25 APRIL 1840, Page 1

It appears from letters written by Jews resident in Damascus

and in ;'vat the Israelites in both places have b jet:tett to tho 1110'1 11,,r111114; to11111es to elicit confessioa: f „4.,; murdered. in Dara,■lis. .1 priest and his servant, andfttAttd Greek boy. 'There is not the slightest rational causel*the pinion in either ca::,; and the Turkish limpet ionaries Opmxler the influence of the fiercest religious prejudices against the Jews. The Journal des DiThats calls upon all Christian Governments to stop these atrocities.