The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-09 00:00:00

CONSTANTIN OPLE.-SEPT. 16.

(Prom a Morning Contemporary.)
Lord Durham was on the 11th inst. presented to the
Sultan. His Lordship, on landing at the Palace of Stavroz,
was received by the colonels of the Imperial Guard, and,
accompanied by a numerous retinue, proceeded to the
apartments of Mushir Achmet Pasha, General-in-Chief
of the Guard, and Intendant-General of the Palace.
On the hour declared auspicious (by the astrologers)
drawing nigh, the Pasha invited the Ambassador to rise,
and to allow him to lead him into the Sultan's presence.
Nothing had been omitted on the part of the Turks
which could contribute to the brillancy of this audience,
or add to the cordiality of the reception. The Mi-
nisters of the Porte, the Pashas, Sheikh Islam, and
the grandees of the empire, were placed in rank on each
side of the Sultan's throne. Lord Durham addressed his
Highness in a speech of some length, and took upon him-
self to depart from the rota followed on similar occasions,
and to express his thoughts in a language which did not
admit of ambilogy. His words, no less than the impressive
and earnest tone in which he uttered them, appeared to
produce a deep sensation on the Sultan. His Highness
replied, that he received with peculiar satisfaction the assu-
rance that the British Government was alive to the identity
of interests existing between Great Britain and the Otto-
man Empire ; that he had long hoped to see the union
naturally binding both nations acquire the degree of intimacy
which reciprocal advantages loudly called for ; and that he
trusted the day was not distant when this, the foremost of
his wishes, would be fully realized.
The Sultan addressed Lord Durham in the most courtly
and affable manner, and expressed his regret on hearing that
the shortness of his stay at Constantinople would deprive him
of the pleasure of placing at his disposal the means of grati-
fying his curiosity. Lord Durham very adroitly replied, that
the remarkable changes which his Highness had wrought in
the military institutions of his people, the important innova-
tions he had introduced in their manners, dress, and opi-
nions, and the establishments he had formed for the dif-
fusion of instruction, attracted so powerfully his attention,
that he had forgotten there existed at Constantinople
other objects worthy of a stranger's notice. Sultan
Mahmoud, in whose character vanity is predominant, could
hardly conceal the satisfaction this observation gave him.
He directed- Achmet Pasha and the Capitan Pasha to
accompany his Lordship on the following day wherever he
might express his wish of going.
Lord Durham returned, on the following day, Namik
Pasha's visit at the Admiralty, and was introduced to Tahir
Pasha, who invited him on board the Mahnioudieh. His
Lordship visited this truly magnificent ship, and profitted
of this opportunity to express his satisfaction on observ-
ing the rapid progress the Turkish navy had made,
under the present Admiral's auspices, and to point out
the importance of naval power to a country having so
great an extent of coast as Turkey. During the dejeuner
to which he had been invited, his Lordship rose, and after
proposing Tahir Pasha's (the Turkish Nelson's) health, gave
out a regular speech. After alluding to the " untoward
event" of Navarino, and comparing the present Turkish
fleet to the phcenix, &c., his Lordship terminated by ex-
pressing his persuasion that in future, instead of meeting
as enemies, the fleets of England and Turkey would coa-
lesce as allies, and emulate in the display of valour and
skill, not as once against one another, but against their
foes. In answer to this speech the Capitan Pasha roared
out " Amen !"

Lord Durham visited the Polytechnic school at Dal-
mabakshch, where officers are brought up for the army.
Several drawings were offered by the pupils to his Lordship.
Achmet Pasha, the founder of this remarkable establish-
ment, invited Lord Durham to inspect the barracks of Se-
limhich, situate at Scutari. The good order and clean-
liness existing in this place are remarkable. A regiment
of infantry. and three squadrons of cavalry were ordered
out on the plain of Haydar Pasha, and went through va-
rious evolutions in his Lordship's presence. It was almost
dark before Lord Durham left Scutari to return to The-
rapia. Both Pashas accompanied him as far as Emir-
Ghian, where they landed, to assist at the entertainment
the Seraskier had prepared on that evening for the Prince
of Servia.

On the lath both Pashas waited on Lord Durham, on
board the Barhant. On their arrival salutes were fired by
this frigate and the Volage, and both ships remained dressed
during their stay on board. On their leavinc, fresh salutes
were fired. In the evening of the 13th a ballb was given
by the Russian Minister at Bujucdere, in compliment to
Lord Durham. Out of twenty Pashas to whom invitations
had been sent, one only, Namik Pasha, made his appear-
ance. This circumstance is said to have vexed very much
M. Boutenieff, and to have been declared by him a rude
and insolent act on the part of the Turks.
On the 15th Lord Durham embarked on board the
Plitt°, which sailed in the afternoon for the Black Sea. A
Russian frigate anchored off Bujucdere, saluted the Pluto
while passing. This vessel having no guns on board, the
Barham acted as her proxy in returning the salute. The
Barham sails to-morrow for Malta.

P.S.—The horses sent as presents from tho King o
England to the Sultan; have arrived.

THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND: It is said in
fashionable society that the English Ministry has made a
communication to the Cabinet of Vienna relative to the
probable appearance of the Duke of Cumberland at Top-
litz, and that even the King of England advised his brother
not to go there. The Emperor of Austria cannot prevent
the Duke from inhabiting an hotel at Toplitz. Nobody is
excluded from Toplitz, as was the case at Kalisch ; but no
person is admitted to the conferences of the Monarchs.
The Emperor has addressed no invitation to the Duke,
who, it is hoped, will understand the wishes of Austria, and
after visiting Breslau, will return dit °A to Berlin.—Frank-
fort Paper.

AMBASSADOR TO THE HAGUE.—WC have to
announce, upon authority the trustworthiness of which we
have no reason to doubt, that our Government has resolved
to send an Ambassador of the first rank to the Hague;
where, for some time past, we have had only a Chargé
d'Affaires. Sir E. C. Disbrowe, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at Stockholm, is about to proceed
to the Hague in a similar capacity. This appointment was
notified by Sir Edward Jerningham, our Charge d'Affaires
at the Hague, to the Dutch Government on the 30th ult.
It is supposed that M. Dedel will now return to London
with full rank. We take it for granted, of course, that no
concession to the Dutch King upon the main points of the
separation between Holland and Belgium is contemplated
by the British Government.—Morning Paper.
" M. de Chantelauze, one of the Ministers de-
tained at Ham," says the Impartial, "has almost entirely
lost his intellectual faculties, and has from time to time
given unequivocal proofs of mental derangement. His in-
sanity consists in believing the existence of poisons in the
air. Orders are, it is said, given for the removal of M. de
Chantelauze to the Maison de Sante of M. Esquirol."

The Prince of Saxe Coburg is spoken of as the
probable husband either of the Queen of Portugal, or the
Princess Victoria, the heiress to the Crown of England.—
Gazette de Trance.

The Right Honourable T. Spring Rice, accom-
panied by his eldest son and daughter, have arrived in
Dublin from London.—Freeman's Journal.

Lord Yarborough and friends in the Falcon yacht,
after being rather anxiously expected by their friends, on
account of the late boisterous weather, landed at Cowes on
Monday last from a three month:: pleasure voyage to Spain
and the Mediterranean.

We are assured that M. Mendizabal has instructed
the censors to allow the journals almost absolute liberty to
judge of the acts of the Government. News from Cadiz
was received at Madrid on the 27th. M. Mendizabal's
letter to the Qeeen had been read on the 20th, in the
evening, in the theatre, and was answered by the public
with Riego's Hymn, mingled with cries of " Isabella 11.
for ever:'—Madrid Gazette.
POLAND.—It is rumoured at Berlin that Prince
Adalbert, the nephew of the King of Prussia, is to espouse
the Grand Duchess Olga ; and it is even asserted that his
Highness will be created King of Poland. These occur-
rences would contribute much to calm the irritation wird&
reigns in the latter country.--Gazette d'Augsburg.