The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-30 00:00:00

THE LEVANT.

We hero !Otos from our c?rreepondeatip at C 313•
"tenth:epic and at Malta.
Our corrospo:.dent writes:

CONSTANTINOPLE. JULY IS.
Yesterday, Sterby, the nt wly4lec•ed Prince of
Wallachia, and 0-ika, Prince of Moldavia, had an
audience of his Maj.ety the Sultan. They bad each
a Dumnos* and br.llitnt Grate, and were ree ived at
he palace of byl.rhey, with the came &mews al
are gentreby paid to the ambissadors of the gre
power+. Attn both pi4nces had mide their obvi,ence,
the Satan addrt, teed them In a abort bat expressive
spnch, of which tie foliowieg is the Dense:

I am glad that my subjects la Wallachia and Mold is ia
have chows you, Prince Sterby, and you, Prince Gh•ka, us
their hospodurs, hecaye I am convinced o• your loa al.y and
of your attachment to my Larson' and th,t you wi I do
y ur utmost to i 'manta the lan“piness and pr-sperity of the
p.opie in your piineiaaitiea. Y lit will keep a lesions watch
over that per: of my dominions wti.h coo are chosen to
govern, and Soo will prom te, as far at his in your power,
the gee a•n•ss of the Ott man . =pier. You will have many
difficultie+ to contend with in soar respective governments
13 gh princivali its have of late suffer. ci much. I am
grieved beyond Inatillft when I think of the waits
of which that pare of my dominions has been end
I tl • thoatat. The people of Wallachia and Moldavia,
formerly so pi osgerous anti happy, are now enduring ',rive
• Mon. which never before. hod been known in thew princi-
*ides, and their sufferings in other respect+ bare also been
wry great. I am indignant against the authors of thew
evil+, and I hope the day is not for divan! when they will
be taught to r. pent of the suoerings which they have in.
Lewd upon ray ttople, and the intuits which th y have
offered to my catchment.
Eath prince has decade paid a tribute on lying
elected, e.f 20,0001. to the Sultan, 5,0001. to the Sul-
tan'. mother, and 5,0001. a piece to two of the Sul-
tan's children. Tee Grand Vizier, Grand Seraskier,
ant C.ap'ain niche, have also received large sums
from each prince.
Our curl erpondent at Malta, writing on rfe 16 It
says : " The people lac-e ore all agog with the new
piny thing given them by the home government. The
Maltese have ben long yetitionirg for u representa-
tive government, and her Majesty ha, been pleased
to increase the eld courcil of six to eighteen, ten of
the membors to be government offic:ra nppoicted by
the crown, and the remaining eight to be elected
by the body of people who are qualified to sit
as jurors. Each vo'er to have a card, with
four lines on it, entitling him to four votes,
to be written thereon, and then deposited in
an urn, and so on. I know not how many candidates
there will be; hut, from what I hear and see,l should
judge ab-ut a hundred—all Maltese, of couree No
Engli.hman would enter into such a farce, where.
supposing the eight returned were all liberal men
(which theT will not be), there would always be len
government men against, with the casting vote of the
governor and the veto of the Colonial-office. This
conceit will never succeed in anything but creating
dircord among themselves, and a greater hatre I
against the British government, when they discover
the futility of its oppleition.
Business is very dull, and the weather very hot ;
while I write tae wind is seirocco: thermometer in
the shade, 89 deg ; actual atmospheric heat, about
110 deg. The troops still in winter clothing, barring
Nee white trousers, but the officers go about en a fancy
dress of jacket and trousers made of flannel, the cut
evidently taken from some journeyman baker. Gen.
Ellice, commandant of the troops, has been unwell,
but is now improving. Exchange on London 5 per
cent. premium.
The Earl of Hardwicke left on the 12'h with his
family for Naples. He is expected back in the
steamer of the sth proximo, when a court-martial, at
the instance of Lieut. Richards, will be holden en
Lieut. Wolridge, of M.M. ship Howe.