The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-13 00:00:00

THE WEATHER IN TILE EAST.

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A letter from Constantinople of the 3d, in 111,,e„,
Gazette du Midi, gives the following account of t"-
severe state of the weather at that place :
It is almost impossible for me to give you all
idea of the extremities to which this city is reduce
by the snow, which night and day has been falling
in such abundance that it lies in the streets to the
depth of upwards ot six feet. In the outskirts 0
the city, in parts little frequented, it is atoll deeper, and in the country there is no long°r
any trace of a road, and the ravines which are e°
numerous in the neighbourhood of Constantinople;
are all filled up to a level with the roads. "Ti
cold is most intense, and men, horses, and whole
flocks of sheep have perished. Ail the oh spalo
in the city are filled with poor people who have
had their feet frostbitten. Certain parts bf
heights of Pera have been for some days call'
pletely unapproachable. The Sultan one def.
left his palace to proceed to Yeni-Keuchk, below'
Tcheragan,. but the 'lmperial carriage could TO
proceed far on the road, and was compelled tc°
return. The port of Constantinople has been froseo
over for the last four or five days, with the excel)"
tion of a vary narrow channel in the centre.
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number of wild fowl congregated together in this
stream, and afforded some amlis.meut to sP°lls;
med. Oee man in his eagerness to get hold 0 e
wild duck which he had killed went on e°ll3
ice which was rather weak, and, falling throughb;
was drowned. To add to these horrors, to'd
wolves have come down from the mountains, f!
have approached the gates of the city. So wing
;
have these animals become from hunger that, s
front of a cafe near the artillery barracks at Ffrerotf
a horse was attacked and devoured by a Pg°7 by
them. At Scutari a poor woman was killed
others at only a short distance from a guardhotl4l
and in the country parts the most dreams
ravages have been committed. The blocking u
of
of the roads has prevented the usual suPrf, of
fuel from reaching the capital, and the Prl°
clisrcoal has risen to one franc a pound. bich
Ouan Cahan, a boat laden with this article,2rwith
Was moored off the quay, was so besiegeu_ster
customers that two persons fell into the -"ow
and were drowned. A more than ordinarkflipor.
ti,y of snow has also fallen this year in Asia I"d
At Messina it continued heavily for 32 hours, alit
completely bulled the Greek convent of Ala
was with the greatk st difficulty that a passage ‘.tioir
be cut in order to release the monks fro:flosing
perilous position. The operations for re'eros
them were directed by a Turkish officer of enginebuilt
who had been sent on a mission to Messina t°._built
a plan of the town, which is about to be lv
and fortified on a new system." •

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The Conspiracy Bill of Lard Palmerston seen3,l4ii'
to meet with. determined resistance in WestEnior„r:t the,
public meeting is nailed for Monday evening yelp ;verso
Freemasons' Tavern, to which have been invited %od
influential gentlemen and all the members sv,h7tft'tiott•
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against this attempt to legislate under foreign t—eid in
We hear of numerous meetings about to tolitm
various part 3 of tho country to petition ngaiust lo