The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-11-08 00:00:00

TURKEY AND THE EAST.

On the 15th ult. the Sultan read in the presence of all
the Ministers and high functionaries of the empire, •
ratb r startling document
To the illustrous Grand Vizier.
The that basis &NI the foundation of all the strength
and all the prosperity of a State is its financial position.
Without credit and without confidence progress 'becomes
impracticable. Notwithstanding the material expenses
ef the country it is incontestable that if order was in-
troduced into the administration of the public money,
and it was employed usefully, the country would in •
abort time arrive at the realization of this strength and
this prosperity. It has, however, been proved to be
tnie for some time past, awl from different causes, that
the bl,,w that 1114 been given to the credit of Turkey has
thrown the country into the abyss in which it is now
plunged. Powerful and daily calls on the Government
have necessitated the contract of loans from the mer-
chant. of Galata on heavy and ruinous conditions, as like-
wise the issue of different kinds of miner money, and ell
confidence has teen destroyed, as well in theinteriorasin
the exterior of the State. Disorder in the expenses has
on another side increased the evil, and brought matter*
to the situation they are now in.
With the aid of the Most High I am about to employ
an ineessant zeal in order to anticipate the dangerous
effects of this state of things.
My sovereign and absolute will is that my Ministers.
on their pert, should spare neither pains nor efforts, and
should devote theineelves to the development of those
means which will ensure the well-being of Turkey.
without allowing themselves to be led away by con-
siderations of personal rivalry. He who would act in
opposition to this end would have to render an account
of 13111 0011.11 bet in this world and in the next. And as it
Is only by the adoption of enerptio measures that we
can draw ourselves Iran lb. abysm in which we are now
pleased, sad likewise save the credit of the empire we
must a:audio to • serious and profound manner, hoth
In ;Maniple and in detail, the groat pant —namely, the
abandonment or cheap in those customs and mita whkdi
have acessisned all them exposer% and with God's
reempoliss the pasrel administration of the
country in • mamas Ihnit will Pia yoniklimos to the
world. I osmosis,' We the malt of the examination
which will be made into this immeshed question shall he
submitted to ma.
" In the night following the delivery of tits jadpeint
on the persons ooncernsd m tit?
..rlutut
Myea Weer in the Gamete dishfuls, " • *mad thresiew

ing the Sultan and his Ministers with terrible reprisab.
if a hair of the Lead of the condemned were injured,
was stuck up at the gate of the palace of the Grand
Vizier, and another of a like kind at that of his
mustechard or counsellor. A similar lllelllloo was &I'M,
addresaed direct to the Sultan. A man atrived at the
palace with • basket containing valuable prownts. A
chamberlain, as usual, examined the presents, and found
among them a sealed letter, which he opened and read.
Ile then gave orders that the bearer of the basket should
be arrested, but he had disappeared. The letter which
was couched in very respectful terms, warned the
Emperor that it was of urgent importance, in order to
prevent the horrors of • general rising-1. To exercise
clemency to the conspirators; 2 To dismiss all the
Ministers; 3. To put down abuses and frauds; and 4.
To reform the finances of the State.
The sentence of death pronounced on Ilussein Pitch&
has been counnuted into two years' banishment. It is
said that this General, who took a glorious part in the
defence of Kara, has solicited permission to pass his term
of exile in France, where he would be able to follow his
studies in military art.
A despatch from the Vizier to the Viceroy of Egypt,
dated October 8, states distinctly that the canalisation
of the Isthmus of Suez is an Imperial question:—
It belongs, then, naturally to the Sublime Porte to
examine this question. Moreover, the execution of such
an important enterprise absolutely requires, according to
the fundamental rules of law, the special authorisation
of his Majesty, to whom the empire belongs. Every
enterprise of this kind commenced without Imperial
authorisation can only be considered as null; conse-
quently, all that has thus far been effected with regard
to that enterprise is, in the eyes of the Sublime Porte,
considered as if it had never existed. There is, then,
no difficulty in your Highness giving • reply based on
this principle, which will be without • doubt Rupported
by all the Powers which are the friends and allies of the
i Sublime Porte.