The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-27 00:00:00

I TEI PERSECUTION OF TUVISN CON
VERTS IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
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• • Fliherday afternoon an influential deputation,
, jedadipsny coesposselotmemhoescdthe Beengelical Alliance.
wailed upon Earl Rumen at the Foreign. office, by appoiat-
[ meet, to represent the sufferings of the Turkish converts to
1 Chrletienity at Constuatinople, in consequence of the per.
, caseation to which they were exposed at the hands of their
! , Mshomedan rulers, notwithstanding the toleration which
!rad been obtained for them by the celebrated HMS Hu-
! mayoun, which was granted by the Sultan priacirony oa
, I the urgent requisition and interosesica of the British Or
p mammal. The depilation was beaded by Lord Calthorpe ;
1 , end among its members were Sir H. Vermy, M.P., Mr. Si
Gamey, ILP., Mr. Bliss, Mr. R. N. Fowler, Mr. Bevaa,
j Mr. Corderoy, Mr. H. C. Tucker, Colonel Hugh." Mr. A.
, M'Arthar, de.
L The Rev. Dr. Seta , before medial; the memorisl, stated
that they had received leases front various seldom=
sad members of parliament, expressing the regret they felt
at being unable to attend, and also one front Lord Strata.
ford de Radcliffe. It was dated Oot. 16, and
coutabied the following passage : "Though I must
decline, from motives of delicacy, the honour of tildes
• personal share in prorating the memorial to Berl Bur
sell, eernestly hope that his locdship will fied Niemen at
liberty Is attend effectually to its contaits. (Hear, how-)
Her Majesty's government have, in my opinion, most
rightful and urgent motives for keeping the Turkish authr
rities to a full execution of the hatti-tiumayoua, sad, in
particular, for pressing upon them the 'maiden ditty of sot
impair's', or allowing to be impaired, that part of the im-
perial charter which provides for the complete enjoyment of
religious freedom and its open exercise without molestation
by all dames and every individual of the Sultan's subjeo&"
Bead Roasexu., in the course of his reply, mid—l think
we mutt take are, if we wish to . avoid &Marti-
SWAN in Turkey, and any sudden muirvureire of
that progress which has hitherto taken place—we
must avoid anything which the Turkish government could
fairly fix upon us, and say, " This is • &tubas,* of the
public peace ; this is an intederimos with • regular govern-
ment and with an established religion." (Hear, hoer.) Be-
cause, however erroneous we may consider the Turkish
religion, we most expect that every government will ceder
your to enforce respect both to itself and to the established
religion of that country. We OUllaVel 0111611114 have
claimed • right in this country, and have long maintained it,
that Christianity should be part sad parcel of the law of
the land, and we have punished persons who we say were
guilty sot of fair diacoesion or the advancement of my par
tionler theory of their own, but of open insult to the Chris-
tian religion. We likewise interfere if there I. anything
like a disturbance in the public Brest. caused by
those who carry out their religious opinions is
such • way as to disturb the public peace. Therefor%
however we urge upon the Turkish government, we cannot
urge am them with that Winces and that respect which we
owe to • friendly government that they should allow that
which is inconsistent with a common respect to as esta-
blished law and an established religion. Now, here is a
sentence of Sir H. Bialwer's biter, which we. quoted. I.
which, he being present at, the time, end hearing the ally
maim, of the Turkish government, repeated to the com
=Atm of the Evangelical Album, what they mid. Sir H.
Salyer says :—" The Ottonisa government is willing to
allow prometnate sad all Christians to exercise their own
religion in the Ottoman dominions in churches, or quietly
a t borne; bat it will not allow se; attempts, public or
orITS* ICI Gana the Mumulman religion. It will allow
i mimes to become Christmas ; but it will not snow
the -I, any more than it will ether Chrietlies. to go about
spook • iog publicly against Mahomedaniese." I cannot
der, 'land the distinction, ass made by those who are an-
teroom hie to religious liberty, but which bee been made
by some. - governments in Europe against whose doctrines
sod poso ice I have had sometimes to remonstrate, in which
they say, "We have no objection to persons having their own
soßooosoi %victims, but we cannot snow them to attempts°
osniiads co hers of the truth of those religious convictions:.
It -appou. to , me that if say person have religious wavier
sic. as( is a cowed to retain it, It carries with it a right
not only to o Mend divine worship according to his belief
sod in o rap& r pisos of worship but also to tell others that
he is convinced that his mode is a better mode of faith this
skss asiob Wow persons prefer—(cheers)—and out of the
abundance of nn ' Waviebee to state the %mummies which
Wive induced his 10 form that opinion. Ido not, myself,
understand satire es liberty which does sot allow people
privately so mod t he religion which they think erroneous;
hot if you carry it 0 ut beyond that, and say that • person
acquires a right to go into • pub& establishment and to die.
trip.", books Nu ot . terms of Mean to the artablbilied
re on, a booms., s der question, which I, at least.
sboou bo moth* to seteresia. (Hear, hear.) I
have stated to yc a my general claims upon
this subject, and canoes' v„ I ban endeavoured to whit oat
so the nabob nt what are the great offences
against owe.. looey % vbich I believe in a moment of
panic they tom, to have is mottled ; sad I shall with your
support soaks/is to mike such representations as an no.
I accuy—(Jeers)—ead to s. Ire en the Turkish government
to glow fall religions Wort •in the Sultan's dominion.. I
shall urge on oar ministers t be maniple of Lord Stratford,
and I trust I may tell them a I the wine time that I ma
convinced that while the prom *teat religious bodies me de
'irons to propagate the Christ ha religion, they will do se
with that respect and itiemet Me which a doe from one
friendly rule to another, and, &biro an, in the hope that
the socouregumeot of religiose Windy may not he mode a
mime of disturbance, still lees of elmeghter and Woodshed,
in the Turkish dominions. (Cliesersil
In reply to • qualities bum Hr. Bleram,
Earl Earesau. said that by the lasillelespetahes he lei re-
es-reed, he understood that the exiles yeah' be Mewed. He
would attend to that point. Two of them, he believed,
were at Smyrna.
Sir H. Vassar impressed epee the soh& creel tiMi nesswely
of impressing epos our 'resister at Conetesameple, that he
should act with the same mew and &Motes se Lord Wee.
[aid de Radcliffe. What the depatationweneeit wee, that the
spirit of Lord de Badeliffe should remake at Challeaseinople
though he himself was so Lager there. These sever wee •
tints when Weiland religious Weer* oadDrieshielsorookowooe
so well protected la Turkey as &Meg the tints of the nob&
lord's embassy, and the offset of the mem thou displayed
was to protect the Greek rebore as wed es the protegee&
Earl Rosanu.—l haws already mid that Lord PAssliford
de Radcliffe deserves the highest honour for his easedoca
while at ConMentanople.
The Rey. Dr. Smart then, is the mesa of the &pats-
tioa. expressed their Omaha mot only for the manes( with
which they had been received by the sahib lord, but ter she
sentimental which he bad expressed, ad he wee clogs RIM
that they might leave the canoe with cadidmice in hus lord-
ship's him&
Earl Rosania— I will do what I can.
The deputation then retired.

THE WAGER MOVE:MINT AMONG THE WIGAN
OOLLONS.--00 Monday, a moods( of the delegates adios
as repreesatatives of the namerous lodges of the Nimes'
Provider Benefit Society for Wigan and its •
hood was held at Ince, to smogs 191111111171111 for the sup-
port of the colliers oa strike is South Staffordshire, and to
&6de what course should be taken in order to obtain
the advance of wages which the public meeting • week
previously had decided to dsmsod. There was • krp
attendance. The feeling was very strong that aid should
be given to the Staffordshire men, and the sum of 501.
was voted as • contribution to their fund for
this week, and a levy of 3d. par member directed to be
' made is the current fortnight for the name object. This
it is expected will realise 100/. The 501., the second
contribution sent from Wigan, was forwarded oft Trieeday,
and the money wail sooompenied by the following
letter:—" We feel awry to ase and hear of the attacks
which the authorities of South Staffordshire are making
upon you as a body. What we have to Weiss you to do
is by all insane to keep the pesos, and let them do as they
like, for retribution will surely come to the wroogdoent
Enciceed you will fiad post-office orders for 501. for the sup-
port of your men, their wives and children, from the
Wipe district."—The opinion of the meeting appeared to
be that pecuniary help would willingly be forwarded to
the full extent that could be afforded, but that all mea-
sures of violeoco, such as in one or two instances had
already 'MOM resorted to, ought to be strongly oriedemned.
This portion of the badness disposed of, the meeting took
into consideration the course to be adopted to obtain an
advance of wagee. The following notice was ultimately
apart:—" Prosperity in trade having realised an
agreed
advance ore the article we produce, we hope you will sot
think it either imprudent or presumptuous on our cart in
asking you to grant as au advance, knowing that it is only
calling upon you to fulfil a pledge you so faithfully pro-
mised at a time goo* by. Vi also know that it I only rea-
sonable and just, a.vmdiog to the presest price of coal, that
the reduction of ten per cent. takes from us some time
back should be again granted to us. Hoyle, this, our
humble and just appeal, may meet your approbation and
caws you to comply with this our reasonable demand, we
are, kr. An answer will oblige."—This note is to be pre-
sented to each master next Monday by a deputation from
his: wee, and on Monday, the 7th of November, the deputa-
tions will again wait on the employers for • reply.
NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REVISION. The
revision of the lists by Mr. C. C. Merewether, revisiag
barrister, commenced at Peterborough on the 20th alt., sad
closed at Brix worth on the 29thrilt. The liberals were

reprisestedati';tirborh-,Kiopc line, Oandle, sod
Tbrapstoo, by Mr. William Hall, secretary to the But sod
West Heat Liberal Registration Aseoriatioes, and by X.

T. N. Roberts, of 5, tinenoquare, Westodainer, ',unitary
to tbe Liberal Regististion Amosiatkiii, at Wellingborousk,
Kettering, Little Bowden, Clipston, sod Brizworth. The
Miriam were repreemited by local solicits's, at the several
pollieg places. Subjoined is the result :—Toriee struck elf
12.3 ; liberals struck of register. 82-111 liberal
pi. cm obtectioas. Liberal claims admitted, 264 ; ton
claims admitted, 80-184 liberal pin en claim'. 395 telsl
liberal gun. Numerically the new register will be 48 more
than lb* pmemit one, but the reties power will be 73
more, there having beets 30 duplicates expunged, and oily
5 duplicates admitted.

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IN IN NANDIVID.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Beton Mr. Baron Martin.)

1:11 BX BIBBVIMLIM OOLEGUIG.
The hmihengB was Meeifbes de a morels* d Lombard-
street end Webano-plese. This wee the sitting for exanti-
maim sad di/amp ; bat linos the last sitting a reeolaties
bee hem pawed by the creditors for winding agile estate
oat d noon. !de total liabilities me 0,8314 and the
meets me estimated at 58,000 k, Melodies at item *I
28,0301. few oonsivamenta nareehmd in New York, Bombay,
lied Name.
The ceder of discharge wee grated.

The baakrupt weltse sergeant of the corps of
menrabsionairek of the Maud. Debts. 751.
Br. B. Johnson opposed for a creditor, who IRS a MM.
her of the mops.
Bankrupt, examined, said he received 18a a week, sad
livid is the diem of the corps, but had soiling bound his.
It appeared that the opposing creditor had brought is se-
ldom spied the bankrupt for false imprismamest, sod had
obtaised a verdict for KB., which with mete amounted to
404 Therm= the bankrupt came to this court, owing 75/.
oaly Be bad • pension of 10f. from Greenwich Hospital,
and .it wee asked that he should make some alla to his
creditors.

Mr. Griffiths, for the bankrupt, oonbonded that the ease
had not been brought within the act.
His Honour said he should not require the bankrupt to
met anything ankle out of his small income, out granted
the
(Edw.

IN Y PA3COOTIT.-110000 07 00E10 TO TEI DERBY.
The Imakrapt woe a beer retailer, of Pooseabyetmet,
Millbesk. Debts, 2061. He attributed his failure to an
adios lath' bees
that
against him for an annuli on
the mew from the , the fact being that he was the
party simialted, and that slight to base been the plaintiff
in the &diem
The bankrupt deposed that he had sold his intermit in the
Suffolk Arma, leigh-street, for 1,0601., bat did sot remise
the money—the brewers paid thimnielvis. He had only
lodged three nights in Possonby-serest.
Mr. Doris coatended that the petition ht to be db.
maimed foe miaoranplaos NM on moorant
Sts Hamar thought the demeriptios recently sufflaisat,
but adjoarned the ems for additional amounts.

Hr. Henry Pitikins, the surgeon who wu convicted teat
mosaics of a misdemeanour, to having received an inseams
patient into his establishment at Ealing, without the proper
Oirtidelde, attended for the porous. of receiving the judg-
ment of the court upon that conviction.
Bares Martin faid that the Darned judge who tried him,
Hama Pigott, did net propane to Is the Dantean until he
bad conferred with some of his brother judges. and he had
not yet had an opportunity of doing so. The sentence, there-
fore, would be deferred to the neat session.
Jams &wood, 26, was charged with the manslaughter
of Michael Duns.
Mr. Bydd prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by
Mr. Mace.
It appeared that a woman with whom the miscast an.
had been takes into custody for an assault, and
aner she bad boon to the police-etatioc the prisoner
met the demised, and believing that he had been in some
way instrumental to the woman having the charge
node egamst her, it seemed that he knocked him down sad
kicked him upon the heed while be was on the gronod, and
it was alleged that that kick accelerated hie death. Awned-
Mg to the medical testimony the deceased was in a very um-
healthy riots at the time of the cocurreoce, and that his
heart sad loop were so much affected that in all probabi-
lity he would not have survived very loog, even if the in-
jury bed mot beim indicted upon him by the prisoner.
The jury retuned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner
was sentenced to four mouths' hard labour.
Rebecca Smith, 38, wee charged with feloniously throwing
a quantity of oorrceive fluid upon Henry Major, with intent
to do him grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Harry prostrated.
' The emanate( in this caw was a labouring men, sod it
seemed that be had bees cohabiting with the prisoner, but
had left her shortly before this transaction took plus.
lltsrasoirtained where the prolocutor was lodging, the
p seemed to have goo' to him and asked him for
mosey, which he refused to give her, and she immediately
maimed, " you, take that,* sod threw a quantity of
vitriol is his face. The effect of this waste barn him some-
what severely, but, fortunately, he escaped very serious
icnjaidThe xisomer ran away after acting .n the manner
and on her being apprehended ou the following
day and told what she was charged with, the replied that
she knew it, and that she intended the vitriol far the prose-
outor's eyes. She afterward', however, mid that she merely
intended to burs tile clothes, and there appeared to be some
doubt whether this was not her intention when she com-
mitted the act.
The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of
Not Guilty.
The learned Judge said he thought the jury were quite
right in returning this verdict, because the induce for the
prosecution was not so conclusive ma it ought to have been.
At the same time the prisoner had been (silty of a very
bad ad is throwing vitriol, and be was wary the indict-
meat had sot been so framed that be could lave punished
her for it. _ .

(Before the Recorder.)
John leCerthy war inflicted for felonious!. wonnding •
polieeoooetabie, named Kelly, with Mimi t; do hica some
grievous bodily harm.
Kr. Beggary sad Mr. ()mike prosecuted, instructed by the
Tremary and Yr. Daly dad
It appeared from the evidence that on the night of the
Ise of Oetober • drunken fight took place somewhere in
George-street, St Osergentn.theEest, sad am the prose-
cute., who is • policeman maned Kelly. going sp to disperse
the Imola the prisoner plunged • knife into his body.
The jury (mad him Guilty, and it was shown that he
wee • most (anxious ruffian, having been psevioualy con-
visaed for • similar Weems.. . . . .

7b B~so~dsr ratTesci his S was years' penal me-
Thuds. _ _

(Before the Oommon Serjeant.)
Dennialfaispon, 38, dealer, Frederic* Pree•, 24, labourer,
Mary Art Roomy, 18. spinster, Mies Honstr,lB, spinster,
cad Anielifengon, 30, were indicted, Manisa and Feuer,
with felseiessly broads( end entering the warehouse of
=w Ti.., and slealing therein • quantity of silk
eans 3001.
Best prosecuted. The prisoners were defeaided, the
two Mangey& Pram, and Horner, by Mr. Pans ; and Mazy
Ana Roomy by Mr. M. William&
Foam the evidence adducted it appeared that on the night
of Thursday, the Bth September. the warebous in question,
shots lo Cherub-mart, Mealtime-road, was broken into
and seemly 1,000 yarded velvet were stolen. Two tribesman
were examised, who swore positively that they bad mesa
Meson in the vicinity of the warehouse jut before the
robbery, and they likewirs asserted that limy had sees
Freer, but neither of them would sweet tc the identity.
Shortly after this., trees suspicious entertained by the polies,
the primoser's (Yawa's) 'souse was searthec, when neatly
the whole of the milk in question was discovered
hidden in • box in • row] occupied by end his wife
and their servant Rooney. With regard to Horner, she was
proved to have boss dealing in the silk, laving yawned
several pieces at different pawnbrokers.
The jury Acquitted Moe. Mamma, Freer, sad Roam ;
but found the man Mangos sod Use roma Horner Guilty.
Several other coovietione, one of three years' peal ser-
vitude, were proved against the male pruorter, end the
Common Serjeent seateiscod him to seven years' papa set.
vitude. With regard to Horner, she bad also bees Doe.
rioted summarily ; and the was sentenced to eighteen
months' imprisonment.

Mr. William Marshall rarrendered to his bail to answer
• charge preferred against him by Mr. Philip Beneett for
seeding him • letter t►reateoiug to publish certain libels
coemsniag him. The defendant was permitted to take his
seat betide his legal &delimit within the bar.
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Harry Giffard •Minded on behalf
of the proescutiou ; and Mr. SerMant Tindal Atkinson sad
Mr. Sleigh appeared for the defendant.
After stating the facts of the ONO to the jary, Mr.
Metcalfe called the first witaam who was aninined by Mr.
Gifted.

Mr. Philip Henry Bennett, of the firm of Leighton and
Co., of Shanghai, and 17, Mark-lane, City, raid he knew
the defesdaet, who bad been acting for him in some tram.
ashcan between himself and the imperial government of
Chios. Witness contracted to supply thrt government
with gnu, nod the defendant acted between him and Cap-
tain Bikeley, making the arrangements with that rustle-
man, mad receiving from him a certain commiesion far all
guns supplied by Captain Blakeley to witeen. Orders were
given to Captain Blakeley th h Marshall for the supply
of guns to witness, who had t forwasied to China.
Some time ago a dispute arose between 'tumbril sad Cap-
tain Blakeley as to the amount of outuniaion to be
Marshall demanding If. per cent. ou the gins supplied by
Cantata Blakeley to witness, in oonsequenot of which Mar-
shall took lepl proosedinp, and recovered "75/. A day or
two after this within reamed a letter Iron Marshall, &ek-
ing for 1,0004, which the hitter alleged wee due to him.
This wee followed by another letter, encicuing the follow-
toLir
Ithatesn• ta
en. t of lete arising out of a verger between Mr.
Philip Henry Bennett (of the firm of Leigiton and Co., of
Loudon and Shanghai") and Mr. William Maraball.—Mr.
Marshall having a considerable claim oil Captain Blakely,
arising out of a contract for the supply of season, immu-
nities, ho.. for the imperial government d CWoa, be was
compelled to resort to legal mending. Wedowee paymeet
of it. Mr. Besnett, who is intimately sequeinted with
Captain Blakeley, took great interest in the question. The
attorneys employed to defend the action wale the attorneys
of Mr. Bennett as well am of Captais Blake*. On the 4th
of Ansii—on the eery eve of the mid—Mr. Bennett
offered • bet to Mr. Mbrill of 1,0001. that be would not
mover more than 3004, which Mr. Marshall aseepied. Oa
the 5111 August the case was tried at Guildford. Mr. Ben-
sett and his dirk. Mr. Byres, were suipossed as wit-
news for Mr. Marshall, the plaintiff. Both attended
amordingly, but Mr. Bennett, uotwithstandieg the
remoestraness of Mr. Marshall's solicitor, meat Mr.
Byrne away, and he returned to London before
the owns we called on. Mr. Emmett, however, remained
daring the whole day, end was in umlaut conthanaication
with the thliadiat's attetseys, whoa he eteatued with la-