The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-18 00:00:00

THE PACHAS.

As the career of the Grand Viziers is almost
always terminated by 'their having their heads
cut off, or at least by their being exiled and their
property confiscated, the ministers of the Porte,
zind the Silih-dar, or the Sultan's sword-bearer,
avoid that post, and if they have any influence,
they select one of the Pashas of three tails, and
by their intrigues, facilitate his promotion to
Grand' Vizier. These Dachas are originally
household officers ; and having served Grand
Viziers, Gland Admirals, and Paellas of three
tails, as their Pages, and then as *their Lieute-
nants or their Treasurers, they obtain, under the
auspices of their masters, the title of Chamber•
lain, or of the Grand Seignior's Master of the
Horse ; afterwards they are appointed Governors
of two tails, in the second rank of provinces,
and at last they become Governors of three tails.
These gentlemen, extremely limited in the circle
of their knowledge, very often not knowing how
to read or write, having no notion of the politi-
cal and diplomatic affairs of the empire, recom-
mend themselves by their ignorance to their pro-
tectors, whose principal interest it is that the
Grand Vizier should not have the slightest ca-
pacity. Frequently these Paellas, in accumu-
lating riches by the easy means of exactions,
share them with their protectors, gain by re-
peated presents the favour of the Sultan, and
the most lavish of his gifts, the least able to ma-
nage public affairs, and consequently, the least
to be feared, obtains the place of Grand Vizier.
Encumbered with an enormous weight of multi-
form affairs, the new Vizier directs them by
chance, and scarcely does he begin to learn
something by routine, before he is replaced by
another more ignorant than himself. Sometimes
the Yetritzeiri Agassi, or Chiefs of the Janissa-
ries, have been promoted to the office of Grand
Vizier.. These men, brought up in barracks,
exclusively military, and knowing nothing but
the business and the interests of their corps, are
generally' so ignorant and so rude in their pro-
ceedings, that when they become Grand Viziers,
they do nothing but blunder.
The Minister of the Interior has no idea of
the statistics of the empire. All that is required
from him is a superficial knowledge of the
Arabic and Persian, in order that he may be able
to read the various reports of the Governors of
the provinces, as well as the petitions, which are
afterwards presented by him to the Grand Vizier.

Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due.
0 America 0 1 Hamburgh 0
U Brazil 0 1 Holland 0
0 Buenos Ayres
I Dublin
1 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0
I France
0 Gottenburgh ...... ... 0 0 Mexico 0
0 Guernsey& Jersey. 0 0 Waterford 0

have some ostensible reason for yielding to the
demands of the Allied Powers, for had he de-
cided on war, their consent would be dispensed
with by the proud and energetic spirit that de-
stroyed the Janissaries :
_

TRIESTE, JAN. 4.—Letters from Corfu, dated the 23d
of December, state that Ibrahim had assembled all the
troops of the interior of the Morea, and that he had estab-
lished them near Modon and Coron to wait the final orders
of his father. _

According to the latest intelligence, Patras was the last
place occupied by the Egyptians, who had abandoned all
the others.

On the 28th of December, Count Capo d'lstria, Presi-
dent of the Greek Government, had embarked at Ancona
for Greece, on board an English frigate. When he had
embarked the frigate hoisted the Greek flag, and saluted
him with 20 guns.— Gazette d' Augsburg.
CoxsrANTlNortE, DEC. 12.—Ever since the rupture
of the negociations, the military preparations have proceeded
with great activity ; but hitherto they have assumed no other
than that of a defensive character.
FitEscx Folins.—Pants, JAN. 15.—Five- per Cents.
103 f. 40c. 35c. 40e. 50c. 45c. ; Three per Cents. 68f.
70c. 65c. 70c. 65c. 75e. 80e. ; Bank Actions, 1,900 f. ;
Rentes de Naples, Cer, Falconet, 75f. 60c. '7sc. 70c. 75c. ;
Rente d'Espagne, Si; Royal Spanish Loan, 70k, 4, 71,
70i, 4 ; Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, 464-, ; Haytian
Loan, 680 f. Exchange on London—One Month, 25f.
15c. Paper ; 25f. 15c. money ; Three Months, 25f. paper;
25f. money.

Brussels Papers to the 17th inst. have been
received. They copy from the Austrian Observer
what it terms a rapid sketch of the negotiations
which took place at Constantinople previous to
the departure of the Allied Ambassadors. The
article will be found elsewhere, but as little
knowledge can be gained and less interest con-
veyed by a double discussion of this eternal source
of dissension, we shall, in mercy to our readers,
abstain from making their labour as abortive as
that of the Ambassadors. The thing is now as
barren as the sands of Egypt. We copy the
following article as much for its quaintness as
for the singular pride of DIPO NIGORO, who
seems to give a new reading of " Mahomet and
the Mountain." Humility is a virtue which
people do not like to be taught :

HAGUE, JA2s'. 19.—One of our Journals says—M.
Dubus, Commissioner General in the Indies, received on
the 6th October last, the following letter, the authority of
which we warrant :--

" We, Dip° Nigoro, Sultan of the whole Island of Java,
to the Chief of the foreigners residing in this Island :—ln
the name of Almighty God, do not be too proud, but come
to us to learn our desires."

Letters from Constantinople of the 13th ult.
state, that the PORTE no longer grants firmans
with facility to the vessels of the three Allied
Powers to navigate the Archipelago, and that
several of these vessels have even been forced
to discharge their cargoes in the arsenal.