128 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Sept. 



intercession of the Janissaries, 

 leave to return to Constantinople. 

 He was suddenly summoned, 

 under the pretence of reading a 

 Firman, before the Bostangi 

 Pacha and the Topdshi Pacha, 

 delivered to the executioners, 

 and strangled, and his body cast 

 into the sea. The account of 

 the quieting of the troubles in 

 Siwas, and of the general pardon 

 granted to the inhabitants of that 

 important province, seem equally 

 to have contributed to allay the 

 ferment of the people's minds. 

 The happy result is ascribed to 

 the happy intervention of Tschea- 

 pan Ogla. 



The new Captain Pacha arrived 

 at Constantinople on the 19th of 

 August, and was received and 

 invested with his new dignity in 

 the usual form. 



On Aug. 20 there was a splendid 

 entertainment given by the late 

 Director of the Customs, now 

 chief inspector of the kitchen, in 

 honour of the Sultan, on his ad- 

 mission among the archers, who 

 hit a mark at the distance of 

 1,100 paces. All the Ministers 

 and Grandees of the empire, who 

 prefer this gymnastic exercise to 

 every other, were present, and 

 were sumptuously entertained ; 

 a countless multitude surrounded 

 the kitchens, where 160 cooks 

 were employed. The Sultan re- 

 mained till the evening, and pre- 

 sented Osman Aga, the giver of 

 the feast, with a sable pelisse, 

 and a dagger adorned with dia- 

 monds. The greatest order pre- 

 vailed among the people, and the 

 Monarch clearly showed, by this 

 public and cerei lonious appear- 

 ance, how little he fears the 

 traitorous plots of some malcon- 



tents, and how secure he feels 

 himself in the midst of his faithful 

 subjects. 



After the inhabitants of the 

 capital had enjoyed for some 

 weeks a good state of health, they 

 were suddenly alarmed at the 

 end of last month by some cases 

 of plague. It appears among the 

 Armenians and Islanders from 

 the Archipelago, and it is to be 

 feared that it will spread. — 

 (Austrian Observer, Sept. 22.) 



(From the Manchester Herald, 

 Sept. 22.) 



" Although we this week have 

 to record a circumstance which 

 arose out of the discontents of 

 the weavers at Burnley, in this 

 county, yet it is coupled with 

 the satisfaction, that all is now 

 quiet and peaceable in that dis- 

 trict. 



" Plain cotton fabrics, which 

 require the least personal skill in 

 weaving, are chiefly made in that 

 neighbourhood; and when it is 

 considered that three weeks are 

 always deemed a sufficient length 

 of time to teach a mere labourer, 

 when committed for any offence 

 to the New Bailey Prison, to 

 weave calico, it cannot be won- 

 dered that competition is exces- 

 sive, or that the price paid for 

 weaving the article should be 

 small, compared with that paid 

 for goods which require superior 

 skill. The weavers of Burnley, 

 it appears, were not satisfied with 

 the advance they had actually 

 obtained on the price of their 

 labour; and on Tuesday last they 

 employed the bellman to give 

 public notice of a meeting to 

 enforce their claim for more. 

 The Civil Authority, however, 



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