The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-27 00:00:00

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-• an Catholic religions. The manifebt result
of this \vi I be to hasten the admLsion of Christians
into the ranks of the army, as was contemplated in
the Firman, but which has since been most unjustly
evaded. In a word, the pro,pects of Turk y are
less gloomy than they have been. The want of
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money is severely felt, it ,is true; but with a
Sultan determined on saving his dominions, and
a man of Omar Pasha's stamp to organize and
carry out his Wishes, there is no reason to despair
of the ultimate regeneration of the country. The
only fear to be entertained is that she will not be
allowed to rise again into her place among nations ;
for, saving England, she is absolutely without one
honest friend. Everything tends to prove that her
ultimate destruction Is contemplated. Can England
save her? Tima will show.

Let us now take a turn in these filthy streets.
Leaving the species of lodging-house, a room of
which I occupy, we must clamber up the rough and
broken steps leading to the main street, the whole
length of which forms a kind of bazaar. Tho cos-
tumes are varied enough, and dirty enough, but
their wearers^deserve a look. There es no doubt
about it, they are fine specimens of humanity.
Amongst the tallest and best dressed are Omar
Pasha's Albanian Guard, who lounge and swagger
about with great effect. The street is occupied by
a string of ponies laden with forage and salt pro-
visions for the army. Presently we approach a
gateway, against which a Turkish sentinel indo-
lently leans, if he be not seated on the kerbstone at
the corner. A little further, and the peaceful
traveller, unconscious of offence, is accosted with
angry gesticulations by another sentry. The mean-
ing of all this is that he is requested to throw away
and stamp upon his cigarette, the old tower on the
left being used as a magazine. Round it is a weak
attempt at forming a kind of Place d'Artnes is
apparent, Omar Pasha having ordered some of the
adjacent housfs to be pulled down. This was not
before it was necessary, a fire having broken out in
its vicinity. On that occasion the inhabitants pulled
down a few houses, and left it axis e/rtinguisfied: The
wind rose, and it broke out afresh, taking the direc-
tion of the magazine. Upon this the population
took to the country, and the prisoners who were
located close by escaped in the general confusion.
Had it not been providentially extinguished, the
place of Mostar would have known it no more.
The prison was only a plain white house, and does
not look as if it could ever have been the sort of
place to have long defied the ingenuity of a Jack
Sheppard or an accomplished London housebreaker
of the present day. Continuing our ramble, we
come to another archway. Let us pass through
this and turn up an uncomfortable-looking hill
to the right. We have not, however, to mount
far before we come to a gate, before which are
two sentries, rather more alert than their fellows.
Officers may be seen passing to and fro. This
is the house occupied by Omar Pasha, and a few
paces beyond may be seen the flagstaff of the
Austrian Consulate. We must now return to
the main street, which continues in unbroken mo-
notony for something under a quarter of a mile,
with gateways at intervals. If we have sufficient
patience to continue our stroll, we come upon the
barial ground. On both sides high hills hem us in,
while the tiny stream of the Narenta winds away
to the northward. There is nothing more to show,
that I am aware of, except the bridge over the
river, which is a magnificent relic of ancient Rome ;
although the Turks affirm that it was built by
Solymnn the Magnificent, it is, beyond a doubt, the
work of either Trajan or of Hadrian. The General-
issimo has to-day inspected the Christian Volun-
teers, and very fine fellows they are, all armed with
rifles. These arms of precision are mostly made in
'Bosnia, where there are two or three establishments
for that purpose. A reinforcement of 450 Turkish
Irregular Volunteers, being the quota contributed
by Mostar, left to-day for the frontier. Of these
300 are infantry, and the remainder cavalry. Their
first march is to Bosnia, only two hours' distant.
There the English Consul has a very nice country
house, which used to belong to the Vizier.
I have just received visits from the Austrian and
Russian Consuls, the latter of whom expounded his
views on the present question. They were natu-
rally much in favour of Montenegro, and it was
easy to detect that he would willingly see Herze-
govina throw off the Turkish rule and become amal-
gamated with the former province. His strong
point is, of course, the grievances endured by the
Caristians ; let us hope that these are now to be
removed in a more pacific manner than he would
desire.

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