text:  An English hotel has already started up; and Mrs Poole informs us that "by a proclamation of the Pasha the houses are to be whitewashed within and without; those who inhabit ruined houses are to repair or sell them; and uninhabited dwellings are to be pulled down for the purpose of forming squares and gardens; _meshreebeyehs_ (projecting first-floor windows) are forbidden; and _mastabahs_ (the seats in front of shops) are to be removed