THE DEPOSED SULTAN.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 81, 25 July 1876, Page 3

THE DEPOSED SULTAN.

|| woyldy French newspaper published J iioi!ti fci IUB 1M »„. a aefies of tetters on the |[t« of Turkey. The author, MtwtKi '"-'i' things also speaks frequently of the "niMonct* "* the Saltan. The feUotr- '? sketch contains a few details about I,l private life and hahtU of the lately , Jtliconed and imprisoned ruler uf the Jnpivo, AKlut Aziz : " Abdul Ariz p'w*Tio. foreign language, hut he writes MUjkish, calligraphic," which goes a deal lt h the Orientals. His palace consists twn divisions, separate, viz., harem, ■«cnpi«a by his wivea T and Solanvlik, in

which the male portion of the inhabitants of the Palace dwell and guests are received. The Sultangenerally leaves thehatym about ! nine or ten o'clock in H'" morning, and d'-esnot return Wore ab.it nim; or ten 1 . M'tock in the evening. H' -ri' -•>'* to tlu " »t;i«cr of hw household, who •>;•* •'i'*' 11 hint at the break of day in the :• ";l'»wing pfain otitfit :-r-A little white cap on his head, his naked feet stuck into a nau-«-r C'>:iHH"«lto(f.«j •dfiopers. the b«>dy wi-ipi»ed up ttt a ged»l»di'k, a sort "f bright *-""b'red, Howery"nightgown, under which another vestment is w.>m. The first secretary receives his order* with regard to the public affairs, which the (Irand Vizier presents through a certain bureau, constituted for this special purple. So comes the breakfast, always a very abundant meal, which the Sultan enjoys with an excellent appetite. He breakfasts alone, but lets the attendant, standing at a rcsjMJctful distance, entertain him with tickling city gossip, chiefly about ministers or other individuals, on whom the Sultan may have a down. At these occasions a freedom of expression is used, which, according to our ideas is really ?ncred»ble. When he afterwards gives audience 'or goes out, he puts on the official costume, but i returns as soon as possible to the domestic dress. In his youth, Abdul Aari/. was a fearless horseman, fond of hunting and fishing, but now he has lonjj ago given up every bodily exercise. He mounts on horseback at most on Fridays, I to ride to the Mosque and hold prayer. For his amusement, he has often athletic, ram, or cock-fights performed before him. Occasionally he pays one of his chamberlains the compliment of playing backgammon with him. Lately he lias occupied himself with painting. Now he will only buy landscapes, now only genre paintings, now only battle pictures. Of the latter he is best pleased at those on which the Austrians are represented as beaten by the Turks. But he only buys such as shew a good many Austrians and no Turks as dead on the field. Formerly, when he was tn good Inimor, he liked to wrestle with his attendants, and one of these, Never* Pasha, had that inclination to thank for hts fortune. He is a man who concealed thenatnreofapcrfectcourtierunderarough outward appearance. Often he was driven away from a palace, but always regained the favor of his master. No one understood better than he how to receive, smiling and gratefully, a poke in the ribs. On such occasions heoften lost his balance, but never his head. The funny positions into which he went at tumbling over, delighted his master, and rendered him some pro k it, be it a jewel, or money, or a new dignity. He was Minister of Commerce, of" Finance, and of Public Instruction. One day when the Sultan was very jolly, he threw him downstairs. The favorite got severe pains, and a splendid palace from it. So Nevers Pasha rose through the fitful whims of his master to honors and wealth. Among the fighting-cocks every one has the name of a sovereign. Before the last war was seen one Napoleon 111. in the cock-yard ; after Sedan, he was taken away. Abdul Aziz liimself gives every cock his name, and points out the one who is to represent himself in the contest; that is, of course, always the one whose eyes glow most fiery, whose bill is the most threatening, and whose legs are the strongest."