The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-07 00:00:00

TURKEY.

A letter from Constantinople of the 22nd ult., in
the National Gazette of Berlin says :—" A firman of
the Sultan abrogates the most important part of the
tanzimat, that is, of the constitution of the Turkish
Empire. The governors of provinces are restored to
the plenitude of their powers. The Christians,
hitherto feebly protected, are again menaced with
the arbitrary rule of the Turks. Some journals pre-
tend that this firman confirms the triumph of the
conservative .party in Turkey, but such is not the
case, as it is personal interests which have triumphed.
Feed Effendi, who some months back wanted to
force the Viceroy of Egypt to adopt the tanzimat
unreservedly, has himseif communicated to the
diplomatic corps this firman, which annuls, so to
speak, the fundamental law."
Accounts received from Constantinople via Trieste,
and dated the 22nd ult., state that the exchanges
upon foreign capitals were rising. London was
quoted at 1191; Marseilles, 192; Vienna, 453; and
Trieste, 448. Abd-el-Kader left the Turkish capital
for Broussa on the 16th. The French vice-consulate
there had been constituted an ordinary consulate. I
Ali Pacha, formerly Grand-Vizier, Minister of Fo-
reign Affairs, had been designated to the government
of Smyrna. The depredations of brigands in the
environs of the latter town had not ceased. A band
had carried off to the mountains a young man em-
ployed in a French mercantile establishment from the
village of Koukloudja, at half a league from Smyrna,
and had extorted from his parents a sum of 250,000
piutres (69,0001.), under threat of putting him to
death, and sending them his head. He was three
days in the hands of the gang, and during that time
was subjected to gross ill-treatment. Complaints
were made of the government for not taking mea-
sures to put down the hand.

MONTENEGRO.
The rienna Owens publishes the following from
Montenegro. It is dated generally

MONTENEGRO, JAN. 25.
The brave Woiwode of Grahovo defended his forti-
fied house until the 19th, on which day, at 4 in the
afternoon, it was taken by storm. Nearly all the
lhouses of Grahovo are destroyed by fire. Dorris
Pasha has published a 'proclamation to the Oraho•
vians, summoning them to return to their homes.
Fifteen of them have taken refuge in the
Austrian territory, and are now at Crivoscie,
having surrendered their arms to the authorities.
No operation of importance has been carried on in
the Czerninska nalna. Prince Daniel has expressed
to the inhabitants of this nahia his deep regret at
the lose which they have sustained by the burning of
Ylisichi and Karughe. In exhorting them to de-
fence, he reminds them of their ancient renown and
their brave exploits at Zabljak. On the 16th the
inhabitants of Bielopaolech came to an engagement
with the Turks; the latter were repulsed, and lost
150 men, with a number of horses, and much ammu-
nition. The Turks, on their retreat, set fire to the
hamlet of Martinochi. The Turkish troops stationed
at Nikitsch have advanced into Montenegro, and
burnt the monastery at Ostrog. Prince Daniel, upon'
hearing of this, went to meet them with 4,000 m►en.
Outer Pacha is at present at the head of 20,000 men,
near Spuss.
The Frankfort Gazette states that it has good
authority for predicting a favourable termination of
General Leiningen's minion to Vienna. Turkey, it
is said, finding herself under the necessity of accept-
ing mediation either from Russia or Austria, prefers
that of the latter, as the power exercising the
least influence over the Montenegrins.
The Augsburg Gazette of the 3rd says :—" The
Woiwoge of Orahovo has been made prisoner by the
Turks. The Montenegrin districts on the left bank
of the Rieka have been occupied by the Turks, but
the mountainous part of the country is still free."

TUNIS.
A letter from Tanis, in the Akbar of Algiers, states
that the Bey has discharged one half of his troops in
order to lessen the burden of taxation.

A CHILD POISONED WITH SWEISTMEAT/L—On Sa-
turday evening Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Ship
Aground public-house, Broad-street, Hateliff, on the body
of Murphy Donovan, aged ail months, who died from the
deletanous effects of a composition ornament sold at the
shop of a confectioner.—Julia Donovan, of No. 8, Orchard,
Cock-bill, Rataliff, stated that the deceased was her son.
He was perfectly healthy until Saturday evening, when he
partook of • small quantity of sweetatuff. On the following
morning the child was seized with violent vomiting and
purging. Witness called in a surgeon, who asked her
what the deceased bad bean sucking, when ahe told him
" Only a penny Napoleon made of sweetstuft" The sur-
geon prescribed for the deceased, but the symptoms in-
creased, and the child expired on Tuesday morning
in great agony. Coroner—Where did you pur-
chase the figure? Witness—At the shop of Mr.
Moffatt, the costa:timer, in High-street, Shadwell. The
figure was painted various colours. Mr. Hobert Mack, No.
164, High-street, Shadwell, surgeon, said that when he
was called to the child it was suffering from violent vomit-
ing and purging, accompanied with cholic pains in the
bowels, etc. Witness asked the mother what she had given
the deceased, and she replied "A penny Napoleon." The
figures were covered with a composition called " Scheele's
green," which contained a metallic irritant poison of a deadly
character. The deceased certainly died from inflammation
of the stomach and intestines produced by such a powerful
poison as was placed on the figure as a colouring. The
jury returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased
died from the deleterious effects of a poison called Seheele's
green,' which he sucked from tke surface of an image
which had been sold to the mother as an eatable material,
and that great blame attaches to the vender for selling
such poisonous articles." The Coroner was directed by the
jury to write to Mr. Moffat to caution him against selling
such materials in future.

AMERICA.
LIVIII!POOL,SuxDAY EvrNixo.

By the arrival in our river this evening, at seven
o'clock, of the British and North American royal
mail steam-ship Arabia, Captain Judkins, we have
received New York letters and papers to the 27th
January, inclusive, on which day, at noon, the Arabia
left New York, with 63 passengers and 130,000 dol-
lars, in specie, on freight.
On the 24th ult. the United States Senate received
a message from the President, giving the correspond-
ence of Mr. Abbott Lawrence. the former ambassador
to the British court, and others, with the English
government relative to the posture of affairs in Cen-
tral America. The whole of the documents were
ordered to be printed.
In the House of Representatives, a committee had
agreed to a bill for a commercial reciprocity :with
Canada, and a settlement of the fishery question.
On the 23th, Messrs. Soule and Case delivered
speeches upon the Cuba question, in which they sup-
ported the Munro doctrine, protesting against Euro-
pean interference in the further colonisation of the
American continent.

By later advices from Mexico we learn that Vera
Cruz and Castle Ulloa had joined the insurgents.
President Arista had resigned, and left Mexico on
the 6th. Clavellas, judge of the Supreme Court, bad
been appointed president pro tem. The government
troops were beaten in a regular battle, and the revo-
lution was declared to be completely triumphant. All
parties were looking for the return of Santa Anna,
with a reinforcement of both money and men.
When the Arabia left New York business was
brisker; stocks were buoyant, and in good demand.
The Money Market since the departure of the
previous steamer, had been very easy ; money was
plentiful, and could be obtained at very moderate
rates ; the general trade of the country was reported
to be in a very satisfactory condition.
The market for breadguffs was very unsteady,
owing
.to the advices from hence by the Europa ;
prices inclined to recede, and very few transactions
can be reported. Western Canal Flour was quoted
5 dole. 50c. to 5 dots. 621 e. per barrel, barely sup-
ported. Oenaessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 28e. to 1 dol.
30e. per 601bs. Indian corn, round yellow, 1 dol.
16c. to 1 dol. 18e. per bushel, very firm; ditto
southern white, 68c. to 70c. per bushel. Indian
meal, 3 dots. 75c. to 3 dots. 874 e. per barrel.
The cotton market at New York had been very in-
active, owing to the Europe's news, and prices had
slightly receded for most descriptions; the sales had
been very limited, holders were disposed to recede a
quarter cent, and the following are the quotations:
—New Orleans, middling fair to fair, 111 c. to 111 c.
per lb.; Uplands ditto, 111 c. to 111 e.
The provision market was steady, at the previous
quotations.
Freights were unchanged, flour to Liverpool being
2s. 9d. to 3s. per barrel ; grain, 9d. to 94d.; and
cotton, Id. to 5-16 d. per lb.
Exchange on London was
_quoted 1091 to 1004.
very steady; on Paris, 5.13 ; Hamburg, 361 to 361
and Bremen, 791 to 80.