The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-30 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 4.

(From a Correspondent of a Morning Paper.)
On the 31st ult. a very fine Egyptian frigate, of
S 4 guns, and 560 picked men, arrived here, bring-
ing besides, a young relative of the Pacha, the Divan
Ffendise of Mehemed Ali, the hearer of a compli,-
mentary letter on the occasion of the present mar-
riage, together with splendid presents to the amount
of a million of piastres and more. Among other ar-
ticles I hear of a beautifully worked golden date-tree,
the fruit being represented by brilliants and other
previous jewels-, It is given out that the frigate is
to remain here a couple of months. There are
reports that Mehemed Ali is negotiating in order
that the Sandjak of Orfa, of the province of Diar-
Isoker, be given up to them, and his partisans go so
tar as to say, that if the Porte be not complaisant
tin this point, the Egyptian ruler will be compelled
to take possession of the Sandjak, whilst those who
have access to the Sultan say that such insolence
would instantly be followed by a declaration of war.
It is certain that the Sovereign is exceedingly exas-
perated against his lordly vassal,and the s'i-tiall?st spark
might cause an explosion of his wroth. Pride, on the
one side, and insolence on tl,e other,would bring about
* sanguinary result.;sed many are of opinion that
frothing can rts':.ch longer retard a collision. Me-
Isemed sends no contribution, and pleads an
exhausted treasury, whilst he modestly hints, that
he will make an effort to be regular in his payments,
as soon as he receives from the Porte a firman, ab-
solving him in tote from the payment of arrears,
which amount to little short of half a million ster-
ling. If the report concerning his barefaced de-
mand of Orfa be true, foreign intervention will
certainly be required, to keep the swords of
the parties in their sheaths. and this task must
not be left to the perfidious Russian, whose de-
signs are concealed from the blind alone. The ap-
pearance of our fleet in the Archipelago at tWs
juncture has given rise to many speculations as to
its real .object ; but I believe there is only one opi-
nion off this subject—that it is far too weak to
do anY'practical good. When a few more ships
of the line have been brought forward, not merely
to menace, but to strike at the very root of all the
evil of this quarter—Russia, England will again
rise in the scale of nations, and the encroaching
barbarian of the North will be thrown in the shade
for a long series of years, whereas now his pre-
sumption is beyond all credence. I have heard
it stated, at an excellent source, that Russia is de-
termined to seize the very first moment of descend-
ing the Euphrates, and establishing herself on the
Persian Gulf! This is only one of her numerous
schemes to subvert the interests of Britain, and
she ought to be curbed in time. Every moment we
defer inflicting upon her this merited chastisement,
is a moment fraught with danger, and England may
emerge from her indifference to her own advan-
tage., only when they are irretrievably lost. The
subject is really of sufficient importance to command
universal attention. I have lately read an article
in the " Foreign Quarterly Review," on the country,
containing ,many valuable truths, but I cannot re-
frain from remarking that the talented writer of it
attacks the institutions of this Government, where-
as he might have confined himself to abuses, which
are the only evils that ought to be removed. I
would refer him to any gentleman who has studied
similar institutions in India, to say whether it is
desirable that they should be lightly sacrificed to
be replaced by our superfine tyranny of the West
And whether, if the latter were really establish-
ed here, the system could possibly work without
the more fatal effects'? To a man seized with
cholera you may give opium enough to poison a
horse, but an ordinary patient may be treated more
mildly, and Heaven forbid that European institu-
tions should be inflicted upon this country. The
writer alluded to seems to think it all up with poor
Turkey, and that the only question is how
her carcase is to be disposed of, whether the
Russians or the Rayahs are to have it—and
who are the Ray ahs ? The real Greeks have al-
ready got a Government, the Armenians have not
an idea above mere money-making ; the Bulgarians
are a kind of connecting link between the cattle
and the Turks, and make excellent ploughmen:and
grooms ;so that the Jews alone remain—if he can
make any thing of them, he is very welcome, to
their beards and all. It might be easier to destroy
one government than to replace it by another ; I
will not say better, but equally good. The Turks
can command unbounded wealth the moment they
arc torn frem the hug of the Russian bear, because
they would encourage production, abolish restric-
tions, monopolies, and abuses, and afford facilities
for the exportation of produce ; they will soon
have a fleet of twenty sail of the line, as
many frigates, and abundance of smaller vessels ;
their standing army between infantry, cavalry, gun-
ners, and engineers, is 100,000 men, becoming daily
more effective and easier to be rendered as good
troops as any in the world ; in addition to which we
may soon see 300,000 militia as well armed as the
regulars, and so far from being deficient in intel-
ligence, the young Turks are surprisingly gifted
with an aptitude to learn any thing and every
thing, in an incredibly short space of time.
We must not expect old men with grey beards to
become what we call civilised, but the rising genera-
tion may be so, and lie who was acquainted with
Turks some time back, would no longer recognise
them in the dashing young officers of the army, most
of whom have really a very gentlemanly appearance.
The marriage fete has continued with unabated
spirit. On Sunday, the Patriarchs, Greek, Arme-
nian, and Catholic Armenian, together with the
Jewish High Priest, and the Chiefs of the Communi-
ties were entertained sumptuously ; and yesterday all
the foreign embassies were collected at Dolmabaktihe,
where they had a dinner under a tent, of course
such a one as they might have got in Paris or
London. One of the ambassadors, in an appro-
priate speech, gave a toast, " To the prosperity of
the Ottoman Empire," which was answered by one
of the Turkish Ministers drinking " To the Diplo-
matic Corps." On rising from table, the party
withdrew to a Kiushk of the Sultan to see the
fireworks, which were unusually brilliant. One
of the temples had a flaming inscription, but
I was too distant to be able to make it out. This
morning the .lihaz (dowry and paraphernalia)
were transported with great pomp from the Sultan's
palace at Beshiktash, to the Princess's new palace
Nishat Abad, the Abode of Joy. The officers of
the Porte opened the procession, then came a body
of lancers, superior officers of the army, 52 mules
loaded with trunks of finery ; six coaches and six, con-
taining plate of various descriptions, 11 coaches and
4, containing equally objects of silver, gold, &c., 20
mules with cushions and household furniture, 70
men each bearing on his head a silver tray filled with
shawls, brocades, &c. ; 16 men with trays full of
jewellery of the most splendid description ; 2 coaches
with six horses, and 10 with four horses appeared
to be empty ; 30 black eunuchs loaded with years
and ugliness, the most disgusting devils imaginable,
appeared next ; a body of lancers followed, and
closed the procession, which may have been about
three miles long. It must not be supposed that
the furniture mentioned above is all the new
married couple are to have, for the Abode of
Joy was previously completely fitted up by
Frank upholsterers, in the newest French style ;
but the numerous oriental articles were ex-
posed to the popular gaze for effect, and even
the bath patters, hand looking glass, and
other ornaments common to all Turkish brides were
not forgotten. The Sultan, followed by his two
sons on horseback, placed himself in his splendid tent
at Niihau Tash, on the road side, to view the pro-
cession and seemed to take a great interest in it.
evening we are tohave such an unbounded display of
fireworks, that if we don't set the Bosphorus on fire it
will not be for want of trying ; a castle is to be
taken by storm, I hear, and, I dare say it will he a
very good affair, as it winds up our pyrotechnics. To-
morrow the procession of the bride concludes the
entertainments, and to-day none of the Paellas were
visible (except the Seraskier and Achmed Pacha,
who directed operations), in de that eomething