The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-08-14
From the London Literary Gazette.
ONSTANTINOPLE TO ENGLAND.

For this very entertaining and appropos
volume, we are indebted to the pen of DR..
Walsh, gentleman of great and various &C
quirements, who was Chaplain to Lord
Strangford, our Ambassador to Constantine
pie; and who, on leaving that city, perform
ed journey through the country nou so in
teresting, as the theatre on which the fate of
Turkey is about to be decided by its Russian
invaders. To such publication it will be
felt that we cannot pay our devoirs too early;
and we are gratified at having it in our power
to analyse its most striking parts. for the ben
eft of our readers, before the work itself can
have ISSUED from the press. In the present in
stance we shall address ourselves chiefly to
those statements which bear upon the APP
preaching contest, and throw light upon the
character, relative positions, and pros poets Of
the potent combatants.
DR.. Walsh set out from Constantinople on
the 28th of October, to traverse the route
which Darius pursued in his memorable ex-
petition against the Scythians $500 years a
go. and that which the Russians have already
taken, and are again taking, in their march "a
gainst the Ottoman Porte. Like an agreea-
BILE traveller, he tells us as he proceeds, many
agreeable anecdotes suggested by the places
which he visits; he revives recOllectiOns of
ancient history; he illustrates the numismat
les. geography, botany, antiquities, sc. that
occur throughout his path and his classical
illusions fill up the measure of what is justly
styled pleasant reading, in way at once SO
cOpiOus and amusing, that we admire the ex
tent of his information, and are delighted by
his fashion of communicating it 1t resem-
bles the easy and unconstraned conversation
| of a person of great natural and cultivated tai
ents and variety and instruction are the re-
suits of the out-pourings. Without further
preface, we come, however, to the journey.
the Pisgah of which is not Of the most tempt
ing kind.
Conceive (says the author)travelling thro'
country in winter, where, generally speak
ing, there are no roads. no carriages, no inns,
no suppers, and no beds The only roads are
beaten pathways, made by one horseman and
followed by another, and every man may
make one for himself if he pleases. The on
ly carriages are wooden pIanks laid upon
rough wheels, called arubas, drawn with cords
| by buffaloes, which are seldom used except
| for burdens. The only inns are large stables,
where nothing is to be had but chopped
straw. The only suppers are what you may
| pick up on the road, If you are so fortunate,
and bring it to where you stop for the night :
and the only beds are the chopped straw in
| the stable, or deal board IN a cock loft over
it and even this, in many blaces,is not to be
had. There are, doubtless, exceptions to this
general picture,as myselfhave experienced;
but, in the main, it is true: and such is the
actual state of travelling at this day in
most parts of the Turkish Empire through
which have passed, both 10 Asia and Eu-
rope"
| DR.. Walsh took as companion Swiss re-
negado. but of good character his name was
Mustapha, and he was Tartar janssary at
tached to the English palace. Previous to
setting out, we have some curious informa-
ton relative to the Jews in COnstantinOpie.
who are represented as being most inyeterate
to the Greeks and their insurrectiOn. This
people, when driven from Spain, to the mum
Der of 100000, sought refuge in the East
''They settled at SalOnichi. Smyrna. Rodos
to, and other large towns, where they, at this
day, form an important part of the pOpula-
ton. At SaIOnichi they have no less tnan So
synagogues. But the principal division OF
them came to COnstantinOpIe, and were as
signed large district, called Hasa Ku, 50
inhabit, where they form community Of so,
600 persons. The Turks call the different