The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-08 00:00:00

decorate their hoses& The Count of Warsaw has already
relived. The new Nes ef him is to be put in foree on the
lit a j wen, MM,
awl benisibasly altar Poland will be
entirely incorporated eel* R.
TURK EY.—CONSTayrrneoput, Ana. 18.--Bhelib
'lmolai, Turkish ambassador at Vienna, has drawn op a
reejegt csncerning the orT,enisation of Syria. Government
he. addea thereto six atheist toneeetthlg tree tribuneb. Loed
Cowley sae held a conference on the subject with Ali
weal; he pretends these articles are derogatory to the dis-
positions of the primitive law, that all the European powers
bed approved of, and in consequence requests to have them
'evoked. Ali Effendi replied that the Ottoman Porte could
pee give up these articles, but that they should not be put in
*oar beiore the objections of the different powers should
have received a definitive solution.—Gazette d'Augabottrg,
Sgt. 2.—After several communications between this place
sad otlura, consequent upon direct correspondence with
Vienna, the Grand Vizier summoned a divan on Sunday
bet, when he attended in person. The resolutions taken by
this divan were to put in force the coercive iseasaree pro-
pcted against Greece, primarily to withdraw from the Greek
mad t 6, excquatur,' and, alter one month, to let the
rigulatioua respecting navigation, the coasting trade, rtc.,
Mae into operation. It is rather curious how often such
, determin alen has been arrived at without any practical
temsequeiwes. We trust that this may be the case now.
MOROCCO.—Eventa seem at length about to
occur in Morocco. The Emperor is positively in march for
Tana, where the army destined to operate against Aledael-
Hader is united. On the 11th it was announced at Tangier
that Abdarrahman had arrived at Rabat. The interview
which lately took place between Abel-el...leader and the go-
vernor of was known at Rabat. The' latter, who-
ens mired up in the negotiations, the result of which was
the purchase of the French poisoners in the deira, has
taken a liking to the part of negotiator, and desires, it ap-
=to remain on the Bane. Abd-el-Kader unites his
and is prepared. Re wants neither monev nor
supplies. The Emir will not allow himself to be Gushed
in a great affair ; he counts on destroying the Morocco
army which is sent against him in partial combats. More-
over, it is certain that desertions will thin the ranks of the
army of Ahderrahman. The Velma steam corvette, which
arrived from Tangier the 3rd, touched at Tetuan and Ns-
noun (Djeinina-Ghsthonaf ). It had on board some rela-
tives of Si-Achache, governor of Tetuan, going to Mecca,
and several Algerinee returning to their country.
FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.—The Jena
and Jupiter men of war, and the Magellan steam-frigate,
which were stationed off Tanis, suddenly left for Naples on
the 23rd. ult., in consequence of orders received by the com-
mandant. which orders were conveyed by the steam corvette
the Infernal. All was calm at Tunis.
DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT SCULPTURE AT TUNIS.—

On the Il!h of August last, a discovery was made at Tunis,
which equally interests artists and men of learning, and
which excites the admiration of all those lovers of antiqui-
ties now forming a part of the European population at Tunis.
In digging up an elevation which rose above the emplace-
ment of th rothon or internal harbour at Carthage, to ex-
tract from thence ready cut stones intended for the repairing
of the Quail de la Goulette, some workmen of the beylik
met at a depth of about twelve metres with a bust in marble
of colossal proportions, representing, to all probability, a
head of J:ino. and in such a wondertul state of preservation,
that we c •dd almost say it was sculptured yesterday. The
Marble h.,. lost nothing of its brilliancy ; the features of
the face, ,• well as the other parts, are in a perfect state
of preset, itiou ; according to connoisseurs, the work is
exquisite and the dimensions so prodigious, that to
ferns an i Aof it, it will suffice to my that from the diadem
which ad.r.e the goddess, to the birth of the chest, which
forms the evremity of the bust, it measured 1 metre 60 cen •
Mastro in height. On measuring one of the eyes, it was
head to 'oe 22 centimetres in length, from one angle to an-
other. Though the bust comprises but the head and neck,
ft is really a complete work, as is proved by the round shape
CA:the sculptor to the hams of the neck, and not the
t of a statue. This figure belongs to Roman Car-
eer. We can presume it constituted the principal divinity
era temple, opposite the entrance of the harbour, acv plainly
evident ..by the position of the elevation in which it was
buried, and which was formed by a heap of rains, covered
OM by time with a layer of earth, from whence several
wrecks of bas-reliefs have been likewise drawn out.
The searchers after antiquities, who are pretty nu-
lINMS at Tunis, all agree in acknowledging that the ruins
eiCarthase, or indeed of any other town, have never pro-
duced a piece of sculpture to be compared to this bust, for it
really worthy of admiration, for the rare quality of the
marble, the perfection of the work, the grandiose of its pro-
portions, and the perfect state of preservation of its most
minute parts. As this object was found in a piece of ground
belonging to the Bey, and by workmen belonging to the
state, it remained at the absolute disposal of his highness,
matt numerous and pressing were the demands addressed to
him by powerful solicitors, in order to obtain from his muni-
ficence the gift of a piece of sculpture of such great value.
But this prince felt peculiar satisfaction in offering is
to 11. Delaporte, gerant of the general consulship of France,
at Tunis. lie therefore prayed him to accept this gift
as a test many of the high esteem in which his high-
ness held this young functionary, whose merit he has
been enah!ed to appreciate in the three gt,ranees entrusted to
him during the greater part of the years 184-5, 1846, and
1847, when he acted in the lien of consul-general in the
. most satisfactory manner. The Bey had added to this
favour the concession, by an act in due form, of whatever
object or objects of antiquity may be met with on the spot
the workmeii are now digging up. This honourable dis-
tinction, granted to IL Delaperbe by the Bey of Tani', has
been most unanimously eanotimsd by the public WON.—
Deka.