The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-13 00:00:00

SMI RNA.

(Fame ♦ C0111111•PONDINT.)
SMYRNA, Avocet. 4.
As a portion of the interest of the new Turkish
loan is to be defrayed by the proceeds of the custom-
house here, I h►ve made some inquiry as to what
these amount to. Ltke ecer7thiog else in Turkey,
however, the affair is so mismanaged that no one
can tell either what the receipts are, or what they
ought to be. All seem agreed that they would be
more than quadrupled were they collected by honest
officials. As it is, anybody who does not scruple to ,
smuggle may land anything he pleases by offering a
small bribe, or backsheesh, to the custom-house people.
As the addition to the Turkish national debt, and the
increased expenditure of the war, will lead to the
necessity for increased revenue, new taxes are ex-
pected. The resources ot the country are so
great that they only require development and honest
government to meet ten times the demand that an
be made on them. In the mean time an import-tax
on tobacco seems to be the most reedy means of rais-
ing the wind. It is sold here from Bd. to 2s. a pound,
according to quality. It is calculated that the yearly
consumption in Turkey reaches 300,000,000 pounds,
allowing 40 pounds a year each for eight millions ot
smokers. This quantity appears enormous, but
would not to a Turk, who smokes all day long. It
will be seen, then, that a tax of only a penny a
pound, which mould hardly be felt by the consumer,
would produce a ere ry large revenue.
The exploits of the robbers still continue the
great topic ot iutcreat here. It was said that one of
the Indere, a private named Moro, had been taker.
at Samos, but this is not true. On the other hand,
it is true that the former leader, Yaniu Katergi, has
escaped from the prison at Constantinople, with five
companions, and is of course on Lis way to join his
brethren in arms. Rumour says he has been assisted
in ;his escape by Ismail Paella, the late Packs of
Smyrna, who is jealous of his successor, Boleyn=
Yacht, and wants to distutb the local government—
a curious iilastrat ion of Turkish manners, if true. The
last teat of the robbers was the burning of a model
farm, belonging to some Frerch merchants, about
fifteen mites frier the town. This was on the 26th
of July. The damage dote amounted to
,2,5001. It
appears that some of the farm servants had been
arrested by the rural police, on suspicion of supplying
the robbers with food, and the proprietor* refused to
defend them. In revenge the term was burnt. This
farm had been built six years ego, and the proprietors
bad brought twenty families from Alsace, to improve'
the system of agriculture. They will now quit the
country. A few days bAre, the band set fire to the
village of Oumuldur, and burnt a large quantity of
corn and straw belonging to peaceable Turkish inhabi-
tarts. With all this, and a great deal of talk about
pursuit, none of the robbers are captured. Many
villagers are in prison on suspicion of sheltering them
and supplying them with food, but the robbers are all
at liberty.
Colonel Storks, the commandant here, goes to Scu-
tari next week, to replace Lord William nutlet. He
is an able, active officer, and is spoken of very favour-
ably b 7 the medical officers of the hospital here, who
gave him a dinner on Thursday. Only 70 patients
remain in the heapital.

THE FRENCH EMPEROR'S FETE.

The Monileur of yesterday contains • detailed
account of the ceremonies which axe appointed for Wednes-
day next, the Emperor'efetc day.
The sums ordinarily spent on these annual occasione, by
the Minister of State, arc this year, by order of the Em-
peror, to be applied for the benefit of the families of soldiers
w:-.1 have died slur:cg the campaign in the East. A credit
of 300,0001. has been opened (*OM purpose, at the office of
the Minister at War. The municipal commission of Paris
has voted 300,000 f. for the celebration of the fete.
The programme of the 15th of Anglin is as follows:
At six o'clock is the morning the fast will I* announced
salecea of artillery from tht. Invalttles. During the morn-
ing charitable distributions will take place at the different
mu ries.

At one o'elo- k gratuitom Dorm'
nt all the pt aneipal theatres in Paris.

aro to be giros

. .
From two to cis o'clock public amusements will be offered
on the Esplanade of the Insalides &ad on the Barriers de la
Trans.

Two Mats de C.elgne be esthblished at the B rrr ir re
de la Trace, and four others on the Esplanade of the In-
'slides. nova the salts place a large balloon will ascend at
flee o'clock.

The Arc de l'Etoile, and the Pont Neuf, and most of the
puhlic buildings win be illuminated in the evening.
[tT►e Hotel de Villa will be ornamented with flags during
the day, and will be decorated at night with illuminations
in gu.
Out of 878 soldien condemned to punishment, 877 receive
full pardon, and 301 have a mitigation of punishment.
One hundred and seventy-tbres mil,tary primmer' have
also bun the objects eit►er of pardon or reduction of
punishment.

_
Thirtrusysn Individuals sentenced by councils of war
Immo also received remission of punishment.

GREECE.

ATHENS. Avo 4.
The brigands arrest and kill all they meet, even at
the very gates of the city. The Ring persists in re-
quiring the retirement of Kalergi. He wishes to
have for Minister of War Botzaris, who has jest
arrived from Russia. The Ministers have all tendered
their resignations.

The Victoria Regia, in the Royal Zoological Giar-
dini at Brunel!—a gogantie plant—just now shows Arse
lwateiful b'ee•onie on the surface of the water.
The celebrated Vietiztemps is organising a series
or aseessta at Peri.

Madame Ristori intands appearing in a new ohs-
raster, Jose of Are, as the °engin of ler ap•
proasklag baulk.

Frsooe- is said to have demanded that the Papal
Geveraseat pay OP satire espouse et the away et wow
tem ; bet the treasety shows se Aida