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ggl A 20 ) MATLFBOM INDIA . l&r hews rwom ohxva ajtb XV 9 UU l . tnint this week of tk » oreriasd mail from ¦^ ire enab led to lay befort our readers the tub-Intelligence from Central Asia . The news from jJjbTA lexandria win be tarn * under tbo bead ffr gjifc " :- . - - -rt 5 , Jcke &—The English are hying quiettj at *_ XbeCanton market was cleared of teat , and Liieias » ee preparing to leave by the end « f jbfi ex pedition had not . arrived . The test sten -, ^ Fulo SipaU , on the 13 t ult lord Jobs * 21 , of her Majesty * ship Druid , died at Macao Tjad nli » of dysentery . pLiroicmraflKBrou .
CHINESE EXPEDITION . . jaOowi&g Tassels , farmiag part of the expedition , JJjled f « China ,, fix . : — - 4—H « Majesty * « hip Alligator , 28 , Kuper . , 58 . —Her Majesty ' s ship WeBeaWy , 74 , Captain rt , bearing the broad pennant of Sir J . J . Gordon — Cemmoiore of the Indian squadron , ? -Ber Majesty ' s ship Rattlemake , taoop-Bhip , w SO . —Her Majesty ' s ship Crniser , 18 , Giffard . * SO . —Her Majesty ' s skip Algertne , io , Mason . a jo . —H onourable Company ' s steamer , Ataianta ,
gzo . — Transports ¦ with troops and stores—Raht Bnaad , Defiance , Indian Oak , Edmonstone , j ^ y , Binndell , Isabella , Robertson , Stalfcart , , jolm Adams , Rustomjee , Cowasjee , Victoria , ^ aad ilennaid . P 31 . —Tie Hon . Company ' s steamer , Queen , Capgarden . m i . —The Hon . Company ' s steamer , Madagascar , in Dice j . a 1—The transport Futty Salam , -with troops . 3 j t—Her Majesty ' s ship Conway , 28 , Bs-fchune . a , g . —Ths transports Mahomed Shah , William a . and Elizabeth AinsHe , ¦ with troops and
2 s is . —Her Majesty ' s ship Lame , 18 , Blake , ithe April msiL as 13 . —Her Majesty ' s schooner , Yonng Hebe , Bason . pa 15- —The transperts ilarion , 3 > avid JJaloolm , gaenar , ¦ with troeps . » 1 S . —Hei Majesty ' s « hip Melville , 74 , with the j Bear-Admiral Elliott BBlS . —Her Majesty ' s ship Blonde , 44 . BS IS . —Her Majesty ' s ship Pylades , 18 .
( From the Canisn Press of May SO , 1 S 4 . 0 . ) acKADiSG of Cantos Rites . —We learn that ti tage jnnks , loaded "with stones , have been ped * t the first bar , with an intention , apparently , tecfciaf up the passage of the - river , in case of I Quantities of blocks of granite have also been lip on both banks of the river , ¦ whe ther intended fee same purpose , or to build new fortifications , is kwjrn . ithe 22 d of May , the Hellas , Captain Jauncey , was tied not xar from the Brothers , to the Northward tae , in company 'with eight junks and . three large gw bests , to all appearance trading Teasels , and no
jfclsr notice 'was taiin of them on board until their * ofsearer to the Hellas roused the suspicions of the ¦ Btder , who gave orders to dear for action . Be- icferything could be got in perfect readiness , the bfcad approached the vessel right astern , and ixn- &iely opened a smart fire of musketry upan her , j & tbe Hellas could only answer -with * similar fire , ; jjtai preventing her from bringing her guns to bear ; \ Hb which ehe had got entangled between the fish . - j Ales , -which Tendered motion , -without the aid ofj i , altogether impossible . The fire from the Hellas ! W& ineffective , the junks being veil defended frith ; Basses and mats , from behind which their crews
ivith great steadiness , taking such good aim , that , I generally wounded -whdeTer for a moment ex- i ii himself to their fire . Ths Chinese , besides , ' ik cse of hasd-grezt&des , by means of "wiick the j d was fired aevtsal times , bat the flames -were fortu-% . frtrngniahed before they could communicate to ' , lipng or sails . At length 3 breeze sprung up , widch \ tease Hellas to make use of her guns , and . after ; ig 2 oae " considerable damage to the junks , and ' U , it issupposed , a great number of pirates , these I la fight of four hours sheered off Of a crew of ' | Se Hellas had all the Europeans , fifteen in nuni- ' t « ad tea 1 fL
ipartsofthe body , been struck by a bill on the j k , which broke his jawbone , and also receiTed a ! prens -wound in the eye ; the -wounds are not , how- t , eonsiderttd dangerous , and "we are happy to hear ! He is doing welL From all accounts the officers aew of the Hellas hi ^ e beta-red most gallantly , B act of braTery by the First Tindal , a Malay , den pKticular attention , -who , when one of the fa had got foul of the Hellas , jumped on beard the kind deft the head of a fellow whom he saw ju * t af aim with his matchlock , and then returned uni ' again to the Tes&eL Had the pirates had eani it is more than probable that in Epite of the < gallant defence the Hellas -wtfuld hare been
oTer-Madras , July 2 S . & » following statement , which may be depended I , ft the force furnished from India for sendee in Ife , may proTe of interest to our readers . It is , tin be seen , smaller than is generally supposed : — European troops from the three Presideadss and Cejion 6 . 866 S » Ut « soldiers and sailors from ditto ... 2 , 175 ttop folio-wera from ditto . _ 1 , 080
Total , 9 , 921 5 & , with the force from England , -will probably ¦ Wttol 5 , 0 t 0 . _ Bare are preparations going forward , the Calcutta JHkls state , for some demonstration against the > i « lese . We hope that question -will be speedily ^ fe for , -with erery -wish for the 5 UCCrS 3 of the g fition to China , -we confess that it strikes us a V force ought to be in readiness in Bengal , in case » te soon required in China . —Bombay Courier , Mpit 22 .
THE WAS XX STRIA . LATEST XEWS . —BOilBABDIEEXT OF BETBOCT . ( From the Monitrar of Saturday J TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES . . u Marseilles , October 1 , Half-past Three , p . u . S CHIEP OP THE MABITIHE SERTICE TO THE KISISTEi OF THE HASIKE . J [ lke letters brought by the English packet Eagle »*« ot been delirered , but & Maltese jonmal an-S ^ —^ Beyrout has been reduced to ashes by the 2 » Beet ; that 7 , 500 men , Turks , Austrian * , and 2 » o had landed and encamped near that to-wn ; T »« a ^ in fine , Ibrahim was within two hours' march ¦ e adTaaced posts , and was preparing to make an " ¦« as soon as hi 3 reinforcements should arrive . * iaia ™ a was blockaded . -
MarteiTIeg , October 2 , BeTen o'Clock . « E COXSUl ^ GSSEBAi , TO THE PRESIDENT 05 THB
COUNCIL . J ^ iASDaiA , September 17—Hostilitiee hare 2 ®^ ^ Syria . The English and Austrian ?*¦""*» » fter ha-fing bombarded Beyrout and s-Teral Jwttrmg point * , landed on the 11 th instant between J ^ iBi d 8 , 00 « Turks , and twetre pieces of cannon . , S ~ l 5 > cha » ¦ " * " > was at Beyrout , was preparing to " •^ taeaon ths following day . The l * baQoa was Jr ? * " Uie Pifflich residents h * d embarked . The JJJ 2 uag continued to float o-rer the house of the
^* rrout , " gays the Constiiuiionnd , " is a town of g « ro thousand inhabitants , and of great commerce JfPtW had In ancient days been much filled up , bu » *»>> co mmodious quay . Tuscany , at one time , and J £ V " r Pr 3 Dee ' " »» ta possession of its trade . The ?« a from France amounted to about 2 , 000 Ouof uJ&' Xia ^ P ^ into France to about 2 k . . Barides this direct commerce , French g" osTe been engaged in transporting large quantifcJL ^ erckaadise . for the canYans . The EnglUh ri » ia Beyrout has net been so considerable . Many ^ merchant * have , however , been settled there . j P ^ is about three days caravan march from ( p " > a the Mmitcur of Sunday , received by Extraordinary Express . J ^ Marseilles , Oct . 2 . Noon . CHIEP OF THE MAfilTIHE SESVJCE TO THE
„ MIX 1 STEK OF MASIXE . ^^ I *?? ^ " * TTiTtd from Malta ; it announces fc « j « departnre it left there the ship of war Cam-Vjfc L ^ f ^ ^ ' ud a ** " 1 * to tike her departure J ^^ a from Syria confirm the bombardment of ^ ttt th ^ f ^ 1 of ^ Seamandre writes me , under c te ^ " ^ from Malta ' tiat at fck departure from £ ^» opk a CooncU in Diran had pronounced the 5 J 2 T * f ^ ehemet AU- The Ambawadors of Eng" ^^ f ? " ** V ™** * ^ this CoundL ^ \^ t 2 ^ h fleet 1 rere at N * Ples on the 15 th . Pri-^^^ *^ e th&t the ^^ P * lrhidi landed at Bey-^^ compelled to embark with the loss of two
^ EKA-TIONS BEFORE BEYROUT . ^* a Supplement from the Malta Times . ) l&Sf * ° f * tetter from the Princess Chailotte , off ^^« , i 9 ta Sept : — w » anned here on th « llti , asti aude every ^ T £ «» for aa immediate attack upon the town ^^ Wste . ^ **** eoast " Tbe IBJB * n » we all landed " ^ Wtten , auder th « . < $ > auB « Bi «« Cspt . Napier .
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(' B (? f the Powerful , and the * the work b « oa in rallant rtyle , Uw Pxincen Chariott * BK . Edinbor ^ Baabow toagm , « nd BeBerophoa , ponied their de « tiuctiT « bca * d « ide « into the devoted town of Boyrout . Which intti ahnrt tim « of two hotm v ^ mmX ^ TumT making min * . Tb « marine * , in the mnatima had not been idle , having , Misted by tie other abiM toon hoisted toe British jack upon th « foita « Ute touL "Oa » loss ia trifling , considering the number of men engaged . The total ii aix killed » d rfxteen wewnded . Pon * have since died of their wounds ^ | 5 ^ . % | s 2
. We b » ve lost no officen . Iieat Ad * Jr , B-iL , of tbe Benbo-w , and Lieut Giffttd . of the Cjtilopt , wounded . The Prometheus steamer takes five -wounded marines to Malta , and three officers , invalids . The noise of the guns was tremendous , and the falling of the shells truly awfuL rtaahia Pacha is about a two hours ' march from our advanced post waiting for reinfcr » en »« at » : so are we , then off we go to St . Jean D'Acre . The Albania n * ate deserting task from the Pacha ' s anny ; tie Druses are arming . We are now about 11 . 000 strong on shore . The number of Egyptians killed and wounded exceeds 1 . 000 men . "
V Off the camp at Joana—Princess Charlotte , Powerful , Thunderer , Ganges , Gorgon , Cyclops , Hydra , Wasp , Tnrkiah Admiral and frigate , two Amtrian frigates with Admiral . "OffBeyroat . —Edinburgh , TTMiHngn ^ ^ a f ^ jinB . trian corvette . ' Off the Dog River . —Bellerophon and Revenge . " Gone to Tripoli . —Benbow and Zebra . " Gone to Sidon . —Castor and Pique . " At Betroun , arming mountaineers . —Carysfort
" Off Gibbel . —Dido . " Blockading Acre . —Magieieane . " Blockading Alexandria . —Asia , Implacable , Daphne , and an Anstn&n corvette . " Sails for Constantinop le to-day . —Phcenix . " Irlim Pacha commands the Turkish tr * ops , wkich now amount , in all , including marines , artillery , engineers , and Austrians , to about 7 , 500 men . Ibrahim Pacha has been to consult with Soliman , but report says he has returned to the neighbourhood of Damascus
" I think nothing of importance will take place for some little time ; we have gained our object in opening a communication with the poor oppressed mountaineers , ar . d the enemy too weak to attempt our position . Provisions are getting abundant , and our fleet now get fresh beef ; the Dog River supplies the shipping with trater , and the camp is supplied Ly welis on-tlie bench . " LATEST AUTHENTIC NEWS FROM SYRIA . ( Ftovi a Second Edition of the PosLJ We are enabled to lay before our reader * the follow-| ing important and interesting correspondence , which . we have this moment received by an extraordinary l express from cur private correspondent at Beyrout ; j from the circumstance of our correspondent having j been an eye--witness -of the late erents in the seat of | war , it is unnecessary to dilate on the authenticity * nd | accuracy of the important information contained in i these despatches : —
! ; j I j j Septehbeb 19 . —I resume my account of pro » eed-) ings here from the Camp of the Turkish , Euglish , I and Austrian troops at Zae { or Ieomy , as I hear it i called ] , ' j On the I 7 fn a considerable bo ^ y of Egyptian soldiers i were descried on a bill about two miles distant from ¦ our extreme outpost A report was also brought in , j that through the valley behind th « Anti-Lebanon range j of mountains about 10 , 000 Egyptians were advancing I from the direction of Tripoli Upon the hill we could
iiscern about 2 000 irregular infantry and a small body sf cavalry . There is very little chance of their advancing upun our position , which ia completely fortified . On theMSLh it received an addition of 300 Austrian marines , &cd two Austrian steamers arrived , one , I believe , from Cyrus , the other from Constantinople , having on > oard 800 Turkish soldiers in an excellent state of equipment They were immediately landed by the boats of the British ships . Tlie force here is thus gradually increasing , and have the daily advantage of reviews and inspections .
In t& 9 meantime the arming of tho peasantry eontinues with great activity . I have gone from point to point of the coast , aad can v « uch , for I have seen it , that nothing can exceed the zeal of the moantaineere as they line the beach in thousands , seeking the means of ridcing themselves of their cruel oppressors . In a week from this day I venture to predict that the whole coast from Scanderoon to Acre -will be in possession of a combined force of Tnrks and Syrians . With the certainty of having suca a force in his rear , and a Rnssi * n anny in his front , Ibrahim Pacha will thisk twice before he either marches or sends into Asia Minor .
Yesterday , Soliman Pacha sent off a flag of true * from Beyrout , It was for the purpose of eliciting a suspension of arms for two days . I don't know the precise words of the official answer , but I know the remark to which it give rise when delivered— " Not for t-wo hours .- Beyrout has not been as yet occupied by our forces , although tnere weuld be now no difficulty in entering . It is not regarded in a military point of view as of any value . Ibrahim Pacha ia known te be in the immediate neighbourhood , and therefore until more of the people have received arms , and until scarcity of proTia-ocs , which he already begins to feel , shall compel him sither to greatly reduce his force , or to evacuate this part of the country altogether , it may be as well V ) leave tiia the unprofitable possession of the battered fortress of BejTOUt .
Th € > Pique frigate has gone down to Sidon , but we have not aa yet had intelligence from her . No firiBg has been heard from that direction . It is expected that the Cyclops will follow her to-morrow , and if so , something will very likely be done there . One of ths Austrian steamers which arrived this morning brought ths new Pacba of this part of Syria . He was saluted by the Turkish and British flag ships . Betroct , SSpt . 20 . —Intelligence having reached Admiral Sir Robert Stopford that in addition to the already large garrison of Beyrout , 1 , 000 of Ibrahim Pacha's cavalry were about to enter it , he resolved at once to make the place untenable for them , and having first withdrawn the English residents on board the British ships , and warned the other European residents
who retired to tie cenntry on the 9 th , some shells -were thrown in . On tie 11 th , at noon , he despatched a flag of truce on slcre to Solinian Pacha , with an order that he should evacuate the town forthwith . An answer wa 3 returned that Soliman was n » t there ; but about four y . m . the Governor returned for answer that he ( the Govemor ) was then otherwise occupied , and bad then no time to att&nd to the Admiral ' s message . Accordingly at about Stb ? . m . a signal was made to open fire upon the tovm ¦ -whereapon the ( HngeB , Belleroplion , Edinburgh , sc-j Becbo-w , as well as the Austrian AdmiraVs ship , commenced throwing shot and shell , broadside after broadside , for one hour and ten minutes the Austrian ship throwing Congreve rockets with admirable precision . Frcni this day to the 16 th shot ant shell wers occasionally thrown in , and particular !} whenever any treops yrtre seen assembling . On thf last-mentioned day tbe Egyptian troops had all de parted for the mountains , the firing upon the towi
ceased , after causing considerable iDJury , and as man : & » one thousand individuals are reported to havi perished by the combined effects of the fire , and th < falling of the rains . Only two shots were returned b ; the tj . wn , withent , however , causing any damagt The flags of the American , Danish , Spanish , and Greel Consuls continued-flying on the ruins of their respectiv Consulates on the 20 th , notwithstanding that the . * - functionaries had TFithdrairn tbemselTes . The Ameri can Consulate had snflered most by the bombirdmen and subsequently pillaged of the valuables and farm ture by the Egyptian troops . The stores of the Britis ] merchants have likewise been ransacked . The Britis Consul was in the British camp with Commodor Napier . His lady , with the lady of the America Consnl and Mr . Kilbee , a British merchant , had pro ceeded to Cyprus in the United States corvette Cyaiiiu Messrs . BLick , TTstson , and Heald , British merchant * are on board the Powerful and the Ganges .
On the isth of September , the Edinburgh and Haj ings were the only ships at Beyrout , stationed there prevent communication with Alexandria by sea . T Princess Charlotte , with ths Powerful , Ganges , Tnti derer , Wasp , Cyclops , Gorgon , Hydra , Phcanix , t Austrian Admiral Bandiera , in the iledea , with t Guerriere , Halktt Bey in a Turkish ship of the lii with an ottoman frigate , an Egyptian frigate a yatch , with seme storeships and other . small ptiz > were at anchor at Djeunl , or Anourata Bay , about ni miles from Beyront , as also two Austrian steamers ji arrived with 800 Ottoman troops from Constantinop and Izzit Mehemet Pacha , the newly appointed Vicer of Egypt The Allied troop 3 were all on shore Djouni , under ths immediate command of Commodt Napier , whose camp is distinguished by his broad jh dant- Th ? stat *< iard 3 of Austria and Tnrfcey are flyi from their respective CAMPS . Breastworks and <
trenchments are formed all around the Brithh lin The entire force consists of 6 , 500 Turks , 1 , 500 Briti marines , 250 Austrian marines , 3 , 000 mountainee besides the British artillery , sappers and miners , gelher nearly 12 , 0 d 0 . These are posted in three sej rate fortified lines ; the outer one , nearest the eneu is compesed of 1 , 500 Turks , tha centre one 2 , 600 Tut : and the inner one 3 , 009 British , Austrians , and Tur ! besides the mountaineers , of which other 3 , 000 hi been armed at Jebail and Tripoli by the Castor , Car , fort and Pique stationed there for that purpose , lb him occupies , with an army of 14 , 000 troops , the hi range of mountains immediately over the encampni of the allies , from whose outer line skirmishes : frequently observed to take place between lbrahii troops and the newly-armed Haronites . Ibrahim s Soliman are said to be on bad terms with each ortw the latter though in Beyront , within only a few hot march of the former , yet they do not meet .
An intercepted letter , from v . m \ r Bechir , admits impossibility of depending cpon -Uie army ,, w-hicb doubt accounts Cm thfre bavioTg been no attack m npen the position taken up b ^ the Allies * Three h dred of the Egyptian arr ay have deserted to Turkish ships joi war . A n outpost of eighty , ud the commaBd of a Polish Major , have come in i body , and on another d- ay other forty . They reprei the Egyptians as Tery disconW * t « d , ftom being ba fed , csoeUy HI used . , and tbir p » y is arre&r . ' savage-Albanians r _^ IbitMsi ' * staundsesk men ; e-wa . aesew ^ jy wiiMB ^ j join , tfce Alkes upon
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' ^ saaeconditUua . an all » w * d bjr tt « Wm-Tfc , pfltage , plunder , aad rapine ! On the 18 tH Seliman Pacha aaked for » twmtlon ot > "ftfHtJwr for two days , ? UflbwM TflfMftd . fwottwuiaad More of Ibrahim's troops only await fcT ouwN * opjportunlOei for desertteg , and there are u maayu ftbm 10 , 000 to 18 , 000 mon | ttotw * ni wilting to accept anus from the Allies , •«• It not for Ibrahim ' s army lying between them . Already from j , o « o to 12 , 000 nave been mppUed with arms . The ^ Bellerophon and Revenge are stationed off the Bahr-el-Kelp , or Dog Rivet , between the Admiral's position ud Beyrout , lrtUx their gum shotted ready to " annihilate the Egyptians" If they « bow themselves . The ships have all springs out , ready to eoverthe allied forces , ana the steamers keep their fires alight day and night , and their guns shotted . =. ss ^ iz £ s- > art ! ti&jt
Sir Charles Felix Smith , of the Engineers , was landed from the Pique , but owing to ill-health was obliged to embark again * n board the Powerful . On the 30 th , being better , he left in the Phoenix , for Constantinople . The Hydra has been despatched to Tripoli . Operations have been confined to the coast between 8 idon and Tripoli , a distance of thirty-five miles . A cordon ef signals extends by British ships from point to point
EGYPT . Alexandria , Sept 22 . It is rumoured slightly that the blockade is to be tightened , and that too at an early period . The Captain of the Oriental talks of danger here , and that be would not have ceme on from Malta if he had been aware of the real state of things . We do not understand the necessity of bombarding Beyrout—it is a place of strength ; but we era understand the use of occupying the Nahr el Kilb ( Doz , i . e . r iver ) as the mountains approach the shore , and have only a narrow strip , which , held by an enemy , cuts off the communication between Beyrout , and Bipali—in fact , dividing the Pacha ' s forces , as the road through the mountains is circuitous , and not fit for artillery . It would , therefore , be an object for Soliman Pacha to dislodge the English from this position , supposing It to be true that th » y have landed there . It is a few miles North of Beyrout
Caiffa , again , has the best anchorage on the coast of Syria , and would be the point to secure in investing Acre , and cutting off the communication between Acre and the Southward . The only interruption of existing harmony has been the seizure by the Pacha of specie and bulliom , to the value of about £ 5 , 000 sterling , from the boat of the packet schooner Eairaetjee , whilst being conveyed on board the Cyclops steamer , which , however , after a great many representations by Colenel Hodges , and frequent threats to strike his fla ^ , has been given up . This seizure was only made because it has long been declared illegal by the laws of Egypt to export any bullion whatever from any of the Pacha ' s dominions . ( From the Correspondent of the Times . ) Alexandria , 23 d September .
The following particulars of the proceedings on the Syrian eoaat , brought directly here by the Prometheus , may be depended on . The fire opened from the combined squadron on the town of Beyrout on the 10 th inst , was checked on the 11 th to try the effect of negotiation upon Soliman Pasha , and a joint letter was written to him by the English and Austrian Admirals , expressing a hope that he would enable them to stop the effusion of blood by withdrawing his forces , and give up the town to the Sultan . The reply of Soliman dispelled all hope of a peaceful termination of the affair ,
and the bombardment continued till the greater part was reduced to ruins , not only of the actual fortifications , but the dwellings of the inhabitants whom the combined forces were so desirous to " protect .- The American consul , amongst others , subsequently landed to loot after his house and property , and was , I am assured , obliged to take a guide to make his way over the rains to that particular spot on which his houso had stood four days before , and found all there a mass of rubbish . ' Who is to pay for all this ? Who is to be accountable ?
The day after the bombardment the British Marines made an attack upon the old Roman fort of Djebel , also garrisoned by Soliman . As it was known to possess bombproof vtults , it was resolved not to waste time or powder in a bombardment , and the marines yren ordered up to tote it by storm . Few of the Egyptian soldiers were seen on the walls , but on the approach of the British they showed themselves , and opened so brisk a fire that I regret to say the marines wereobliged to retire with theloss of seventeen killed and twenty-one wounded . Some of the latter are on beard the Prometheus . There is a rumour here that prisoners were takea in this affair , and are en rout * for Alexandria , but this is wiib « ut foundation . Next day , whea the attack fras formally renewed with greater foree and more precaution , the fort was found to be deserted , Soliman being aware , so doubt , that he eould not expeet to stand a siege in such a place . It ii marked on the map , north of Beyrout , Baab Djebel lDraa ,
The encamped positions of the combined forces a few miles off » t X « hr el Kelb ( the XXog- s River ) is described as vary strong by nature , and now rendered more so by art . It is surrounded on two aides by water ; a third presents a precipitous face ; and the fourth , wbiih is level , is intrenched and planted with cannon , which sweep the plan in front A se «« nd line of redoubts , it , is , thrown up about a mile in advance , and a third , another mile Inland , has also been effected by Sir C Smith , asstate * by General Jocbmus , but this is too weaklyguarded and too much exposed to be held , if seriously attacked by Ibrah-m Pasha . There are on
shore altogether 1 . 800 British marines , 250 Austrians , about 8 , 000 Turkish troops , with seventeen or eighteen Said pieces . The British have as yet only landed about an equal number , but the Admiral is prepared to disembark a few of the eighty-i » ur-pounders carried by the steamers , whlc * throw their shells three miles . About 4 , 000 muskets have been distributed to the Maroaites ; and one of their chiefs , Abdallab , paid ft visit to the ; camp , -where he was received with great attention , and received valuable present * , which will , no doubt , serve ; to stimulate others to show themselves equally patriotic ; at this critical juncture . ' w »* mm
j We are also prearine for something serious here . The j reply of the Sultan has arrived declaring Mehemet Ali a j rebel , and nominating Redschid Pasha his successor—a 1 marked change in the policy of the Sublime Porte , within these few days , for the annual official list has I been published there ( since the Pasba ' a refusal to sur-1 render 8 yria ) -as "Pasha * r Egypt" Rifat Bay is ; shortly expected to arrive with the firman formally dei t 5 aring the Sultan ' s will on these points , and then ( if ! the proceedings be in earnest on the Sultan's part , and j the Pasha be left no lotus penitential ) we may expect ! to see a very desperate struggle entered upon . It is ; believed thrt a real blockade ( in the Syrian style ) will i immediately be adopted here as the preliminary . ¦ _ .. .. ..... . . Sept . 23 d , Noon .
While the Oriental is taking her mail on board , I ; take up my pen to tell you the latest and most import-: ant news . Last night an Austrian steamer arrived with J despatches from Constantinople , bringing the recall of ; the four Consuls placing Mehemet Ali in a state of out-\ lvwry . Colonel Hodges saya that he shall go on board ! the squadron to-night The news from the Dog ' a River confirms the account of the taking of Haifa , and adds that the Maronites and others in the mountains have : accepted and promised to usa iu the Sultan ' s behalf : 30 , 000 British mutkets . Notwithstanding the threatening aspect of affairs , I ; understand that there is a probability of peace being ; attained after all , but by different means than the com-, pulsory measures now in operation oh the coast of Syria . ; At > resent time does not permit me to enter into this j topic . We shall of course be strictly blockaded at the , least , but I shall not quit Alexandria unless bombarded ; ont of ii in Beyrout fashion .
FRANCE . PROSPECTS OP AN EUROPEAN WAR . ( From the Times . ) The excitement and angry feeling which the first announcement of the destruction of Beyrout caused appeals to be in no degree moderated . Even those papers which had heretofore expressed a cordial desire for the maintenance of peace represent the attack made upon Beyrout , before Mehemet Ali ' s propositions , suggested by the French Government , had received
due consideration as an outrage upon the honour of France . Such is the language of a newspaper whose reported connexion with M . Thiers give 3 additional weight and importance t « its opinion . The Constitutional observes , that a sentiment pervades the entire population of Paris , that the national honour has been insulted ; and that this feeling is strongly entertained by the general staff of the National Guard , and even by men known , not for thair violent , but moderate opinions . The Comtilutionnel concludes its article in the following remarkable terms :
"Let us be allowed to address ourwlves particularly to M . Thiers . We tell him in the name of the ideas and the men that he represents , aad who elevated him to his present position , it is not permitted to him to fail in the solemn engagements which he contracted in accepting the direction of our foreign relations . The party which supported him , composed of moderate and firm men , would separate from him in case he should , by an act of weakness , abandon the interests and the honour of France . M . Thiers knows wtth what devotednesa and with what
disinterestedness we supported his cause . He was not precisely the representative ot liberal ideas , and consequently had not this title to support from the Opposition . But of all those who have beea raised to power , M . Thiers was the most energetic representative of the revolution in the eyes of foreign Powers . He is the representative of nationality . The day that he loses this character bis political worth will be compromised . And as , for our part , we have supported him in power and in opposition , we would be amongst those who would separate from him if he separated from his principles .
" Let M . Thiers then decide : he owes it to France , to the party which he represent , he owes it to himself , if behia not free to act he ought not to retain an office the duties of which he was not allowed to fulfil . In this case he has only to follow his own example- a painful resolution we admit It might be easy to comprehend the honourable scruples which might shake such a determination . It would b « painful for a Minister devoted to Royalty to separate from it at such a serious crisis as the present ; but , however painful this duty might be , we sincerely believe ttat tfce MinislCT ought to accomplish it .
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«-.. JK ^! " ? beeanie **" ' " *» J tonlttedto him to ^^ ««?* f * . lumour <* ¦»¦¦« 1 » *«> ld . » o dottW , ££ ? 5 ** " fa * ' « W « i Pttfton . * rt K wxmld not bek « tfa * ewe , it would be ewn mo » w , if he ESSJL * * ° ¦*•¦ ¦ »«» ¦ : «* Bitt-to » E ^ Lffi ^ T 1 »» ' *»« e » - of disgrace are more tia ^^ ns ^ eoTernments than the perils of war . " iJ- » £ ££ **" ' thsfrti » e eonTocattonof theCham nfjSVw ** *?* dehyed - othw Jontnafa mention a report that » change- in the French Cabinet Is imminent , in . consequence of » disacMenumt unnn « H >« on JL 2 ^*!* s * - ^» Mr *> -
FwfS TZ ^ * " **• TOb , J «* •* the Presidency of SS % ftl 0 * DfPutles . It it stated that M . Thiers SSTS" ? $ * * " ** « & ' * <** fr to M . Odillon Barrot , wJ ?? & * BeBI « rt » the Minister of the Interior , objects to this amgeraeat Marshal Soult , M . Gnizot , M . Yillemain , M , Teste , M . Passy , and M . Dufaure are mentioned u likely to form a part of the now MtaMtry , . ¦ witti the exception of M . ( Jnizot , the aboyemenUoned individuals were all members of the Cabinet overturned by the coalition , which succeeded in placing M . Thiers at the head of afiairs , and our corresp » ndent writes that the general opinion in Paria was that such a Ministry , If attempted to be formed , could not meet the Chambers .
The Smbian Mercury publishes a letter dated Berlin , 24 th ult , which states that the fear of a general war has become stronger for the last few days . The fall in the public funds has been caused , lot , because the Army of Reserve has not been disbanded ; 2 d , on account of the Landwehr being about to be mobolised . The Semaphore publishes advices front Italy of the 26 th ult , announcing that order had been restored in that country , and that the patriotic party had wisely determined to wait the issue of the Eastern question , and not compromise tae success of their cause by an untimely rising .. The movements of the Austrian tr , °° P 3 in Upper Italy were incessant The works of defence were- carried on with the utmest activity at Ancona and CSvita Vecchia , and a magazine of 20 , 000 sacks of corn was to be established at Porto Ferxaio .
The French funds declined at Tortoni ' s on Sunday . They were done in the early part of the morning at 67 f . 50 c ., and then fell at once to 67 f . The fall , we are informed , was occasioned by the article in the Constitutionnel noticed above , the object of which was considered to be either to prepare the public for a declaration of war or the retirement of M . Thiers . In tho' event of M . Thiers retaining office , it was said that war would be declared if Russia should attempt to march her army into Asia Minor to wrest Syria from the dominion of Mebemet AIL In this case the declaration of war would apply to Russia alone ; and no casus belli will bo considered to arise as respects England and Austria , so long as their co-operation continues to be of tho same nature as tho aid given by the English Government to the Queen of Spain against Don Carlos on the coast of Spain . Such . our correspondent says , was tho rumour at Tortoni ' B . ( From the Chronicle . )
There has been news from Constantinople of the 17 th , on which day a Russian secretary of legation started with despatches . According to & letter in the National , he reached Warsaw on the 26 th , expecting temeet there Marshal Paskewitsch . Despatches had also beea sent to Admiral Laaareff , from Constantinople , on the 14 th . The National supposes them to relate to the sending of a military expedition from Sebastopol . We believe it to concern merely the movement of a certain portion of the Russian Black Sea fleet , which may make its appearance in the Mediterranean , Our information on this point is , however , derived from no official source .
Our Paria correspondent writes , that M . Thiers has already proposed and insisted , in the Council , on a declaration of war , ' on sending troops to the Rhine , and also to Alexandria , in despite of the blockade . On these questions M .- Thiers was in the minority . On Monday or Tuesday similar proposals will no doubt be made , accompanied by offers of resignation . So that , whatever be the result , the moment is critical . We stated yesterday that decisive war measures could not be taken by the French Cabimet , without an immediate split therein , and the withdrawal of three or four Ministers . We have but to peruse the articles of the Constitutionnel and the Journal des Debuts of Sunday to be convinced of the truth of thia .
The Journal des DebaU , the organ of the Court , of the Conservatives , and of the peace party , though not of paix a tout prix , declares that the events of Beyrout , however serious , were still nothing more than the foreseen consequences of the treaty , and that those who did not quarrel with the treaty have no right to get into a furious passion , and declare war on account of the consequences . The organ of M . Thiers , on the contrary , considers the events of Beyrout m quite altering the question—as being a direct blow to the hopes which the French had entertained of conciliation . The bombardment Is represented as •• substantial violence towards the Pacha—moral violence towards Fiance . " It goes on to declare , that there were limits at which French tolerance should stop , and at which
the Frenoh Government shouldcome forward tostop the Four Powers . These limits have been attained . The menaced interests of the country and its honour render it imperative on the Ministry to take an energetia resolution . " The writer then proceeds to recal how the present Ministry got into office . It did so by accusing its predecessors of being too humble , and not defiant enough towards tho foreigners . It opposed the cession of ene-half of Luxembourg to Holland , and of Ancoaa to Austria . After having professed such-principles as those how can it counsel submission on the Syrian question ? Thesa arguments are , however , quite personal to 41 . Thiers ; and the conclusion drawn from them by tbe Conslitulionnel is , that he must either declare war or resign .
The Courrier Francois says— "We learn that Government proposes convoking the Chambers to meet ia a short time . Prerious to publishing i » s determination , it will no doubt receive official reports from Alexandria , which must reach Paris on the 4 th or 5 th . " There was to be a Council of Ministers on Monday to come to an important decision . The Presse announces that Louis Napeleon has been condemned to perpetual detention in a fortress . Alexander Desjardlns , Oral , DAmbert , and another are said to be acquitted .
( From the Herald . ) Our private letters say , that the Irritation of the public knows no bounds , that all classes of society participate In it , and that an organisation is going on to get up an emeute , or olher popular demonstration , for tbe purpose of forcing the Minister to declare war . It is in vain to attempt convincing the people of France that tke coalition is not against them , but against Mehemet AIL They have set ont on a wrong road , and the further they go , the more they are anxious to persuade themselves that they are right France has been insulted , they exclaim , and the honour of France must be avenged by blood . The press , ever the ready organ of popular error and mob violence , answers to this cry , and the National and Sieole , and other papers of that class , call for war , and nothing but war . The other respectable journals , more moderate in their manner , are equally decided in sentiment , and OHly one , the Journal des Debah , has come forward to oppose the popular clamour .
( From the * Courier . ) The tone of tke Paris papers of the 4 th confirms our observations of yesterday . The ConatUutxonnel , M Thiers' private organ , hoists the war banner oponly , and follows in the wake of its two contemporaries of the Ganctae , the Courier and Siecle . On the other hand , the great Conservative organ , the DebaU , which is suppoBedto express the private opinions of Louis Philippe , declares that the moment for France to engage in a hostile struggle with the Allied Powers is ' not yet come . ' What means this glaring discrepancy ? Is it not clear , aa we stated yesterday , that M . Thiers is anxious to back out of tbe bad position he has got himself into , by flinging himself into the arms of the Jeune France party , and espousing all at once their
propaganda notions ? Louis Philippe , aware of this , reminds his President of the Council in the Debate , that the thing is not quite sa easy . The written manifestos of M . Thiers are there to prove that his warlike propensities are of recent growth , and the result of a boutade , a fit of ill humour , and not the consequence of any settled plan . With these the King of the French will ba well able to retort uponhia Prime Minister , should the latter resolve upon deserting to the ranks of the Gauche and war parties . It is very likely that a new Ministry will be formed in France ere another week elapses . Our private accounts incline us to think that a result of this kind is unavoidable . In the meantime the mass of the French peoplo are quite prepared for a rupture with this country . The news from Beyrout has excited their animosity to
the highest pitch . There is no foreseeing what may happen in Paris if the advantages of the Allies in Syria are followed up . A correspondent Who has lately made a tour through the western provinces of France , writes to us that the conscripts are everywhere flocking in to the military depots , or marching to the great strongholds on the northern frontier . The ardour of the young soldiers is represented as great The traditions of the Republic and Empire with which they have been nourished in their youth have given them that reckless confiding moral temperament , the mainspring of deeds of daring . Tbe young population of France isnagines itself invincible . They are impatient to come into direct contact with our fleets and armies , at this momtnt the peculiar object of the hatred of the French people .
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ATTEST TO SET FIRE TO SHEERMSSS ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦ t ' - pQ&& £$ spi " : ¦ : ' ¦¦ : ¦;¦ ¦ : ' : k retort wru > in « mt la town ywrterday fownoon , the Dockyard at ShemBMfc' , r ^ T ^ SrKt r « v ~ our best endeavours to «***> the truft of the report ; and if true , tofomiah tl » faHe ^ particulars of the clreumstanee * , We regret tbst w « J «? . *• compelted ^ confirm the truth of the report ; andMppl > from » n official source the fullest particulars of ttid diabolic ^ ¦ cllen * ? J destruction , which was ao provMenttollf p ^ ev ^; * from taking effect : —A » the work people wen learifll the yard on Friday night an alarm of fire was glYen on board the Camperdotta . close to the shed where the An ^^ w ^ yoWx **™
AcMlleis . It was first discovered by the warrant-offioer , wko observed smoke Issuing from the after cockpit . The officers were Immediately- on tha spot , and discovered that the fire had commenced in one of the lockers of the midshipmen ' s berth in the larboard side , which was extinguished without any damage beyond the destruction of thelocker . When the lecker wa » ripped np , there was found a birch broom over a bundle of oakum , pounded rosin , and a lock of hay , immadiately over the locker between the beams . After this discovery had been mode , the officers found other combustible materials selected inside one of the latticed racks , consisting of oakum spread out in trains , and a lucifer match at the end of each train , and matches als « intermixed with the oakum ; powdered rosin was also mixed with it , and a birch broom placed on the top of all 5 a match at the end of one of the trains had evidently
ignited and gone out The ship was then thoroughly searched , as also the Manarch , Achilles , and the Coi-nleall , and a captain ' a guard was called in from the garrison , and the sentries outside doubled . A portion of the inferior officers and men , with the principal officers , kept a vigilant look out during the night They were assisted by s » me of the marines from the Ocean . In connection with the above , it is satisfactory tous to be able to state , as the result of the inquiry which has been prosecuted thus far into the origin of the conflagration at Plymouth , that no evidence any other than that the fire was the result of accident , has yet been adduced . The suspicion of incendiarism ia that case is gradually subsiding in every quarter . Lord Minto and Sir C . Adam left town for Sueerneas immediately » n the intelligence of the attempt reaching the Admiralty Globe .
In addition to the above particulars , The Shipping rwid MercantiU Gazette observes , that when Mr . Henty , the carpenter of the Camperdown , returned to fetch his umbrella , which he had forgotten , and discovered the fire , he heard a person in heavy nailed shoes run across the cockpit There is no'doubt the perpetrators of the foul deed were surprised by the unexpected return of Mr . Henty . The following ships were in the docks and basin , close to the Carnperdown : —¦ In docks—the Achilles and Amazon . In the basin—the Honarth and Cormcatl . At the time the fire was discovered it was blowing a fresh breeze from the north-west , taking the
range of the three docks and roofs . If the Camper , down had taken fire , it must have communicated to the other ships , and all must have been destroyed . Fortunately for the public interest , the design of the incendiary has been frustrated ; had he succeeded , the whole of Blue Town weuld most likely have been burnt < lowa , as they would not have been able to procure engines from any other source than the Dock-yard . They would have beea fully engaged for the protection of public property , and unavailable to the town . A man has this moment been taken by order « f the Captain Superintendent , on Suspicion of being connected in the above act
( From the Sun . ) On Saturday morning , three persons named Wright , Grigg , and Britt , were taken into custody on suspicion of having been concerned in the diabolical affair . An inquiry took place before tho principal officers of the yard , in the ourse of the day , but the result of the examination was the discharge of Britt , upon bail , and the remand of the » ther prisoners , Wright and Grigg , until the following day ( Sunday . ) In the course of Saturday evening , the Earl of Minto and Sir Charles Adam , Lords of the Admiralty
arrived at Sheeraesa , "with a view to a strict Investigation of the affair . Their Lordships were saluted on Sunday morning by the discharge of guns from the Ocean guard-ship , which temporarily bears the Admiral's flag ; and , at an early hour , accompanied by Admiral Digby , entered upon au examination of the Camperdown , and those portions of the dockyard , and th « vessels in it , by an inspection of which their object was likely to be advanced . Their Lordships " survey was carried on In strict privacy , no perso * being allowed to enter the yard .
They continued their investigation throughout the day , and we believe that the men in custody underwent a new examination in the presence of the whole of these persons . We have reason to believe that the evidence as yet obtained against the prisoners is slight and unsatisfactory . We have been able to ascertain that they were men employed in the dock-yard , but not on board the Camperdown . In the course of Friday they quitted the vessel on which they were employed , and made tholr way to the Camperdown for a " skulk , " a 3 H Is termed in the dock-yard , or for the purpose of shirking their work , and chattering with their fellows who ware employed on board that ship . They remained talking for some time , and then returned to their own posts . Additional evidence , however , has als » been obtained tracing one of the prisoners to lodgings , from which hay , similar to that discovered In the Camperdoxen , and bearing upon it a white powder , as on that
found In the ship , was yesterday produced . The hay has the appearanoe of having been used to stuff a bed , together with wool or some other material of that description , and the powder which is spoken of has much the appearance of the dust which would be produced by its being employed for such a purpose . Beyond this we have no reason to believe , that there is any real evidence tending to confirm the suspicion entertained against the prisoners . The general opinion among the persons with whom the prisoners were acquainted ia , that they were in nowise concerned in the foul attempt , for that they could have had no interest in its succosa , aud that their degree of intelllgance was not sufficient to induce them to undertake such a scheme for any purposes of their own . The objret of aucb . a deed can only be ascertained upon the production of evidence , fixing its perpetration upon some individual whose Becret feelings and inducements , by that means may be brought to light
( From the Chronicle of Tuesday . ) Iu our report of yesterday we expressed a belief that the men whom we stated to lnvo been taken into custody werd in nowise concerned in the crime with which tkey stood charged . Our belief was confirmed by their liberation on Sunday night , after our reporter quitted Shecrnoss—the Lords of the Admiralty and the authorities before whom the investigation was carried on declaring that there was no evidence to justify their further detention . In the course of the same evening , however , a new prisoner was made in the person of Mr . Henty , the carpenter of the Camperdown , by whom the fire Was discovered aud extinguished . It appears that Pearce , an active and intelligent officer of the Metropolitan Police , accompanied the Lords of the
Admiralty in tho Firebrand steamer , on their way to Sheerness from London , on Saturday , and he has been most zealously employed in the investigation . The result of his exertions was a bolief that Mr . Heuty was the person by whom this attempt at the destruction of the dock-yard was made . We have already declared our conviction that the Sheernesa and the Povonport acts of incendiarism were in no way connected ; and we believe , as the Hampshire Telegraphha * suggested , in an article quoted yesterday , that the object of the perpotrator of the attempt upon the Camperdown has been either to excite admiration , as in tho case of tbe maniac Oxford in his attack upon the life of her Majesty , or , if tbe suspicions now existing that Mr . Henty was the
person by whom the act was committed be true , to procure praise , and probably promotion , for the ape «( ly discovery ana extinguishment of the flames , which he had himself caused .- The opinion which is now entertained in reference to this cose is , that the real design of the incendiary was not so dangerous as was at first supposed ; that his object was , in truth , to set fire to the Camperdoum , but to procure its extinguishment before any severe damage was done . Should the surmises now entertained as to his having been the hand by which the train waa laid , and the light applied , ba true , charity points out this as the only construction to be put upon his conduct We are unable to state any full particulars as to the case against the prisoner , the inquiry being still conducted with great secresy .
Heaty , we understand , is a married man , and has been twelve or fourteen years in the navy . He has been for some time a warrant officer , and has only recently returned home to England , in tbe Snake , from service in the West Indies . He Is looked upon at Sheerness as a person of great respectability , and little likely to be guilty of such an act . The Lords of the Admiralty still remain at Sbeerness , and have been unremitting in the investigation of this affair . Henty stands remanded to Thursday .
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FIRE AT DEVONPORT . Reports of a most important character are current relative to the late disastrous fire . It appears that yesterday evening some of the convicts that were employed in clearing the Ifinden , discovered , in the fore peak of that ship , a large heap of chips , eonsistings of plug shavings and large sticks , from the size of cue inch to two feet They must have been carried there ; it is said they were laid cross-ways , and evidently arranged for the purpose of firing . The fore-peak is situate in tbe bows of the vessel , under the gunner ' s store-rooms , that is , under the orlop deck . This is the lowest deck
of a vessel , being beneath the ship ' s water-mark . It is , therefore , a secluded part , and from the darkness and consequent danger few persona ever visit it The chips were close under the stem , on the fore side of the foremast , and could not have been swept there , as the scuttle is at a considerable distance . The greatest secresy is observed in the yard « n the subject , and the investigation ia proceeding vigorously . T . C . Roberts , Esq ., of Travel , near Torpoint , the gentleman Who , it is said , had a letter sent to him some time since , stating that the destruction of the yard would be attempted , arrived at the dock-yard yesterday , frra
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¦\~ TTj — 1 — . ' y ^^^^^•^¦^^ " ^¦^•¦""•^¦•¦^^ " ¦¦ ' ¦^¦^^^ TJ' " . W •« London . ' Sir William Sypop ^ Sweyor of the Navy / and Captain BnmdreUi . ^ K , We lutO . of the CStU Engineer BapWfanfcrt , a ! a » arrived ton last Might the Bath m » lL tb ^ awt trimette ptftfi are in progress to dfiooTerihflr origin ofttw flreV Several Bo * - street officers are on' the spot , and actively engaged . Certain parties are suspected of being concerned in the origin orthe fire . We retain from making more partleularallusioa , u it mfght tend to defeat the enda of ei ^ Ms ^^^ s ^^?^
justice . It Is but proper to aid that those composing the dock-yard establishment are wkolly free fromTuspieion ; ontheeeritrarj , their conduct has been highly approved by the authorities . It wh a perplexlngdr-^ mstance that the Tala vera was on fire stem and etera Immedi ately * fter It was discovered , and apparently before sufficient time had elapsed to allow it to com " mnaicate from one part to the other . If it should be the case that similar piles « f timber were laid fere and fib of the Uittde * , this circumstance ia clearly explained We publish ths above without Touthing for the ooTreet aess of the inference drawn from the discovery .
Deronport , Saturday . " An investigation has been going oh this day before the dock-yard authorities in consequence of the followiag alarming circumstance : —The carpenter of the SL George , after inspecting that vessel at the usual hour ia the evening of Friday , reported her to be all safe . Ai a subsequent period of the might , a quantity erf combustible materials was discovered in the lower part of the ship , on the ballast near the keelson . It consisted of oakum , shavings , chips , lumps of pitch , and candle enda , forming altogether a sufficient bulk to have caused serious mischief , if ignited . If placed there purposely , an imminent danger has be « s > escaped , but little clue has up to the present time been gained to tho how or
when it was deposited . It has been observed that Ia ships which have never been i » commission , and have never been a sea voyage , or been supplied with sea stores , pitch is never taken on board in its hard or lump state . If nsed , it is only when melted , and the portions of this substance found were in the masf . Ansther fact has also transpired , which has at present a suspicious appearance : all the candles manufactured for th » use . of the establishment have a peculiar ' wick , of a red colour , in order to distinguish them * , in the aame manner as the government cordage has a thread running through its fabric as a mark . One piece of candle discovered among the deposited matter was of the ordinary kind , with a White wick , and must h » T 8 been introduced from without the Walls .
The discovery of a quantity of chips and shaving * onboard the Minden , on Thursday , has been bo far satisfactorily accounted for that it was not considered as any decisive proof of having been placed there by design . But the discovery made yesterday on board the St . Georgehw thrown a darker colour over the whole transaction , and haa caused great excitement Many who would not at first entertain for a moment the idea that the fire originated in design , are now beginning to waver in thei ; opimon , and admit ita probability . Tb * carpenter of t&e \ SL George has been examined , aad he , it is stated , says that some water having found its way into the bottom of the vessel , the refuse , matter disco * vered was taken by his direction from among the limbers aud placed on the ballast as perfectly harmless , and containing nothing to cause the least apprehension , but being found by others afterwards it caused tbe alarm . This is the present state of the aflalr .
It should bo remarked that among the officers of th » Dock-yard themeelves , very conflicting opinions are entertained of the whole matter . The circumstances which some consider proofs of the malicious originrf the fire , others maintain to be perfectly accountable , * ml of no weight whatever . It has also been Insinuated by somo parties that the police of the yard are inclined to magnify the most trifling circumstances into undue importance , in order to justify themselves against an Imputation that they had not been so vigilant as might have been pasBible . It has been urged that as the end of the ra / atwaVdock , . nearest the Hamoaze , was open
, and di * not descend so -near the ground as the other end and the aides , smoke might have been ascending from the hull , and escaping bythe open part , and rising upwards , without attracting observation in the obscurity Of the night , no watch being stationed within the vessel . These are the statements of those who still hesitate to believe that the fire arose from any but as accidental cause , though all allow , that how such an accident should happen is perfectly inexplicable . The inquiry has been rao 3 t strict and searching Great additions are now made to the nightly watch in the yard .
Tho St . George waa only launched on the 27 tho-r August , and is a mostsplendid vessel . The excitement among all classes here continues unabated . ( From the Correspondent of the Times . ) Devonport , Sunday . The inquiry before the Admiralty Solicitor Is still proceeding , and is conducted with great Industry and care . Suspicion attaches to two foreigners , whose eonduct appears , to say the least ef it , to have beea rather extraordinary , and whose objects and motions are involved in much mystery . To solve that mystery is at present the chief aim of the Dock-yard authorities , and , at I understrnd , they have made some progress towards that end . It appears that two strangers , tbe one a Swiss , the other a Frenchman , had , for some
timeprevious to the fire in the Dock-yard , been frequently seen both in Devonport and Plymouth . They were always In Devonport during tho day , and at night they generally entered a cab , and were driven to-Plymouth , being generally set down in one of the public streets , and sever at an hotel . Their meals were always taten in the same inn fa . Devonport ; but it is not known , as I am informed , where they slept They were well dressed , paid for everything theyhad liberally , anil generally employed the same cab and driver , to take them from this place to Plymouth . It does not appoar that they had any business in either town , and what object-they had in taking up their residence in this vicinity ia unknown to every one . They , however , left Devonport on the Saturday evening before the fir »
broke out in the arsenal ; and the person who droT < them to Plymouth was examined at very considerable length on Saturday by Mr . Eastlake , the local Admiralty solicitor . The evidence « f the cabman was to the following effect The two strangers , one of them carrying a large bag , got hastily into his vehicle , and ordered him to drive to Plymouth . On the way the driver observed that they laughed and talked much more than was uaual with taeni , and appeared to be In remarkably high spirits , as if delighted with something they had . done . They were put down at the place where they had been in the habit of alighting , and it appears that they then entered another cab , and were driven tow village a few miiea beyond Plymouth , on the London road , and called Crabtree . Beyond that they have not
yet been traced , and what has become of them no oner knows . I have , indeed , heard this morning , that on tho Sunday after the fire had been got Under one of them entered the small inn in Devonport , which they had been in the habit of frequenting previously , and appeared so much excited and alarmed , that the landlord " suspected he had stolen something . " One of the strangers , and I believe the Swiss , spoke English fluently , and the other but imperfectly . Th » y were both young , rather neatly dressed , aad one of them wore a gold pin in his cravat , and several rings upon his fingers . The same person who informed me that one of those strangers returned to Devonport on the Sunday after the fire , also told me he had ascertained that they had attempted to borrow
some money from a person in the inn , and had offered the finger rings as security for the loan . He also said that a pawnbroker had , late on Saturday , soot notice to tin dock-yard that he had something to communicate of importance , My informant supposes that this communication may have reference to the rings , and that tbe strangers may have pawned them , not findingit possible to raise money on them from their landlord . At present I can only vouch for the facts that two foreigners are suspected by the authorities of having fired the dock-yard , that the cabman who drove them from Devonport to Plymouth" on Saturday night Week WM examined on Saturday last ( yesterday ) in the arsenal , and that his testimony has confirmed and strengthened the suspicions which before existed . What more
strongly convinces me . that I have given you accurately the effect of the cabman ' s evidence is , an observation made to me by an official person , who is perfectlyacquainted with part of the evidence taken since the commencement of the investigation . He knew my C 0 n » nectlon with the Times , and , although he prudently refused to give me any information of importance , he observed , " Your paper made a moat extraordinary pro phecy some time ago . " I did not understand what he alluded to at the time , and I had not an opportunity of asking him for an explanation . The story of the foreigners bowever . has , I believe , afforded meakey to the meaning f his remark . I now understand him to have alluded to a communication you received from Paris , and published some weeks ago of certain foreigners havin proposed to the French Government to destroy tbe English dock-yards . The gentleman I alluded to must
have known on whom thejsuepicions of the . dggfeyard authorities rested , aud I am now persuaded ,-Jbs ( must have had the conduct of the foreigners f ^ 4 iji ^ a > mentioned In his band when he made the reB $ aj ( iu $ " , bava quoted . Tour Paris intelligence seems , irfdelpsV'ta be confirmed ia a very extraordinary manner bj' the investigation going on here , and it be true tbafcthe Admiralty were made acquainted with the diabolical proposal of foreigners to destroy the English arsenals , and if it is proved that the recent fire was kindled by a foreign hand , great and grave will be the responsibility which my Lords have incurred in taking no one measure of precaution to guard against the threatened danger . The coincidence betwixt your communication from Paris and the results of the investigation here , so far as it has gone , js , at all events , sufficiently remarkable .
Now that the horse is stolen , greater care Is to be taken of the stable . Last night twenty additional sentriea were posted in different parts of the arsenal , and two watchmen , as in old and better times , were sent on board every vessel in the yard . It would have besm ^ wiser never to have reduced the number of soldiers aaK ) J } ' ** » watchmen ; but it is some consolation to fcnow foftjlt ;>¦* * T £ >» ¦ the expensive lesson which the recent conflagniflS i ^ ^ Jt SSfwfll taught has not been entirely lost upon the Oo ^ fisSh ^' iV . - - ¦ ¦¦• ., - ,.::.,-. Mmmatss
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Roval Artillery . —At Beven o ' clock on Saturday evening , an order arrived at Woolwich for the men selected from the detachment recently returned from Spain , t > proceed to Constantinople , to brigade aud insiruct the Turk . 8 , to set out without delay for their destination , as their services would be immediately required . To show the readiness of British soldiers , and what they cau do incases of emergency , it ia but justice to state , that in Ie 83 than half an hour the men had left the garrison for London on their way to the terminus of the railway at Vanxhall , to proceed with the first train to Southampton , where they expected to meet Lieutenant A . S . Diokson , and embark in a steam-vessel for Constantinople . The men appointed te this arduous duty consist of four non-commissioned officers , aad three experienced gunners and drivers .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 10, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2705/page/7/
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