The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-28 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE.

The followiTsfromaleiter dated Constan-
tinople, April 13 :
" The prospects of accommodation for our troops are
excellent, so far as this place is concerned. It has been
mentioned that the barracks at Daoud Pacba, are set
apart for the French, while our own men will be sta-
tioned at Scutari, in the vast
.n Ewart, of the Royal
barracks
erected in that
suburb some years since. Capt
Engineers, was sent yesterday ta:
inspect the place, and
found it superior to all that could
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The range of building, heath
looking the Bosphorus, is capable of containing with ease
8,000 men. When the extensive passages and halls are
utilised no doubt 10,000 will be able to find accom-
modation. The Seraskier__
deputed_ Osman Pasha to
accompany
the English officer in his nspection,
to receive and
his sugg
racks have been emptied of their former occupants,
andare now clean and ready for the reception of
their new guests. Mats are to be laid down through
the whole extent of the building, and the place will be
excellently adapted for the winter quarters of the army,
or an hospital for the sick and woun ed in the ensuing
campaign. The Pasha also announced that the entire
upper floor in the great hospital was ready fur the sick
among the English troops, and that the extensive range
of stables between the barrack and the Bosphorus was
also at our service. Wood has been cut and piled up fur
the use of the troops in sufficient qu.mtities to last a
month, and ample preparations are made for cooking,
washing, and such necessities.
"Not only are the comforts of the private soldier
provided for, but the notables who will accompany
the expedition may expect a magnificent welcome.
The Green Palace at Kuaratscln-stn,S, on the Bo-
phorus, has been set apart for the reception of the
more distingui,hed officers. Probably the urgent
nature of military duties will not allow any inui-
vidual to avail himself for any tune of this pleasingresidence, but as there will be a constant streams of
travellers passing to and fro on the various duties
of
restthoe
service, the advantages afforded by such a place
will be very great. The town is now dunselv crowded,
and where the new arrivals are to find room is awon-
der to all. As the streets have no names, and the
houses no numbers, it is s, difficult thing to discover

the habitation of one's acquaintance, and psoplc are
.ItA•n locking after each other in the wretched alleys,
which are called streets, in this dreary town.
"The latest accounts from the fleet are to the effect
that a visit to Odessa was probable, the object of which
would be to bring away the consuls, who, it was sup-
posed, were detained. However, the. consuls have ar-
rived here in safety, and there is no reason to believe
that such an outrage as their detention was ever eon'
:templated.

"Three of the Zouaves at Gallipoli were shot yester
lay, pursuant to the sentence of a regimental court
ilartial. Shortly after landing they had proceeded to
!ray their addresses to some Turkish women, a proceed-
ing calculated to excite the anger of the Mussulman popu-
lation. Two of the officers interfered and commanded
,bean to desist, when the privates either struck or
rounded them. They wore at once brought to a court-
martial, and the sentence of death passed upon then'
.vas immediately executed.
" The 93d Highlanders arrived on the 11th, and are
regarded by the Turks with wonder and admiratioe-
l'he Osmanli is, I believe, a little scandalised at their
personal appearance, for the garb of old Gaul is not COn"
-onant with the notions of Oriental dignity.On the
arrival of the 93d at Gallipoli, while they were yet or;
the noble steamer which brought them, a smaller vessel
came alongside. On the deck was a Pasha, or other
Turkish dignitary, with the ladies of his household.
Highlanders, eager to salute their Eastern
mounted the paddle-box of their steamer, and from their
exalted position cheered the ladies below them in the
smaller craft. The horror of the Pasha may be iels;
pined, and the auguries he drew as to the habits and
manners of the Franks.
" The price of coal is now a matter of the deepest im'
portance. It is selling here at 655. a tun, and the con-
sequence is that the steamers on the Bosphorus are to
stop plying in 10 days, as the enormous cost of fuel reit'
tiers the enterprise a loslng one. One cause of the en'
hanced cost is that there are at present no back freights'
"Another spell of bad weather has commenced ; t°•
day it is snowing, and the troops will be much inc°lll•
moded in their temporary quarters.
"APRIL 15.—01 d inhabitants declare that the present
season is unexampled within the last few years. A ci°ll„,
less sky, tropical heat, dusty roads, and the Bosplior'''
crowded with caiques, have been succeeded by weather
of northern severity. To-day it has almost snowed ie.
cessantly, and ciouds of sleet are driven by the cuttiog
north-east gale into the faces of the passengers, 11,11;:,
are forced by business to venture out into the 11311,7 h,,
streets, or to trust themselves to the stormy bosom ca ""„.1
Golden Horn. Such a visitation in the middle of '11)1".:
is something like a perturbation in nature, and the e'-‘i
ments themselves seem to share in the convulsions °-
troubles of mankind.