The New York herald., 1872-11-16
+ U r X e Y.
Official Ups and Downs at the
Golden Horn.
Midhat's New Ministry-Mahmoud Paoha in
Retirement Using the Argument of Coda
Sacerdotal Intrigue-How Greek Bishop
Reduces His Family Consular Author
ity in Roumania Disastrous Fires.


CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept IL, 1872.
Your ''own correspondent after reshener on
the plains OF Troy and the breezy slopes of 'many
fountained Ida" comes up to time smiling" In
the months interval what has passed Some OF
| the square men have been shifted from their round
holes in the Ministry and thrust into less uncom
Portable berths but the policy OF Midhat's govern
ment SO far, has been anything but sensational,
and he appears to be feeling his way with an
amount of caution in which we scarcely recognize
| the impetuous character either OF the Midhat OF
! Bulgaria, who hanged a batch of thirty Russian
| Revolutionary agents one fine morning before
breakfast or OF that Midhat of Babylon who led
| the nomadic Arabs of Mesopotamia so hard a
Lille of II that they threw mp the game, folded their
tents and settled themselves as pastoral people,
Midhat has changed the Ministry all round; the set
he has got about him now are more or less states
men, which their predecessors not. But the
object of the Grand Vizicr has been to sink Nah,
moud Pacha so low in the imperial opinion as to
damn all further chance of his again floating to the
surface Of public affairs. Now Mahmoud Is a shrewd
man and a rich one and when he was in power he
made TO himself friends alter the manner Of the
unjust steward, and at the same time warmly
feathered his own nest that he is well able TO
weather the cold blast OF Midhat's hostility. He has
bought His Imperial Majesty's mamma, the Sultana
Valide and that excellent Old lady pours NAH
mouds praises day and night into the Sultan's ear.
He has likewise, by means Of judcious hnancng,
obtained the cooperation OF Their Hghnesses, the
palace eunuchs and, by means OF equally skfu
iattery that of His Imperial Hghness Yussuf Izze-
disc, the sol diSdm hereditary Prince of Turkey
| There remained yet one parsonage to be bought
the highest in the reanr-and who has not yet been
tampered with in hard cash by any one but His
Royal Highness of Egypt, the future Emperor of
Arabia.
THE EX-MINIsTER PAYS TRIBUTE.
True the ruilled spirit of this potentate has oft
times been soothed with gifts OF parrots and his
temper sweetened by an Offering OF cocks and hens;
but no Grand Vzier, either In or out OF office, has
tempted him with the chink of filthy lucre made
him pdrticeps crin,iniS in that noble work of ma
tional spoation which constitutes the statesman
ship of the class of Oriental public men
of whom Mahmoud is the type. NAH
moud has. however, belled the imperial cat
Her Hghness the Valide, added to that Of the
neuter negroes OF the imperial household Abdul
Minister in consideration OF which His Majesty
suffers bygones to be bygones. In this one fact
may be summed up the months internal politics Of
the Ottoman Empire
4 BISHOPS "coUP."
An incident which mas lately occurred at Aghi-
asso a town IL the island OF Mytelene-ancient
Lcsbos-reveals scandalous mode of life among
the upper ranks OF Greek eccesastics. We do not
know whether the Greek Church grants licenses
Tor preatcal Irregularities; but 1t appears that
| with or without superior sanction the Bishop OF
Aghiasso had for fifteen years past kept mistress
| In the Episcopal Palace, by whom he had had a
numerous progeny. all brought up on the premises.
Either from desire to return to respecability, or
decately suggested a separation and Il removal to
other quarters; but she. with true Greek apprecia
ton of the value OF dollars, refused all parley that
was not based on the solid foundations OF gold and
silver Another bishop-a sympathetic spirit
right reverends, putting their heads together
solved on coup de main which would bring them
manner This was to have recourse to the police.
They accordingly despatched number Of zaptiehs
instructions to expel from thence the mother and her
children. They found her prepared for battle and
the zaptiehs, thinking to righten her into submis
sion fired of his rife at random. The bullet struck
her eldest son, a lad OF sixteen and killed him on
the spot.
AN INDEPENDENT CONSUL
Another incident also OF somewhat sensational
character, has arisen within these last few days TO
rullle the monotonous piacdity which has sur
rounded diplomatic existence for some months
past. Greek resident at Ibraila, had, 1t appears
i repeatedly disregarded the 'inyitations' OF the
Hellenic Vice Consul, Mr.. Andonopoulous, to pre-
sent at It ne b VICE Go 10 ee
reached US, upon which Mr.. Andonopoulous,
seeing his Vice Consular authority set
at nought, sent forth his cavasses, seized
his rebeous subject and placed him
under arrest in the Consulate. The Eoumanan
\
\ only competent executive authority in suci cases
/ in the Princpality, demanded that the arrest
! should he made in due form through their instru-
! men aty. To this Mr.. Andonopoulous, who has
been long enough at Ibraila to appreciate the e1l-
clency of the Roumanian police, demurred; and,
having his bird in hand, which was all he wanted,
declined to see the advantage OF letting him nutter
back into the bush for the sake of being recaptured
artstically by the machinery OF the Preect Of
! Police. This view OF the case on the part OF the
| Greek Vice Consul appears to have considerably
irritaed His EXcellency the Preect; at all events
his Judgment, II not his temper, gave way under the
trial, and, apparently losing sight OF the fact that
| the consular officers in that Principally act
under erequat,a from the Sublime Porte, ordered
the arrest of Mr.. Andon opeuous who seems To have
been more successful than the Prefect in maintain
! ing his equanimty under this indignty He COM
| muncated promptly with Oonstantinope, through
| the Hellenic Consulate General Of Bucharest and
the matter Is now i'm process OF arrange ment, the
execution OF the order OF arrest having been mean
while suspended by the Roumelian Minister OF
Justice.
EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATIoNS.
The late disastrous fire at kOnskounjuk, on the
Bosphorus, laid bare an area OF thousand houses.
II had been preceded short time before by an
other equally large connagratlon at Scutarl; and
as | write now hear the booming OF the alarm
guns and the wild shouts Of the tonoumbadgees,
announcing that the sacred precincts OF Eyoub are
being invaded by the devouring element