The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-12 00:00:00

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the wilderness who bad be: 11 c qnsidered indomitable,
even from the times in which Herou!ntrus celebrates their
unconquerable spirit of independence.
With regard to the numerical stiengtfle Af the army,
it is estimated in the official returns as ronsisrtx.ll3 of—
Infantry
Cavalry .
Sappers
Artillery ...
Veterans ...
Invalids

Total - 127,150
To which are to be added from 10,000 to 12,000 irre.
gular Turkish troops, and, in case of need, 30,000
Bedouini Arabs, The estimate of Colonel Campbell,
howeverAinakes considerable deductions from some of
these iteths. Thus, he reckons the Turkish irregulars
at 4,730, the whole regular cavalry and artillery at
12,614, the infantry at 66,400, and the Bedouins at.
4,410. The attempts to introduce European discipline
among the latter specks of troops bave not been suc-
cessful, and they still preserve themselves in a state of
isolation. The military foundries can produce nine
brass cannon in a month, and 3,000 muskets (at an ex-
pense of 1/. 3s. each), within the sanse time.
The annual revenue is stated by the Government to
amount at present to 900,000 purses, or 4,300,000/-
sterling. A somewhat minute account is given of the
items in the budget of 1833, from which it appears that.
the land tax, or rent, as it ought more properly to be
called, constituted about one-half of the whole amount,
and the customs about one-...wentieth. The revenue is
stated to exceed the expenditure every year, and there
is no national debt. The celebrated manufactories of
different kinds, which have excited so much attention
in Europe, are almost invariably conducted at a loss,
and there seems reason to believe that they would all,
or the greater part of them, go to immediate ruin upon
the death or political discomfiture of the present Pacha.
Upon this subject the most important consequences may
result in the present conjuncture of affairs from the
events of a single day.
In respect to population, it appears that Beyrout
ranks the sixth amongst the towns of Syria, and con-
tains, or rather contained, 12,000 inhabitants. It was
considered by Mr. Moore, the Consul, to be the
healthiest town on the coast, being less subject to fever
than Acre, Tripoli, or Tyre. The cultivation of silk
was spreading rapidly, and that of the sugar-nane had
taken place to some extent in the neighbourhood,
which was considered well adapted for its production,
and gold and silver thread were amongst the manufac-
tures of the town. The population was greatly in-
creasing, and the neighbourhood rapidly improving in
cultivation and fertility. One fact alone is sufficient
to prove the rate at which its prosperity was increasing,
namely, that the rent of houses and warehouses had
doubled within four years.