The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-12 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The Monzteur publishes the following in its
bulletin :

" A private despatch from Constantinople an-
nounces that the Sultan has dismissed his seraglio.
He has ordered all the diamonds, jewels, gold, and
silver ornaments to be sold to pay the debts left
by Abd-ul-Medjid. It is thought the amount that
will be realised will cover all the liabilities. The
Sultanas who have children will be allowed to re-
main P ale.ect. His Highness only retains
one wife.

" A similar reform is ordered in the Court; the
expenses are to be reduced, and the functionaries
changed. The Seraskier, Riza Pasha, is placed
under arrest until his accounts are settled. The
Sultan is making a tour of inspection of all the
public establishments, and has declared that all
new European improvements are to be immediately
introduced."

The Levant herald says, concerning the new
Sultan :

An incident of his late domestic life was brought
to light on the day of his accession, which adds to
it the interest of a small imperial romance. Oriental
policy and usage have, as is well known, long com-
pelled the practice of male infanticide in the fami-
lies of heirs-apparent to the throne ; daughters are
permitted to live, but sons are sacrificed to the sove-
reign jealousy at the moment of their birth. Four
years ago, however, a son was born to Abdul Aziz,
and by the aid of a devoted nurse was spirited away
to Eyoub, where he lived unknown till last week.
On Tuesday his Majesty produced this child, who
bears the name of Youssuf Selah-eddin Effendi, and
presented him to the Grand Vizier and other mini-
sters as his first-born. When to this relative inci-
dent we add that his Majesty is personally a rigid
teetotaller, smokes neither pipe nor narghille, is a
capital pianist, an excellent shot, as good an angler,
and farmer enough to take a degree in the Lothians
—we have said sufficient to state the difference be-
tween himself and his predecessor.
Her Highness the Valide Sultana has declined
the usual allowance of 500,000 p a month long pre-
scriptively received by the sovereign's mother, and
has, almost on compulsion by the Government, con-
sented to draw 50,000 p. instead.

Besides the immense reduction of the human
personnel of the palace establishment, bis Majesty
has sent no fewer than 400 horses from the imperial
stables to be employed in the artillery.
From the same paper we take this account of the
dismissal of Riza Pacha

For more than twenty years the fallen Minister
has been the great obstacle to administrative, and
especially to financial reform ; if not openly and
directly resisting every measure designed to pro-
mote either, opposing to them at least the vis inertia
of his immense personal influence with the sove-
reign, and so rendering nugatory the best efforts of
his honest and patriotic colleagues in the Govern-
ment. The disgrace of the ex.favourite was an-
nounced at the Porte on Saturday iu the following
short imperial hatt
"My faithful Vizier,—lt having been deemed
advisable to dismiss Riza Pacha from his functions
of Seraskier, I have judged it proper to name in his
stead Namik Pacha, whose high intelligence and
integrity are universally known. May the favour
of God be upon us. Amen !"
The manner in which this crushing blow was
inflicted on the object of it was but little calculated
to soften its severity. On Saturday afternoon the
ex-Seraskier, who had been in daily attendance at
the palace since Wednesday, landed as usual at the
Pachas' scala, and on entering the outer hall was
met by an aide-de-camp who, with scant courtesy,
directed him to enter the cave-ejak (the room
where ccffee is prepared, and where servants and
their friends assemble). Furious at a style of
address so different from the homage of man-
ner and phrase to which he had long been
accustomed, the doomed minister demanded
of the officer what he meant by addressing
such words to him—the Seraskier? The other
curtly said that such were the Sultan's orders, and,
if he wished for further explanation, he might ask
his Majesty. This was enough. The stricken
grandee bowed, and entered the ignoble chamber
and company. A few minutes later another aide-
de-camp entered the room, and, without noticing
Riza, directed the steersman of one of the smaller
palace calques
a chamberlain,thotio•we eedd favouritehis
yell.
was silently
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" to take that main(pointing to the
ex-Seraskier) to his house at Beylerbey." This was
d
one, and, accompanied by Ghalib Bey, the first
there, Ghalib Bey took possession of all the
papers he could lay hands upon, and carried the
whole back to the palace. The outer windows and
to