The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-05 00:00:00

BIRTH OF A TURKISH PRINCE.

We have received the followirg letter from a
British Officer, dated Constantinople, Feb. 25 :
" The harbour of Constantinople has been quite
gay. The Turkish ships of war tossed off in all
variety of colours, and exhibiting other demonstra-
tions of joy, in consequence of one of the Sultanas
giving birth to a son on the Bth ult. The etiquette
of the Eastern Empire requires that in the event of
a Prince being born, the ships of war be kept full
.decorated betwixt the hours of sunrise and sunset,
and that they, together with the batteries, fire three
royal salutes each day during seven successive days;
the first salute to. commence on the sun's peeping
over the eastern horizon, the second on its coming to
the meridian, and the third on his last appearance
in the western hemisphere. The same ceremony is
to be observed in the case of a Princess being born,
but only to continue for three days. It is the
youngest of the Sultanas that has diffused such gene-
ral joy over Constantinople, by thus giving an as-
surance that the Royal Line of Malimoud is likely
to 'be stretched over future generations. She is
About nineteen years of age, a Circassian by birth,
and said to possess great personal charms. The
Sultan is rapidly giving way to the improvements of
the age; and has so far conquered his Mahometan
prejudices as to admit medical gentlemen within the
walls of the Harem, and thus for the first time in the
tannals of the Seraglio, one of the Sultanas was • at-
tended by two professional gentlemen, a Greek
physician and a Frank accoucheur ; these gen-
tlemen were about a month in attendance,
during' which time they were never outside the
Sernglio walls. When the physician made his
report to the Sultan (here they never publish
bulletins), announcing that the young Queen and
the Royal Infant were quite well, his Sublime Ma-
jesty addressed him by his proper name—a thing
onprecedented ; for whenever the Sultan or any
other lordly Mahometan addresses a Greek or a-
Christian, it is always by the epithet Giour, that is
Infidel. Well, the Sultan most condescendingly
addressed him by his proper name, as thin, Ste-
phone, I am well pleased with your conduct; return
to your friends—they will be glad to sea you.' lie
then presented Doctor Stephano and his colleague
with purses of considerable value (one each), and
suffered them to return to their respective homes.
The admission of medical gentlemen within the
walls of the Harem, or to the presence of the
ladies, may be considered as one of the boldest
.measures that could be adopted towards effecting a
moral reformation in the manners of the Mussulmen.
But the chief Turks in and about Constantinople
are fast emerging out of the dark sea of ignorance
and superstition in which they have been so long
ettgulphed. His Sublime Majesty sets the good ex-
ample; so, instead of the turban, the long un-
:wieldly garments, and the loose yellow slippers, he
IS now seen in the pleasing costume of a well-dressed
English gentleman. He has recently established a
uniform for his navy, and by which he has gained
great popularity ; indeed his Majesty is very popular
in the neighbourhood of Constantinople ; but at
Adrianople, and other places distant from the capi-
tal, he is now considered as being little better than
a renegade, because of the manner in which lie is
conforming to the habits of Christian Europe. The
Blonde is expected to remain in the neighbourhood
of the Black Sea whilst the Russians, who have one
line of battle ship, a large frigate, and two sloops of
war, continue there."

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