Although the malady of the Sultan was considered 'by his
medical attendants as desperate, yet they entertained no idea that his end was so near. On the clay before his death he felt better, and had a long conversation with his brother; and it was-only in the-morning of the 24th that the symptoms became more alarming. According to the laws of the Ottoman Empire, the Sultan has for successor the oldest price of his family, either hi a direct or collateral -line. It is in virtue of that principle that' is brother Abdul Aziz has ascended the throne. Conformably to the custom of the country, the Sultan, who died at nine o'clock in the morning of the 25th, was 'buried the same day before sunset, at the Mosque of Achmet, where.the mortalremains of his father, the Sultan Mahmoud, repose. Immediately after the decease, the brother of -the late Sultan was informed -by the Chief of the Palace that the reigning monarch had just expired, and that the grand officers were about to come and present him-with the insignia of power. The ceremony of investiture took place at half-past nine, and Abdul Azis was proclaimed Emperor of the Ottomans. Atamon, the new Sultan received the Grand Vizier .theMinister, and all the superior -functionaries of the Porte. The-official reception of the members of --the Diplomatic Body was to take place at one o'clock on the following day. The present Sultan is a man of middle height, energetic countenance, and in no way enervated by the life of the seraglio. He has received a good education, and speaks both French and English correctly. No one yet knows what his line of policy may be, but some words which he used to his Ministers appeared to indicate that his with for the country was order and economy.
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