The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-29 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The following translation of an Imperial Haft,
read to the Sublime Porte on Saturdai, the 15th
October, in presence of all the ministers and high
functionaries of the empire, has been received at Mr.
Rester's office:
"To the Illustrious Grand Vizier.

" Tne first basis and the foundation of all the
strength and all the prosperity of a Suite is its
financial position. Without credit and without con-
fidence progress becomes impracticable. Notwith-
standing the material expenses of the country, it Is
incontestable that if order was introduced into the,
administration of the public money, and it wu em-
ployed usefully, the country would in a short time
arrive at the realisation of this strength and this
prosperity. It has, however, been proved to be true
for some dampest, and from different causee, that the
blow that has been given to the credit of Turkey has
thrown the country into the abyss in which it is now
plunged. Powerful and daily calla on the govern-
ment have necessitated the contract of loans from the
merchants of Galata on heavy and ruinous conditions,
as likewise the issue of different kinds of paper money,
and all confidence has been destroyed, as well in the
interior as in the exterior of the State. Disorder in
the expenses has on another side increased the evil,
and brought matter, to the situation that they are
now in.

" With the aid of the Most High, I am about to
employ an incessant zeal in ord. r to anticipate the
dangerous effects of this state of things.
My sovereign and absolute will is that my
ministers, on their part, should spare neither pains
nor efforts, and should devote themselves to the
development of those means which will insure the
well-being of Turkey, without allowing themselves
to be led away by considerations of personal rivalry.
He who would act in opposition to this end would
have to render an account of his conduct in this world
and in the next. And as it is only by the adoption
of energetic measures that we can draw ourselves
from the abyss in which we are now plunged, and
likewise save the credit of the empire, we must
examine in a terious ►nd profound manner, both in
principle and in detail, the great point—namely, the
abandonment or change in those customs and acts
which have occasioned all these expenses, and, with
God's assistance, re-organise the general administra-
tion of the country in a manner that will give confi-
dence to the world. I command that the result of
the examination which will be made into this im-
portant question shall be submitted to me."

The minister of jimmies lately made his report on
crime in France, sad gave the abetnict of it In the columns
of be Xonitewr. Tile minister took this occasion to make
some instructive contrasts between crime in Franca and crime
in England, in the course of which the Lord Chancellor was
described se presiding st the Old Smiley :

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

()1011 OVA OWN COI

PARIS, FRIDAY JOINING.

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M. Orandguillot publishes in the Constdutionnel
No. 1 of a series of articles on the coming congress.
What the writer is instructed to aim at will perhaps
be developed more clearly hereafter, but the present
production is so transcendental, so cautiously ob-
scure, that I can namely venture to offer an obser
vation upon it. Of Italy, to settle the affairs of
which we have hitherto understood the congress is
wanted, there is not a word throughout the article.
The main point insisted on is that the treaties of 1816,
which were made against France, must be revised.
Well, they have been revised very considerably in
practise; and I suppose no statesman in Eng-
land now cares to swear by them. But in
what respect these treaties are a present grievance
to France does not appear. There has been a ru-
mour afloat that the Emperor wants a congress for-
mally to revoke that clause of 1816 which proclaims
the Bonaparte dynasty incapable of reigning in
France. This point is, however, not alluded to, at
least intelligibly, in the present article. What
good the Emperor would derive from compliance
with this whim, now that all the powers of Europe
have recognised him for years, I scarcely see.
Of course he cannot expect England or any other
power to guarantee the throne which he owes to
universal suffrage in France, if ever universal suffrage
should change its mind. But, as I have already
said, the arucle is too vague to be worth much com-
ment. We must await further explanation of the
Idle Napokowieme.

The Journal du Sarre says that the Xing of
Abyssinia has made over to France the isle and port
of Masionah, in the Red Sea.
One of the most splendid public buildings in
Paris, the Palace of the Luxembourg, the old Cham-
ber of Peers, and now the Senate House, has been in
great part destroyed by tire. The alarm was
given at 1 o'clock this morning, and in a few
minutes afterwards several fire engines arrived
on the scene of the disaster, but the flames
had then made a great head. The fire
had broken oat immediately under the dome which
conspicuously terminates the Rue de Seine. The
circular hall in winch the Senate hods its sittings
principally suffered, and, in consequence of the num-
ber of passages by which this halt is surrounded, it
was a long while before the engines could be so or-
ganised as to play upon the flames with effect. At
6 o'clock the dome fell io, and then the whole Senate
House was nothing but a heap of ruins. Two fire-
men and two servants of the Senate were dragged
out from the rubbish much injured, but it is hoped
that their lives will be saved. At present
I have not heard of any loss of life. The
damage is estimated at from 400,000 fr. to
600,000 fr. It is feared that the paintings
of Abel de Pujol and Vauchelet must be entirely
destroyed. The statues of Colbert, Malesherbes,
D'Agueseau, and Mole are not injured. The gallery
of paintings is not, I believe, touched. The fire was
got over by 8 o'clock in the morning. Nothing is
known of the origin of the catastrophe. A judicial
inquiry is ordered.
The Bourse opened with tolerable firmness, and,
after a very slight reaction, recovered for the close
to about the opening prices. The last quotation of
the Rents for cash was the same as yesterday,
891 r. 40c. For account there was a rise of 10c.;
the last price being 139 fr. 46e. Mobilier rose Mr.
Railways left off at very nearly yesterday's prices.

THE HOIIAGNA.

The following proclamation has been addressed
by Garibaldi to the municipalities of the Romagna :

Among the courageous people of antiquity the wife and
children of the patriot soldier were regarded es a moat sacred
charge, confided to the faith and gratitude of the citizens.
And among ourselves, while we are using all our efforta to
call the youth to arms, we do not forget the obligations
which we incur when we take them from their families and
their work.

Would it not be black ingratitude to let the soldier engaged
In the public defame km fur hie indigent and deserted
family, and :experienoo the cruel tortures of the heart In
addition to the fatigues of war ? Should not the love of the
citizens coneole the bereaved for the lots of their dear ones by
apmetttiog more substantial than mete words

It is time, gentlemen, that we should work with all oar
hearts in obedience to this lively and undeniable sentiment of
justice. It is time that the municipalities should seriously
set about succouring the indigent families of the volunteers,
as Tuscany has sloesdy done. We do not wish to encounter
the sad sight of patents languishiog in misery, solely because
their eons have shown themselves generous to their country,

1 implore, thee, in favour of the necessitous families of
oar volunteers, the generous tounilicence of the municipali-
ties and of the wealthy citizens.
The chiefs of corps will trensmit to the headquarters of
the divisions a detailed list of the soldiers who belong to in-
digent families, and the staff will take steps to bring them to
the knowledge of their respective municipalities.

G. GARIBALDI.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.

The Teuton* steamer, Captain Hensen, from
New York, October 16, has wired at Cowes, and
proceeded to Hamburg.
Her advice* are anticipated.

She brings 764,316 ;lola. in specie for England,
69,000 for France, and 4,000 for Hamburg; 39 pas_
aengers for this port ; 102 for Hamburg.
On the 16'h of October she passed the Hammonia
steamer, hence to New York, in let. 40.26 N., long.
67.20 W., all well. On the 17th spoke the British
ship Flora, from Genoa, bound west, in lat. 41.19,
long. 83.17 ; and on the 27th spoke the British ship
Eleanor, from Bombay, for Liverpool, lb days onti
lin lat. 49.28, long. 11.20.

The authorities at Berlin have opened the Museum
and rioters Galleries in the Lustgarten on the Sandsys with
the greatest sucrose. Crowds gather to the Egyptian Hall,
admire the marble Apollo, an 4 filiservae, pore over the
wondroua allegories of Kaulbach and Cornelius, without ap-
parent Injury M their morals." though," says thesf threatens,
" much, it is rumoured, to the loss of the wine cellars
sad dancing gardens."
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Among other siT,ctiog incidents of the storm, one
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mentioned by a gentleman who returned from the neigh-
bourhood of Canway tm Wedeesday night. During that
aftentoxa two little bays, one 11 and the other only 9 yearn
of age, lashed to a piece of plank or small bit of timber, were
wombed sahore at Conway, both still alive. It appeared that
they had bees thus launched on the stormy waves by their
father, from a little vessel, on Its proving unseaworthy. Our
informant adds that the tether also reached the shore in
sefety, and that the little ba:is meet have made a perilous
Tome of at lame six milts on thew bit of plank.

A Belgian, M. Teleophore Loip, or Gembloux, has
scorptel the invitation of the Brazilian government to navi-
gate the Amazon river from its source to its mouth. Y.
Lois hes engaged eizty-four bold men to try the adventure
with him, and ha, informed the Royal Belgian Aeadmy
that, should be perish In tho undertaking, he hid taken met-
awes M have him manuscripts and collections delivered to the
Academy, _ _ .

Iu the new number of the Correspondent just
published there is a pa?er by It. de Mont.lambert on the
peewit crisis In the Papal sitter, It is entitled " Pio IX,
et la France en 180 et en 1859," He qu Aes with approval
"the rhqutet protest of the Bishop of Orleans," and ea.
reeds in violence the prelates who have written so bitterly
against Piedmont. However, he thirty finds fault with
France, which he considers as respon.itie for the recent policy
in Italy, and urges that the recent events in Romagna
which have caused DO much irritation among the clergy are
to be attributed to France stone.

:MB CILINCALLORSHIP OP 6142VBCBGE1
UM VIRBI7I.

EDINBURGH, FRIDAY EveNIN.,.

The General Council of the University of Edin-
burgh rose to-day, in the Music Mall, at 12 o'clock. Sir
David Brewster, Principal, presided.
Professor Chrisdeon nominated, and Sir George Clerk
ereciaded, the Duke of Bucciench as Chancellor of the
University. The Solicitor-General, seconded by Dr.Alerander
Wood, proposed Lord Brougham.
The speaking lasted till 2 o'clock, and the roll of 1,393
members was thee called over, which occupied the meeting
fill nearly 6 o'clock, the door, of the hall being meanwhile
strictly cloud. The numbers as intimated were:—Lord
Brougham, 664 ; the Duke of Buocleuch, 419 ; majority for
Lord Brougham, 266. The result was received with loud
cheers by Lord Brougham. supporters, and s large crowd
awned the result outride.

In the evening Lord Brougham's election was celebrated
by the ringing of the bells of the city churches.
At 7 the council again met to elect an enamor to the
University court:—Lord Names, seconded by Professor
Byrne, propned Sir John M'NeUl ; Dr. Douglas Madigan,
seconded by Mr. Morton, proposed Solicitor-Generel Mait-
land. The mambas were :—For the Solicitor-Oseseal, 272 ;
Sir John 184; majority, 88.