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~his; géntlémlln~S lc(>trsulate, t'he Sulhin expelledthe British uut of his~omi'Ilions.In an interview Mr. Logie had with' the monàrch,'the latterwas told by him, totidem verbis, that hé had broken his word; to"vhich his'maj.èsty is 'feported to have'coolly replied,that·had he keptevery promise'he had evermade, he' should not have been then Sultan."·But the result is observable. .fJ!heprocedurewas done at the instiga­,tion of, and as sllpposed by bribèry frdm; the court ofJ.\tXadrid.TheStitish consul, heing of an open 'generoùs disposition, had gained great'POpularity'among the'natives, and more especially with the Negro'army. The Sultan th81'efo1'e, availing himself of this, affected to believe1;h~~Jhewas, :folùtm~ing an insurrection, as was suggestedto him to be{II',,,,,:>'''''•. 'l~o.thosewhlohavefelttheroughnessadherent to Modrish'Çompliments andjokes, it wiH .cneadilYJOccur that a premeditated insriUfpon1 such people iS'DP--cbild's':play, büt,«(H)'the contrary, rather rema,rkàblefor strength than delicacy of application.The Sultan sent hi.s.Black troops with orders, each man in file successively, ta pass by: theconsul, point his crooked dagger at, and spit in ,his face.This maj hecalled\ a hint to a man, àla Moresque, thathe is not altogether as weIlat court aS he ought towish to be. It certainly could ad!TIit of but oneinterprebation.But, by a raré 'instanceof. human forbearance, theseundcracted their parts in the.pantomime. For Mr.Logiehehaved,with înfinite .firinness. He told thern? fr9m his house,when theycame, that, ifit was for the purposè ofinsulting him, he.w0uIrldie ratherthan submit to it. The resùItof this il; worthy of notice; as it showswhat this people lllay be, and indeed actually'llhey repliéd, thatthey were truly sent ;fof" that purpose, but that he might heassurèd heshould sùstainas little wrong from them aspossihle.mancameou]y to the apartment door, drew his ~agger,through fhe motions of offence or~ered.2NAccordingJy,and thenThis was but one of the many