The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-17 00:00:00

LATEST NEWk-3.

The following telegrams have been received at

Mr. Reuter's office :

VIENNA, MONDAY.
Government is said to have received the follow-

ing intelligence :
A fearful massacre has taken place at Damascus.
Five hundred Christians have been murdered,
amongst whom is the Dutch Consul.
The American Consul is wounded.
Details are wanting.

PARIS, JULY 17.

The Moniteur contains the following despatch
from the French naval commander in the Levant :
" BEYROUT, JULY 11.

" The attack of the Druses on the Christians
commenced on the evening of the 9th, when seve-
ral men were killed and many women carried off
for the harems.
"It is said that the Consulates were burned
down, with the exception of the English Consulate.
The French, Russian, and Greek consuls took re-
fuge in the house of Abdel Kader.
" The attitude of the Turkish authorities was
indecisive, and rather injurious than useful to the
Christians.
___

" 3,000 Turkish soldiers arrived to-day. The
fears of the Christians are redoubled, and the Com-
missioners Vely and Namick are expected with

impatience."
The Moniteur annouices that the project of law
for the purchase of the canals has been adopted.

ROME, JULY 14

The Pope in a Consistory held to-day pronounced
an allocution energetically protesting against the
Piedmontese Government, on account of the arrest
and condemnation of the Bishops of Pisa, Imole,
Faenza, and Piacenza, approving the conduct of
these bishops, and designating the annexation of
the Duchies and the Legations to Piedmont as an

usurpation.
Yesterday the French Ambassador had a long
audience of his Holiness.

The two Neapolitan Ministers charged with the
special mission to Turin will also proceed to Paris
and London.

The Patrie of Monday contains the following

" According to the latest news from Beyrout the
state of things in Syria continues to be of the
gravest character.
" A French vessel had been sent to Latakia and
was obliged to take position within firing distance
of the town in order to restrain the fanatical portion
of the inhabitants. _ _

" It was asserted that information had been re
ceived of atrocious plots having been formed against
the lives of the Christians in many parts of Syria.

" The naval authorities were taking measures in
order to be in readiness to meet the difficulties of
the situation."

TURIN, JULY 16,

The Neapolitan plenipotentiaries, Signori Manna
and Winspeare, arrived here to-day.

BEYROUT.

A letter from Beyrout of the 12th ult., in the
Presse, says :—" Tyre was very near being the
theatre of excesses similar to tho3e which have taken
place elsewhere, but the energetic conduct of an
Englishman saved the town and the population. A
band of Druses and Mutualis were marching on the
place to the great terror of the people, when a small
light vessel was seen to enter the port. The Go-
♦ernor of the town, the English consular agent, and
the chief of the Christian communities, imagined
that the vessel was one of war, and they prayed
the commander to take measures for saving the
town, but she turned out to be only a pleasure
yacht, the Claymore, having on board her owner,
a wealthy Englishman, Mr. Harvey. That gentle-
man, however, without hesitation promised his
co-operation ; and immediately placed his yacht in
such a position as to enable her four small pieces
of cannon to bear on the streets, and he armed his
crew with muskets, swords, and pistols. He after-
wards landed, examined the town in order to see
the points by which the Druses could enter; he then
caused the women, children, and the more valuable
portion of the property to be placed in safety ; and
had certain points occupied by his men, taking
other measures of defence. All this gave confidence
to the peaceable part of the population, and over-
awed that which was suspected of connivance with
the Druses. The latter were told by their spies
that an English vessel of war was in the port, that
English troops had been landed; and they, in con-
sequence, abandoned their projected attack on the
town, and went away."