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TORREY, OJ 1°7T10 3° Fgh 
The following is stated to be the price of 
provisions in Constantinople. But we are 
not inclined ‘to! suspeetssthaticeven!! this 
cheapness! wilbinduceymariy persons ‘to 
emigrate: to’/Turkey, \ or 'to’ éxchange’ the 
dearness and! ‘safety of their own country 
for:the:cheapness and insecurity of the Sub- 
lime !Porte.51) 
Beef.csousisovanas odds perilb. 
BW Hi 0) rs ee 1?d. do. 
Butter .. saceae ae ark do. 
Core ceesee ee Idd. do. 
Ny eae Ptah aay t . 2d. per dozen 
Good Bread ...... 2d. per Ib. 
ee ditto .... ld. do. 
ree oe Sane os. 70. 
Sugar." res egivciee eG, U0. 
eda 8d. do. 
. =. 
2 ah tebe 
eee eee 
Is. 2d. per couple 
Js. 2d. do. 
1s. 2d.to 3s: 6d each 
Is. to 3s. each = 
14d. per bottle 
oti ito ga ae. 
“Rackee, ‘or Brandy 4}d. do. 
“Olive Oil. ...2..° Is. 6d. per gallon 
Wheat © 20.2.2... 0. 92s. 9d. per quarter 
vpartey oo 9s. 6d. do. 
Rice Pi. 6 20... 3) T4da. per Ib. 
A house’ pays, on its being built, from 
50 to 1,500 piastres' to’ the Mermeroglu, or 
inspector ‘of buildings, and to the Bostanghi 
Bashi, 25 to 1, piastres (four piastres 
being’ nearly eijnal to £1 sterling). 
‘HAYTI. 
AS this jsland is now an object of public 
atténtion; the following details will be, pro- 
babily, ‘acceptable to our readers :—The 
Président is elected by the Senate ; his 
office’ is for life, and his revenue is 200,000 
francs ‘per year. He'has the right to no- 
mifiaté his successor, in a letter addressed’ 
to'the Senate 5 ; but that body i is, however, 
free* to ‘reject ‘this nomination—it may’ 
acéuse the President. ‘The President pos- 
sesses\ the executive power; he is the 
fountain of all honour, and appoints to all 
employments. “The legislative power is 
divided between the Senate and the Cham- 
ber of Deputies; and the Chamber is 
composed of deputies, one sent from each 
parish, and'two fromthe town ; they must 
be'Jand-owners, and must be twenty- -three 
years of age: they are elected for five 
years. The electors who sell their votes 
are excluded» from all employment under 
goyernament.; The deputies meet on April 
Ist, qcevely, year; , cat Port-au-Prince, and. 
ee together three. months. The Se- 
ngtest »418 composed of twenty-four members. 
are eleeted for (nine years by: the, 
Chamberof Deputies,-by means of-a.triple: 
list; (whieh) must nots contain the name of: 
any deputy), spresented|-by {the President. 
To.;-be asenator,\a :person» must be thirty: 
yearsiof age);,and noone can be re-elected. 
till, aftersthree jyearse! The: Senate’ is‘ par-. 
ticularly charged with all that-concerns.the 
administration; it is a permanent body, 
. 
Seine Varieties. 
and each senator recelves a salary of 8,000 
francs. 
" WEST-INDIES. 
The island’ of Cuba coritain¥ 700,000 in- 
habitants; among Whonrare 256/000 sng 
Jamaica, 402/000; among whom ure 0 
slaves 30 Porto Rico, 225;0003° > 6PONH EN 
25,000 ave slaves Guadaloupe and’ its de> 
pendencies, 120,000; of. whieh 1000CO1are 
slaves ; ‘Martinique;' 99; 000}: vamong whieh 
are 78,000 slaves. bivorq Wadd 
yrfil lV Ke EoYpri2itégq oels enw oi 
Preparation of Coffee at Rosetta +A Ret 
roasting the coffee;-it~is pounded in im- 
mense mortars,'three’ Arabs Working, at 
one time, with enérmous’ pestlés; "each as 
latge asa man can raise.) The-capacity of 
the bottom of the mortar being'only equal 
to the reception of one*of these at’ a°time,; 
the pestles are raised according to the mea 
sure of an air, sung? bycan attendant ‘Araby 
The main purpose. of) this ‘curious’ abcoms 
paniment'is to prevent the hand ‘and°arny 
of a boy, kneeling near’ the mortdr;! from 
being crushed to atoms: The boy’s'arm is 
always within the mortar, which “afforas’ 
room for each pestle to pass, in’ turn) with- 
out bruising him; if he place it ‘intime® 
against the side of the vessels ‘but ‘us;after: 
every stroke, he must stir up’ the powder, 
at the bottom, with his’ fingers, if the;pre= 
cise period of each blow were -not marked 
by the measure’of the song, his arm would 
be struck off. \A sight of this process’is 
sufficient to explain ‘the cause’ of the’ very 
impalpable nature of the asp t idmee 
used in Turkey. east 
It appears from a letter recently ateeea 
from a son of Mr. Galloway, the engineer,’ 
that the Pacha of Egypt is making’ im=« 
mense improvements in manufactures, mst 
otherwise, in his dominions, under the’ su-* 
perintendence of English and foreign ayeitte! 
The Pacha has contrived ‘to possess him=" 
self of the last and highest improvements? 
of our manufacturing machinery; ‘among 
others, the engraved barrel ‘rollers for cot=* 
ton printing. » He has his' choice;»and;'ap=* 
parently, is quite equal to the'tdsk) off seu! 
lecting from all the superb sinventions ‘of! 
modern engineers French:or oe 
progress which Hgypt' ‘hasimadeysiny three’ 
years, | in) turning) the: ‘Ghlanoeortuiaiedel 
in her favour, indicates swhatsmay the “ex 
pected in future! »Bya-tabledof thedme 
ports:into «Liverpooly itoseexisothatsmore!! 
than 20,000 bags:of Egyptiail cottohawerey 
introduced into’ that -port;iduringsthé Slasv’ 
year. —It«would) be euriousoif/ the agrowtivo 
and manufacture? of: cottoniishould again: 
become’ one. of''therstaple-commuoditiestiof! 
Egypt; and. that sthe smodernyA theniansy’ 
whose ancient progénitonsmwere ;colonists© 
from the cotton-spinning» distrietsioflSaisye 
should, ;in)common: with! their Drethrenyp 
the regenerated Greeks;sbccome: aguirethe! 
Mediterranean yearriers (of oat 
rived fromvethe “leoms and! soilidéf .renouse 
vated :Egypt.:: ocls asiseterio) 2iH » auisy 
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