Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-08-05

Powers TO induce the ndllVe dTeeKS 10 lay uOWH
their arms, return to their homes, and send away
the strangers who had excited them to rise. The
Serasker Mustapha, and the Admiral, Pahr Pa
sha, having in vain offered to pardon them on
submission attacked and routed them at the viii
lage of Provarma, between the towns OF Retmo
and Gambia. Negotiations were resumed by the
British naval captains the station, but thwart-
ed by the arrival and interference OF the French
vessel Acheron. The last intelligence from that
island was brought by the captain OF merchant
vessel, who, when sailing near Sphakia on the
18th of June, heard the noise of a battle, which
lasted from 2 p. m. till dusk, commencing with
musketry and concluding with heavy Turkish
cannonade. The Greeks have no cannon
Subscriptions are in progress Tor the aid OF the
insurgents At Athens $4,000 drachme have
been collected +; at Syria 10000 draohme, and at
Marseles 80, 00Of-Londoa Times, July 18th.
Letters from Alexandra of the Goth June an
nounce the formal acceptance of the amended
haiti scheriff by Mehemet Ali, on the 18th ult.,
at the hands Of the Turkish Envoy. Itconcedes
the succession en- heredite to I" the eldest son,
without attempting to decide which of the three
probable claimants is indcated-Vz lbrahim,
the eldest son by adoption Abbas, the eldest
of the eldest deceased; and SAID, the
eldest living son, born of a slave. 1t also fixes
the power to nominate to grades as high as that
of colonel The paragraph relative to the trlb-
decaratory of the claim of the Sultan to one
fourth of the gross revenues of Egypt but vi
zerlaI letter, which accompanied the hattl-scher
if, comedies TO the Pasha's wish, compounds for
an annual payment Of 2,0OO0OO dollars, be-
sides about 1900, 900 dollars more, on the
old account. A trif1lng salute only had been fir
ed on the Pasha's investiture. The troops, ships,
and batteries were exercised heretofore, and
every impediment was still opposed to the open
i,,fr Of fen ia hli rtar An flpl in
the Vi2era letter recognizes the power of the
Pasha to adapt his internal administration to the
pecularities of the people and ofthe country, and
virtually affords him the opportunity TO do what
he pleases in continuation with the land, It's pro-
duce, and it's inhabitants. The plague at Alex
andrla diminishing in the extreme heat, and
the cases had fallen to between and Is per day.
Ibrahm Pasha still at Cairo, preparing to
meet his father at Esneh on the Upper Nile, as
the plague, which had fallen at Cairo to 30 deaths
per day, had again risen to 60. 1t had ceased at
Rosetta.
The Courier Francois announces that "the
Eastern question has entered INTO Il phase,
and not the least curious. 1t is quite certain that
in consequence of the disturbed state of Arabia,
and the dangers to which the holy cities are eX
posed the Sultan has granted the government of
that province to the Pasha of Egypt This will
give him an excuse for maintaining his present
army, and very probably the state OF affairs in
Syria will induce the Porte to restore the Coy
eminent Of that country likewise to Mehemet
Ali
GREECE.
MALTA, June 25.-Two important pieces of
news arrived yesterday by the Eurotas Leyant
packet. The first, from Athens, informs us that
M. Mavrocordato, lately appointed President of
the Council and Minister Of Foreign Affairs in
Greece, has resigned his office into the Kings
ham Tba Qtnp wi lr wa Is
taken in the night of the Goth, is not precisely
known, but the event is the more surprlzlng as
the King had acceded to the Minister program
me- AT the same time, as It is only the post OF
President of the Council that M. Mavrocordato
has given up, it is not impossible that the differ
ences which have arisen between King Ohio and
his Prime Minister. whose entry into power has
raised the hopes of the people, may be made up
The other intelligence is derived from Crete
through letters of the 18th. On the 18th there
an engagement between the Turkish troops,
which was commenced by the first, but who, al
ter battle of several hours, were defeated and
compelled to retreat to the mountains, pursued
for a considerable distance by Mustapha Pacha
at the head of two batalions Of regulars. The
Turks, according to their own account, had only
a few men wounded while their adyersaries had
at least 20 hors de comjai, and the CaDdians on
their side assert that they sustained no loss at all
From this contradiction it is evident that the al
fair was any thing but decisve.-Sud Of Muir
settles.
LIVERPOOL, July l2.--The Cotton sales com
prise 1000 bales ofall kinds, without any altera-
ton in prices.
A terrible accident occurred ON Monday, the
9th ofJnly, at Rotterdam, no less than the drown
ing OF over sixty persons. A large boat was
launched from the building yard of Mr.. Cham
bers, with great number of persons on board
In gliding into the water, from some cause which
has not been ascertaned, the vessel fell on
one side, ana every person on board was thrown
into the canal with the boat upon them. The
agony Of the spectators at this event is indescri
babe.
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