DEPOSITION OF THE SULTAN.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 654, 24 July 1876, Page 4

DEPOSITION OF THE SULTAN.

(From the Times, May 31st). Constantinople, May 30. r Mourad Effendi has been proclaimed Sultan. There are universal rejoicings and perfect tranquility in Constantinople.^ The announcement of the accession of Mourad Y. has been made to the Embassy. The late Sultan is removed to the Old Palace in Stamboul. Mourad is pledged to a Constitutional Government. PARTS, May 30. The events at Constantinople have promptly justified those who regarded the demonstrations of the Softas as likely to lead to the Sultan’s deposition. The first despatch on the subject which arrived here announced that he had been dethroned, to the great satisfaction of the whole population, with the exception of the Old Turkish Party, who have been conducting the Empire to irremediable ruin. This telegram, emanating from an authoritative source, stated that most of the members of the diplomatic corps at Constantinople were extremely satisfied with what had occurred. The triumphant party seemed very anxious to know whether Abdul Aziz and his advisers had carried off the sum, estimated at twenty million pounds Turkish, said to be hidden in his cellars. The first telegram stated that according to some the Sultan is a prisoner on board a man-of-war, and according to others he was dead. A second and official telegram, signed Bwhdi Pasha, was confirmed by a third, according to which the entire Cabinet had signed the deposition of Abdul Aziz, who had been got rid of in the night, and had proclaimed Mourad Effendi as Sultan under the title of Mourad Y. A later telegram announces that the Turkish authorities have publicly notified the event at Salonica, and that it has produced general satisfaction. The deposition of Abdul Aziz has been followed here by a general rise on the Bourse. The Temps states that a cipher despatch to the Turkish Ambassador here, announcing the revolution, was despatched from Constantinople at 7 this morning. The Softas, it understands, first required the Sultan to renounce his title of Khalife, which renders him inviolable, and obliges the Sheik-ul-Islam to prostrate himself before him. He next abdicated his Throne, stating in the deed of abdication that he did so at the wish of the majority of his subjects. The new Sultan seems likely to dismiss the Minister of War, Hussein Avni Pasha, who was a partisan of hereditary succession and was opposed to any concession to the Christians. It was he who lately wanted to declare war against Montenegro and Servia, and his removal would therefore be regarded favorably by the diplomatic world. The new Sultan is said to be an enlightened man, is favorable to the European element, and speaks French well, which will enable him to give private audiences to foreign Ambassadors without the presence of interpreters, who were necessary to his predecessor. He visited Paris and London, in company with the deposed Sultan, during the Paris Exhibition of 1867. The following telegram, dated St Petersburg, May 30th, has been received by the Russian Agency;— “The news of the deposition of Abdul Aziz and of the proclamation of Mourad Effendi, the son of Abdul Medjid, as the new Sultan, has been received as an opportune occasion for the peaceful and honorable settlement desired by all the Powers.” Berlin, May 30, Private intelligence from Constantinople announces the dethronement of Abdul Aziz by Mourad Effendi, the legitimate heir and candidate of the Old Turkish Party. It is thought that the new Sultan, who was shut up in a cellar the last four weeks preceding his accession, will earnestly endeavour to reform the administration of the country, but will also obey the voice of the people, and resist the advice forced upon Turkey by Russia. The incident is assumed to interfere with existing schemes, and to open a new view of the Oriental question, in which Turkey will attempt to play a more independent part than hitherto. Some anxiety prevails as to the next movements of Russia. PBSTH, May 31. Yesterday the Ambassadors of the five Powers in Constantinople were to present an identical Note at the Porte, which however contains only the recommendation of a two pionths’ armistice. No news has arrived of its haying been actually presented, Possibly the events which have happened prevented this. We have received the following telegrams through Reuter’s Agency : Constantinople, May 30. The dethroned Sultan is kept under guard in the kiosk at the extremity of the Seraglio, The Ministers informed Mahommed Mourad last night of bis proclamation as Sultan. This morning there were popular demonstrations ; but no resistance was offered to the new order of things, and perfect tranquility now prevails Great satisfaction is expressed both by Christians and Mussulmans at the turn events have taken. This evening the city will be illuminated, and for three days the city will be enfete. The Saltan Mourad is installed in the palace, Cologne, May 30, According to intelligence from Paris published here, the Grand Vizier, Mehemet Pasha, and Midhat Pasha are at the head of the revolutionary movement in Constantinople. The dethroned Saltan is guarded in his palace. The new Sultan has accepted the three points submitted to him—namely, the institution of a Permanent Assembly of Notables, the abolition of the Seraglio, and the reduction of the Sovereign’s Civil List to 5,000,000 piastres.