The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-25 00:00:00

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TURKEY.

A letter from Beyrouth of the 4th says—" For
some years past the Turkish Government has been
desirous of subjecting the Syrian population to the
recruitment system, but so great was the dissatisfac-
tion the idea caused among the people that it re-
frained from doing so. At last, in September, it de-
termined to execute the design, and it began opera-
tions. The people murmured ; and bands of armed
men, commanded by the Emirs Mohamet and Hassan,
of the family of Harfouch, commonly known as the
emirs of Baalbeck, advanced towards Damascus,
but were dispersed by the Turkish troops. It
was believed that, after this, the recruiting would
take place quietly, but the two emirs re-appeared
at the beginning of October in the environs of Damas-
cus at the head of between 3,000 and 4,000 men. A
corps of the regular army, consisting of two battalions
of regular infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, four
guns, and 400 irregulars, under Mustapha Pacha,
marched to meet them, and succeeded on the 16th Oct.
in surrounding them in the defiles near Maloulah, six
hours' distances from Damascus. The rebels were
'obliged to give battle and were completely defeated,
with a loss of 4,000 men ; the two emirs were captured.
The logs of the troops was only 30 men. The village of
Maloulah is inhabited principally by Christians, and the
Turkish soldiers, exasperated at the resistance they
made, pillaged some houses, carried off women, killed
a Catholic monk, wounded another, and so seriously
wounded a schismatic Greek bishop that he died after-
wards. They also completely sacked two convents,
pretending that they contained gunpowder, and that
insurgents had taken refuge in them. M. de Valbe-
zene, the French consul at Damascus, exerted himself
on behalf of the Christians, and through bis interven-
tion the seraskier of the army of Arabia promised as-
sistance to the villages, and ordered the troops forth-
with to give up all the articles taken from the
churches end convents. The day after the battle
the emirs were made to walk through the streets of
Damascus in their shirts, with irons on their feet,
and :tract-brooms on their 'shoulders. They were to
have been subjected to the same punishment during
Eve days, but suddenly they were sent off to Beyrouth,
from whence they were to be forwarded to Constanti-
nople. This measure was taken in consequence of
the. breaking out of the revolt at Aleppo. Imme-
diately after, the seraskier proceeded with his troops
by forced marches to Aleppo. The greatest secrecy
was observed, and it was not until eight days after
that the people of Damascus learned that there had
been a risin;-; at Aleppo, and that it had been sup-
pressed. The two insurrections took place in conse-
quence of a combined plan, and the Aleppo insurgents
only yielded when they were informed of the defeat
of the insurgents of Maloulah. The situation would
have been a serious one for the Turkish Government,
if, by the energy of the seraskier of the army of Ara-
bia, the revolts had not been promptly crushed."

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From:the United Service Gazette)
THE REGIMENTS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE.—It is now
decide.' that none of the regiments shall embark until
next January.
SOLDIERS AT THEATRES.—Major-General Lord
Frederick Fitzelarence has issued orders to the garrison
und,r his command, that all soldiers, when at theatres
or other places of amusement, shall take off their caps
during the performance of the National Anthem.
JOINT EXPEDITION TO THE SOCIETY ISLANDS. By
private accounts from the Paciflic we hear that three
men-of-war, respectively English, French, and Ameri-
e In, have been engaged in a joint expedition to Huahine,
one of the Society Islands, to demand repa-
ration for damcgo done to the interests of the sub-
jects of the above Powers, and for the wanton de-
ctruotion of their property. The expedition consisted
o;' the Enz7.iish btig-of-war Swift, Commander Aid.
h the French man-of•war steam-sloop Cocyte, Capt.
Gczaime, and the American Consul in another vessel.
The Swift joined the parties at Tahiti on her way from
the Sandwich blanch,. The result of the expedition
was most satisfactory—apologies having been tended
and in,Temnification made. In running from the Sand-
wich Islands to Tahiti the Swift beat in sailing the
French frigate Bayonnaise two days—the latter started
a day before and arrived a day after.
VESSEL'S FOR THE COAST OF AFRICA.—It is Lot
true that no more sailing vessels are to be sent to the
coast of Africa. Harlequin, 12, Commander Wilmct,
manned (or might have been) within a few hours of I
hoisting the pendant at Devonport, is ordered to the