BLADES 'I'PaVELS.

Anor.attns'Saanz, the antler, of theso volumes, does not tell us much about his history, b'ar his book enables us to make him out by inference tolerably 7;,ell. He is or has been a naval officer, and we Will be bound to say; one of the cleverest fellows in the service, ire' does not tall himself Captain, therefore we presume the Admi- ralty had-not discovered his talents : by which we do not mean to say that talents are the scale on which promotion is graduated in our Navy. It would befar too absurd to make such an assertion,. Well : Aneames SLADE being a sailor, and a clever one, we have further to state, on our own discovery;,--nostro periculo, as the seholiasts Say,—that he is one of the most amusing and instructing Oriental:travellers whose works have come Under our critical super-- vision. CLARKE was more learned, Honnousa more laborious, :Hoar:A:am more precise; GILL more antiquarian, THANT more mer- cantile; but none of these have equalled Win in Isis thorough know- ledge of the true state of society, the true ammeter of the Orientals, and a right appreciation of the relatiye value of the different races With whom we have todeal, whether-in war or peace, in the East: as for the KEI,PELS, the Aiax.Aarnans,.the MACFARLANE% WIC,. ther travellers by,peat or merely bookmakers, none of them aro to be compared With him. Their journals were all very well, served a temporary purpose when curiosity was at its 'height, and the authors were praised and even glorified, and there is an end: we do not think their books Will be much referred to, and indeed re-. I member nothing of them relative to Turkey which 'deserves to be 'considered a deliberate enthority. Anaxaatnna had some oppbr- aunity of seeing the Russians, dined With Dim3rrscrr, and passed some uncomfortable nightS within their plague-spot liner; but I his experienee of the Russians, his observations on their aiany and -their system, are 'altogether hasty and unimportant whendompared with the testimony of SLADE, who lived with their generals, tra- versed their encampments, and was esiorted- by their soldiers. Our author's experience was, however, larger; more extensive, various; and interesting With the Turks themselves. We venture to say, that"} statesman could nowhere catch a truer notion of the actual condition and character .of that extraordinary empire—at least as regards Europe—than from the report of our amusing tin- yeller; Ve had almost said friend. Had there Been a-portrait pre- ,fixed to the book; joined-with all_te see and hear of him; his ad- vrentitres, his feelings, and his principles, we should have been half inclined to consider him such, and perhaps.heve been guilty,. When we met him; of shaking hands with him 'as a dear fail:kV- :traveller, with wham we had passed through many strange sceires,, many Half civilized countries. He would have been probably sur- priSed at being so accosted, but who is thoroughly acquainted with his comrade as a Critic With his author? What friend could have attended him with so mulch care and anxiety. as We have: done? Is there an adVenture we have not witnessed -with interest? have we not 'cruised, Chibouqued, Tartared, querantined with Trim ? 'when he got into a serape,' who- Was so afixious that he should come off well ? When 'in' danger, we have sympathized with-his fortunes for marry pages: we hate tieverluarrelled with him, never had a dispute : all his sayings we regard-as Wiseahit insight into national character is always held by us as deep,: he 14 our model of ann.dventurmis traveller; and when we parted withi • him:at the spot *hence he had set oat, we: regretted the necessity of knowing him` no More with whom 'we had, throUgh two long co.; Mines, been oh-the most familiar footing. 'Adieu; most exeellent - Anea,ahus, We:Said to ourselves ; would that ire were First Lord:. of the 'Admiralty for your sake ! and if the.opinion of the' said .Anor:pitus is to be taken; it' matters very little what landsman 1.3-: there, if he-be a 'landsman. Seeing our intentions in. his faVetir, perhaps` he ought to be of opinion that we shbeld do-as well as some others. At any rate, it is a 'shame that such al.ne'tellOw-a' our-friend Should be 'wandering about unemplciyed in his profes sion. He agrees, howeVer, with every. naval officer who puts pen. to paper on the subject; that it is. not Merit, not Skill, not service, net -conduct;'that procures promOtion; either now or before; in our Navy, but connexion!. In spite of this, the-Navy pontiShes—yes, its greylieltded Midshipmen -and diSappointed= lietitenants 'de not ail Mad,. Or leave, the Service plenty ere-left fo'nurke 1/0 Rif the bladders and the'extravagance- Of the-dreatnres Of connexion. - Wheri Will there be emend Of. 'this infamy ? is the-R.eferni suffiei- '- entlysertrehing'to,reachthia-elatthe---Pakaltim, as` the'Tniki say?

We shall see: show.

' -What hn ,abotiiitralde thing. la- prejudi&I Th6in4zia of a 'reviewer ' oughtAti be' like-that 'OVA ItilbSteriii(JhatOery,-4iblank'sbeet;'We'' took ,*iitit'velitetaneeisittAtit?; ,;ive-eisnitined eft veryelegantJ oirtilde4esPeatilitteVoir t Want% 'elf*: :boa'

which' is Stittitiftilitiii aittEkitinuitiOdid-Iisti* (Nib* it biLe °see

of cotton fashiened to the likeness of morocco, and neat is the gild, ing thereof. When we ventured into the interior, we sawn couple of real-looking views of Varna and-Odessa,- drawn by the author. Ali! the ,author I who is A.,DOLPHDS, SLADE., Esq.;, and what has ate been doing at Odessa , and Varna, and Adrianople and Philip- nopolis, and all the rest of it? -Is he some -Pekin, some amateur tackce,y, making himself ridiculous in the Bosphorus and on the Line ? w.tAe is he? SLADE—ADOLPHUS SLADE ;• surely we know the name, and -7et- it is much more probable- we -do ' riot. Let us 'see, what he .is. • And thus were we led to insinuate ourselves between our author's. hotp7essed-sheets. We were-soon on the water with Anoramus; and it ‘47.es not, long before it quickly appeared that the sea was his element.. ; He is. greaton the' water----a, seaman'and a poet; he has the brain of .'..&,philosopher and • the body of an officer in the Navy : he has educetioo.jrnagination; courage, skill, good- humonr, sociality, and, above all,-the pleasantest way in the world of telling us what-he has seen. We promise to the mere pastime, readers of his Records abundance of azausement: ' variety, cu, rioaity, adventure, singularity, character, all well worked up, or cleverly sketched out, as may happen ; but -such is not the chief value we put on the book—that .is of a graver,cast. ' The work shows, 1., the true Greek character (to be sure we knew.it), and the actual state of the Christians or Reyes now under Turkish control. 2. We learn the' actual condition of the Turkish' Empire ; the effect of the Sultan's attempt at approximating Oriental man- ners to those of the.West: we also get a 'nice familiar view of the true Turkish character. The author knew something of their language, and was a faVeinite friend of some of their most re-. nowned Conimanders; and this sort of experience is very different froth that had before a Cadi in a dispute with a rascally attend- ant, or which may be gathered among the attach6s and dragomans of Pere. 3. Where shall get'sce correct a view of the constitu- tion and-power of thearmies of the Russian Emperor: much has bbett written and spelten of this subject,; . but nothing so much to the point as are the facts detailed by our excellent author. Let those. who dreact the power' of Russia:read the various ob- servations contained in this. work on the condition and exploits- of the Russian' fleet; and on the constitution Of, its army. They will be well satisfied that-that power resembles Many other bullies, far more formidable' by' their bulk than their efficiency. Certainly of all the pictures of society ever drawn, none are more truly 'odious than the reports of the. Russian army. Mu& as we abhor slavery, . and Ardently. as we desire, to see, the end of that disgraceful cOndi-: tion of labour, every man must agree that the RUssian soldier is many degrees lower-in the scale of Servitude . than the worst-used Negroes in the worst times. 'What shall we say Of a forced ser- vice of a quarter of a century, without hope of return, or any per7', witted tommunieatiOn with friends.? and that; tot.; . a 'degrading service. 'It is the'rnaxim' of the Enssien officer, that until his private has 'received his cinq Cdi,i Coups de,buton, he is not worth his salt ; 'and the sooner' he has- them, say they, the bettet—Ior without the five hundred conps' de' baton' he -will not stand the .coups ,de fusils: Besides this, the. Russian soldier is led among wounds and death, and plague and famine, and without any pro- vision for sickness. In' the army that -invaded. Turkey so success- ftilly, more then half of Which was lost by sickness, "-there is not," said a General,' !` there is not a doctor I" -While on the one hand, in E„ussia there is- no beyond the Pale Of the army, the con- scription is a horrible evil. The officers are diSsatisfied, for they never get leave of 'absence;, and are often fifteen Or.tWenty years without visiting their native districts : and grievonsly,Complain of Many other hardshipS. Celibacyis maintained throughout the Whole erray—an atniy of that immense number ; Which, together with the coups, de ,batOtz, the plague, the filth,Said the starvation of the troops, may be considered' a pretty, good reason forthinkirtg, that though the Russian empire now exists:- by its army, it. may aliojust as well fall' by it. Ignorance is the grand instrument of. :the Petersburg policy : by keeping off every sort Of knowledge and information, the Russian Einperor thinks he 'may maintain slavery : it is only ignorance and money that can help him. Of the former, the Russian army possesses abundance, but luckily the. Entperor is not toe bountifully. .supplied with thesinews of war. Individually, the 'Russian- oldier is a stupid hog: his officer is as filthy as his private; but 'in respect to talent and acquirement, varies: such qualities are not uncommon in the R,ussien army; but both in-army and navy there is a want of activity and energy _in all cases of war; which-shows that there is something' rotten in the state of things. There is some discUSsien • of the danger of India in case of a war, WhiCh'Mr. STAVE does not think chimeri- cal: nevertheless, all Ilis'lhots go to slick* 'that any-such attempt, With' Ruaaian' troops and Russian resources, would be perfect Iniadnesa. By'the army. Russia now exists; by it she must fall : the first ray of light that- Penetrates that-dark mass, will crumble it into thousands of pieces. • . The exact state of the reforms, or rather changes introduced in- to the Turkish military. force, may be pretty exactly ascertained from Mr. SLADE's Records„ He was moving about Turkey in Eu- rope during the Whole of the • second Russian campaign, after which the peace fatal to Trirkey_wes made. Much that-seemed mysterious in the conduct of both sides, will be found to have its explanation in the state of the country. The Porte was in fact in greater , danger from _within than from Without; while MAHMODD- was carryin$ one, war and making peace Os. his; second ca pal, in the first, mines .Of Conspiracy were reedy-tespring in. every )19: .4k4no sooner- appeased -one onepiy, than be set, to work,. _

to extinguish \th\e other. '•Blood

flowed in every kennel in Con-

stantinople: it

vas iMpossible. to stir without stumbling over a corpse, with the Lead plaCed between the legs; or to walk about without witnessing Ukase summary street executions. The anec-

dotes given of these es by Mr. SLADE are very interesting;

they relieved by the cheerfulness they would be horrible w:.'"'-re not

the Mussulman submits to his fate;

and calm courage with whit.11 „

the executee, though perhap2 , summoned to death from the ba- zaar or the coffeeroom, and nog permitted a moment of prepare_ tion, generally being the serenest d apparently most indifferent of the street scenes.

0 to ...441 with the Turkish High

Mr. SLADE had the good fortun Admiral, as his, companion and friend, ch.."44tig a hostile cruise in . the Black Sea : he in fact commanded the sNP The Lord High

w as much of the Admiral had been himself a shoemaker, and kn.? sea as coblers generally do: this was the case will'. the principal part of all the crews of the fleet ; and each captain, though com- monly a military man, was generally transferred direct frOm a troop of horse to a ship. The men were all afraid chiefly of thelk Own guns. :How such a fleet got on, may be supposed: they blunde:ed about till they met an enemy, and, then crowded all sail in the op- posite direction. If a fleet caught a solitary vessel in a net as it were, a capture was made; but only sometimes, a little boldness and determination would even then save a skilful crew, The Russians were, .however, no better found than the Turks, and seem to have been as cowardly. Mr. SLADE deliberately pronounces, that on the whole, the Russian navy then in the Black Sea had no superiority over the Turkish—the Cobler's fleet—either of ships or crew, or perhaps even of commanders, though they were at least seamen. The constitution of the Russian crews is enough to ruin every thing.

The Turks 'themselves are some of them sensible of the absur- dity of 'placing landsmen 'in command of ships, and one of these captains spoke to Mr. SLADE on,the subject.

Nourrey spoke very sensibly on the absurd custom of placing landsmen in command of ships. He felt in a great dilemma. "I can 'manage a horse and a sabre," he said, and use the bow, but as for a ship, I never was in one be- fore."It was true that be had officers under him somewhat versed in mari- time affairs; but they could not remove the responsibility from his shoulders, or the consequent anxiety or the restless desire of interference so natural to the captain of a ship in all services. The .commander of an Ottoman ship of war, . whatever duty is performing, sits on his bench on the quarter-deck, leaving the second captain to carry on the war. By the time that hiSchibouque wants re- plenishing, something may happen to disturb him ; if a squall,a sail.splits ; if an action, the shot come in. • In either case he gets nervous, and imagines faults in his subordinates. He jumps into his slippers and gives orders that cannot be . -understood; seizes a speaking-trumpet, knocks--down the second captain ; runs forward on the forecastle, repeats the same operation on the boatswain ; then ' returns to smoke another pipe, exclaiming, " Mashallah."

'The author then goes on to describe the manner in-which the Admiral of a Turkish fleet employs his valuable monients- I haVe hitherto said little On the habits of the Capitan Pasha, those of most Ottoman grandees. , He led a life of absolute ennui. He could neither read nor write, nor was there any. body to read to him; had he wished it. He did not play at chess, therefore had an enjoyment less than the sailors; neither had he any per- - son to converse 'with, an advantage possessed by-.every one- 'else on bnard. Be- tween . .a master and-his slaves there can be no conversation, since the latter must assent and smile en regle. His legs seemed made for no other purpose than to bend'underliin his hands to run, over his iomboloYo (rosarY).. A narghiler was never from his lips, except while he ate, or prayed, or slept : how he per- formed the first of these offices I have described ; suffice for his meals, that they took place twice a day at unsettled hours... OffiCers continually stood before him, arms crossed, eyes cast down—a' painful apprentissage which every Osmanley goes through before arriving at power—and anticipated every desire with sur- prising dexterity. If he wished to rise,-,he was lifted.; on his.legs ; _if he 'drank, the glass was held to his lips ; if he walked, he was suppOrted by the arms ; if an ignorant fly, alighted on his brow, officious fans warned the intruder not to return; even 'when he spat, which was not rare, he being asthitiatie, there was never wanting one to hold his. handkerchief .for the precious token. Such ser- vility--though perfectly natural from the effect of early education, therefore not abstractedly servile-Lwas disgusting to witness ; performed, too, by min who in their own homes exacted. the same from their inferiors, and thus Made them- selves amends for their own humiliation. From the top to the bottom of 'the ladder is a gradation of similar servitude. The Grand Vizir kisses the Sultan's foot; he bows to Mohammed.. The Pasha kisses the Grand .Vizir's foot; the Bey, the Pasha's ' • the Aga, the Bey's ; and, so on. No Mussulman subject is so high but what he has a master, and none eo low as not to have a slave; the son is slave to the father. I often saw the Capitan Pasha's son, a royal page, with him ; but the youth never sat or tasted food in his presence. ;With all his deficiencies, Achmet Pepuchg.i was a goodnatured man, a com- plete contrast to his predecessors during the last twenty. years, who were all re- markable for cruelty. The quality seemed inherent to the office. In the middle of the day he crept into the kennel abaft the mizen-mast, and reposed for some hours, his example being duly folloWedby the officers, stretched out on the quartei.deck, and covered by flags to keep off the sun. On awaking, coffee and chibouques were served. Water was then brought, with a complete change of garments; and in the same narrow box, six feet by three, by two high, he washed and dressed; then came'out and enjoyed the cool of the evening on his quarter-deck couch, always doing me the honour to place me beside him with a chibouque, and no doubt it was a droll sight to the crew, who all ga- thered round, the Pasha and me thus cheek by jowl. His band, consisting of as many drums and cymbals as could be collected, with two clarionetts and one fife, usually made a noise for our benefit. It played the Hunter's Chorus in

Freischfitz, Zitti Zitti, and Malbrook, over and over till I'fairly wished it at the bottom of the sea. 'I not only could not stop my ears, but was,obliged to ap- •

Turkish liberally. Thinking, one evening, that its style was more adapted to Turkish music, at the same time intending a compliment, I asked the-Pasha • whether it could perform _any Turkish-airs. " Turkish airs .linrepeated with astonishment; qMaslinWs-! have..you not been listening to them these two hours,?"... I bowed,. and took refuge. in ignorance. . He asked me.one 'exening *if I woad like Ur. free Ids .regularsoldiers; I had never earl of gay being on board.. Presently six scarecrows marched aft, pre! ceded by a drum and fife,-each carrying a musket, and wearing a sliabby Meth* . unifoim. 'A'first-rate's marines !• I could scarce retrain froun-laiiihhigounit the idea, although a thousand-eyes were fixed on-me to observe my admiration. The Pasha told them seriously to do their best, for a judge of military perform..

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Our own navy is not, however, faultless by any means. Thouao•h the-following sketch of the midshipmen's berths of the Blonde is not one of the amusing portions of the book, it will be read with great adiantafe; and neVer can come more apropos than after the Englishman 'leas been reading; with 'proud contempt; a report on , -the condition of a Turkish fleet.

•••"iniresjteni..bY. AccordinglY iliey trent.: throtigh'the itieteirM, abillthe

samewas rendered exceedingly amusing by the drollery of the jester, *ho, shoul• !Wing a iftng'cMilialique, acted a., figetinon,-ItO the roar.ti of both spectators and soldiers., I warmly, applauded, and tie Pasha, in deliAltt gave the corporal a piece of gold, which was contested toy the' jester, who swore that without him

the trookbrould have been disgraced. • • •

• The chief entertainment of every evening was provided by the crew; who; Athol- our orchestra closed, comineneedaming gross buffoonery; such as ducking in tubs of water for money, when many a poor fellow half•dionmed,hiinself in vain attempts to take with his lips the thin bit of silver, shining at the bottom ; or playing at bear and monkey, when both the bear and monke well deserved the piastres their belting • gained them ; or blindinadir-buff.. '- This last game was capital.. The blind man, provided with a stick, was at liberty to hit every body within reath, only Subject-to the inconvenience of tripping over the bodies Of his prostrate fellows, or over the comings down a hatchway. The Pasha'S • attendants received sundry bloWS in keepifighim off the presence; and as lier4a-- dily found his way amongst them, I supposed that he was purposely allowed a peep-hole, especially as Ins 'Excellency enjoyed it mach. ....A game also of men hanging in pairs to the spanker-boom, till one turned senseless or cried quarter, affordedinfiniteainusernent. • Each exhibition the ileclk was cern/dm-I at the Writhings of the actors; the Pasha, forgetting'his Bauteur,' Would- join in the laugh, and rapidly combing his beard with his lingers throW pieces of gold at the victor.

Veil," he:said to me one evening that I was more than usually tired of this

• foolery, "deer your Capstan Pasha amuse himself in this way !" ',could not, for - thelife of me, flatter him; I simply answered that the English Capitan Pasha .had always something else to do. A dead silence, and mutual look of surprise, • . ensued.

The Midshipmen's' berthS presented the usual number of hiiman casts between the ages of fourteen and.thirty ; and • some among them were as fine lads as ever • took Nelson for a leading star. What afield for a,physiognomist is a 'middy's s...berth!. In it we see a happy boy just emancipated from school; • a. few years . . _older, a yOuth proud of the match on deck just intrusted to him • another trem- blingly anxious as the hour of passing approaches. The eyes, another, more Advanced, beam With the prospect of speedy promotion. On the manly cheek of another the cancer- of hope delayed is beginning to develop itself; and silent in • the corner. may oft be seen one brooding over long and often renewed disappoint- ments which have worn his spirit till it. became callous to reproach.. I never . enter A crowded berth without thinking that the youngster, who is buoyantly mirthful-over Ilia-glass; hanettei doywherelliari there, *viewing the interval ' of mental agony between him and the care-worn neglected oldster at the other end, to which state he must come have he no interest, and the brighter his mind the deeper his pain. Two of my messmates in my time sunk under the weight of disappointment, and became the inmates of a madhouse. It is against the dic- tates of justice, reason, and clemency, the way in which midshipmen are allowed to pine away the best years of life, deprived of ordinary comforts and common- , place education, in expectation of—what? Of ninety pounds a year as the reward of long years of toil, in pestilential climes may be,—it.remard delayed until it is : not thanked for, and, except per se, useless, as an old midshipman when pro- moted is never employed. . Thus,' 'estranged from his connexions by long ab- sence, a stranger-to his country and its institutions, he sits down in it at theage of thirty to. vegetate for the rest of life, condemned by a system to be. a pauper- gentleman • driven, often, by the consciousness of inferiority, to the pothouse for relief. Think of this, parents I this faint outline of a gloomy picture, and let not the bait of getting rid of your sons at the age of thirteen•for fifty pounds a year (all expenses included) on board of one of his Majesty's ships seduce your reason.: Put rather behind a counter, in situations where their own er- ,ertions may avail them, and they will bless you. • There are at present above two thousand midshipmen on the lists, not one-half of whom can expect to get .commissions at all, and not one-fourth of that half to get their commissions till they have pa-wed eight, ten, even twelve years. What man (without interest) 'would knowingly allow his son to enter such a "Slough of Despond?". .

The scenes Mr. SLADE was destined • to witness on board the . .

Admiral's ship, were not all 'of the blindinan!s-buff order : games of a far more fearful -kind were -played there. The Admiral • having utter power of life. and death, had only to say ." throw him overboard,"- and the offender was gone ; or he made but a sign, and the ataghan was in-his - throat. • The following -description of a summary execution relates- officer'of some rank— , • The first person who fella sacrifice to the nature of the times was the Aga of Buyukdere a man much loved by all Classes, for a mild and just administration, - arid gentlemanly qualities; he was alsd Nam (Governor)'of the outer castles of

• the B.oaphorus. But-though thus honoured by his sovereign, he was a Janis- , sary in principle, and therefore his death became imperious; indeed, under the military laws of.Europe, he would sooner have ascertained the falsity of his pro- phet's mission, for his actions supported the suspiciOn that he held treasonable correspondence tvith the enemy.. He also frequently slept away from his post, allured, it was said, by the charms of a Greek lady. Poor Hamid 1 peace to his errors ! I knew him well; a merry, mellow-ey.ed,mortalwaho, though a true Osmanley, preferred punch. to sherbet, and the daughters of Eve to the Flouris

. in reversion. The evening. before catastrophe we smoked a pipe together, when he little thought that the rustling of Ansel's wings fanned. the cool breeze in our faces. Late that night,*the Capitan Pasha returned from Constantinople, where he had been assisting at a divan,. with, the fatal finnan in his bosom; and the next morning, the sunjust peeping thrive the Asiatic hills, I saw a barge row swiftly from:the flag-ship to the Naiir's house, which overhung the water. Suspecting. something, I put a question to the officer of the boat, as he passed My window; lie shook hie head in•reply. The Nazir Was still reposing. " The Pasha wants you;' was the pithy message." " Why, what can he require?" " You will soon learn ; rise." He adjusted his dress, performed his ablutions, prayed, and then, without making any arrangement, stepped into the barge. I " was already dres;ed, and bit the quay; passing which, he waved his hand to me and said something, I thought farewell, so I took a calque and followed. The principal officers 'of the Ted received him on the quarter-deck; the man whose smiles they courted the day before, on account of his intimacy with the Capitan Pasha, they received with insults. Hassan, Riala Bey, gave him a kick. At this he -crossed' his hands and exclaimed, " I understand.' He was -then con- ducted down to the main deck : • there his accusation was read to him, enume- rating, with other charges, the unjust tmeofgrinding the poor. So false an accu- sation, without the power of refuting it, Must have added 'a pang to the bitter- ness-of death; that is, if be felt any, for lie betrayed no fear; 'neither; probably, with,true Ottoman stoicism, would' he have said one word, had not the Capitan PisEa" at that incanent came out of his cabin to look at his old friend; who, one little spark yet burning among thtirabers of hope, cried once " Anise' 'He might have spared his breath. The Pasha.answered by a slight wave of the hand; the usual trignal in such cases; the guards understood' rt, and taking the Neill. by the annis led hismbelow to the prison, • where twO.slaves. attended. Not thinking for a moment that was going straight to deathi: I was about to follow, mowed by aoimpalse of pity or . of Curiosity,•when the Pasha motioned me to come into the cabin. The boivstring soon did its Mak, and in a few mi- nutes, the,receipt, poor Hainid's head (the countenance calm as in sleep), was .brought uP to be 'shown to the Pasha, before being transmitted.. to the Seraglio. It is startling to see a= human head carried in a platter up the ladder, down which you had seen:it descend; just before, sentient and well poised on a pair of shoulders ; this had an effect even on the cold-blooded Osuranleys, under the half-deck; they involuntarily shuddered, as well they might; the reign of terror was begun, when up man might say that his turn would not come next.

An Officer Was sent to seal up the Nazir's effects, ancrto seize I:is secretary ; and the havingifttst breakfasted, with assood an appetite as ever, rowed to the outer castle of Europe to hold a summary trial. on the garriaon, wh,ich ended by twenty of its members being strangled anti thrown into tbe Bosphorus. After this pastime, he 'tool? his 'data atthe Castle; and then, -having first in- stalled his Kiaja es governor, returned in the evening to SarierY.,• . •

Were we to indulge Our taste in selecting such passages-for quotation as we have narked with ':that' Vie*, or that" have given

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ac- count of an interview with the Grand- Vizir, and 'affords an inter- esting picture of :the manners and state of a Tuikihh Notwithstanding the panic, we penetrated the seraglio of the Grand Viiir, • Redschid Pasha, thew holding hit court at Adrianople; he having expressed a desire to cast eyes on. us ; we:being equally willing to salute him, as one of the lions of Turkey. He had lately come froin Schatala,• whence his journey was as a triumphant march, consequent- on his dignity: The Beys and Agas of the towns through which he passed Prostrated themselves before his' horse ; and as he approached. the city, the Pashas,. Ihisseyin and Allah, met 'him., and dis- mounting, kissed his stirrup. We had:therefore; reason to. esteem ourselves honoured by his invitation, enhanced by the gracious reception which he give us. His residence had an air of barbaric magnificence. - 'Saddled steeds were in the court ; crowds of Albanians, armed to the teeth, in the halls; trimly- ' bearded, long- robed officers, in the -ante-roetna ; himself, in -pelissed, state, re- alined in the angled' a divan at the-farther end Of a handsome saloon, on the floor of which were squatting some of his intimates in Mimhle demeanour. He clapped his bands and'ordered coffee andpipes,—a math of attention which we scarcely expected from one of his rank; at leastriet the pipes, that cherished, symbol of 'equality, token of precedency, among the Onuanleys, which a son may not use in the presence. of his father; di ,11. younger brother in that of an elder one. And as this ceremony•is the only-picture of 'ostentation. observed in Turkish social life, occupying the place of tnrnera and Suppera;•I will briefly de- scribe it. To preface : the Chibohkgis."am the most important menials of *an Ottoman, establishment, the favourites of the lord. He who presents the pipe to the Sultan is not only a Pasha, but can • dispose of Pashalicks. They must be comely persons' and well skilled in the difficult art—only obtained by long practice—af so filling a bowl, that the* slightest inspiration will spread a cam- pleteignition over the superficies of the tobacco, replaced at each expiration by a layer of delicate white ashes. The bowl should be in the form of a bell ; the reed, a Bagdad cherry branch, at least seven feet long without .a joining; the mouth-piece, of lemon or cloud-coloured .amber, clear, but not transparent, in- viting, by its tan° ,norbido, the lips to caress it. With such an apparatus, pre- sented by a youth a la Ganymede, you may imagine that you are inhaling the spirit of nectar ; and, while in a kind of trance, watching the odorous vapour curling above your head, that the ceiling is studded with houris eyes. But this perfection can only be obtained at the divan of a refined Osmanley. What, compared to it, is a cigar or a meerschaum? they may well be termed weed, while the other is a bouquet. Sublime in hookahs,. glorious in'ajape., •• When tipped with amber, thelloittriehond

sung Byron; but farther on he added, •

But thy true lorets more admire by far

' • Thy naked beauties ; give me a cigar:,

Thus proving that he had not been chez apasha of acknowledged taste. Indeed

his highest acquaintance among the Faithful was the Aga of Thebes, a drunken old sot-,-I knew him:since at $rbyrna;as Chief bouamer—who probably never gave him a clean turn out ;for the true lover of tobacco, real discriminator of its beliutiesimnit be a sober 'person, capable of being exhilarated by the brotvn berry's juice. But to return to -our subject:. Scarcely had the Vizir's laconic order, "Coffee, pipes, bring," undulated through Ahe ante-room, than it was obeyed. Two capidgis, with silver sticks, vinrial., emblems, marshalled a shoeless, noiseless tram, . which nearly 5flerk the. apartment. The Chibouligis advanced -first, describing circles in the air with the long chibOuques, and plac- ing brass saucers on the spotless floor:, to receive the bowft,- presented one to each guest, with a finished and graceful submission that would have become ambassadors offering gifts to a queen.. In the middle of the apartment the Cavedji took hie station, holding a tray covered over with a piece of gold bro- cade .beside him waited the dispenser of the sober decoction ; while a third person removed the covering, and disclosed the 'china' cups and filigreed silver saucers (the litter; in.soine'cases; are studded with jewels).; • The` 'cup-bearers then advanCed to perform their duty; and, the • cups being all filled, stood one beside each guest, Waiting, according tO etiquette, till the-Vizir took his, to pre- sent theirs: At the same moment we were , served : we sipped, returned the cups to the expectant hands, and then the room Was , cleared with the same quiet haste.. His , Highness showed US :yet farther- honour. When We had Akan:led the cream of our first pipes, hg' gain clapped, and Ordered fresh onis. Again the silVer sticks and train entered;' this time bringing a handsOnier sett of chiboueuia, and, instead of coffee, conserve of roses... We were much pleased, and enjoyed the second pipe'eqoally. His Highness clapped a third time, and a :third batch of pipes were brought in, yet handsomer than the preeeding.*

Sher- bet was the accompaniment, and on each bowl a fragrant pastille was laid; pro- ducinga delightful effect. Not content with displaying his smoking apparatus, his Highness indulged in another species of vanity,—in having Ins • pelffise changed three thuds; each time for one of richer furs; yet.so apnetly was'this-

litde that it might have passed unnoticed had we not seen it in other instances • almost imperceptibly the attendant removed one from his shoulders and repriced' it by another. Our visit occupied hour, which we converse a good deal. 'Never before, I believe, had a Grand Vizir's divan been the scene of so much clatter. • We talked.-to him and to our- selves about anything, and he appeared to like it. One of the party spoketo him is behalf of a village some hundred miles_ off,, that had a bad " Pekey" (verysood), replied. the Vizir ; it shall be remedied." He probably hid never heard of 'the AiMther. proposed a way to save the Bulga- rians : " Pekey,"replied he. Another sliggeirted the propriety of building a bri over the : • Pekey:" replied he: Another said: that Adrianople ought to be fortified " Pekey," replied he ; "bakalum." In his turn he said, "Why, did. not the English assist our Lord (the Sultan)against the Russians?" This was an awkward question, which . almost posed M. We gaie him, inimetrer, many realeris,111, Bildpiiiion, I niake- no doubt; very Mid; ilidetai ire &Mkt scarce :Italie out a OW One to Mir.ottm satisfaction.: On this-subject; being iaterestiegto

lima; he dwelt: with ettnaistnese. tame means or other he had .got -hold'of the

• : moticatof the Russians getting tab India; and - inferred; thereby that itWas Eng- ! lanteavital interest to. uphOld:Turkey, As :many people in, the wise bigotries of the West entertain the semi idea, of Russia. being able soy) to invadeAseia, -, Vie could not be surprised to see him shake his head-with an air of incredulity SA our assurance that thething was impossible: That a:Rus.siamarsay willsoon • get to• ConstaotinoPle• (-within a very few years, if unopposed) is another ques- tion, which well behoves England's consideration. Redschid. Pasha'sgpininn, though-grounded on a narrow. basis, that it is her interest to uphold Turkey, is not singular.