The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-27 00:00:00

TURKEY:

CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 7.—Chekib Effendi, the
Ottoman commissioner, accompanied by Simik, a
Servian notable, who is to represent the new Go-
vernment here, came up by the Danube steamer last
week. The question, there is no doubt, occupies at
this moment the serious attention of the Porte,
though the negotiations of M. Boutenieff are con-
ducted with such secre3y, that little has yet transpired
with respect to them. This much, however, is cer-
tain, that the affair has opened a very wide field of
discussion and recrimination between Turkey and
Russia, and that the mask of friendship under which
the latter has for some years prosecuted her destruc-
tive policy, may, in the sharp conflict of argument and
interests about to ensue, be once more cast aside, dis-
playing the hostile front of the old and inveterate
enemy of the Othman race. Should the Porte, in the
adjustment of this affair, make any determined resist-
ance to the views of the Russian Cabinet, M.
Boutenieff, it is said, has instructions to assume
the offensive, and demand explanations with ,respect

to certain prctiects which Hussein Pacha of Widden,
is accused of having formed last year, with the conni-
vance of the Porte, for the invasion of Servia and
overthrow of its late Government, proofs of which
projects are said to exist in documents intercepted
at that time by Prince Michael. In reply to these
charges the Porte will, in all probability, allege that
such measures, if they were ever meditated, were only
meant in self-defence, since it had positively ascer-
tained that the Prince had fomented, by every means
in his powers if he was not himself the author of, the
rebellion, which had broken out at that time in Bul-
garia. The fact is, that the Porte, as it would ap-
pear, has at this moment in its hands papers, which it
has received from Voutchish, the General of the
Servians, and which not only establish beyond all
doubt the Prince's participation in these dis-
turbances, but also that of the Russian Government,
which, indeed, suggested and instigated the whole.
The Porte, if hard pressed, will undoubtedly produce
these documents, and it remains to be seen what
effect such a retort will have on the Russian Mi-
nister. It is to be feared that, however clearly the
mischief may be traced in its source and origin
to Russia herself, she will be very slow to acknow-
ledge herself in the wrong. In similar discussions
with the Turkish Government, she has generally
discovered an indifference as to right and wrong, and
a blindness as to cause and effect, which have cer-
tainly no parallel, except in the apologue of the wolf
and the lamb. But she will, in this instance, not be
entirely allowed to have her own way. Austria, who
has long had an eye upon her machinations in Eu-
ropean Turkey, will undoubtedly protect the Sultan
in the maintenance and exercise of his just rights;
and England, whose policy is Conservative and based
on honourable principles, will also see, and, if need be,
enforce, fair play between the disputants. M. Boute-
nieff may find that, with all his skill, little is to be
done with the cards he has to play, and his Govern-
ment discover that M. Titoff, who has been recalled,
could not have made more of the game than he did.
Be this as it may, the latter diplomatist, it is univer-
sally admitted, is at this moment under a cloud, and
has incurred the serious displeasure of his Cabinet.
Sarni Pacha has, since his arrival from Alexandria,
had several secret conferences with the Turkish Mi-
nisters. Mehemet Ali could not have a more active
and persevering agent than this man, who has gra-
dually wormed himself into the confidence and good
graces of the Turkish Ministers, while the influence
of his master is every day on the increase.
SYRIA._ _ _

BSYROUT, SEPT. 27.—Things here are tolerably
quiet, although the flame of discontent has by no
means subsided.
Since the Albanians have been let loose on us, we
are in constant dread. Their depredations are nume-
rous, and extend to all parts of the country. In. Lata-
kia the Russian Consul was violently assaulted, his
dragoman all but killed, and his house robbed.
On the roads, wherever you see an' Albanian, you
are in danger either of being robbed or assaulted. In
our own town three churches have been sacked and a
convent robbed.

A few days ago the lady of the British Consul,
while walking under the protection of her Janissary
(cavass), was insulted, and even struck by a young
Turk, upon whom the Janissary immediately used his
whip. Complaint was made to the authorities, but
owing to the absence of the Consul at Tripoli in the
Vesuvius, nothing satisfactory was resolved on. The
Consul returned late last night.
Great difficulty seems to exist in bringing the dif-
ferent Sheiks to their allegiance to the Turkish autho-
rities. A proclamation has been recently issued,
calling on the people, under the threat of heavy
punishment, to beware of the attempts of the Emir
Abdallah of Gazir, and several other Sheiks, to create
a disturbance among the people, they having refused
to appear on the summons made to them.
THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

CORFU, OCT. 4.—By the arrival of her Majesty's
ship Howe, from Corfu, we learn from a correspon-
dent at that place that the Howe, with the flag of
Admiral Sir F. Masons arrived on the 26th ult., hav-
ing been towed in by the Geyser steamer. This ship,
accompanied by the above-named steamer, parted
company with the fleet under Sir E. Owen, off Cape
Passaro, on the 21d. On the passage, which is con-
sidered to have been a quick one, the Geyser was
obliged to extinguish her fires in consequence of a
leak from one of the mud holes of the boiler, which
circumstance caused a delay of some hours.
On the arrival of the Howe she found. the Van-
guard, Cambridge, and L'Aigle, the two former under
sailing orders for Malta.
Rear-Admiral Mason, on landing, was saluted by
the garrison with 11 gun's. The Lord High Com-
missioner, Sir Stewart WlCenzie, had proceeded to
England a few days previously, via Trieste.
The Vanguard, after visiting Suda, Beyrout,
Athens, Syra, Besika, and other places of interest,
arrived here on the 22d, en route to Malta.
On the 29th Sir George Berkeley, the Commander-
in-Chief of the Forces in the lonian Islands, with his
staff, visited the Howe, on which occasion the ship 3
present manned their yards, and a salute of 11 guns
was fired by the flag ship. In the afternoon of the
same day the President of the Council, accompanied
by several members of the Senate, paid their respects
to Sir F. Mason. After inspecting every part of the
ship a target was laid at 600 yards' distance, and they
were much gratified at witnessing the admirable preci-
sion with which each shot was aimed. The learned
body, on quitting, received a salute of 11 guns.
The Geyser remains in port. The Howe, Van-
guard, and L'Aigle go out to-day.
MALTA.

Company steam-packet Iberia, on the
OCT. 15.—Since my last report by the Peninsular
and Oriental
10th inst., our naval movements have been limited to
the arrival, on the 13th, of the Great Liverpool steam-
ship, belonging to the same Company, from Gibraltar,
with the London mails of the 30th ult., and her depar-
ture again for Alexandria on the 14th, with the mails
and passengers (quite full) for India ; the Alecto
having arrived from Marseilles with the overland
London mail of the 4th, on the evening of the 13th
inst. This la.st-mentioned. vessel encountered such
heavy weather as to cause some damages, which has
rendered it necessary to send on in her stead, to the
lonian Islands and Greece, the Cyclops steam-frigate.
She left this evening. On the 13th inst. (after the
arrival of the London mails) the Devastation war-
steamer was despatched to Tunis, where she will com-
municate ; the Locust, steam-tender, to Bengary, to
convey to Tripoli the son of the Governor of that
place and Pacha of Bengary, and from Trip2li to
Malta the family of the British Consul. The Hecate
was also despatched to Candia and Syria. The Cam-
bridge leaves on the 20th for England, and the Rod-
ney for Gibraltar on the 18th. The Polyphemus,
with the mails from the lonian Islands and Patras, has
just arrived ; and on the 17th the Prometheus will be
dispatched to Gibraltar, with the intermediate mail
for England. The Belvidera will proceed to Smyrna
to relieve the Magicienne. No other immediate
movements are contemplated.

The Malta journals, of the 15th inst., state that a
report prevailed, that in consequence of a disposition
on the part of France to reduce her naval force in the
Mediterranean, the British squadron in that sea would
undergo a similar reduction, and that three or four
ships of the line would be shortly ordered home. A
Court-martial held on the 11th, on board the Impreg-
nable, to try Lieutenant Alston, of the Cambridge,
for marked indifference in executing the orders of his
captain, and for having beaten Francis Fitzgerald, a
volunteer of the first class, found him guilty, and sen-
tenced him to be dismissed the service.