Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-11-12
from tie Boston .4.Ias-Er,ra.
iuEsDAY' Nov. 3--2 o'clock, p. NJ.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM
EUROPE
EUROPE.

ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA
me Steamship Britannia, Captain C. f.
1udkins, arrived this morning at half mast s
O'clock having sailed from Liverpool on the
afternoon OF October Goth, making her pas
sage IN 13! days. We give below sum-
mary OF the most important Intelligence.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
IN continuation of the news published in
'iis mornings Atlas, our papers received per
Britannia announced the probability of a pa
enc arrangement Of Eastern afrairs.-But we
should state that this probability is, after all.
only an opinion upon which people in gener-
all and merchants in particular, decline act
ing and that although the general tone ofthe
press is paciiic,s the accounts of actual occur
FENCES in the East are very contradictorv.-
The London Sun of Oct. 10, observes
Upon the whole, however, the impression
In Paris on Saturday was. that the Guestion
would be settled pacifically. Active neqoci.
ations were known to be CARVING ON between
the ablnets Of France and England for ar
ranging the basis Of a final adjustment. and
IL Is not unknown that already many Of the
greatest difficulties have disappeared. Al
ready have the Ambassadors of the -Four
Powers of the Porte been instructed to com.
munlcate to the Sultan, that while they adj
NIT the abstract right of his Higl.ness to de-
pose Mehemet Ali, they nevertheless trust
mat In the event of the Viceroy's early sub
mission the sentence will be revoked, and
s'gyPt ana part OF Syria granted to the T.
egyptian Rulers.
They have further been commanded to
signify to the Porte that as the Consuls of
the -Four Powers had Quilted Alexandria. no
time ought to be lost in communicative TO
the Pacha the benevolent and gracious inten
lions OF his Imperial master. We had ex
pected that some such prudent step would
be taken, and we are well satisfied that il has
been taken so early as to appear the sponta-
neous act of the -Four Powers That the
forte VIII oiter any opposition to the recon-
mendation OF the -Four Powers is inconcciya-
Dle' inasmuch as they have charged them
serves with the entire settlement of the mos
non agreeably to the wishes Of the Porte
itself. Vi
The Allies are masters Of a position rather
alarming for the Pacha. They were in nos
session OF Said, Jafa, D'ioun, D'iebaiI. IA
ma and Inpoli; but So!iman Pacha had re-
entered Beyrout, which they had declined TO
occupy, as they could not command the hills
IN Its rear, hence the Egyptian army could
at any time destroy The town. Acre had moi
peen attacked, and was supposed to be capa-
pie OF serious resistance. The Alexandrian
correspondent of the Moniteur states that the
towns ON the sea coast of Syria are easily Ia
rem put that on their capture depends moi the
fate of Syria. ''''
"ihe French Government says the Min
IsteTlai evening papers, ''has received the
agSPasches oroaght to MaIseilles by the last
dria on the 26th alt. The Government have
not yet received those dated Oct. 8, which
arrived on Tuesday al Toulon. Those oftbe
26th contain no new fact; they confirm what
was already known, that the Libanus was
tranquil. and that Mehemet Ali was restored
to health and was perfectly calm and reso-
Lutte. No accounts had been received from
ibrahlm PaciIa, but il was known that he
sVas concentrating his forces, and that his !