Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-12-14

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| the Dock Yard" being in the bill of" The Queens
Theatre for the sht of the 9th ult.
At the surry Theatre we see three transatlantic
| novelties annoanced-" Elk Manager haywood AS
| Caleb, in the Bride Of Lammermoor, with Yankee
Smith and the Pickannny Colmaa in Jim along Jo-
| sey." At the Olympic-late Vestrs's, anew far &c
called Widows Bewitched, which b ais and Batter
play he principal parts, produced on the Sth.
| Among the musical attractions at Drury Lane, we
perceive the selections from Les Huguenots, Tampa
Messiah, and Locks Music in Macbeth on the same
evening. Eliason is the musical dire ctor, and the
scheme appears TO have SGT old Drury fairly ahoat
again on the troubled sea of popular f4ter
The Princes Thcatre-late Braham's, is to be
opened Opera House with Miss Rsmer for the
| Prma Danna. The opening novelty is to be a
opera by the brother of that very talented youns
! lady.
Two STARS. Charles Kcan aud Ellen Tree were
both to play in AS you like ito the 18th nit, at
Liverpool Theatre. Jacques and Rosaland were the
| parts selected ofcoursc.
| Mr.. Woogar and Mrs Conway creating
sensation at Worcester, and Mr. Betty is doing the
| same thing at Bridgowater
Madame Caradori Allan was engaged Ia sing AT
Birmingham; thence TO Brighton, and after warls
visit Liverpool.
The only items Of Partisan Theatricas are as fol-
| lows The devotees of la belle Esscr will be
| prised thereat:
| Fanny Elssler HIS returned to Paris. She arrived
just Louise Fz James had made hit in the ballet
| of lie Dieu ct la Bayedere.
BY the ordinary mail from Paris we have received
the whole of the French journals Of thursday, bat
! the news which they bring anticipated by the
extraordinary express with the Kings Speech, at
| opening the Chambers.
or that Speech we Yesterday expressed our entire
appreciation, in few hastily ritten sentences, and
we have only to add that upen more deliberate re-
Election we said nothing which we wish either to
| retract or modify. The Speech is all that eX
pected from the well known moderation Of the King
and the Minister for Foreign Affairs by whom il
| drawnup. Butwe must await the debates upon il,
TO ascertain its importance with respect TO the des
| TIMES of France and of Europe. At present every
symptom in the political horizon indicates the con
A correspond en- Captain Fisher, the off
Ger Immediately in command Of the blockading sqna-
| dron off Alexandria, and the Consu!s General of
France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, and Norway, Sar
| DINA, Tuscany, the Two Sicies, Greece, Holland,
Belgium, and the Uaited States Of America, resident
in Egypt dated the 10Th and llth of October, the
subject Of the blockade, appears in the Paris papers
The substance of it is simply that Captain Fisher
Ignorant OF the postpsnement Of the camille block
ade by the Porte the 10Th Of October, ordered it
| to commence the 6th but having learned four
days afterwards from the COnsuls General that they
had received the irman for its postponeinent he at
once raised the blockade on merchant vessels, and
that it the wish of the British Gov nrnment that
| every facility should be afforded to commerce
| SUBMISSION OF CANDIA.-We have lately heard
of the project of Government to occupy the ISL
and Of Gambia, and had to believe that Ad-
mirl Stopford had turned his attention to that island
in order 10 winter there. Whether the Ministry of
the LIST Of March had any such idea not, nothing
| has been done to carry it into effect. Yet what
| could have been more natural (since Mehemet Ali
consented to restore that island to the Porte, than
to accept it from the viceroy, with the intention
give it up after that arrangement of the affairs of
the East.
1t is now too late. We have news from Constan-
tnople that the Pacha who commanded in Candia
for Mehemet Ali has recognised the authority of the
Porte that 10 to say, that that island is at the
disposal OF England lie Commerce.
NJ DE Lamartine was received yesterday by the
King The Duke de Brogs is still spoken of for the
post OF Ambassa dor at London.-Unirers.
The Ambassadors OF Austria, Prussia, and Hano-
yer, and the Minister Resident Of Hcsse Darmstsdt,
suscessvely presented to his Majesty yesterday let
tiers Of congratulate from their respective Sover
eigns respecting the attempt his lite the 18Th
OF October.-Le Constitutional
The War In syria.
BAY OF DJoUNI, Sept "a
On the 10th the Cyclops steamer left Djouni for
the purpose Of making reconnaissance Of the coast
between Bsyrout and Sidon. few miles to the
led the Khan OF Ons, Jonas, (beng, according To
tradition, the spot where the prophet swallowed
by the whale, on the sea shsre, hating place for
the caravans from Damascus, as well as from the
southern ports to Beyrout. As soon as the stca
mer appeared of this position. body Of troops,
about five or six hundred wers observed moving
down from n mountain village about n,i'e distant.
They formed upon the beach, and having gone
through few evoutions, ok possession of the
building The steamer opened fire, and alter few
shots the whole body was in disordered flight to.
wards Sidon. The few mountaineers who remained
in the mel shborhood imme dately availed themselves
OF this opportunity TO gain the beach, and boat ha
wing been sent TO the mouth Of the Damoor river,
brought aboard the Shecks OF two large villages,
which lie between this part Of the coast and der ell
kamnar, the capital Of the Emir Beschir. From
those learned that, by the occupation of the
caravansera the Arnauts commanded the only outlet
by which the people coald conc down from the Le-
banon 60 this part of the Shores that being unarmed
the mountanccrs were held in subsection by COM
parativcly small body Of mon; and that IL nm oppor
tcnity was afforded TO them, at least 1000 Of them
| would come down, and II provided with arms and
ammunition they would undertake to march upon
Il -. e. al
ened by what we had heard at Djouni and quite in
| accordance with our experience at other parts Of
The coast The Importance Of opening the commu
| cations was fully proved by what had taken place
oa the coast to the north Of Beyrout. knew Of
Que instance in which this sort Of information rcce-
we'd from the people has not been fully realized asd
trust steps may be taken TO enable large body Of
them to move upon, and take possession, as they
promise 10 do, Of the capital Of Lebanon The stca-
continued its route, and towards evening archo-
red of Sidon.
DEscRIprroS Of srpoN.-This town is cor sdered
Of the most important in the occupation OF the
Pacba. IL is his great depot OF arms, ammunition,
and provisions, from which he is enabled to supply
his troops along the two lines from III Arish and from
Bcyrout IL slavery strong position too, being pro.
tected GA the land side by a fortress upon a most
| commanding height, and having for ITS sea defence
| one OF those old massive towers by which almost
the whole 9Th Of this coast protected There is,
besides, a large well built barrack, Ioopholed
every story, and connected with the tower by an
| arehed causeway. The Cyclops anchored at about
800 yards from the barrack. Alargc body Of Egyp-
| tisa troops were busily engaged in throwing mp
works in front Of the town. They were interrupted
by shot, and CAPITALS Austin very prHdcnty deem
ed 1t advisable 10 continue firing until the further
| progress Of the defence became impossible. AL.
though there were five guns mounted the FORT the
fire OF the Cyclops was not returned. Is the course
of the evening two three Of he people Of the town
contrived to escape TO the ship From them we
| learned that the town was garrissned by between
1910 and 1000 troops, chiefly Egyptians; that IL
contained large stores Of every description, from
which the force under the imr ediate command Of
Solyman Pacha derived its chief resources. We
| were also told that large convoy Of camels would
| leave that night for Beyrout
| A few hours before daybreak on the following
| morning, the cyclops got under weieh and in a short