, 1869-04-18

pes1A Dtadc,n, "the SHADOW of Atlah b. upon
NM cannot 60 to the theatre tRs Ordinary NOR
.As' saen ~ you OIL He Ia obliged 10 hear ~ we
uo ana with longer carr, perhaps, but he requires
musical rn9cus especially Hcathy of his GATE
Poor crowned heAdxt
"ks dans cea tomhczu1 on leurB ernes hautntnes,
| Font encore lez vatnes
La scat r!nges dea rcts!"
ThtfefoEt, His Hoiincss, In announcing tho day
OF his future VISIT signifies TO the director Of The
| theatre that he viii e1z1Fe At 6 o'clock In the
| morning. Seven hours Of consecutive
mustcI Ftstt isa!ie what cafh Besides, he
! requires that they shall perform a short
specimen Of each Opera in vogue. Tnat ts, q re-
sumo Of the music! cannot imagine very well
tne character Of the performance, bat whAs mat
tess ThA: which pIeases the Saltzn nced not be
appzuctahlc BY the vulgar.
AZ the performance Is long one, Ills Hlshne.s
u preceded b. his household OF ooon and yalct,
for # u a past Of the cussnm hat be shall cal
during the representation, and change his apparel
At least once or tT1ce. 1t Il easy 10 see that the
body and the stomach OF the Sultan cannot act
like those Of ordinary mortalA From o'clock In
the afternoon the costumeA, the esd-dreasiuss,
The cosmetacs etc, conc In pe1l-men, ~ that ali
may be ready before the airent OF the Imperial
sthtor. The theatre thus present. the aspect OF a
'H>th<A EAoR SbAuuEu Nllu IQe x1kCQG1 OF
restaurant Rather a angular preliminary to
mUsic.
The "Frectacle" commenced with the second
act OF the Barber Of Seville. But Ills ul3huess
had scarcely made his appearance, when he showed
that he had already heard that opera, and cared
not to Listen to 1t again, though the Bz1ber will
bear to be heard mora than once. His u!ghness
At once called his Ministers around him and CON-
mcnccti to hold = Cabinet Council am not oref
curious, but would have liked to have seen the
Cabinet In that relz- Perhaps they kept time with
their fect whue discussing poli!cs-and sung the
Eastern question to An ar frum II 6a7bfsyx.
After this Vas ended, they played the "Cobbltr
and The Fairy" The Ministers were now slent,
and the Sultan composed himself to listen. But 1t
soon appeared that the music suited the rpJal
taste no better than the former, for while smoking
luXat1onsly on his cushlonR, he scolIed the Cham
bcEtain MuHc Minister rather loudly.
Under these ctrcumstancea, Crtspino was nat.
urally hurried through as rapidly Us pozsIble; It
WAS followed BY an act lrom E.nanL The singers
paid their royal auditor the compliment OF chang
lag the HbEetto, 30 that instead OF singing the
praises Of Charles v, IN the opera they chanted
the Rlones Of Abdul Azis. Bur this pleased no
better than before: for His Highness Is unlike his
crowned contemporaries in this, that he h1A no
taste for such delicate compliments Turkish nat-
tery is Of tne thorough Roing order, and the Sui
tan Ia doubtless little oakf In such matters, like
apretty NoInan who Is the constant recipient Of
ab,ect humAge from masculine admirers, II, iu-
deed, WOMAN can ever weary Of being wo.-
shipped However that may he, His nlghness
wzs soon In towering passion 1t the arrrons and
the poor Chamberlain WAS dismissed from uls Stu
alton, for the fasha alwnys ends his dts Of rase
by the sacrifice OF some one.
After hl1, this dfnottement whs but fusdce Why
should they rob Charles the FliIh of his s1ghts
We no longer live In the time Of Rajazet, when a
Christian Emperor could be despo!!ed for the prort
OF q Turk. The Fasha was right Suppose hun
drcd and Nifty Turks should about Glory, R,o7y.,
md Fut your nAme At the end: Would II not be
sntlcient cause for the punishment OF whoever
Wa responsible for the outrage7
ENu8 CaRKEr