The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-16 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CGN:;TANTINOPIE, JULY 10.—The accounts we get
roar Kurdistan are generally so vague, that it may be in-
teresting to read a translation of the contents of the last
official despatch of Hafez Pacha, tie Turkish Commander-
in-chief. 'the Paella having been: ordered to go against
the yezidees of Mount Siudzar, who had been in the habit
of plundering the iteighbourhood and attacking travellers,
Li' ascended the mountain at the bead of a body of imperial
g•.rards, troops of the line, and some irregulars. The whole!
range was conquered, and such of the yezidees (worshippers
of the evil spirit, or the devil) as would not surrender and
renounce their impious faith, but took refuge in caverns,
were put to the sword. One of their chefs, named Met-
too, finding he could not escape, iicrnanded quarter, lint
he and the others were destroyed. Of the others who
asked for quarter, 6,000, with their families, were marched
to Diarbekir, where they have been colonised. About 1,500
more were made prisoners in battle. They were made slaves,
and the property that was found was distributed among
the victorious soldiery. Some of the rebels fled to a Kur-
dish castle, called Tellakir, and were summoned to enter the
imperial gate of mercy. They, however, refused to sur-
render, and Hafez Paella went against them with the cavalry,
under the command of the General of Brigade, Meeria
Paella, Colonel Arslan Bey, and the Binbashee Ali Aga,
accompanied also by some infantry and irregular troops.
They marched from \Terra, and presented themselves be-
fore the castle of Tellakir, fiunous for the way in which its
inhabitants have for years past been accustomed to slaughter
people and plunder property. They sent to Hafez Paella
to ask for mercy, and it was granted to them on their en-
tering into an engagement to acknowledge the supremacy
of the Porte, to pay tithes and taxes, and to abstain from
molesting travellers, Having put them in order, the caste!
of Tallakir was placed under the charge of a man of confi-
dence ; after which Hafez Pacha came back to Nissibin,
and took measures for having the imperial barracks now
building there completed, strongly and commodiously. He
placed Arslan Bey in command there with his cavalry, and
he himself set out for Kharberoot. Other rebels of
Mount Aghtchee, Veshmar, and thereabouts, between
Aladja Khan and Malatia, were also punished and put in
order. The same despatch mentions that 500 picked men
of Tellakir were enrolled into the Sultan's troops, and dis.
tributed among various regiments.

The Sultan was so pleased at this intelligence that the
Tartars who brought it were handsomely rewarded, and
got clothed in robes of honour. Of course I cannot get at
the Kurdish account of this transaction, so that we can
form no idea of what it may have cost Hafez Pacha to sc-
cure these successes.

We are so far not much better off in point of intelligence
respecting the movements in Circassia. About the 20th
ult. there was fighting cf some consequence at Tchaptehik,
and the Circassian: acknowledge they were unable to with-
stand the Russians, who advanced into the interior several
leagues, and built a small fort, to serve as an advanced post,
but they say that, about the same time, their enemy was po-
sitively repulsed in the Koubaa, with great loss. We shall,
at best, get imperfect accounts of these battles ; what little
we do learn, however, is sufficient to prove over and over
again, that Russia is not dealing with a revolted province,
but carrying on, at tremendous sacrifices, a war of wanton
aggression. How absurd, under such circumstances, to
talk about quarantine and custom house regulations ! lam
sure Russia herself does not believe it.
The following is a translation of an article from the
Turkish Takrim respecting the future exportation of corn :
" It is well known that agriculture is at all times the
grand source of support, the especial cause of natural
prosperity, and of comfort to the inhabitants, as well as
the foundation of the means of existence of the labouring
classes. It is as certain, as it is evident, that by the exten-
sion of cultivation many nobodies become respectable
families, and families become possessors of wealth and opu-
lence. The indolence and supineness apparent in the in-
habitants of this empire proceed from various causes, and,
among the rest, from the prohibition to the exportation of
the excess of grain, after the public stores have been sup-
plied at a fixed price. This being now understood, the sul-
tan, who ever devotes himself unsparingly to fostering his
subjects, so as to secure to the inhabitants in general, and
the poor in particular, every sort of content and comfort,
extension of commerce, and abundant means of support,
has commanded that henceforth, after a sufficient quantity
of grain has been purchased and received for the rations
of the army, the supply of the capital, or other similar
wants, at a convenient market price (each place furnishing
according to the extent of its production), whatever excess
remains may be freely sold, bought, and exported, without
interference or opposition from any one. In order that this
indulgence be known throughout his dominions, the Sultan
has directed that firrnans to this effect be distributed in
every direction."
A British merchant of this place, who had commenced
trading with Circessia in Circassian bottoms (English not
being allowed to approach that coast by the monarch of the
Black Sea), some time back applied to Lord Palmerston to
know whether his interests would be protected in case his
property was seized by the Russians. He has now received
an answer from his Lordship, telling him, that in trading at
all in that direction, he does so at his own risk. Now, in
my humble opinion, it was quite a work of supererogation
in the merchant to put such a question to the Foreign Secre-
tary. lam aware that, in general cases, the flag protects
the property, but how can the Circassian flag protect it when
our rulers have not the noble daring to acknowledge it ?
Thus, then, the eastern shore of the Black Sea is closed,
against us by the fiat of the Russians.
The Exchange on London is 11:3 1121.

Miss Davys, extra Maid of Honour to her Majesty,
is a daughter of the Dean of Chester, the late Pre-
ceptor to the Queen.

THE WATERLOO SIII ELD.-Bell's Life in Lon-
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five-pence.—Odice, 170, Strand. Bell's Life in London.
of Sunday, August 6, containing the Engraving of the Cup
won at Goodwood by Lord Chesterfield's Carew, is yet
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