The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-17 00:00:00

TURKEY.

Our correspondent at Constantinople, says the
Conatitutiunnel, writes on the let instant :
Two circumstances have occurred on the same day which
have caused great consternation among the European popu-
lation, and will probably occuion fresh embarrassments to
the Porte. In the afternoon of the 29th ult., a Frenchman
was walking near the Seven Towers with his dog, which,
as usual, was several times attacked by the straggling
dogs in the strut. The Frenchman at length made
em of his cane, and struck one of the assailants.
The soldiers at a neighbouring guardhouse seeing the
bloc', rushed on him with the greatest fury, and
he did • not attempt ma any reactance,=Al to m several times in the most brutal manner. Not
matent with this ill-usage the soldiers compelled the
Frenchman to proceed with, them to the sersakierate, in
order that he might be locked up. His incarceration, it is
true, was but momentary for as soon as he proved his
nationality he was set at liberty ; but the rough usage he
had met with was such as cannot be passed over. The
French embassy has laid a regular complaint before the
authorities, and there is no doubt that the chargd
d'affaires, whose energy is well known, will follow up
the matter, and obtain proper reparation for the
attack. The other circumstance is still more serious,
because it appears to have been premeditated.
Antall English steamer, the Victory, which plies on the
Ikapheras, in competition with the Turkish steamers of the
Armenian company, having stopped as usual at the village
of Arnaout Beni, to land her paseuge the police inter-
fered to prevent it, declaring by orders from the supe-
rior authorities, only the Turkish boats could land there.
The captain then proceeded to the point of Berek, where
he met with similar oppositics, a number of people,
armed with sticks, having sesembled to prevent say
one frem landing. Resistance appearing to be use-
less, the Victory proceeded farther, mid when retell-
ing opposite the panes of Ahmed-Fetla Pasha, the captain
thought he might land without &Real% sad a sailor
jumped on shoe to place the plank. No sooner had be
done so than • number of mann gashed an him, and
knocked him down with blows from their sticks. The cap-
tain and some of the having landed to give some
explanations, met with dmAar treatment and one
of them, an English subject, named Jacob, son-
in-law of M. Du, the director of the Mint,
received wounds which have placed his life in danger.
Colonel Rose the English chargd d'affairee has already
laid a complaint on the subject before the Poch', in order to
obtain satisfaction for this outrage. None will dispute the
right of the Turkish government to refuse permission to fo-
reign lags to ply on the Bosphorus, but whoa that permis-
sion has once been gives, they have a right to protection,
and there is no doubt that the authors of this outrage will
be punished in an exemplary manner, so as to prevent a re-
airman of such scenes.

The following r;; copy of the collective memorial
sent in to Colonel Rose relating to the foregoing
affair:

CONSTANTINOPLI, lowa 30, 1862.
81r,—Ws, the undersigned passengers, yesterday even-
ing, by the steamer Victory, hasten to represent to your
excellency that, on the steamer approaching the wharf, op-
posite the servants' apartments of Fethi Ahmed Paella's
palace, we were most violently assaulted by a number of
servants, who came forth, as we suppose, for this purpose,
and apparently fully prepared to do so, at the instigation
of the Packs, as we are led to believe by the circumstances
that have occurred. Many of the passengers were severely
hurt in the exchange of blows, and among the number of
sufferers is Mr. Henry Jacob, who, we much regret to say,
although having nothing to do with the afiVay, was most
seriously wounded. The whole affair, permit us to say,
requires an immediate and the strictest investigation ; and
we confidently solicit your excellency's good offices in ob-
taining for to a complete reparation and satisfaction for this
most savage end brutal premeditated proceeding. Such
circumstances have been too frequent of late, and should no
Isognarstbe tolerated. We therefore most solemnly protest
his Bisellency Fethi Ahmed Pacha for what has
occurred, and we hereby hold hire responsible for the act of
his fervent'', who, we feel certain, could never venture to
take upon themselvee to act in the way they did without
the Pscha's command.

We have the honour to be, lir,
Your most obedient servants.
(Here follow the eignaturee.)

Trtz RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BURNLEY.—On
Thursday the inquiry into the circumstances of the acci-
dent which occurred to en excursion train at the Burnley
station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was cont.
meneed at Burnley, and continued up to a late hour of the
evening. A number of witnesses were examined, who de-
tailed the facts of the occurrenee as they have appeared
in this journal, and the inquest was adjourned to Weasel-
day _next.
NEW TOWN-HALL, ST. MATTIIEIV'S, BETHNAL-
OREEN.—This building, one of the Ant of the kind built
spatially for the purpose of rendering it unnecessary to hold
meetings in the church, has been recently erected by the
commissioners for improving the parish. The cost of the
erection, including the surveyor's house, inclosure walls,
and fittings, was 3,2001.—TM Builder.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Complete files of Adelaide journals reached Singa-
pore to the end of March. They are filled with de-
tails of the wretchedness of the place—the once gay
Adelaide, with its crowded streets and showy shops
—which is reduced to a deserted town, and the work
of decimation was still going on. In the course of
three months upwards of 15,000 persons had quitted
for the Melbourne diggings, and no loss than 700
women, u also their children, were left dependent
on the government, their husbands having deserted
them and proceeded to the gold mines. The local
government had been at its wits' ends,utterly ate loss
to stay the current of emigration. Various means
were devised, but they all signally failed ;
and u a dernier ressort Sir IL Young resolved to es•
tablish a government escort from Mount Alexander
to Adelaide, a distance of 400 miles, with the view
of obtaining capital and causing a demand for goods,
Ste., at Adelaiae. The measure has been successful.
The utmost excitement prevailed in Adelaide on
March 20th in consequence of Mr. Commissioner
Telmer arriving with the first overland escort, bring-
ing upwards of a quarter of a ton of gold. 'rho
journey was accomplished in eleven days. The
scheme of establishing • short practicable route
between Adelaide and tho gold diggings, and an
armed escort for the conveyance of gold to South
Australia, has thus far succeeded. By this
arrangement it is calculated that half a
ton weight will arrive monthly, and the re-
mitters have expressed their willingness to pay two
per cent. to the South Australian government as an
escort fee. From an official list of the remittees it is
very gratifying to observe that the gold sent is chiefly
directed to the addresses of the miners' wives and '
families in Adelaide. A Mr. Woodward, who resided
many years on the banks of the Rhine, had arrived
by the Albemarle for the purpose of establishing a
vineyard, and conveyed with him a large collection
of vines of different varieties. A number of vino
labourers from France were expected in the colony.
The Adelaide crisis has had a most disastrous effect'
on the prospects of the local press. In 1851, there
were twelve printing offices and thirteen newspapers.
Two of the newspapers were published daily, four
bi-weekly, one thrice a week, and the remaining six
were published weekly. Of these newspapers
eleven were English and two German. Seven of
the newspapers are now defunct; they were known
as The Old Colonist's Journal, Odilfellows' Chronicle,
Austral Examiner, Said Auatralische Zeilung, Deutsche
Zeituny,South Australian Mercury, Gazette and Mining
Journal. Tho newspapers extant consist of one
daily, two hi-weeklies, one weekly, one tri-weekly,
and the government Gazelle. The departure of sub-,
scribers and compositors for the diggings is assigned '
u the cause of the death of so many periodicals in
the short space of seven months. Some well-
grounded fears existed as to the next crop of corn,
so many farmers, especially in the south, having
quitted for the diggings without having put in a
crop, and leaving their landlords in the lurch. In
such a condition was the shipping interest, that
although from one to two hundred vessels left per
month for Melbourne, crowded with passengers, no
less than four vessels, with their cargoes on board,
were waiting for complements of hands to sail for
England.