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Lord Stanley On The Irish Character. The...
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Railroads In Turkey. The Establishment O...
RAILROADS IN TURKEY . The establishment of railroads is becoming an . important question in Turkey . , The Sublime Porte has published an official notification with respect to the formation of a network of railroads in the Empire , commencing ' , with the one from Constantinople to Belgrade . The benefits to be expected from this , enterprise are thus stated in the memorandums" Turkey ,. a-country essentially agricultural , produces immense harvests . These stand in : need of- road * by ¦ which they can be conveyed to the sea , and thus feed the commerce of Europe . Steam navigation , whicb ^ furrows the large-indentations of the seas , which- penetrates , we may say , into the very hearfe of the- Ottoman Empire , has- already , opened great outlets for the agricultural riches of the . countries-which surround them . By opening roads of communication in the interior , we shall 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 network of railroads which , starting from the agricultural centres of the country , shall terminate at the seas , traversing in- their way the most productive provinces of Turkey , or serving to unite the lines of communication of this country with the great European lines . .... " Constantinople is an important city , and the seat of an extensive commerce . The produce and merchandise which it is- obliged to obtain from the interior already are the cause of immense traffic . Now the railroad from Belgrade to-theroapital must pass through many important cities * centr . es of production and industry . The trade of Constantinople alone secures for the railroad a prosperous future . But ,, besides , this , the . port of Constantinople- is ? one of the finest- and 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 , tluV railroad , destined to . unite Turkey * with ! the rest , of Europe , must naturally introduce , an immense result ,, material and moral , and i & destined in a short time * either afe Constantinople itself , or in the moat beautiful and fertile countries of Roumelia to realise , under these two points of view , the most important ameliorations , to give an enormous impulse to . commerce byj opening new outlets ; to agriculture and manufactures , and , toiinaugwrate-a now era ofi prosperity and riches ; . " The-councit of the Tanzimat has been ordered- to give thi & MJuBStion-precedency overall other »; and a proieet has > been- published ftr carrying out the obfects in ' -view . The Ottoman Government appeals directly to " the capital and experience of Europe . " During the six month * enBuing from October 1 st , 1855 , private companies , composed of shareholders , either subject * of the Empire or foreigners , are to come forward with their proposals > and the company whichipresenfcm the most advantageous offer , combined witlu tin ? best aecuritioa , will obtain the definite concesMOJcu " The' wisdbnv of entrusting , these great works to private enterprise and to the open , competition of Europe ^ will * b &' obvious at the first gl ance . Railroads so < constructed , will pour much of the vigorous blood ofi the West into the languid East . ; and ironvwadl iiteaiU ' moy be the means of making « ' tho sittfc vpmai' aajstwong and healthy aa hi 8 i neighbQura . TIES ITALIAN NI © HT > MABES . Tinsrsuccess . at Sfel ) puJtopo 1 , and the urgent demands of ¦ France and England fin * apology on the part of the King ; of Naples have precipitated a ministerial crisis- in that' nnnappy country . Mazza htm been removed from the police ; but the decree which notifies this foot erpettk » otfliifl being " called to other commies-ionfli" Don X . U ( io-vicoBianchlni takes hla place . It i 8-al <* o-reported'that the insult to ; Prance hae received compenBation by the > dismissal from his . command of the- officer who neglected to salute the French-admiral on , the 15 th of Augpst , or even to awwrerhte note- on the ( subject * Another removal ,, haweveiv will not give so muoh safciafactiom Princ * I & nMlfto ^ the MiW « t « r of War , has yielded up hi » place to Picena , o » account , it Is sald ^ of . opposing the *|^ lloulou * 1 expenditure now being made by the
king in fortifications at Gaeta ,-Capua * and other places , which are not very likely , tp , be attacked . Prince . San . CesaBeo » Master of the Horse ,, a faithfuls servant of the king for the last five-and-twenty , years ,, has been forced-ta send m bis resignation , for having ventured-to advise his Majesty / agajnst the insolence , and tyranny of Mazza . The ministerial changes , therefore , da not . seem likely talead to any improvement in the condition of the people . The ; despotism of the lunatic king , , as evidenced in his favoured instruments , the police , does ^ not in the leastabate * and the intelligence foom Sevastopol has so exacerbated the mad humour of- Messieurs the Shirri , thatlpeaple have been arrested for reading the despatches with undue unction and relish . Yet what have the mob to complain of ? Are they not entertained with miracle shows , by studying , which they may become good Catholics and contented subjects ? Within the last few weeks , they have witnessed the ceremony in honour of St . Januarius , when the priests had the honour of performing the far-famed and unequal feat of the liquefaction of the saints blood , to numerous and enthusiastic audiences , who were also entertained by military music , illuminations , & c . , .,., , ,.-. . Yet notwithstanding these splendid and edifying shows , liberally provided by a paternal government * the people begin to speculate upon the best man whom they oould get to manage their affairs , supposing King , Bomba to be deposed . The Prince oi Capua , according : to the Times Correspondent , is the most likely aspirant to offer an harmonious solution of the difficulty . He is described as amiable and accomplished ; and it appears that he too is a victim of royal caprice and injustice , his property having been sequestrated in consequence of his marrying a lady of whom , the king , did not approve . Had he consented to , repudiate his wife , as such , he might have regained his property ; but this he would not do , and his refusal , especially as it has been accompanied by , poverty and difficulties , speaks higlily in his favo , w- I * is thought that , should he succeed to the throne * be might efifect a reconciliation between aristocracy apd republicanism , by standing as a . mediator between the two , and moderating the extreme d A despateh ^ om Naples , ; dated last Monday ,, states that the difficulties between King . Bomba s Government and France and England are not yet arranged , From . Rome , this week , we have ^ for- «? wond er , no new atrocities iQ . Jceeowk
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . The Dusseldorff Gazette contains a letter from Munich , which says : — " The Prince de Taxis , lately commanderin-chief of the first corps d ' arme'e ( his functions ceased on the 1 st in consequence of the new organisation of the Bavarian army ) , has been selected to fill the . post of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the King of Bavaria at the Court of St . Petersburg ,, in the place of Count Bray , who has long desired to retire . " The acoounts from Thessaly and Albania ( says the Times Constantinople Correspondent ) continue very bad ' indeed , they are worse than ever . "We learn that the banditti increase on . every side in numbers and audacity , and that the feeble ; aut » orities afford but the shadow of protection . Such , government as there exists is , indeed ^ damaging only to those whom it professes to protect , : since , i £ it , existed not , these would know that they had ' only themselves to rely upon ,. and would take measures fox defence accordingly . A person employed by the Pelion M * nipg Company has been carried off by the robbers , wJ » o demand . 100 , 000 piastres , there equivalent to about 1000 Z ., for bis ransom . Professor- E *» est Reinhold ,. son of the celebrated German . philosopher of that name , and himself a very remarkable man , died at Jeua last week , in hia sixtysecond year , from au attack of apoplexy . The Carlists . in , Catalonia ,, it is said ,. continue to receive 1 sums , of monoy which appear to proceed ficom Naples , ' and which are believed to be supplied by Hussion ogiiuts-A crowd off people were assembled ou . tha , 17 th around an image of th * Virgin in one of the struts of Milan , chanting , hymofl with , an accompaniment of music . _ A numerous party ,, desiroua of ; enjoying , tho scene at their ease , obtained access to a . balcony opposite ; , but they had bee » thera but a , few minutoa when , the balcony-gave w ^ anA twenty-five' persons wo precipitated into the St . TwJ of them died the , same day ; tho , othw » are in a . precarious state . The Madrid O azetta contains nominations to the post of aide-de-camp to tho King ; of General , Fito * ,. Brigadiers Btocastegui-anU Falcon , and Colonels Ametleu and Feran . Tli « definitive amount ofi the subscription to thq voluntary loan of 250 . wttliona , is , 178 millions . The Gazette also , contains royal decrees which , enact that henceforth tho Major-Domo , tho Caraaror * Mayor , and thq Iutoudant-Geaerdl q £ tho Palace flUali , be nominated ' on the proposition -oCtta , Council of Ministtwa ;! ' tho decrees specify tb « aeivieea oJf thea « dijfWtaries , and . at the same time auppioaa various places In the , royal household , Th « SpanWi Gazette announces that tb # movable oolumtt of TieuiP has been « ur , pfiae < i by a Corlwt baud , ,
andVhas lost forty men . Theffaetiousj however , are being , pursued with great vigour- ' . Baron Alexander von Humboldt has just celebrated the eigbty-sixth-anniversary of his birthday . Notwithstanding his . great age , he still' unremittingly continues , his important labours * The French and-English Cabinets have approved of the conduct of . their ministers at the court of Athens with respect to the . affair of Kalergi . Both Governments have informed , the King of Greece that they do not desire to interfere with his choice of ministers , provided that the choice responds to the exigencies of the Allied , Powers . If the retirement of General Kalergi is insisted * on , the Allies will demand " very formal guarantees" to guard against the disastrous consequences which might follow . So says a letter from Athens in the Nnuvelliste of Marseilles . The nature of these guarantees remains a mystery , and is indeed kept secret from the Greek Government . . The French Government has opened upon the nnancial period of 1855 a credit of ten million . francs , for assisting works of communal utility , and for bestowing aid- through the bureaux of public charity . The motive for this act is ? the temporarily high price of corn . Since this announcement , the Constibutionnel has published the fact that a fall lias taken place in the price of cereals , to the extent of three franes less per sack of 156 kilos , on flour , and of one franc , fifty centimes , to two francs , on corn . „ , . A rumour prevailed in Paris towards the close of last week , to the effect that the Emperor had been shot at by one of the Cent Gardes . For a time , the report was believed by many , and created great excitement ; but it has been officially contradicted with much emphasis . The condition of Wallachia and Moldavia is hkely at some future time to give trouble to the great European powers A letter from Bucharest , dated the 8 th instant , ga . « w learn from an excellent source that our Principalities have once more occupied the attention of diplomatists Jit Constantinople . The Austrian Envoy has spoken much in favour of Prince Stirbey , and has even alluded to a prolongation of his power . To these overtures , Ali Pacha replied that the question was one which ought to T ) e treated between the representatives of England , France , and Turkey . Baron Koller did not insist , but it is generally reported that the Cabinet of Vienna intends to communicate with London and . Paris on the subject . " Tie writer , who looks with great indiguation on the desire of Austria to prolong the execrated administration of Prince Stirhey ,, hopes that tho Cabinet of London will aid them , but fears that they have nothing to . hope for feom France . Alexander Ghika is the man looked on with most favour by the Wallachian 8 and ; Moldavians . The Constantinople Correspondent of the Univers states that M . Pisani , the first interpreter of the English Embassy , delivered , to the Sultan a message from Lord StratforddeKedcliffe , reminding his Majesty that ,: should he admit Mehemet Ali into the ministry , he would forget the promise , which he deigned to make to the ambassador , and would inflict a severe blow on his om sovereign dignit 3-. The reply of the Sultan is said to have been as follows : — " My Dear M . Pisani , —I am master in my own house . My ministers ore my men . Tell your ambassador that Itake them , that . I dismiss them , that I exile them , that I pardon them , that I restore them and dismiss them again , how and when it pleases me . In this regard 1 am not responsible to any one" [ lUerally 1 have no overseer ] . " You- may retire . " Some degree ot doubt is thrown over this story from the fact of its appearing w . tho Univers , a paper which is not favourable to the cause of the Allies , nor to any cause except that of despotism and Papacy . . The negotiations between the Austrian Minister ot Finance and M . Isaac Pereiro are said to bo broken oft , an account of tho latter wishing to take , the Credit Mobilier as a model for the proposed Austrian liypotheken Bank . The Rothschilds have also been treatingwith the Austrian Minister ; but it is believed that they ^ * ChWior Francois Hamonibra de Cliapuset , aide-de-camp to the Emperor . Soulouque , of Hayti , ha * arrived in , Paris with , a , euito of three negroes . The ; last intelligence from , the Burinaa Empiro announces that an- extraordinary embassy was on the point of setting out for France , being tho first that tho Emperor of Burmah ever sent to any Power in tho world-General d'Oxgoni ia to . be at itu head . The evening sheet of the Oeaterrewhiac / ie Zoitung ol September 17 th contains tho following ¦ : — " The Inat communications from Paris and London lead us to believe that tho opinions of those English papers which , would willingly see tlio four guarantee points sot asido nri ; . shared by British and French diplomatists . At all events , wo liavo boon assured , that tho Western . Power * now intend to tiiko full advantage of their right to proppso such conditions as they may consider necessary , it ia not our intention to say that as a consequence of thi * tho friendly relations between Austria and Franco have boon disturbed , as it is . hardly , to ba supposed that Franco will enter into e . path which Austria will bo unablo to tread with her , Thq foregoing , has been written in oudoithat tho public may have a knawjodge , < tf tJ » o present , political situation . " Article II . of the " et £ U- bovu
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 29, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29091855/page/6/
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