The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-14 00:00:00

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Who *ovate sitieipartner Of this arm. r Igatilik.
Aseertliwto'p letters recoiled in Pieria Frail
Break; dated 6th tember, there "rem rrunours'et
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which &till more accredited. fitrong parzole
of the Austrian chereauz-legeri are constantly watch-
ing the frontiers of Galicia and at Cracow. The night
patrols are reinforced with artillery. The nobles of
Galicia take refuge at Cracow, and in that city the
least ernsion of feeling hostile to the great powers
is visited with fines or even corporal punishment.

Our advices from Madrid of the 6th inst. say,
the engrossing theme at Madrid was still the royal
marriage. It was stated that the formal demand of
the hand of the Infanta for the Duc de Montpensier
would not be made by the Count de Bresson until
after he had received despatches expected from Paris.
The intention was still, if possible, to have the union
of the Queen and her sister with the Prince and the
Duke on the same day that day being (as it is said)
fixed by the Queen herself, for the 10th of October.
It was, however, generally believed that the wedding
(or weddings, as the case may be) will not take place
until later in next month, or in November. Mr.
Bnlwer, it was asserted, had sent a rejoinder to Senor
Isturitz, in reply to his first note, but was as yet with-
out precise instructions from England.
Heraldo, the thick and thin supporter of the
double alliance, has the following :
" A journal announces that the marriage of the Infanta
with the Duc de Montpensier is suspended for the present.
We have strong reasons for believing that this information is
by no means exact. The wish of the Queen having been
expressed, and the country having ratified it, the whole
nation ought to devote its bftt energies to insist on the real-
isation of a marriage which can never be better
sawed than when the Spanish amour-propre is
excited. The _marriage (we believe we may safe-
ly assert) will be realised, notwithstanding any
&taiga obstacles that may be raised, and it will take place
, with the greatest facility, as the internal opposition, weak
and Serious, raised by certain journals, must disappear, by
,reason of the futility of the very reasons used in support of
it
Gonzales Bravo was expected hourly at Madrid.
There was a rumour, raised doubtless by the Opposi-
tion Journals, of a modification of ministry, and the
names of Senors Castro and Seigas were mentioned
but this is unlikely, especially at this moment.;
We quote from El Clamor Public° a letter from
Lisbon, of the 2nd instant :
"To-morrow the Spanish frigate Isabella 11., and the
steamer Blasco de Garay will lease for the coast of Galicia,
where a squadron of four sailing vessels and two steamers
aeo,to be stationed, to keep a look-out for the refugees, who
are said to be 7,000 strong, at Santarem, Peruche, and
Csacal, and are arriving hourly from the Spanish frontier.
The British squadron in the Tagus communicates every
other day with the English ambassador."
Confidential letters dated Madrid, 7th September,
written by well-informed correspondents, state that
on that day Senor Isturitz and -his colleagues were
anxiously awaiting official communications from Paris.
Their energy and perseverance was said to depend
entirely upon the attitude of the French Cabinet ;
but, as the Duke de Montpensier's marriage was a
question of family interest, rather than of a political
nature, the Spanish ministers fully expect the support
of Louis Philippe. Count Bresson had not yet re-
ceived instructions to make tne official demand of the
Princess Luisa's hand, but they were hourly expected.
It is said that the Infanta is quite pleased with the
choice of the Duke de Montpensier as her future hus-
band, and does not attempt to conceal her joy. As to
the Queen, her mind seems to be quite made
up. Great credit is given to the Duke of Cadiz for
the simplicity of his demeanour and the modesty with
which he has received the unexpected honours con-
ferred upon him.
The Ministers seem to fear some outbreak in Cata-
lonia, excited by the Progressiatas, and have requested
the French Government to order the frontiers to be
closely watched.
By a decree of the 7th inst., Don Manuel Pando,
Marquis de Miraflores, has been appointed President
of the Senate, and not Narvaez, as was reported,
General Don Joft Manuel de Gayenoche, Count of
Cluaqui, has been created a Grandee of Spain of the
first class.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Also. 27.
A notion seems to have got abroad that Mehemet
Ali was not well received here : that he was designedly
bumbled, and subjected to many slights and indignities by
the Sultan and his ministers. There is not a word of truth
in all this : and a fact or two will at once prove the contrary.
It is 'laid that he was treated like a common Padua. He
might have been so treated without shy violation of eti-
quette. But when did the Sultan ever advance into the
antechamber of his hall of audience to take • common Pacha
by the hand and lead him to a seat pissed on the same level
with his own ? When was a kiosque of the Sultan ever
placed at the disposal of a common Pacha When was •
common Pacha ever invited to dine with the Sultana Valid° ?
None of these favours have ever been known to have been
conferred on any mere subject of the Sultan however illus-
trious : nor were the two last ever extended before, even to
a crowned head. They must be taken, therefore, as un-
mistakeable tokens of the high distils: Lion w,th which the
Sultan intended to receive the Viceroy of Egypt. Nothing
can be more at variance with the character of Abd-ul-Medjid
than that he should have taken advantage of the voluntary
visit of *Mehemet Ali to pay off old scores by a peevish stint-
ing of honour and hospitality, and to requite the wars of
an illu•trious rebel by such little revenges as a woman
might use, of frowns and turnings of the back. No : what-
ever the Sultan's faults may be he is emphatically a
gentleman. His conduct towards Mehemet Ali has been
marked throughout with dignity. He had it in his power to
mortify the foe of his house, and that under the pretext of a
ceremonious necessity, by levelling him with the herd of his
entails. But he preferred to treat that foe generously, and
to show him all the distinction he could without compromis-
ing his own relation as sovereign paramount. Much stress
has been laid upon the fact of no salute being fired when I
Mehemet Ali took his departure. This arose from the pre-
tension of the viceroy to be answered by as many guns as he
gave—namely, twenty-one--es if he were an ind, pendent
sovereign; whereas the Porte declined to consider him as of
higher rank than the Grand Vizier, who upon such an occa-
sion would receive only nineteen guns. Therefore it WWI
agreed that no guns should be fired on either side Nor was
this the only point in which Mehemet Ali comported him-
self in regal style. He insisted that he should not be
required to return the visits of ministers; in which
pretension he was humoured, and Kiamil Pacha was
charged with the vicarious acknowledgment of these.
It is said that, airing his first interview with the
Sultan, he shed tears and excused himself humbly
for the harsh proceedings to which be had been driven
against Mahmoud. Upon receiving tke assurance which
he implored of the Sultan's pardon, he is reported to have
said, with much effusion of feeling, " I was the slave of your
Majesty ; you emancipated me ; but now lam become your
slave again," • speech not entirely destitute of that sort of
Oriental grace which the Turks accuse him of being deficient
in. The Sultan presented him with a diamond worth 2,500
purses, excusing the smallness of the gift. Mehemet Ali re-
plied that, bad it been a pebble, that he should henceforth
rank the present above all his other jewels. People are wild
here to know the meaning of this strange visit. The meet
improbable and contradictory reports prevail. One is that
the Viceroy:* journey was prompted by the desire of changing
the succession of his kingdom in favour of Abbas Paths,
whom he left governor ad interim, and of excluding Ibrahim.
I confess this idea appears to me extremely unlikely, consi-
dering the great superiority of Ibrahim to Abbas, in point of
talent., while the old Viceroy. shows no sign of that dotage
which could dictate so undesirable a change. Be this as it
may, it is certain that nothing less than political ends of the
greatest importance could have dictated so enormous an out-
for besides 2110,0001. which he brought with him,
and to have drawn on the bankers here to the tune of
150,0001.
Changes of great Importance, and unhappily of the worst
augury for the Reform party, have just taken place in some
of the highest offices of the government, On the 24th Sarim
Effendi, the late Minister of Commerce, succeeded Tahyr
Bey, who resigned his place as Director of the Customs. Oa
the same day Hadji Edhem Effendi, Accountant General
and the second financial officer in the empire, was turned
out to make room for Atef Bey, Defterdar or Receiver-
General of Anatolia. To read aright the significance of
these moves, you must consider that Sarim Effendi was one
of the main stumbling blocks in the way of those reforms,
which Reshid Pacha hat pursued with so much earnestness.
The Reform Minister therefore exerted himself to the utmost
to procure his removal from the high post which he lately en-
joyed. But no sooner had this object been effected than, nn-
[Uoirn to Reshid Pasha, a much more formidable enemy of
and good government, no less a person than Riza
grisimself, was put into the place of Minister of Commerce,
made vacant by the disgrace of Sarim Effendi. It was
aeherel to suppose that the aspect of affairs would be very
iesm slanged atter this inauspicious appointment ; and that
Ma having got his foot in, would secure his position by
thrusting out as many as he could of his enemies, and filling
their places with his friends. This manceuvnng is evidently
the source of the present changes. Tahyr Bey was one of
the most indefatigable underminers of Riza Pacha's power :
limbo Effendi was always one of his strictest allies. For the
1 test the late Director of Customs was a man highly respected
by all the merchants here, for the pre bity and ability with
which, during a long course of years, he discharged his
office. Meanwhile, the immediate cause of Tahyr Bey's
resignation was the worrying treatment he received at the
hands of Nafiz, Meat, and other pashas, who farmed the
customs for the yearly payment of 800,000 L to the Porte:
and whose exorbitant expectations of profit were not, it
seems, satisfied by the late director's administration.
With respect to the other appointment, the same
sinister influence may be seen at work, and the same prin-
ciple of thrusting from office the enemies of Rio Pacha
has triumphed. Hadji Edhem Effendi is chiefly known as
baying taken a leading part in the inquiry which led to the
conviction of Mahmoud and Zarif Mustafa Paellas, as guilty
of peculation to an enormous extent in their several depart-