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London, England, 1853-10-01 00:00:00

Tit I: CLEMAS (IF 'RIMEL

titomer did not institute a priesthood . and any
1111P4b111111g11 can say the prayer hiumelf. But the Koran.
being in Arabic. and not being allowed to be translated, as
that would be a profanation, u body of lettered men gradu-
ally became united. knowing Arabic, and reciting aloud
tho 1411. cr sun.. 14,1 guides to the lsr.
he% Cll4. who 11rit:tV0 II language s Inch hi do not malt is-
,tand, or which they understand but %cry imperfectly.
These lettered men or doctors have the name of Means,
and the rvrwus al.tritis to become Ulemas ere called

SATURDAY,

soffits. The Lianas do not confine themselves to reciting
the prayer and explaining the Koran : they also interpret
it ; mud, as amongst the Mahometans the religions law
and the civil law form one, the Clentas call themselves
the interpreters of the law. The Grand-Mufti is the
chief of the law, but the real active chief of the ileums,
hits ing the title of Scheik-üblslaui, is the Minister of
Justice. The Scheikublidam has under him for each
province a Karaskier, or superior Ultimo, who is the pro.
viueial Aid' of Justice. All the Karaskiers reside at Con-
stantinople, near the Scheik-ul-Islam, and form with him
the council from which, in important conjunctures, the
Sultan asks for a fetva, which is a declaration that the
measure in contemplation is nut in opposition to tint
Koran. The question being presented by the Seheik-ul•
Islam, the Ultima* reply by yes or no, like a jury, and the
decision is then adopted by the Sultan. The Scheilt-ta-
Islam now in office is a man of learning and moderation,
but also of great firmness, and all who know him are cow
vineed that he would not tolerate a sort Of revolt in the
corps of the limas. Tina body, composed for the whole
empire oliibout 40.100 persons, is mote enlightened thin,
is generally supposed in the West, midis not systematieally
opposed to reforms, provided they do not touch their pet-
' mond interests. It is, beside:-2, auninatea by a great respect
and a great confidence ter their present head. The
Seheik-td-Islam is of the party of resistance, and his
fluence on the. Sultan's mind is sufficiently strong for the
Ulemas not to fear that the Divan should overstep the
limits of the concessions mule to the pacific spirit of the
allies of Turkey. Between the Sultan and his popula-
tions there has arisen, in the second phase of the Russo-
Turkish dispute, a sufficiently grave difference of opinion;
the populations judging that the Porte Melded ton
much to the counsels of allies promising him aid which
they did not give. Now the accord is re-established
between the nation and the Sultan, both being decided
to maintain the modifications made in the note of the
Co.iference, or to trust their destiny to the hazard of arms.
—sO,c/r.

EXTRA(►RDINARY SALE OF STOCK IN
AMERICA.

THE Northers Kentucky Importing Association of
Breeders had an auction sale of their pure-blooded
short-horned stock purchased in England in 1853, at
the farm of Brutus Clay, of Bourbon county, Ken-
tucky, on the 18th ult. The association is a Kentucky
one, and the purchasers were put under obligations
not to remove the stock from the state for one year :
with this limitation the sale was well attended and
the bidding spirited.

lit I Ls.

1. Young l'hilton. white, calved in May INFO, cost in
England 600 dols.. sold for :100:1 dots.
2. Diamond, roan, calved in June 18W, coat 630 dols.,
aold for 6000 dols. _ _ .

The Count, roan, valved in .Ittly Is:r1. co-it .2 doh.,
soli for 2515 dole.

I. °minus, red and while, calved Sept. Iwo), cost MO
&la., sold fur 4524 ilols.
4. Fusilier, roan, valved Felt. 1103, cost :175 &As., sold
fur 447.1 (14118.

u. Senator, white, calved April 1862, cost WO dots., sold
fur 2000 doh.

7. Ilene% ►van. calved .lan. 1852, co.l 1041) dohs., sold
for 1400 dubs.

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N. Challenger, roan, I•alved Jan. 18;7)1, coat 4so dole..
sold fill. IM. P 4 dols.

9. Fortunatus. roan. called I►ec. 11851, cost '275
soul for IMO dols.
In. Yorkshire Idoinaril, dark roan, calved March 18.52,
enst dols., sold for 1111110 dols.

COWS AND

I. Lady Stanhope, roan, calved in 1817. co 4 :174 doll.,
sold for MOO &A».

I.ady Fairy, rd, call ed awe isiti, dols., sold
for 11:10 dots.

:I. limn Duchess, roan. calveol July lscil 0. cost '2l'3
sold for ORM► dols. _ _

•.1. linotittess, red, calved Sept. 1847. cost dui*, add
list tifP2.) dots.

5. (lent, man, calved April 1841, cost 7;4 d 01.., sold fur
KV, 'lois.

6. Equity. deep rod. calved Muck It'irr2, cost MO dole,
sold for lOM dohs.

7. Necklace, roan. calvell April coot 100 dole., bold
liur mo.l dub'.

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Itracelet, roan, lain of Necklace, eoht sold
for 7541 (101-4.

9. Mazurka, dark roan, eahed Aug. ItC)1, cost GOO dolls..
sold for 3050 doh,.

10. Lauly Caroline, light nmu, calvt..l .Ittly ISSI, cost
100 d 01.,. sold for Itc.n
11. 1 hteltems of Sotlivrltoul, red. colvcd I tt.v. Isso, cost
:17:-• d01e... sold for lOW dol.,
IQ Maid of Mulnro., rick ntalt, calved t tet.. 1841. cost
sold tom •::IMI dots.

13. Muffin. r,•d nm, caked June 1k52, cost 21:1 doli.,
sold fur :vi doh..

14. 4 sphsui Nell, nvan. calved Nov. 1641, cost 32.) dole.,
sold for 1001) doh,.

Flattery. white, calved Nov. 1!461, cost ;E doh.,
toad Pin• rN is doh,.

On the above stile Rell's Weekly Messenger has the fol-
l.ming Fennel.. :--
- 1 hat our rcrolers may not receive a false impression from the
statement. it I. neces.ary for us to mention that most of
tlw purelniscrs acre so wkhohler. in the importation. and :•114P.,1
in the profits of the snit.. I eider the‘v circumstances, the
poi ew rail hardly be regarded as ism 4
slide ohs; hut .4111 they
are oi a nature to stimulate the English breeder to put forth Ina
WU and cuggy, with tht prvbpoct vf Arius suiply rcnorded."

OrroBER 1, 1853.

Court anD f,astion.

TIIL week has passed wit( t producing any
event deserving citation front the Court Orenlan
Her 3ilajusty remains at Balmoral. Prince Albert
has gone out deer-stalking when the weather was pro-
pitiotut. Lord Palmerston left Balmoral on Tuesday
for the South.
IN our lust number we gave some account of the
tire which had occurred at the works of the new
Palace at. Balmoral, and mentioned the loss which
many of the workmen had sustained by their spare
clothes and money being burnt. Immediately after
the tire was got under, the Queen and Prince Albert
gave orders for the erection of new cottages at their
own expense, anti issued schedules to the workmen
with instructions that each might give a statement of
what he had lost. The returns showed that the total
amount of loss, including money, clothes, watches,
&c., destroyed, was 31$1. Hs. which sum was
generously paid to the workmen on Thursday even.
ing, from her Majesty's privy purse.
SEVERAL. journals having mentioned that the Duke
of Cambridge had arrived at Ohnatz, we are enabled
to state that his Royal Highness has for some days
past been staying at Kew.
LORD BLOOMFIELD left Berlin on Monday week for
En ;land, on leave of absence.
THE COUNTESS OF CARNWATII, eldest daughter of
the late Right Hon. Henry Grattan, died at Bushy
I'ark on the 2nd nit.
THE M ARRI AGE of Captain the Hon. Claude Bowes
Lyon, of the '2nd Life Guards, only brother of the
Earl of Strathmore, with Frances Dora, third
daughter of Oswald Smith, Esq., of Blendon Hell,
was solemnised on Tuesday at Bexley, in the county
of Kent.

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TIIE CONTEMPLATED MATItIMoNi AL ALLIANCE be-
tween the Princess Melanie Metternich, now in her
21st year, daughter of the venerable ex-Chancellor
and Prime Minister of the Austrian empire, with the
Hungarian Count Zichy, is fixed to take place on the
20th of November, at Vienna. _

THE CotTsrzss NEVIT.I.Y, ex-Queen of the. French,
with some members of her family and suite, embarked
at Southampton on Saturday, en route to Lisbon.
Stress of weather and sea sickness, however, inter
ranted the voyage. Her Majesty put in on Sunday
to Plymouth harbour, where the party landed, and
have since returned to London. On Thursday the
Countess Neuilly was at Dover, waiting for calmer
weather to cross to Ostend. It is understood that.
her failing health has induced the cx•Queen to post
pone her projected visit to Portugal.

Volitual an (natal.

THE EASTERN QUESTION

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MErriso on the Eastern question was held at
Staffer(' on Monday, and very numerously attended.
The assemblage was convened by public requisition
to the mayor, for the purpose of memorialising the
Queen on the Russian invasion of the Turkish pro-
vinces. The resolutions which the meeting discussed
end unanimously adopted were to the following
ctti•ct

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1. That the actual events in the East have shown that
the rrocess at present adopted fur managing the inter-
course of nations is injurious to England and beneficial to
thassia.
-2. That by means of it the physical power of tireat
Itritain ceases to exist for the maintenance ofour interents
and the protection of our honour. and that, on the con-
trary, it comes to be used for ends injurious and fatal to
the one and the other.
" 3. That much a state of things is not endurable, awl
must be altered; that, while it endures, freedom is an
empty word, government a mockery, and peace or war
alike dangerous.
" I. That this borough shall employ every mean,' within
its reach to induce its representatives to put an end to per-
manent embassies, to secrecy in diplomatic business, and
to compel a return to the legal practice of the constitution,
so as to prevent intercourse betwt en the rervant of the
(*roan and the representative of a foreign state, save under
the warrant of the great !Scot issued Mr that special put-

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••:1. That it will adhere• to nn pn,jects of reform in i% hieh
this restoration is not included. And,
"Lastly. That it will use its best endeavours to Onliier
the other constituencies of the kingdom to act in
manner.•"

Mr. Urquhart, who addressed the assembly at nuu•h
length, -.aid, in reference to the treatment which
Turkey had received from hersoi-dixantprotectors:—
" In the resolutions they had passed the people of titaf•
ford had said a great and mighty wrong had been dune—a
wring atmeions in its character and terrible in its results.
They said that wrong had been duns —nut hy the Emperor
of Russia—away a ith Ruhsia!--they had nothing to do with
Russia—hot they had to do with the servants of the British
Crown. nal wrong had been perpetrated by them, and
by them alone—not because the people had allied it, or be
cause the peo.lle had judged it, but is the total abw.ucv o