The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-31 00:00:00

LEVANT MAIL.

We have received Malta letters and papers to the 15th
inst., and advices from Constantinople to the Bth, Smyrna
10th and Alexandria 2d. The news they contain is not
of striking interest.
The Malta Chronicle of the 11th inst. gives the sub-
joined account of a storm experienced in that port :
" Yesterday morning at eight o'clock, Valletta was
visited by a tornado which lasted half an hour. For
about ten minutes the weather was truly awful ; the
wind blew in terrific blasts, the rain poured down in
torrents, the size of the hail-stones rendered them de-
structive missiles, and the peals of thunder were quite
deafening. No damage of consequence was, however,
sustained by the ships in port, though the Ganges, by
a sudden shift of wind from N.E. to W.S.W., was
nearly thrown on her beam ends. She heeled ever
5 deg., her larboard lower deck guns run themselves out,
and heavy seas rolled themselves in at her weather ports.
A number of hammocks were blown overboard by the
violence of the wind, and some few were riddled- by the
hail. The ensign and jack-staff were carried away, and
picked up at some distance from the vessel. The anchor
was turned over, and the sea completely discoloured by
the disturbed mud. The Howe also felt the gale, and
the Impregnable heeled over greatly. The Ceylon, from
having everything snug before, rode it out most admir-
ably. On shore several disasters are reported. One of
the windmills on the bastions overlooking the Quaran-
tine Harbour was blown down, and the Mandaraggio, a
lowly situated part of the town, chiefly inhabited by the
most indigent classes, was nearly under water, but as it
happened by daylight, we have heard of no loss of life."
We find the following in the Malta Chronicle :—" The
Cyclops took her departure from Trieste on the 17th ult.,
with Sir Stratford Canning, who remained there two
days. Between that day and the 29th we have no intel-
ligence of her, but on the latter day Sir Stratford Can-
ning landed at Corinth, and .proceeded to Nauplia and
Athens, to one of which places the Cyclops would go
round, and take him on board. If not detained long
at Constantinople, she may be expected here about
the end of the present, or beginning of the ensuing
week. We have been favoured with the following
authentic particulars of a sad occurrence on the day
preceding her departure from Trieste, which threw a
gloom over every one during the few remaining hours of
her stay:` On the night of the 16th, Mr. G. P. Stewart,
chief engineer of the Cyclops, while waiting in the dark for
a boat, fell into the sea from-the Mole, and was drowned,
though submerged little more than five minutes. It is
generally believed that he was tripped up by some of the
chain-cables which are most improperly allowed to cross
the several stairs on the Mole. Mr. Stewart had been
dining with some friends on shore, and was encumbered
with a thick great-coat, which probably prevented his
swimming. When found, his hands were still in the
coat-pockets, and there was a very great contusion on his
shoulders from the rocks. Most probably the back of his
head also was struck at the same time. He was a uni-
versal favourite, on account of the mild and amiable man-
ners and respectable conduct for which he was distin-
guished; and there could not have been a more zealous
and skilful officer of his class; so that his loss is something
more than a private one, though he has left a wife and
children, in addition to many surviving friends. As the
ship was to leave Trieste at night, the funeral was or-
dered for two o'clock on the 17th, and to mark the well-
earned respect for the deceased, he was buried on shore,
with all the honours of a commissioned officer; the offi-
cers of the Cyclops, the British Vice-Consul, Mr. Fon-
blanque. British Consul-General in Syria (who took his
passage in the Cyclops from Malta), and several British
and American merchants, followed the body. Captain
Austin, C. 8., was the chief mourner, and the Rev. Mr.
Yelverton, the resident chaplain at Trieste, read the fu-
neral service in a most impressive manner. Until this
sad contre-coup took place, the Cyclops had been the
scene of constant festivity, and several thousands of per-
sons of every rank visited her, and were delighted with
the ship, and with the attentions extended to them all by
the Captain and the officers. The British merchants
(who are of a highly respectable class) were all grati-
fied at the Triestini having such a sample of our Queen's
pennant."
A correspondent of the Malta Times writes from
Alexandria, on the 2d instant :—" We hear that Mo-
hammed Ali purposes procuring negroes to fill up the
want of Arab sailors in his navy. This does not coin-
cide with the promises made by him to Dr. Bowring and
Colonel Campbell of his purposing to put a stop to the
slave-trade in these parts. The excuse, of course, is
that the time has not yet come—that the Egyptians are
not civilised sufficiently to permit such an act being car-
ried into force—and that he must first ask the divine
pleasure of his master, the Sultan. Government has
abolished the circulation of certain Constantinople coins;
still to some of its employes it has paid their stipends in
such money. The Paella appears to be about paying
part of his tribute to the Sultan. This must be the
cause of the late chang,es,in the monetary system in this
country."
The Malta Times says, under head of the Levant—
" The Druises and the Maronites, by the latest adviceS
from from Beyrout, had suspended hostilities. The Ot-
toman Envoy, on a special mission, was well received, I
and it was expeeted that order would be permanently
established."

A letter from Beyrout, 29th ult., in the Smyrna Jour-
nal, says :—" Our town has been in an extraordinary
state of excitement since the arrival of the Seraskier,
Mustapha Paella ; but the means he intends to employ
for tranquillizing. the people of the Lebanon have .not
transpired. A week before the coming of the Seraskier,
Selim Pacha assembled at Beyrout the Sheiks of the
Druses and Maronites, with the intent of forming a
divan, at which the two parties might be reconciled. The
Druses showed distrust, and would not comply with the
summons until they were assured by the Consuls ofFrance,
England,and Russia, that their persons should be respected.
One Sheik alone, -the famous Abou Neked, one of the
first leaders of the conspiracy of Dair el Kainar, fled to
the mountains. At this divan, as at the beginning of
the contest, when the troops sent to restore order might,
with less hesitation, have arrived in time to prevenl the
events which ensued, the authorities have not known
how to combine sufficient energy and prudence for bring-
ing about a reconciliation, and the task is reserved for
Seraskier."

The Malta Times in its naval news says :—" We learn
from Constantinople, 27th ult., that the English brig
Georgiana, Capt. Reid, bound to England with a cargo of
wheat, is totally lost in the false entrance to the Bospho-
rus—the captain, his wife, and crew saved; and the Eng-
lish brig Edenbank, Capt. Lama, bound to the Black Sea
in ballast—crew saved. On Friday last the staffofficers and
detachments of the Royal artillery and Royal engineers,
lately returned from the Levant, received praticjue. The
former proceeded to England—the latter moved into bar-
racks at forts St. Elmo and St. Angelo. Before leaving.
Syria the officers had the melancholy satisfaction of wit-
nessing the completion of a tablet, which they erected
in the Protestant burial ground at Beyrout, over the
grave of a late much esteemed and lamented friend, and
commanding officer, Colonel Bridgeman, thus perform-
ing the last tribute of respect to that gallant officer and
excellent man. The tablet was prepared at Malta, and
bears the following inscription :
" E. 11. BRIDGEMAN,
COLONEL COMMANDING HER MAJESTY'S TROOPS IN
SYRIA, DIED AT BEYROUT, 23D APRIL, 1841.

In testimony of their respect and regard, 'the officers,
who had served under his orders, erected this tablet to
his memory."
Extract of a letter from Constantinople, Bth inst. of
the Malta Times :—" You can have no idea how popular
our new Vizier is becoming. Disdaining the trammels
of a pseudo civilisation, which has in point of fact hitherto
consisted chiefly of drinking wine and learning' to waltz,
he has taken to distributing justice in the old Turkish
fashion. He goes about in disguise, and whenever he
catches a butcher, baker, or other tradesman poisoning
the public by the sale of bad provisions, or cheating
them by exacting undue prices, woe betide the
wretch I The Vizier leaves his mark upon him to a cer-
tainty. The other day he fell in with a baker who was
really crusty, being decidedly a bad bred fellow ; he said
more than he needed—he had his reward. One of his
own loaves was hammered into his mouth, to the no
small damage of teeth and cheeks. Other tripping
tradesmen have also met with punishment deemed equally
appropriate. The Constantinople world, offenders ex-
cepted, applaud the justice of their new chief. He has
further recommended the 'ridjals ' to cut down their
enormous expenses, to ride on one horse instead of step-
ping into a carriage drawn by two or four ; to use a
small kaick with three boatmen, instead of a large one
with nine, and so forth. This is very prudent, for how
could the gentlemen possibly be honest if compelled by
the usage of their rank to spend twice as much as they
receive from the Government ? He even offered to cut
down his own salary to one-half ; so did Tahir Pacha
and the Shiek ul Islam, but their offers were rejected as
uncalled-for."

In the Constantinople correspondence of the Bth inst.,
of the Smyrna Journal, we find the following :—" During
the current week there have been frequent Councils at
the Porte, the principal objects of which were the differ-
ent questions of internal policy known to have occupied.
the Government for some time past. In an extraordi-
nary Council held on the sth inst., under the presidency
of the Grand Vizier' and which was attended, not only
by the Ministers, but all the higher functionaries,
the matters which were weighed with the most an-
xious solicitude were the state of Syria, and the military
organization of the Empire. After this, the Council
took into consideration a note presented to the Porte
by the French Minister, relative to certain essential
points which that Power is desirous of having cleared up.
We entertain no doubt that the relations between Turkey
and France, which, in cotwequence of the late events,
have been under some restraint, will resume the charac-
ter of friendship and harmony which had from time im-
memorial subsisted between the two countries. The
Russian war-steamer Polar Star, which has been for a
long time at anchor off the Palace of Topkapou, took her
departure this morning for Odessa with dispatches from
the Russian mission. By order of Tahir Pacha, the
Grand Admiral, the balls, which have been annually
given at the places of public entertainment at Pera, are
forbidden. This measure has been received with great
satisfaction, particularly by fathers of families, in conse-
quence of the opportunity afforded by these meetings for
excessive gambling, by which many youths have been
ruined."

Under the head of Tunis the Malta Times says :
" Advices from Sfax inform us that the duty on tobacco
is reduced from three to one piastre per rotolo (pound).
This is considered a great benefit for the population.
During the last summer the whole tribe of Nael, con-
sisting of 10,000 persons, emigrated from Tripoli to
Tunis. being driven by famine into the Tunisian terri-
tory. They commit some depredations, and are not 'suffi-
ciently checked by the Government." An address to Sir
Thomas Reade, British Consul-General at Tunis, has
been presented to him. from the principal merchants of
that place, thanking him for his exertions in defence of
the oppressed, and especially for putting down the slave-
trade in that district.
A letter from Tripoli, 30th ult., in the Malta Times'

MORNING SUN

says that there was at that moment a Turkish schooner
in the port, destined for Smyrna, with a large cargo of
slaves.

A Corfu letter in the Malta Times confirms, by a very
brief statement, the account of the recent disturbances
there, but gives no new particulars. It says that the
name of the American missionary was Ruel.

DUBLIN ELECTION.
DUBLIN, THURSDAY EVENING, SEVEN 0 CLOCK.—
The state of the poll was thus announced by Sheriff
Porter this evening :
Lord Morpeth
Mr. Gregory 919
•••••••••=1
Majority to-day
3L9 Yesterday

Gross majority for Gregory
Before the poll was declared this afternoon, di.
O'Connell addressed the people, dwelling upon the deep
and indelible disgrace the citizens of Dublin would
suffer if Lord Morpeth should be rejected. It was (ob-
served Mr. O'Connell) asserted that several persons re-
fused to vote without being bribed. But the Reformers
would sooner lose one hundred elections than commit the
sin of bribery.—(Cheers.) They left the disgrace and
crime of bribery to the Tories.—(Cheers).