The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-16 00:00:00

THE LEVANT MAIL..
TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLIT, Marron 27.—Since the reply ,of
l'orte to the representatives of the five Powers on the subjv
of S 3 via, no fu ther progi ass that I am aware of has been 11316
in the matter. The individual named as coadjutor and
cater to Mustapha the Seraskier, is Selim Bey, and not .';,eltm
7,
Pacha. He is a kiatib, or civilian, a man of confider
talent, and grandson to the famous Ali Pacha of Yanina.
A small flotilla, consisting of a frigate, corvette, and sew:,
transports, is to set sail in a few days to Volo, in other wee;
plete the shipment of the 5,000 Albanians, whom, e§ib
mentioned to you, the Government has fur some time bee,'
listing under their different chieftains, for Syria.
These cruel and rapacious condottierri are again to beet,
loose on the inhabitants of the Lebanon ; and, it Is evl d o
that the Porto is only seekinr to amuse the attention and I!
bo
the confidence of the five Powers by evasive notes—whiles,
attempts to complete by violence what by treachery was be
1
Will the European confederacy thus allow i'self to be.,tl tie
with ? Or will coercion be employed to enforce de7,4
which cannot be obtained by conciliation ? Of the equity
those demands there can be no question whatever. Elea
in particular, is bound to see justice done to the
5 mour,tetetot
of Syria—for it was chiefly at the instigation of her agentte.sow
they threw off the yoke of Mehemet Ali, and again act"
ledged the supremacy of the Porte—England was in sorne.7,,,
sure pledged that they should suffer no prejudice by their 07,
of masters. Can she now consistently permit their insS
vial privileges to be trampled upon?
The following letter was addressed, under date of the O
instant, to the Grand Vizier, and by him laid before the
Council:—
" Excellency—When the Capudan Pacha did me the hnit
this morning, to present me, in the name of his Imperiali
jesty the Sultan, with a sword for my services in Syria, !,„0
imally concluded. that it was of the same description af`"l-0
conferred wit officers holding the same rank as my d•
finding that it is in every respect far inferior, I beg most te4_r,tis
fuly to decline accepting it, feeling confident that aftcrock
marked manner in which his Imperial Majesty, on all
sions, has 1)i-en graciously pleased to express his entire eProil
Nation of my services, it could never have been his !Wo
Majesty's intention that any slur should be cast on &Ito Was I must otherwise regard it, on the dignity of the Ott!
which I belong, by making so marked a difference is the
tribution of rewards.—l have the honour to be, your
leney's most obedient humble servant, „
(Signed) YAVEI`;,O
The individual so signing himself, and holding tbengfil
of a Turkish Pacha, is Sir Baldwin Walker, of the r'
Navy, as brave and meritorious an officer as the servitor
e%
boast of. Upwards of three years that he has also
,f
the Sultan, his best energies have been devotee',
the reform and improvement of the Turkish Ad
and arsenal; and, in spite of innumerable obstacles, weep
like discipline and seamanship has, through his exertion Be
engrafted on a stock so uncongenial and unpromising. 'OO
was more particularly during the late Syrian can:ll4oP
"he did the State some service, and they know it." lb''
one episode in particular, well described in Mr. /nri
spirited narrative of this campaign, and which preveslej
extent Sir Baldwin Walker felt te necessity, and Note?, •
to the support of, the high state of this moral feeling. I Ad*
to the first demonstration made by the flag-ship before
So mortified was he at the apparent vacillation of the rinb,,,,01
Admiral—so apprehensive of the effect, which the wilb".,ll
of the Sect without striking a blow might produce on the Piece
of the Turks and the prospects of the expedition—that, PI Oit
ing the orders of his coadjutor, he deliberately brought his joss
six hundred yards, and poured a parting broadsiueope
the batteries. In a similar spirit, and for similar obi, ,t
when the attack, which he had so strongly recommendlist
length took place, he again claimed for his flag, which 001
of the Sultan's Admiral, the station which, with the fee
honour, entailed the greatest d:nger on its occupant. ilottar
sel was anchored at half the distance taken up by ever)
line-of-battle ship during the bombardment. of
The Smyrna steamer has just come, !Tinging intelligence
the arrival there of the Phenix, from the coast of Syril'ols
information conveyed by the latter is of the most unfasonrebel•
character; the Lebanon being said to be still in open fee
lion against the Government. An insurrection had also •
out at 'Tripoli, upon the coast. At Tarsus, likewise, the reM
had risen en masse, arid murdered the Pacha. It is Wee"
that many more such outrages will be perpetrated ; ill "f
fruits of misgovernment, and of the late Syrian expedition
•
MALTA. fire
MALTA, APRIL s.—The Weazle brig-of-war arrived
Beyrout and the Isle of Scarpanto on the 25th ult., 110.
Belvidera from Leghorn and Naples on the 28th ult; dflosr
ter bringing the family of the late Earl and Countess eincitti
ham, which she will shortly convey to Cadiz. The aid
steam tender having landed Sir Joseph and Lady Cgrjltr•
Palermo, remained at that port until her second oflieer'the,
Risk, repaired by land to Trapani, to ascertain whetheristOr
was any possibility of saving the Maltese brig Rapitiet
stranded there, on her voyage to Gibraltar from Malt*- ess
report being unfavourable, we understand the owner (SO
conveyed to Sicily in the Locust) decided upon sen't,psc
wreck on the spot of the disaster, for account of the Ow'
writers ; and, what with local dues, guards, ehargelor
extortions, the proceeds are likely to be f a very slid
nificant amount. The Locust visited Messina, Cate,,
Syracuse; from which latter ports she returned to hnisso:
the 29th ult., after a run of only seven hours. The Ttlle.
corvettes Delaliah and A reshouda sailed for Constant,"jste,
the 29th ult. The Prometheus packet having, on %rot:
voyage from Gibraltar, fallen in with three French op'
the line, off Cape Bon, steering in the direction of
.400
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Mason despatched the Dees,'„aer,
steamer to that port on the 29:h ult. to watch their Too,
ments. She returned on the 31st (having been only 55_
door,
in effecting this service, including four hours' deter' liSl
Tunis by the Consul), reporting that no French shlP'sielt
visited Tunis, nor did she fall in with thesis at sec Th°lstelf
by the Prometheus were no doubt the division which °s•;
left Smyrna for Toulon. The Rodney, Vanguard, and i_.llo
derer, which had bent sails, and were under orders tors,
sea immediately the Devastation returned, are not, it.,
said, to move for the present. One of the steamers now te_isiti
(unless the Medea arrives in the interval,
will be preferred as affording more accommodation) svt'l
despatched in a few days with one hundred add.l_7o
seamen, some artillerymen,' carts, and rafts, t°
in which ealf,
move to the seaside, before the unhealthy season
the sculptured marbles lately collected by Mr. Fell
Xanthus, in Lycia, arid which are considered to be of -,
greater value than the celebrated Elgin marbles. TheoP, ,•••
of the Beacon, who were some weeks employed in this ,Se
were found insufficient, especially without carts, rafts,l'eele
many of the packages are of a great we*ht, and the eon see,
bad. They have, nevertheless, after vast labour, exatestiT-iiisf
carefully packed up, about eighty cases, which are ectovo
in charge of the Turkish authoritie;, ready for
7013
These will have to be conveyed in carts to the river fis
a distance of about five miles, and thence floated doge
to the sea at Patat a, where a transport, or some hire;oo is
will he sent in the summer to receive and convey 10tie
England. The Beacon, after refitting, will return 1' ill.
Magpie, under the orders of Commander Brock is tbs
have a arger vessel next year), to prosecute the surveYle ser
Archipelago ; but Commander Graves, of the Beacon, for
veying officer, will leave Malta in a steamer early in ''s,
tOO5
Athens, Candia, and the coast of Syria, to establish hi, over
mical observations, the true oifferences of longitude o'o3o ft!
places both on the coast and inland, and will perhaps
pair from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, to ascertain 40 jece:
and level, in which travellers disagree. The Scout w'
°s Aid
for Barcelona as soon as she is refitted. The PolYPhlie
convey the next mail from Gibraltar for England, and _t
metheus the overland one to Marseilles, at the close °'
month.
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William Cuming, a seaman of the Cambridge, tute:hel
which occupied nearly two days, has been declared,'
tepee of a Court-Martial assembled on board the Imes
on the 31st ult. and Ist instant, guilty of the murder o$
belonging to the Cambridge, whilst that vessel war. rtelll7r
Gibraltar, and sentenced to be hung on board his shlPo,* ore,
sentence will, it is said, be carried into execution
t° Wios
morning. The prisoner made no defence, and the cos le
made out by letters under his own handwriting ,kiordl
ceased's mother, communicating his intention of t!,,tOK,
boy's life, with a view of saving him from falling intuoe fitly
sin, which his situation in life subjected him to. eta de
soner appears to have committed the act in a monieseedo
ligious frenzy; but having shown no previous or sPa got
to
symptoms of mental derangement, the Court CO' adet
otherwise than pronounce the sentence of the law u
articles of war.
a,re! the
It is with much regret that we have to notice , 01,4
choly occurrence, with loss of life during the sltfolite,':no
Hecate at Jaffa, by the capsizing of the pinnace, 'thee as
to the shore for the
.purpose of securing 10°,ter-e7,01
already there, and placing sentinels over some wl34lo!ict,
on the beach, unable to be got off, owing to
and heavy surf. The First Lieutenant Austen, -mtbe iikeo-,
two seamen, and three privates of the Royal Marinew, 014
were drowned ; other three men reached the shore jeceato
ming, and five were saved by a Turkish boat. Thed %eel°A,
officer was much esteemed for his kind disposition..o)oo b 01;
capability, and his loss is deeply lamented by all( the Woo.
This is the only vacancy that has fallen to the gift °ten e
Admiral Sir Francis Mason, and he has very consider,- Sate.ki
ferred the same upon Mr. Joseph Dornford (Bargefisteri v-00
her Majesty's ship Howe (flag ship) the son of loos.
officer. The Savage arrived at Malta, from Ales
the Ist inst. a 0 •
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Owen, the newly-ePP,%intelllelti'Bl
Commander-in • Chief in the Mediterranean, arrive" afters
the Queen (120), on the afternoon of the 2d inst frees ?ere,
markably quick voyage of eleven days and a bah na Algae
head, including a few hours' stoppage at Gibraltar a. of let sir
without having made a single tack from the monierZoira', 0
England to her reaching Malta harbour. Rear" he fie.eherc
Francis Mason is to remain on the station inls 1.1,5,„0.
second in command. The Impregnable proceeloist
under the command of Captain Forrest, who will soi 101.
modore's broad pendant. The Spy merchant ve the Lis
reached Malta from London, only eleven days froth On
ea° soil
ST. tjAll (ES'S THEATRE.—Herr Dohler's loioeire
tic exhibitions at this theatre surpass ever' Aldltiehrs
c rberened
Jacobs' displ 'Lys. His feat in the opening scene, in iv drirhs
displayed 200 candles, is quite wonderful. The '4;11 discherl-eri•
for effect, and as the magic philosopher enters, he illo°de is
pistol, upon which they all become immediat,TY jot
with
Another fea t is that of the " Gypsey Kitcheo..n thee' lop•
placed on b rackets; dead pigeons are plOA'edflt, epivinese%
water to cock them ; fire is applied by means ° oleo eu. Oth`r -
the lid is rai red to take out the cooked pigeonsO
a flight of live ones, who flutter about in full anim
nor"
feats are equalis surprising. Gross 0 the
The Er ri of kVilton has arrived in wile ke of
square, frot a Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowb.rarlihePou_ two
hunting seas on is nearly brought to a closcee_o%,,feseysieotr,
Wellington I lad a long Interview with him ye.
till half past three, F.M. The Duke will cona.„7ace is. L'riis
`third year or i the Ist of next month, but his 'sod takes the
health, se, a ..,
rent)y in t 1 e enjoyment of excellent , goo
of
House •
hour of seven, A.M.
daily walks sin the garden attached to Apo:,
• 0. the
113.5a„Put by the ilpe'
Commons to pass the tariff measure " wituu.
__se News-
TuE mfr.—A petition raying pooible esroPoo.
tion," is now r lying for signature at the E na"
t a to
—Liverpool Mercury. reSerl-e death
Alnvvick Castle,
Rectory
Do
,skiesdoonf, Nneoarrthumberland
ga abtir
Th 3 annual value of the Rectory is 557/. i
the lt
of the late irchdeacon Singleton,
A letter from Hanover, sth inst
p tersbuigh, or
ertO
on his ictur: a from Berlin, go to St. e.
also exiieete
to the Rev. +
bceorprlieesspeonnt
the
es
approaching
epsrotaheaht:n;hge
feKtei ns.g of
It_iit.sanlivo. vetrEivoi:!,
aPnro:rld'
this letter, t hat the King will subsequently 1"
im
nature.
The Go vernment of Russia has itrerdieted the
p5arta„..........ti0n of
_____nir-guns and all, arms of a similar

DIED. s
D o
On the .`2d inst., at Brussels, Sir Danettu Campbell, Bazo
of
of Barcaldin e and Glenure, Argyllshire. 14
Esq., Le
On the t Ith inst., at Berlin, Thomas Eusliby,
St. Croix, / Test Indies.
On the lIN inst., at Largo, Fifeshire, Thomas Dorhsta'
Esq., Lieuteis, ant, Royal N
On the 1501 inst., at Cla pham•common, Elizabeth, young"l
daughter, of J;oi m Ward, E sq., of Durham.

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Londen: Pr intet.' and Prsblished by MURDO
No. 112, Strati. • at rte Sue. ()ince,
the Count r of 'Ali,idlesex, Saturday, April 16, 1541
Nn. t42"Strand, 10