Show six months with the allied A troops in turkey tarkey LECTURE by DAVID J PECK bavi david d J peck esq of new haven recently returned from atom the east lectured last evening on theames the allied troops in burky at clinton hall astur place the aud tenc was not very large the following is a brief sketch of the lecturers remarks ile he commenced with a review of the turkish race and the subjugation of greece in turkey at the he present time lime the nation is made up of different people and while other nations are making mighty progress she is withering and decaying the attention of the whole civilized corli is now drawn to that great problem the fate fale of the turkish empire it is composed of twenty seven millions of inhabitants of whom only twelve millions are turks constantinople stantin ople contains a mixed population of about stamboul is situated on a beautiful peninsula five miles in length the scene on I 1 1 approaching from the marioa is grand and magnificent the lecturer here gave an eloquent de description crip tion of the surrounding country parti cular izing where british soldiers rs first encamped the streets of constantinople are narrow and dirty and the houses low destruction st truc tion and decay are viii viable ule on every side the architecture is simple all the mosques 9 bein being constructed in imitation of the church cf f sti sta sophia to the surprise of the stranger he finds theft thronged thron ged with turkish women who are alway t veiled towards christians they manifest the most intense hatred A large proportion of the women are staves slaves and tho the Cir camian market has been abolished a brisk I 1 trade ade still gees gaes on mr peck eck then gave a description of the person and habits of the sultan and the ceremony of going to prayer ile he is said to be amiable but bu t has as neither the strength or character of a wise sovereign the of turkey i 13 in ii a wretched condition around the capital capita I 1 re a f few ew old cultivated faid fields and vineyards but elsewhere nothing meets the eye eye of the traveler often for thousands ards of acres but a barren waste the corn consumed in the capital comes from odessa and the crimea and the wood comes from asia minor and i is 8 sold by the he pound I 1 tie tae country possesses vast mines ot copper coal and silver the revenue of turk turkey y is i estimated at forty millions of dollars with america and england the duty on all imports is five per cent while exports are twelve per cent the lecturer then described parn pam where are the residences of lord lora stratford statford de ae Redcliff ti the Engli haud shand Bar paraguay aguay the frerich french ambassadors he next reviewed viewed 4 the causes I 1 that have hare led to the present war he justified russia io in demanding that the same rights right ranted to the greek subjects odthe of the L me enjoyed by protestants roman catholics and other Christia though he be did not k ter pretend to justify y russian Ilu asian agresti onor den deny y that her ulterior territorial aggrandizement the T 4 t I 1 force of the turkish government js is it M men while what is called the force is the army to is mainly composed al Muss ulmen as the greeks greek cannot b be e trusted to d with arms there are many N amil dia in antte n e ranks ranka and some hold ottbert locern ott cert 1 commissions I 1 they have no i commissary departments part ments but ut march through the country like 9 4 swarm of locusts takina taking what they can get haq bastinado ia is free freely lyl used and even lieu we flogged for the mast trifling of offe fences aces during toe the present wari war the turks have shown that they can fight better behind stone walls than in ie the open field at AA the siege of they were commanded by FAvo european officers mad and especially by as a english officer named but ur ter who w ws killed on the last day of the biege yh thear own ow chiet chief w was ready to surrender at any moment la in the english camp when near I 1 constantinople the visitor might have hare fancied 1 I among farmers every man being dress ad d us ia a brown smock mock frock the sultan on OH one essien ec sien reviewed them ahem there was lord raglan i who au persona personal I 1 appearance resembles general scott the most imposing I 1 k brigade that commanded min by the duke 0 of 1 I 1 I 1 i wa ua is u like john job van 11 buren weri I 1 I 1 I 1 1 was proad of his division and he 1 I k 0 iao for among the men 7 it vp 9 9 i z a ST tty ry one was six feet in 3 I 1 4 1 I ll 11 s the cavalry brigade brigid e I 1 ki IV 1 7 1 t 4 WM ji liv jima a flinck which recently suf f I 1 1 F 4 10 1 1 stis x maw la af f bob I 1 I 1 1 the Tark I 1 I 1 I 1 1 sneila 1 4 0 f r I 1 4 wow a I 1 11 I 1 1 1 k I 1 I 1 1 A t I 1 L 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 II I 1 J 1 1 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 X 1 1 W 61 I 1 1 I 1 ll 11 4 I 1 i i 4 1 V I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 I I 1 I 1 7 e Z 1 X 71 14 k 1 aak lia I 1 pleasing in the extreme owing to the disease I 1 from which he be suffered prince napoleon look ed very like the picture we have wen seen of the old I 1 emperor the men in the french army were chiefly small in stature but they move amov e over the country with much greater 0 speed than the I 1 english one of the most formidable of their regiment regime n nf 1 9 are the Chaas Chass eurs dA frique mounted on A tab b steeds and armed with a minie rifle the are similarly armed but are on foot when the troops reached varni varna the cholera ap with all its virulence there was no bel help P for the men leaving varna was only to go among the pestilential swamps during their stay there men were buried the departure for the crimea was hailed with the greatest joy wt but out of that army which arrived at varna only could be mustered for the J siege of sebastopol sevastopol Seba to suppose that this force I 1 could materially cripple russia is absurd the th t 0 I 1 lecturer e concluded by expressing it as his kopini opinion 0 n that the english and french g governments overn should off offer er farther proofs of th their e it bm being i g engaged in the cause of liberty tha than t they he have ei done at present if they hey would enli enlist 8 t the he sympathies of americans in the cause on an which they have embarked N M Y herald |