The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-06 00:00:00

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CHINA, INDIA, AND EGYPT,

(Prom the Times of Yesterday.)
EXPRESS FROM MARSEILLES.
By an extraordinary express, in anticipation of the overland
mail, we have received papers, together with, our private
correspondence, from Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta, and
also intelligence from the coasts of Egypt and Syria.
The mail was brought to Suez by the Victoria steamer,
which left Bombay on the 28th of August, and arrived at
Suez on the 18th of September, and Marseilles on the Ist of
October.

Nothing was known of the China expedition since the 13th
of June, when it was met near Poula Sapata, half way be-
tween Singapore and Macao. The Canton papers of the end
of May contain accounts of an attack by some Chinese junks
on the Hellas schooner, which, after a serious conflict, suc-
ceeded in repelling them.
Admiral Elliott reached Singapore on the 16th of June,
and sailed after the expedition on the 18th.
Lord J. Churchill, captain of the Druid, died of dysentery
at Macao on the 2d of June.
Scinde continued in a disturbed state. The districts
around Khelat were occupied by a force of 6,000 insurgents
under the orders of Merab Khan, who had made himself
master of several towns, and massacred in one affair 150
sepoys. Affghanistan was tranquil, but Schah Sooja was
becoming every day more unpopular, and, were it not for the
energy of the British officers, peace would not be long pre-
served in his dominions. The government of the Nepaulese
evinced a most inimical feeling towards the British, and
would, it was feared, profit by the absence of the force em-
ployed on the China expedition to commence hostilities.
Preparations were accordingly making in Bengal to repel any
attack from that quarter.

Our advices from Beyrout, which have reached us by extra-
ordinary express, come down to the 20th ult. They mention
the arrival there of Turkish transports with 6,000 men. The
Turkish squadron, under the command of Rear-Admiral
Walker, consisted of one Turkish line-of-battle-ship, two
frigates, two corvettes, and 24 sail of transports, having on
board 5,400 troops. In the afternoon of the 9th ult., all the
vessels anchored off Beyrout, and preparations were made
for disembarkation ; and a body of Egyptian troops being
observed on the heights, the Cyclops threw fire-shells at
them. The disembarkation was effected on the 10th ult., in
a small bay to the north of Beyrout, without the slightest
casualty or opposition. The bombardment of Beyrout com-
menced on the 11th, and continued until the 20th, when the
Prometheus sailed for Alexandria with the intelligence of its
destruction. _

On the 11th ult. Admirals Stopford and Bandeira addressed
a letter to Soliman Pasha, the governor of Beyrout, telling
him, that in order to spare the effusion of blood they had
slackened their tire, and calling on him to surrender the
town. Soliman Pasha replieu, that he had orders from his
master and benefactor, Mehemet Ali, to defend the town, and
that he would do so, and that any demands they had to make
they should address to Mehemet Ali.
An attempt was made to take the fort of Gabiel, near Bey-
rout, on the 12th, by 150 marines, but they were forced to
retreat to the boats with the loss of 5 killed and 17 wounded.
The fort was evacuated on the following day, and taken pos-
session of by the mountaineers of Lebanon, who are described
as daily joining the allied forces in great numbers, under the
Emir Abdallah. Care was taken to supply them with arms
and ammunition. Many of the Egyptian troops were said to
be disaffected, and to have deserted.

We have received by extraordinary express our private ad-
vices from Alexandria, dated the 23d ult.
By these accounts we learn that the blockade of Beyrout
was executed with the greatest vigour while it lasted, and in-
telligence had been received at Alexandria that large offers
had been made to the Governors of Acre, Beyrout, and Da-
mascus to desert the cause of Mehemet Ali ; but, so far from
accepting these bribes, the Governors of those towns de-
spatched couriers to Alexandria to acquaint Mehemet Ali
with the offers made them.

All the sandbanks between the old and new harbours of
Alexandria were studded with cannon and mortars. Great
preparations were also making for the supply of the army in
Syria.
It is said that advices had been sent to Bombay, in antici-
pation of the commencement of hostilities, to forward the
next India mail overland either by Bagdad and Aleppo, or by
Trebisond and, Constantinople.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MISCELLANY.

PLEASANT FOR WINEBIBBERS.—A letter from the de-
partment of l'Ain has the following :—" We are in the midst
of our vintage at Revermont. The crop in several cantons
surpasses all expectation. In fact, its abundance has taken
us so much by surprise that we do not know where to place
the grapes."
TUE PRESENT EGYPTIAN MINISTERS.—The highest
authority under the Viceroy of Egypt is that of his eldest son,
Ibrahim Pacha, who is commander-in-chief of the army, and
next that of Abbas Pacha (Mehemet Ali's grandson, the son
of Toussom Pacha), who is president of the council of
ministers. The present ministers are Boghos Youssouf
Bey, minister of foreign affairs and commerce ; Mehemet
Bey, minister of war ' • Edhem Bey, minister of instruction
and public works; Hassam Bey, minister of marine; and
Mehemet Effendi, minister of finance.
The Courrier de Bordeaux relates the following catas-
trophe :—" A lady of this city, who had been for a long time
persecuted by the addresses of M. B. de F., a man for whom
she felt no attachment, repeatedly rejected them, and at last
made up her mind to escape from her importunities by leaving
the town. Early on Saturday morning M. B. de F. suddenly
made his appearance at the foot of her bed, and, in answer
to her demand of what he wanted with her,'presented a pair
of pistols. The lady, with a mother's instinct, sprung
towards a bed where her children were lying, to protect them.
M. B. de F. immediately fired one of the pistols at her, and,
believing from her screams that she was mortally wounded,
put the muzzle of the other pistol to his right eye and dis-
charged its contents into his own head. He lived to be
carried home, but died in the course of the day."

Alderman Pirie ....
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer..

Alderman Pirie
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer..

Alderman Pirie .
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer

T, ECTI 0 N CR LORD MAYOR.

f•••••Pr,",^4,
THIRD DAY,-THURSD&Y.
The polling was resumed this morning at nine o'clock, but
it did not proceed with quite so much animation as yester-
day. The hall was crowded, and the neighbourhood of
King-street presented a bustling appearance. The placards
of Mr. Alderman Harmer are very numerous, the majority
of which bear the following inscription :—" The crisis is now
depending. Rush to the poll. Hurrah for Harmer."
Mr. Harmer's friends and supporters have lost all that
confidence which they exhibited yesterday, and now admit
that there is a doubt of success. Some go further, and say
that they consider there is but little chance. It is not how-
ever the fault of Alderman Harmer's committee if he is un-
successful, as every possible means are used to induce the
Livery to come to the poll ; but it will be seen, by the fol-
lowing numbers polled this morning, that the majority of
Messrs. Pixie and Johnson is steadily and regularly increas-
ing :

TEN O'CLOCK.

Majority for Pine .....
Majority for Johnson . ,
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

Majority for Pirie
Majority for Johnson
TWELVE O'CLOCK,

Alderman Pirie
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer

Majority for Pirie
Majority for Johnson
ONE O'CLOCK.

. 1318
. 1306
. 1169

. 1449
. 1434
. 1229

1545 i
1527
1301

Alderman Pirie
Alderman Johnson l6BB
Alderman Harmer..

Majority for Pirie
Majority for Johnson.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Alderman Pirie
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer

1822
1800
1488

Majority for Pirie .
Majority for Johnson
THREE O'CLOCK-(THIS DAY'S CLOSE).
Alderman Pirie
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer

Majority for Pirie . 339
Majority for Johnson
GROSS STATE OF THE POLL AT THE CLOSE OF THE

FOURTH DAY.-FRIDAY.
Alderman Pirie
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer

. 2242
. 2185
. 1752

Majority for Pirie
Majority for Johnson
Very fond anticipations were indulged in by the Dispatch-
ites that Friday would be a "lucky" day to them, but for
no other reason that we could learn than they were quite sa-
tisfied that Saturday would be very " unlucky" to them.
The result of the first hour's poll destroyed all the fanciful
" honeysuckle work" which they had been running up in
their brains. At ten o'clock the gross poll was as follows :
Alderman Pirie was 1933
Alderman Johnson l9lO
Alderman Harmer 1574

Majority for Pirie 159
Majority for Johnson
Although the result was not made known to the friends of
Alderman Harmer in attendance, yet the frequent cry of
" Thank you for Aldermen Pirie and Johnson" was proof
undeniable that Publicola's paymaster was " dragging his
slow length along" after his opponents at an increasing dis-
tance. The frequently-repeated groans at, and the unfre-
quent cheering of, the liverymen by the Dispatchites, as the
former tendered their votes, was plainly indicative of their
hopeless state. And here it may be observed that the per-
sons at the barriers yesterday were several degrees higher in
the scale of decency, both in appearance and manners, than
those in attendance on the previous days ; still they flung
Dispatch politics and " regenerating" principles about with
anything but a fastidious hand. Indeed their idol, the wor-
thy alderman, who occupied a seat in front of the hustings
during the day, might very appropriately and most acceptably
have addressed them in the language of the Dunciad—
" Who flings most filth and wide pollutes around
The stream, be his the weekly journal (s) bound."

Throughout the day the majority in favour of Pirie and
Johnson, as will be seen below, continued to increase.

ELEVEN O'CLOCK
Alderman Pirie
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer

1978
1951
1591

Majority for Pirie 387
Majority for Johnson
TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Alderman Pirie 2031.
Alderman Johnson 2OOB
Alderman Harmer

Majority for Erie....
Majority for Johnson
_ ONE O'CLOCK.

. 2099
. 2072
. 1671