The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-28 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The following translation of an Imperial llatt
read to the Sublime Porte on Saturday, the lath
October, in presence of all the Ministers and the
high functionaries of the empire, has been re-
ceived at Mr. Reuter's office :
" To the Illustrious Grand Vizier.
'• The first basis and the foundation of all the ,
strength and all the prosperity of a State rest on
its financial position. Without credit and
without confidence, progress becomes imprac-
ticable. Notwithstanding the material ex-
penses of the country, it is incontestable
that if order was introduced into the administra-
tion of the public money, and it was employed use-
fully, the country would in a short time arrive at
the realisation of this strength and this prosperity.
It has, however, been proved to be true for some
time past, and from different causes, that the blow
that has been given to the credit of Turkey has

thrown the country into the abyss where it is now
plunged. Powerful and daily calls on the Govern-
ment have necessitated the contract of loans from

the merchants in Galata on heavy and ruinous
conditions, as likewise the issue of different
kinds of paper money, and all confidence has
been destroyQd as well in the interior as
in the exterior of the State. Disorder in
the expenses has on another side increased the
evil, and brought matters to the situation that they

are now in.
" With the aid of the Most High, I am about to
employ an incessant zeal in order to anticipate the
dangerous effects of this state of things.
" My sovereign and absolute will is that my
Ministers, on their part, should spare neither pains
nor efforts, and should devote themselves to the
development of those means which will insure the
wellbeing of Turkey without allowing themselves
to be led away by considerations of personal rivalry.
He who would act in opposition to this end
would have to render an account of his
conduct in this world and in the next. And as it
is only by the adoption of energetic measures that
we can draw ourselves from the abyss in which we
are now plunged, and likewise save the credit of
the empire, we must examine in a serious and pro-
found manner, both in principle and in detail, the
great point--namely, the abandonment or change
in those customs and acts which have occasioned
all these expenses, and, with God's assistance, re-
organise the general administration of the country
in a manner that will give confidence to the world.
I command that the result of the examination which
will be made into this important question shall be
submitted to me.

PARIS, OCT. 28

The Constitutionnel, in an article signed by its
editor, M. Grandguillot, maintains its belief that
a congress will take place notwithstanding the re-
strictions made by the English press in consenting
to a congress. The Constitutionnel explains the
reasons which have rendered the speedy assembling
of a congress necessary. The state of affairs in
Italy had been settled by the treaties of 1815 in
such a manner that the arrangement agreed to
must humiliate France, and compromise the poli-
tical existence of the Peninsula, in consequence of
which permanent dangers were created to Europe.
This state of affairs was the real cause of the revo-
lutions of 1830 and 1848. Tho article concludes
with a protestation against the statement that
France intends to establish a protectorate over
Italy.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.
The Behar, with the heavy mails from Bombay
passed Hurst Castle at 9.35 a.m. this day.

PARIS, FRIDAY.

The Prince and Princess Metternich, Lord and
Lady Cowley, and Count Walewski are among the
guests invited to remain at Compiegne from the
ith to the 13th November.

BOLOGNA, OCT. 27

The _Monitore di Bologna contradicts the news of
the arrest of the Bishop of Rimini. Three monks
have been arrested in comequence of serious accu-
sations against them. The Government will give
a denial, by documentary evidence, to the state-
ments contained in the correspondence of the
Univers on the affairs of the Romagna.