, 1876-11-27
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.

411E dltaND IO1khs
Charles Dudley Warner has becu in Constan-
ttnople and lie has seen the Sultan on his way to
prayers, as lie tells us In Scri1ncr's 4Noathty:
"suddcnly, l do not know how, or from what
quarter, tho feeling, for could not call It In-
formation, WINS diEuscd that the SUCCESSOR Of
the Prophet would pray ut tho mosque in Orta-
keu', and that he would 60 by caiqtie; ant wo
nll scamperel up the road, tn!le OF two, raclug
carriages, troops, and 1ootmcn, In eager Outset,
In order to arslvo before the p,ons man. The
mosque stands upon the bosphorus, where It's
broa4l marble Bteps and pillarod front and dome
OCCUPY LIS conspicuous position as the Do.ana
at Venice We occurred staudiag.plae on tho
dock Gloss to the landing, but outside the iron
railing, and waited. A GORDON Of troops In blue
reglmtntals With red factpgs WAS drawn arouni
tho streets In the rear Of tho mosquc and
two companies Of soldiers in white had stacked
thelr gins on tho marble landing, and were
lounging about III trout OF the building. Tho
eccuS q. tho Bospl,orua was car as q flower gar
den. The water WAS covered with graceful
cal1ucs aud painted bargcs, md every sort OF
craft, mean and splendid, that could he pro-
were decied VIII aags froin keel to 'uo maintoo;
on every yard, aud from bowsprit to stern, stoul
line Of sailors snrply defined ngainst the blue
sky. At o'clock n cannon announced that the
superior derotee had entered his calque, and
then from every vessel uf war In tho harbor sa-
lutte answered salute in thunder tllat awoke the
echoes Of two continents, until on NIL the broad
water lay thfcK battle smoke, through which
we could distinguish outy the tops ot the masts
and the din hulIs spouiing fire. In the midst
Of this earthquake Of plety, there was cry,
lie comes, he comes; tAs soldiers grsspsi
their artns aud drew q llne each side of tho
landing, and the officials OF tho mosque arrnngcd
themselves on the steps. Upon the water,
advancing With the speed Of race horses,
We saw two splendid Eilded caiques, tho one
containing the Sultan, tho other his attendants.
At tho moment, = light carriage with two bay
horses, unattended, dashed up to the sitlc-oor,
and there descended from ii and entered tic
mosque. the Imperial heir, the son OF tic Into
Sultan and tho nephew OF the present, slender,
pale yonth OF apparently Is or 90 years. Wcturn
lnot kngwing how soon he Is to become Sultan
Murad W our eyes 70 him only for moment,
for tho Sultan's catque comes with ttnpcrious
haste, with tho rush, as II were, pf yictory-a
hundred feet long, narrow, rising at tho stern
like tile Venetian Dueentcur, carved mud gllded
llke tile golden chnsiot In which Alexander
entered Babylon-propcl1cd by hfty.two long
sweeps, rising aud falling in unison with the
bcnllnc backs OF twentT-s1x black rowcrs, clad
IN Wits aud with naked feet. The Sultan Ia
throued in. tho high stern hung with silk, on
s!ikcn cushions, under splendid canopy on
the top Of which gitstcng his nru,s and n blnzing
sun. The Sultan, WHO is clad In the uniform Of
General, steps quickly out, walks up the steps
over d carpct spread for his Koyul fcct, t,-the
soldters salutlng, everybody with arms crossed
bending the body,-aud disappears III tho
nOSDuc.n