The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-21

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Sultans.
CONsTANTINoPLE, May %, 1872.
1t was not pleasant to traverse on Monday last
the streets which lead through Galata nom Dolma
Baghtche Palace to the bridge. They are narrow
enough any day, but they shrink to mere gaspipes
on days OF festvity, State show or religious SPREE
The particularly offensive feature in the highways
in question on Monday, apart from the strings OF
carriages running along like war charots, with
laughing cargOes Of corpulent beauties, flashing
eyes and scntillating jewels apart from the lines OF
troops which stood at ease in either gutter; apart
from perspiring and fragrant crowd that occupied
the tr0ttOrs; apart from the palace ade-de-camps,
richly bound in blue cloth ana gold, and the palace
servants who ever and again came tearing at full
gallop over the pavement, shouting "Guarda" or
"Sa-oulln and scattering the folks about as the
water scatters when you throw a stone into
puddlcapart from all these, the greatest were rows
OF sandaden carts which hurried along the streets
shovel-armed hamalls mounted therein and spread
ing the sand thick over the ground raising q fearful
dust, which would have been insupportabe If the
gaping p0pulace on either side had not consider
ately swallowed large proportion Of 1t. Severely
jostled, and my cOrns treated with an amount OF
dsrespect that was at once painful ana Illuminating,
| became alive to the fact that 1t was
"A
that was, or ought to be- enjoying myself SUI
premely, and that If did not come to an untimely
end beneath hoofs or wheels, sand carts or blaz-
oned carriages would shortly feast my eyes the
sublime cOuntenapce and portly though somewhat
iabby form Of His Imperial Majesty the Khaliph of
the 0smanlis, the first Imaum of Isam Abdul AZiZ,
Sultan OF these realms. Sorely 1lattened out by
compression was fast coming to the condition OF
the mignonette In the hymn-book Of my grand
mother (Of blessed memory when bcthOught me
that from my own Office windows I might see the
whole sight without detrlment to the rotund con-
tour of my figure Or that peculiar seifesteem which
has its seat at the root OF ones corns. 1t Is right to
mention that 1t was
anniversary Of the birthday OF the Prophet whichis
always observed with as much pOmp as the ingenu
ity Of the Minister OF the Civil List can devise and
all the military display that can be extracted from
the household brigade. The tete had begun on the
previous evening, when oil the mosques and public
all the way from Eyoub, on the Golden Horn, to
Sayak, on the Upper ,vo nnos p s Mere
the reason of all the turmoil which lled the streets
fact hat the sultan had xes S Dat day to d
rikaab In the gardens OF the old seraglio palace
a rikaab being reception of Ministers when the
Osmanli statesmen put on their gold lace and their
diamonds and go and kiss the edge of the skirt oil
His Majesty's black paletot, as he sits in his gilt
chair under the shade Of the alianthes in the gar
| den. TO this scene were trooping the womankind
/ In their carriages, fat, smooth-skinned, soft and
pearlyhued, bright ieridys eny.e!opng Their
floating around their faces, softening every feature
but the rce-faslng eyes; the troops were waiting
to salute the Sultan, the crowd to see the fun, ant
the sandmen were so many John the Baptsts pre-
| pairing the way before their lord, that his angus
bones might not be too rudely jOlted over tht
rough paving which Is good enough for all but him
There were files OF troops marching and artiller!
trains numbering and laundering over the woodei
| bridge, the gaunt hungarian horses, frightened b,
| their own noise, bounding forward and thrown OF
their launches by the rude check OF the cruel Aral
bit; bands were playing ana, above oil the din
came ut last the shril bray OF the tiumpets, whicl
| announced that
THE IMPERIAL CoRTEGE
was in sight, and shortly afterwards the ontrlders
| in scarlet and gold costumes, came curvettinl
round the corner on their Arab horses whom they
fretted and spurred till the highbred animals were
half mad with excitement ana tossed the foam
fakes over their arched crests, snorting ant
tramping with short and nervous galop
party burst into galop, I and ont el'
rider was thrown. Then the Sultan's carriag,
came drawn by four splendid grays, pOstOn or
the leaders in black velvet and embroidery. Hi
Majesty sat inside with stold ana indifferent face
his knees wide apart and large, fat, outspreat
loose coat OF black CLOTH loose white trousers, ant
the Order of the 0smanc in brliants on his breast
The roar and rumble then dwindled away, and tn,
dusty throng in Galata adjourned TO the cafes t.
wash out their parchcd Threats with sherbet, while
His Majesty went on to the gardens, received tn.
homage OF his Ministers. went to mosque, lunched
returning towards Tour O'Clock in ali his stated,
gloom, with trumpet and drum, dust, scramble ant
crowd.
THE LATEST NEWS
Is that the Sultan who has just gone to OcCup,
that of Dolma Baghtche is too low, and has decided
| on adding another story to tia work which viii
take several years to accomplish and several hun
dred thousand pounds OF the taxpayers money
II IL estimated that during the reign OF the presen
| and the late Sultan the amount spent in building
| palaces and In furniture equipages gardens ant
other fantasies OF the rcgning monarch exceed
thirty millions sterling which, at the present value
OF the consolidated debt is equal to sixty millions
In other words nearly one-half of the national deb
OF this empire is due TO the personal eXtray aganc
OF two Sulans.