The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-14 00:00:00

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EtEYBOUT, Ram 23
This NejtkiNag early a Moelom was killed in a
quarrel with a Christian, and the Moslem popula-
tion flew to arms directly, declaring that unless the
murderer was found and given up to them, not a
Christian should be left alive in the place. The cul-
prit has not yet been found, and we are in anything
but an enviable state, although we certainly have
men-of-war enough in the roads to blow the place
to pieces. A Turkish line-of-battle ship, with
2,000 troops on board, arrived this morning from
Constantinople. These are far more than enough
to prevent any disturbance whatever. But
the question is whether the will to prevent
shedding of Christian blood exists amongst the
Turkish authorities. After what has happened at
Deir-el-Samar, Zahle, Tessin, Hasbeiya, Ras-
heiya, Sidon, and other places, how is it possible
to put any faith in the proposes, protests, or oaths
of the Turks 1 Yesterday the consuls-general
offered to land 200 men from the Russian, French,
and English men-of-war, in order to restore confi-
dence to the place; but the Turkish authorities
would not listen to it for a moment, protesting that
such would be an infringement of the Sultan's
rights. To-day matters are worse. My own
opinion is that the Turks wish so to disgust both
the consuls and other Europeans, that all
may take refuge on board the ships of war,
and then not a native Christian will be
left to tell the tale throughout Syria. We have
is harbour of English ships the Exmouth,
90 • the Gannet; 11 ; and the Mohawk, gunboat.
Of French, the Lenobie, 50, and Sentinelle, 10 ; be-
sides a large Russian frigate of 60 guns, and a
Turkish hue-of-battle ship. There is to be a meet-
ing at four o'clock p.m. to-day, at the English
consulate, of the commanders of ships of war, the
Turkish general, and the consuls-general, to con-
cert measures for the safety of the town. One
good thing is that the general who has arrived in
command of the troops is a Christian, Seined, the
Hungarian, who behaved so well at Kars. This
has inspired the Christian population with more
confidence, but truth compels me to say that we
are still sitting on a volcano, which may at any
moment break out.. If the Moslems were to rise,
and the Turkish troops to behave well, all would
go right, but unfortunately Moslems will never act
against Moslems, never at any rate on behalf of
Christians.

The business of Beyrout is at a standstill ; all
the specie of the Ottoman Bank has been sent on
board the Exmouth, and in the streets hardly a
soul is to be seen. . . . .

4 E x.—As I write, news has been brought in that
the murderer of the Moslem has been caught. He
is a Christian, and has been convicted on Christian
evidence, and will be executed at sunset. This will
(greatly allay the excited state of the Moslems, and
it is to be hoped that we shall now get over the
night without a disturbance.
I cannot close this letter without bearing tes-
timony to the energy and judgment shown by Mr.
Moore, the English consul-general, throughout the
crisis, not only to-day, but ever since troubles
began iu these parts. Everybody in the place will
agree with me in this, and it is but right to bear
witness of the truth. I may add that we are fortu-
nate in all our five consuls-general, of whom, being
the senior, Mr. Moore acts as president.
I hope to write a few lines to-morrow by her
Majesty's ship Gannet, which leaves for the Pirams
at daylight. Those who have friends in Syria
may, I think, rest assured that, so far as personal
danger to Europeans is concerned, the worst is now
over. Still cold-blooded murders of disarmed
Christians by Druses may be counted by thousands,
and twenty thousand Christians of Lebanon have
been burnt out of house and home. The
Turkish government has in no single case
behaved with anything like justice towards
the Christians, and in every one of the
greater butcheries, the Turkish troops—often
the officials themselves—have helped. I state it
advisedly, and with a four years' knowledge of this
province, that the Turkish troops and Turkish offi-
cials are far more dreaded in Syria than the Druses
themselves, and I feel quite confident that until
and unless there is a landing of European forces in
this place—even if they remain here but for a few
weeks--confidence will not be restored to the Lebanon
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or to Syria. If any commission is to settle the affairs
of this province, Europeans must form a part of
that commission, else the Christians will regard it
as a mere farce, and I cannot wonder at their doing
so. This very day, with 2,500 Turkish troops at
their disposal, the authorities, by their weakness
and vacillation, very nearly caused the massacre of
some 40,000 ristians. In fact, from first to last,
had the government wished and planned the ex-
tinction of the Christian population, European and
native, from end to end of Syria, they could not
have icted in a manner more likely to attain that
end than they have.

The following letter from Abil-el-Bader, to the
Birgis-Barys (Eagle of Paris), has interest at the
present crisis :
Glory to God !—I have been delighted by all that you
have written in the Birgis on the subject of the Mosul-
man States. You have in truth given good advice, and you
would be heard if you had spoken to the living, but it is to
the dead that you have appealed. You have based your
remarks on two points. You might have mentioned a
third, and said that truly Mussulman sovereigus love
the conduct of honest men and follow their footsteps in
the wars of justice and contempt of worldly goods,
for it is on high that little ones should look for an example.
Alas ! we are far enough from doing so. The present state
of the Mussulman and Christian empires, everything that is
taking place to-day, was predicted by Mohammed in his
time, and that is whatgives such authority to his prophecies.
He has announced the annihilation of the Chamois, and
there are no more Chosroee ; be base's° said that the Chris-
tian Kings should maintain themselves in power till the end
of time ; and that the sovereigns of his people should be
abandoned of God by reason of their injustice and love of
the world's goods; lastly, be has said that the world shall
not end till the Christians have become the majority
of the human race. And that event cannot fail
to arrive, because, an Mislam, the authorised in-
terpreter of Mohammed, has said, they have,
above all, four qualities which ensure their future
success—clemency in victory, obstinacy in defeat, energy in
retaliation, and charity to the poor, the weak, and the
bereaved. I will add, of myself, that they join to these gifts
one still greater—via. skill in withdrawing themselves in
case of necessity hot; the injustice and oppression of their
lungs.
I weep, omy God, over the annihilation of Islamism.
We are from God, and to Him we return.
At this moment dreadful disorder prevails among the
Maronites and the Drums. The evil has deep mote every-
where. Butchery and murder are going on in all parte.
God grant that things may have a better ending.
Greeting to God, the Mighty, from his poor servant.,
Damascus, June 10. ADD-EL•KADIUL

"The Canterbury meeting," says the Gardeners'
Chronicle, "has unquestionably been a failure, if success
be measured by the numbers present at it. It must be
pronounced a failure if the magnitude and value of the
show of implements be allowed to determine for us. Some
classes of the live stock, too, have been decidedly below
the usual standard of excellence. A very poor collection in
the horse classes and nothing very remarkable in the pig
classed has been exhibited. For the rest, we have had one
of the best shows that ever gathered of the three leading
classes of eattle—Short-horns, Herefords, and Devote—
and a splendid exhibition in many of the clone of sheep."
According to statistical tables, there are at pre-
sent in Europe 18,140 actors, 21,809 actresses, 1,773 man-
gers of theatre, ; and the number of persona attached in
one way or another to dramatic establishments amounts to
82,209.
A " Misacurzus IMAGE" AT ROME.—A letter
from Rome is the Paris ultramontane journal, the Monde,
says :—" The Cardinal-Vicar has published, by order of his
Holiness, an invitation to the clergy and people of Rome, to
accompany procesaionally, tomorrow evening, the miracu-
lous image of the Virgin, which is to be conveyed from the
basilica of Saint Mary to the church of Gera According to
tradition this image was painted by St. Luke the Evangelie..
It Ins held in great veneration so far back as the time of St.
Gregory the Great, who had it carried to St. Peter's when a
terrible pestilence afflicted the city. Pope• Paul V. had re-
course to the same means on a similar occasion, and he fol-
lowed the image on foot, accompanied by the whole Sacred
Collage, in which there were then three celebrated cardinals
—Bellannine, Noronha, and Toledo. Gregory XVL, in
1835 and 11137, only obtained t►e cessation of the cholera,
which was committing great ravages, by the same pious
exercise. Now that a moral pestilence, more terrible in its
effect than those which have already taken place, is
ravaging Rome and Italy, his Holiness Pope Pius IX. is
following the example of his predecessors."
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