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f. o:oTleCt on 01...• pair of the sulierent to
par the ciistatnii:y gratuity expected from Ilion•
whin pass that w 0,., by iltrow wans!erinf,r, tribes; but
the lawless stale in which the Arabs that bite
the inioks of the Tigris and F,ripbrates lire,
Ii admits of no eitioic.-omi.e short of the whole pro-
perty at stake. The Desert Arabs, who are (ton-
I gregated in large berites, subject to Sheikl,l‘,
exerei.ire4 over Clem the mixel authority of I'a.
rriarel, suck 5.,t0,:f.'2•, Rtf', iii general, subject
to the control of rio nod observe treaties, with
their friends. and the rites of linspitnlity towares
their enetni.-s,onder the restrictions of custom and
long-establi•hid itssge. Caravans by land, which
have occasion to pass through their deserts, may
therefore intr.-hale not only a free pas.,age, hot pro-
tection from robbers. at a moderate stipulated rate;
with those Arabs who live on the banks of the river
in fertile I.isture ground, aml not in deserts, and
til° are in general made up ref outcasts born large
and well-ordtool tribe!, and court quently live in
lawleas bands subject to no general head, Ouse stir.
tries do not prevail; 1;k:! the pirates of the ',in. they
demand no cotitrbi&on, accept no compromise,
and she* n,i quarter to tlioce whom they attack.
This Wandering ot piratical di.posvion is so go-
nem' among the Arols oF thus:! parts, that during
the late govern:or-A Bussorsli by an Audi)
Sheikh, at a time alien the Turkish power w:is de:
lied, it was re•illy nrevafe to.urris from the city to
Ow river by the creek, after El Avror, or about four
o'clock in I c nrierhooo, as baits were attacked
and pillaged in open day, and after sun-set no owo
stirred from his torn lioii.e, while at any time during;
this governmeht no one ventured beyond the re-
riots or the town without au armed vitt v for lii= de.
flume. The police under the present 'AI
who is subject to the Turkish power, is so well ma.
n:tged, and a t.:ettersl e.:rifidetece is so well establish-
ed, that it is 6:11e to visit Hoy part of It at any hour
of the T:iglst or (lay. Thiv man himself tikes a pecu-
liar pie:l.:ire iu perambulating the strei ts, going
alumr the creek in • canoe, disguised and Strom-
ponied only by nn ugly Abyssinian slav•!. They
often effect wonder% though alone, even before
they are discovered, and when it is once knoan
who they arc that dare to interfete in rretifiug
'byes, the dread that they inswie is sufficient to
disperse a host.

There was an Order issued bus lately by the Mu-
forbiddi,l4 arms to be worn by Aiabs
who come into the ciry from without, and so
much was his audio:Ay. respected, thst Ilia eh..
sr rvance of this prohibition was very general. Some
persons were found, however, by the (inventor
auk his !lave. during their evening rambles, who
had disregarded the instulate, and the nett day
they were taken first to the Jisser sl Meld', or
the Bridge of Salt, near the British Factory, where
they were exposed to public view, by having their
ears nailed to a post for several hours; they were
next taken before the l'olace in the corn-market,
and received 'several hundred stroke. of the basti-
nado en the soles of the fret; alter which, they had
their beards and mustachios shaved off. end were
ultimately turned out of the city and forbidden ever
to enter its walls again.
Though this severity preserves sufficient safety in
the town and its immediate neighbourhood. there
are nevertheless mane robbers by water, ell the
way from the riser Room,' to the sea. On the
honks of the Tigris, the Euphrates. the nye, mid
the Karoo'', it is still worse, for there ate whole tribes
who encamp along them for the sole purpose almost
of attacking tidily laden 11031. pawing the stream.
During tine weather. while the boats can keep in
mid-channel. they are in general safe, but strong
southerly winds oblige them sometimes to take
shelter near the land when their plunder is almost
inevitable. An instance of this occorred during
our stay here.

A large boat descending from Bagdad utli all
the tryoure of the Damaoctia caravan, to tho
amount of ten lacks of mitres, or upwards of
100,0001. gelling, principally intended to be sent

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FRIDAY, oCTODER 20.

COTTON —The India sale attracted much attention ; Slier,
Arts it large attendance of country buyers. in the cape( t:tt ion
that purchases would lie made at yeti/ low rate,.
There Waif n great scroattuta produced by the uncommon
circumstance of purchases being made fur the Vision milt krt ;
11110121 10,000 bags were taken for She shipment, as the prices
lucre nre considerably lower than in India. The isle con.
sided of 53,000 bats, of which, including the purchase. for
Chins and the parcels taken since the sale. 21,000 bags have
been disposed re. The purchases ilhcrisise by I•ub!ic isalc