The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-21
The Fire at Con.tantsnople.


ing additional particulars respecting the great re which
broke out in stamboul the previous Tuesday night
This terrible fro has been attended with far more
serious loss Of property than e,ncced when tho
telegram sent to London; and 1t now turns out that
no fower than two thousand eight hundred houses,
public buildings, and places dedicated for divine
service, have been for tho most part levelled
with the ground There are certainly few
exceptions where the walls standing,
but the principal mosques nowhere 10
be secn The forwarded this friday morning
tho different insurance companies in this city are OF
narrowing nature Some % 800 persons had to rush out
Of their habiations almost naked to ESCAPE from the
flames. II would appear that the connagration
meneed In building two stories high From that part
the flames spread with rapdty, ignitng in succession
whole Of houses and stores on the northwest side
The scene among the poor people was pitiabe IN the
extreme The meayrc means OF coniending with sch
fire wcr, found perfectly inadequate and added To that
the supply equally insufficient Explosions Of
fearful character followed ia rapid succession andit was
feared that the buildings came topping down. era
who assisting had been crushed TO death II
was not however clearly stated whether any lives had
been sacrificed the cxet men and confusion being 70
great that the agents OF the different insurance Offices
were unable to ascertain, but there strong ground
for supposiDg that great loss Of life had taken place
II found perie ty imprac,caOie to hnd shelter Tor
the whole of the burnt out people and their children,
and they had content themselves by sleeping IN fields
and gardens When the last telegram was received
pray RS being offered up to the Almighty 10 stop
Ia nvages Of the fire The principal portions OF the
houses composed in great measure OF Timber,
viii the
the flames The fire Is now considered TO have been
fairly stopped at each point and unless tn WIND should
spring there was no danger OF amy Further extension
OF mischief Whole streets, squares, mosques and gov
ernmcnt buildings were blazing away at the same time
The Financial Prospects OF Mexico.
The Minister of Finance Mexico, N. Langais, says
Pars letter in the Journal ds Run, leaves deinitivey
on the 10TH by the steam packet OF ST. Nazairc accom-
panied by three inspectors OF finance. This most
serious attempt dplonasts AFFIRM which is about to be
made for the regeneration Of the Mexican empire The
failure o NJ ~he'y inc os sa.a nlow vet
on the future prospects OF the government Oh maxml.
ian. NJ Langlas has elaborated a vast scheme oased
upon the reliable nformston and the object of ms
efforts will be obtain budget OF imm diae and per-
manent receipts Of at least two hundred millions The
wealth OF country authorizes those calculaons but
tho difficulty OF the mission consists above ALL Ia the
organization Of practical means The last letters IN
eral oieraby we'll carried out; the misfortune is tha,
the sums levied on the taxpayers DO not always nnd
way to the n .. az srve w ,a Of Ue
sons employed-hsbits which are Of kind not easily o
| speedily reformed
The Atlantic Cable.
Mr. Cyrus W. Field Is among the passengers by the
Mr T,ss snopcd At B,rmusham and incidentally at
tended one OF the sectional meetings of the British AS
sociaton which was IN session IN that town me suo
ect of teographing under discussion. and Mr. Field
presence becoming known, he was callcd upon by tn
President TO address the meeting Mr. Field said he hs
no idea he should be called on 70 speak Il was mucl
easier after an accident 10 nnd fault with tho arrange
l ,ncnts which had been made than II would hav
been 10 have remeded that fault before unforeseen CHI
cumstanccs discovered H. IL was very much easier
critlcse book written by some one else than TO wit
that book ourselves. (fIear, hear) The Atlantic cab
had failed The were well known but that the
would be remediod, and that they were on tho eve
| great success, he had no doubt There wei
| present two gentlemen who had contributed month";
and he might say years OF their valuable time TO dccid
what materials best 10 use for an Atlantic cabl
and after more than twelve hundred miles OF that cab
| had been paid there one on board the Gre
| Eastern who could suggest more than one simple In
| movement In the cable The men on board tho Gre
Eastern attributed the break, some TO accident and son
| 10 design One OF the mechanics In the tank renarke
caused the accident hut u seemed TO him tMr fie'
that whether caused by accident design, they hs
power W arrange things 10 "a TO prevent recurrence
failure There would be In the mex, expedition Improve
ments made upon the previous arrangements ana va
great satisfaction know that everybody on board
the ship felt perfectly confident that the next atteml
would be successfui and that they would % apie ~
only 10 lay down another cable a. the bottom o W
Atlantic, but 10 recover the present one. Instead
talking about the subject himself he should muen pre
that the Atlantic cable should speak Tor 'se V@ug"
: and applause.)
. The Bank OF France returns for the weex exn,o.
increase In the amount OF cash on mana OIL aoous io
| and three quartsfs millions Of francs
. The Paris Pdtre says that monument VIII pe erec
q | at Portsmouth 10 commemorate the Vnt OF 'ne fVn'
> | feet 70 England.
The Paris Bouse on the sth was nrm. hsnses o'oe
II n asserted that The French government has Z
L ss.s..a . .csc prunstn reference the MURDER