The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-06 00:00:00

THE JEWS IN DAMASCUS.
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TO Ml SUITOR OT TUS DAILY ssWs.
Stn,—Eooloood I beg to hand you the trenalation
of a document whisk I have received ia a letter from a
highly respectable gentleman at Dammam
bhoeld you deem it of soMcieet importance to insert it in
Jour columns, I doubt not it will be read with inte
byrest sad
gratification, not merely by my so-relisioniste, but *en-
ema who, recollecting the severe persecutions to whi h the
Jew. have been subjected in the Eist, end partii.ularly in
Damascus, rot trrny years sinee, will recoysise io it evidence
of • desire en the part of the Sultan not only to guard them
for the future from the effects of prejudice and iuto:erance,
but he smolt for them that consideration to which, in com-
mon with others of whauover creed, they Sr. Ituvly entitled.
My correspondent, shoes letter ie dated 28. May, states
that OflllaS Bay, on his arrival there at the beginning of the
month, alter prodscing the Sultan's order for the rtmAel.
ling of the council (which sornerly consisted of Mnele.as
exclusively, to the number of twelve), proceeded to consti-
tute five Moslems members of the council, and ',Wrested the
note is 'question to the Chief Ribbi, r s well as similar nites
to the local heads of the catholic and Greek chinches, de-
siring each of them to furnish • member from among their
eo-re.iitiosist• to oteupy • seat in the new divan. lie farther
inform me that the chef= of the Jewish ecantnunity had
fallen upon a voneralite and respected man, Mr. Meir
Balsmaa Tashi, who had bees a severe sufferer from the ca-
lumny and pervecstimoisonnected witit the lamentable &Heir
of 1810.
I have trash:A ycn with this brief summary of the cot -
tents of my corm? &Put'. letter so far as it relates learn-
lively to the subject in Oman Bey's note ; as, in the twist
arm publietting that note, it is • material point that ynu
should he furetshed with the authentic relative informatics
of which you may perhaps alio esa tit to make see.
I have the honour to be, air, your obedient 'errant.
N0313S MONTEIf ORB.

Grosvenor Gate, Park. lens, Toll 6.
Translation of a rote addreserd to .
r the Chief Rabbi at
nunalcs. by Osman E.veesident of the Manicips)
v .
In obedielee to his Majesty's pleasure relative to the n-
or/animation of the coosicipsleenancils in sundry important
portant-. of the 0:t, man Empire. several respectable mom-
bsn have already been elected with the view to the constitu-
tion of the council of Damascus It is however neeisessry
that other menthen be also elected term the Christian and
Israelite communities by the votes of the higher classes sad
their co-roliginoists respectively.
Tag Chief Rabbi is accordingly hereby invited to summon
the toadies members of his community, and with their aid
and concurrence to eke 57111* pirson of Went and integrity,
and depute him to attend the council to morrow for the con-
firmation of his appoiotarnt as a member of that ho 'y, when
he will be required to pu3duce a deedaration is attestation of
his election under the seals of the said Chief Rabbi and of
his other constituents
I: is therefore natticd that you should forthwith proceed
to such election. Sr instruct the person who may ba olectcd
to present him.sif at the ceuneil t 3 worms,.
Rajiab, 1164. (Signed) OSMAN BEY,
President of the Canna

IRELAND.

Dratur, Jenv 5.
The ve.einey in M --yo caused by the death of Mr. I
Dillon Browne is likely to give rise to • spirited con- 1
Lest Mr. Ousels litegine is a:ready in the field ,
on liberal principles. Mr. Butt is spoken of as a can- i
&date on the protectionist interest, and it is said I
that the Attorney-General is also resolved to offer
himself for the vacant seat. How many more can-
didates the people of Mayo may have for their suf-
fragn before the day of election it is impossible to i
say ; but u the reader will be curious to know what,
in the present state of the Irish franchise, may be !
the extent of the coostitnerey for which the contest
is to be fought, I may mention, in the words of the
Freeman's Journal, that " some represent it as not
amounting to more than 150 available votes, while
others say that from three to five hundred votes may be
polled." Such, it will be observed, is the probable
constituency of one of the largest counties of Ire:and.
The General .%ssEmbly of the Presbyterian Church
of Ireland, which t as been holding its annul sitting
at Belfast during the present week, has adopted by
wee! the .Nurtlfrrn Whig admits was • "sweeping
majority," a petition to parliament on the subject of
tenant right. This step is one of con•idesable im-
portance, and so far as the northern proving is con-
cerned, will have more influence than any hitherto
taken in this great popular movement.
The attempt made in the House of Cvmmoes on
Tuesday to foot by a side vied a mutilated and in-
adequate tenant right bill upon Ireland has excited
contempt •nd indignation on this bide of the channel.
Mr. Pussy's bill well be a dead letter in this country,
sad it would be a great mistake indeed to uprise
that it will settle the great question which agitates
the people, and upon which, more than on anything
else, the interests of Ireland depends.
The abandonment of the Vim-Royalty Bill Ins been
announced both by ti e Evening Post and the London
correspondence of the Fermium, and has given wide-
spread sarisfaction,ind to a large number no incon-
siderable triumph.
The death 01 Sir Robert Peel has caused a deep
sensation in Lublin. As a mark of rertet to his
memory the entire of the shippirg in oar river and
docks had their flags flying half-mast high yest,r-
day. The same complim:nt to the memory of the
deceased baronet was also indicated by toe flag of the
Belfast Corporation.

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