The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-26 00:00:00

TURKEY.

TRIESTE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26.
The Austrian Lloyd's steamer just arrived brings
advice. from Cotudsotinople to the 20th inst.
The Sultan has been taken ill. Museum Pacha
has been empowered to settle the question of the
Danubian Principalities.
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The Papal Charge d'Affaires is expected here.
The Prime Vogorides is dead.
Mohamed Pemba has been appointed governor-
general of Smyrna.

The Sultan has presented the dragoman to the
Rumian ambassador with a country seat.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TIIVUDAT EVININO.

The addressee from the councils general to the
Emperor occupy seven columns of this day's
Moniteur. They are, without exception, retrospec-
tively bellicose, playing each its own variations upon
the two tunes of the glorious war and the magnani-
mous peace. More than one takes occasion to rake
up Crimean ashes. That of Ardennes, for instance,
says " You have taught Austria, as formerly you
did Russia, the price of the friendship of France, and
thus prepared the solution of the European questions
which the future may have in store." The " wild
boar," after giving a grunt for the pest, whets its
tasks preparatory to what the morrow may bring
forth. The composition is altogether in bad taste,
and of questionable policy.
It is certain that with the general public the
return to Mesa of pesos proceeds bat slowly. The
test readiest at hand of such return is here, es every-
where else, the restoration of commercial confidence.
The Bourse transactions show bat little animation in
that quarter. It should, however, be borne in mind
that this is the very dullest time of the year, and
that the entire le emotive part of the population is
aux ems or dans sea chateais.r. With respect to the
future prospects of commerce, I find such men of
business as are to be met with speak hopefully,
The sudden peace gave a regular douche to their
great customer America, as the belief in a general
European war had led Brother Jonathan to specu-
late for high prices in breadatuffs. The peace,
therefore, has to become an accepted fact and to be
completely realised before American buyers can be
expected in the market.

The Constitutions*: devotee a very long article
to expounding the objeets and landing the benefits
of the amnesty. The writer, M. B onifisoe, speaking
of the vexed question of amnesty, as opposed to
pardon, quotas M. l)upin to the intent that "An
amnesty is an act of the sovereign power, the effect
of which is that a crime or offence is effaced and
forgotten. Amnesty is abolition and forgetfulness
—forgiveness is only pity and pardon. The effect
of pardon is confined to the total or partial mush-
&ion of a sentence pronounced, the condemnation
still existing. Amnesty carries with it positive
abolition of crimes, prosecutions, and condemna-
tions." A brief sketch is given of the political
offences, or rather the occasion provocative thereto
in France since 1848. Among others the coup
detest is t►ee mildly characterised :—" The insurrec-
tionary movements produced in various parts of
France were the object of divers measures of rt-
pression." We learn from the concluding sentence
that " the gracious decision rendered by the Em-
peror had already reduced the number of persona
condemned for political offences to 18d8." And the
moral of the article appears in the following
words :—" The generous act consecrated by the
decree of the 16th of August could be ectrouf
without danger to the public tranquillity."
While on this subject I will mention that I hear
expressions of much disappointment among the
liberal party, at finding so many of the leading
exiles decide set to avail themselves of the amnesty.
The remark is that the amnesty appears to have
been somewhat misunderstood as to its probable
effects upon the cause of liberty; for, say they who
entertain this opinion, whatever the Emperor's
belief or intentions concerning the amnesty, it can-
not be for a moment doubted that the mere fact of
the presence in France of a large number of the
men who represent before the world the idea of that
nearly extinct thing, French civil and political
liberty—men, too, so schooled in adversity as to be
incapable of compromising the future by any rash
movement, would be attended by beneficial results
to the cause of liberty.

At the Beene the tendency to a rise in prices
continued this morning; and had there been any
Nielsen of the least importance stifling, a con-
siderable upward movement might have been ex-
pected. The Rente was in demand at the opening
69fr. 23c. and arr. 3.5. Stock was scarce, both
in Three per Cents. and Four-sud-a-Half per Cents.,
particularly the latter, as the coupon will be de-
tached the 7th of next month. Itentes left off at
691 r. 23c. to 69fr. 20c., being a rise of 23e. for cash
and a fall of bc. for account. Mobilier, 827 fr. 300.
to 830 fr.

M. FELIX PEAT AND THe AMNESTY.-_M. Felix
Pyst intim from London to the independence Beige to ear-
ning a 'Utmost In that mow to the MEW. th►t b• had takes
adventege of the amnesty, and pored Womb Paris ea his
way so Vierzoo, to visit his mother. Y. Pyst says:—"l
(bank your oorrerpondent for hie good intentions, sad far the
plots esetioset to which he ettnbates my peseiplistios.
Bel, sleet I hemp no memo any logger hi be s bony.
t eon, no doebt, It I the, revisit my country; but I cannot
find there my mother, who died la her grief, rid whose eyes
I was gamble to close."