The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-02 00:00:00

RAILWAYS IN TURKEY.

The following are the " fundamental conditions
laid down by the Government of his Imperial
Majesty the Sultan for the establishment of rail-
ways in the Ottoman empire" :
" 1. The Imperial Government decrees the establish,
ment of a line of railway from Constantinople to Bel-
grade.
"2. To this end the Imperial Government has re-
solved to address itself directly to the experience and
capital of Europe.
" 3. The construction and working of this line shall
be conceded to the company that shall make the most
advantageous offers and present the best guarantees.
"4. A period of six months, dating from the Ist of
October, 1555, .is fixed, until the expiration of which all
offers shall be received, either directly at the Foreign.
office at Constantinople, or in Europe through the em-
bassies and legations of the Sublime Porte.
"5. During this period of six months all possible
facilities shall be afforded to companies desiring to
tender for this line, in order that they may procure the
necessary information and make the studies they may

desire.
6. Upon the first Monday in the month of April,
1856, shall Olio place the opening of the tenders that
shall have been sent in, and the concession to that com-
pany which shall have made the most advantageous
offers and presented the best guarantees. This shall
take place at Constantinople, at the Sublime Porte,
before the High Council of the Tanzimat, and in presence
of the authorized agents of the companies tendering.
7. The concession shall be in virtue of a decision
with motives assigned (decision motiree) of the High
Council of the Tanzimat, which shall be published and
afterwards confirmed by an Imperial decree.
" 8. The company is to be constituted and can exist
only under the name and title of Imperial Ottoman
Company.'
" 9. The shareholders may be subjects of the Sublime
Porte or foreigners, without distinction.
" 10. The construction as well as the direction of the
working of this line shall always be under the high su-
perintendence (surveillance) of the Sublime Porte.
" 11. The company shall always be subject to the
general laws of the empire.
" 12. The wood required for the construction of the
railway, stations, &c., shall be supplied exclusively by
the forests of the Crown, on conditions mutually agre
to between the Imperial Government and the company
obtaining the concession.
" 13. The Imperial Government will concede the land
upon which the line of railway is to be made, and the
right of property in the land shall always remain in the
Imperial Government.
" 14. The coal mines that may be found in the vici-
nity of tbo course of this line shall be granted to the
company obtaining the concession, upon terms to be
agreed upon between the Imperial Government and the
company.
" 15. The companies making tenders are to furnish a
security (eautionnement) in the manner usual in similar
cases in other European countries."
These conditions have just been transmitted to
the various Turkish Embassies and Legations
throughout Europe.

PRINCE MENSCHIKOFF A MONK.—The P aerie states
that a private letter received by a Russian family in
Paris announces that Prince Menschikoff has becom e
a monk. He has enrolled himself, it is Faid, in a Inc"
niutery ;war MONCOW.