The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-07 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Will you oblige the committee by publish-
ing the following letter, received yesterday, from
Mr. Moore, her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General
for Syria, together with the reply of the hon, sec-
retary despatched this day P—l am, sir, your obe-
dient servant,

C. R. EDMONDS, Secy.
British Syrian Relief Fund, 12, York-buildings,
Adelphi, W.C., Sept 6.

British Consulate-General in Syria, Beyrout, Aug. 14.
Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 27th ult., acquainting me with the forma-
tion of the British Syrian Relief Committee, and authoris-
ing me to draw for £l,OOO for the object in view.
In reply, I beg to state that I feel highly gratified in
having been designated as the local channel for carrying
out the benevolent intention of the committee, at whose dis-
posal I place my best services. The extent of the misery
and distress calling for it mediate relief may be judged of
when I state that in Beyrout alone there are at present
upwards of 10,000 destitute refugees, the vast majority of
whom are entirely dependent upon charity for food, shelter,
and clothing. Of these 5,000 have been hitherto assisted by
the Beyrout Committee; 2,000 more from Damascus are to
be added to the number now that funds have been received;
while an additional caravan of between 3,000 and 4,000 will
arrive to-morrow from that city.
The incalculable good that the liberal donations from
England will accomplish may be readily conceived.
With regard to the wish expressed, that I should organise
a committee at Beyrout of which I should be chairman, you
will have perceived, before this, from the second edition of
the appeal from Beyrout, that I have accepted. the presi-
dency of the Anglo-American Committee. No separate
committee could be formed, as the existing association in-
eludes the names of all the respectable members of the Eng-
lish residents at Beyrout.
Your wishes as to the principles upon which the relief
should be administered will be strictly adhered to ; indeed,
in their operation hitherto those principles have been acted
upon by the Beyrout Committee. The reports of our pro-
ceedings and operations will be duly forwarded to you for
the information of those interested.
I intend to draw to. morrow for £5OO on account. Agree-
ably with an intimation from his Excellency Sir Henry
Bulwer I will forward a proportion of the £l,OOO to Mr.
Consul Brant at Damascus, with whom I am in communi-
cation on the subject.

I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble
servant,

N. MoonE, Consul-General.

Sir Culling Eardley, Bart.
P.S., Aug. 16.—Last night about 3,500 unfortunates,
chiefly women and children, arrived from Damascus in the
most forlorn and pitiable condition. The Government are
affording them relief. I believe it is intended to send them
to Cyprus and Rh, des, as an epidemic is feared on account
of ?lie over-crowded state of Beyrout. N. M.

British Syrian Relief Fund, 12, York-buildings,
Adelphi, W. C., Sept. 6.

Sir,—On behalf of the Syrian Relief Committee we
beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 14th
and 16th of August. We are happy to learn that our pro-
ceedings have afforded gratification, and are calculated to
be of considerable service at Beyrout and elsewhere in Syria.

We are perfectly satisfied with your kind assurance that
the funds transmitted to the committee over which you
preside will be administered an the principles of perfect
impartiality indicated in our letter of July 27.
The committee attach great imprirtance, as do the British
public, to our contributions not being used so as to throw
weight into the scale of any race, or creed, or party.
With a view to affording every possible assurance on this
head, we shall be glad (as we have already intimated in our
letter dated Aug. 23), if your committee should see fit to
add to its number resident gentlemen of character and re-
spectability belonging to the Jewish, Roman Catholic, and
Greek persuasions, and connected with other thanthe British
and American nations.

We feel sure, from what we know of those who appear to
be taking the most active part in your Anglo-American
Committee, that everything which tends to give a character
of world-wide humanity to your proceedings will be as
agreeable to them as it will be satisfactory to us.
In order that there may be no mistake, we beg to recapi-
tulate the amounts for which we have already authorised
you to draw upon our treasurer, at the dates severally at-
tached to each sum :—July 24, £1,000; Aug. 4, £1,500;
Aug. 9, £3,000 ; Aug. 25, £2,000 ; total, £7,500.
A telegraphic message was despatched from the Foreign-
office, on each of those days respectively, to Constantinople,
to Sir H. L. Bulwer, and his Excellency replied by tele-
gram, dated Aug. 28, which informed Lord John Russell
that by the next mail-packet to Beyrout in each instance
he had transmitted the same authority to you.
We have now the pleasure of authorising you to make a
further draught on Messrs. Heywood, Kennard, and Co. of
£2,500, making altogether £10,900.
Contributions are coming in nobly. In several leading
cities and towns, as in Liverpool, Manchester, &c., some
of the principal inhabitants, frequently headed by the
Mayor, Provost, or chairman of the Town Commissioners
have either called meetings or initiated subscriptions.
Many ministers of religion have preached for the object
and many more will do so for some time to come. Some
are about to take the opportunity offered by the sermons
and public prayers (more or less general) which have been
occasioned by the recent anxiety about the harvest to make
a collection for the suffering Syrians.
Continental friends are also coming to our aid. We have
addressed circulars to leading Christians and Jews (of which
we inclose copies) in most parts of Europe, intimating our
readiness to become the channel of their benevolence, should
they find difficulties either in establishing a national com-
mittee for themselves based on our principle of impartiality,
or in securing an administration in Syria which will be
perfectly satisfactory.
We are glad to find that in Prussia and elsewhere a na-
tional fund:will be formed to which all will contribute, and
which will be transmitted to your Prussian colleague at
Beyrout.
An influential Committee at Hamburg intends to intrust
us with its funds. Geneva, Wurtemberg, Marseilles, &c.,
have formed channels of their own for distributing their
contributions. From other quarters on the Continent we
learn that our Committee will be deemed the most satis-
factory medium.
With the copies of the circulars issued to the leading
Jews of Europe we enclose copies of the address of the Chief
Rabbi in this country, the Rev. Dr. Adler, to the Jewish
community at large, by which that circular is in each in.
stance accompanied.

We are desired by the Committee to state that we have
read with much interest a suggestion of the Times' corre-
spondent, that some of the money collected should be ap-
plied to cleansing the town of Beyrout, so as to prevent
pestilence; and we are to intimate to your Committee that
if they think fit to employ some of the destitute persons
flocking into your town in cleansing and whitewashing we
shall consider it a very legitimate application of (say) £2O a
week for two months to come.
We are also to add that the Committee have seen an ad-
dress of Madame la Contesse de Pertheres, and other ladies
in Beyrout, to the ladies of Marseilles, asking for materials
(old or. new) for clothing a multitude of persons who are
almost naked.

A British Ladies Committee ip in course of formation with
a view to assisting in sending you such materials as clothes,
&c.

Application will also be made to manufacturers to assist
in the same object. The articles which may result from
these efforts shall be transmitted to your Committee, to be
made over by them to such ladies or benevolent persons in
your town as your Committee may select.
Our Committee will receive with pleasure the reports
which you promise us, and they will be ready to concur in
all feasible plans that you may suggest for the relief of the
poor sufferers. They rely on your Committee to tell them
whether they can be of any use in sending out nurses or
surgeons, medicine, tents, &c.
In conclusion, we are requested by our Committee to con-
vey to you their congratulations on the apparent cessation
of the late fearful and odious massacres, and their hope
that the courageous and energetic efforts of Fuad Pasha may
have had their due effect upon the populations. We are
unanimous in desiring that, whatever severe examples it
may be thought requisite to make of the chief culprits, re-
course will not be deemed necessary to indiscriminate and
extensive executions. We believe the object at which the
Government of the Sultan aims, tho pacification of Syria,