New-York tribune., 1876-05-06
TIE TUEAISH SULrAA'S SPLENDOR.

NEW PALACE OCCUrEp-HlS LUMINOUS LIFE.
IT5c March 3O) CirT6~iolfcrc' ~ the LoHdgn Ttae.
Official information has been published that
Els Majesty oul..p 1s binrd nis quarters irom MS
Wiltcr residence az D0lmal-ndtc,h i1 tue a,Jouins
palace ~ CLcrigan. Tue old palace of the senclio,
who has been tie residence of the rulers II tis lind
fifteen centuries and the position of which. AZ the
point the triangle formed 10y the City of Constantine,
between the Sen OF Ai'Iinora ana te hhiDOf ol thc
Golden Horn, point, IL out the very hey of the BOs
ph0gs, been ndonea by the degenerate descend
lnt Of NahOmct H., since iis main bnildnE was de-
struycd by fire IN 1868. sultan ALdui-MccJd ayishcd
DO!uaiha,t o, on the shore al the foot of the
Pcr,-li round The turning of the LEFT or northern
bend Of The 90 den hoIn past the Ariilery Aifenai
o Tulrhnnch, add The subnlb oi FondOohl; and, moi
satisfied with this, AbduAzIz. tire present sultan has
palace at Chcagan, - gorgeous clllcc, where millions
have becn sunk Ia precious marbles, Inre splendor ana
iticnoy ;cctiral taste Cherigdn lies also on the
shore, beyond D0lnaiba eueh, separated iron ii by
grounds and premises stretch Oh long Inc fronting the
BospholIus from Top-haneh 10 Orlakcni. their blaak
runs bcnud them FOR the best part Oi two miles the
sn.tas removal from one To the other oi these suinp-
tuui, aboes mlli- therefore only lew steps Journey,
ana neither change OF air nor o: prospect Tor
tar IWo palace, stand side by sd like the two wings oi
Carlton House rraco, with gap hardly larger ilan
Tne present hitnS however. il only the first Of the
rrstlrasuos- Dc ipclcd a. the summer advances The
care OF his OF palaces pNliioIS. hi"-kS, and
te man occupations uf his NHcaLi ~.';en;c 10 board
money pc up brick or sIonc ana ;"rit and L" GiLe
ihc only brraAs the ndolence AMI Indulgence o his
hare scclusiOn. Prince born III ihc purple, not lcr-
haps destitute Oi such Instincts and Faculties as ihsht
han raised him to high dcsncs, sultan AtduiAzz las
sunk into It paulrr,d and cloyc NDlh!udty. Ub-
ttrd for WORK - his cn,mlnatc Bringing obese
and albI. Incapable of sustained eApIIOn, mcuta or
uhysl,al. corrupted by his OycrWcCnnc cCaS"i",s-
ness oi unlVunued authority and by tho base a.alUn
and adOatuu Ui those VINO eAaggelate hls Cnut ~
power which they exercise III his name, hn Ter th"lr
own benefit tnis Paasnah this Refuge ~ tEo nurl,"
this "shadow of God" keeps aOof 0"I GEES
and duties, and withdaws within himself .ng lis
intercourse Ia bryy Of female slaves Gni . lard OF
euutchs, % cuuTt-cLabiraina with iCr, ears
Wuh such effect On his ttrr ~ may t ri,' ci,I iirn
II contrast between the ost,uuli.hrss Tia: fIuI his
nIm his furs rIrall-e nut ,hc siul's ru Tan
which hIi whenever lac vrntnIrr int collision
with the stuouhess of the outer world. II ID only in
ls hartm he must feel In spite OF himself, thnt his
rcIu Is absolute Outside its walls ihtt nre rebel
liolls GiaUurs and meddlng Christian pot mates, and
weal-mnded ministers grudslng tho suplhcs. But
within those walls his stronghold Is mptr enable, and
there he abidos invisible Inaccessible 10 reason
mOnsrancc. uiamcnable TO advice from yzlci auibas
sador No TRUTH IL IL felt, make It's way TO the Sui
tan; 10 good would come OF 1t II 1t could For any
measure OF rcfolu Improvement by which his totLer-
lug empire igh be stayed III iis fall tho Sultan has
be surprised hoodwinked brihcd into giving his con-
sen Is there ever any certainty that what has been
obtained by the minister's stratagem may not ut any
moment be revoked by the soveretgns caprice.