The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-12 00:00:00

THE INVE

STITURE OF THE

SULTAN

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
STEALING LEAD.—Daniel Thompson, John Farm-
&ugh, and Alfred Clarke, were brought before Mr.
Dyer and Mr. Courtoy, charged with having been
concerned in stripping a number of houses in King-
street and Titchfield-street of an immense quantity of
lead.
As many as six different robberies of lead, from the
tops of houses have recently occurred, and this na-
turally caused much anxiety on the part of the in-
habitants to discover the plunderers. This morning
about three o'clock, a tradesman in King-street, named
Bowler, was told by a lodger that some men were
on the
on
the top of an adjacent house. He instantly got
roof of his house and kept watch for the thieves. In a
short time he saw enough to know at
th three men were
engaged in stripping the houses, and alsomake
himself acquainted with their dress, though he could
not distinguish their features. The thieves, finding
at last they were discovered, made their escape over
the houses followed by witness, who at last saw them
enter a trap door belonging to No. 6, in the same street.
Witness informed the police, and Sergeant Whall, C 16,
and Policeman Scott, C 176, went to the house, which
was untenanted, and left in the care of the prisoner
Thompson. On gaining admission, the police went up
stairs, and found Thompson and Farnclough in
bed. They examined the men's clothes, and found
they exactly corresponded with the description of the
dress worn by those who made their escape through the
trap-door, and in addition, that the clothes were covered
with whiting and soil, just as would be produced by
working on te tops of the houses. The police went
over the tops of the houses, and in the line taken by
the thieves they found upwards of three hundred weight
of lead ready rolled up for carrying away. The lead
had been taken from the parapets and gutters of the
houses in King-street and Litchfield-street. When the
house, No. 6, King-street, was searched, a chisel was
found, which exactly corresponded with the marks upon
the lead. Police-sergeant Whall, hearing some person
whistle, was induced to look out at the window, and,
on seeing a man standing in the street, he pointed him
out to Mr Bowler, who declared that the man resembled
the person not in custody, whom he ,had seen with the
other two on the top of the house. The constable im-
mediately proceeded to take the man (the prisoner
Clarke) into custody. When searched, a quantity of
lucifer matches was found in his cap.
Thompson and Farnclough in defence said, they were
ignorant of the robbery, as they had been in bed all
night. Clarke denied all knowledge of the robbery,
and on explanation of his whistle said, he made the
noise to awaken one of the prisoners who had promised
go with him on business to Covent Garden Market.
All the prisoners were remanded till Thursday.

WORSHIP- STREET.
William Griffiths, a very deplorable-looking creature,
was charged with stealing a book from Mr. Williams,
of Finsbury Pavement. The prisoner inquired at the
prosecutor's shop the price of " Johnson's Lives of
Highwaymen." The shopman told him ; and he asked
if less would not be taken ; the shopman replied—" I've
named my price, and you may take it or leave it."
" Oh I" said the prisoner, " I'd much rather take it,"
and seizing the book ran off with it at full speed. He
was, however, run down and brought before the Ma-
gistrate of this office, who sent him to the House of
Correction and hard labour for two months.

(BY AN EYE-WITNESS.)
I arrived about suieset near Scutari, at the entrance
of the Bosphorus, in, front of the walls of the Seraglio.
having before me the finest panorama in the
Ann "trerne excitement on the pier soon
troiVefge.. The eletive mood and ecstasy
roused tire tiaana the &intern e.-
• eeement produ-
which-this splendid pr6speet teed for A b..- • by
cod. The sea was eotered every direct)...
thousands of boats coming from the coasts' of. Asia and
ports of Galata and Pera to Stamboul and 'Villa
Some conveyed soldiers in grand uniform, whose noisy
hilarity formed d strange contrast with the in general
grave aspect of the Turks. In others I perceived
richly-attired Pachas, reclining on couches under the
shade of parasols ; then passed others, and not the least
interesting--I mean those which contained harems
under the jealous superintendence of eunuchs. The
women were enveloped in their ynchmas, but through
the thin and transparent gauze I could admire the
delicacy and regularity of their features. The piercing
cries of the boatmen were kept under from time to time
by the bursts of military music heard from different
quarters. The Sultan Abdul-Medjid, the Servant of
the Most Glorious, was, as it appeared, on the point of
proceeding to the mosque of Eyoub, to gird on the sabre
of Othman.
I hastened to mount the steep streets leading to
Pera. There, as well as at, the port, I found all in mo-
tion—a dense crowd, in the midst of which the splendid
dresses and decorations of the diplomatic functionaries
were conspicuous, all forcing their way to the quay of
Galata. I followed the general impulse ; a boat con-
veyed me to one of the gates of Stamboul, and I ar-
rived, not without much difficulty, at the great street cf
Adrianople, through which the imperial procession was
to pass. It seemed as if the whole Levant had made
a rendezvous in the immense street which runs from
one end of the city to the other. The regiments of the
guards, and the arabas (chariots), richly ornamented,
and full of Turkish, Greek, or Armenian ladies, formed
a double line ; then followed in dense confusion (not-
withstanding the difference of religion) a motley mass of
turbaned Turks, Jews in dirty gowns and pointed caps,
Armenians with their pyramidal kalpaks, Arabian
clerks, dressed in white woollen cloaks, Persians, der-
vises, Greek papas, &c. ; but this mixture of different
races and religions was altogether confined to the male
portion of the spectators, as the strictest separation of
the sexes was rigorously enforced, and I did not observe,
during the whole ceremony, a single instance of a man
outstepping the sanatory cordon formed, as if by en-
chantment, around the platforms reserved for females.
After a short interval the discharge of artillery an-
nounced that the Sultan, Abdul-Medjid, was leaving the
Beylerboy-Slavros, or Yellow Palace, situated on the
coast of Asia, in order to proceed by sea to the mosque
of Eyoub. The procession consisted of twenty gilded
caikas or barges. Amongst the number, that of the
Sultan was easily recognised by its size and splendid
ornaments. A canopy made of rich crimson silk, with
golden fringe, screened his Highness from the rays of the
sun ; he was received on his passage by various sa-
lutes from the guns of the brio and cutters sta-
tioned at the Golden Horn. Tile young Monarch
was accompanied to the mosque of Eyoub by the
sheik of the nievlevi (chief of the dervises). This per-
sonage, whose sanctity is held superior to even that
of the Great Mufti, does not reside at Constantinople ;
he lives at Koniah, the ancient capital of the Seljouci-
des, who were succeeded by the Ottoman Sultans of
Anatolia. The only occasion on which this dervise
quits his convent is when it becomes his duty to invest
a new Sultan with the sabre of Othman. This cere-
mony, at which no unbeliever was allowed to " assist,"
lasted for three-quarters of an hour. On leaving the
mosque the Sultan first crossed the square of Babou-
Bachi, where a magnificent tent, fitted up in the Eu-
ropean style, had been placed for the corps diplonzatique.
Amongst the Ambassadors we observed Admiral Rous-
sin, Lord Ponsonby, M. de Boutenieff, and Baron
Sturmer ; there were also present Prince Puckler Mus-
kau, just arrived from Syria, Lord Carnarvon, and se-
veral other distinguished personages.
The procession subsequently moved on in the direc-
tion of the Seraglio, through the fine street of Andria-
nople. The Oulemas marched at the head. They were
' all on horseback, and attired in the ancient costume ;
their turbans were ornamented with gold lace, more or
less, according to their rank. Those amongst them
who descended from the family of the Prophet wore a
green robe and a turban of the same colour. The two
Kasiaskers, or lieutenants of the Great Mufti, came
with the Oulemas. After the college of the priests
followed the Ridjals, or grandees—namely, all the
Pachas who have been in active service ; and behind
them the Visiers, who wore on their turbans a plate of
gold set with diamonds. The two sons-in-law of the
Sultan Mahmoud were in the same rank ; the Kislar-
age, or chief of the black eunuchs, watt also along with
the Visiers.
Suddenly there was a death-like silence throughout
the crowd. The Grand Visier, the fear-inspiring Kos-
rew, made his appearance and passed along. It is said
he adds to the infirmities of age by a most disorderly
life ; he limps, and has a most forbidding aspect. How-
ever, it is only necessary to pronounce the name of this
individual at Constantinople to make the Turks and
Rayahs shudder. The remembrance of his sanguinary
participation in the slaughter of the Janissaries is still
fresh in the minds of all : they kno,v him to be as piti-
less as the Bosphorus is deep.
At the moment I perceived the Grand Vizier passing
he was engaged in familiar conversation with the Grand
Mufti, his sworn enemy. It appears that a few days
before this fete they had a serious altercation, which
they found the means of stifling for the present. It is
said that the Grand Mufti had refused in open divan
to appear at this great solemnity (at which his presence
is indispensable), unless the Sultan resumed the costume
of his forefathers. Kosrew replied, in a violent rage,
that unless he (the Grand Mufti) changed his opinion,
he should have him dismissed, and it is said that this
was not the only menace. The result was that the
young Sultan did not think proper to put on the turban,
and the Grand Mufti attended the ceremony.
After the ministers followed his Highness's horses,
covered with jewels like sultanas, aad led by grooms
in splendid livery. These animals are never ridden, but
merely kept for state shows. The adelemers, or guards
of honour, who followed them and precededTheir the ul-
tan, are solely employed for this
dresses are of the richest goid embroidery ; they hold
long gilt halberts in their hands, and from their hats
project lofty plumes of feathers.
In the midst of all this pomp and osten-
tion, the extreme simplicity of the Sultan
formed a striking contrast. A diamond clasp
on his " fez," and the decoration of the order of
Nichan Iftihao on his breast, were the only insignia
worn by the young Monarch. Abdul-Medjid is about
16 or 17 years of age ; he is thin and pale ; his coun-
tenance, which still retains traces of the small-pox, has
nothing very noble or striking in its general outline. It
would appear that his constitution has already suffered
from dissipation, particularly dangerous at his age. He
looks around on the crowd with a dull and languid air,
like a person risen from a bed of sickness, and one
would think that he took no part in what was passing,
or that it was not intended for him. He was isolated
in the midst of the procession, his guards keeping,
through respect, at a certain distance from his person.
The fact is, that one of the greatest crimes a Mussul-
man can commit is to approach so close to the Sultan
as to touch his body, or even his clothes.
" The new Sultan," says the correspondent of the
Semaphore at Constantinople, " was married before his
accession to the throne, and his consort is eneiente. He
is said to be much attached to her, and to be resolved
to live with her alone, after the Christian fashion.
This, however, would be almost impossible, since the
Mahometan law commands that a Sultan shall not co-
habit with a woman after she has had a child by him.
If the young Sultan abolishes this custom, he will do
more towards the civilization of the Turks than all his
father has done. The band of the Icoglans in the
palace is dissolved. A splendid feast will, it is said, be
given in the palace to the diplomatic body, as soon as
peace with Egypt is estalished. The Sultan's brother,
Abdul-Azis, is at the palace of Chysoceras, waiting
for the throne or for death ; but it is believed that.
when Abdul-Medjid is firmly seated he will assign his
brother a palace on the Bosphorus, and give him a post
suited to his rank."

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lilnktitirtie, J.

4 glionby, H. A.
Attwood, 'I.

Jame

Argyll
Somerset

(In the Conini;rter)
First Clause—( That a yearly sum ofll be paid
to the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty) :—Prorsed to
till the blai k with " four thousand }Auto& t"—Afterwards pro-
posed to fill the blank with " three thousand pounds :"---.110-
tion made, and Question put, " That the blank be filled with
four thousand pounds:' "—The Committee divided :
MAJORITY—AYES, 80.

`,m Admiral Sir

Bowes',
Bridgerljgrif
Brownrigg,
Buller, C.
Burrell, Sir C. M.
Callaghan, D.
Cityley. E. S.
Clements, Lord
lerk Sir G.
Cr drington, Sir E.
Craig, iN. Gibson
Dahneny, Lord
Ihvett, E
Donkin, Sir R.
Douglas, Sir C. E.
Eliot, Hon. J. E.
Filmer, Sir E.
Fitzpatrick, John
Fitzroy, Lord C.
Freshfield, J. W,
Gaskell, J. m.
tiordon, It.
Graham, Sir J.
Grey, Sir G.

Henry
W•oth ertor, J.

Hastie, A. I Price, Sir R.
Hawes, B. -!:ice, T. S.
Hawkes, T. , Rolle Sir Ft. M.
1!-LFiniie, J H Itty:sel!, Loid John
H,,bh,;use, Sir J. C Ruttit'-co dA.
Hobhouse, T. B. sciiolefield, J
Hodges, T L. Seale, Colonel
Hoskins, K. Seyniour, Lord
Itoward, I'. EL ' Smith, John Abel
Howick, Lord Smith, K. Vernon
Hutt, iN. sorricrville, Sir W.
Hutton, Rober. St inky, V. J.
It. FL Stanley, Vli 0,
Inglis, Sir I
Lowther, W. S. S"ock, Dr
Lowther, J. H. Surrey, Earl of
Manic., Hon P x Teiamrt,...h, lord
Monypennv, T. G. Tho , son, C. P
Morpeth, Viscount Troubridge, Sir T.
, Norreys Sir J. D. Ward, H. G
O'Ferrall, More Wood, Sir Matthew
Parke,
C. W. Wood, Colonel T.
Paget, F. Wotsley, Lord
Palmer, C. FY she Wyse, Thomas
Palmer, G. Yates, John A.
eattison, J.
Pease, Joseph TELLERS.
Wood, C.
Peel, Sir It
l'igot, D. R. Steuart, IL

MINORITY-N OES,
Hector, e J.
Hodgson, R.
Holmes, W.
Hope, Charles
Hume, Joseph
Johnson, General
Leader, J. P.
Lowth r, Colonel
,Martin. John
Morris, David
Norreys, Lord
Palmer, R.
Parker, R. T.

Currie, Raikes
De Horsey, S. H.
Duncombe, T S.
Eaton, Richard J.
Fieideu, J.
pinch, Francis
Gordon, Hon. W

Philips, Mark
Sheppard, Thomas
Spry, Sir S. T.
Thompson, Ald.
Turner, W.
Vigors, N. A
Wadoington. H. S
Wakley, Thomas

TF.LI,E RS.
Williams, W.
Wallace, R.

Proposed to add Proviso, " That any such Judge, after the
present Parliament, shall, during his continuance in office as
Judge, be incapable of being elected or sitting as a Member of
the House of Commons :"--Question put, " That the Proviso
be added :"—The Committee divided:—
MINORITY—AYES,
.'Court, Capt. E Grimsditch, Thomas
Blackburne, I. Hawes, B.
Blair, J. H .whes, T
Broadley, H. sector, C. J.
Brownrigg, J. S. Hinde,J. H.
Burrell, ,ir C. Hodgson, Richard
Clerk, Sir George Holmes, W.
Cochrane, Sir T. ',lope, Hon. C.
Cole, Viscount Howard, P. H.
Currie, tlaikes Hutt, W.
ile Horsey, S. H. Inglis, Sir R. H.
Douglas, Sir C. H Johnson, General
Duncombe, T. S. Lasceles, Y‘. S
Ewart, W. Leader, J. T
Fielde.., J. Lowther, Colonel
Gaskell, J. M. Lowther, J. H.
Gordon, Hon. W. Norreys, Lord
Graham, Sir James Parker, It. T

51.
Peel, Hon. Sir R.
Perceval Colonel
Philips, %l.
Sheppard, P.
Spry, S. 1'
~
hcnnyson, Ald.
Turner, William
Vigor s, N.
Waddington, H. S
Wakley, Thomas
Wallace, R
Warburton. H
Wilmot, Sir E.
1 Wood, Thomas

Aglionby, H. A.
A ttwood, T.
Baring, F.
Bowes, J.
Bridgman, H.
Brotherton, J.
Buller, C.
CAlaghan, Daniel
C ylcy, E. S.
Clements, Lord
Craig, W
Daloieny, Lorci
Eliot, Hon J. E.
Fiimer, Sir E.
Fitzpatrick, J. W.
Fitzroy, Lord Charles
Freshtield, J. W.
Gisborne, T.
Gordon, Robert
Grey Sir a
Hastie, A.
Hindley, Charles

TELLERS,
Hume. Joseph
Williams, W.

61.
Rutholord, A.
Scholeticld, J.
Seale, Sir J.
Sevmou., Lord
Somerville ,Sir W.
E.. 1.
W 0.
Steuart, R.
Thomson, C. P.
Thornely, Thomas
Trowbridge, Sir T.
Villiers, Charles
Ward, H. G.
Wood, C.
Wood, Sir Matthew
Worsley, Lord
Yates, J. A.

TELLERS.
Maule, Hon. l'ox
Adam, Sir Charles

HOUSE OF LORDS—TUESDAY, Aua. 6
DIVISION N LORD BROUGHAM'S RESOLUTIONS
ON THE O
SUBJECT OF THE ADMINISTRATION
OF JUSTICE
MIN IRELAND.
AJORITY—FOR, 86.

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