Star.
London, England, 1823-04-19 00:00:00

REVELATION FROM MAHOMET.

We learn by the last letters from Constantinople,
that an extraordinary sensation has been produced in
that capital, and throughout the Empire, by a recent
Revelation from the Prophet to the Scheick Achmed,
Guardian of the Tomb at Medina. In it a heavy judg-
ment is denounced against the Faithful, on account of
the depravity of their lives, and their laxity in religi-
ous matters. The approaching end of the world is
also announced; and the terror inspired in consequence,
• has been confirmed by the late destructive fire at Con-
stantinople, which is considered as the first of the
awful signs which are to precede the universal de-
struction. The practical effect of these things has been
to render the Turks more submissive to their Superi-
ors, and more willing to agree to the measures of
conciliation, which the Porte seems determine to
adopt towards the Greeks. A private letter of the
10th ult. in allusion to this change of feeling, says,
" The calamity, confined as it has been exclusively
to the Turks, so far from producing disorder and vio-
lence, has rather served to soften and civilize them.

The circumstance of the change of the wind during
the fire, and which has thrown all the loss upon the
Turks, is considered as a judgment of GOD for their
sins, and it has made a great many becothe be-
lievers to the Missioh ji on: Mecca, of which I send you
a copy."
Achmed, the Guardian of the Tomb, in announc-
ing the Mission, says, " I was in the Tomb on a Fii-
day toward, midnight, with another person, and em-
ployed in reading the Coran on the right side of the
Tomb. Entranced, and abstracted from the affairs
of this world, I was accosted in a low voice, when I
awol;?, and beheld the Greatest in both worlds, who
said to me, Oh, Achmed ! Doest thou know my si-
tuation? or that of my people? Upon which I arose,
crossed my arms, and waited in respectful siience.
Oh, Achmed ! continued the Prophet, I feel shame
before the Most High; the respect due to parents is
lost ! The rich are utterly regardless of the sufferings
of the poor; they have ter:atll for nothing but music
and their amusement ; fish hearts are blackened;
tbey no loner read the Coran, and merely follow
t!:cir pervei se natural inclinations. The Teachers of
the Law no more respect themselves; but frequent
tippling-houses, where they indulge to excess in. the
horrible siu r The Prophet then tells the Holy
Guardian, that he had sent bins two other testa-
ments, or warnings, but that they had made very lit-
tle impression; and that the consequence' of this ob-
duracy was a judgment from the Most High, against
the chosen people. " Your nation," says Gon, ad.
dressing the Prophet," no more fears my wrath, and
is become a great sinner. But I swear by niy cle-
mency and power, that such are the black actions of
your People, that I have been inclined to abandon
them: it is only for your sake, that I have hitherto
:hewed them mercy ; but* my-mercy is mini with
my wrath." Upon this, the Prophet replied, that he
was going to send a third warning, and that if it had
no effect, he would interpose no wore in favour of
his People.

The Prophet then commands Achmed to make
the judgmcia known to the Faithful, and to exhort
them, at the same time, to abandon th::ir sinful course,
partkularly as the end cf the world is close at hand.
!2N ul the Ile:2,ira, the first awful signs will ap-
pear in a great decreise of good works. In 12:;0
there will lie a great drought. In 1210 the married
women will appear in the market-place.; without the
permission of their husbands. In 1250 some parts
of the world will be swallowed up, in token of its
approaching destruction. In 1260 there will be a
shower of hailstones of tic izr of an egg. In 1270
the sun will cease its splendour. From 1280 to
1300 Anti-Christ will conic, who will contend with
the Messiah! The Iloly Guardian then swears three
times by GoD, that what he has related is no lie!
After which he enjoins, in the name of the Prophet,
the circulation of the Testament. It is to be distri-
buted from house to house; and rewards, temporal
and future, arc awarded, in proportion to the num-
ber of copies that shill be made out and circulated.
Whoever expends clues aspres in this pious work
shall obtain pardon for the fasts he has omitted.
Whoever gives four, shall obtain temporal blessings;
five, shall suffer no pain of any kind in this world
six, the gates of hell shall be closed against him ;
seven, eight, and nine, all his goods shall remain se-
cure, and not a hair of his head shall be touched ;
but the man who gives ten, should he be afflicted
with a thousand diseases, and seventy thousand aches,
they would be instantly cured. Moreover, all his
wishes by day and night should be granted; and he
should be blessed with a sight of *the Prophet in his
dreaths. Ile:e the Testament closes. •

During the performance of the Tragedy of king
John, on Tan sday night, at Covent-Garden, the
audience seorned to make a peculiar application to
certain existing public events, when Mr. CHARLES
K mime, as Fa/cm/bridge, delivered the indignant
speech to the king, at the peace with France:
" 0, inglorious league !
Shall we, upon the footing of our land,
Send fair-play oilers, and make compromise,
Insinuation, parley, and base truce,
To arms invasive? Shall a beardless hoy,
A cocker'd silken wanton, brave our fields,
And flesh his spirit in a warlike soil,
Mocking the air with colours idly spread,
And find no check? Let us, my liege, to arms;
Sweep off those base invaders from the land;'---
At these words the whole audience joined in cheers.
•Mr. KEAN's return to Drury-Lane Theatre, last
night, was greeted with enthusiastic bursts of ap-
plause. The Play was King Richard Ike Third, and
Mr. KEAN displayed all his wonted excellence in his
repetition of the character which gives title to the
piece. The House was well attended.
SUPPRESSION Or FAIRS.—By the final decision of
the Magistrates of the Hammersmith,Division, Brook
Green }air, which used to commence on May Day,
and Parson's Green Fiiir, are now formally extin-
guished ; the Magistrates pf Lambeth-Street Office
have also ordered the suppresion of Bow Fair, which
was held in the Whitsun-Week. The Camberwell
and Peckham annual festivities are also likely to be
entirely put down this Summer.
Muliza.—Wednesday evening, as Mr. Jossru Ham., an in-
habitant of Deal, was sitting at a table in his own room, he was
killed by a shot front a gun fired from without side of the window.

Three persons have been taken into custody on suspicion of
being concerned in the murder, and are awaiting the decision
of the Coroner's Inquest.