The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-09 00:00:00

DESCRIPTION UP CONSTANTINOPLE 4

(Prom Wittman' Tra"vets in Turkey, Szc',)

• CONSTANTINUPLE, comprehending its iSulstirhil,
rwrie of which are so large that several authors have
been led to colmider them as dist.ind cities, is c,f
very considetlble extent. It is in the form of an
unequal triangle, 'having .one .of its' sides towards
the sea-of Marolora, another in franc of the.har:.
bour,,and,ll,c third towards the land. Being built
on .5-21.,en on: the` sides of which the houses are
placed,it has at a little distance the appearance of a
vast .amplittlintre,.stretching itself over a very ex.:,
lensive territory. The mosques, or places of public
worthip, of-which the principal one was the cele.
&rated Christian Church of St. S;4phia; which name
it still retains, :,re _numerous, and several of Clem:
very large. They. arc but piovided 'with bells;
hut each of them has one or several minatets, on
.which the muczins, or criers, are stationed to call
the ,people to prayers.; These minarets -bear stionsg.
reseinblancein.their form to a tall candle, haVing
an extinguisher at its top.

Nothing can be'grander or, tnlre, beautifully pic.
turesque than the external arre,irance of Const,inti,
noplc 'art,l of its vicinity. Within it his' less to
recommend it, the Ihm,es hr ii,}. bin indiErently
both, anAlhe streets very narro

.The Seraglio, or.palace..of the Grand Sultan,'oc.
cupies the'space on which the ancient city of gy.
zantittin 'formerly stgod, at the extremity of the
forinA by the seti`rif _ Maininra and the Ilos.
phurus. It is by far the most beautiful part of Con-
rtantiribple, the prOjeAing land on which it stands
being- covered 'by .groves of • cypres's• tirccs, Wadi'
give wsublinie effett to the magnificent buildings of
which the palace is composed.

On the opposite situof the -harbrmr, the towns,
or mote properly speati,,ing: suburbs of Gtlata, Pere,
and .Tophana, are situated ; and, on the Asiatic
side; opposite the Pbint Of. the S',:r3g,lio, standi•the
town or suburb of Scutari. Vtoin the great sloping
of the hills oti which thcy are,placed, these.subarlis
have a very fie and' run:untie appearance,. the houies.
seething -as &built 'tier uptin tier. Being,hoWever,
principally canstruded•of wood, which is sOon fret.
red and decayed by the intense heat of the sun 'in
&ugh a climate, the grandeur of the scene is diminish,
ed on a near aliproach. Between them cypress trees
rear ,their lofty heads, and .1d:l greatly to the sub.
limity of the general eireet. cemeteries are
also. thickly planted. with there frees ; and the scent
is thus .rendp.eocautifully picturesque. .In short,
the' external view of.Cortstatitinople, and of its en.
v irons, is at once sublime and pleasling and with
this view the traveller ought to content •Itirnself,
since, on a nearer. inspedion, he will find little. to
gratifi his curioSity,- or to excite iris admiration.

The Thisphorus, a beautiful' canal, ornarvow:sea,
from a mile !to a tnile anti .a half in breadth, arid.
about twenty mlle‘s in
.length, forms the communi.
cation between the Euxine, or Black Sea, and the.
sea of',Marmora, the ancient .Propontis; .In The
formatio'n of its banks, which are lofty; and. lined
with an exquisite -variety of beautiful frees and
shrubs, Nature has been lavish- in the extreFne.,Si-
veral v3ll:crel3 are interspersed; anti at the sea-sidc
the'Grattd36,:iita
inor, the Vizier, Capn 131c.ha,
have elegant klu"sqlics;.nr pleasure tou.se., for rheir
,summer iesidence. Throlzh'int the tXtetit
of the canal the highest, state ul cult;..Nitir.i pre vai!s:
its shores being covered. with vineyardi, gard,f
and orchards; contait'imi a gr‘.:4l tilytlML:y
finest fruits.. If'ere the Tulks po?..eswd u, .1 time
at all proportioutite to. the tiLig
situation,affortis, and at the S:1111:: time i, t I Tv!'"
a government similar to our on.n. the bal,• 1- ( t the Bosphorus would become• Tone of the tuns;t, ,
,spots in the world. They at present 10SC All ,the
beauties of the perspeAkiv7. From ;he epilictc9s,
(hetr villages, being built close to the canal, side,
with stags 'or• landing places.prf)Hikng,_ov!:r ihe
water. There the inhabitants.alscroble, and
for several hour's tvgetlicr;smokiog.their Pii'esi and
enjoying the cool refreshing bteeze. '

I .vilas confirmed in the observation I had. made
on my first arrival, that' the strt'etS of Conitanti,
noplez are, without exception,' narrow, ill Prayed,.
windOws.,:projeetitig to the titret%
and.d4tY. .Almost all. the houses ate bunt with
which. nearly
• touch those of
,their opposite neighbours ; this- Ctls7.
t"1" greatly obstruCts the free eirculatiOn of air
through the streets. The, roofs of the hotthes are
mi.erably ill cover, d ; they are,fortned of a reddish
tile, loosely put on %,vif.:.,,out any fastening; ocra..
sinnatly IP)sc stones are laid on here and there, hut
as cat running over the top of allouse will fil'equent..
ly untile St; consequently they are. wretchedly.
.construCted for rainy or. tempestuous 'weather. .The,
external appearance of the huusei is at tine came time:
ficaty attd,dismal, all the ornaments being reserved
for the interior. •

Mrs. SttAW, of Lllmbeth-btrect,, Whiteehapel,
.vas on Thursday evening stiztd with, a lock-jaw,:
i c. nsequence of immoderate laughter.. S!;:2 con.
rimed in this state for twenty hours, when it was
remoied.

SHIP. NZH'S.

GRAVESEND, •JULY 6.

Passed by—the Esther, Inglish, frorri Trisidad";
Goodrich, . from Virginia ; Skov, from Malam
Fremberg, Sanderson, from Oporto ; Spiimaiy
from Gutrnsey ; Logan, 11I'llonnel1, and Draper. Donald,
from Belfast; Four Friends, Stalf, from Cork ; London,
Phillis, and Ponw e 4 (with prize goods), front Plymouth ;
Suocess, Richardson (with ditto), fmni Liverpool; 1' vvo iis-
ker,s; Boyd, I ultana, and Wilneiniina Cathariio,
flint Ertibiro,
Cotnmerce, Whitaker, for Lubec.

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