The Express. — London, England, 1858-08-31 00:00:00

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This document—a trans lation st whieh appears in another portion of our columns—is a Ilatti Humaioon, or Imperial rescript, announcing the fact of the SULTAN having learned that, against his wishes, members of his family have been exceeding their incomes, although they are en • seals amply sufficient for their wants. Ile has given orders that any infraction of his orders in that respect shall be punished by the imprisonment of the parties encouraging them in that extravagance; and lttz.► PAsist is charged with examining the transactions and debts now existing, and with the preparation of a schedule of the debts, with a view to annul the purchases or arrange for the payments. The Grand- Mastership of the Artillery is at the same time ab sorbed into the Ministry of War, and into the new Ministry of the Palace—the late Grand Master of the Artillery being made a member of the Council of Ministers. The most remarkable circumstance about this arrangement is its being made public, an avow►l of the existence of a public opinion in Turkey, on the part of the SULTAN, for which we were scarcely prepared. Private letter speak of other material reforms in the Administration as being in progress, which we have on previous occa sions alluded to, and which will shortly be announced. Taken in connexion with these facts, we cannot but look oa the negotiation of the new Turkish Sir per Cent. Loan of Five Millions, rued by Messrs. Itr.vr and Ca., in conjunction with the Ottoman Bank, as an event of the highest finan cial and commercial importance. It possesses, more. over, additional political value, from its being raised, as it will b in England, at a moment when every effort is being made to distort the bombardment of Jeddah into a slight offered te Turkey, and so increase the irritation of the fanatical Mahommedans towards the foreign Christians. A country that is h►bitually in financial difficulties in always more aoansible to intrigues than another. Evil counsels are often listened to, and acted upon— under the pressure of argent necessities—when as- companied by the argument of hard cash to stave et present anxieties. Ventre affarnl n'a pas d'o►eafss —" a hungry man has no tarsi" and though Innen may go out and hang himself afterwards, the thirty pieces in hard cash before his eyes are irresistible. Looking to the objects towhich this loan is under taken to be applied by the contract, its beneficial effect on commerce is self-evident. We have no reason to doubt that the Turkish Government will faithfully carry out its engagements; for, with all its fault., financial dishonesty has never been laid to its charge. Civilisation is perhaps hardly advanced enough for that, and the Christian virtues of repu diation and drunkenness are left to the Western States of Europe. There can be little doubt that this loan will be rapidly absorbed by the public, looking at the pre sent price of the foviner Sir per Cent. Loan,which is now quoted at 94!, while the new loan is to be issued at 83. As regards the security of the two loans, the sew am possesses some advantages over that previously hissed. The loan of 1834 was speci ally secured on the Egyptian tribute, amounting to 252,0001.; while for the payment of the new one, both principal and interest, the Customs Duties and Octroi of Constantinople, amounting to about 600,0001. per annum, are assigned to the bond holders. But the aperial advantage conceded in the case of the new loan is this, that a Commission is to be appointed for the receipt of those duties, two d the members being Englishmen nominated by the bondholders, and having an equal voice with the other three, of whom the Minister of Finance is MIL The concession of so important • point is a very, hopeful augury for the course of reform in Constar tinople. The BIILTAX had already sstaolished Council of Credit, charged with the details of MIS consolidation of the floating debt of Turkey, sad several F.uropeans were members of that Council, ad among them the two ixuntnissianers nominated by the contractors of the new loan. Mr. FrheonWElN the General Manager of the Ottoman Bank, is ass, and Mr. 0. HANIION, of the well-known Constanti nople banking firm, the other; both of them men whose financial experierce, and whose sound and prudent views on financial subjects, have given them great weight, both with the late Resenio PASHA, and with the present Tinier, AALI PASHA. The Minister of Finance has on more than one Oftilke profited by the financial knowledge of these gentlemen, and he bring a member of the new Com mission, we may hope that the reforms in the mode of collecting the customs duties, and the abolition of the wasteful system of farming the revenues, will make some decided progress. • But it is chiefly in a commercial point of view that this new loan, if applied to the purposes pro posed, will be of incalculable benefit to Turkey, and of no small advantage to England, whose trade with that country is increasing. Many of our readers are probably aware that the chief currency of Con stantinople is an inconvertible paper money, and that the bulk of the metallic money in circulation is a debased coinage. Now the notes (saint) are a legal tender, and are the medium of all commercial and exchange operations; but whenever specie is scarce, from the demand for remittances to other parts of the empire, or of Europe, the value of the calm in relation to coin falls, and the exchange rises. If the note were convertible into coin, its value would of course be always at the same level as that of the specie, and the fluctuations 111 exchange would arise only from the legitimate demands of commerce ; whereas we have seen it, during the present year, fluctuate between 141 and 188 piastres in paper for the sovereign. It is Blear that such a state of things must paralyse com merce. The shipper cannot tell whether the ex lamp may not rise enormously and tern his ven ture into a heavy low. Trade with Constantinople has become a mere speculation, and has been very limited in extent and character from that came. With the note made convertible, and the currency put upon a sound bisia, there is no doubt that a great stimulus will be given to the trade of the Turkish capital especially, where the existing evil is most severely felt, and that the revenues of the country will be directly benefited by it. It is also believed the customs and tariff reforms, recommended by the Commission of last year, will now be carried into effect, being a part of the currency scheme. As a first step in that direc tion, it was suggested that the gold Mejidit, which is the unit of value in Turkey in the same sense as the sovereign is with us, should be everywhere taken by the Customs' officials at its par value of 100 piastres only. The current value of this coin is different in various parts of the Empire, that many of the natives are not aware how many piastres it is worth at par. At Constantinople, for instance, it is worth about 156 piastres in paper—two months back it was worth 146 piastres. In Smyrna, where the paper money is not entrant, the liejidi6 is always estimated at 108 piastres; at &rout it passes for 107; ; at DMILICUP, for 112; at Jerusalem, for another rate ; at Aleppo, for •fifth; and so on. This variation and uncertainty in the value of the gold Mejidie has opened a wide door for frauds and dishonest gains in the remittance of the revenue collected in various parts of the Empire, by which the shrewd Greeks have largely profited. As the reform now about to be carried out by means of the new loan will seriously interfere with their operations in that line, we may look fur • determined opposition on their pert, although fortunately it is little to be feared. Their monopoly in the Fast received a fatal blow on the day that Egglish capitalists turned their attention to Turkey as a field for Banking and Exchange opera tions, and to their cost thej hive found that their intrigues against the Bank of Egypt and the Otto also Sank have resulted in something very like the gnawing of a file. We shall watch with interest the mode in which the financial operations to be car ried out by this new loan are conducted, for we feel convinced that it is a fair chance offered to Turkey to establish a character for good faith, and for a disposition to take its place among European nations. If the I'orte avails itself of the opportunity, it will be a clear gain to all; if it should neglect it, the occasion can never offer itself again, and Turkey will become what many believe it in evitably doomed to be—a mere sink of imbecility and corruption. It is on an oecabion like the present that our Ambassador, who is well capable of doing so, can render a real service to Turkey, by aiding the Ministers and the SULTAN by friendly advice and encouragement, and by pointing out the ad vantages of the new position in the public opinion of Europe that Turkey may now assume. The bene ficial result of following that advice will give us more weight with the SULTAN and his people than any intrigues to keep this or that Minister in power In order to enable us to thwart the designs of the representatives of other nations. Tilr first intimation respecting the Chinese Treaties —received cid St. Petersburg—was sufficiently curt and vague. Some additional items of inform. tion have since oozed out, but on the whole they have only served to render our notions of what has been dons a little more confused. The Russian version of the story was published—here, in London—on the 23rd inst. ; the French version was published yesterday; but no English version has yet appeared. Has no despatch been received from Lord ELGIN P or is it merely that, in the absence of Lord MALX6II - those left in charge of the Foreign-office are uncertain how much he might deem it expedient to impart to the public, and wait for his return? Ac eneding to the Journal de St. Potersbourg, the Russian Ambassador concluded a special Treaty with China relating to the frontier of the Aisne, on the 28th of May, and • general Treaty on the 13th of Inns. l The American Ambassador subsequently concluded a general Treaty with China—the date not known. The French and English Treaties were signed some days later, between the 19th of June—on whioh day Baron Le Gitos wrote," The Treaties have all "been concluded, and partly signed"--and the 27th, the date of the Russian Ambassador's despatch. It seems pretty certain, therefore, that the whole of the Treaties have been sealed, signed, delivered, and await only the ratification of the respective Govern ments. As he as we can collect from the very imperfect materials before us, the substance of these Treaties is nearly u follows :—By the Treaties with France and England, China has bound herself to pay oon siderable indemnities to these Powers. The Chinese Government has, moreover, promised that the mur derer of the French missionary shall be punished, and his punishment announced in the Gazette of Pekin ; but whether this has been made a Treaty stipulation does not appear. Russia has ob- ' tained from China, by the Treaty concluded on the 28th of May, a cession of all the territory be tween the Amur and the former boundary line of the two Empires. In other respects the Treaties which China has concluded with all the four Powen are identical. " Nearly the whole" of the Chinese Empire is thrown open to commerce. The laws against Christianity are to be abolished. Mission aries are t, be admitted " everywhere." " Diplomatic " agents may reside toseporaray at Pekin : " A:Chinesa Ambasiador is to be omit to Paris. Whether Lard ELG t bee deemed it necessary or expedient to eti palate for a similar miaaion to Loudon we have yet to learn. This is the sum total of our knowledge; and it Laves ample verge for uneasy questioning. "Diplo " matie agents may reside temporarily at Pekin.* In other words, the Chinese Oovernment has only conceded to the three Western Powers the privilege of occasionally sending a special Minister to Pekin; the privilege of maintaining a permanent Resident 1 Mission there—which boa long been enjoyed by Russis—is still withheld. The Chinese Government, in fact, hays only conceded the abstract principle that Ambassadors may on certain occasions be sent to Pekin; the question whether on any special occasion it msy be necessary or ex pedient to send one, must in every case be made a matter of previous negotiation. In other word. the matter of direct communication with the Im perial Government—instead of with officials at the outporte—stande apparently pretty nearly where it did. Again, "Missionaries are to be Admitted " everywhere." Bat will the Imperial Government have the power to protect them? In every province the local authorities and the predominant factions THE EXPRESS, 'AY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1858. appeal to do pretty mush as they please. It is not the Imperial Government alone, bat the whole of the learned, i.e., of the governing elms, that is inimical to Christianity. Miesionaries may, perhaps, be allowed to penetrate into every part of the Chinese Empire ; but if the Government is not strong enough to protect them, every attack upon a Missionary will become the source of new misun derstandings,new negotiations, new wars with China. It will be time enough to congratulate ourselves on the extension of our trade with China when we know what additional ports have been thrown open. It is only "nearly the whole " of the Empire that is said to have been " thrown open to the trade of the " West." Lastly, we are still entirely in the dark as to what stipulations have been made respecting the retention or evacuation of Canton by the French and English forces. Will the " ample indemnity" granted to England cover all the losses incurred by our merchants through the warlike operations con sequent on the wretched quarrel about the lorcha Arrow ? The first announcement of the conclusion of peace with China was received with jubilant exultation by the whole host of Palmerstonian journals. It was declared to be • great triumph—one which would immortalise the statesman to whose energetic policy we were indebted for it. The present Ministers were warned that no share in the victory was duo to them; that it must redound to the honour of their predecessor alone. A change, however, has already come over the tone of these journals. They begin to have their mis givings that what has been gained is scarcely worth what it has cost us, and that " the end is not " yet." The Treaties, for anything that appears to the contrary, still leave the Chinese authorities ample) opportunities of baffling us by their dilatory system of passive resistance. The truth is, that the advent of the period of free and nnre strained • intercourse with China can neither bs materially accelerated nor retarded by the action of Governments. Until the great body of the Chime people become reconciled to the presence of foreignsra among them, their Government cannot conlpel them to receive foreigners cordially ; and as soon as the Chinese people become reconciled to the presence of foreigners among them, their Go•ern ment will find it impossible to keep foreigners out- The work of penetrating into China must be wom plished by the private Europeans who visit it. They can accomplish it. Mr. FORTUNE, and many others, have penetrated far beyond the limits that have hitherto been prescribed to foreigners ; and by conducting themselves well and peaceably they have done so with perfect impunity. A frequent repeti tion of such visits would have worn off theirstrange nees, and the presence of Europeans in any part of China would in due time have come to be regarded by the Chinese as a matter of course. The recent military opera tions and Treaties will only impede this natural process of familiarising the Chinese with the pre sence of foreigners; and the disputes which are certain to arise out of the various constructions put by different parties on the terms of the Treaties will only make matters worse. At Tien-Tsin the representatives of the four Great Powers appear to have acted with tolerable unanimity; but how long will this unanimity continue ? The Chinese are adroit diplomatists after their own fashion. They will continue to stir up dis sensions among the European Ministers, and will use one to thwart and baffle the others. Already the three Western Powers are beginning to grumble, that Russia alono has secured a permanent and tangible advantage by these negotiations. The question is already asked whether Russia has not been secretly acting in the interest of China at the Tien-Tsin Conferences in return for the cession of the country north of the Amer ? Such en early in dication of jealousy among the Europeans is of bad omen. It reminds one of the long and inveterate wars waged by France and England for the ascen dancy in India. TIM Rev. SYDNEY TURNER'S First Report to the Home Department on the Reformatory Schools of Great Britain, which has just ap peared, is lees an official narrative than an appeal to public opinion. Another year will probnbly enable the Inspector to supply that exact and de tailed information respecting the internal working of our Reformatories which we miss In his present Report; in the meanwhile the public will accept with a reasonable respect the encouraging assurances and candid censures passed by that gentleman on the condition and prospects of a social enterprise in which he has himself had • large and honourable share. Reformatory agency, as exercised on the young, has now become a recoguised part of the social system, and is therefore peculiarly amenable to public opinion. Its early promoters answered for it that it would effect a considerable diminution in the number of juvenile offenders throughout the country. Its opponents saw in it a disgraceful concession to the criminal classes, and in the supposed comforts of Reformatory establishments an offered premium for crime. The returns of the Rome-office, while they cliselose an amount of juvenile crime loudly demanding the employment of every available agency of a nature to reform • and reclaim, are at least satisfactory as showing that an important step has really been taken in the right direction. In the year ending September 30, 1858, as many as 13,981 commitments of offenders under 18 years of age were made. In the year ending September 30, 1857, the number of similar commit ments was 12,601, being a decrease of 1,480. We are given to understand that the returns for the present year will show a continuous decline. It would have been something to have set bounds to the increase of juvenile crime; but these figures show that a positive inroad has been made oa its domain. The notion that boys would be tempted to steal in order to enjoy the oonvenienoes which, it is too truly alleged, make the Reformatory a healthier and better regulated abode than the home of many an honest fa mily, still lingers, it is to be feared, to impede the progress of reformation. But those who harbour that opinion mistake, through judging of the tastes of criminal boys by their own. As Mr. TURNER use fully points out to the class from which the great majority of our young offenders come, " airy rooms, " separate beds, cleanliness, and good order, meals "owned with decency, instruction and exercise at " regular hours, are ne luxuries. They are medi " tines rather than comforts. Such children's ideas " of enjoyment are much better realised in the clode " nem and dirt, and disorderly freedom of the tom " mon lodging-house:' The great and all-sufficient securities against the supposed seductive influences of the Reformatory are the hard practical exertion exacted of the inmates throughout a fair working day, and the strict discipline, without which no Reformatory can long be maintained. Among the suggestions which Mr. TURNER makes for the improvement of the Reformatory system, no one is more important than that which concerns the supply of really efficient Superintendents and Assistants. A thoroughly good master unites quali ties so rarely found together that he can hardly be sufficiently prized. The intellect, earnestness, and weight of character brought to bear on the work by the great body of masters in our Reformatories tan only be hilly appreciated by those who have had opportunities of personally acquainting them selves with the interior operation of such institutions. There is nothing in " the system" which can render it independent of these high personal qualifications on its agents, and it must be the obvious policy of Managers of Reformatories to offer encouragement to those who will bring to their work a power which money cannot command. 'We are very glad to find the Inspector calling at tontion to the accounts of Reformatory Schools and to the necessity of keeping them with more method and exactness. It is not too early to press the finan cial administration of these institutions very seriously on their conductors as a matter which will either powerfully assist or materially retard the development of juvenile reformation. Meet of oar Reformatory Schools have been founded by the liberality of earnest-minded individuals latent on effecting a moral and spiritual work, with whom the financial question naturally occupied a very subordinate place. The number of institutions Ind of their inmates hes, however, so rapidly in creased, and the scale of prospective operation is so continually enlarged, that profit and loss can no longer be neglected. At present Mr. TURNER admits that It is very difficult to pronounce with any accu racy what ought to be the average cost per head in ißeformatories, and what really is the industrial profit or loss of the farming or trades carried on therein. There is too much reason to fear that this uncertainty covers much confusion and waste of resources, and we should have been glad if the Inspector had more distinctly specified evils the existence of which he appears to be well aware of. There is a close and inseparable connexion between economy and moral discipline, and in most cases a complete and lucid exhibition of the pecuniary accounts of a Reformatory would not only promote a careful management of its funds, but throw light on the weak points of its rule. Cbt Court, AUGUST 27. Yesterday was the birthday of the Prince Consort, and the members of the Royal Family of Prussia called upon hie Royal Rlghneee to pay their visits of congratulation. The Duke of Haze Coburg arrived at Babelsberg to pass the day with hie Royal Brother. The Queen and the Prince Consort, the Prince and Prin cess of Prussia, the Priam and Princess Frederick William, and the Grand Duke and Grind Duchess of Baden drove out in the afternoon lit two aurriages and four. The dinner puty In the evening to most the Queen and the Prises Consort wu confined to the members of the Prussian Royal Family, the Grand Duke and Grand Dachau of Bader, the Duke of Sue Coburg, Prince Leo pold of Hohenzollero, Prince Augustus of Wartemberg, and Prince William of Baden. In the evening the grounds at Babelaberg were beautifully illuminated. The inhabitanta of the city of Potsdam also spontaneously illuminated their city, and the bridge over the Havel wes covered with variegated lamp*, and was occa sionally offused with the reflected glow of lights of different colour,. A very Hue display of fireworks took place at the same time, and the whole exhibition, which was admirably arranged, produoed a moat striking effect. A (arseparty of the moot distinguished residents in Berlin, together with the suites of her Majesty and the Prince, the members of the royal Prussian households, and the gentlemen belonging to the British legation at Berlin, were invited. The Dom Choir had the honour of singing• Wore the royal party, and M. de Below performed several piec,a upon the pianoforte. A deputation, oonsirtiog of Captain Mangles, M.P., chairman, Mr. T. It. Tafoell, and Mr. I. E. Mathleant, directors, accompanied by the secretary, of the Royal Mall Stasm-packet Company, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the subject of rata- bliehing mail communication with Vancouver's Island, and also with New Zealand, &a., rid Panama, in extension of the existing line of mail service. The Right Hon. .1 W. Henley returned to town yester day, from the continent. The Earl of Donoughmore also returned to town yesterday, from Buxton. The Marquis of Salisbury arrived In town yesterday, from Hatfield. Despatches were received yeeterday, at the Colonial-office, from the Gloveruors of the North American Provinces, Heligoland, and the Lord High Commisakmer of the lonian Islands. HER MAJESTY'S RETURN TO ENGLAND. (THIS DAY.) (BY imuysto yaLsoiaPs.) DOVER Tv =DAY. Shortly before eleven o'clock this morning, to the great surprised the people of Dover, the Royal Yacht was seen far off on the sea apparently steaming towards the harbour. Jut previously to thia the manager of the South Eaatern Railway at Dover received a tekgruptic notice from London that her Majesty would arrive there, and would have immediate neormity fir a special train. The areassary preparation. ware made without delay, and at twenty minutes before twelve o'clock the Royal Yacht entered the harbour. Her Majesty came on shore forthwith, being accompanied by hie Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and attended by the Rawl et hialsembery, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lady Macdonald, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, and Captain du PLR After ►taying for a few minutes at the Royal Warden Hotel, the mid party crossed the road and entered the ape dal train which was waiting at the station. It proceeded Mesa to Hastings, end will thence proceed to Portsmouth, I whence the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Coa l' sort will embark for Osborne. Letters from Berlin state that Chevalier Bunsen was intabir, on account of ill health, to accept the invitation of Queen Victoria and the Prince Comore to visit them at Babel:berg. Y. Beason will probably per the winter at Nice. Maria Marchioness of Aileabory has left Hinch iogbroks, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, on • visit to the Bail and Counter of Chesterfield, at Bretbj Park. - The Earl of Jersey arrived in town yesterday from Cowes, Isle of Wigbt. The Earl of Denbigh and Ladies Fielding have returned to Ncusehiun Paddocks, near Lattarworth, boon visiting Viso3unt and Vi coluaus Fielding, at tine soot In Wales. The Earl and Countess of Portarlington have arrived at Zoo Park, Asir lest in Deland, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, at Blenheim Palaoe, Oxon. Lady Pakington has left Farrance'a Hotel, Bel gravia, ter Dreitwiett, Worcestershire. _ _ _ . Lord Bgluatomu returns to Dublin to-clay from hie tow la the north, and it la highly probable that hie ex cellency will be present to-morrow evening at the banquet to be given by the Lord Mayor in honour of the tuccenful lay ing el the Atlantic cable. The Marquis of Dalhousie, we (Xi*Gilt Gazette) regret to say, does not improve in health as much as his Mande amid wish, and his medial atiesdants have advised him not to attempt to winter in England or Scotland ; Malta, Madeira, or some of the German baths are the places most likely to be selected. The noble martinis will take his depethwe tram Ragland in a short time. Siam his return home his lordship has monpied himself in devising them eless is Dalbemie CAWS. Sir Irani= Boteerrille, M.P., leaves the south al From this week, tor Ragland, sad Is axpretsd to visit Cant/lb/try in the sows, of wit week. Mr. Alexander T. Galt, whose name stands in the list of the new Canadian ministry as u Inapsotar-General," is the youngest 03Q of the noshat, whose family hare all for a loss time been reddest in Canada. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (71031 01371 OWN PARIS, MONDAY Evzierse. It is positively announced that the Emperor and Empress will leave St. Cloud for Biarritz on Wed nesday, September 1. The stay of their Majesties there is at present limited to one fortnight. On their return the Emperorwill proceed to the Camp at Chilons. The Pays of this evening says that the Imperial Prince will accompany their Majesties to Biarritz, but according to my information, whieh I think is correct, he will not go. It is true that Dr. Corvisart has reported favourably of the health of the place, but since the little Prince is in perfect health at St. Cloud it would not perhaps be wise to move him to a far southern latitude. The Duke of Malakoff goes to London to-morrow. His marriage is postponed till after the return of the court from Biarritz. Lord Palmerston has gone to stay with Lord Cowley at his country seat, near Compiegne. There is no truth in the report of his intended visit to Count de Peraigny's chateau. The most extraor dinary fables about Lord Palmerston are ventilated by the Belgian press. The Nord says : Lord Palmerston lives in Paris in a very retired manner ; his visit is enrrounded with deep mystery ; he does not live in the hotels which he formerly frequented; and it Le said that he is installed in a villa not far distant from the Palace of St. Cloud. The fact is that Lord Palmerston has stayed all the time he has been in Paris at the Hotel Bristol, in the Place Vendome, and there has been no mys tery whatever about his movements. The following despatch from Turkey, confirma tory of the news already known, has reached Paris to-day : Constantinople, August 29: . _ Ali•flhaleb Fiche is dismissed, u are the other sons-in law of tim Sultan. Mehemet Pasha is appointed Grand Admiral; Mehemet Ali Puha is dismissed. The Minister of Commerce is not yet chosen. Mehemet-Iluchdi Pacha is appointed President of the Tassimat. The Cherbourg journal announces that the two divisions of the Itusaian navy which were to leave Cronstadt for the Mediterranean, are expected at Cherbourg very shortly. It is hoped and believed that Cherbourg will bo thronged with visitors to see the Russian ships. The appearance in a southern latitude of this Russian fleet, consisting as it was said, of no leas than fifteen vessels, was heralded in several journals some days ago, but their informants toast have been mistaken. The Bourse, after opening rather heavily, became excessively firm at tho close. The Route roes 650. for cash, and 45c. for account, closing at 70fr. 00c. and 79fr. 80e. Mobilier rose 12fr. 500. The Eastern railway rose 12fr. 500., and the other lines about sfr. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received a telegram, stating that the steam-ship Vectis, pith the Calcutta and China mails, arrived at Marseilles at 9 this morning. The mails left for London at 10. The ship will be in quarantine until to-morrow morning. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS• (NY SDBYLEINN AND BRIT= TILIGILATIL.) MALTA, TUNIDAY. Australian mails leaves to-clay With dates : Sydney, July 11 ; Melbourne, 16th; Odle, the 7th inst. ; Aden, August 16. Munocanz.—Evans, Merry, and Co.'s tender for the Geelong and Ballarat Railway is supposed to have been accepted. _ Import market dull ; flour and oats have fluctu ated. Gold returns falling off. Suffaly (P Suffolk) sailed July, with 79,992 ounces of gold. Lincolnshire arrived on the 6th. Money market not very easy. The Victoria, with May mail, not arrived. An extensive houso in grocery trade suspended payments. Wool, one and a half per cent. cheaper. Tulton (? tallow) unaltered. Exchange from 1 per cent. discount to par. Sydney Electoral Reform Bill remains undecided; the distribution of the electorates not being yet determined. Trade exceedingly dull. Money abundant. Production of gold fields on the increase. Wool scarce at higher prices. Freights, id. to id. per lb. for wool. Exchange, I to 1 per cent. prem. TURKEY. (mom (ma RPECIAL 0011121RONDIN7.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Avoorr 21. A haffi-howswayeturs, addreseed, three days ago, by the Sultan to the Grand Vizier, on the subject of the civil list, was published yesterday. In it his Majesty expresses his regret and dissatisfaction at the reckless extravagance of the Imperial house hold, and orders strict inquiry into the abuses which have crept into the expendi ture of the palace, and into that of the various, members of the imperial family generally. All the' outstanding debts of the civil list, now amounting to nearly 10,000,0001. sterling, are to be audited, and a rigorous surgery applied to those that may be found exorbitant. Seeing that the creditors of the list are now offering their claims for sale at 60 per cent, dis count, this healthy nee of the pruning-knife will probably reduce tee maim to two-thirds of its pre sent amount ; but even then, 1 fear, payment will remain a very remote contingency. The Sens kier, the Minister of Finance, and the Comptroller of the Civil List, are the three functionaries charged with the execution of the decree. Though the last news from Ilengazi reports a falling-off in the virulence of the epidemio raging there, the sapient Council of Health here has greatly increased the stringency of the quarantine. All vessels arriving at the Dardanelles from Malta are now sent back to Smyrna, and compelled to unload' their entire cargo, besides doing the 16 days' quarantiuo previously enforced. The inconvenience and expense of such an arrangement will probably operate to prevent the Liverpool and Loudon steamers from calling at the island at all. Exchange on London, 176 p. TRANSLATION OF THE HATTI HOUMATOI7II OF AUGUST 6 (18), ADDRESSED TO TILE GRAND VIZIER. "My illustrious Vizier,—Apart from the debts neceesarily incurred by the celebration of the mar riages of various members of our imperial family, I learn that, by the thoughtlessness and want of eco nomy on the pert of members of our imperial house hold, various purchases are still made, contrary to our will. The regular allowances granted to the members of oar imperial family ought to suffice them, and it would be against our imperial will should their expenditure exceed their income. And although, by another imperial decree, it will be made known to all persons, natives and fornero, that they are not to consider themselves bound to deliver articles demanded of them with the idea that sooner or later they will be paid, nevertheless, as my above orders are to be issued to all functionaries and em ployes, that measures may be taken to prevent the tendency towards their infraction, and that they who infringe them be, if necessary, imprisoned and punished, and that a strict watch be constantly kept in that respect, we have thought it expedient to charge the &resider Rise Pasha with that duty, and, seeing the proximity of the Arsenal to our im perial palace, we have added to the fieraskeriat be now holds the office of Muchir of Tophant (Grand Master of the Artillery). And as the Muchir of Tophane, Mehemed Ruandi Packs, is one of our dis tinguished Ministers, we have judged it fitting to make him a member of the Council of Ministers. Thus, having appointed both, we have charged them with the above functions, and send them to our Sublime Porto. The Seraskier Pasha, the Minister of Finances, and the Minister of the Civil List, ate to assemble immediately and are to agree on the steps to be taken in this matter. They are to ascertain which among the existing debts are just ones, and which, from different causes, are exorbitant in character my firm imperial will being, that such abases shall not take place henceforward, the discussion of the measures necessary for obtaining that end shall be commenced without delay." This intimation is followed by the appointment of Tezet Pacha, member of the Council of Justice, to be Governor-General of Trebizond; and of Mehemet Pacha, formerly Governor of Bosnia, to the like office at Aleppo. Huai Pacha, Governor of Tricela, is promoted to the rank of vizier, and made Go vernor-General cf Janina, being replaced at 'Meals, by Aziz Pacha. It is announced that rigorous instructions as to their duties and responsibilities have been issued to the above and to other high functionaries, with a view to pat an end to the mal-administration and in justice existing heretofore. LATTER SION DR. LIVINGSTON'. The subjoined is an interesting extract of a letter from Dr. Livingstone. It is dated " Zambesi, 25th of Junes 1858," and was received by the gentleman to whom it is addressed (Charles Le Braithwaite, Esq., of Kendal), on fla.. turday last: "We reached the southernmost branch of the Zambesi on the 14th (of May), and found the bar much smoother than we anticipated. The breakers were rather boisterous on each aide of ue, but we entered safely, making signals for her Majesty's ship Hermes as to the depth of the water, till elle was out of sight on her way to Kilimsue, to deliver our credentials to the Portuguese. As we were now in the midst of Mangrove swamps, we took quinine, and Win*, it to boa work of necessity to get away as quickly as possibby the launch yes put together. Two days were required tope her into working trim, and we are now threading our way up among the swamp, the launch piloting the Pearl. Saw but one native. " 25rit Juxs, Zattnrst.—l add a few lines to say that after exploring different months of the Zambesi, we have at last found a very good bar and harbour, which leads us into the main stream. The water was falling fast, and as we wen ordered not to rick the detention of the Pearl in the river, we thought it most prudent to let her depart, and landing our hone on an Wand, we put our things there, and now trust to the launch to take us up the country. Captains Gordon and Bedingileld are delighted with the river. The latter eels it quite =like the rivers on the west coast. We have had no fever, and have ascertained one great fact, if this is to be a highway into the heart of Africa: this time of the year is perfectly safe for Europeans; not a single man of the Pearl or Hermes. or of the expedition, has been attacked by the disease. Yon are away that I left the river at Memo (in coming from the interior in 1856), and that we have been indebted for our knowledge of the parts below that to Captain Parker. We went up to Mastro, and I looked with a thrilling sensation of gratitude on the smooth spot on which I made my last astronomical observation on the Zambesi, and the identical little hut in which I slept. The hippopotami can't bear the steamer at all, the crustiest old bachelor sewn them goes off pelt moll as soon as we come near. Wears on good terms with the natives. Will go to Tate ant week. No fever yet." TH3 CONSTRUCTION OP RAILWAYS IN INDIA. This morning was issued the report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the causes which have led to delay in the construction of 'Always in India. The delay. are classified by the committee under four distinct heads :—l. Delays arising from government super vision at home and In India-2. Delays incidental to the executions of utensil:ins and complicated public works under novel eiratunstancee in a distant country.-3. Delays pro duced by political causes, such as insurrection and mutiny.- 4. Delays arising from the natural difficulties which the face of the country presents. The report proceeds to notice each clams of delay in the order than given, and in the fol lowing paragraph the general conclusions of the committee are mitriMed up Upon an impartial review (they say) of the early history of Indian railways, there can be no doubt that much valua ble time was lost in the preliminary negotiations for the in troduction of railway enterprise into India, end also on account of the commercial crisis having Pit.= while these negotiations were still incomplete ; the novelty and magnitude of the undertaking, the remoteness of the scene of opera tions, and the natural difficulties of climate and country might well have raised doubts and hesitation in the minds of the Indian authorities at home; but your committee an decidedly of opinion that had the matter been taken up at first with the earneetnoes that its importance, both political and commercial, deserved, in accordance with Ma proposal of the Court of Directors in DAS to the Board of Control, and had the prepai ' of the originators been met with the saes liberality which has since been displayed in the egreements with the different companies, our Indian possessions might ere this have been provided with many hundred miles of rapid intermit communication, the value of which would have been felt in the facilities afforded fur military ooncentre don, and the more speedy development of their resourem. Bat your committee have no means of Judging of the oat eideneelone by which the government were actuated in these peeseedings. With refereseeto the actual prosecution of the wain, your committee cannot in fairness omit to observe, that, though some cams have been cited in which the government superintendence has been productive of vexation end annoyance to the railway officials, and has tinded to impede that harmonious action between the government end the companies which is eadientlel for the rapid completion of these great notice, no very material delay in the coustruchen of the various lines appears to have resulted tberettas From the evidence adduced, your committee are led to be lieve that the proviso' of named' under construction in India will bear favourable comparison with that of English lin2s. Willing testimony has been given by many of the railway authorities to the value of govern ment anted to the inter/eta of the companies themselves, When rationally and temperately exercised. Your asandttee have not thought it necessary to enter Into any comparison of the respective merits of the contract and departmental systems of construction, the adoption of which most always materially depend on the circumstances of the district ; and it appears highly necessary that both systems should have a fair trial before giving any decided preference to either. In conclusion, your committee are of opinion, first, that the government bee acted wittily in committing to private enterprise the execution of these great public we/o m i secondly, that a guaranteed interest on the requisite ospi was Indispensable to induce the public to invest their money in undertakings of this magnitude and novelty; end thirdly, that in order to protect the Indian reVel2W, from nadse 44 . penditure, government control over requisite, and even valuable to the holders themselves. At the IMMO would observe that, under a m stem ratter, and necessarily somewhat cumbrous a system, moreover, the greatest detect of wb lity it affords for the evasion of responsibility, distinct didnitionof the duties, responsibilitiee, juriadiedon of all beads of depattnenta,s eseentially requisite for its smoothest/ always assuming that dun are be to llonary power only to men who are' patent to distinguish an effective r minute an interference in details. to the spirit rather than the letter of to mines feel mitred that erressereente united action for one Gomm steed ' enterpriee in India map bikes keg wen. ntenstwete with the west asetweselel, =peril rumors el the 7•. ' " Prince Adam exerted/11cl; Vienne of the 26th, in the ass of pected is this city with his son, Prinoe Constantin Csartoriski. The to Count Bad that he wished to see he had been separated sines 1831, so sent to Parts to sign the reqtdeite Adam." A correspondent from Rome the Dibati :—" 1 stated some time k . hid been takes sway from its parents, piss that it had been secretly baptised of Benedict IIV. exproisly forbids' surprise, except when they are in imu In that come teeters may be secretly bishop must be immsdidtely informed 4 event of the petient's recovery, he is !mints to be educated ss a Christian. the present instance ; the father, Boding cover his child, solicited an audience panted It without difficulty, sad ga' his sou, on condition that he should lion with him calculated to reader I reVOCUI SlVono the railway :MD the Intends dot DO time year em oomphosted ib air =brows in IY elect of eeblsk l au re m a. responsibility, sok* ails 'possibilities, rig maaid ems, sad them meiwillnles thong emomfal m taloa le amtemeilser • Ire tO OD NOW gement seitset hem* By • joileitme silt~ of tite cematagt, par for mate wry he 11101.4 Chest eimme4ploprja= g einomita rola, oliet says • Wes fr f Cream, "Is 1110/1• on a visit Ishii SOW , e latter having maiellarget see hie brother, awn *On an reeler Wee IMMO* bite pssoports he Not me writes as follows to imo ago that • Jewish AN 'rents, at Saloom, es die deed by a serviult. A beg Is the handling of JAS br Inuninent hugger of deaf& reedy administered, bat the mad of the fact; and is the ie is then taken fkase Ite Thig Wee the gas Is finding it impossible to ur idioms of the Pope, vale gam hint to at permlstios • alit not boll any conlever ✓ hie conversion abortive.'