Show tho the citadel of cairo any N Y times 1 the citarel citadel of cairo i winch is now being strengthened and furnished with stores for a gar garrison of men in expectation of eng lands lauds threatened attack stands on a steep rock rocky bluff above the city tile relative position of the two being very much those of the capitol and and the lowertown lower town at washington it was the favorite residence of the tile famous egyptian dictator of the last mehemet all ali pasha who strongly fortified it and kept a number of heavy cannon co constantly lis t aily pointed from its walls at tl the e city below to overawe the disaffection which his iron rule inevitably produced still in tolerable repair and might give give some trouble to a force with heavy siege artillery above the ran ramparts are visible at warts a considerable distance istance the tall slender white minarets mina of the mosque built by mehemet all ali this is is ono one of the principal ornaments of cairo ita its interior being dc decorated orated with a richness of coloring unmatched in the world except perhaps bythe alhambra palace cat at grenada in front of the main entrance lies avast paved quad quadrangle burrou surrounded tided by a low colonnade which lias has acquired a tragic historical renown as the scene of the famous massacre of the Mame Manic lukes by order of the pasha mehemet finding in the turbulent independence ef f these warlike chiefs a formidable obstacle to his cherished scheme of absolute power invited them to a banquet in the courtyard oft of the be ci citadel il they rashly acce accepted ted the treacherous courtesy an aud were soon fired upon in the midst of their revel by L a detachment tach ment of soldiers concealed in the in circling colonnade all perished except one the sou von of the principal chief who alone preserving liia his presence of mind threw himself upon the gi ground and succeeded in reaching his hoyse which was tied to an tin aljo adjoining irn p pillar ar springing upon its back he cut his way through the swarming as assailants ail and finding the gates shut against him took a flying leap from the top of the wall a bi height g fit of 80 feet tho tile horse home was kil killed lc d ou the spot but the d daring mameluke Malli cluke escaping C with a b broken limb crawled away and hid him itself self before he could be overtaken |