New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-05

snd western sides II reets on two handonl@-' winch
again rise from rest upon group OF three snlai
kafdomes so that the entire roof Of the mosque IN
supported By pillar seems 10 have oeeh aFoppei lo
above on the walls rather than 10 have oeen o'' up
from them Around the edfce run an upper and allow
er gallery which alone preserve the pecuAnes oil the
Byzantine STYLE These galleries are supported by the
mot precous columns which ancient art could afford:
among them eight shafts of green marble from the Tenn
ple OF DIANA at Ephesus, eight Of porphyry from the
Temple Of the sun at Bnsbeck besides Egyptian gran
tie from the .hrines Of Lis and Osiris and Pentelicaa
marble from the sanctuary of Pahs Athene Almost
tie whole Of the interior has been covered with gliding.
but time has eoencdi,s briiancy andt rich sublaei
CLEAN Of the walls is in perfect harmony with the varied
coloring of the ancient marbles
Under the dome four Chci-tinn seraphim executed in
mosaic have been allowed rensin but the names OF
The four 2, hsnges o. the Moen filth are inscribed
underneath The bronze door stll the same, the
Turks having taken great pains 70 obcrte he crosses
with ghi, they were adorned Around the center Of
the dome &C on tina. of Sultan Achmei nay be read IN
golden letter. end in al the ntrcacy OF Arabic pm
rnan.hp the beautiful verse God l. the Light OF the
Heavens and the Earth. Hi light l. wisdom Oh the
wall in which burns a lamp covered with glass. The
glass shines Ike star the lamp is liz with the oil OF
blessed tree No Eastern, Western oil, Il shines or
Whoever wills" Aher the prayers were over. and We
mad descended 10 the floor Of the no-que spent me
rect of my time under the dome f,-cuaed by IL m r
Vicious lehiness aud beauty TIE 'gor-hiners present
locked q. US with curiosity, but without l-v, and be-
fore we left one OF the prcis siyy with some rag
me p.s CT the ancient ded mosaic which he was heahcl
enough 20 sell and we 70 buy.
From II Sophia went TO Sultan Achmed, which
faces the Hppodrcme and j. of,he s'a'eliest plies
II. e a. g
sotla. and tie Turks consider it wonl efful
work. because the dome Is seven feet higher. il has
six nnarets exceeding in THE respoct al ,hc mosques
/ O; Asia The dome rets on four imnease pnlaEs, the
bulk Of which quite oppresses the ht galleries running
around the WALL Thi- and the uniform white color OF
the interior mpaIs The effect which it, bold style nl
! imuosipg dimousiCIs would otherwise produce The
otside yiow will the group Of dome5 swcling gr N iy
! above the rows CT bread armed sycamorcs i5 mu b
more satisfactory In the tomb Of sultan Achnlei, IN
/ ore corner Of the court, saw his ccin, turban,
sword md jeseerl harness had just been re- ling
old Sandys' account Of his visit Cons iniin pie in
1C1G during TIL. Sultan- reign and could only think Of
Linn a. saDdys represents linn ia tie tticpage 20 biz
book as q tat man. with bloa;od checks, in q long gown
md biz iurban, md the words underneath Acia,-d
sre 1raanrs
The other no el mosques OF Con'fan'inop'c are fhe
d
,boe Of tie Golden Horn. the end OF the briyeD
Cialaia that Of sul;ah Baja4o;; Of Mhomct H., the
Conqueror and oi his son. sulcyman the Ma ynidcent,
whose superb mosque well deserves this tile. regret
exccedr, Is that cur time lid not allow 20 view he
interior Tor outwaidy j, not only surpascs - SOPHIA
and sli Other mosques in the city, but is undoubtedly
tie most perfect spec linen of Oriental arthi ccture
tant tsiaDds Oh a broad terrace on one Of the seven
hills Of Siamboul, and its cX1Gis.toy prJpJri )ni
Ine aud minarcts shine II crystalzcd IN the bluo
of the cir. 1t type Of Oriental, the Parheaon IS
of Grecon and he Cologne Cathedral of Gothic art
As Islw ii the other night, III by the DANES Of a confa-
grafton standing red aud ar against the darkness,
felt inclined to place it level with either Of those
rcLowncd rtluciuTc II ia product Of the rich fancy
Ct tie Last rplcudidy oGnatc aid not with hg.
degIeo Of symmciry-yctA here The sy!n-rsrry
OF ornament alone and not the pure absolute proper
ten of f.lmr, whi. fnd in Grecian Art /, r.
ouires a certain dcpee OF enthusiasnI-uhy, slight
hebris,iou Of the imaginative aculiic-n order 10 feel
tie sentiment Of Thu Oriental Architecture III hshy
cxrrrfs al that says to me- touch the Of rhnY
sody The East in almost all Il asnee'- - 90 os'oa-
inly nor TIC thu picture oil II must DC poclc ~
/ s,s.sei n rot IN form
I Consisn,inople has been terribly ravagcd by fre.-
no lees than fifteen having occurred during the pa-two
wocks Almost every night the sky ha, bceh red
deLCd by burning houl c. aud the insre;s Of the
en- hills lighted with illumination brighter than that
OF the BuiraIn An the space from the Hippo rome -
the Sea OF Mnrmora has been swept away the lard,
honey aud oil magazines on the Golden Horn with the
baztaIs adjoining several large blocks the hill Of
Galata with the College Of the Dancing Dcr'ishes
part cuiare and the College OF the owuc Dcrvshs.
oil have disappeared day the ruins OF 10 buses,
which dcsr' yed Ia light, stand smoking in the
Greek quarter, behind the equeduct OF Val'ns. the
entire nmo unit OF buildings consumed in these weeks
IL estimated 1T between frt and sir thousand The ire
On the Lii Of Caaia threatened destroy grca part
Of the suburb o. rera II came sweeping The brow
CT the hill toward my hotel turning the tall Expresses
in the buiir ground into shafts Of angry Gnc, and cat
M away the cracking dwellings OF hordrs OF hapl,ss
Turks wa in bed rom sudden attack ofieycr bat
seeing the other guos- packing up their elects and pre-
pairing TO leave was obliged to do the same aud his,
in my weak s,utc brought such Precipitation thai
the aimcnt lett me- The officers of the L. : steamer
san jaciAto and the French frgGte CharenagEe cane
to tie r, cue with their and IRE engines and the
flames we're finally quelicd The proccciing OF the
Americans who cut holes in the roofs AMI played
through them upon the fires within, were watched by
the Turks with ulid anazcnicut "Ma>hallah 9" sail
tt Bimbah he stood swelteTing in tie heat "the
\ Franks wonderful people
To tho,e ni,incd into the mysteries OF Turkish poll
lice thee fires sre than accidental they have
most weilhy significance They indcale either ne
raj discomfort with the existing state OF affair else
powerful plot against tie Sultan and his Ministry.
Setting agc to hcuscs Is ia tact. the Tgrkih mchoi Of
holding an Indignation meeting, and from the rate
with which they increasing, the political crisis
BE near at hand The Sutsn with his u.ual kindness
Of heart, Las sent large qusnc. Of tents sad other
supl lies to The guililes suaerers hut 10 ana uni Of
Iii Gutss can soften tie raucor Of thee M,hlm ,an
.u,nsuos. An EEslishn.-n said TO The other day
Thee nrcs would not have occurred had Lori S,rs,-
ford remained here" ana the remark is more than
halt tue Re child ra-bN, the present Grand Vi,icr
ard the loedei OF the party OF Prosre ,aia't whom
this storm Of opposition i. now ss'hern, wls sup