ARRIVAL AT SOUTHAMPTON OF THE TURKISH FRIGATE "FEIZA BAARI." [From a Southampton Letter, April 27th.]

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 561, 30 August 1851, Page 2

ARRIVAL AT SOUTHAMPTON OF THE TURKISH FRIGATE "FEIZA BAARI." [From a Southampton Letter, April 27th.]

The Ottoman steamer-of-war, Feiza Baaii (Skimmer of the Sea), flag of his Highness Vice-Admii al Moustaff Pasha, Captain Sab Bey, arrived at Spithead on Friday uight, and early on Saturday morning, after saluting the Turkish squadron lying at Spithead, came up to Southampton. She is the bearer of a cargo of Tuikish contributions to the °reat exhibition in Hyde Park. On anchoring, she immediately exchanged salutes with the town batteiy, after which the United States frigate, &t. Latmence, fired a salute, which was retuined from the Feiza Baarx. The arrival of this steamer has excited considerable interest, as the Feiza Baari is the first Turkish steam vessel that has ever vinled England. She sailed from Constantinople on the 6th instant; called at Gallipoh for bread, and at Malta and Gibraltar for coals. Just prior to reaching Malta, a defect was discovered in one of the cranks, and a stay of three days bad to be made ■while the dockyard engineers were fitting a strengthening strap. The vessel also remained two days at Gibraltar, so that the actual time under steam from Constantinople is only a little above fourteen days. The Feiza Baari was built at the Turkish dockyard in Constantinople. She is about 1,600 tons burden, full ship rigged, and is a favourable and creditable specimen of the proficiency in naval architecture to which the Turks have attained. Her fittings generally and cabin arrangements are very beautiful and commodious. The engines, of 450-horse power, on the double-cylinder and direct-acting principle, are from the factory of Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, and propel the vessel at a rste of from eight to ten knots an hour, accoiding to •wind and weather. The armament is a wry heavy one, as the vessel is pierced for and mounts 44 guns, viz., 2 long 10-mcb iron Paixhan guns, upon traveising carriages, upon the upper deck, and 42 long brass 32pounders on the mam deck. On the present occasion, m consequence of carrying cargo, she had on board only eight of the 32-pounders and the two Paixhan guns. The complement of men is about 320. The officers, sailors, and firemen are all Turks, but there are three English engineers. The Feiza Baari has brought a large number of distinguished functionaries and officers of high rank in the Turkish service, as passengers. The following are some of them, viz. .—His Highness Gemaledim Pasha, bio-ther-in-law of the Sultan; his Excellency Constantine Muse>uru9, the new Ambassador from the Sublime Porte to the Court of St. James, who is accompanied by his two sons and suite, and by M. Alecto Vogoriues, Councillor of the Legation ; and Zia Effendi, Secretary to the Embassy ; also, Salili Effendi, Reouf Bey (son of Rifaat Pasha), and Hisan Bey, mambers of the office of the Amedji ; lsmae Be;', Equery of the Imperial Household ; Emir Bey and Nissep Bey, members of the Divan's Correspondence- office; IlasseimVeh bi Effendi, advocate of the Tidjaret ; Hassen Bey, member of the Council of Nata ; Kifaat Effendi, Secietary of Accounts ; Lufli Effendi, member of the Correspondence-office of the Minister of Commerce; Djvedt Eftendi^ Secretary to the Minister of Commeice; together with several other Turkish subjects who had received the permission of the Porte to accompany the dolegates, and to make the tour of Europe. This morning Mr. 11. D. Jourdam, the Ottoman Consul at Southampton, went on board the Feiza B<uiri, and was received with a salute of seven guns — a similar salule in his honour, also, being given by the American frigate. Arrangements were then made for the disemIjarkation of the Turkish Ambassador, who, shoitly after one o'clock, accompanied by his suite, left the ship under salutes of seventeen guim from the Feiza Baari and the St. Lawrence. On landing on the Docks,§ no salutes were fired by the town, on account of the Subbatb. His Excellency left at three o'clock, for London, by a special train.

There ate on bosiul this steamer 207 packages for the ore.it Exhibition. Theyaieto bo instantly sent on sboie, and will be/oiwaidod to tlio palace of glass by Mr. Jouulain, tlits Consul, who is chained with that task by M. Zohntb, the Turkish Consul Genoa], London, who is also tlio special commissioner of the Sultan to the Jioy.il Conunibsioneii-. The gientei poition of tliet.G poods, will, in all probability, be sent off to London on Monday evening, and the renuundei on 'I uesday — so that although from their late arrival they will ikH bo fully displayed in that poition of the building allotted to Turkey by the day appointed foi tlio opening, yet there is no doubt that the most striking objw ts of mturpst will be unpacked, and temporally arranged in tune for her Majesty's state visit on Thursday next. '1 ht> goods consist, in great part, oi'sillc bluffs fiom the Government factory, Turkish cloths, sword blades, fire-aims, cmbroideiod btuirs, cai petting from fueiemen and Koiuah, the whole being of great beauty and value. The number of specimens is said to bo 4870, and their value nearly £100,000. About 5000 mruaie ket of surface will be required for their display. The Sultan has taken a, gieat interest in tbo whole details connected with the ongin and progress of the Great Industrial Exhibition in London, and has been most anxious that the country of w 1-ich he is the supremo mler bhould be adequately represented. _ Thib disposition is plainly proved by the deteinunation to dosjmtch to England, on a special nation, so hige and fine a vessel as the Feiza liaan. Pievious to their shipment an exhibition of the=e articles was held at the hotel of the Boaid of Commerce, in Constantinople. The Sultan visited and minutely examined the majority of the specimens. Hn Highness also paid a visit to t! c steamer before her departure, and lomained upwards ot four hours on board. Excepting- the chaiacteribtic red Fez cap universally worn on board, the diess, unii'oim, and appointments of the officeib and the seamen do not present any featuies of the ordm.iiy Turkish costume, which appear* to bo slowly disappearing- m the mihtaiy mil na\al services of the Sultan. There are but few tin bant, to he seen on board, and those, we undei stand, are worn by the priests and some few other ngid Mahometans. Sl vci.il of the officers speak the English and French languages fluently. Every respect and attention will be paid to the commander and officers of the JTei-sa 13aaw by the Municipality. His Highness Vice-Admiral Moustafa Pasha, his Highness Garaaledim Pasha, and the officers of the ship, huve accepted an invitation to visit the- Ma< f or of Southampton (Mr. Richard Andrews) at bis country seat, neat Winchester, on Tuesday next, and on Wednesday the Mayor and Corpoi.ition will pay an official visit to the frigate, on which occasion an address will be read, and the whole of the officers invited to a grand banquet, to be given at the town-hall in their honoui by the corpoiate body of Southampton. Personal civilities have been interchanged between the commander and officers of the Turkish and American ships of war, and Captain Sands, of the St. Lawrence, instantly offered to the Ottoman Vice-Admiral pvery facility and attention that could m any way facilitate and promote the object of the visit of this fine ship of war to England.