Star.
London, England, 1826-10-06 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE.

The Austrian Observer of the 24th ult. contains the
following additional details of the dreadful conflagra-
tion which has devastated Constantinople:

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sarmans 7.
The taking dos n of the Standard of the Prophet,
*hich was to have taken place on the 31st of August,
was necessarily delayed till the 2d of September, on
account of the dreadful fire which broke out at Con-
stantinnple just before the hour when the several Officers
of State were to assemble for the ceremony. This fire,
which ha! destroyed nearly an eighth part of this im-
mense capital (About 6,000 houses). continued for 36
hours. The violence of the wind, the want of water,
and the extraordinary drought, lessened the efficacy of
the succour which the public authorities directed, with'
indefatigable zeal, to the various parts to which the
rage of the {Limes extended. The immense magazines,
known by the name of Khans, Besestins, and Tschar-
schis, the hotels of almost all the Ministers and great
Officers of the Empire, the palace of the Grand Vizier,
called the Sublime Porte, the palace of the Armenian
Patriarch, with the Patriarchal Church, and many other
public buildings, are reduced to ashes. The loss of the
Government is estimated at above six millions of
piastres; that of the Turkish and Armenian merchants
and tradesmen above fifty millions. It has not been
certainly discovered whether this great disaster is to be
ascribed •to accident or malice; many circumstances
indica.e that, if the origin was accidental, it was pro-
pagit•d by the discontented ; for it is certain that the
fire broke out all at once in very distant quarters, where
neither the direction nor the force of the wind could
have carried it.

1 The mea urea adopted by the Grand Vizier, in con-
certl
with the Seraskier, were as energetic as rapid.—
About 8000 troops, and four brigades of field artillery,
h, were stationed in the interior of the Seraglio, in order of
il
I battle ; all the streets were occupied by soldiers, and no
rioters ventured anywhere to strew themselves.
The Sultan has opened all the gates of his Palace to
receive the unfortunate families that seek an asylum ;
several thousand women and children are lodged in
Palaces belonging to the Government ; others have re-
ceived ample pecuniary relief. A part of the magazines
will be rebuilt at the expense of the Government, and
the building of the new barracks is deferred till after
the erection of the public buildings, which are indis-
pensable to commerce. The Seraskier mingled with
the Bremen, to encourage them, and worked with all
his strength fir two hours; the Chiefs of the several
corps vied with him in activity and exertion to •••
, , serve order.

he great majority of the 'people ascribe this misfor-
tune to the cruel vengeance of the Janissaries, who are
become objects of universal execration. The Sultan, to
stop one source of discontent, which might lead to a
re-action, has resolved to revoke the Ftrrnan which
abol shed, without distinction, all the kjsames issued
after the war in Egypt. Partial payments have already
been made to several thousand individuals, whose de-
mand* were r• jected a few days before.
The.Standa,d of Mahomet was replaced on the 2d,
with the usu..l ceremonies, in the apartment allotted for
the preservation of the relics of the Prop!'et. At the
same time the camp in the interior of ty e Seraglio was
broken up, and the Grand V,zier, accompanied by all
the Ministers, has gone to the former Palace of the Aga
of the Janissaries, which, after the tvents of the 15th
June, was assigned to the Chief Mufti. Another resi-
dea.ce will be assigned to the latter, which the Sultan
. ill select for him.

The Cazeta de Colombia of the 6th August contains
severalA
German Mail has brought us the Nurember Cur.
decrees ; among others. one to present any at ticie
fr
appearing in any ef the newspapers favourable to the 0
cause of Po zz. All the M sgi.trates and Local Autho- respondent of the 28th ult. and Frankfort Papers a day
riti s are called upon to enforce the law, and any person later than those received yesterday. Tie following are
transgressing, to be imprisoned, and his papers seized.
extracts : BERLIN, Szerintszß 22.
A robbery, to the amount of 30,000 francs, was com-
mitted, positive the reports are concerning the pro-
mitted, a few days ago, at the house of General SA-
veal, in P•iSis. A cook, who Lad just quitted his ser• bable issue of the Conference sat Akermann, and much
vice, has been arrested on suspicion, with her husband. as it is therefore to be apprehended that the Emperor

Nicholas, notwithstanding his wish to preserve peace,
may be at length obliged to adopt some serious mea-
sures, in order to finish the obstinacy and arrogance of
the Mussulmen ; it may Yet be reasonably doubted, con-
sidering how far the season is advanced, whether these
measures are likely to be carried into execution this
year. Persons who are well acquainted with those
countries, affirm that the occupation of Moldavia and
Wallachia by Russian troops, which might be expected
as the first immediate corhequence of the breaking
off of the negociations, is wholly impracticable at
this moment; because, especially in the fist of these
principalities, there is at this time an absolute scarcity,
of water, and very shortly, when the rainy season sets in
the roads become quite impracticable, and, therefore, no
convoys of provisions and forage can be sent after the
troops, which, however, would be absolutely indispensa-
ble for an army at all considerable ; because, since the
late troubles and the Turkish occupation, agriculture
has been greatly neglected in both the principalities;
and, in addition to this, the extraordinary heat of the
last summer has burnt up the meadows, so that the
necessary forage could not be had on any terms.
This being the state of things, it may be calculated
that even in the most unfavourable issue of the Con-
ferences. a delay of six months would be necessary,
which European diplomacy would probably turn to
account to prevent a formal breach between Russia and
the Porte.