The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-09-12
LATER FROM ENGLAND.

The latest information from PaflS, Is Oh ia
.ure to strengthen hopes of an amicabe arrange
pent of the affairs of the East. The orders
which have been transmitted to the French fleet
are understood to be by no means of an agSreS-
sive character The army, though considerably
increased, will not be put on the full war estao-
lishment; and the government seem thoroughly
disposed to show as much discretion as energy
The Syrian instruction had been entirely put
down.
From the London Times.
We have this moment received, by exTaordin-
arv express, the Paris papers of Sunday niSht'
with letter from our correspondent.
The Moniteur Partisan of that night contains
the following
seTELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
SeGovernment has received the subJolned des-
patch, which we hasten to publish. We must,
however, add, that despatch from Alexandria
dated the 23d ult and brought from Msrseliies,
by telegraph, says nothing on the subject oil IT,
"MARSEuLEs, August l, o'clock, P m.
'STHE PREFEcT or THE MOUTHS or THE kHoNE
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE council
sIieutenant Spark, of the British navy, com
handing the Prometheus British steamer, which
LETT Malta on the 2Sth July, and has arrived TINS
inst, states that on the day of his departure the
English packet from Beyrout and Alexandra
announced that the instruction Of Syria hpa
been terminated without shot, and that the
Egyptian fleet had returned TO Alexandra with
part of the troops 1t had conveyed to SYRIA"
Our Paris letter, dated Sunday night, ~
o'clock, states that the above intelligence pro-
duced at Tortoni's slight improvement IN the
funds. The per Cents, which were at
o'clock that afternoon at SlE, rose TO Sill IUc.
tTbara xxas M nt her news stirring. The man
ner in which the foreign Cabinets would receive
intelligence o! the warlike preparations OF
France was still the cause Of intense anxiety.
With the exception of the Duke and Duchess
of Orleans, who would continue to reside at st
Cloud; the Royal family were to proceed to the
Chateau of Eu Gn Normandy tomorrow
The following appeared in third edition Of
The Times OF yesterday:-
We have received the following Geographic
despatch from Paris. In the present critical as
pect of affairs every symptom of change in the
public feeling is of Importance
''Ths impression in Paris on Sunday was more
unsatisfactory than on the proceeding day al
though the tone eff the journals Was less hostile.
The measures ordered BY Government Were IN
progress Of execution"
Letters from alexandria, of the 18th uit, re-
seived in Malta, by the Beonidas steamer, brought
accounts of this paciiication of Syria, des-
pdtcH from the GONGIHllGHL Vi Nltu'D N''NN
the 18th ut., informed the viseroy Of this iOrtu-
nate event. The Druses and other insurgents
had sent hostages to Damascus in return to pro-
positions made by Mehemct Ali, granting them
important concessions On receipt OF this In
telligence, the Pacha Immediately addressed
circular letter TO the consuls, apprising them OF
the BaGitic conclusion of the Syrian instruction.
The Egyptian division of Is frigates and one
sail eli the line, which had left Bcyroqt on the
appearance of the Powerful and the Edinburg
before that city, had returned to Alexandria.
FROM THE EAST.
The Mecto, with the mails from India, arriv-
ed at Malta, bringing letters and papers from
Bombay TO the 23d of June.
The Bombay Times gives particulars of two
distressing shipwrecks OF East lndiamcn, which
occurred off Bombay. The first was that Of the
Lord William Bentinck, East Indiaman, which
sailed from Londsn on the oath February, with
troops, and was wrecked on the 18th June;
passengers, IS recruits, and 20 of the officers
were lost. On the same day, the Lord Castle
rcagh from Karac,, with troops, also
wrecked, and only 20 of the 2OOPersons on board
We're saved; Captain Earle, of the 9th, DR.. Da-
vies, and Lieut. Walker, were among the drown
ed Mr. Webster, of the American Press, and
some others, at a considerable personal risk,
picked up the commander, Capt. longs, who was
clinging to a small plank
The Chinese were actively engaged in making
for defence. Volunteers were in
vited and encouraged 10 join the celestial army,
and the womsn of several of the maritime cities
had been removed into the interior from fear of
an attack OF tAe English. No hostilities had of
late occurred along the coast.
OF the plan Of operations nothing had trans
PRED, but it was generally believed that the
would open by the bombardmsnt of
Canton.
The same uncertainty continued to prevail re-
speeding the movements of the Russians in Tur-
kistan. 1t appeared, however, certain that they
had not yet gained possession of khiva, Capt
Abbot, our envoy in the country, has left for St
Petersburg, on mission from the Khan of Xiii
va for the Russian government.
The state of affairs in Afghanistan was rather
unsatisfactory. Sehah Sooja would not, it was
feared, be able to maintain himself on the throne
of Cabul, without the assistance of the British
The country between Canahar and Guznee was
IN instruction; troops had been marched against
the revolters, and an engagement had been fought,
in which they had lost between 200 and 500 men
The Arabs made AN attack upon Alden in the
night of the 10th of May last, but were repulssd
with loss. Another was expected on the 9th Of
June.
Letters from Constantiuople, of the 18th ult.
that khosrew Pacha, having been de-
tected in a conspiracy against the new order of
things, had been exiled to Rodesto, and convey
cd to that place in Turkish war steamer, on
the Sth.
According to the last advices from Circassia,
received in the Ottoman capital, the insurgents
had gained another signal victory over a division
Of 12,e00 Russians near Ghuighara.
The accounts from Tabrin Of the 22d of June,
Itate that the Schah was then on his return to
Teheran. The French embassy had left Isaphan
IN its way back to France, having failed in the
object of its misslon-namely, the es-
ablishment of consuls in different parts of Per-
,ia, and the conclusion Of commercial treaty.
When the Alecto left Beyrout, on the 2lst Ill
limo, with the Indian mail, the country round
was perfectly tranquil, and the Egyptian troops
we're expected soon to return to Aiexandria.-
The Powerful and Edinburg, the Castor frigate,
md Cyclops steamer, were still at Beyroute.-
The two last were about to proceed to Alexan-
iria.
The King of Naples published a decree dated
Palermo, the 2lst ut, announcing that the diff
erence which had arisen between Great Britain
md the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, respecting
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