The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-20 00:00:00

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TURKEY.
„CirftTI`.ANTINoPI,E, Jerre 27.—The Supreme Council have,
after `soints aetibtirhtitio; decided on a diminution of the
beenrreedtuurci; etlotoso2sme,oothOin,oB.oloikpeiamstroedse,raotrio2nsoii,toittXtsedpraelii:nagilsnwtt.
amount of tribute to be exacted Mehemet All. It has
ibis
ith
the Pacha, gives us reason to hope that a permanent pacifica-
tion may at length be effected between him and the Porte.
'f he weakness of the Government, and the untimely conces-
sions made to to the Rayah popelations, have, instead of awe-
kening sympathy and gratitude, only encouraged the latter in
the belief that the hour has comb for sbekine off the Turkish yoke.
The only cheek upon the vi, knee of the Turkish Cabinets
is the respect—no matter from what motive it proceeds--
which is now universally. entertained for the European
Powers, and which operates very strongly with the present
Ministry, who, though espousing, fir their • own purposes,
the views of the U.ema and the fanatic party, care little
in reality for anything but their personal interests. Beset
with difficulties which it is quite beyond their skill to
overcome, they only think, like seamen in ext emity,
of helping themselves to everyth•ng within their reach.
There now prevals in every department the most
desperate indifference to the public service. Places
and appointments of all sorts are sold by auction.
Malversation and oppression in the provinces are the natural
consequences ; but complaints, unless backed by open insur-
rretien, or strongly seconrk by the rep.essntations of the Eu-
ropean Consuls, a-e no loner listened to. I have before ad-
vetted to the endeavours odour Ambassador to ch tek the pro-
gress of misrule and the tyranny exercised against Christians
in Syria. He is now engaged, ant has been for some months,
in obtaining the removal of Asker Paella from Tripoli—guilty
net only of Oppressing the natives, and defrauding his troops of
their pay, but of the grossest violations of the commercial
treaty with England, he has, by lrieing the Turkish Ministers,
ar4l the interest of the Valide, contrived to maintain hi uself
against all opposition. We shall see if Lord Ponsonby will ul-
timati ly succeed in displacing him.
There has been a fresh issue of paper money during the
last week to the amount of fifty million of piastres, or 500,000/.
The new bank-note, the type of which was executed at Paris,
is highly ornamented, and w ould not be
sli,appearing, and now at 5 per cent.
It is said that the old notes will be withdrawn from circulation.
easily counterfeited.
The effect of this currency is already apparent ; golel is entirely
emiuin. Exchange is
fatale.
The Sultan having addressed himself to the British Govern-
ment to know if Lords Palmerston and Ponsonby would be
permitted to accept of decorations which he wished to present
to them, in acknowledgment of their exertions in his behalf,
his Highness Las been informed that her Majesty could not,
consistently with the :tiles of the service, give her permission
to that effect. The most sinister reports have been in circu-
lation here for some days past with respect to a conspiracy
which is said to have been discovered among the remnant of
the Jani,sary corps at Consteritinop:e. Executions are re-
ported to have taken place and the bodies thrown into the
Bosphorus. All these rumours 1 believe to be without eoun-
dation, and to have been originated by the Greeks, with a view
of creating contusion.
Expresses have just arrived here from England and Russia.
Semtera, JUNE 26.—Some pirates have been seen in the
neighhourlicral and chased a large Turkish caique on the 16th
ult. to the mouth of the Dardanelles, where she fortunately
escaped pursuit. •

EGYI"I%
ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 2d.—lbrahim Paella arrived here this
rnernints from Cairo. On his arrival, he was saluted by the
forts and all the shipping in the harbour. he object of his
coming here, he says, is to enjoy the benefit of sea bathing.
The steamer Nile sailed this morning for Constantinople.
She carries with her bilLs fo the amount of 250,000 dollars,
as part payment of the Paella's tribute to the Sultan. These
bills have been principally furnished by a Greek house hero
which a few days ago Lought up the whole of what remained
of the crops of gnin aid pulse of last year.
St. John's day brought a cessation of the plague as usual.
A board of health superintends the plague hero, and their la
bours may be set down as obstetrical as well as curative: they
bring it in at one season, and announce its departure at ano-
ther season, meting various ab-urdities from time to time, as
tending to eradicate cr remove it ; but the plague comes and
goes, and proceeds just as in former years, when there was no
board of health. TI e proceedings of this boat d are positively
mischievous. Very lately they directed a medical man to be
confined .to his house with his family, the board being of
opinion that the children had the plague, and the board has
power of shutting up people. The children had the measles !
The fleet, the arsenal, and the camp, are declared out of
quarantine.
Our latest dates at Alexandria are, Bombay, May 22 ; Lon-
don, 6th ; Marseilles, 11th inst. ; Malta and Constantinople,
17th inst.
On the 26th inst. an address from the members of the East
India and China Association was presented to the Pasha by
Messrs. I3riggs and Cu., of which the following is a copy :
"TO lIIS HIGHNESS MEHEMET A LI, PASHA OF EGYPT, &C.
" May it please your Highness,—Wc, the undersigned,
members of the East India and China Association of London,
beg leave to approach your Highness with sentiments of pro-
found respect, to express how deeply we feel indebted to your
Highness for your continual and efficient aid in expediting
and seeming the transmission of the Indian mails through
your Highness's territories—a measure replete with the g' catest
advantage to all interested in India and China—and also for
your undeviating and kind consideration for the comfort and
safe conduct of British travellers through those territories,
more especially as evinced under recent circumstances of great
embarrassment and difficulty.
" It would not become us to animadvert upon the measures
affecting your Highness's interests which have been adopted by
the Governments of Europe, but we cannot refrain from ex-
pressing how greatly we admire that magnanimity which,
amidst harassing political events, did not for a moment allow
the important mercantile interests of India and Europe to suffer
'inconvenience through the interruption of their correspond-
ence. It is only great minds—minds uninfluenced by petty
jealousies and annoyances, that can act thus, and whilst we
trust your Highness will long enjoy the honours you have
earned in so distinguished a manner, we beg you will accept of
our sincere thanks and the warmest expression of our gratitude
for the benefits we have experienced at your hands.
" Wishing your Highness long life and happ;ness, we have
the honour to subscribe ourselves, &c.,
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`, W. Crawford. "Walkinshaw and Co.
Gregson and Co. " Jamiesmi, Brothers, and Co.
" Barc:ay, Brothers and Co. "Dallas and Coles.
" Fletcher, Alexander, and Co. J. Cockburn and Co.
" Reid, Irving, and Co. " Curtis and Harvey.
" Rawson, Norton, and Co. "W. E. Ferrers.
" Small, Colquhoun, and Co. " Grindlay, Christian, and
" Sanderson; Fry, Fox, and Co. Matthews.
" Gardner Urquhart, and Co. "R. G. J. A. and R. Twining.
" Scott, Bell, and Co. " Gledstanes, Kerr, and Co.
Finlay, Hod4son, and Co. "J. and B. Fearse and Co.
" Hunter, Gouger, and Co. " Durant and Co.
" Daniel Dickenson and Co. " Ewart, Maceaughey, and
" Evans, Forster, and Langton. Delafosse.
" Ccrrie and Co. " W. Burne and Co.
" Cockerel' and Co. " Hyde, Lenox and Co.
"Arbuthnot and Latham. " Robert Eglinton an Co.
" Rickards, Little, and Co. " Alexander Crowe.
" Crawford, Colvin. and Co. " Trueman and Cook.
" Magniac, Smiths, and Co. " Hulbert, Layton, and Co.
" Baring, Brothers, and Co. " Johnson and Renny.
" Briggs, Thurbnrn, Acraman, " Archibald Haslie.
and Co. " J. M. Richardson.
Lyall, Brothers, and Co. " Harper and Co.
" London, 1841." " J. Stikernan, Secretary.
Up to this date no answer has been given by thc Paella to
this address.
'I he Pacha has put off his trip up the Nile.

GREECE.
ATHENS, JUNE 20. —M. illavrocordato's arrival is announced
by all the papers and private letters we have seen.
It would appear, accorc ing to many reports, that he was un-
willing to accept ti.e post to which the King had appointed
him, brit that at length he had been persuaded thereto 14 the
influence of Prince Maximilian.
The new Ministry is thus composed, as we are assured,
though the repout is not yet pubislied
Mavrocordato President of the Council and Minister of
Foreign and Home Affaias.
M. Privelegio, Minister of Justice.
M. Silivergo, Minister of Finance.
M. Valetta, Minister of Public Instruction.
Messrs. Creisis and Hess remain in the Cabinet.