The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-16 00:00:00

LA,TEST FROM SYRIA.

Head-quarters, Beyrout, Oct. 12, 1840.

Commodore Napier having given up his command of
the forces landed in Syria since the arrival of Sir
Charles Smith, I hare the honour of transmitting a re-
turn of the respective forces and results of the opera-
flails in Mount Lebanon from the 10th of September to
the 10th October, 1840, whilst the combined forces
were under the command of Commodore Napier.

I have, &c.

EGYPTIAN ARMY IN THE LEBANON.

From the 10th September to the 10th October. 1840.
H. Ibrahim Paella, Commander-in-Chief.
Oxman Paciw, Lieutenant-General, commanding a

division.

Hassan Bey, Major-General, commanding a brigade.
Soliman Pacha, Lieutenant-General, Chief of the ge-
neral staff.

Emir Massoud and Emir Chabil, ccmmanding the
Drus,.‘s.

Tho Emir Besehir, commanding the E;yptian par-
tis.,.;.ls in the Lebanon.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE REGULAR TROOPS AND ALBA-

NIA NJ.

At S,.yda
At Beyrout and neigh- 3,000 men
Under Ibrahim
bourhood ... 7,000 (
A! B,?tedd;n. Cormil, &c. 6,000 " ) and
" Soiiman Pacha.
At Beekfeya, &c. 1,500 " Hassan Bey.
At Meruba . ... 2,500 " Osman Pacha.

20,000 "
Armed Druses ...... 4,000 "

'rotal... ')4,000 is
TtEMAINS CF TIIIS AIIMY AFTER THE BATTLE OF

CALAT MEIDAN, OCT. 10. IS4O.

R:troated to Zachle under Ibrahim Pacha,
Soliman, Osman, and Has3,in Paella 4,000 men
Prisoners and deserters, mostly sent to Cy-
prus and Constantinople
Killed and wounded
Syrians gone to their homes 5,000 "

Total.

`-,0,000

Besides, the 4,000 armed Druses are either gone
to their homes, or are now fighting against the Egyp-
tians under the Emir Beschir, Prince Cassia].
This total force of 24,000 men does not comprise the
troops at Tripoli and its neighbourhood, forming a di-
vision of 6,000 men, nor a mixed force under Emir Me-
chid of 2,500 men at Ainetta, between Baalbeck and
Tripoii.
ARMY OF LEBANON.-10TH, OCT, 1840.
His Highness Izzet Mehmcd Pacha, Viceroy of
Syria and Egypt.
Admiral Sir R. Stopford, Commander•in-Chicf.

Commodore Napier, Commanding a squadron and
the Forces of operation.
Selim Ferik Pacha, Lieutenant-Lieneral, commanding
a division.

Jochmus Ferik Pacha, Lieutenant-General, Chief of
the general staff.

Prince Cassim Emir Beschir, commanding the moun-
taineers of Lebanon.

TURKISH FORCES.

Ist brigade, Major-Gen. Chalid Bey, Ist
regiment (4 battalions), 2d regt. (4 do.) 4,500 men
2d brigade, Turkish (3 battalions), Egyp-
tian volunteers (1 do.) 2,000 „

Total 6,500 „

EUROPEAN FORCES.
Royal Marines, Lieut.-Col. Walker, disem-
barked 2 battaiions
Austrian roeLeteers

160 „

Total 1,660

Armed Mountaineers acting in a corps 2,500 men.

Nn! e.—Besides 22,000 muskets have been distri-
buted to the mountaineers between Tripoli and Seida,
who'remain in their villages, but act as guerilla bLnds.

FLEET OFF SYRIA.
(From the Malta Times of Oct. 37..)
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.

Oct. 26.—The French steam-packet Scamandre,
Lieut. Maffra, from Constantinople, Smyrna, and Syra ;
and the French steamer Le Fulton, Lieut. Poudra,
from Alexandria.

Oct. 27.--Her Majesty's steamer Cyclops, Captain
H. T. Austin, from Sidon ; the French steam-packet
Le Dante, Lieutenant Pochet, from Marseilles, Leg-
horn, Civita Vecchia, and Naples ; her Majesty's steam-
packet Mwgara, Lieutenant H. C. Goldsmith, from
Corfu, Patras, and Zante ; and her Majesty's steamer
Hydra, Captain R. Spencer Robinson, from Beyrout.
Oct. 30.—The Tuscan steamer Padre del Pellegrini,
Captain L. Rossi, from Cyprus and Rhodes.
Oct. 31.—The French steamer Phaeton, Lieutenant
Laiderich, from Athens.

DEPARTURES OF SHIPS OF WAR. AND PACKETS.

Oct. 9.6.—The French steam-packet Lycurgue,
Lieutenant Levaseur, for Italy and Marseilles ; and
Ole French steamer Le Fulton, Lieutenant Poudra,
for Toulon.

Oct. 28.—The Tunisian corvette Talia, Captain M
Caracolachei, for Tunis; and the French steam-packet
Ninos, Licucenant Legoff, for the Levant.

IN PORT.

The Ceylon 6 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Sir J. Louis, Bart.); the steamers Hydra and Cyclops;
steam-packets Alecto, Acheron, and Almgara ; the
French steamer Phaeton ; French steam-packets Sca-
mendre and D inte ; the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steam-packet City of Dublin, and the Tus-
can steamer Padre dci Pelegrini.

BEYROUT, OCT. 22, 1840.

Since closing my last, Tripoli, Tortosa, and Latakia,
lave been quietly evacuated by the enemy. The three
castles of the first-named place were mined and fired,
but one only succeeded in exploding. A report having
reached thei Admiral that Acre had been evacuated,
the Phcenix was despatched to ascertain the truth, and
on the 20th, having communicated with the Revenge,
at anchor off Kaifa, and taken on board Captain Wal-
degr tve, at 4 p. m., proceeded to reconnoitre the place,
whic.: war very soon ascertained not to hare been eraeu-
atan, as on the approach of the steamer to within a
miles of the toxn the whale of the batteries opened on
her, to which she quickly replied, and after half an
hour's smart cannonading, and the service having been
fully performed, she return( d to this place yesterday
tur.rning. Acre appears to be strongly fortified, as
Strom fifty to sixty guns were engaged in firing on the
Pl:cenix, and appear to have been well served, as
many of tte shot passed over and near her, and, but
"From her lownesa in the water, she must have been
Luked repeatedly. The Talbot, and one Austrian
steamer, arrived from Constantinople yesterday with
swops, and the Hastings sailed for Malta; and this morn-
.inz the Vanguard arrived. 3,000 Turkish troops (part
of which have arrived, and their crnirnander), on their
passve here, making the that detachment of the 10,000
coming. The whole coast, from Latakia to Cape Bianca,
sitar Ar:rc, is now quietly in our possession. The marines
belonging to the ships arc all rc-ernhark: d, nod only
the supernumeraries remain on shore, and are divided
between this and Sidon. The squadron still continues
very sickly. Lieutenant Penny, of the Gorgon, is dead,
aura was huriod here yesterday with military honours :
Lord Fredo&;k Kerr is appointed to the Gorgon in his
stead. Sir C. Smith hzs established his head-quarters
hne, aud ai.f are busily employed in organising the
Turks. ildos tof the Egyptian prisoners are embarked
In transports, and will shortly leave for Cyprus.
The !uilo,rni.g isthe present distribution of the fleet :
At Thyrout.--Princess Charlotte, Powerful, Edin-
Lirgh, Bellerophon, Vanguard, Talbot, Gorgon, Waifs,
Uydra (since. arrived at Malta), Phcenix, and Confi-
lPhee, Austrian and Turkish Admirals and squadron, a
Russian schooner, and Brlllante French corvette.
At Sidon.—Thunderer, Pique, and an Austrian
-frigate.

At Tortosa.—Carysfort.
At Scanderoon, or thereabout.—Bn,,bow, Zebra,
Ilagicienne„ and Stromboli.
Off Acre.—Revenge.
Off Alezandria.—Asia, Ganges, Imp!acaWe, Cam-
bridge, Daphne, Dido.
At Tyre.—Castor, Hazard, and an Austrian co-vette.
Gone to Malta.—Hastings, Cyclops.
On the sands outside Acre is a cavalry camp of ;lbout
],OOO strong, and from appearances they seem to be
making additional works in the town. Ido not think
it probable that any attempt will be made on it for some
time, as the weather has already begun to be some-
what boisterous. Ilothing is positively known of Ibra-
him's movements.

ttER.--Durin the latter part of
A TgETOTA
arrived at this
w
brig
bEmperor,hanofd
aSstgoicskuts7;),
with all Yes.
last week, she
port from St. Peters urg
seas arriving from foreign parts, a custom-bouse officer
immediately went on board. The Captain of the brig,
whose name is Holmes, has for some time been a pro-
fessed out-anti-out teetotaller and rechabite. He bad oc-
casionally displayed many an oratorical flourish in depre.
,
eating all intoxicating drinks, and even on the public
cross denounced them as pernicious, poisonousle,
asaunrde
damnable. lie always appeared to taste a p
in enmotying the vials of hispe ship's
on the bloabloated.
~
manifest too he
monster intemperance. In the h
signed himself a teetotaller, anireven went so far
as to seriously remonstrate with one of the officers on
board for indulging himself with a pint of ale at dirtier.
To another officer, who had shown him some trifling
kindness, he politely presented a glass of pure aqua, ob-
serving at the time, " that it was the strongest liquor he
bad on board." In spite, however, of all these outward
professions, the officer proceeded to do his duty, and en
rummaging the vessel, incredible to relate, he discovered
under the very bed of this speechifying rechabite, and till
then, to all appearance, rigid teetotaller, one small cask of
gin, another of brandy, four casks of cranberries, and four
cozen tongues, which were all seized as contraband 1 On
ceing interrogated, the captain, much confused, acknow-
-1/4 dged the liquor to be his property. The captain, who
bad been in custody since this untoward affair occurred,
err s examined before the Magistrates on Thursday last, and
tie charges against him being fully proved, be was fined
ICOL, and in deault of payment, to be committed to
pri. on, York Courant.