Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-03-18

as exernplifed in the recent ordinances ofI
me young Turkish Sultan. He. it seems
u, mas about finished what his father Re oar
! ne reign Of the latesSultan was distin.
su'sned by policy manfestly in oppo-
s''ion tp the Mohammedan Law. and his
sou ana successor, 1t seems to US, has com
p'e'ed the destruction of that barbarons
system, The advance of enlig htenment
IS steady and onward A history of the
progress OF the democratic princinle
'hooghout the civilized world (by which
we mean the uniform tendency towards
the abolition of artificial and hereditary
distinctions and grades, among men.l
"ouiasI present curious ard Surprising
lac's. NJ De TocqueviIle, in The Intro
oocoon TO his admirable work on D.
nlocfacy IN America" has presented a
coEnpendIous, but necessarily incomnle,e
VIC of it The history of the Turkish
Empire, shorn Of its magnifcence and
power as 1t unqueslonablv now is, fur
nlshes bright link to this chain of d" ten
aencieS" On the Sd of November last
q solemn assembly was convoked at Con-
stantInop'e, and the Sultan bestowed upon
me Turkish people, what was, as The
Correspondents of the n. Y. Commercial
remarks, "if not a CONSTITUTIONS, some
thing nearer to one than we had expected
10 See, In this quarter" We have not
space to copy this Haiti Scherif," as it
IS termed. Il secures to the Turns. who
nave hIther'o groane1 under a perfect
despotism,
1sf' Security Of life, reputation and
property:
ID. Regularity in the mode of assess
ing and raising tlxes,-and
Sd, Regularity in Ievying soldiers,
ana determining their line of service
This stride towards political freedom,
1t will he observed, is prodigious. Tie
meet aojN he greater!
again.
p, S. Since the above was in type, we
have received intelligence of the arrival.
at New York, Of the steam ship GREAT
WESTERN, from Bristol, after a passage of
sixteen days, bringing intelligence, f0rty-
Jour days later, from London.
Queen VICTORIA was married. on the
10th ultmo. to His ROYAL Hiohness
Prince Albert of SAKE Coburg and Go,ha
The ceremony was performed IN a style,
and with the ad juncts Of royal magnif-
oence.-A detailed and circum INST initial ac-
count is given.-Rutiand q Addison On.
Wig.
TURKEY & EGYPT ConSLqatinoDIe.
Jan. 27,-Tbe great news of the dav is
the treaty of quadruple alliance, between
hnsSla, England, Austria, and Prussia,
who have cone to an understanding to
guarantee the integrity of the Ottoman
empire. The Porte has received official
advice of the conclusion of this alliance.
The news broughtto NJ de Boutenieff by
the steamer from Odessa must have been of
great importance. inasmuch as the gar
rISon ofthe last named city was called out
blythe Governor to break the ice, to cna
bic the steamer to leave the port.-Serom-
pore.
On direct vote Of want of confidence
In ministers, moved by Sir John Butler.
the vote was, noes 308; ayes 2S7. Min.
lsterlaI majority 81.
The allowance voted by Parliament to
Prince Albert is 100000 per anum. Min
listers proposed g50,OOO. Mr.. Hume
moved 92l .000-lost, SO to sos: Col.
sIbthorp moved g3O.OOO-carrled, 262 to
l58.
We mentioned on Saturday the destrnc.
ton by fire OF the rail road bridge over
the HackensaclS river. We learn from
the Newark Daily Advertiser that the
bridge cost upward of $4,000. There
was ali Insurance OF some $500 by the
North River and Howard Insurance COM
panes In New York, and 5000 bv the
New Jersey Company Of Newark. The
communication is now kept MP by means
of steam ferry boat.-N Z Spectator.
The Importation Of English manufac
lures to this country is very great-far
greater than many are prepared to expect.
In the wear 1886, Great Britain exported
to the United States goods to the amount
OF Gl2,425, O00-whiIe the exports to all
parts of Europe during the same year
| amounted TO onl Y 9l9, 100000. L there
tore appears that the British exports to
Europe, with popu alton ofI8O, OOO,O 900.
are only fiity per cent. more than to the
United States with population of Il, 1000,
1000! These facts show the snerpediencu
SO far as Great Britain is concerned. ola
war with the United States-and also
place in a strong l.ght, the importance of
cherShing the infant manufactures of our
countrywide. Jonrnai.
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