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Letters from Alexandria, dated the 18th of March, confirm pre-

vious accounts of the formidable nature of the rebellion in Syria; and state that MEHEMET Am and his son were exerting them- selves with characteristic vigour to put down the revolt. The eagerness of the Sultan to go to war with his powerful vassal had unaccountably diminished : the sailing of the Ottoman fleet had been put off, and all martial preparation suspended.

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