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CEZZAR PACITA.

The last accounts from Constantinople lain,
many particulars resneniiie the present sta... rf
Egypt and Syria. Gezzar Pacha, whose chjtal
was to attain the supreme authority in I..7!vpt, was
succeeded by Ismail Pacha, who acknovi icaixed the
supremacy of the Porte, but at the same time en-
deavoured to estah'iNh himself independent. Tne
particulars which hart transpir:•‘l, relative to Ciezrar
Pacha, will throw sent! light upon the politics of
the Porte and its agents. •
The real charaaer of Gerzar Pacha, the late ty-
rant of St. John D'Acre, has never been well know-%
After a life spent in the commission of the moq
hot rid cruelties and enormities, for, the attainment
of the supreme authority in the once famous country,
this wretch closed his days, with the following
merciful soliloquy, which he uttered a few moments
previous to his decease: .4 I perceive," said he,
that I have but a sliott time longer to live; what
must I do with those en,e4, in my prisons ? S'nce I
have stripped them of evers thing, whist wood will
a do them to let them loose again naked into the
world ? The greatest part of them were govern-
ors, and men of consequence in the country, who,
if they return to their posts, will be forced to ruin a
great many poor people, in order to replace the
sums I have taken from them; so it is best for their
own sakes, and for that of others, that I should dis-
patch them. They will then soon be in a place
where proper care will be taken of them ; a very
good place, where they will neither be permitted to
molest any one, nor be themselves exposed to mo-
lestation. Yes—yes—that's best—dispatch them."
In consequence of the above order, twenty-three
viaims, who had formerly enjoyed the highest sta-
tions in Turkey and Egypt, were charitably thrown
en worse into the sea, as the most expeditious mode
of execution—many others were destroyed by the
bowstring.
The objet of Omar was to obtain the whole
government of Syria and Egypt. At the time of
his death, he had united in his own person the Pa-
chalick of Serda, Damascus, and Tripoli, and the
no•::inal Viceroyship of Egypt. The Pachalick of
Aleppo alone remained for the completion of his
desires.

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Ismail Pacha, his successor, accompanied th.:
grind army to E :ypt, in the year 1800, and being
patronised by the Nati( Pacha, obtained the dignity
of Bashaw of Three '1 ails; after this he was put into
possession of the government of Marash, but d
not long hold it, owing to his great extortions wh
surpassed every thing formerly praflised by Turk
lit
oppression. He was ordered to suffer capital pu-
nishment: to erred which, the Grand Vizier ap-
pointed him to the Government of Suwas, whilst a
pan was concerted to way-lay him on his road
thither, and bring him in chains to the Turkis%
camp ; the rencontre, however, between the assassins
and Ismail, served only to establish his reputation for
extraordinary Courage and fortitude; for he di,-
played such gallantry and vigour on their attack,
that they were obliged to fly. He then flew for pro-
trillion to Gezzar, and was kindly received by that
Chieftain, en his complaining that he suffered from
the Grand Vizier persecution : he followed the for-
tunes of Gezzar till within a year and half prior to
the latter's decease, when Ismail lost his favour, and
was consequently committed to prison in Acre,
wh .re he remained till the day of Gezzar's decease.
Gezzar, having no children, considered Ismail as a
man fit to inherit his wealth and power, as he hail
been bred up in a rancorous hatred to the Grand
Vizier, and in independence of the Porte.
As Gezzar lay on his death bed, he sent for Is-
mail Pacha from his confinement, who had so little
expettation of the change of fortune that awaited
him, that he requested to be allowed a few mo-
meats to prepare himself for death. ()it his being
brought into Gezzar's presence, he would have
begged for mercy, but Gezzar said, 1‘ There, I
leave you plenty of troops, plenty of money to pay
them, and good fortifications to fight in. If you
are a wen, you will keep them, and my enemies shall
have no reason to exult in my death."
Immediately on the death of Gezzar, Ismail
seized the reigns of government, and the most per-
I:a obedience ensued in the neighbouring provinces.
He, however, declared, that he held the govern-
ment only until the will of the Porte should be
known, and, in consequence, affixed the public seal
to the immense magazine of treasures, left by the
deceased.

When the last accounss left Constantinople, the
Captain Bashavt had taken the city of St. Jean
D'Acre out of the hands of Ismail Pacha t the lat-
ter, however, was expelled shortly to be reinstated
in his authority.

An Officer and six men, belonging to the C, ,s
armed schooner, of 14 guns, which vessel has been
watching the motions of the enemy in Brest harbour,
in the night of the 6th lust. landed at the entrance
of Brest, mounted a hill, and surprised the guard,
stationed at the signal post, took away and brought
of all the signal flags, and reached their vessel- in
safety with them. Ihe Celpoys is still cruising on
the same station.

A private letter from Hamhurgh, of the 7th, s lys,
" A large sum of money, remitted from England
1.3 r the use of His Swzotsis Majesty, :strived he-e
a few days ago from Husum, an was immediately
forwarded throlqh the Danish territory for Stock-
holm, under the of a strong detachment of
Danish Husi .rc. Our Hamhurgh Politicians gi v.:
nut that it is the first payment of a Subsidy sup-
posed to be granted by England ; but it is probably
an instsirnau of the indemnification which was vs
he mad: for the Swedish convoy captured towards
the close of the la•t was."

A letter from Penzance, received yesterday, states,
that the mortality continues among the French pri-
soners, on board the Pay of London, Qvaaaxrotr
master, which put in here, wind-bound. from Ja-
maica. Three more of the French prisoners were
buried on Wtd sesday last. The total number of
the French prisoners buried from the above vessel,
is now twenty-four, an.' there are several more very
ell of the same disorder, which is represented to be
the scurvy, accompanied with a diarrhas ; but it is
said that the disorder has net conimunicAted to any
but the French prisoners, some of whom (notwith-
standing the mortatity daily before 'heir eyes) are
As tritng a, can be conceived. and employ them-
selves in singing, dancing, Ste. &c.

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FRAICA •

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1.11,! account given i,. a h 1( -ring raper, of. the
dive-de: has prevailed lareii.•at a place of
svo, slog, b! Great. Garde:, stio4.
ver:. incorri. This •ci‘apel r, a WOrlet. el
in F,. •0 a hdru, flla iii , -ilk d st.chl is not
rent si by stem!, but by the followers
sir %Its. Joh-inna t:ie••oi-dim,il.pvtophetess,
who ve.irs since r•wis:i.l sev"ral Ping articles
in a I) I!::; Paper, pretending o make kn ,wn forth*
in the political and rel.gicrts world. At tins
b: ginning of the posit y,ar, her opinions were
so .-ingt.y espoused by a Ir. C. of Southwark, who
g•oundi Lis conviaion of their truth on some extra-
ordiaary visions, sail to be seen by a b,iy in Lis
service. Sier. that time, a gear number of prosise
lytes have been macre ; and, beside., the mceringi,,
Whitechapel, there is said to be another in theVid;
rough. chiefly tinier the management of Mr. C. •
On Wednesday ev..nint- List, as the pastor of the
former meeting was olllci:;ing, two of the Whiteir.
eiap:l Volunteers entered: • 71 which he immediately.
turned the topic of his di..rourst to the Voluntett
system, and personally addressee' ditto. He said,
it had been revealed to him, that the French would
certainly land, and that the olunteers could not
prevent them ; that all the • efforts would be usess;
that, notwithstanding which, the etieme would bit •
completely destroyed ; but their d-stru&o.l wide* •
b- cab:Lied by an Almighty and invisitile power.
Several persons present, conceiving thin doCtriner of
non-resistance to be dangerous, as tending to damp
the ardour of the people. called out to him, and re-
presented the improptiety of his conduar ea
which a general utile of tumult took place.—
Some of the pews were broken down, and on.
person is in custody fur the offence.
At the beginning of last week they sold to their
creduluns followers a seal, or rather the impresso*
of one, which was to proteet the possessor from dm • )
danger at the invasion. and bl Lsphensowly
insi:a2atedtlese were the persons spoken of it
the Revelatlms, as having the mark of the Almighty .
but being informed that this wa. an offence cog.
nisable by law, they have si ,ce giv, n the seal away
to those who purchase a bo, k containing a LI, 4
11:.mns, price one shilling. On Sunday evening a
great number of pin-scqs attended : the Ch ipel bong
nearly tilled at an early hour, the doors were closes 4
aid an attempt was made to burst them open by
some persons, who observed, that n..) place of woe.
ship could le ally be shut up during public services,
but being insormei by one of the congrega ion,
that the Sacrament was administering, they de- .
sisted. • A large concourse of people, however, still
remained, in order to have a view of these wonder-
ful luminaries, and it was feared a riot world have
been the consequence; but some of the offizeri cf •
police were near, in case such an event bed happen.. 4
ed. It was given out that the place would be
opened on Wednesday eveniag for public worship,'
and that the pastor, who styles himself the repr.e
sentative of St. Peter, would answer all questions
proposed by persons who doubted the troth of eh
prophecies, adding, that be had it in command
from the Loud to refuse no challenge on that head.
It is hoped, 'be the sake of order, that he may be
obliged to answer previunsly a few questians befits
the Magistrates.

The Lords of the Treasury (on the recommend*.
tion of the Hon. the Commissioners of His Majesty's 4
Custom%) have been pleased to appoint ions lii.. g
arose, Esq. (Landing Sot ',err), to be principal
Surveyor at the West India Docks.

Captain HZATHCOTC, son of SirW. lisatmeoeq
is appointed to the Cydnus, lying guard-ship, at
Lymington. Captain Fvrrt is appointed to the
Reindeer blooii; and J. Dyes, Esq. is appointed
Secretary to Greenwich Huspn.4', in the room of the
late.! I ssersoir. Esq.
The fliesivich. store-ship. Cant. GA Writ, is crier-
ed to Portsmouth from 'Woolw.ch, to tate General
Fox and suite to Gibraltar.
The Terwreire, of 98 guns, the i 'avow. Thum+
dear, and Terrthe, of 74 guns, arrived at Plymouib
on Thursday night from our 'bet of fires•. which
they left all well last Wednesday. The fleet had
been previously joined by the Prineeu lbynl and
Neptune, of 98 guns. The enemy had 19 sail of the
line and several frigates in the outer road of Brest,
seemingly at single anchor, ready for a start.
Notices have been given, that applications are
intended to be made to Parliament. for leave ter i
bring in bills for making a road under the River
Thames, from the parish of St. Mary. Rntherhit?-

to the parish of Si. Dunstan's, Stepney, &c. 1:3
for supplying with Thames waters Camb-rwell.
Bermondsey, Rotherhitbe, Deptford, Lambvih.
Newington, Walworth, Kennington, Stockwell.* •
Clapham, Peckham, aat•Dulwsch. •
Edwards, the man-Red' ofs thwrearder of
young Hawsles, was brought to Portamcnith as
Saturday evening, and hnigiAl in the gaol by Mr.
Hut. and Mr. Stoic en A is, who had followed hills to"
Woodbridge barracks, in Suffolk, where they found
him already is custody, upon information commis- 1
nicited by General 'Wert tocx s. E.thr,rds is said
to state, that an unhappy scuffle to: k place between
him and the deceased, in which the by fall-
ing from the mill gallery, sr semi, 1 hnike his
neck ; that fo conceal his ',kith. b ,reed the
corpse as before stated ; that it viip not HAvricons's
hat which was found in the minmult, fur that be
threw down the privy.
It is to calculation, the best of all critetlas that
The present Lou. ry is indebted for its unpreced tried
rapid sale of Tickets--No less than nine chances,
whereby the rich may add to their comfort, chit
middling class obta'n independence, and the ;source
sort, who purehase naly shares, ytake themselves
eastfor life.
The Gland Scheme of the approaching Lottery
will commence Drawing on M..nday next. and con-
tains near Seven Thousand Prizes. excnsive of
Nine large Capitals, viz. Three oti4khtx) A. Three
of 10,0101. and Three of 5.0001. each, and %dr
25,00 j '1 iciccts.—Messrs J. Jourisora and Co. m. 0."
respectfully solicit the attention of their twiner us
Friends and the Public to an immediate Purchase.
as they will advance every day; and inform them,
that the Tickets, Halves, Qii triers, Eighths, and
Sixteenths, are selling, in a preat variety of num,
tiers. at the lowest pima. * their old and tru r
fortunate Licensed :taw Lottery Office, Na. S.
Pope's Head-all •v, Cicala, London, established
more than Thirty Years.

KAPJL TNT LUME YCE.

POILTSNOUTH, SEPT. IG.

Arrived the A,.:iyortrr, man of war, with the fleet
(About 40 5.61) under convoy from the Mediteira-
man, m.l.ich are put under quarantine at the
Itl.4erbvnk. _

Sai:ed the Spredrill, br;g of war, on a cruise, and
the Ibilh.oo4 schoouer, with a convoy for Neu-
fuundiand. _ _ .

Arrtve.l tile Ifs, ler, armeii ship, from the West-
vt.trd, h.is made a signal for a convoy to the
Downs. Wind E. S. E.

PT.YMOtTR, SETT. 15,

Arrived the Itra,inutt Thwarter, and Terri/t.,
men of war, Arai',' frigate, Atalanta and HarAlum,
sloops of war, from a cruise.
Sailed the Nadas and ?lipase frigates on a cruise.
Windloutherly.
FALMOUTH, STPT. 14.
Arrived yesterday the Prince Ernest packet, Petre,
with Mails from New York and Halifax, 18 days
passage from the latter place; when the Prince
.Ernest left New York, the French frigates La Dams
and I,a 84cIle, remained there b'ockadcd by
His Majesty's ships Leander and Cambrian ; left at
Halifax the Barton frigate, 32 guns, refitting.
--Yesterday, off S. illy, spoke His Majesty's ship
Blenheim, 74 guns, with a fleet of 50 sail from the
Lee Ward Islands, all well, na days from Tortola.
Previous to the sailing of the erlice Ernes, from
Halifax, the P,inegm Amelia pacing bad arrived
there with the July mai:s, and proceeded ou for
New York. Also arrived yesterday the 7'o,:fisbend
packet, Dodd, with mils from Lisbon, days
image; left lying in the Tagus, His Majesty's
ships Amphion, 3G guns, and Wasp, 18 guns, with
tto liralsinvions and Diana packets, also a Dutch
sloop of war, which arrivad at Lisboa on the 29th
ult. with dispatches from the Cape of Good I lope.
On the passage home, the feaunshensl spoke His
Majesty's ship Reeolatt;annaire, 44 gun latituJe
49 dcg. 37 min. long. 7 deg. 37 min. Alt the out-
ward-bound East-India convoy, all well, out seven
days from Portsmouth. Also urived this evening.
His Majesty's brig Seagai, 18 guns, Cap:. Banks,
II from a cruise.

Sailed His Majesty's ship linimber, of 14 guns,
Capt. Hill, with the Town% Cundy, and Nem lituna-
ei, Northlake, for the L)owns • Harlequin armed
• s!tip on act u;st ; and the Adis Excise cutter, Kins-
ruin, for Plymouth.
DEAL, ere r. 16.
. Remain in the Downs the 3fannrch, Ilirecit, and
the inffezis.le, men of war; Canoe and Grryhonnd fri-
gates; Sc. .urge and 0, goes sloops of war; Dennsta-
tion and Le4c,ti,r bosom; King Georg? colter ; seve-
ral gun-brigs; Swift East India pilot vessel; and a
fle* of outward-bound vessels.
HARWICH, SEPT. 16.
The Lark packet, Captain Dell, arrived this morn-
aftm- I ind.ng the Mails and two meueng.ers to
the nort:r.v.ird of this port.
Enrl fit Lirt,ter. Ovals Thomson, and the
K.,:g Genre, Captain Saunders, sailed - • y
with the Mails of the loth for HUSt/03 AS Gotten-
burgh. is

FIIOM LLOYD'S LIST.
GO AVIII/11,4 11., Sur. IG.—Paced by the Two Friends,

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hil•Nesle, Cram Cliarte..ton r, Three Gebrodcrs, Ikon, from
Nosey; tits Voinderptit, Winks; Four lt,oth.os, groin.
I I per; J:lfruer Ettgeitua, Ain , ham; Tioffuling, Jordaitte;
Three Sisters, Spyrtb i Two Binthers, Holland: and the
Y'o.ng khan Catil.ti'la. —, from F.mbdtot. Sailed the
Alexander, King, for Vergina ; Frederick Ludsig, Itald,
for Streire • Jong* ElitAtcth, Blimp; and the Vruw Armeya,
Walter., fw Fanbden.
Alewives,
1 In Yarmouth Reads—the Lath Packet, Daridton ; Niger,
Sp.iniswodu; Bmtherr, rtyce; Eiiratt:th. Reid; Al. :tender,
)4 ..'i ; Martha, Bullock; and the Ilendrick,--....-,frout Ton-
nin;:m. .
.tt ;tritt,A..-.the Commie..., 41 •eree, from Derrivara ; Bo-
srtta, MArthall, frrun Demerara; Hu hart, —, from Neter ;
Silly, Te id, fro.lt Antigua; 1- abclia, Leckart ; and the Cla-
rendon, Door, from St. Vincent's
At Liverpnn:—the Iletty, --.--, from Near Orleans ; Woos.
leer,—, iroin 0-merara; Thomas, Wunder, from &Awe.
and the lad notrr, Virkers, from Virginia.
At Flluhrii—the 1nd..4,y, Smith, from London.
At Guems,e..—the Union, Iremouger, from Virginia.
At Demeraia—the Froocei, Sauter, from AAlk.4.

EDIXBERGR; SEPT. 13.

On Sandiy, notice to the Heritors of Edinbnrgh,
for- tnaking up their quota of men, agreeably to the
Defence Aift, was mad from the pulpits.

Monday, a General Court Martial assembled in
the Castle of Edinburgh, Lieutenant-Colonel Pon-
sonby, of the sth Dragoon Guards, President.
After swearing in the members, the Court pro-
ceeded to the trial of Donald Macdonald, and Amt.
Brace, two grenadiers of the Canadian regiment,
accused of mutiny and disob-rdience of orders.
On Thursday last, ground was broken at Porto-
bello, by Mr. William Jameson, in presence of se-
veral of the Subscribers, preparatory to laying the
foundation stone of the Portobello Dot and Cold
Sea-water Baths. The honour of breaking ground
fot that useful and elegant undertaking could not
have been more properly conferred than on Mr.
Jameson ; a Gentleman, who, as being more than
once Convener of he Trades, is well known in this
city. It was chiefly by his uncommon exertions and
industry, that Portobello has become, within these
few years, a populous and thriving village. Many
remember the time when the ground at Portobello,
which now produces the plum, the neelarine, and
the peach, was a barren waste.
Some days ago, on the road from Queensferry
to this city, near Barnbougle gate, a Lady tra-
velling in a post-chaise with three boys, her son
and two nephews, was greatly alarmed with a shot
from an inclosure south side the road, which
seemed to strike the carriage; one of the boys im-
mediat'dy complained he was hurt, and upon exa-
mining his neck and face, the blood appeared from
two places, and lead drops were found in the chaise
Providentially none of the shot had penetrated to do
serious mischief, but such a narrow escape should
read a caution to sportsmen, to abate a little in the
ardour of the moment, and rather to -decline a shot
allogetLer. t, an endanger the live., or even the
comfort of travellers, or which, by its consequences,
may occasion regret to themselves.