Star.
London, England, 1819-02-11 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DECEMBER :N.
Ie was ou the 13th inst. that the impatience of the •
Sultan and the whole nation was satisfied. The brig
of the Pacha of Egypt, which had on board the
leader of the filrmidable sects of the Wechabites,
Abdallah, his Multi, and his Treasurer, together with
the treasures .plundeted by the Wechabites.from the
• Temple at Mecca, and now recovered, arrived on
that day in the port of this city; The Sultan was im-
mediately informed of it, and the following day the
prisoners, loaded with chains, were led through seve-
ral streets of Constantinople, and hrought before the
Divan. After some questions had been put to them,
and their answers noted down, they were sent to the
house of Mehmed Ali Pacha, where they remained
for the night. But the Sultan was so incensed at this,
that he caused them to be thrown the next day into
the lowest dungeon of the Bostangi Pacha : there
they remained till the 17th, in rigorous confinement.
On this the Sultan, followed by a great multitude of
people, repaired in •solemn procession to the Eski
Serai (Old Seraglio), to receive in this Palace the
congratulations of the great men on the victory over
the \Vechabites. After the Grand Vizier, the High
Admiral, and the Chief of the Scribes or gists, had
bowed respectfully at the foot of the throne, the cri-
minal Abdallah, with his Mufti and Treasurer, were
brought in, chained, by the Chief of the Janissaries.
—The incensed Monarch looked angrily at them,
caused the Tartai s, who had brought them hither,
to be invested with s able pellisses, in their presence,
and hereupon the Schaich of the Islam announced to
them their sentence of death, for the execution of
which the Sultan gave a sign. Immediately here-
upon the chief Abdallah was beheaded at the gate of
the Imperial Palace, his Mufti opposite the gate of
the Visier, and his Measurer in the Palace of the
Burnt Pillar. Their bodies and heads remained ex-
posed to view three days, but no tafta or table an-
nouncing their crime was fastened to them, as is
usually done.- It is said that a seal was found upon
Abdallah Bensund, which, besides the history of his
name, bore on it the title of Caliph.
On the same day arrived two Tartars of the Pacha
of Damascus, with the happy intelligence that the
Pilgrims of Mecca had safely passed the desart, and
accomplished their journey. The Tartars brought
several vessels, filled with the water from the sacred
Spring Zemzem, and other presents from the holy city.
The Porte is constantly employed in the most ac-
tive measures to ensure tranquillity and security in
this city. The formidable corps of the Janissaries
now receives punishments for its numerous mutinies.
One of its first officers has lately been banished to
Cyprus, and two others strangled in the castles on
the Bosphorus. Four other officers, convicted of rob-
bery and murder, have had the same fate.
Private accounts from Tripoli say that the Gover-
nor of Fezzan had arrived there by sea with a rich
cargo of Negro slaves,• elephants' teeth, ostrich fea-
thers, &c. worth 300,000 heavy piastres. It is said
to belong principally to the Dey. However the con-
tinued traffic in slaves is to be lamented, which even
some Christian Powers have not yet abandoned, it is
consolatory to learn that the Dey of Tripoli has sent
out no cruizers since last summer, and seems inclined
to turn his attention to agriculture.
FRANKFORT, JANUARY 31.
The disposition of the people in Bavaria luay be
judged of from the following new definition which
is found in the Newspapers published there :.13y the
term burghers, or citizens, are meant all those per-
sons who have the right and the duty of suffrage,
and bear a part of all the public burdens.
Prince Lichtenstein has notified to the Diet, that,
in conformity with the Act of Confederation, he has
introduced and ordered the States in his principality
upon the Austrian footing.
BRANDENBURG, JANUARY 27.
Prince Charles, the King's third son, is ill of the
measles ; but they are of a mild sort?
ST. PETERSBURGII, JANUARY 16.
Count Araktschgen now puts in force the Ordi-
nance, according 'to which 50 soldiers, with an Offi-
car, shall be quartered on the villages, according to
site inhabitants of each village, in order to learn and
carry on agriculture; and, on the other hand, to in-
struct the peasants in their leisure hours in the Mili-
tary Exercise.