The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-02 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 13.—A Turkish steamer
reached this place on the 9th, bringing despatches of a
favourable nature from Tahir Pacha. ,Ilis expedition
against the Candiote rebels may be considered as ter,
minated. After defeating the insurgents in divers
skirmishes and encounters, two provinces submitted at
discretion ; and the third, with the exception of the
mountains of Skasia, has followed the example of its
neighbours.
Tahir Pacha, in communicating this intelligence to the
Porte, states that the officer commanding the British
ship of war on the station had offered his mediation be-
tween the Ottoman Government and insurgents ; but
that he (the Capitan Pacha) had declined all me-
diation or interference, from a conviction that the Sul-
tan would not permit any foreign Power to come
forward at its own pleasure and interfere between
the sovereign right and the pretensions of rebellious
subjects. " Go and ask your own Government," said Tahir
Pacha," what answer it would make were the captain of
a French line-of-battle ship, off the St. Lawrence, to
come forward and propose his mediation between Eng-
land and its rebellious Canadian subjects. The Porte
will be, doubtless, grateful for the good intentions mani-
fested by the British captain, but it must be permitted to
judge for itself in this instance, and to adopt such mea-
sures as it may judge best for the maintenance of its own
undoubted rights." The Capitan Pacha also states that
the insurgents had offered to surrender upon his con-
ceding certain conditions ; but that he had declined this
off, at all events, until such time as the Sultan's pleasure
should be ascertained. He consented, however, to sus-
pend active operations until a reply could be received
from Constantinople.
The steamer returner this morning with the Sultan's
reply. In this it is stated that the Porte approves fully
of the Capitan Pacha's refusal to accept the proffered
mediation, and directs him not to consent to any condi-
tional surrender on the part of the rebels. It enjoins,
however, the adoption of the most lenient measures so
soon as the insurgents shall have laid down their arms
and expelled from amongst them the small band of
foreigners who are ostensibly encouraged by the Grecian
Government.
It is said that the commanding officer of the French
ship of war also offered his mediation. This is not
likely. It is against all reason to suppose that France,
who has refused her amicable and moral influence in sup-
porting the Porte against a rebellious subject in Syria,
should of a sudden start from that isolated position in
which she has chosen to place herself, as best adapted to
her own interests and influence (?), in order to defend re-
bellious subjects in Candi&
The intelligence from Syria continues to be satisfac-
tory. The affair of the Haaroun has been settled ; it
turns out that the nature of the insurrection was misun-
derstood, even at the Porte. The outbreak, which was
much exaggerated, was not against the Government, but
against the Arabs, The latter had been accustomed from
time immemorial to exact redemption money for pasture
land. This exaction had been abolished by Mehemet Ali
but was again put in force on the return of Syria to the
Sultan's rule. Nejib Pacha, not being aware of the ex-
act nature of the ferment, sent troops to the Haaroun, the
population of which at first opposed their approach, but,
upon matters being explained, the Pacha directed his sol-
diers to assist the complainants, expelled the Arabs, and
compelled them to renounce all future attempts to enforce
the payment of tribute.
The latest accounts from Lebanon, and the Maronote
districts complain, in most unqualified terms, of the pro-
ceedings of the French missionaries (Lazarists), upwards
of fifty of whom have been despatched to Syria. The
object of these men, who act under the assumed autho-
rity of their Government, is to preach disobedience to
the Turkish rule, and to induce the Christians to look to
France as their only friends and protectors, in short, to
bid defiance to the edicts of the Sultan and the orders of
all Turkish functionaries. It is said that the Emir of

the Druses is in possession of a letter, signed, or pretend-
ing to be signed, by M. Guizot, in which it is distinctly
declared, that in virtue of ancient concessions, granted in
1525, 1673, and 1796, France is the acknowledged pro-
tectress of the Eastern Christians, and that come what
will, the French Government is resolved to support them.
The mischievous tendency of their intrigues requires no
comment.

Seid Bey and his suite, consisting of forty-two per-
sons, have been permitted to land at Selir Bornou to per-
form their quarantine ; their encampment, fenced round
with hurdles, and guarded by a cordon of troops, is
formed upon the spot close to Unkiar tskelessi' where the
memorial to the Russian troops was erected by Sultan
Mehemet. It is somewhat curious to see the grandson
of Mehemet Ali bivouacking upon the identical spot that
commemorates the arrival and departure of the foreign
army, and in front of the Palace, occupied by the am-
bassador, through whose energetic and sagacious exer-
tions greater results have been produced than were ex-
pected, or even contemplated by the whole Russian army.
Seid Bey is said to be a very worthy young man, and
somewhat a phenomenon in point of weight, as, in con-
sequence of the constant prayers offered up for his in-
crease, he has the satisfaction of counting a stone for
every one of the twenty years during which he has ap-
peared in this world.
The Alexandria Consuls return to their post in a
few days.