The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-24 00:00:00

THE. GLORY of nig MUM-134.

(From, the Monitaur.)
In England, as in France, the' capture, of SehaY
topol has exited the liveliest joy. it was 'proper.
indeed, that, after sharing Ole, elan e;ers and met' fiefs
pofartthiisn wtrhaer,gltohrey towf oth.
coot-
mencement 'of the contest, France- Frontan England,
united united in a strictin,ecirorfceosesonmulul:n:;ii totynh in vefiluettir:lss and of orts,
rt,rnittili;ysipsills.o-uld equally take
according
e
la‘7e
felt
at
kind
of iriturin'
success. If France has beers able to place in .lire.
more soldiers, England has supplied a larger num-
ber of ships, and has not the less on that account
sent in succession to the Crinsess-80,000 train); 6.64,
lected from all parts of ber immense empire. .
Owing to the prodigious naval armament of tie
allied powers their flags dominate over every s.a.,
and forbid it to Russia. The enemy has seen his
ships blockaded or burnt in his harbours, his •sea-
hoard ravaged, his commerce annihilated, hi,
foreign relations destroyed. From the 5.9. at
Azoff to the White Sea, from the Baltic to Nam-
schatka, Russia is imprison( dby our fleets. h !at
the courage of our soldiers was triumphing over
the desperate resistance of the Russian army,
cotnbiniacl, squadrons wera destroying his stores at
provisions, and intercepting his communications,
at theVeiy%ime that they were m detaining aliutt-
datiec iirialacs allied armies mid conveying to them
every..aoyjrctah reinfornements.
Oita nariflrne .cross woad baldly have suf-
F,ced for the transport of our troops and eeorniqw
quantity of munitiona-recrmerit`-fttf t•tralt-a-trar'-tit-
a distance of 800 leagues from our coatstry.- The
English Admiralty placed at th disposal of France
50 vesseis of her royal navy and her merehant ser-
vice, which have conveyed to the Crimea more
than 40,000 men of our troops, together with 2,000
horses, and 7,000 tons of our materiel. Every one
knows, besides, that ff Bomarsund foil beneath the
blows of our soldiers, it was chiefly the En.glish
navy that conveyed them thither.
In all the phases of this war, at the Alma awl at
Inkerman, as at Bomarsund and Sweabore, the ar-
mies and crews of England and. France have min-
gled their blood and fought with bravery for the
common cause. At the Tehernaya our allies has-
tened up to support us, as we had hastened to-
wards them at Balaklava.• In the last and victori-
ous efforts against Sebastopol the English and
French equally accomplished their heroic task. It
out of several points - attacked one only was cep-
quered at first, the triumphs was not the leas on
that account due to all the corps of the allied army,
which, mutually supporting each other and divid-
ing the resistance of the enany, compelled him at
length to abandon the walls of that city which his
very despair could no longer defend. Therefore
the General-in-Chief of the French army has been
mfrely just when he assigned to the Euglisli army
a large share of the glory in the success of that
great day.
The pecuniary sacrifices that our allies have im-
posed
on themselves equal our "own, even if they '
do not surpass them. Without speaking of the-
Turkish loan of 100 millions (of francs), guaranteed,
it is true, by France as well as by England, but
contracted exclusively amongst our neighbours, nor
of the 50 millions (of francs) advanced by them to
the Piedmonteso Government, for enabling it to
give us the most useful assistance of its brave sol-
diers, England expended on this war, last year,
nearly 400 millions (of francs), and has foreseen
that she might have to. expend on it this year a
further sum of more than a milliard.
This enormous burden and all these sacrifices are
supported by the English people as by the French
people, not with resignation, but with that energy
which proves that no expense will be spared in the
attainment of their object. We may say of our
neighbours as of ourselves, that the nation is not
satisfied with following and supporting its Govern-
ment, but that it outstrips it in a manner, by la-
vishing on it all the means requisite for insuring
the triumph of a cause the justice and grandeur of
which are equallycomprehended by the two peoples.

OFFICIAL TURKISH NOTIFICATION ON
RAILWAYS.

The following official notification bag been pub-
lished by the Sublime Porte with rmspect to the
establishment of a network of railroads in the em-
pire :

The ameliorations and the progress which display
themselves daily in the Ottoman Empire are the result
of the grandeur of the conceptions animating the mind
of his Imperial Majesty, and of the continual endeavours
which be is ever making to assure the happiness aid
prosperity of the populati-n. The council of the Tanzi-
mat is charged with the duty of realising these noble
conceptions of the sovereign, and is earnestly occupied in
elaborating the laws and regulations which are to serve
as a basis for a just and paternal admioisiration of the
empire—laws and regoiations which will give a new im-
pulse to industry an i conamerc', and will develop con-
tinuously the prosperity of the country.
One of the most important ameliorations, one also
which will contribute more than any other to augment
the resources of the empire io without doubt, the esta-
blishment of roads of communication in the empire.
Turkey, a country essentially agricultural, produces
immense harvests. These stand in need of roads by which
they can be conveyed to the sea, and thus feed the com-
merce of Europe. Steam navigation, which furrows the
large indentations of the seas, whieh penetrates, we may
say, into the very heart of the Ottoman empire, bag
already opened great outlets for th. agricultural ricir!s (1
the countries which surround thorn By opening- roads of
communication in the interior, we stall make the whole
of the empire participate in the immense benefit which
maritime commerce offers to the coasts of Turkey.
To arrive at a result of this nature, greet arteries of
communication must be established ; that is to say a net-
work of railroads which, starting from the agricultural
centres of the country, shall terminate at the seas, tr;
versing in their way the most productive provinces of
Turkey, or serving to unite the lines of comolunioation
of this country with the great European Hoeg.
The neighbouring roads and the ca a's which are to
feed the railroads will come afterwards, or we may say
that they will originate themselves. Turkey must begin
where Europe bas finished. Turkey has nothing to do
but to transplant those works of progress which other
countries have obtained so slowly and so difficultly. She
will obtain at once the fruit which they have waited for
ages before they could gather.
With a view to this end his Imperial Majesty the Sul-
tan, in the exercise of that enlightened solicitude which
he always displays on the subject of his country. has
ordered the council of the Tanzimat to make this ques-
tion take precedence of all others, and the council has
just presented the project which it has adopted, after
due and proper deliberation.

The council admits in principle the establishment of
railroads throughout the empire, and as acoturnencement
it has thought proper to endeavour tc. decide upon the
line which would offer the most immediate and conside-
rable advantages for industry and internal and external
commerce, and which also miaht serve as a model for the
establh-liment of others. Afr.er mature reflection the
council came to the conclusion that the road from Con-
stantinople to Belgrade was the most important, all cir-
cumstances being taken into consideration. This im-
portance is increased by the pre-ent conditien of affairs.
Constantinople is an imoertant city, and the seat of
an extensive commerce. The produce and merchandise
which it is obliged to obtaiu from the interior alrea ly are
the cause of immense traffic. Now the railroad from Bel-
grade to the capital must pass through many
important
cities, centres of production and industry. The trade Of
Constantinople alone then secures for the raitroA a pros-
perous future. But besides this, the port or Constaeti-
nople is one of the fine,t an I most extensive in the whole
world, and the enormous fora ion trade of which it is the
centre promises a brilliaet tutere for the railroad.
Still more, this railroad destined to unite Turkey with
the rest of Europe, must naturally introduce an immense
result, material and mor.ll, and is destined in a short
time either at Constat,tinople itself or in the most, beau-
tiful and fertile countries of Rametlia to realise. under
these two points of view, the roost itupottant ameliora-
tions, to give an enormous impulse to commerce by
opening new outlets to agriooltere, to watoifaztures, amid
to inaugurate a new era of prep rity arni aches.
The most enlightened governments c f Europe, labour-
ing to increase the prosperity of their countries, have re-
cognised necessarily that the weal nod the riches of pri
vate individuals, and that this result can ,‘nly be obtained I
by giving the greatest impure to c,rnm-rce, n anufac-
tures, and the spirit of enter!), ise. They have c,r sequently
adopted the system of leaving areat works of this nature to
private adventure, and to giant o. onponies the privilege of
constructing rail-roads. The Imperial Gov( rt merit
follow this example, and will leave the construction of
the railroad from Constantienple to Belgrade to com•
panics compered of shareholders either autjects of the
empire or foreigners.
To this end the Ottoman Government has resolved 'o
address itself directly to Etirepean capital and exp
The fundamental rubs and eondit; nue upon whieb
this concession will repos will be published in Europe
by the Embassies of the Empire.
A period of sixmonths from the date of Oct. 1, 1655,
is fixed, during which cowponies coming forward m„Y
obtain all necessary information and oil possible fooalities'
for getting a thorough knowledge of the subject-.. During
this period their propositions will be received - and
at
the expiration of this time all the proposals will be ex-
amined and compared. The competing company wlneh,
in conformity with the fundamental 180-s e-4,iblished
the Imperial Government, shall make the moat advatt•
tageous offer, and shall present the best securities, will
t obtain the definitive concession.
This decision of the Council of the Tanzinnit approved