ituritni.—The papers are full of the reported resolutions of the
Sultan to enforce economy, and some practical measures have been adopted. The excessive expenditure of the palace may be consi- dered at an end, the women, boatmen, gardeners, and other super- fluous crowds of attendants, having been dismissed, and the salaries of the higher officers reduced to reasonable proportions. The number of officers in the army has also been reduced, and the Sultan himself looks into contracts. The absurd quantity of personal jewels collected by the late Sultan is now on sale by public auction in London, and realizing heavy prices. The effect of these measures, and the new tone infused by Abdul Aziz into the administration, has been to raise the value of Turkish Stock on the English Exchange more than fifteen per cent.
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