The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-03-30

ing Of the Prince Royal Of Batavia 10 The Ps;sces.
Mary" Her Majesty the Queen has received an
sut.graph letter from Queen Victoria. written in the
German language, in which her Majesty expresses
her joy and gratitude for the visit which she has
ceived from our Monarch"
Greece.
The excitement at Athens and other paces in
Greece, In favor OF proposed change of admiais-
ration, was very great There was also another
cause OF exciiement in prospec war with their
old enemies the Turks report prevailed thai the
differences with the Sutton had been anicabIv AID.
Jused, through the Intervention of the French-but
we cannot trace II TO any reliable source. .rr
The murder of NJ Negropont at Athens, still
formed subject Of much inquiry and speculation.
| He was perhaps the most enterprisng merchant In
Greece, and was much respected. He was for
merly established in business al Manchester Enc.
land, and at that place menced series of CON-
mereia operations which finally resulted in vio-
leAt death
The difficulties between the Druses and Chris
tians Of the Lebanon district were not entirely SET
tied, though the new Turkish governor was doing
all in his power TO effect reconciliation. The ami
nssiues arising from difference OF religion are
most nveterate; and as the Druses hardly recog-
mise the supremacy of the Turkish government, and
have been for long time practically independent
OF It, they will make no concessions beyond tact
agreement to behave themselves tolerabIy we'll pro-
v,ded they are allowed to do pretty much as they
please.
Accounts via st. Petersburgh, and rather vague
onts 100, without dates, represent that the Russian
arms nave been very successful, and that this long
RIosac.ed conflict vii, soon be brought to close.
Inc war mas already been ended about as many
tunes as our own contest 10 Florida, and we do not
believe 1t 10 any nearer q termination A Dutch
paper states that The Circassians had obtained an
other decisive victory over the Russians. routing
their forces with terrible slaughter :" but great
deal OF the Dutch news, new days, is in a shane
that needs confirmation.
French Africa
The fort OF Lebon, the last defence of the Emir's
ses0nd line, has been tota ly destroyed Fifteen
tribes have submitted. The Emir is en- the terri.
terry of Morocco, near the frontier.
Alglers
The news from Africa is said TO be very favorable
to the French government, and Abd-elkader APP
pears to be reduced TO great extremity. The port
Of La Frasonn, ten leagues south OF Temcen, being
the last post OF the second line Of the Emr, was
tirely destroyed on the 9th Fifteen tribes are said
to have made their submission to the French Gov
ernment and according to the intelligence publish.
ed at Paris, Abd-elKsder is driven close up to the
Morocco frontier.
BY the intermediate overland mail, the first des-
patched under the new arrangement, letters and
journals brought to SueZ by the steamer India, and
thence by the Gorgon steam frigate, have reached
London, bearing date, Calcutta, January ii. The
India reached Suez ON the llth Of february, having
touched AT Madras and Point de Gale, (thereby
losing sixty hours) taking eleven days to reach Alden,
where she detained for fuel fifty six hours, and
from which fortress she arrived al Suez in seven days
and sixteen hours. The Gorgon, which received
the mails at Suez, brings advices from Constantine
Ee Of the I'd, Alexandra Of the 18th, and Malta of
the 2O,h ult. .F ~. =.
Nothing fresh had occurred at Candahar The
troops, consisting Of her Majestys 4Oh Regiment,
the I'd, and 4th, sufficiently supplied with pro-
Visions to be enabled TO maintain their position un-
til the spring. In Khelati Ghilzee, there was one
regiment of the Sah's Eureaean Artillery, with two
Is Founders, and provisions for nine months-a po-
siiioR which no Afghan could touch. Ghuznee was
all provisioned. The Beoochee tribes were quiet:
Major General Pollock had been directed TO proceed
to Perozepore, and thence 10 Peshawar, for the pur-
pose of assuming the command Of force assembled
at that point, amounting to 10000 men, his lnsWuc-
tons being to relieve the troops in Afghanistan.
The news from Cabul is far from encouraging
some accounts from that city announce great scar
city Of provision, and others that they have three
months supplies, and have ne doubt of being enabled
to hold out until succour reaches them. Dude is In
arms from one end to the other, and several Euro
pean officers have been killed at Jellalabad. Two
sorties had been made with good effect, and up to
molestaton. The reinforcements sent to relieve
them had, how ever, been compelled by the weather
- retnra.
UNDERSTANDABLE, JANUARY 1.-THE entry Of the
Bishop of Palestine into the city Of David, WAS
marked by favorable circumstances as could pos
sibly have been anticipated by the most sangune
friends of Protestant missions in the East
On the morning of the 10th instant our little COM
munity was much excited by the arrival Of mes
sepger from Jafa, with tho intelligence that the
British Consul General and Bishop Alexander had
arrived of that port in steam-frigaie, and might
be expected in jerusalem on the following day. MIR.
Nicelayson, highly respectable and talented Hol.
| stein Danish gentleman, whs is now clergyman
of the Church Of England, and the head of the mis-
sion for promoting Christianity among the Jews at
| Jerusalem, Immediately started to meet them.
The rencontre took place at Ramleh. the Ramah
OF Scripture lstll considerabl 'own), where the
Bishop, the Consul General, and numerous suite,
| halted to pass the night. The Bishop took up his
| quarters at the house Of the American Consul, the
wsalthiest Christian in tho place, and the Consul
| steam. frigate, alighted at the Armenian Convent.
| On the following day they made their entry into
our ancient capital, in procession which will be
by waS 10 .ns h Gay
| they were Joined by the few British and American
residents on horseback, headed by Mr. Proconsul
Johns who il architect of the intended church, as
| we'll as bcum fenens of Mr.. Young. Ga approaching
| the town the cavalcade, which already consisted
of fifty or sixty persons, swollen by the juno
ton Of the Bey, second in command Of the troops,
Janissaries OF the Pasha, had been sent to compli
| ment Col. Rose ON his arriva, while all the loun-
| gers of Jerusalem turned out for the occasion.
Not the least interesting object in the throng was
Mrs Alexander, the fair partner Of the right rev.
prela.e. Being enctnte, il had been considered by
the physician Of the mission for her TO
| attic pit the journey on horseback Accordingly
large taterwsn or Orientsi litter was constructed,
which, supported before and behind by steut mules,
con vey cd Mrs Alexander and the younger portion
ofher family the rocky aad preciPi.eus tracks
| which lead from Jafa to Jerusalem
The thropg passed on, and the scene which en-
sued at the Bethlehem gate, by which it entered
the town, battles all description on the enc side
were the gray massive battlements and pictur-
esque towers Of Jerusalem-no mean specimen OF
the solidity with which Sultan Suleynan fortified
the conquests Of his predecessor Selm and on the
other was the vale that leads to Bethlehem, now
rugged and now undulated, with all its light and