THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 2, 1878

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 2, 1878.—403
CYPRUS : SIR GARNET WOLSELEY HOLDING A RECEPTION IN THE KONAK, NICOSIA, AT THE TURKISH FESTIVAL OF BAIRAM.
correspondent, Mr. Thomson, one of whose sketches is
engraved this week.
The supposed Bite of Old Paphos,
said to have been founded by the Amazons, or else by
The High Commissioner for her Majesty's Government in
Cinyras, the father of Adonis, would lie close to the seashore,
Cyprus, Lieutenant-General Sir Garnet Wolseley, K . C . B . ,
near the present village of Konklia, which is seen indicated
holds his official receptions in the Konak, the courthouse of
towards the left hand in this view; it was here that Venus,
the late Turkish Governor, at Nicosia, the capital city.
whom the Greeks called Aphrodite, was fabled to have been
Upon the occasion of the Mohammedan festival of Bairam,
born of the white sea-foam. Huge remnants of masonry at
which commences with the new moon after the Fast of
this place are considered to belong to the ancient temple of
Ramazan or Moslem Lent, Sir Garnet Wolseley, adopting the
that goddess. On the hill to the right hand, several miles
custom of his predecessors, received all the notables of the
distant, is the modern town of Baffo, which has superseded
town and island. This visit is the subject of our Illustration,
another Greek city, called Neopaphos, erected there by Agafrom a sketch with which we are favoured by Lieutenant Allan
penor,
grandson of Lycurgus, and inhabited by a colony of
Gilmore, of the Gist Regiment, Assistant to the Chief Com­
Arcadians.
Neopaphos was a nourishing city under the
mandant of Military Police in Cyprus, and now commanding
Romans. I t is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, four­
the local police at Limasol. His Excellency the High Com­
teenth chapter, as the residence of Sergius Paulus, the Roman
missioner, in blue undress uniform, sits on the sofa, bis hnnds
deputy or governor, before whom Paul and Barnabas appeared
resting upon his sword ; an interpreter stands at his left hand.
to declare the word of G c d ; and it was here that Elymas the
The officer who appears standing in the right foreground is
Colonel Biddulph, C . B . ,
sorcerer was struck with
Ε. Α., Commissioner, with
blindness.
These asso­
whom
are
Colonel
ciations give a more par­
Greaves, Chief Secretary
ticular interest to our
to the Government of
View of Paphos, or Baffo
Cyprus, Colonel the Hon.
as it is now called.
The
J.
Dormer,
Assistant
tents of the English
Quartermaster - General,
military encampment are
Colonel Baker RusseU,
shown upon the cliff near
13th Hussars, Assistant
the town.
Military Secretary, also
The first meeting of
Surgeon - General Jack­
the Executive Council has
son, C . B . , and Colonel
been held, and active
Brackenbury, R . A . , Chief
preparations are being
Commandant of Military
made for occupying the
Police. Major the Hon.
time of the Legislative
H . Wood, 12th Lancers,
Council. Among the first
and Captain Hare, 22nd
measures submitted to
Regiment, members of
this body will be a pro­
the staff, with Captain J .
posal for the conversion
De Lancey, 71st High­
of tithes into some other
landers, commanding the
form of charge, probably
military police of Nicosia,
into the form of a landand Lieut. Gilmore, were
rent limited in duration
also present. The Turkish
and open to revision. A
and other native visitors
Customs tariff will be
of the High Commissioner
enacted; a scheme con­
appear in the opposite
sidered for a judicial
part of the Engraving, to
organisation, the novel
the left hand. The Cadi,
features of which will
or Mussulman Judge,
consist in a Chief Justice
attired in a green robe
with appellate, civil, and
and turban, is gravely
original criminal juris­
making his bow to Sir
diction, and in a Puisne
Garnet Wolseley. Rifaat
Judge who will embrace
Pasha, in a dark blue
the island in his circuit.
military uniform, with a
Matters of administration
red fez on his head, sits
and social order will re­
in the chair behind, hav­
ceive consideration; and
ing
another
Turkish
the whole criminal law
officer on his right hand,
will probably be changed,
and on his left a Moham­
either by the enactment
medan grandee inapurple
1. P a r t of d y n a m i c e l e c t r i c a l m a c h i n e for c o n t i n u o u s c u r r e n t s : a, r e v o l v i n g c i r c u l a r m a g n e t ; t , b, conductor b r u s h e s to w i r e coils
in its entirety of the
above
a
n
d
b
e
l
o
w
.
robe, with red fez and
Indian Penal Code or by
2. M a c h i n e for a l t e r n a t e c u r r e n t s , w i t h eight m a g n e t s b y t u r n s i n contact w i t h c i r c u m f e r e n c e w i r e c o i l s : a , a, w i r e s c o n v e y i n g e l e c ­
white turban. The chief
the introduction of the
t r i c i t y to t h e c a n d l e s .
of the Dervishes occupies
principles of English
3. T h e J a b l o c h k o f f c a n d l e : a, a , t w o c a r b o n r o d s , i n s u l a t e d b y p l a s t e r , b; t h e i r lower ends i n b r a s s t u b e s , c, c.
4. B a s e s of oandles secured b y s p r i n g c l i p s to f r a m e , c o n s t i t u t i n g t h e l a m p : a , a , conductors f r o m m a c h i n e .
a chair to the extreme
criminal law as codified
5. T h e l a m p , or c h a n d e l i e r , s h o w i n g candles i n p o s i t i o n .
left of the view. These
in the bill prepared by
visitors, seated around
Sir James Stephen.
M. JABLOCHKOFF'S ELECTRIC LIGHT APPARATUS.
SKETCHES
IN
CYPRUS.
the stone-paved hall, partake of coffee, sweetmeats, and
cigarettes handed to them by the Greek servants, and hold
quiet converse with, each other, or even, by the help of an
interpreter, with the T5nglish official gentlemen.
Another
Sketch by Lieutenant Gilmore presents a view of the head­
quarters' camp of Sir Garnet Wolseley, at the Greek
Monastery, a mile or so outside the Baffo gate cf Nicosia.
The monastery building is shown to the left hand ; the tents
pitched for the abode of his Excellency and of the Staff occupy
the middle ground, and there are some farm or villa buildings
to the right; and a noble range of mountains in the background
of this view. We have already given one Illustration of the
head-quarters' camp, from a sketch by our Special Artist,
" S. P. 0 . "
He made an excursion to the western coast of the
island, just before he was taken ill of fever, but was unable to
go to Baffo, or to inspect the reputed site of the ancient
Paphos, renowned in Greek mythology as the abode of Venus.
For our Illustration of this locality we are indebted to another