FIRE AT CONSTANTINOpLE.
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A dreadful conhagration has destroyed


the Vizer's palace, called the Sublime


Porte, and which included the different
ministerial and administration Offices


The catastrophe occurred at an early
hour on the 2lst January, and in a few
hours the palace was burnt to the ground
The greater part of the archives, which
were deposited in subterranean apart
ments, was saved, but almost all the pa.
pers remaining in the Offices were destroy.
ed. The loss occasioned by the disaster is
estimated at nearly 20,000,00O piasters
When the flames were first perceived, the
Pachas and all the authorities Of the capi
tai proceeded TO the scene of conhagra-
tion, and exerted themselves with the ut.
most activity and zeal, especially the
Captain Pacha. The toumruck, or prison
of the Sublime Porte was opened before
the flames reached it, and all the prison.
ers were setat liberty. Among the mum.
ber was a notorious robber, lately arres-
ted, and several Ionians belonging to the
same band. Several of these, instead OF
profiting by the opportunity, applied to
the authorities to be again confined, but
it was supposed that most Of them after
wards changed their minds, and decided
upon quitting the country. The officers
of the Sublime Porte had been provision
ally transferred to the palace of the Sc
raskier This is the third or fourth acci-
dent of the kind that has happened with
in fifty years. The last fire took place in
1927, and new palace was reconstructed
in 1929. A Golfer containing 60 Jewels
of great value lad been lost during the
fire, and the Government had requested
all the Ambassadors to have the luggage
of every traveller examined before Ieav-
ing the city, in the hope of finding it.