The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-30 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LEVANT.

We have received Malta papers to the 15th instant. The
following are extracts from the Malta Times:—
ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 7.—The Pacha left yesterday for
Cairo. He told Mr. Larking that he should not molest the
Indian mails, but allow them to pass on as usual. The over-
flow of the Nile has produced the greatest disasters; whole
villages have been swept away, The gardens of the Isle of
Rhoda are completely under water, and ruined. 4,500,000
ardeps of grain, belonging to the Pacha, (kept in magazines,)
have been washed away. Several Europeans. who occupied
land, have suffered severely. The Turco-Egyptian fleet has
partly mutinied. The sailors of the ships No. 2, No. 7, and
No. 9 have refused to go to their quarters, and much fighting
has taken place. The British squadron here, consisting of
the Asia, Implacable, and Daphne, has been reinforced by
the Dido and Gangees.
The Prometheus, which arrived from Corfu on the 12th
inst., mentions that Sir Edmund Lyons had received official
despatches from the seat of war up to the 21st ult. The
leading fact was, that Jafa was in possession of the allies.
The French fleet of 11 sail of the line was in the Gulf of
Saalmis, and was expected to winter there.
SMYRNA, OCT. 10.—The Phoenix steam frigate, Com-
mander R. F. Stopford, left Constantinople on the 3d and
arrived at Smyrna on the sth ; after taking in a supply of
coals she proceeded on the same day to the coast of Syria,
having on board Sir C. F. Smith, R.E., whose health had
been sufficiently re-established to enable him to resume his
important duties. The United States ship of the line Ohio,
Commodore Hull, arrived at Smyrna on the Bth inst. The
United States corvette Cyane, Captain W. B. Latimer, ar-
rived in port off Jaffa on the 24th ult.
M ALTA.—The Prometheus is stopped at the moment of her
departure with the mails (which are on board), which cannot
go forward, in consequence of the receipt of a despatch, at
one o'clock, from Captain Fisher, of the Asia, commanding
the blockading force off Alexandria, stating that he had re-
ceived orders from Admiral Stopford, conformably to instruc-
tions from Lord Ponsonby, to establish a rigid mercantile
blockade. Some other arrangements must therefore be made
for the transmission of these mails by another route.
The Vanguard, 80, Captain Sir R. Dunn, K.C.H., pro-
ceeded from Malta on the 13th for Syria. The Rodney, 92,
Captain Maunsell, arrived on the same day from Cork, with
the 19th regiment on board, and will sail immediately for
Syria. --
GREECE.

SYRA, OCT 11.—The— King and Queen of Greece have
lately visited this town. They remained three days, and the
mayor and town-council gave a grand ball to their Majesties.
His Majesty has refused to sanction the establishment of an
English bank at Athens, for 2,000,000 of drachms, unless it
would restrain its capital to 500,000. People wonder what
can be the motive of such a refusal, so much against the in-
terests of Greece, and the wonder is increased, when no pri-
vilege of issuing paper was required, as the bank was intended
to lend money on mortgage and to discount acceptances.
Torture is practised at Athens. A Greek (though a Turk-
ish subject) happened to he in a house where a robbery for
about 400 dollars was committed. He was accused, taken up
by the captain of gendarmerie, and most horribly tortured at
different times to obtain a confession ; at last, after suffering
unheard-of cruelties, such as being hung up by -the legs, an
iron hoop screwed, round his forehead, wounds inflicted in
his thighs and legs, &c., he managed to send a message to
the Turkish minister, who claimed him, and who has ad-
dressed a strong official note to the Greek Government. The
person who superintended all this torture, and who ordered
it, is named Zeno, and he is the only person daily admitted
to an audience of the King, whereas his Greek ministers are
obliged to apply for a whole week together before they can
get an audience, howsoever urgent may be their business.