The Sun. — 1840-08-27 (London, England)

JULY 25.—1 f the success of the Insurrection appears to have been compromised by the treachery and incapacity of some parties, entire belief mast not be given to the false accounts published by the Egyptian Government. It is true that everything appears favourable to Mehemet Ali's wishes, but it is not less true that all the obstacles are not removed. The following are the facts ;—On the 14th of July Soliman Pacha and the Abbas Pacha set out at the head of 16,000 men, artillery, &c. Up to the time of marching, the Albanians continued to burn :he houses of the poor Christian families, who had never taken any part in the insurrection. On their passage the troops burned convents and murdered priests : the inhabitants of Beyrout could see the village of Emkallas burning, and afterwards Mansourie and the convent of Marocos. The priests belonging to the convents that were pillaged were burnt alive, and their vestments were smeared with grease to make them ignite. At Bet Men a number of women were treated with the greatest brutality by the soldiery, and even children were not respected. Unfortunately a difference of opinion existed amongst the insurgents, end the Druses, seeing that the Christians were not united, retired, so that this campaign was a mere march of pillage, the troops not having met any opposition. It remains to be seen whether the mountaineers will not rise more formidable than ever at the sight of their wives violated and their priests butchered. The result is, that the report of the pacification of Syria is premature. The feasts which the Egyptians announced in their excess of joy are countermanded, and they speak in a less haughty tone than they did some days since.  For some days past the bazaars at Beyrout have been filled with all kinds of church plate. The feasts which were celebrat-ed in honour of the birth of the Princess Mewl-lila.' gave occasion to a most scandalous scene. Old. and young Mussulmans went through the bazzars, singing in the most obscene terms, "Christians, we have burnt your convents, profaned your altars, violated your wives, and massacred your priests." And the Christians were obliged to listen to the horrible songs in silence. About a week since some Albanians fired six shots at the French Consul as he was going out of the gates of the town, precechal by two Janissaries. Fortunately he was not struck. This is the result of the reparation offered to the French flag. On board the Ta?verede steamer, from Syra to Alexandria, Monday, Aug. 3,, We left Syra 'at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, having received on board Count George Capo d'lstrias, an involuntary passenger, very carefully delivered into our hands by King Otho's Gendarmerie, as we were getting under wei4h. The Count is a gentlemanly-looking person turned of fifty, with silvery hair very closely cropped, and luxuriant moustache of irongrey. There is nothing of the pensive air of Sir Joshua Reynolds's " Banished Lord" about him. He holds his head as fiercely erect, and wears his throat as fearleskly naked, as the Greeks themselves. The morning of our departure from Syra another remarkable personage arrived there from Athens in the Tanerede—old Pietro Bey, father of the assassin of the famous Capo d'lstrias (I mean Count John, the elder brother). Pietro's visit to Syra is connected with a proposed alliance of his daughter in marriage with one of the island eapitani—a prudent measure, considering how the family of the old Councillor of State has been thinned by revolutionary events. He has lost eight sons (twq of them paid instant forfeit in the street for 'one death of Capo d'lstrias), and five brothers, .oesides kinsmen unaccountable ; he is past 70, -_.nd very infirm, yet he still wears his sword, and looks every inch a chief, notwithstanding his immense plaited white petticoats, and the sedan chair which they brought to the boat to carry him into town. He was attended by three boys (grandchildren), all clad like himself. Three young, women also accompanied him. Two were daughters (one is the bride elect), the third a daughterin•law, the widow of the assassin—a tall, dark, haughty, stern-looking woman, with a high aquiline nose and eagle eye, awakening associations both of Hyppolita and Lady Macbeth, more impressive than prepossessing. The air with which she wears her red military cap and travelling trousers is of itself sufficient to indicate the Amazon.