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less, could Got be blitid to the 'secret repugnance with
which this militia adhered to the will of the Sovereign
in the first moment of surprise. It took the necessary
measures of.preceution, and soon felt that they were any
thing but superfluous.
" Immediately after the publication of the new regu.
lations, the Janissaries incorporated in the regular-army
shewed,, in their exercises, towards the officers who
commanded them, a resistance, which soon. became a
sullen fermentation, the first traces of which discovered
themselves on the 14th, in the evening, by the assem-
bling of several groups of this body. At length, in the
night between the 14th and 15th, the insurrection be-
came
a complete revolt. A troop of the mutineers, after
midnight, advanced violently towards the hotel of the
Aga Kapussi of the Janissaries, to massacre their Gene-
ral in Chief; but he had just time to save himself in the
Palace of the Court, in the apartment of the Grand
Vizier. The rebels having thus failed in their first at-
tempt, wreaked their fury on the house of the Aga, and
against his family, whom they treated in the most cruel
manner. They then proceeded towards the house of',
the Nedschib Effendi, the agent of Mohammed Ali
Pacha, who had lately returned from his mission to the
Morea, and who, as one of the most enthusiaitic friends
of the new order of things, was particularly hated by
the Janissaries. They did not find him, but his house
was pillaged and destroyed with shocking barbarity.
" While this was going on, the more numerous body
had proceeded to the Palace of the Porte, to see the
Grand Vizier. He, having been apprized by the Aga,
had already fled from hie" Palace, with his family
and domestics, and retired to Jali-koschk, a pa-
vilion of the Grand Seignor, situated near the Seraglio,
on the side of the harbour. There the partisans of the
Government were gradually collected, while the rebels
were employed in pillaging the Palace of the Pone, or
scattered about in public'houses, abandoning themselves
to the greatest excesses.
" At day break, those of the Janissaries who were in
barracks assembled in the square of Etmeidan, situated
in the midst of them, and well known in former revolts.
There they carried their standards, and, by public
criers, gave notice to all the surrounding quarters, that
every Janissary should meet at the common place of
assembling. A similar summons was sent to the Tsche-
bedschis, in the neighbourhood of the Mosque of St.
Sophia. The Government, meantime, was not idle.
On the first news of the seditious explosion, the Sultan
Mahmoud had quitted his summer palace of Beschik-
tasch, on the European bank of the Bosphorus, to re-
turn
to the Seraglio. By degrees, the Ministers and
Chiefs of departments, the Mufti, the principal Ule.
mahs, assembled at Jali.kosclik round the Grand Vizer.
Soon afterwards the Aga Hussein Pacha, commander
of the camp of observation on the European side, and
'Mehemet Pacha, commander of the Asiatic camp, was
seen to arrive with numerous troops, which weie joined
by several.battalions of cannoniers and hombardiers,with
pieces of cannon from the battery of Tophana. A con.
siderable military force being thus collected under the
eyes of the Sultan, who, in the attire of a warrior, him-
self directed the military dispositions, marched towards
the Hippodrome. The standard of Mahomet was
hoisted before the Mosque of the Sultan Ahmed; and
by the public criers in every quarter of the town and
suburbs, an appeal was made to every good Mussulman
to range himself with arms under the stantlar'd of the
Prophet. Numerous armed groups ran front all parts
to the Atmeidan. Encouraged by the intrepidity of
the Grand Seignor, and the warlike ardour of Hussein
Pacha, they all swore to defend the Sultan and the
throne to the last drop of their blood.
" The same appeal had been made to all the muti-
neers. Three times they were summoned to return to
the standard of the Prophet. They hautily braved each
appeal, and answered, that they woul.l not submit to
the will of the Sultan before the new regulations were re-
scinded, and they had delivered up to them the heads of
vie Grand Vizier, of Hussein Pacha, of the Aga of the
Janissaries, and of Nedschib Effendi. Furious at this de-
mand, and far different from his predecessor, Selim 111.
who was the victim of his own weakness, the Sultan
Mahmoud ordered Hussein Pacha to march with all the
troops at his disposal against the rebels,whom a sentence
of the Mufti had already put out of the pale of law.
Hussein Pacha, at the head of several thousand men,
marched rapidly against the rebels, who could not resist
the impetuosity of his attack. They withdrew along the
Atmeidan, and threw themselves into their barracks. Se-
veral rounds of cannon and grape shot burst asunder the
gates; after a short struggle, the rebels were de.
teased. There was then terrible carnage among the
barracks, which were set on fire ; the conflagration
seized several neighbouring houses, the proprietors of
which have been completely indemnified by the Sultan.
In a few hours the issue of the day, and the fate of the
Janissaries, were decided. The loss of the rebels killed,
including those who perished in thl flames, is estimated
at between 2,000 and 3,000 men. That of the troops
of the Grand Seignor is, in comparison, very lktle. In
the barrack:4l*re found considerable treasures, which
wereflibandoned as booty to the conquerors. The fu-
gitives were pursued in all directions ; and those who
had taken refuge in the stone buildings near the gate of
Adrianople and the Seven Towers were successively
compelled to surrender. On the 16th, which was
Friday, when the Sultan went to his accustomed prayers
to the Mosque, near the Seraglio, he was not accom-
panied by Janissaries, but only by cannoniers and bom-
bardiers. Meanwhile the Ministers bad assembled in a
tent pitched on the Atmeidan, under the Presidency of
the Grand Vizier, Hussein Pacha, and the Mufti, and
formed themselves into a tribunal to ti y the rebels.
—All the Janissaries who had been taken with arms in
their hands, but principally their Ystas and the other
Officers who had previously sworn to adopt the reform,
were, after a thou examination, executed. The less
guilty were conducted to the prisons of the Bostanje
Baschi. On the 17th while this tribunal was still sitting,
a proclamation was published, which dissolved for ever
the corps of Janissaries, devoted their name to execra-
tion, and decreed the formation of regular and disci-
plined troops, under the name of daskers muhammedije,
for the defence of the empire and Islamism.
" At the same time the citi*ns and peaceable inha-
ibitants of the capital were invited to open their shops,

which had been shut for three days, and to pursue tt eir
usual occupations. No one was allowed any more to
appear in the dress of a Janissary, or to bear that name.
a All their barracks were destroyed from top to
bottom ; their kettles, which had been sq often the
signal of revolt, broken ; the distinctive marks of the
mat, or regiments, taken away, trampled upon by the
Mufti, and destroyed. In fine, everything has been
annihilated which formerly pertained to this militia,
once so formidable. All the posts hitherto occupied
by the Janissaries have been surrendered to the can-
noniers and the Bostangis ; and at the twenty-four gates
of the city there have been established as many Ka-
pidshi-baslai, with a guard of 24 men of these troops.
" The following day the Grand Vizier transferred
the seat of Government from Atmeidan to the Flist
Court of the Seraglio, where since the Ministry, sur-
rounded with 'armed men, transact business under tents,
whilst, in the other pasta at that Court, the troops are
exercised in the European fashion.
s' In spite of the promptitude with which the struggle
has been decided in the interior of the city, people were
not entirely at ease about the issue which it.was going
to take, while they were ignorant of the part which the
garrisons on the Bosphorus were to take, the Yamach
known in the former insurrections of the Janissaries.—
But the latter not only kept perfectly quiet, but even
declared that they were disposed to ce-nperate in main-
taining good order, and assisting the Sultan with all their
force to overthrow the mutineers. The Grand Seignor
thanked them for their good intentions, and sent them a
present of 300 purses, to be divided among the garrisons
of the 'castles. The question is now, whether the Ya.
macs shall be permitted to retain the present organiza-
tion; for they de not appear disposed to adopt the new.
one, and Hussein Pacha, whose penetration nothing that
can endanger the present state of things escapes, will not
assuredly lose sight of these castles and their garrisons.
el The following are the principal changes which have
taken placein consequence of the dissolution of the
corps of Janissaries, and of the events which have led to
that measure:

Hussein Pacha, known under the name of Aga
Pacha, to whom is due the chief glory of the victory,
both in relation to the measures which be took, as by the
bravery which he displayed in the struggle, has been
nominated Seraskier or Generalissimo of all the troops
of Islamisin. His head-quarters bad been established at
first in the hotel formerly belonging to the Aga of the
Janissaries; He has now transferred them to Eski.Setai
(the ancient Seraglio), which is surrounded by high and
strong walls. The women of the Sultan have been coo-
-1 ducted into the place called Tschifte•Serai. Front this
strong position, which commands the quarters formerly
inhabited by the Joniciaries, Hussein Pacha is in a state
to repress every movement in the interior of the city....
The former hotel of the Aga of the Janissaries has been
assigned to the Mufti for his functions; and by this
means it I•.as likewise been placed under the protection
of religion. State buildings will likewise be assigned to
the two principal judges of the army, as well as to
other persons invested with the principal functions of
the ulemas.

" The Aga of the Janissaries had been named Miri-
Achar (first squire), but the cruelties exercised by the
revolters on his family made so lively an impression
upon him that he refused the place, and begged to,
retire. The other promotions have, for the most part,
been given to the Generals and Officers belonging to
the Staff of the corps of Janissaries who remained faith.
ful to the Government.

" The Porte has thought proper to take still further
measures to destroy the spirit of sedition, and to secure
the public tranquillity. As the numerous class of ham-
mals, or porters, who wei e in a great measure inscribed
on the list of Janissaries, not only joined them in all tu-
mults, and showed on all occasions a character inclined
to pillage and violence, vexatious to the peaceful inhabi-
tants of the capital, but on this occasion committed rob-
beries, and broke into houses, all the Turksh harnmals
have been excluded from the tribe of Carriers, their chief
has been executed, and they themselves have been banish-
ed front the capital. Several thousandsof them have been
transported to the shore, escorted by soldiers, and have
been embarked for Asia ; each of them has received a
passport, containing an express prohibition not to return
to Constantinople; the Kurds will have the same fate.
The firemen have likewise been banished, and *their
Chief has been executed. Ira future, porters and firma;
will be selected from the Armenian nation. ',Their
Patriarch has been requested to procure 10,000 iodi•
viduals to execute these fuctions.
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" The numerous class of boatmen,. which consisted
kewise, in a great part, of Janissaries, will experience
a similar reform. There is no doubt that the Govern-
ment wishes to destroy every trace of this corps, in order
to render its insurrection impossible These arrange.
ments have likewise been extended to the Janissaries
who were allotted to foreign missions, as guards of
honour and messengers of dispatch. The Government
has reclaimed from these Janissaries the distinctive
badge of courier, and permits no embassy to send from
this city other persons than the Tatars of the Porte.
" Much activity is shown in the enrolment of the
regular troops. In all the open spaces of the capital
troops are seen at their exercise, for the purpose of dis-
ciplining them: several officers of the army of Egypt
have been sent for, and the individuals who formerly
served under the Sultan Selim in the troops of the
Nizam-djedid have been employed. The Sultan Mah-
tnoud attends often in person at these exercises, both
within and without the Seraglio, and encourages the
troops by his presence and by gifts.
" Among the arrangements which had served to
prepare the blow aimed at the corps of Janissaries, and
to ensure its success, must be mentioned chiefly the
actual increase of the corps of artillery, which, since the
time of &lint 111., has always been subjected to military
discipline and to regular exercises. Lately this corps,
in the capital alone, had been increased to 14,000 men,
and both by its fidelity and bravery has completely
justified the confidence of the Government. Several
Pachas of the neighbouring provinces likewise received
orders to march upon the capital with their troops.
le We have not yet received from the other cities and
provinces of the Empire any report of the sensation
which this event has created. Nevertheless, the Go.