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

OFFICIAL TURKISH NOTIFICATION ON

RAIL WAYS.

The following official notification bas been pub-
lished by the Sublime Porte with respect to the
establishment of a network of 'railroads in the em-

pill!, :
The ameliorations and the progress which display
themselves daily in the Ottoman Empire are the result
of the arandenr of the conceptions animating the mind
of his Imperial Majesty, and of the continual endeavours
which he is ever snaking to a'sure the happiness and
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 f-r a just and paternal administration of the
empire—laws and regulations Which will give a new im-
pulse to industry and commerc-, and will develop con-
tinuously the prosperity of the country.
One of the most important ameliorations, one also
which will contilbute more than any other to augment
the resources of the empire without doubt, the esta-
blishment of roads of communication 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
laege indentations of the seas, which penetrates, we may
say, into the very heart of the Ottoman empire, has
already opened great outlets for the agricultural riches if
the countries which surround them. 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, great 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, tra-
versing in their way the most productive provinces of
Turkey, or serving to unite the lines of. communication
of this country with the great European lilies.
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 has 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.
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line which would offer the most immediate and conside-
rable advantages for industry and internal and external
commerce, and which also might serve as a model for the
establishment of othErs. After 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 present condition of affairs.
Constantinople is an imnortant city, and the seat of
an extensive commerce. The produce and merchandise
which it is obliged to obtaio from the interior already 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 raiiroed a pros-
perous future. But besides this, the port of Constanti-
nople is one of the finest end most extensive in the whole
world, and the enormous foreign trade of which it is the
centre promises a brilliant future for the railroad.
Still more, this railroad destined to unite Turkey with
the rest of Europe, must naturally introduce an immense
result, material and moral, and is destined in a short.
time either at Constantinople itself or in the most beau-
tiful and fertile countries of Roumelia to realise, under
these two points of view, the most important ameliora-
tions, to give an enormous impulse to commerce by
opening new outlets to agriculture, to tnanufaztures, and
to inaugurate a new era of prosp-rity arvi riches.
The most enlightened governments of Europe, labour-
ing to increase the prowerity of their countries, have re-
cognised necessarily that the weal and the riches of pri-
vate individuals, and that this result can only be obtained
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This decision of the Council of the Wanximat, approved

Another object for your assiduous care should be to
seek the most efficacious and practical means of remedy-
ing the privations and sufferings of the working classes,
which are so worthy of interest. For this purpose it
will be well that you should place yourself in communi-
cation with tote chambers of commerce and the agricul-
tural commi'tees of your. province. The!lo,,.composed
of men well acquainted with the moral and eco-
nomical situation of the working men amongst
whom they live, are especially coma etent to give an
opini, n oe the general measures which should be pre.
pared or taken at once. These bodies will probably be
able also to give ynu useful information respecting the
supplies of food which may be expected from abroad to
make up the deficiency of our harvest. They may also
exercise a happy influence up') the merchants and ma-
nuficturers, the proprietors and the farmers of their
dis ricts, in order to confirm thiem in their benevolent
ferlin .s towards the labouring classes, aed engage them
to assure to the latter the benefir, of a salutary petrin!ige.
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In ; ddition to general measures, the adoption of which
it ~lay be proper to decree, there are others which by
their k cal character are better adaßted to particular
si nations. It is essential that fro his time forward
you should fix the attention of the communal authori-
ties upon measures suited to diminish the distress of
the mass's; and which have been applied at former
epochs not without success. Solicit the aid of the
clergy, which has never failed in its ministry of peace
and charity, and the moral ascendancy of which among
our working population is so legitimate. The
Lureaux de bienfaissance constitute a most devoted
machinery ; its aid should be sought with confidence
and accepted with gratitude. Where private associa-
ticns exist, or may be formed, with a charitable aim, it
is proper to facilitate their organisation and encourage
their development. Tue intervention of provincial me-
dical committees is also very desirable, and we cannot
sufficiently second their efforts to arneliJrate the sanitary
condition of our p-incipal centres of industry.
The markets should in a special manner engage your
attention, and that of the communal administrations.
While combating those prejudices of which the corn trade
is too &ten the subject, it is proper tli:4 you should
watch Vint no manoeuvre calculated to influence the price
of fond should be tolerated, wid that sellers, as well as
buyers, shall have the fullest security in these transac-
tions.

The high price of produce makes it more than ever a
duty of the administration rigorously to watch over its
sale, from the double point of view both of quality and
quantity. For the sake of justice and humanity it will
be necessary to give every family guarantees against odious
adulterations (odieuses sophistications), and against fraud
in the use of weights and measures.
1, still hope, Monsieur, that shortly, when agricul-
tural produce shall be supplied in greater abundance for
consumption, prices will undergo considerable reduction.
It is prudent, however, to make preparations for a less
satisfactory eventuality. I reckon on your devoted as-
sistance, and am persuaded that you will neglect nothing
to stimulate in your turn the zeal and activity of all
those whose aid you require for the accomplishment of
the difficult mission which circumstances impose upon
us all. •

P. DEDECKER, Minister of the Interior.

THE PRICE OP CORN IN FRANCE.

The Moniteur of yesterday contains the follow-
ing report to the Emperor, by the Secretary of
State for the Interior :

Sire,—The produce of the last harvest and the ample
additions that may easily be added to it by the United
States, and other countries more favoured than our own,
insure to our population the necessary stock of food for
the year's consumption. Commerce, thanks to the secu-
rity, encouragement, and facilities afforded it by your
government, will be fully capable of supplying the mar-
kets, and corn will nowhere be deficient. But its price,
momentarily high, gives rise to privations that have
moved your heart. Y,u wish for their alleviation to
multiply on every point of the territory both labour and
succour : by your orders, I submit for your Majesty's
signature a decree opening for this subject a special
credit of ten millions. The assistance of the depart-
ments, communes, and private individuals will double,
treble if necessary, this fund of beneficent prevision, and
the labouring classes will once more.bless the incessant
and paternal forethought of the Emperor for their suffer-
ings and requirements.--I am, &c.,
The Minister, Secretary of State for the Department
of the Interior, BILLAIILT.

The following is the decree :
Napoleon,
By the grace of God and the national will, Emperor
of the French, to all present and to come, greeting :
On the report of our Minister, Secretary of State for
the Department of the'lnterior ; considering the law of
June 22, 1854, fixing the budget for the financial period
of 1855 ; considering the decree of the senato of De-
cember 25, 1852 ;
We have decreed and do decree as follows :
Art. 1. Our Minister, Secreiary of State for the De-
partment of the Interior, has opened to him upon the
financial period of -1855 a credit of 10,000,000 f. for as-
sisting works of communal utility, and for bestowing aid
through the bureaux of public charity.
Art. 2. The confirmation of this credit will be proposed
to the Legi lative Corps.
Art. 3. Our Ministers, Secretaries of State for the De-
partments of the Interior and of Finance, are charged,
each in E 0 far as it concerns him, with the execution of
the present decree, which will be inscribed in the Bulle-
tin des lola.
Done at the Palace of Saint-Cloud, this 22d day of
September, 1855. NAPOLZON.