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CONSTANTINOPLE, March 30.

The Pacha of Achra, surnamed Gezzar or the Ravenous, to designate his ferocious character, has raised the standard of rebellion in Asia, because he had been displaced by the Grand Signior, who justly felt indignant at the cruelties committed by that monster in the government under his orders.

The Pacha having fortified Acra, has put himself at the head of a band of brigands, and took the towns of Kaffa and Rama, which form part of the government of Damascus; he spreads devastation and death in those unfortunate countries.

Thirty years ago, this individual was Bey (Governor of a town or province in Egypt) of Cairo; he stirred up a rebellion against the famous Aly Bey, then Governor of Egypt, and put him in prison; but being subdued by the other Beys he fled to Damascus, where he afterwards kept a coffee-house.

The Pacha of Damascus, who knew his military talents, employed him during the war against the Russians, and charged him to fortify and defend the port of Bayrut; he built a fortress, and it was here that he got the surname Gezzar, or the Ravenous, because he had ordered a great number of people to be buried in the fosse of the fort.

When peace was restored, the Turkish Admiral, who had been acquainted with him in Egypt, gave a very favorable account of his operations at Bayrut, and had him appointed Governor of Acra and Pacha of Sidon and Tyre.

The English General, Cooke, has received orders from the Grand Signior, to leave the territory of the Ottoman Empire. This order was given in consequence of some violent disputes between the Turkish Minister and that General.