Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-09-28

'hr09e entered the palace. al q Hndlng no
disposition evinced to recognize their
claim they paid their homage to the new
sovereign and silently departed. Otto.
nan Bey was man Of uncommon mild.
ness, and possessed many excellent qua.
.ities--he howeverhad indalged in no ex-
pectations of being chosen By and there
'ore had taken no part in the public conn
Ills. HIS eldest son called Sid SAN.
was agreat favorite with )lamuda Pscha
,lro havipg contemplated naming him
his successor. had taken great pain. to
accustom hin to the routine of business
Sidi saila became the most importanf
and Influential person on The accession
othis father, and his condatt gave te,
timony of bis worth aid Intesr;tv
Mahmaud who considered bis claim ~
the succession as the most undoubted and
lneauivocal was in no MA. ner sausfad
with the tcrmInatiOn oflhc election and
sIlhough he was far advanced IN life and
u mild and peacsable n tuee, lie felt il
Incumbent upon him to use his exprtiors
20 create PARTY in his I yor, a d in this
a tempt he was stimaat ny the ambi-
Gus views of his two sons, Has, All and
iustapha, men of quick aid ant parts
nut OF terOcious and wi Slnuus charac,
ser.
The plans which they laid progressed
ramdly. and although 0tom,n Few was
.alyised of the steps which his cousins
ere pursuing, and cautioned to that eff,
i'ct he neglected to conf e them. The
"vclution which was approaching. at last
'ook effect: Mahlnaul en- cred at piobt
into the chamber Of Ottoman Bey. and
put him to death, the attendants around
lin were destroyed. Sill Salla and his
brother, He'd under cover Of The night. and
cached the Goletta with view Of get
ing Oh board some of the vessels which
lay in the Roads. he commander of
he Goletta who was also the minister of
marine. suspecting that SONG revolution
had taken place at the palace, contrved
10 detaln the princess untiI dawn vhen
troop OF Nama!ukes arrived, stating, that
Mahmeud was created Bey 4 had issued
orders toput Sldi salla anil his brother to
lea h. These unfortunate Young men
Oke lose and threw themselves i1to the
canal with an intention to drown. them
selves, their object however was defeated
they were taken out, their hands Sc.
onred behind their backs with their silk
outside OF the walls of the
and were there cut TO pieces.
Thus ended another revolution which re-
stored the regular succession after an in.
OF thirty-two years.
The most prominent character in COM
mencing these revolutions was, Sid Yusef
the Sepatapa or prime minister: This
man originally was Georgian and g.
christian-having embraced tie Mahome-
tan religion while youth, he had con-
tinued 10 the service of Hamuda Paeha
and was considered man OF extraOrdi-
nary talents. His avsrice and rapacity
had made him one Of tie richest men in
the kingdom; but during tie reign Of
he was kept in constant check.
The great difference of characler discern
ed in his successors, Ottoman and Nah
noun, and the increased influence aud
Importance of the Sapatapa induced him
to believe that it was feaslb by another
revolution to set aside Mahmoud Bey 4
his family and place himself in their
stead. It's no known that proofs exist
ed of this conspiracy; yet as he was a
dangerous character, Mahmoud Bey de-
termlned to take a favourable moment
and dispatch him and in carrying this
plan into execution, the art and hypO-
risy of the Turkish character, then deep
and cold blooded policy was more then
manifested.
The SapAtapa had apartments in the
palace and hi, employnents and influence
rendered it necessary that he should az
ways be near the person of the Bey. He
was also accustomed to spend his eve
nings with the Bey Or with his two sons.
The evening upon which the Dey decided
he should be Killed, he spent with tbs
family, and for long time was earnestly
engaged in playing game OF chess with
the son HaSsan Bey. After conversng
on public affairs some time, he rose, order,
ed small lamp to be lighted, for tho
purpose of crossing the court yard to r
apartments, and tade the family soSI
night. As he was about entering tie
door of his apartment ore of the guard
informed him that the Bey wished I"
speak to him, and on turning back -
retrace his steps he had occasion to pass
"a large hall fronting the hall Of justice
into this hall his gaide conducted him.
where. to his establishment he saw seTe-