The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-14 00:00:00

THE INSURRECTION IN CRETE.

The official correspondence on this subject was
published yesterday. The letters are chiefly inte-
resting in the information they give respecting the
views and intentions of the great powers.
Lord Stanley's several views on the relations
between the Turkish government and the Cretans
were thus stated on the 17th ultimo in a despatch
to Lord Lyons

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(TROY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPORDWITJ I have felt it my duty on several occasions to instruct
y to recommend the Porte in earnest though friendly
Lately I mentioned a dancing master who tacked I lamnguage to treat the Cretan insur4ents on their &Maids-
' the Exhibition to a new quadrille. La Gironde i sion to the Sultan with clemency and forbearance, and to
' now describes the Exhibition at a masked ball. I take such measures in regard to the future administration
The manager, in order to attract the public, gives ,
I of affairs in that island as might remove all causes of dis-
every visitor as he passes into the ball a ticket, satisfaction and apprehension on the part of the Christian
' population, and reconcile it to the authority of the Sultan.
with the intimation that in every 300 tickets there Her Majesty's government have tendered their advice to
is a prize which entitles the holder to journey to the Porte partly from motives of humanity in favour of a
the Exhibition and back gratis. It has been said P°s4" who may have unrestionely certain well-founded
that the ways of earning a leg of mutton are bread- used,pc, van
,„,A-,,Tmpi'll in ° ;is htavew been insans
tigated bynpaetr--
culable ; and yet they are ever on the increase. 1 ties out of the island not directly affected by thoseie
I have some progress to note in the British de- grievances, though desirous of turning them to account for
pertinent. The space of each exhibitor is now objects inimical to the sovereignty of the Sultan;
marked upon the their. The boilers, arrived a few Partly also from the consideration that at the
days ago, stuck in the mud near their destination ; present
or thnetStgtte toit was
remove aid quickly asupostuttle Urn:ante
an accident that might have been confidently pre- Rion which has been of late pimia,eiteii in Europe tot the
dieted by any person who had suffered the most incompatibility of Turkish rule with the well-hong of the
passing experience of the quagmire which encom- Christian populations subject thereto. Actuated by the
passed the Exhibition palace after the thaw. Even same feelings, her Majeety's government have been
London could show nothing deeper or more gluti- ear:westlyb
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nous. The forwarding of British goods is now set- 1 17rXngwofailoptiyon in the present crisis of its affairs. The
ting in. Some machinery and glass cases havo question to he dealt with is, how best to reconcile the hap-
armed, and the English authorities confidently say pineas and submission of • large Christian community
that they will be quite ready for M. Le Play's day' with the co-existence, under Turkish rule, of a Blume!.
of general inspection—although the French and man Mnlation dwelling within. the same territory, and
other nations appear to be much more forward than ointly interested with them in the wellbeing of the
island. This intermixture of races in Crete constitutes the
the Britishers. Foremost among the French exhi- ' great difficulty of the case. If, like Samos, Crete was in-
' biters are the hatters. But all departments are in habited merely by a Christian population, the system of
full activity, and the Emperor is carefully watching' ent established in the former island might readily
the progress made from time to time. He went government cant. isbed in the former island might readily
the progress iuuade from timimo to time. He went resorted to, and a Christian governor, named by the
over the main buildin Porte might administer, in the name and on behalf of
g a few days since. The
stud ies for increasing the beauty of the first coup tried the ' Sultan, the affairs of the island, aided by a council com-
posed exclusively of Christians. But the state of affairs in
are perpetual ; and his Majesty is not likely to Crete does not admit of such a solution. It may be,
rgver:i of
t ed e
permit these to be finally closed until he has seen however, that some such system as was established for the
e ,Jbn efn J.!
for himself. The exhibition of the crown jewels in asber9eodovranded ineotuohei porotopre!,
to ot
° iit
a pavilion in the centre of the park is among the Crete. In the'M I' tuig
Lebanon,as now in Crete, there was a
later additions. This pavilion will be so constructed mixed population to be provided for ; and it was arranged
that it can be sunk into the earth at night. 1 that there should he a Christian governor, named by the
Among the Emperor's guests to attend the open-' Sultan, and holding under the Sultan, invested with all the
ing ceremony will be the Crown Prince of Prussia, : attributes of executive power, and authorised to maintain
the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Cambridge. ,N It order
o, officer, to t.runariutsyt! to
ii,i, collect appoint
wt'xcoe'n'vtuoke. .0 preside-
On the 26th and 27th the curiosity of hundreds was over the counc'il, and to carrygou't judicial decisions ; the
excited by the process of testing the new iron : council to consist of two Iffaronites, two Drusea, two
bridges of the suburban railway (left bank) and the orthodox Greeks, two catholic t:reeks, two Metuali, amp
W 004.6111 bridges of the branch line to the Champ do, two 3lussulinans, and tiii be sibetcially ebuttruetelloowitheen:.to-
Mars. The testing was conducted by M. Marin, i Ts
the engineer to the Western Railway, under the .enrirsteliaatninggovu'ernfinoarnninini'sre4i
and by his delegation, the ll'ownebetaelfancif the Sultan,
administering,
of n district inhabited
orders of M. Clerc, the chief engineer. The test by various races, including among them the Alussulman.
train, which started from Auteuil, consisted of six' It seems to her 3i:testy's governnicnt that what was
waggons loaded with rails and eight locomotives. Matted to the wants o a iableedo pocliat.tiontbionothe liebsuon..
imo !fen: !on r i
Crete.n
They advanced side by side along the line, which . ple at
The essentiallea
]amt is to remove the
along a splendid viaduct to Javel.9 This, }ections which are pressed against the subjection of the in.
viaduct is of novel construction, and will be ono of eider population of Christians. far outnumbering the Hui-
the attractions of new Paris in the summer. It is sulman population, to an exclusive Mussulman administra.
bordered by two boulevards ; and tho arches are
pierced so that under it are two fine naves, which, the Porte should, by timely concessions, pre
h
tion. Her Majesty's government are most anxious
eeit that
te
serious complications which must ensue from any joint re-
form spacious covered walks. This is the work of ,
presentation on behalf of the Christian powers, urging it
the State Engineer, M. de Bassompierre. It leads to put an end to such a state of things. flow mall soever
to the station of Point-du-Jour, which is built on may be the claim that the Greek government has advanced
four rows of arches. The Point-du-Jour viaduct is for the annexation of Crete to the Greek king-
& two-storied one : the lower for oarriaiies and demo
• island would, as a necewary result, reap from
pedestrians, and the upper for trains. From the such . measure on the ground that the inhabitants of the
the benefit of a good adminis.
upper viaduct is spread a delightful prospect. The , tration and of security for life and property, still, so long
panorama stretches from Montmartre to Montrouge as they are able to allege that the Christian population of