The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-18 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 21.—The whole of the Ottoman
fleet, with the exception of a two-decker and frigate left in
station at Smyna, arrived here on the 18th in'tant. On
the report of the salute from the Admiral-ship being heard,
a vast concourse of spectators gathered on both shores of
the Bosphorus, anxious to ascertain how far the Turkish
sailors had improved under the tuition of their English
friends, and the loud shouts of " Mashallas " burst on all
sides, on seeing the admirable order and masterly style in
which every vessel in the squadron doubled the Seraglio
Point, and came to anchor in the Golden Horn. Captain
Moresby of the Pembroke, Captain Walker of the Rodney,
and the several English officers who came up from the Dar-
danelles in the Capitan Pacha's ship all agreed that the
manoeuvre could not be better performed by any navy. On
the same day the vessels were, the wind proving contrary,
towed into harbour by the squadron's steamer, where they
are now being dismantled. Captain Walker, who is now
living as the Capitan Pasha's guest at the Admiralty, will,
after a few days, return to the English squadron now
lying at the entrance of the Dardanelles, in company
with the officers who accompanied him. The Sultan has,
it is said, expressed the wish to have them presented to
him, and is, on that occasion, to present them with deco-
rations, as a token of his gratitude for the pains they have
been at in tutoring the Turkish officers and sailors placed
on board their vessels.

Contrary to the custom established from time immemo-
rial at the Porte, the list of the individuals appointed by
the Sultan to hold the various offices in the State during
the ensuing twelve months, has not been published before
the present Ramazan. Mahmoud, whose mind is lorded by
a wish of substituting for the Mahomedan institutions of
Government those of Europe, on hearing that this prac-
tice was nowhere followed but in Turkey, ordered it to be
abandoned. A change, however, has lately taken place,
for which the public mind, though in a country where the
caprices of fortune are so frequent, was totally unprepared
for, and which, though po,itive , many yet refuse to cre-
dit. The personage who hasincurred diFgrace and fal-
len from his high estate, was no less a man than
his Highness's dwarf—the influential Ahmed Aga.
For a number of years this person bad found ample
compensations for the injustice of nature in the fa-
vours of an imperial master, and the more special
privilege of being admitted freely in the presence of the in-
comparable beauties which adorn the Sultan's harem. In
an evil hour for this happy mortal the Sultan remarked that
his upper I,p was assuming a darker hue than became the
face of a guardian to whom the charge of so precious a
treasure might safely be intrusted. Dark clouds of suspi-
cion gathered aroufid the. imperial brow. Leaving physio-
logists to account for the phenomenon, suffice it to say, that
in consequence of the report of the Kislar Aga, the dwarf
was declared unworthy to remain another minute in the
harem, and turned for ever out of the gates of bliss. For
many days much alarm was felt on Ahmed Aga's account.
The fiultan in his just indignation, could, it was supposed,
do no less am() hang him off the portals so oft defiled
through his impure presence ; but—and let this example be
recited among the most remarkable instances of Mahmoud's
clemency and moderation—the guilty offender not only had
his life granted to him, but in a few days the ceremony of
his marriage is to bia performed with unusual pomp,
in presence of the whole Court and grandees of the empire.

EGYPT.
(From the Smyrna Journal of the 24th ult.)
Advices from Alexandria of the 16th ult. state that an
express had brought intelligence of the arrival of Mehemet
Ali at Kartoun, a small town situate above Assouan, and
that he intended to proceed on his journey in a few days.
The Viceroy was in excellent health, and appeared ex-
tremely cheerful.
The financial situation of Egypt is represented as most
critical, even by the best friends of the Viceroy. The pay-
ment of the arrears due to the navy and public officers had
been suspended for want of funds. Cairo was incumbered
with merchandise of all kinds, and English manufactures
in particular, for which there was no sale. Specie was so
scarce, that discounts had risen to 2i per cent. per month.
The disarmament of the fleet was no longer talked of.
All the
s were kept, on the war footing. The flotilla
,biPg. with the exception of three had been dis-
masted, but it w merely for the purpose of repair, and
their crews vve
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