The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

the place had been cleared for them four months ago,"
when its Circassian defenders were all destroyed. They
frond in the port eighteen sandals, or shore-boats,
and use Turkish brig ; the cargoes were appropriated
in shuts amongst the Russians, whilst the masters
and alms ot these vessels were brought before the
genera.. lie informed them that all the vessels must
be taken to Anapa to have their papers rectified, and
that a guard of Cossacks would accompany them, so
many for each of the sailors. When the vessels
arrived et Anapa the same form was gone through
egais ; the sailors were told that their papers would
be set to rights only at Kertch ; four of the vessels
were detained, having no papers to show for them-
ee,ves at all, and the others were sent off towards
Keeteb with their Cossack guard. Luckily
pleb a violent breeze sprung op that all
the Coissacks were attacked with sea sickness,
to each a degree that they could not perceive how
the sailor', instead of Kertch, were bringing them to
the harbour of Trebizond. The 72 Cossacks now j
Lid themselves prisoners at Trebizond ; and although
the Russian Consul at Trebizond has demanded
them, up to this time the Cossacks have not yet been
handed over to the Russian authorities. This affair
is even of greater importance than that of the so-
called signal-shots tired at Yeniksle against the
English steamboat.
As Philipeon was on his returning march from
Foujouk-Kaleh to Anapa he was attacked use
retedly, in the forests of :kluge, by the Circa.-
cans, under the command of Radji Tahia, who had
greviously kept in the background, and he was pur-
sued by them as far as the plains of Seide. There
were some killed and wounded on each aide, but the
amount ot the Russian losses is not known, since the
Russians carried their wounded away with them; the
Circaskiens had 17 killed and wounded, but they took
prisoners one Russian officer and 11 Cossacks.
England ought to exert herself, and take all
measures to secure that the Russian attempts to get
possession of Onassis shall not succeed. Ws should
take example by what happened in 1717, when Prince
Bakowitz got as far as Khiva, because he had the
Circsasians with him, whereas eight years ago
General Perowsky could not get to Khiva • and
what was it that prevented him ? The Ciro:imolai'
mountaineers.

Accordiog to letters from Tarsus, the Boards from
the Maraach mountains have come down into the
plains end villages adjoining, and threaten to plan.
der the inhabitants of all they possess. The governor
of Terns, Morib Puha, went out with his troops to
meet the rebels, and drove them acmes the river
Genic-Sonjou, then, believing that they Wee effectu-
ally punished for the time, left the district to the
protection of its midis.
The Porte has just issued an ordinance respecting
the projected line of railway connecting the Important
points of Varna, Shunt's, and Rustabak, thus pro-
mising us a direct communication with the richest
and most fertile part of the Danubian marinate, sad
°posing up to as such a prospect, that we may expect
to ere Versa one day become as prosperous and im-
portant as Odema at present is. I mad you a copy
of this decree.

The Imperial governmeat hereby asseteasse, fee the is-
fortietios et tipttalute, that a way, eonaeethig Versa
wtt► the Malibu, paean' through the important plate of
Shasta, and hasten its terminus at Rustehsk, is proposed,
tieditate eotantenieaties with the Dattabiaa Principali-
ties. This meta will thanes by cote hundred hours the
Jemmy from Ceselaatisheio to Vienna, will enable wile
t. eveil the eilleeis IMO Impale navigation at the nestles
of the Drabs, sad teal sooseqsestly be of the greeted see
►etaatter.
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llte Unstops and cmditlone, to be guaranteed to or
oa the counsel that shall obtaia the mutual= of
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enable, ue @updated as follow :

L The 'salmi shall bear the name of " Imperial Ottawas
Saftway," tad shall be subject to the mulattos@ if the
tapir*.
2. As sots am the surveys sew Wig TWA apes the spot
an complotod, the eespeay Asia he teed eve per
51st. on the outlay Ur lommiumtkue, wtitrhoutlay shall be
lied by estimate.

3. The company shall be allowed to cut, without @barge,
the wood requisite for the emehmetioe of the railway, in the
knee of the state, situated we Versa sad Shama.
4. The walla loads bokailag M 611 Ilea* sad labia
may be melted Art beasstresds• at tf. odd la% slid
hi linearly amoodal *Om drop is *a
W mama sa private iollenjar
soirsh=4lllll7l;
Ink eadonoity with Os kr the
angamolao payable by tillb serapray ea the emisen.
IneMeleartiterials aad machinery the ermpsny may
MAN Ins Amid for the conetnictlos emi loosidag of
lb railway shall be Ina of duty.

6. The imperial government latent:le mionaeling into a
Medllene pert the Lake of Vane, whisk earn all the ad.
mow des ',tomato* aad safe bubsieg.
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t fbe sespaay, epos being put is pesseeiew of the ear
VW, Shea deposit with the steveraostat aas *valveless
to 2 per nat. of the capital, as which the &Alias Porte
shall have guarsatto4 Interest at 5 per teat

If upon the capital, on which the Sublime Porte shall
lave gueresteed isterest at 6 per cent., for the wet of the
eallway sod harbour, it tame oat, after &duals' the az-
pews sad outlay, that the profits 'need 6 per coat, sad if
She imperial government should have sessased say nem
serepoosoo of its guarantee of the soil Mosso tol a pfs
mai., this earplug shall not be paid war Ss mampasy,
bet skall be takes, is the first placsos repay the stamass
Bade by the imperial goversesest ; sad after this sysislisa
the nrplue profit restaiielag shall be squally divided be-
twos the Sobbing Foote sad the eespasy.
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9. The duratioe of the privileges esea;emied @ball be 99
ran at farthest. The compary which shall agree to reduce
this term the most, and also to reduce lowest the rate of
paruteed interest, sad which shall be ready to accept the
traditions most advsntageoue for the Imperial (ornament,
than obtain the prefereac• over all others. On the expire-
Ike dale mid period of the conosasios, the railway, with
all its apparteaances, shall become, without cost, the pro-
perty of the Sublime Porte. As for the machisery and
eteseeoret, the Imperial government shall acquire them by
parthue, a suitable price being listed, and the stipulations
meeting the same shall, upon the drawing up of the
agreement, be dimmed and inverted is ih. magnet.

.
I The line of railway from Adrianople I. about to
I be conceded to an Englishman named Wilkie, who
II represents a London company. The organisation
le of the Ottoman Post -office has been confided to an
• Englishman, Mr. Smith, who was postmuter-geoeral
of the British forces in the Crimean expedition. Re
•
I will also here the direction of the principal lime of
r likerePh•
On the night of the 10th a fire broke out at Bedik
I , Paths, one of the quarters of Constantinople, and,
1 notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the firemen and
I of the inhabitants, destroyed 100 bosses before it
weld be got ender.
a A letter from Galatea( the 30th ult. mays :
II The International Cousteau' la ceatisaise Its labour,.
e Lest week the member' embarked ea baudd sa Austrian
geabost, in order to explore the Kilis month of the Dumb'
• to the north of the Salina, sad alteraude the Bt. throne,
• to the loath. The French gunboat Alerts sceompasted
II tbem Soma English engiumn bad previously surveyed
is the St. Grorge's Cositnei, and fined the difficulties it pm-
) NMI at its month socousiderable that all idea of tendert It

ti emigrant out b. abandoced. Tbe vessels at Galati b-ave
less Ise/eased by the arelval of the English gunboat Hour.
sitiab left bar heavy game at Conetastinople. The Alerlie
Is le wisur bete. BNow has faller, in abnadseee, and taw
Denbo begins to float dole. large piens of ICP, tbe theme.
*eta being at 10 degrees below zero Cent.grede (44 tabs.).
Oat eomenaniestione wits Constaatiaople will ma bs
as off.

ERZEROUM, Nov.lB.

Lest week an extraordinary courier tnm Penia
brought the news of Herat having fallen on the 25th
October into the hands of the Persian army, after a
very sanguinary conflict. This news appears likely
to be true, but it is the cholera and hunger which
We obliged the garrison of Herat to surrender, and
let the valour of their assailants.

It seems that the English expedition against Per-
ak has already disembarked in the Persian Gull.
The Persian government puts a bold face on the
matter, and braves the English power. Letters of
the 10th instant from Tabreez state that the cholera
is very destructive in that eity this year. The SOS
of the Shalt, and presumptive heir to Persia, died at
Teheran at the beginning of this monis, and this
event interfered with the festivities which were to
Dare been got up on account of the capture of Herat.
Mr. Stevens, the British Consul at Teheran, has
gone to visit the shores of the Caspian Sea, and thence
will travel through Georgia, on his way to Trebi.
:and.

Mr. Abbott, the meal at Tabreez, is probably now
at Trebinind with his ?wally.
Nothing of importance is to be reported at this
town except the oantinnance of a distressing scarcity
of promeionr.