The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-09 00:00:00

EASTERN INTELLIGENCE.

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. lei.—The language of the French
31inistei s, of 31. Thiers, and of the principal orators of the
Chamber, and the favourable comments of the press, which on/
accounts sta, e had produced so agreeable a sensation in Alex-
andria, had had a contrary effect in Constantinople. The
Divan had become seriously alarmed, and the leading
Turkish Ministt rs lost no time in waiting on the re-
presentatives of Great Britain, Russia, and Austria. "If
be rightly informed," says the correspondent of the
S'emaphore de Marseilles, " M. de Boutenieff declared that
he was authorized by his last intructions to offer the Porte an
army of :10,000 men, and a considerable naval force, to co-
operate with the troops of the Sultan. He proposed that the
Russian army, united with the garrison of Constantinopl,',
should march together against Ibrahim Pasha, attack him in his
intrunchments, and drive him out of Syria. In order to give
a proof of the disinterested views of the Russian Government,
he proposed that the places taken from the enemy should be
garrisoned by Ottoman troops. lie observed moreover, that it
was incumbent on the Divan to adopt immediate energetic
measures for fear of being surprised; that the other Powers
could only aid the Sultan with diplomatic notes ; and that their
geographical situation did not permit them to afford him active
and timely assistance, and that his Highness should not hesitate
an instant to accept thei offer of the Emperor ; that in less than
a month a Russian auxiliary army could be landed in Asia Minor,
and that at the first intimation of this movement he was certain
the intimidated Pasha would yield and crave mercy.
" This conference took place on the 6th, and the Russian
steamer which was to leave on that day was detained for twenty-
four hours, to convey to Odessa the results of the iw, ervieW,
together, it was believed, with other important despatches.
" On the 6th, Lord Ponsonby had likewise a conference
with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Redschid Pasha com-
plained of the apathy of Great Britain, who, he said, hitherto
addressed sterile menaces to Mehemet Ali. His Lordship re-
plied, that he understood that his Government would shortly
resort to more efficient means, that another and last nctification
would be addressed to the Viceroy, to apprise him of the per-
feet understanding subsisting between England, Russia, Aus-
tria, arid Prussia ; France,' he added, neither could nor
would undertake anything against England and Russia.' He
then assured Redschid Pasha that the British Cabinet would
not oppose the landing of a Russian army in Asia ; that Eng-
land would send a naval force to blockade the harbours of Syria
and Egypt ' • and, if necessary, to land troops, to favour a rising
among the Turkish troops and crews in Alexandria,' &c.
" The Austrian internuncio held more moderate language,
and gave Redschid Pasha to understand that the five Powers
would see the necessity for adjusting themselves the difference
between the Porte and Egypt, and devising together such means
as would bring about a pacific solution of the affair."
The well-informed portion of the inhabitants of the Turkish
capital could not (say these letters) believe it possible that so
monstrous an alliance as that reported to have taken place be-
tween Great Britain and Russia had actually been concluded.
The former could not, in their belief, be so blind to the
real interests of England and of Europe as to deliver uY
Turkey to the exclusive protectorship of her natural enemy'
and thereby not only bring about a dismemberment of the
empire, but also kindle a general conflagration in Europe. The
people in Constantinople, well aware of the wily policy °f,
Russia, were even beginning to suspect that the rumour 0,
the success of M. Brunow's negotiations in London, whist'
was for an instant credited at Fera, had been designedly cir-
culated by M. de Boutenieff. This Machiavelic intrigue, got
up by that diplomatist with a view to persuade the Divan that
Admiral Lalanoe had favoured the desertion of the Capita°
Pasha, had succeeded to his satisfaction, and for the last,
month a coolness was observable between M. de Pontois and
the Ottoman Cabinet.

The Grand Vizier, desirous to rid himself of several of his
colleagues, had given out that his late illness had been prochieed
by a dose of poison, administered to him by some political
enemy. Bahl Pasha, his adopted son, was doing all in his
power to induce a belief in the supposition, which had al-
ready caused the removal of several public functionaries and
officers of the Seraglio.
The Porte, terrified at the extensive preparations making by
Mehemet Ali, had presented a fresh note to the Representatives
of the European Powers, entreating them to labour to maintain
the existing status quo.
The Mahomedans celebrated on the 14th the Bairam of the
Sacrifices. The young Sultan immolated a lamb in the mosque
of Ahmet, and on his return to the Imperial palace was com-
plimented by all the civil and military authorities. The :easts
lasted four days. The Grand Vizier having insisted, contrarY
to the opinion of his medical advisers, on being present at the
ceremony on the 14th, had taken cold, and had been ever since
confined to his apartment.