Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-10-08
Arrival Of the steamer
CALEDONIA.

4 hODHDLE - Il LLJn EJN VI
THE TURCO-EG Up Tim CUES
TION. AND PREVENTIO.N OF
THE EAS TERN W.ARS-yc.'
The third ship of the British Royal Mail
line Of steamers for this port, the CALEDo-
MA, Capt Richard Cleand, arrived this
morning, little before clock. bringing
London dates to the evening of the 18th
and Liverpool to the l9th-the day of sail
ing.
The Caledonia has been 10 days and IA
hours from dock to dock. She lost Shours
at Halifax, and 10 Lours below, on account
OF the fog-havng arrived below ,oith'n
.fve miles Of The city at o'clock last even
ing.
There is no later news from China, and
affairs in Spain and Portugal appear to be
moro than usually quiet. The whole as
pect Of affairs was decidedly pacific at the
last date.
The Blockade of Alexandria commence
ed on the LIST ult by Admiral Stopford.
Several Of the Pasha's vessels had been
seques,ered by the British naval authori-
ties.
The Viceroy's fleet Egyptian and Turk
ish) was drawn up in order OF battle in the
roads Of Alexandria.
The prospects of general war had
pretty much blown over. The London
Morning Herald Of the 18th gives by an
extraordinary express from Paris, the fol-
lowing statement, which may be desgna-
ted important if tue" If the tardy con-
'cession which Mehemit Ali has made at
the eleventh hour will satisfy the four pow
ers, now that matters have been pushed to
such an extremity, it seems cleverly
scheme for breaking the old mans fall
without compromising his dignity or pride.
The other morning papers are silent on
she subject of the proposed arrangement,
and their correspondents at Alexandria
represent him as being flexible at the expi-
ration ofthe second ten days notice. We
sincerely hope for the sake of humanity,
and the preservation of the peace Europe,
that the Herald's statement may be true.
as it opens door for the pacific settlement
of this ugly question
We have received the following important
communication from our Paris correspon-
dent.-Letters from Malta Of the 18th Sep
TENDER, contain the following important in
telligence:-
Count Calewski has proposed to Mehem-
ct Ali project of arrangement, which the
Viceroy has decided on accepting. The
count has set off in haste to Constantinople
in order to have the project presented to
she Divan, through the French ambassador
M De Pontois Among other clauses con-
tanned in this project there is one, it is as
serted, which is likely to facilitate the al
most desperate arrangement ofthe eastern
euestion--.viz: Mehemet Ali consents to
accede to the proposal ofpossessing Syria
for his life only.
Notwithstanding the tardy and partial
acquiescence of Mehemet Ali in the de-
mands ofthe four powers, the Paris papers
of the last dates talk quite as warlike as at
any time since the commencement of the
panic on the Eastern question; though, if
Mehemet has yielded, we scarcely know
what they will make war out of. There
had, however, been great rise in the funds
ION Wednesday, say franc and hall, and
everything except the lone of the newspa-
pers indicates peace. A letter from Con
stantinople, published in the Gazette OIL
Leips;c, states, that the Turkish feet which
had sailed from Constantinople under the
orders of Commodore Walker had on board
25 900 muskets and $50 600 cartouches.
1T likewise mentions that the Ottoman Por-
tie had dispatched courier to Rome to1
request his Holiness the Pope, to give or
tders to the patriarch Of Lebanon to exhort
ihe population of Syria to observe obedi-
,ence to the Sultan. Ifthe Pope acceeded
to this request, there weui! very soon be
go 900 men under arms in Syria.
"A letter'from Warsaw, dated the Sd Of
Sept published in the National, states that
ahe Emperor Of Russia had just left that
city, and that his presence had given new
animation to the preparations for war
All Yeserves of the artillery and Of the
troops Of the line had left Warsaw to join
the army. In Bessarabia alone there were
30. 900 men assembled and the troops alto
,gether concentrated on the Turkish From
Tier amounted to 100000 men. Prince
Paskewitch was otake the command of
this array. Russia is not concealng her
,plap: she is anxiously pressing forward her
froops in order to conclude the campaign
before winter sets in.