The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-30 00:00:00

TURXEY.

Oar oortwpondent has already stated that a re.
port on the financial position of Turkey was pre,
seated to the Sultan by his ministers, and the fol.
lowing are the particulars given by the Univers re.
specting the manner in which that report was re.
oeived and acted on:—

The Sultan read the report, and was thunderstruck. Re
hams:Neely sent for the Minister of Finance and the I.
issikst of his civil list, who both assured him that the
grand vizier's report unfortunately stated the whole truth, cad
that It became urgent to find a remedy. The eareskierßies
Puha likewise confirmed all the facts mentioned In the
Vrwaszd give of entire smoked= to it. His Maisel
sent for Arai Pao the vend 'kin, who w
mike( In Ws yall, or marine residence, the turn ad
affairs. The first moments of the interview ware
embarrassing for both parties. The Sultan, however,
soon declared to his grand that he was
prepared far everything, end that be would sons
say maseure calcimined to avert the calamities which menaced
the em He acknowledged his e..iors, and the immense
prod ty end disorder griming in the administration of the
, sad above all of the hymn, end declared his beat.
Nos of putting a stop to them. 'lt was no doubt at this me.
meat Asti Paths advised the Sultan to place the seraskier
Elea Picchi at the hied of that administration, he harem
garaged the imperial palms with so much wisdom and
moderation from 1839 to 1846. At 2 p.m. yesterday (the
Rim Pacha proceeded in great ceremony to the Porte,
by the first chamberlain of the pelf ce, who bore •
rietTereriff or reed t written by the Sultt-i' own band,
and addressed to the &and Alder. This solemnly read
in the large ball, according to custom. This hatti-sheriff Is
undoubtedly one of the most curious ever pinned by an
Ottoman Sultan and sent to the Porte. The sovereign
therein ;conferee himself guilty, before his people, of
having indulged in an expenditure far beyond his
means. He declares himself desirous to put en
end to such irregularities, and prescribes that the most
eseryeti<messures be taken for that purpose. He further
announces the speedy publication of • second haft, which
will ester more fully into the measures of economy to be
taken. I shall send you • copy of this singular document by
next post. The fact Is, that there is a complete plan el
financial reform ; that it is approved of by the Sultan, and
that Aali reelable received fun powers to put it into ewe-
lion without delay. Now we who are on the spot, and know
luridaily experience the degree of perseveres* et7nrod by
kith functionaries in pcusnlng the realisation of eel
adopted plan we, I say, may mak with meson, how loss
will this kat'? We Seat the 'Leis may turn over a new
leaf for this time at least. However that may be, there is
no doubt that in se as they have done they
a great service to the as well as to vas • for
had a popular ontbreak occurred, they would have bees the
first victims. Among the lower classes, the Tur the
great Parts, thaw huatWds esters, who only Wnkod
their own interests, end do not cm for the poor people," are
kindly accused of all that takes plate
A letter from Constantinople, in the Prase, throws
some light on the pecuniary embarrassments of the
imperial harem :
A private order has been addressed by the Sultan to ell the
varies of the palace ordering them not to oentraot any
debts. This measure is important, for it also falls on the
imperial harem, in which some hundreds of militate of
piastres ate equandered every year. I do not In any way
=t: when state that the account drawn out on this
fixes the debts of the imperial harem at mom tea
700 millions of piastres (the piastre is about 44 sons). In
order to settle these accounts all the purveyors to the pawn
have been convoked. Dealers in diamonds, jewellery, Isms,
silk goods, and in all those costly trifles which abound fri
the shops at Pera, have been called together and informed
that, notwithstanding the enormous prices charged for the
articles furnished by them, they will be again this tints
settled with in full; the moved will be pad to them In dee
years—forty per cent. In cosh and sixty per cent. to
bonds of the future consolidated debt. This arrangement,
onerous as it might appear in Europe, was 'Needy accepted;
from this you may form an Idea of the value attached to the
' debts of the palace. These purveyors were at the same time
Wormed that for the future no debt of the Imperial harem
will be recognised melees ft has been previously authoelsed by
the Minister of the Civil Liet. It remains to be nen, =mai
befog women in every clime, whether the fair Inmates of the
palace of Dolma. 13th. will not find some means of el
the rigorous measures adopted towards them. Time war
show.

Another letter from the same capital describes the
atrocities committed by the Montenegrins on Turkish
soldiers :

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The 6th Regiment, which was present at the ash. of Gra-
how°, and of which only 700 men remained, ham arrived at
Constantinople, and is quartered in the barracks of the
seasakerst hisny of these men show the frightfttl and die.,
gusting marks of the cruel mutilations to which they were
subjected by the Montenegrins. By • refinement of cruelty
the latter cut off the bAnds of the musickse and of the
drammmn, in order to prevent them from mina the' :nitre-
meats in

THE RUMEN MEET ET

Most contradictory statements are published on
the subject of the Roden vessels of war souk to the port of
Sebastopol. We reproduced tome time ago • letter oddness&
from that place to a German journal, in which it was co-
nned that no ships had been recovered, and, moreover, that
the bads of the weeds seder water had been found to be
entirety worm-eaten and useless. Tbis statement hie bean
coufirreed by Amerkens innovated in the mattes. A nag
different yarn= b now offend by a letter from Lk. Pete*.
burg in the Bereeeltetie of Hapsburg, which says It spp.
pears certain that the remains of the wools will be rocconetd.
This work was never confided to au Amerksa company,
M. 710.1111, who ban usdertakra the epastion, bra
already weighed several of the mesh, and is actively
sontinalog ble labors. The work was ramrod by
clawing the part et the roadstead whirs three easels of wee,
one of then a llue-of-baffle chip of 120 guns, hod beensuuk.
One, the Jagadil was got op with the exception of her keo,
which was buried to a depth of 12 lest La the mud. The
works were afterwards directed to the place where the Par%
of 120 goes, the frigate Koworno, and other meals, wen
souk. The schooner tknielaja, al 16 guns sad the Twit
steamer, taken from the Turks, WO get up oaths. Thelehter
was in such good preservation that she was pea 10181.1111111,
it • date for further smith. The Wrier el these lea.
Wald vane& bed not sustained the slightest isjary hem the
worse. The Grant,' and the Dunaj bath been shoo get
up." lorely moms English Welke is the Crimes wadi es.
lighten the public on a subject which is eat widen* paint
impostaaes.
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AMERICA.

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LIVERPOOL, Erreanar.
The royal Instil steam-ship Persia, Captain Jain
king, which sailed from New York on the 18th,
and touched at St. John'', Newfoundland, on the
22nd (whence she brings the passengers and Mai
of the Europa) arrived off the Bar of the Mersey at
air o'clock this morning, but owing to the lowneM
of the tide, eke did not reach here until tea
Wanton to eleven. Her passage has been a rapid
one, and but Apr the foggy weather which she
rimmed off Newfoundland and the detention at Sti•
John's, it would byre been shorter by at least half
day. The Persia has brought 188 passenger,' and
690,462 dollars in specie.