The Press. — London, England, 1853-09-10 00:00:00

. •7. " ' If at all times the Eutperoot of 'Mania have inanifesh ,, l their active aolicittade for the maintenance tbf the hoe 1111 l ides and pri vilege of the Orthodox Greek Church In the ottonnut the 5111140114 have never refused to row...crate them afresh by solcum acts.' " That the Emperors of Russia should tnnnifest theii solicitude for the prosperity of the clone!' 111111 the religion that they profess is natural, and calls for 1111 111/14CIAUti/111 lint, nel . llriling GI till' 1111111g1111111 111111101 111/011', it might be understood that the privilege of the Oreek ('Lurch in the mbites of the Sublime Porte have only been maintained by the active solieittale of the Emperors of Russia. " It must be remarked. that the fact of placing in a note to be adopted by the Sublime Porte the paragraph above mentioned, touching religious privileges which have been granted and maintained without the part iripation of any person whatever, would imply and would offer pretexts to the Russian flovernment to advance pretensions to mix itself up in such things. " No one would consent to draw down upon himself the blame of his contemporaries, as well as of posterity, by ad mitting the establishment of a state ',fillings as hurtful for the present as for the future. " No servant of the august Imperial Ottoman Family would dare, or Wlllllll be capable of Owing on piip4.l. w411'1114 which would tend to weaken the glory of institutions which the Ittomein emperors have founded by a spontaneous movement of personal generosity and innate benevolence "The second point to be botelted upon is the paragraph in the draft of note relative to the treaty of Kainardji. As no one can deny the existence of this treaty, and as it is continued by that Of Adrit ((((( kite, it is abundantly evident that its pre c ast' stipulations will be faithfully observed. "If in inserting the paragraph menu .41 there was any intenti4/11 of 1 . 1111/lidering the religious jorivileges as the natural result I spirit of the tn.itly of Kiiitionlji, the real and precise' stipitlat• of this treaty is limited to the single prt tttt is 4. of the Sublime Porte of itself to protect the Christian religion. The paragraphs that the Sublime Porte might, with regard to religions privileges, insert in the note age will sign, ought, as it lots always been de clared either verbally or in writing, to express mottling but assurances eal4.llliited to banish the doubts put forward by the I tovernment of Russia, and which have formed the sub jeet Of these dismiss' . " But to fortify by new ties the religious identity already existing lietween a great elinimunity of the subjects of Ile. Sublime Porte and It foreign power to give to the t invert,- Men* or Russia a motive to pretend to 19(1 . 11 • 3111 . a right 44f surveillance and interferettee iu Knelt midterm would Is., in some sort, to a4linit a participation in sovereign rights, and to endanger the 111i1414111C1 1 of the empire. It is therefore totally impossible for the tiovernment of his Majesty the Sultan 111 /11011 . 111 111,4114 h a proposition with o ut being rsoreed. " And the third point relates to the tttt ission elmeeded to the 1 ;reek rite to share 11l the advantage conceded 111 other Christian rites. 'there can be no doubt that the 1111. IWIIIIII lillVl.lllllll`lll Will 11111 111`Sli1/111: 111 permit the Oreek rite to share not only iu the advantages which the Govern 'tient has of its own will granted to other communions of the Christian religi o n professed by communities of its sub. Jects, but also in 111111.11° which it may concede to they in halm.. It is superfluous, therefore, to add thitt the I'olll' Will be jitstitied in not admitting the employment ofexpres- Milllll4 Flll equivocal as particular etsavetithins or stipulations its 11114111 r of 11 great CO *ty of so many millions of sub jeets professing the ;reek rite. " Such being the lioints which present inelinvenienee to the Sublime Pistil', it 4. t, notwithstanding the greatest respelt fertile adviee of the high powers its allies, mid its sincere desire to renew its whitlows with the I topetial t to veniment of Russia. its friend tool tivighloottr. resist trusting to the equity and justice of the great powers the considerati tttt relative to its rights of sovereignty and ind 4.• " If, however, the last draft of note coniposed by t Ilt• Sithijmi. irie is oeeepteil, or if that of Vienna rreeh es the Illegked moiliticatioons, the on i ons' g will Ise ready to sign either of these two anths, turd to Sella im mediately an amliasosslior extrattrilinary upon condition o f the evitenatio on of the principalities. The llovernment of the Sublime Porte expects moreover a sabstantial guarantee am the part of the gn'ut powers against any future inter ferenee, and any ocenpatiion from time no time of the prin eipalities of V 1 allowhia and Moldavia: and the object of the 1 Ittoinau t foovernment in arming itself beforehand with such ellei•SSiVe 111W11111 • is to prevent any occurrimee that alight bring hark misunderstandings loctween the two em pires, litter the Sold' • Porte has renewed its retail 4444 s with the Court of Russia. " The points of the draft of Vienna relative to the affivir of the flatly Places, and the el Inst meti 111 l of a church and hospital at Jerusalem, have met with the complete sanction of the sublime Porte. " The Sublime Porte, wishing to give another proof of its particular regards for the powers whose signatures were 'Mixed to the treaty of INII.is trail---Alt Isatgli the dyad it composed lately would naturally be pri.ferrill—to accept the draft of Vielinll, with the i no o lificathois it hits made. and hopes that the powers, which have always rveogniseil from the very es l minium, of the question the rights of 11w Imperial (iovertiment, andurrulenuuritbslati,rrrs oftheir Wild feel i lig, will, appreciating these modifications, net ac cordingly." (Signed) " Itystituo.” INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA IMAMS. THE Lords of the Admi►alty have just. published permanent tables of routes for the eontraet packets belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental c o mpany. The packets are to leave Sonatalnptott on the 4th and 20th of the month ; Marseilles, the 11th and 27th ; Bombay, the 4th and 20th ; Calcutta for England, the 6th and tlt►th ; Hong Kong, the 1 lth and 27th ; an►d Sydney, the 20th ; Port Phillip, the 21th ; and Ade laide, the 27th of every alternate month. The packet* arc to arrive at Southampton uu thu Zrth and THE PRESS-. 21st of the month ; at Marseilles, from abroad, on the 14th and 30th ; at Bombay, from Pont de 6alle, on the 2nd and Mit ; at Calcutta, from England, on the 2nd and lath ; at Hong Kong, on the 10.11 and ; and at Adelaide, on the sth; Port Phillip, on the 11th ; and at Sydney, on the 14th of every alter nate month. 'f he coaling stations of the packets are to be Southampton, Malta, Alexandria, Suez, Aden, Point de (lane, M adras, Calcutta, Singapore, Hong Kong, Penang, I tatavia, and at all the Australian ports, except Port Phillip. The following are the number of days on winch the mails are to be conveyed by the packets to their several destinations from South ampton, viz., Gibraltar, 5 days ; Malta, 131; Aden, 221; Ceylon, 31; Madras, ; Calcutta and Singa pore, 42 ; Bombay, 45 ; Hong Kong, 50; King tleorg4.b's Sound, 5s ; Adelaide, 84 ; Port Phillip, 621; and Sydney, 70. The stoppage of the packets at Alexandria to wait for mails by other packets is to vary from to N liar; ; at Suez, from sto If days ; at Point de (hallo the stoppage is to extend to 5 days. Between October and March the packets may touch at Cossier, in the Rol Sea. From May to August the packets from Hong Kong and Calcutta are to leave five days earlier, and between November and February they are allowed to reach Hong Kong 5 days later than the above specified time, and 4 days extra is allowed the homeward Sydney packet to reach its destination during the prevalence of the adverse trade wind. The Admiralty and Oriental Company have power to order the Bombay and !Raw Kong packets to call at other places than Po int de (lane, Penang, and Singapore: and the Admiralty have power to require the homeward Australian packet to proceed direct from King George's Sound to Point de (lane. According to the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's monthly list of their fleet and officers, just published, they have 47 ships, 40 commanders, 136 chief, second, third, fourth, and fifth officers, 29 surgeons, 31 pursers, supercargoes, and clerks, and 113 engineering officers. A mail communication between England and Bombay direct is not included in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's contract. The communication can only be made, therefore, rid Ceylon. tali ant lastlion. ii KR MAJESTY'S TOUR. The Queen left Ireland, according to the intention previously announced, on Saturday aftermath. 'i hat morning no visit was paid by any of the royal party to the Industrial Exhibition, but Prince Albert went over to I ilasnevin to inspect the agricultural model schools at that place. The Queen also visited the national schools in Marlborough-street and Castle ; and the Prince of Wales, a c companied by his brother, paid a visit, to the BOtOtliettl Gardens. At half-past four her Majesty quitted the viceregal Lodge, and reached kittgattown shortly after six, when she embarked with the same ceremonials that had attended her arrival. Tito crowd was enormous, and cheered continuously and with the greatest enthu siasm, her MtOsty repeatedly bowing in acknow ledgment. The royal salute having been fired, the yacht hauled otr, and this terminated the Queen's visit to Ireland. ►uring the night the run over to Holyhead was safely accomplished, and throughout Sunday the squadron remained in that harbour. Divine service was performed on board the Victoria and Albert at eleven o'clock. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, went on board the Fairy for a few hours' sail along the coast, returning to the harbour at half-past six o'clock. Early on Monday morning tin' royal party wit nessed, in Holyhead harbour, the explosion of a great mine containing -1,t10011). or 6,0001 b. of gun powder, at the quarries. By this gigantic operation about ;20,1KX) tons of material available for the break waters were at once detached front the elitl'. Land ing shortly afterwards, the Queen departed from Holyhead in the special train provided for her ac commodation, reaching Chester at eleven, Lancaster at one, and Carlisle at half past three, when the party stopped for refreshment. Resuming the jour ney northwards, the royal train arrived in Edin burgh punctually at seven o'clock, when her Majesty was driven, attended by an escort of cavalry, t o Holyrood Palace. Here the night was spent. At eight on Tuesday morning the cortege quitted l'.linlmr►;h, t rave lling by rail to Cupar Angus, which was reached by 11 a.m., and thence posting to Bal moral, where, at seven in the evening, the royal journeyings terminated for the present. The Irish ,journals continue to insert various anec dotes and incidental occurrences respecting the royal visit to i►ublin. As her Majesty was taking leave of the civic au thorities at the I►ublin terminus on Saturday even ing, she is said to have observed to the Lord Mayor, " We have spent a delightful week, and are quite burry to leave SO SOM." SATURDAY, It is stated that the Queen, previous to her depar • titre, gave directions to have the principal apartments of Dublin Castle newly decorated, and other material improvements made in the internal arrangements, preparatory' to a repetition of her Majesty's visits to Ireland. The Dublin Daily Express mentions an interesting fact connected with the visit :—" That one of the royal servants brought with him to the train a sod of shamrock which had been dug up in the grounds attached to the Viceregal Lodge. A porcelain pot received the plant, which, as it had been obtained at the special request of her Majesty, is probably des tined to he transplanted to some of the royal grounds, and cultivated as a memento of a visit which will be long memorable in Ireland." pier Majesty was pleased, on Saturday, to present the Very Rev. the Dean of Leighlin, Dean of the Chapel Royal, with a beautiful gold ring, studded with rubies and diamonds. The corporation of Cork has resolved to memorial the Queen to release William Smith trßrien, and the other Irish state prisoners in Van Diemen's Land. The other corporations in Ireland aro to be invited to prepare similar memorials to her Ma- ,jest. Ihe Evening Mail has the tidlowing rAnarks on the lesson which the Queen left to Irish lathes at her late visit:—" The extreme punctuality of our gra cious Sovereign in all her engagements is notorious, and may well serve as a pattern to some of our pub lic companies which we could name, as well us to sore snobbish dunces who imagine it to be a sign of good breeding to arrive late at dinner or a ball. We trust the teaching of her Majesty will not be lost upon these delinquents. And as we have alluded to balls, we may here congratulate parents and guar dians on the marked condemnation by the highest lady in the land of that most detestable of all sana tory aborn the polka. We were rejoiced to -tiree 4- at the perceive that. at the soli damatite at the Vieeregt. Lodge, on Friday evening, this disgusting dative was wholly omitted, never to be resumed, we acvoutly hope, in civilised or decent society. We believe it has been for some time entirely banished from the salons of people of real rank in England." THE DI'KE OF CAmmtinoE arrived in Edinburgh on Monday evening, by express train, from the south. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary were to arrive from Eglinton Castle, also to join the circle of visitors at Tay 'flout h Castle. THE GRAND DUCHESS MARIA OF' IlusstA, who ar rived at Edinburgh on Saturday, left on Monday afternoon for Hamilton Palace. In the forenoon her Imperial Highness visited the ancient apartments in llolyrood Palace. CHRISTINA OF SPAIN, attended by the Spanish Am bassador and suite, visited Windsor on Tuesday, and viewed the state apartments in the castle. DIKE. *No DucuEss of NouTut•minati..‘xn, who arc now on a tour in Italy, are not expected to return to England before the meeting of Parliament. Volitital an Otntral. THE COMMIssioN OF INQUIRY INTO THE coItPoRATION of LONDON. The conunissioners appointol to conduct this in quiry—Sir John Patteson, Henry Labouchere, Esq., and G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq.—have appointed their secretary, and have arranged to commence their la hours early in the ensuing month : The inquiry will be conducted at the fluildhall, pro bably in the court appropriated to the sitting of the Com- Molt t'omiril. it will lie an open court; maul it is under. stood that the commissioners have determined en hearieg all the evidence that may he tendered to them. either for or against the corporation. Among the first witnessta examined will he Mr. Merewether (the town clerk), the Recorder, the City Solicitor, the Chamberlain, and such of the aldermen and common councillors as may choose to tender their evidence. From the terms of the commission, the inquiry will of necessity he a most extensive one, and will divide itself under the following heads :-1. The relation of the City to the metropolis at large, and the proportion which it bears, in respect. of population, property, and extent, to London popularly so called; 1., the limits of the corporate jurisdic tion ; :t, the constitution of the corporate body ; 4, the cop:- !dilution and machinery of the governing bodies, hn the election of mayor, aldermen, common councillors, ke.; :k• the number, duties, salaries, and mode of election or ap pointment of the corporate officers; 6, the cants, civil and criminal, within the jurisdiction of the corporation : 7, this division of the City into wards ; 14, the' management o f tho stele of the priSons, ke. ; 9, the rigulations of the port of London mid the conservantv of the Thanes; 1 0 , the appointment, functions. and privileges of city lm kers and porters; 11, the markets—their condition, sufficiency, and revenues; 11, the constitution and management of the Iri s h s oc i e ty; . 13, the property of the corporation, their annual revenue, and the nose of its disbursement; I I, the jurisdiction of the corporation in the borough of Si oth• wark: IA, the constitution. functions, income, m l d ex penditure of the various livery and other companies. On all these heads the commis!: , rs must neces. bardy depend chiefly fur information un the offievir4 or