The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-11 00:00:00

THE STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE USUR-

PATION IN TURKEY.

[The following is Lord Stratford de Radeliffe's
circular to the English consuls in the Levant, corn-
, muted ea in the Daily Naar.] .
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Therapia, Nov. 20, 1854.
Bi&,—Within the lut few months four important

n:resorts emanating from the Turkish goveroment,
and calculated, if enforced with suitable energy, to
produce • large amount of benefit to this empire,
either by their immediate or by their eventr.al con-
sequences, have been communiceted by command of
the Porte to her Majesty's embassy.
By the first of these measures a signal improvement
has been introduced into the procedure of criminal
jurisdiction throughout the Ottoman empire. New
securities have been given to the protection of inno-
cence, and for the disoovery of guilt, in trials of that
description, and above all the testimony of witnesses,
to whatever class of the Sultan's subjects they may
belong, has been thereby placed on a footing of per-
fect equality.
The emend is directed against the disorders and
arts of creel violence but too frequently perpetrated
by irregular soldiers in the Porte • service, or by un-
employed individuals. abandoned to the indulgence
of their passions, and addicted to plunder and san-
guinary crime.
The third hu established the removal of every
kind of restriction attached of late to the free ex-
portation of grain from the ports of Turkey.
The fourth, and not the least beneficial, is a com-
plete interdiction of the traffic in slaves from Georgia
and Circassia.

As her Majesty's government have taken a deep
interest in the adoption of these measures, they can-
not but feel an earnest desire to have them carried
seriously and permanently into effect, to the end that
their salutary results may be thoroughly realised,
loot only for purposes of general humanity, but also
for the welfare and improvement of an empire whose
preservation in a right spirit is now the' leading
principle of European policy.
To the accomplishment of this grand object I
conceive that your watchful attention, and the
exercise of your unbiassed influence, may be
essentially conducive. The Turkish authori-
ties, on whom, in the first instance, devolves
the faithful enforcement of the measures in ques-
tion, have some traditional prejudices to over-
come, and many adverse interests to withstand in the
execution of their duty. At a distance from the seat
of government they naturally stand is need of sup-
port, admonitioo, and encouragement; nor, in the
present most intimate and cordial state of our rela-
tions with Turkey, can aids of this kind descend to
them from a better source than from you and your
colleagues elsewhere, animated, as, no doubt, you are,
by the spirit of that alliance which holds the two
countries together in close co-operative maim. I
ought, however, to remind you that the most friendly
interference is those matters which immediately con-
cern the internal affairs of the empire, require to be
conducted with prudence and a just respect for the
rights of sovereign or of local jurisdiction. Your
vigilance may be exercised, your advice may be
given, the language of remonstrance even may be
used, without transgressing the limits of propriety ;
and, in case of failure, your representations to the go-
verement at home and also to the embassy here, will
afford that prospect of redress which, though more
distant, may not, on that account, be of lees certain
effect.

Copies of the &mans, instructions, and notes re.
luting to the four measures respectively aro en-
closed herewith, u well in the original Turkish, u
in English or French translation.
They would have been sent to you at an earlier
period had not some obstacles, difficult to remove in •
moment, been ocouioned by incidents on which it is
not ueoessary to dwell.
Although the measures themselves are already
known to you and to the public at large, the present
circular will reach you at • time when some expe-
rience of their working will enable you to act at once
with practical judgment and efficacy in furtherance
of their enforcement.—l am, dro.,
(Signed) 81111.11TFORD DE RIDCLIFFE.

Tar Boairrr or Airs.—" The Miami Indus-
Ws. el Great Britain" will fern the sub** at dimwits at
the weekly amass of the ileelety edges this (W'edaseday)
eveatag. Kr. Robert Haat, FAA., keeper et raising re.
ends, wits reed the paper latrodeetery to thediesession.

Oa Friday the 84;cred Harmonic Society will per-
form DOA et Buter-Hell, and on Wodeesday nowt the
wee marls will De perforated at Bt. Ilertia's-lell. ander
the dinettes of Kr. John Balkh. The mead perfumes,
lel the licesieh la aid of the feeds of the Royal Society of
Unasked, taker piece ea the 23rd.

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