The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

THE CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY.

VIENNA, Jura 3.
The Ostileuteche root oontains the following news
from Constantinople :
"The French and Russian Ambassadors have
made a declaration to the effect that their respec-
tive Governments fully agree to an independent
inquiry by the Porte into the condition of the
Christians in Turkey, and that they have received

MESSAGE OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
UPON THE SLAVE TRADE.
The New York Times of the 21st ultimo con-
tains the following :

A message from the President has been received and
taken up.
The message calls the attention of Congrees to the cap-
ture of the slaver Wildfire, with 507 negroes, by Capt. Cra-
gin, of the steamer Mohawk, on the 26th of April. The
negroes were carried to Key West, Florida, on the 30th
April and delivered to the custody of the marshal far the
southern district of Florida. The question tutus, what
shall be done with the negro.'
He refers to the action in the ease of the nevus from
the Echo, and regrets to my that, under the mode adopted
in regard to them, the expenditure would be large, without
• violation of the laws of humanity.
The expenditure on this scale for the Africans captured
on board the Wildfire will not be lees than 100,000 dollars,
and may considerably exceed this sum. It will not be suffi-
cient for Congress to limit the amount to be appropriated to
the arise of the Wildfire, as, probably, judging from
the increased activity of the slave trade, and the
vigilance of our cruisers, several similar capturs may
be made before the end of the year. An appropriation
ought, therefore, to be panted large enough to cover these
contingencies. The period, he says, has arrived when it is
indispensable to provide by some specific legislation for the
guidance of the executive on the subject. He suggests
Congress may authorise him to enter into a general arrange.
meat with the Colonisation Society, binding them
to receive on the coast of Africa, from an agent
there, all the captured Africans who may be
delivered to him, and to maintain them for •
limited period en such terms and conditions as may combine
humanity towards those unfortunates with • just economy.
It would obviate the necessity of making • new bargain
with every new capture, and would prevent delay and
avoid the expense of disposition of the captured. The law
might then provide that in all cues where practicable
the captor shall carry the negroes directly to Africa and de-
liver them to the American agent there, afterwards bringing
the captured vessel to the United States for adjudication.
The capturing officer, in owe of bringing the prise to the
United States, ought to be required to land the negroes in
some one or more pate, to be designated by Congress,
where the prevailing health throughout the year is good.
At these ports, cheap hut permanent accommodation might
be provided for the negroes until they could be sent
away without incurring the expense of erecting
such accommodations at every port where the cap-

for may think it expedient to enter. On the
present occasion these negroes have been brought to
Key West, and, according to an estimate presented by the
marshal of the southern district of Florida, the cost of
temporary quarters will be 2,500 dole. The aggregate ex-
pense for a single month may be 12,000 dole. But this is
tar from bein; the worst eviL Within • few weeks the
yellow fever will prevail at Key West, and hence the
marshal urges their removal from their present quarters at
an early day, which must be done, in any event,
as soon as practicable. For these reasons the President
earnestly recommends the subject to the immediate atten-
tion of Congreer. He says, in conclusion, that it is truly
lamentable Shit Great Britain and the United States should
be obliged to spend such • vast amount of blood and trea-
sure for the suppression of the African slave trade, when
the only portions of the civilised world where it is tolerated
and encouraged are tho Spanish islands of Cuba and Porto
Rico.