The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-03 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 9.

The presence of Lord Durham; who arrived here in the
Barhanz, on the 3d instant, continues to excitd much in-

erest and curiosity. The nature of this visit, if it be made

with a political object, (and everybody here is fully per-
suaded of this), is such as to leave ample room for specu-
lation ; and in the absence of any certain information,
the most trifling circumstances are laid hold of, and in-

terpreted accorded to the bias and party views of our
various politicians. On appearing before the Seraglio
point, the guns of the Barham gave, as it was thought, the
customary salute, and after nineteen discharges paused for a
reply. None, however, was for some time vouchsafed ;
and after waiting about three hours, during which time the
batteries preserved the most provoking silence, a messenger
was dispatched to inquire into the cause. It was dis-
etiVered that g 1 was the number of rounds to which the
Sultan considered himself entitled, while 19 was the compli-
ment due to the fleet ; but the Capoudan Pacha knew his
duty too well to answer any salute before satisfaction had
been rendered to his master. Accordingly, two supple-
mental guns were lA, when the whole was duly rep.t.sid
by the batteries, and afterwards a salute exchanged with
the fleet. This incident, however unittioftant, was niali-
cionsly construed into an intentional slight by the Russian
party here. Their triumph, however, was destined to he
short, for on Saturday morning (a mark of attention almost
unprecedented at Constantinople), Namiek Pacha was
dispatched in a seven-oared calque, to welcome his Lord-
ship, on the part of the Sultan, to the Bosphorus, and to
invite him to a special audience. Friday is the day ap-
pointed for that purpose, and the diplomatic corps feel much
interest in the result. If any thing occurs beyond the ce-
remonies and the courtesies which the occasion prescribes,
it will, of course, not transpire. It is, nevertheless, to
be wished that the Porte, which has been tantalized by so
many fruitless demonstrations on our part, will not be dis-
appointed in this ; but that a visit to which the attention of
all Europe has been directed, will prove to be something
more than a whim of his Lordship. It is to be hoped that
he will not leave Constantinople without securing that
which, under existing circumstances, is worth more to us
than armies and fleets—the confidence of the Sultan.
On Friday last the Saib-tapa, or envoy, from Tunis was
admitted to an audience, when the Sultan was pleased to
raise him from the rank of Agha to that of Bey, investing
him with the usual decoration on the occasion. This was
perhaps the least the Sultan could do, considering the very
handsome way in which he has come provided. In fact,
he brought a whole ship-load of presents, including 16
Arabian steeds of the most approved breed ; and, not less
distinguished for beauty and mettle, 125 ladies for his
harem. These, with 200,000 dollars in hard cash, besides
several costly articles of native manufacture, prove Shekir
Bcy, as he is now styled, to be truly an accomplished diplo-
matist, and one who understands the way (the Oriental one
at least) to the hearts of princes. Neither has he forgotten
the arts to which he owes his own elevation, having been
raised by the late Bey of Tunis from the condition of a
slave in his seraglio to the dignity of Prime Minister, for
the skill which, on a certain emergency, .he displayed in
raising the needful. Prince Milosch has also, during the
last week, been presented by the Grand Seignor with a
sabre, richly mounted, and his portrait, set in diamonds.
We are not yet entirely delivered from the plague, but the
cases during the last week have been few and isolated.
Despatches have been again received from the Romelie
Valacie, under data of the 19th ult., announcing the arri-
val of his vanguard at Lech, a distance of sixteen leagues
from Scutari, and where he had halted to secure his com-
munications. He has so far met with no opposition to his
progress, nor does the remainder of the route present any
difficulty, with the exception of some marshy but open
country, which his troops will have to traverse. In the
meanwhile he has issued a proclamation, wherein to pre-
vent the effuaiort of blood, ne promises, first, an amnesty
to all who shall lay daft their arms ; next, a subsequent
inquiry into their grievances ; arid lastly, the most ample
redress, if there should be discovered an just grounds of
complaint against their Governor, Hafiz Pacha. It is fully
expected that those concessions, which have bee,: in
great
measure offered in consequence of the conciliatory spirit a[.."l
demeanour Manifested by the rebel chiefs themselves, will
at once terminate those disorders.

•
I have extracted what follows from a letter from Alex-
andria, under date of the 1.5t11 ult. : . .

6"rhe cholera tnorbus has again visited Alexandria ; it
made its appearance hero on the 6th, and the day after the
arrival of Mehemet Ali was announced.

" Advices from Upper Egypt inform us that a mutiny
has broken out in a regiment of infantry stationed there,
caused by the arrears of pay due to them, Being sup-
ported by a large body of the peasantry, the revolt was
suppressed with much difficulty, and not without considc.
rable loss of life. A few days ago the remains of the army
which had formed the expedition to Yemen, returned in
the most deplorable state to Alexandria. From 19 to
17,000 men, to which it amounted on its departure last
year, it is now reduced to 4,000 on the outside. It has
been compelled to evacuate the territory it bad invaded,
having been routed by the Arabs of Hcedjas in every en-
counter, and has finally taken refuge hi Egypt. Mehemet
Ali appears utterly confounded by the number and extent
of his reverses, and certainly not without reason, as at his
time of life (seventy-five years), power and dominion, such
as he had succeeded in establishing, are not easily retained,
when the tide which leads to fortune has begun to ebb. In
the midst of his difficulties, however, the spirit of gascon-
ade, for which he was always remarkable, has not yet de-
serted him, and he has been heard to talk, since his arrival
here, of an immediate levy of 100,000 men. How and
when he is to raise them, with empty coffers, and an ex-
hausted population, must be best known to himself."
The picture which is given in this letter of the darken-
ing prospects of Mehemet Ali will be rendered still more
gloomy if the reports which prevail here of an insurrec.!
tion in :Syria are confirmed. The delay of the Smyrna
packet, in. consequence of an accident she met with in her
passage outwards, leaves us still without authentic details.
In the meantime intelligence is said to have reached the Go-
vernment indirectly, by the way of Rhodes, with the addi-
tional circumstance that Emir Beshir bad devolved the com-
mand of his troops (50,000 in number) to his son Khalil,
who wasabout to fall upon the Egyptians, while dispersed and
unprepared. Whether or not in consequence of this infor-
tion, I cannot say, but there was yesterday a numerous at-
tendance and long discussion at the Divan. A courier was
'also despatched, a few days ago, after active and frequent
communication with the Porte, from the h:ussian Embassy
to St. Petersburg. There is little doubt that a crisis in the
affairs of Mehemet AI, is actually at band, ilussia will he
loth
a_
iorcing her intervention
let it
forcing her
without discovering in it a ezt cus feeder:se
and
on the Porte. Ott the other
hand, the Sultan,li is said, is determined to act. with in-

dependence, and assert his undoubted right of putting at,
end to the disorders that afflict his empire.—Mernin
Paper.