The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-18 00:00:00

'J UItKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 20.—The Captain Pasha is
petted in town to-day, on his return from the Dardanelles,'
whore he has been for the last ten days, providing for the better:
defence of these straits. The Commander-in-Chief of the Ord-
nance, Hadjee Ali Pasha, is to remain governor of the fortresses'
He owes his appointment to the high opinion of his capacity as
an artilleryman he inspired in the Sultan by mounting on a ear'
riage one of the enormous guns which, since the day when they
served Sultan Amur* th in reducing Bagdad, were laid up ss
monuments of Osmanli prowess in the storehouses of the Se-,
raglio. The balls of these cannons weigh 6751 b., and 701 b.
powder is required for the charge. The few whose opinions are
entitled to some consideration, and who look upon a war ,be-
tween the Sultan and Mehemet Ali as inevitable shouto_.
Redschid Pasha's mission in England prove abortive, attribute
the strengthening of the Dardanelles to the Porte's apprehen"
sion of the Pasha's fleet, attempting to force its way to the
capital. -It appears certain that the equipment of the whole 01
the Ottoman fleet is to take place immediately after the cele-
bration of the Coorban 13eiram, which occurs on the 24th jest.
On Sunday last the inauguration of the medical school,
erected at Galata Sely, at the Sultan's expense, took place,
and the last Gazette contained an imperial order for the esta-
blishment of an university at Constantinople, after the model
of Europe, where on leaving the elementary schools, the_Ma-
homedan youth will in future have to go through a regular
course of studies, and be maintained at the public expense
during a certain number of years. None except those wo°
shall have received education at this University, and under"
gone examination satisfactorily, will in future be received In'
the employ of Government.
The envoy of the Kahkan of Kokan had on the 18th inst. e
audience of the Sultan, and laid at his feet the letter from 10
master and the numerous presents of which he was the bearer'
The object of his mission is not merely that of paying homage
to the Sultan as Caliph and first Imam of Islamism, but to re-
fer to his arbitration the settlement of the feuds existing,
for many years between the state of Bokharah and that ol
Kokan. The singularity of the dress of the individuals
composing the Ambassador's retinue, and which, with the
exception of the turban, is very similar to that of theCl'j"
nese, had attracted a vast concourse of spectators on both sides,
of the road by which the many-coloured- cortege was to pass.
on its way to the palace. The procession was opened 101 a
body of Tsharoosh carrying silver rods, and wearing belts
covered with very small bells of the Caine metal, which emitted
as they stately moved along a most singular, but by no naeol.'
disagreeable, harmony. Close behind them was the Irehrolterl
or chief Equerry of the Kahkan, and the fourteen splendw•
horse. of that province's breed, which he was to offer to the
Sultan. The bearers of the shawls, gold and silk brocades,
muslins, and other articles of their country's manufacture,
came next, and after them the Amba,sador on a line steed,
ld b two rooms, olding in both hands te utograp letter
from his Sogvereignh to the Sultan enclosed ina a wreath richlY
studded with precious stones. The march was doled by iry,
dividuals who led the horses and carried the presents whir.
the Ambassador intended offering on his own account to his
Highness.

Colonel Sheil had arrived with the whole of the persons be-
longing to the British Legation in Persia, at Erzeronm.

EGYPT.

CAIRO, Fee. 10.—Reschid Pacha, after sending the Friel
of Nescbeb and his family prisoners to Cairo, marched
against Cosseir, which he took, and is now teasdays' march
from Bassorah. That country is inhabited by warlike tribes'
who will give the Egyptians further trouble. It is n°
known sshether it is a part of Mehemet Ali's plan to get poi;
session of Bassorah. Kursched, formerly his slave, is devote
to him, and should he be so fortunate as to make
self master of the mouths of the rivers Tigris aria
Euphrates, the fall of Bassorah would create a gres
sensation, net only in Asia, but in Europe, and increase the
difficulties of the Oriental question. Either the Pacha of B,g,
dad, or the English, would be obliged to drive the EgyPtiant
from Bas;orah; the Pacha, because he will be convinced tha
an attack on Bagdad itself is intended, the English, beanse
they will not give up the navigation of the Euphrates, not
low the dominion of Mehemet Ali to extend the Persian Glll':,_
If the Pacha of Bagdad attacks, Ibrahim will not be inactlif
on the frontier of• Analotia, and the peace, maintained with
so much trouble, is at an end.
We see that the events of Arabia are of great importance'
and their consequences may extend to Europe.

DEATII OF SIR CHARLES PA GET.—It 1S with
great regret we have to announce the death of Vice"
Admiral the Hon. Sir Charles Paget, K. C. H the
27th of January last, at the Island of St. Thomas, 1-
the West Indies. We gain this intelligence by ;the
Harpy packet. Sir Charles had left Jamaica about eight
days previously, in the Tartarus steamer, with the inten-
tion of joining his family at Bermuda, but we presuP3at
his debility increased on the voyage, and that those abed
him, including his son, the Rev. Edward Paget, deemed
d,
it advisable to run to St. Thomas's for additional a
vice ; when the hand of death deprived the country of the
talented energy of our naval Commander-in-Chief id th
West Indies, and the profession, in which he had bee„
,;
bred, of a high-born, yet urbane gentleman, a first-rate
officer, and a thorough seaman. Sir Charles Paget 011 s
the fifth son of the late Earl of Uxbridge, and brother t 0
,
the Marquis of Anglesey, and was in the 61st year of 11
age. In Duncan's action, in the year 1797, he commanue
the Martin sloop of war, and successively the Brillig?t,
Hydra, Endymion, and Egyptienne frigates ; and though I!,e
..
had never, in those ships, the good fortune to partake 1'
any frigate action, yet no officer of his day was more ac
i:
tive, zealous, and enterprising. He captured several Pro
the breaking out of the Spanish war, he,
to
vateers, and on
one time, brought thirteen captured Rio Plate shiPs,„,
Spithead. In the Revenge and the Superb, he was irr-t,
riously employed blockade of Cherbourg, Roeh'f'.,
and Brest; and in the latter ship, served in the AmerLe.„-,
war; and in the neighbourhood of Boston, at Wareham'
captured 2,500 tons of shipping. Sir Charles was I'7lllo
qucutly Yacht Captain to George the Fourth, in a"
marine excursions; and was knighted at Brighton, in 1819
being promoted to a flag iu 1823. He has since been em-
ployed, first, in attending his then Majesty; secondlhoo.
Commander-in-Chief at Cotk ; thirdly, in an ExPeria the
tal Squadron ; and lastly, as Commander-in-Chief in
_„a
West Indies and North America. The gallant deceased
has left a !arge family, having been married, 1803! '.
Elizabeth Araminta, daughter of Henry (and Lady El:eut
beth) Monck, Esq. ; his eldest son, Charles„,a t Preiiire
commands the Howe, 120, at Sheerness. ---iiamPs
Telegraph.