oct. 16, 1840.
By the Castor, French steamer of war, arrived last
night from Alexandria, sailed the 7th, we learn that the
National Guards had refused to march from Cairo,
and Mehemet Ali had set off for that city much dis-
pleased at the administration of Abbas Paella, under