6 APRIL 1833, Page 2

The islands of Rhodes and Scio are said to be

in the hands of the Egyptians. We mentioned last week that IBRAHIM had taken posses- aion of Smyrna. It is difficult to reconcile the accounts of these hostile expeditions with the armistice which is understood to have been signed by the Turkish and Egyptian commanders. Neither the French nor English Government appear to be at ease, as respects the proceed- ings in the Levant. Preparations are actively carried on both at Ports- mouth and Toulon. It is rumoured that the Britannia, the St. Vin- rent, and the Malabar, are forthwith to be despatched to the Mediter- ranean—the two former from the. Tagus, and the latter from Ports- mouth.