The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING„MLY 6, 1860.

POLICE INTELLIGEN C'E-( THIS DAY.)

MARLB 0 ROUGH-STREET.
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—John Field, a labourer,
of 9, Belmont-place, was charged with causing the death
of Win. Forest Allenby by striking him on the head seve-
ral times while fighting in the Horse and Groom public-
house, Great Portland-street.
Mr. Robert Norrish, of the Horse and Groom, Great
Portland-street, said--On Monday afternoon the prisoner
and the deceased, who I knew by the name of " Punch,"
were in my house, and a fight took place between them,
" Punch" striking the prisoner the first blow in the mouth.
There were no words passed between them. I, after the
exchange of a few blows, turned the prisoner out, and
" Punch " left about an hour and a half after. That is all
I know about it.
Inspector Gasfortb, of the E division, said he understood
the witness closed the door and encouraged the fight. The
man "Punch" died on Wednesday night.
Mr. Norrish, in answer to Mr. Beadon, said—" Punch"
complained of no injury. They had three or four rounds,
and the fight lasted about seven minutes. Only saw
" Punch" knocked down once.

Mr. Beadon—Do you mean to say that, as the landlord,
you could not have prevented the fight. I think after this
your license will be in jeopardy.
Sergeant Rogers, 12 E, said—On taking the prisoner into
custody he said it was not his fault; t hat the landlord ordered
the doors to be closed, and said. "Go at it, Punch ;" that
that they had a fight for some time, and that " Punch" fell.
Mr. Beadon said he would take one bail in £5O for his
appearance in a few days.
The deceased is well known at most of the sporting
houses about town, and also at the races by the name of
" Punch.

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NAPLES, JULY 4.

The Constitution of 1848 is announced.

Parliament is convoked for the 10th of Sept.

A commission has been appointed to draw up
laws on the following subjects :—The National
Guard, Administration, Council of State, and
Ministerial responsibility.
Naples is tranquil.
The constitutional party is more consolidated.

NAPLES, JULY 2.

Signor Frescobaldi, the representative of the
Grand Duke of Tuscany, has taken down the
escutcheon of the Grand Duchy.

PARIS, JULY 6.

The session of the Corps Legislatif which was to
be concluded on the 14th inst. will be prolonged to

the 21st July, on account of the amount of business
still remaicing for discussion. Notwithstanding
the denial given by the Pays to the news of the
resignation of the Marquis &Antonini, the Neapo-
litan Ambassador, it is certain the Marquis has
officially announced to M. Thouvenel and to the
members of the diplomatic corps that he has sent
his resignation to Naples.

BERNE, JULY 6.

The Minister of England to the Helvetic Con-
federation has declared to the President in the
name of Lord John Russell that England has given
in her adhesion to the proposal of a European Con-

Terence.

The English Minister expressed on this occasion
,he firm intention of supporting the right of Switzer-
and to claim new guarantees for the maintenance

TEE CIVIL WAR IN SYllld.

A letter from Alexandria, dated June 25, says :
The French mail steamer from Syria, which arrived
here yesterday, has brought us full and recent par-
ticulars of the savage internecine warfare raging
between the Druses and Maronite Christians of
Mount Lebanon. We had previously heard that
the dissensions between the two rival tribes had
at the latter end of last month broken out into
actual hostilities; villages had been attacked
and burnt down, and in many the silk crop of
cocoons, the principal source of subsistence of the
inhabitants, had been utterly destroyed, but the
loss of life was not great. A few days later more
startling and alarming intelligence began to arrive.
The advantages in the struggle lay almost entirely
on the side of the Druses, who were becoming more
and more maddened into a state of savage fury with
the sight of the blood that had begun to flow, and
the Turks, it was added, were more or less openly
favouring their cause.
.

Yesterday the French mail steamer from Syria
arrived with further intelligence of a recent date,
which fully confirms the report previously received.
The following private letter from Beyrout, dated
the 20th inst., contains the more authentic particu-
lars of the news that has spread at Alexandria :
" Daring the past fortnight affairs in the Lebanon
have assumed a far more serious character. Has-
beeyah and Rasheeyah, two large and flourishing
villages in the neighbourhood of Mount Hermon,
have been taken, and sacked, and destroyed by the
Druses in the presence of Turkish garrisons at both
places. The Turks, it is said, made no attempt to
protect the villages, but, on the contrary, gave active
assistance to the enemy. Upon the places being cap-
tured, a- large number of the Christian inhabi-
tants, men, women, and children, took refuge in -
the Serai, or garrison. The officer in com-
mand of the Turkish troops insisted upon the men
giving up their arms. They did so, and the wea-
pons were sent off to Damascus. He then entered
into a parley with the leaders of the Druses, which
ended in the gates of the Serai being thrown open.
The Druses entered the place, and a frightful and
indiscriminate massacre of the unarmed and de-
fenceless Christians ensued, the Turkish troops pas-
sively looking on. A few of the Christians con-
trived to escape, and have taken refuge in Beyrout.
The stories they relate of the cruelties inflicted by
the Druses are most heartrending.
" In several other places the Druses induced the
Christians to lay down their arms, on the assurance
that they would not be molested, a promise • imme-
diately followed by their being murdered in their
defenceless state, and their houses sacked and
burnt. It is calculated that during the last three
weeks more than sixty villages have been destroyed.
The loss of life has been very great. The Pasha of
Damascus has declared that he cannot guarantee
the peace of that city for a week.
" The Druses of Lebanon and of the Haman,
assisted by. Bedouins, have been besieging Zahleh,
the largest and most flourishing town in
Lebanon, containing a population of more than
10,000 inhabitants; but up to the present they
have not been able to take it. The day before yes-
terday they were defeated by the Christians with
great loss—in fact, they have been driven from
Zahleh three or four times, but it is feared
that the place will not be able to hold out
much longer for want of ammunition. Should
Zahleh fall it will be the destruction of the Chris-
tian interest in Lebanon. At Sidon great atrocities
have been committed against the Christian, and
great numbers of them murdered. In short, the
whole of Syria, from Aleppo to Gaza, is in a state of
the greatest commotion and alarm. The Turkish
authorities look on quietly while the work of destruc-
tion goes forward, and when called upon by the Euro-
pean consuls to interfere and put a stop to the war they
make promises, but do nothing. They finally declare
that they have not sufficient force. If so, it is high
time that the European Powers should interfere to
rescue one of the finest and most flourishing pro-
vinces of the empire from the misrule under which it
has so long suffered, and from the utter destruction
now impending over it.
" The only safe place at present remaining in Syria
is Beyrout. Two British officers of war are lying
off the town, a steamer of 11 guns and a gunboat ;
also a Russian frigate, and three French ships—a
frigate, a brig, and a steamer.
" P.S.—June 21.—News arrived this morning,
which I believe to be too true, that the Druses took
Zahleh on the 18th inst., and that they are de-
stroying it by fire. Both Christians and Druses
have suffered heavy loss. The women aLd chil-
dren were sent out of the town a day or two before
it was captured. The fall of Zahleh is a severe
blow to the Christians.