The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-10 00:00:00

TURKEY AND EGYPT.

Constantinople letters of the 16th alt stale that the insur-
rection of the ruses hail not yet been appeased ; that it wasy-
on the contrary, gaining ground, and would probably end in
a general rising of Syria against the Egyptian army. The
Ottoman fleet hail not proceeded beyond the Dardanelles up
to the 4th ult. The most warlike preparations occupied the
Porte. Two regiments of lancers are stated to have been dis-
patched at the latter end of the week ending the 15th'ult.,
their destination being the division under the Seraskier, which
at this moment is on the very frontiers of Caramania and
Syria, if it have not actually advanced into the Viceroy's ter-
ritory. A large quantity of ammunition and 6000 stand of
arms were also sent off on the 15th ult. for Angora, though it
was doubtful whether that was their real destination. The
exchange on London was at 108 i.
We learn, via Marseilles, that Mehemet Ali's fleet quitted
the port of Alexandria on the morning of the 17th, consisting
of nine ships of the line, mounting 100 or 120 guns, five fri-
gates, five corvettes, six brigs, and a large steamer, in all 25
sail. Each ship had 4000 rounds of ammunition for her guns.
Mehemet Ali had not sailed with the fleet, as was his first in-
tention. The squadron was destined for the coast of Syria.
The Alexandrian correspondence, which brings this intelli-
gence, treats the chances of war between the two powers with
slight, and says no such thing will occur.
The Journal de Smyrna of the 14th ult. publishes a letter
from Beyrout of the 27th of June, announcing that the 1-la-
ouran insurgents were still in the field, keeping in check the
imposing forces commanded by Ibrahim Pasha and Soliman
Pasha, and had been joined by a multitude of mountaineers
and deserters from the Egyptian camp. It was reported in
Beyrout that the Egyptian army had been completely beaten,
and suffered a considerable loss in a late engagement. Ibra-
him having gained a trifling advantage over the Druses, pur-
sued them in the hope of cutting them to pieces before they
could reach their fastnesses It appears, however, that on ar-
riving in the first defiles of Hanuran, the fugitives rallied, at-
tacked with desperation their Egyptian pursuers, and made a
horrible slaughter of them. According to less exaggerated
accounts, the loss sustained by Ibrahim on that occasion
amounted to upwards of 6000 men. Others estimated it at
10,000. These may be erroneous, but all the reports agree in
representing it to have been very considerable. After this
sanguinary conflict, the Drusei recovered their former posi-
tions, where they were collecting ammunition and provisions
of all kinds. Ibrahim, on the other hand, was preparing to
take a signal revenge for his defeat, and had sent to Aleppo
for large reinforcements. A chief of the Druses had decapi-
tated the Governor Reshlya.

GERMANY.
Great preparations are making at Milan for the corona-
tion. According to the German papers, Genoa was not able
to supply the quantity of velvet necessary for hanging around
the cathedral, and 10,000 yards were got from England. An
English gentleman had paid £3OO sterling for an apartment
°flour rooms on the Piazza.