The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-28 00:00:00

NIORN'ING \SITN

1,301,V ANT

We have received Malta papers to the 15th inst., and_
advices from Constantinople to the 10th, Smyrna Otn,
and Alexandria 6th. 1
The following naval intelligence is taken from the

Malta Chronicle, 15th inst. :
" The Indus ship of the line arrived from Syracuse
this moTning, and the Acheron steamer from Con:3tan-
tinople (in five days), bringing Lord and Lady Ponsouby,
family, and suite. The Iberia contract steamer from
the lonian Islands and Patras arrived last night. On
the lath inst., the Tunisian Government steamer Ben
Ayed arrived with despatches for the Consul of that
Government, and tcok her departure again on the same
afternoon. She is supposed to have run foul of the
Tuscan brig Santa Filomena, as this vessel at about
o'clock at night, when 5 miles off the island of Gozo, wasnui
into by a steamer steering north-east, which occasioned
her considerable damage. The Scout sailed for the Le-
rant on the 14th inst., and it is rumoured that the Van.
guard will be despatched next week V) the Smyrna sta•
tion, where several French ships of \var have arrivei
from Toulon: The Tyne leavr s for En giwid this even
lag. The Vernon, .50, sailed from Cm-fu Lo Corfor th
Southern Islands on the 20th ult., and returned t
on the sth inst., she was still lying there on tit,' loth.-
The Stromboli steam-frigate left our port this ruornit

for the Lc ♦ ►nt."
Extract of a letter from Corfu, 11th inst., in the it CI

Tien.::—
The yachts Therese (Earl of Desert, Mr. Wells.. t
Captain Kinderley, 97th Regiment), and Harri
here firet (
Viscount Ranelagh and sisters), bave arrived
Constantinople, and took pra.tique on the 9th ineta
The Vernon is in port, the Weazle is at Zante.
-worthy Governor is quite well. His Excellency tal
his ride every evening, and enjoys good health. re
4ed Regiment will embark for Cephalonia on Saturd
to. relieve the sth Regiment.
The Naha Times, 15th inst., says :
" The Lord Viscount and Lady Ponsonby arrii
here this morning in the Acheron steamer. His Lot
ship will perform quarantine at Malta. His Excellet
Reschid leaclia, Ottoman Minister at the Court of
Tuileries, having relinquished his design of going
Paris via Vienna, arrived hero this morning in the Fret
steamer Leonidas, where he will perform quarantine_'
The Constentinople news in the Oriental Observer
as follows :
" Lord Ponsonby had his audience of leave of,the a
tan on the 2eth September, cud was received with {
greatest possible distinction. The next day Abi
Glianui Aga, chief Eunuch of the Valide Sultan (
Highness's mother), was sent to Therapia, with the p
seats for Lady ronsonby, which consisted of a neciela.
bracslcts, earrings, and a ceinture, all richly mount et
pearls and brilliants whose value is stated to be le
purses, or ahout seven thousand pcunds sterling.
bearer of this ep:endid present was re :carded by her
dyship with e handsome snuff-box, and to his inter' C ter
was given a sum of money. Presents were also sei it the
same day, by an officer of the Sultan'e household, - ea the
Baroness Stunner. lady of the Austrian Interne mei() ;
nor will the enabassies of the other Allied Pow( es be
forgotten. A magnificent snuff-box. is being pre pared
for Titoff, the Russian Charge d'Affaires, and a piece
of jewellery for his lady. Count Kcenigernark, , the
Prussian Minister, will receive the portrait of the S a ltan
mounted in brilliants, and his Countess a costly bra. it let.
The Frank merchants on the 28th waited upot t the
Grand Vizier, to complein of the abuses with respe
the Kaimes, or Government paper money. Sou to ' of
them spoke out boldly, declaring the evils of the sy, st em
lately pursued for the benefit of certain individua s, to
the detriment of the public. The Vizier assure( 1 the
commercial body that the matter should be looked
and en the strength of his promise al?eady has ; the
discount of Kaimes declined fr-mi 8 per cent. to -4 to
5 per cent. We understand that the merchant ; in-
tend to follow up the affair, and we should n ot• be
surprised to see the paper soon at a mere no venal
discount. The Armenian dispute has become a seri-
ous affair. On the 29th the Patriarch was depose( !, and
a dozen of the complaining parties were sent into exile.
An order was then issued for the election by the l arme-
nians of a new Patriarch, and the two Bishops, el.sfa.-
dour and Matteos, being named as eligible, the S (titan
has been pleased to appoint the former, who on F e (day
last received his investiture and appropriate decor a Lion
at the Porte. A proclamation, addressed to the hen c.s of
the Armenians, was at the same time sent, annum ii lag
the cause of the punishment of the individuals e: c led,
and enjoining submission to the commands of the Go- a e•n-
ment. The whole is an affair among the Arme ni ans
themselves, who are divided into two parties, comi K eed
of the rich class on one hand, and the middling cla on
the other. The latter, nothing daunted, appear deterr. 2i ned
to carry their point, and they have since twice pres ci ited
petitions to the Sultan, who has directed the Supt.. ems
Council to sift the affair thoroughly, and render et is tice
to whom it is due. On the e9th also his Excel' le ncy
Reschid Pacha had his audience of the Sultan. The
same day his Ilighness gave audience to Said Pachr 5 and
Sarni Peelle., who received their decorations of rat ti : on
the occasion. On Friday they visited the Su' 31 irne
Porte, to take leave of the Ministers, and on Satu e.eay,
embarking on board the steamer Nile, set out on their
return to Egypt, accompanied by Tefviq Bey, Firs t Se-
cretary of the Sultan, who is the bearer of a letter I rein
his Highness addressed to Mehemet Ali Pacha, ex p res-
sing his great satisfaction at the reiterated proofs gi yen
by his distinguished vassal of loyalty and obedi .e. nee.
hue tee .aes r.,...«....4:4.1...cepLe. of tla.c. ..zrn, of the 1 .?3
of- Egypt and his honone de ecm,fiance has, from ft ee be-
ginning to the end, been marked by attentions cif the
most delicate nature, and it is to be hoped that the Pfacha
will not fail to appreciate the favours heaped upon;:him.
His very rhinoceros has been cared for, and is spier if idly
lodged in an outhouse attached to the imperial r a:lace.
On Thursday the Sultan held a Rikkiab (levee),
was attended by all the Ministers and high function ,a ries,
entitled to admission to the presence. This was ( the
double occasion of the removal of his Highness l;.0 his
winter palace, and of the full moon preceding the
fast of Ramazan. In the evening the mosques 'were
all illuminated, on account of the latter et vent,
which is observed as a Mussulman festival of solent pity.
Count Kcenigsmark has his audience of the Sultry t to-
day, and on the Bth he will proceed homeward. via
the Danube. On Saturday last it rained heavile- and
an unfortunate accident happened at the Sweets -eters.
A party of artillerymen were passing through the
valley, when the bridge was sweet away by the tc C rent,
and a Prussian engineer officer in the Turkish s arvice
was drowned. All the functionaries of the Pore 1. have
quitted their country residences, and are now it t town
for the season. Yesterday the British steamer C erclops '
arrived here with the Emir Beshir, for whose acc• mimeo-
dation a most spacious residence had been pre;riously
provided at Arnaoutkuoy. The aged Prince will, doubt-
less, receive all suitable attention here. It is e: eeeeted
that the Cyclops, after renewing her supply of cc al, will
return to Malta. One of the Smyrna papers state s that
Mr. Bankhead would be presented to the Sultan be • Lord
Ponsonby at his audience. This is incorrect, and. would
have been contrary to etiquette. Mr. Bankhead v ill re-
main here as Minister, and consequently will be e ntitled
to a separate audience after assuming his function: . Had
he been merely a Charge d'Affaires, then his Ambassador
would have been called upon to present him."
A correspondent of the Malta Times writes front Con-
tantinople
" The affair of the Esnafs and the American "bankers
ha • become serious. The Porte has exiled somo. of the
former. The Porte had sent a Colonel llasmi t 3 Tripoli
to arrange the affairs of that regency."
The Malta Chronicle has the following from Constan-
tinople, Bth inst.:—
e Early on the morning of the 6th inst., sevee-al rather
severe sliocks of earthquakes were felt here (of rather
unusual occurrence), and
damage and loss of fe attended with considerable
killed,houses
anhdavae
greatbeen
thrown down and several personsSaeverl
number of houses much damaged,
ockand a wall at Seraski's
Palace thrown down. The • s were felt on board
the Cyclops, and the first one actually pitched a person
out of his cot—it was accompanied by a loud report,
as s overhead on deck."
like the rolling of a number of
The Oriental Observer of Smyrnai.cibofthe 9th inst., says—
audse, in pursuance of
" The French brig of war
ir
It under weigh
orders received from Admiral de La
Wednetdty last to proceed to Voursle; on
to await the arrival of the Admiral from 'Bvehyreroeutsl;l7tas
quarantine, the French ships of the line In-
flexible and
flexible and Santi Petri will come into our
Ac-
counts have just reached fror.teAFpoe,grslioehri:ihodfnalirincaldths: ter,
which will be severely felt.
op!ndai ei
vh chi,e,nxt_
ehonrne ;le
qtuheen c
oashesof which
hr
omb himselfthbi
the
by smoking in the
pipe still unextingu
extending rapidly, eventually •'
dry grass took fire,
consumed 8,000 olive trees. As. a great part of the oil.
shipped from Smyrna comes from Fogheri, this acci-
dent, if not exaggerated, will ca use ruin to fall on many
whose whole resources were derived from the production
of their olive-trees."
Extract of a letter from Alexandria, Gth instant, in the
Malta Chronicle
:
Most of the Consuls-General are about leaving for
Cairo ; Colonel Barnett will take his departure tosmor-
rosy. It is thought that Mehemet Ali will proceed to
tipper Egypt, in order to avoid unpalatable discussions
on the subject of commercial affairs.
The subjoined letter from Beyrout, 2d instant, is in the
Mafia Times :--
"The Inconstant frigate left a week ago for Malta,
having on board a younger brother of the present Chief
of the Druses who is going to England to pursue his
education in one of the Universities. There also em-
barked 'a Jesuit, who has been kicking up a dust here.
The position of the English officers and troops are the
same, and there is no appearance of their evacuating this
eh(a,uvnetrn(y,) but_ there is a rumour of this taking
.place.. We
disturbances—all is quiet. The ships of war
are nearly
free from fevers. On the 24th ult. there ar-
rived here Admiral,.4 La Susse, with the ships of the line
Inflexible and
remained h Sarni Petri, and the frigate Calypso. They
influence "of
- re •
. till the 28th, and left for Smyrna. The
the F
capture. of the English is not so great as it was on the
ligions .:sities of this coast. This arises from re-
GoverniZiat'a?!. , and the protection which the British
ietention hein'elviens to. the Roman Catholics of Syria, its
and their religi this way to counteract the French here
The follovvinuc,"f agents."
e The Oitema% Steamer, Tunis is in the Malta Times :
:heamer, Bentied, which arrived here
on the morning os the 13th
posal of Sir Thomas instant, was put at the dis-
fetch his despatches from eby his Highness the Be to
ponderce of the lies Malta. Our private cory;es-
sqeadron, consisting- of
fistant mentions that the French
Commodore Leray), the Neptune ( bearing the flag of
Diademe, had received° Hercule, the Trident, and the
only remaining Fren herders to return •
c shi b France. The
Palinure, and the steamer before Tunis were the brie
of elle line, the lievenge an:ihaeton. The British shis
Farino, about 40 miles frth Games, e Gaes,were in Porto
water. It was said that therm
the
city
of
Tunis,taking in
were about to return to Malta.'

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