The Morning Chronicle publishes accounts from the coast of Syria
to the 2Sth September ; which represent the operations there to have been carried on with uninterrupted success. These accounts, it is stated, were received on Thursday through Constantinople. " An attack had been made on the 24th on Ibrahim's advanced position, by the Turks under General Jochams and the Marines; who carried their point without any loss; and the enemy, consisting of four hundred regulars, two hundred Albanians, and the rest Syrians, were dispersed, the regulars surren- dering and the Syrians returning to the mountain,. This success opens the road for the Mountaineers. Sidon has been taken, and the garrison of 2,000 made prisoners ; Caitia also, with a garrison of 500, and provisions for four months, and great quantities of ammunition.
" The Syrians were coining in, rind great desertion was taking place among the Egyptians. The operations of the squadron extended as far as Scanderoon. The Turkish troops appear to have behaved very well. 't Ibrahim Pasha has with him about 0,000 men. There are about 2,000 men lit Beyrout ; who are not driven out, as it would require too large a force to liold the place, from its being commanded by some heights near. " The Porte was sending off reinforcements. " The camp at Djouni has been much strengthened."
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