1800. | 
Pazman Ohlu had’ put himfelf in the beft 
pofture of defence, being ftrongly en- 
trenched, and the entrenchments defended 
by batteries with a well-ferved. artillery. 
The Sultan’s troops encamped around the 
city ; but were not able to approach ¢lofe 
toit. Pazman Oblu made frequent and 
fuccefsful fallies; and by degrees gained 
over a large party even in the Grand Vi- 
zier’s Camp. At laft, the whole fituation 
of the befiegers having’ been betrayed to 
him, he fallied forth and attacked them 
in the night, killed 6000 men, and fo 
quickly difperfed their whole army, that 
the Grand Vizier himfelf was obliged to 
Jeave his baggage behind him, and erder 
his camp to be fet on fire. 
In the treaty of alliance that was foon 
after concluded between the Ruffians and 
Tuiks, one of the conditions was, that 
Ruffia fhould, in cafe it fhould be required, 
furnifh an auxiliary army of 40,000 men 
againft Pazman Ohlu ; to whom, however, 
favourable terms of reconciliation were 
again offered. The Ruffian troops that 
were aflembled on the borders of Walla- 
chia added confiderable weight to the pro- 
pofitions of the Porte: and at laft an 
agreement took place, by which the 
Grand Signor was obliged to reintate the 
Janiflaries in their former pofleffions, to 
permit Pazman Ohlu'to remain in Widdin 
as bafla, and to raife him to the dignity of 
baffa with three tails; and hoftages were 
given on both fides. 
All the fubfequent fhews of hoftility on 
the part of Pazman Ohlu were probably 
only intended to accelerate the fulhlment 
of the promife of the three tails; and had 
for their oftenfible pretext the fubduing of 
fome bands of robbers who infetted the 
country. He has now attained that dig- 
nity; but the fame pretext {till continues, 
Pazman Ohlu is affable, humane, com- 
paffionate, and condefcending ; but a {trict 
lover of juftice, and punifhes even flight 
tranfereflions with great feverity. He 
has already founded feveral eftablifhments 
for the relief of poor widows and orphans ; 
and on feveral roads built caravanferas 
for poor travellers, where they are for 
two days {upplied gratis with every thing 
neceffary. 

ANECDOTES of the late celebrated PRO- 
FESSOR MICHAELIS, 0f GOTTINGEN. 
By one of bis DiSCIPLES, 
We many of the German univerfities 
it has long been a fafhion among tne 
ftudents to be coutinually furrounded with 
an unfuitable number of dogs. Even in 
Anecdotes of Profeffor Michaelis, 
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the leéture-room appears many a beardlefs 
Telemachis, ; 
Ovw 010¢, aua Taye dum Rules apyor cmrovra. 
At Gottingen efpecially bad this inde- 
corous practice become prevalent: ta 
bring at leaft one dog into the leCture- 
room was confideredan indifpenfable mark 
of diftin@ion for a young ftudent of rank 
and fortune. The profetfors had exprefied 
their difpleafure at it, efpecially Putter 
and Michaelis: the former. was particu- 
larly expert in hurling dewa, by a well- 
aimed kick of his foot, fuch of the canine 
intruders as chanced to afcend his profet- 
fional-pulpit, fo that they few howling 
far beyond the feats of the auditors: the 
latter could not do this, as he delivered 
his lectures fitting only behind a tabie. 
He, however, frequently exprefied his in- 
dignation, and faid, ‘* Can you be an- 
{werable to me and the other auditers, if 
any of thofe dogs fhould be going mad, 
and the madnefs break out juft in this 
place, that he fhall not bite one of us, and 
thus caule our death, or at leat the lofs of 
our reafon ? It would be better if at home 
you repeated and prepared yourfelf for the 
lecture, inftead of lofing your time, by 
amufing yourfelf with your dogs. And 
if you have much bread left, are there not 
many poor people to whom you may give 
your fuperfluity, and who will be thank- 
fulfor it. But the dog is merely your 
parafite. The firft dog that caufes here 
any difagreeable difturbance I fhall kill 
with my own hand.’? And an opportu- 
nity foon after occurred to put his threat 
in execution. 
Whether it happened in the winter of 
1778 or 1779) I cannot now with cer- 
tainty recollect. During a very fevere 
froft at that time, a Livonian Baron had 
brought a greyhound with him into the 
leéture-room. The profeflor, as ufual, 
ordered a good fire to be kept up: the 
warmth was very agreeable to the dog, 
who lay ftretched out under the almoit 
red-hot ftove. But foon the animal was 
convulfed, and began to howl, to pant, 
and to foam at the mouth. One of the 
auditors exclaimed, ‘* The dog is mad.”” 
At once a dreadful death-filence reigned 
throughout the lecture-room, and dilmay 
fat on every countenance. Suddenly one 
half of the auditors thronged towards the 
door ; fome flew up the ftairs to the loft’; 
others hurried precipitately into the ftreet, 
and lof their inkftands, hats, and cloaks. 
The greater part jumped upen the tables, 
and prepared, as well as they could, for 
defence;, and there too J took refuge, 
Michaelis alone ftood before his table, 
undaur.ted 
