The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-08 00:00:00

those who direct the four most important departments,
viz., war, marine, finance, &c. The most warlike Mi-
nisters should be rimed, for the curiosity of the thing ;
they arc said to be M. Vivien and M. Gouin 1" Who
is the fourth peace-Minister of the Presse The
Minister of the Interior ?
The Siecle states that the Chambers are to be con-
voked for the Ist of November.
" If we arc well informed," says the Commerce, " the
Ministry has found a new method of gaining time, and a
pretext for adjourning any definitive resolution. It' is
confidently stated that Lord Palmerston has caused a
diplomatic note to be presented to-day ( Nlonday) to M.
'Tiers, which is destined to open a way for new tempo-
' rization, and that M. niers has hastened to throw him-
self into it."

NEWS FROM THE MEDITER-
RANEAN.

MALTA, SEPT. 2 6.. —By the French steamer, from

the Levant, we are in possession of dates from Con-
stantinople to the 18th, and Alexandria to the 17th
instant, which latter quote dates from Beyrout to the

11th instant.
CONSTANTINOPLE.--'nC steamerTahrißahri arrived
here on the 9th, bringing back from his mission to Egypt
Rifitat Bey. Mehemet Alt's appeal to the generosity of
the Sultan, as regards the possesi.on for life of Syria,
has been rejected, as well by the Sultan as by the Four
Great Powers, as being contrary t 3 the spirit of the
treaty of the 15th of July, and consequently, after a
meeting of the Divan, at which •
on the 14th, Izzet Mehemet
the go7ernment of Acre, was
successor of Mehemet Ali to the
all the Ulemah and
oSpfficalcei
latelylasi awmda
ptaposooitknh
tepe
(ai rtto,
ially
Viceroyship of Egypt, this latter being declared a rebel:
Redschid Pacha has signified to the Russian Charge
d'Affaires the wishes of the Sultan that Russia should
also lend its naval aid to the more effectually blockad-
ing the ports of Alexandria and those of Syria. 600
regulars had been withdrawn float Samson°, and re-
placed by 800 Albanians, who left Constantinople in a
Tuscan steamer on tlie 1 Ith. The Austrian Lloyd's
steamer Ludovico had arrived at Volo with Albanian
troops.

ALEXANDRIA, JULY 17.
MEHEMET ALI'S LETTER TO THE GRAND VIZIER,

RAOUF BEY.

" ALEXANDRIA, 7 RELIES, 1256.-1 had the dis-

tinguished honour of receiving the order transmitted to
me by your Excellency, a high functionary of the Sub-
lime Porte, containing the decision of the Conference
held in London by the Four HigliPowers,En,gland, Aus•
tria, Prussia, and Russia. In conformity with the terms
of the treaty, the hereditary possession of Egypt (which
forms the principal basis of the question), is granted to
me, and a term of ten days is prefixed to give my ac-
ceptation or refusal. The Sultan, my august master,
has sanctioned this Convention. lam consequently
ready to submit thereto, in order to give a proof of my
obedience to the Sultan ; and conformably to the sense
of the determination of the aforesaid Four Great
Powers, without awaiting the expiration of the prefixed
term, I manifested my anxious desire to give in my note
of adhesion. Rifaat Bey, however, having by his in-
structions been compelled to await until this day, I have
deemed it my duty to repeat and confi-m my accepta-
tion and submission to the commands of the Grand
Seignor, my august master.

I. In as far as regards the Syrian question, touching
which the Foreign Powers have started difficulties and
obstacles, I truit that the Sultan will take Into conside-
ration the long services I have rendered to the empire,
and I am led to hope to obtain from his magna-
nimity and generosity the high favour of retain-
ing the administration of the Government of Syria
during my life, flittering myself that the Allied
Powers will ba pleased to accord their consent.
Your Excellency will be able to obtain me this act of
grace from the justice of the Sultan, and I promise to
promote by all the means in my power the felicity and
prosperity cf the country and its people, which should
materially contr,bute to my obtaining from the Sultan
this favour, to whom I beg to renew my humble prayer ;
and repeating in the meanwhile my assurances of the
most perfect submission, I have the honour, &c."

TRADE.—On the Bth of September Bongos Joussoff
issued a notification, that, in consequence of the great
abundance, wheat, barley, maize, pease, lentils, ceei, sag-
g;na, and every other description of grain and pulse
would be allowed to be exported at a duty of 10 Egyp-
tian piastres per ardep. Several cargoes were being
shipped for Malta and other ports.