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Attft zoit o n ,r, azglITR'S MONT BLANC Re Ev erY Eve g pt Saturday. :resentations Like at 8 ° Tu ' e a vcray, Thursday litlEle3vet'th.'sk----tallspeascnebeeve,akeri at ' the Rea-office II till Four. —Egyptian Hall, PiecadlUY. rciki, it t ° o MS.—.lramense success of the 'very evezung. VAUOV IANA : Music by H. ',KURE' .4 1 tEl l , lb— kl ?ta il " tSTER. %!ti 3 ,22 k S. COALS. --Best, 245. ; t s io - e xec „, Per ton. The Great Western Railway Corn v t 4,11,52." Drders for Puabon Coals, equal iilkiltkidtlynct,,,,il:l)lle, at t 2 ort ;t the finest to .•,t;,(l,.f'or excellent and econiathralinclimViirT: 4144V.39eStatk-41. Addretc:se. to e th es e ll Su p p ri e e rin ee te w ndent, Great MA P aadington. t , soi P I X's , t i? l 4,1" / ,"Yw b e . w ri 1 LIN G" RAZOR. 144 ''OTHEs aPranted rood by the akers, JOSEPII 41 •nreeveity,,adieen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield ; and 14 IIIPD 4 k, la 4 , 4 d 1/43 i., ‘ lj), 4 tod,:, r " the o' 'n-LOR TABLE KNIVES, „lifst o ,- toe % . tzrYstal Palace Svdenham • handles cannot 1.' 4 1n ' Stlefft e ' i r blades are all - of the very first quality, .414 Zile,' at , . Manufacture " 41 1's e n , 4 r London Wa'rebonse 37 MoOrgate-street, /41,f,'\,5,...,. 'erY orks, Sheffield. ' ' I i..ifjk frrr., ir tt lb4 LL ON's ' all, bATII,E. M ADAME ANNA NN, thA,par, Ii,'tCVELL of the STAGE wi'l commence on . I,4bs, ci i i , ,16, WI% Auber ' 's ek lebrat ' ed Opera, THE 'lt4 k n O te iSig l :l Tl : a ' Madame Anna Thillon ; supported s by 1t1 1 6,,1 , .4,l'Diete D rehe r o. Somers, Bowler, and d l i ; v W l l . l l - . 0 ; t,7. e t t , ,;11_t with a ..'f . a . alld Chorus, nd e I'7 ,' 4 't ttt t,, ,,a4 , , i.o iles, 43. ; p zs s. .11•G%nid, e Ballet i s ee D p i r v e i e v e r a t t t i e s s c il ia ° x e n e s t : , t Aller4 l s be had at the . B rY ol-ofti , ce from 11 till 6 tit , ° Me, 15, New Bond-street. qtAtt I ktS ItliCllet AliTtt LIFE ik t , eAti,R 4 t i , CO4 PANI. . • ASSURANCE AND 1 4,,, li ith a litt.,,' , Eily 0 -"- .--32, Ludgate-hill, London. ,., I's - kl,'" , ln n ' I .NCI. of ~,117-I`7, that the SIXTH ANNUAL ',181011,,,1,ne Proorietors will be held in accord -1144' Ittrk ,:ao Sottlement at the Offices of l'r eelsely:" t 'le 7 th day of JUNE neat, t, at One o'clock 11 1,,,, 1 4 . , 4, At lEl • B. SHERIDAN, Manager. l'ql,iPßao 44111et1-7TI7RAL SOCIETY OF 'm i --11 Iv XN,•,-,,- kt 1 ,, ,, 4 th t I.,. .vys ß i ... t - .., , tikTD . . ve tt ihe 4 fiett e eT CR "On the Chemical Principles At I 'lcl klet , CI ntater " • ed betPre the t 4. set \. ,on w Y 8 ti c ,... • Will be deliver a t k, 0 ' tit,o. e dn o , In H anover-square, London, t 41,484 Itpli t. ',The leth of May. 7, May ti 4 nt the Society will be held at Twelve A A °rdere42'elie Council, *4 JAMES HUDSON, Secretary .. , 4 4 41j, l' A1,4 0 1‘11) op r 1144 k,,,N4c1, n , It M r,w7,91\11)0N A.li D . CRI - 61`.A.L li 4 s ak t rii, A id ' Rile c i al .. COMPA. N Y.—At the Fourth Orti 1 N I si hoai en,,a,e_st• cetin g o f this Company, held at the lea' Nt ''' Dl? r e ' N • r '"'" , nn Raturday, the 12th of May, the t "ollti' ' 4 the chair ' ''a tt,'DoPt a n ' nd s,„._"Passed unanimously : , Illa y ..at th S 1 p ~,, de, e dire,l7ent of accounts 'be received ana p„ .111 4t T,,141tn peati, f be a uthorised to take such measures 4 r.; 44 ‘,.;'' e , tiZ t ' °I. € erying the several objects stated , tt, ,. 1.1 tb, „Irk, eil ,, , _ 'll'Lle dr, t, blli fol'Aeent ,4 8 re of and do autherise the direotors lt,, 1 11 , 1 n end ' ilt heri g , '4 of Parlianwnt, the bill. entitled i f. I. 4 ll q.aYs, aLrYstal 15.arrargoments with respect to he , '' ,l 41 4li arn ''' Dlr a a ce, and the London and So th hit' 43' 4' ent44 °th'l.l)nr such moditi k.ll„lt4 _ areh o ,, Y pl eas _ _ o oo es, ge jee 0•..rt5,,,1.,-1.141,„ ~,o_er, ~,,,.7. ..1 . make therein. e _ _ res, til l ; g r e er . "e nc:l l , 4 „. 4 be e d as A, e pa l i ' d re -n e p n er deferred half tl •t h l 4, 4, 1 tc;c,ilt. par:" -,hare : the B shares to receive at 1 111 4 071 4 ent• "-,mar after the opening of the line, ,Tti„t./ Dere ' ti ed o II tl' q' tiro 41 IDi i ellt, p er a d.vidends and pr.vilegez over th i V I ) . I), Pa ttoti , antllnn. I ,, h ' e . arid Li hereby, re-electe d director I li l.4 B ''' 't ' 4 11 44 . Till ON : N.''' . ' N • be, and is hereby, re-elected itt,, l l) kt , 14, 4 to„ f thl Ir t . 4 ek w eb , • 1 ". 1 4n '''' Esq., be, and is hereby, re-elected 4 4: 11i a l t,,,N)D Q , I DIler l l' ' a director , ,Ut.„-DY. - 4., be and V, 11,„ per anti ' is hereby, re-elected an audi 147'kt.t! t hli %be allottl:d to the directors for their ser- N ;l t o l ,:ettr, R h i may e or fl n .„ . _ rnel until the h e t ..uer Considering 'lilt. '''''''''- '''' 4'1.1°4 t 2 h 6 e th sa i i n d st bill at in T th wo e . .011, ty ov_altrofilleei Into the House of Lords. ii. gt.o44it ~er Of the Board. 1 1.4 t, En RD WARD BELLAMY, Secretary. q;I4A, Y ' May 12, Isis. " 4 4 T ------- 4 1 4 N. FUND LIFE ASSUR , ' 14 2 ( ! ooiETy. 4,c, , bk„ . Strand, London 14.1-111101^.. „ DI s, 1845. * 1 1,,1N 11 nee 41tppnlscr ),,,, oaa. N'4lktltiNag, .'', SYM ,S, M.D.. Chairman. 1 4 4 kIl ioL l hg 4 1 , 4 N. t kt. Henry John Hodgson, Esq. %1t7 ,1 , ' ' ll , 1 . : 8 John Moss, Esq. i qt t 1 ). P q' s Thomas Nicoll, Esq. )kr, 'it : t s .tt ei : - • 'lliement Tabor, Esq. -,, t lh 4. 4,NA.Glif.oseph Thompson, Esq. 4 'kat_L ea n der Starr, Esq. N., fie, ?.... Atnrrorts. ' t tot i , t ,' 4 , and Professor John Radford Y0ung .44,....1.b ~,,lAt. EXAMINEES. 11 , - N Ate ~;1 1 8 .. 37. Conduit-street. q, t ' 'ourdon House, Berkeley-square. 'lt Nhoti,eTialtY. )(.. t 4 'surrA (l 4 , ,,,F,p•A y .s., r.s.s., &c. ' 4, 4 , 1 N. q, 4ker 'w°° . hoUse", Eaq. 'll 4 Yll, 1t,,,• BANKEES. "", and 41 . r anti Co., 56, Lombard-street. til'licy 241:1.'gory, it i1.,7"3* ifre, Bedford-row* T 1 vw, and Rowel , 704 4 \ ' - A- el 1 1 0 7 . 3 CrP TO . MAY, 1855. A . '4l ll If -s----- 1!4 \, , 18 1 , onus in ~...,_ 'tea. „„addition to mn n A 141 t 1 ----........_.555ured. 1 heel Il 3 cl, ,C --- --- itii t i 4 :,,,0 N 8 ,, e. d. 1,57 3 ( , ) 74; 17 4 7 el o a g , 2 171 0 IN CO , 1,00; 232 i ,, g 1 9 AOO a 2 17 o 4 ( ,, i _ 2,N 0 15 4 ~ e O A , , 2, 000 1 23 1 7 1 0 0 t ''' Pp - ‘ °l 1 0 o OtAO'kr LYT t 1 ,.,t , Net I tlq t ß ° N --- . 4 1X i , :'iie4°l4,,m,,- ,,, All, .ie INSTITUTION. ~, , hiq s ; , 3 m: 4 111,0Z1()14 1 ';' ALBERT. 1 / 4 , ,i t T-1 d' tl LVlN 4 w aelt, e jair Ity ik ' \ lts delivered before her i kk 4 1 ' I. , 4 ' ' ) t'll' 1 3'11a :d el I d '4 4e i r : °1.14k t ' r i i l ei t t eF : r 4 s :Pi of 4 : ' -ii 'O EB hae Prince T t h r i 5E IP S A b 1 1 i4 L 111 0 Ci f I . 1ei 4 " 4 ,3 " r oe by N n ,"ll 1 h u a ntic, anr 7 , the DIORAMA. plus' 0 0.,,. qC•rty t l• C 4, ." -, Y t„" t he Cities In the United '• l •An n - 4, ES ./Tkrat, •ring the 17th, DRA MA hi, , .4 1 .on s 4 1 . : „ ~ ' t ISSO r '' GS and o ,‘ VC II ADO ABOUT seV/N-, mING WRITER , ' by 1 / 4 1. ki 1:; t1 P.,1\1 4 x VIEWS of the WAR, &c. „ P, tq, p t nzi ) Pro tee i 14 1% 414 1 anl • a tatted .:4,t, My , kit! th. T,Y I ite , :u r .,. by Royal Letter Beals of the Ecolo d k e 't h ' ' the r' th ' Nat at1:41i...- . 11', "• °eriar' Co b l y le g th e e 8 ,- %P l ' Ns i .,:• teri 4l ,,:en. r4,, c ' e , :f &it, 1 , 0. 1 0 Medicine, Vienna. \tl Ikelite'4ll!..,h"ersarfr.4l"`e'xactsettorrhre_. r of th S t :(ll 9,t Ur early: Dreverit:Py ElCClderit o;cl a im " st n e I itt L is 4 .11the rit rror. i t i s . " enteri nt th ' e . ed i' le ' II tr a ' 4, rt 8 IF2 SE M 2 InVainable marri state by ir, 44t Oott i b en e lZ 't t r :l, °f thrit4 days,('' 2, ki, i n A tt or IZNIii 4 - n s' ulsome_ completely and entirely tr, l, , k ek 11 , , e poir,, alltido._'!eri:ltolleh i . 1) 14,41 3 , ° a, Un,,,,, TRlT!tioti, ' I Capivi and Cube!), the ruin of the healtt f‘'ett 'he etal '"R VIA)t k• l 'ti t k ll ' i kl aal 'ißli 'll e I M'4 raj - Alt a ? ,o f it: ,t k ,tl hlv Or th e ._ Tsler an -- eeass of Disorders, whict• ri , , l ee it ; etZie, Isz o a rld„ te Pa tietiv. treatscon with Mercu, to the in iy 4 11 t4 1e 4t , ,, • I, 2 'tat re t „, stitution, and hich all the rre ti 4 Ot, CR g o ;.and 3 4 e. ' A t I , At i . tql,.. ' re alike devoid of taste or smell, V\ %trr'''' lit ' kal) ' They 4 1 , 't o 0k - 11 5 • td. - may lie on the toilet table Pr I V 11 4 ' " 1 .; ‘ 4 trel . n el 'e fr . ), I,„' t,, I Nt ; ' 1 1).,, - 11 1 , ' , term ',,- -T Post, 2s extra, divided outs rj , „.1,,it , , 4 qto ~ esat e 4nd "T Valeau,. Lallem , an 4, Roux iiitp:,.p. t i k)ii t ri, .A„ n l. ,s Retail in London of efohnston 6i4, I,tp %v. : , re, ar ; I.i orel...trsvt • and ''' "0 .nx h 'Vltit ikli , 4 41 ; p r/ ean " . 44 ,':' 46, Mark etsstree7 ' , w 4 r an . ch . e.s . ter : , 4 h N)nk.,,,( , ,, ,, ,,, ~L :I oi „ k , -n J. Priestly, chemist, 52, r, ririzic:,, eeler, 15, AVestmoreland-street, 1 1 t1 A b ,eet. Rirmin eh an'l %Olt v rk o l l' t 6 V it tt 4k aA N A , . , tr t , 2 : t ., tt .. t t. 2 34 1. Pa t phs_thee kcia:r..s.l) ;,s 'j' Permanent Bonus in Reduction of Cash.. An. Prem. 0. d. 428 1 4 325 16 0 101 3 4 156 15 0 46 14 2 103 16 8 67 3 4 58 10 0 X. s. d. 56 3 8 32 0 4 16 5 10 16 6 0 3 12 5 10 15 2 4 19 10 4 11 0 _ 2 % 1 _ 5 _ —— i „te kb k, ~1 11 kr k0 1 1d„. Fore Cabin. Saloon. \ " 4 1 1„,W411 or ''• •.. • • 10d. .. Is. 21. y l sq; f,--7•o';'i4llrtrieiiia7oolvriah Bd. .. Os. 10d. I,Ak „ tia4 3oth e ,P I ere .. 6d. .. Os. Bd. Nt 1. p i °r th e t 4 .eptember, 31. Os. ; rime l ' 11 1s, (11 N er, Ilectors on board the Packets; 4v esend. 4 4e 1 : 14p, Art, . 1 14 1 a i TfE i 0 , 14 ,01% '• Item . P. YOUTH AND MATURITY. 1. 4 4, 11 , 4, 4 :k 4 COrated with 111.7 4 , 4e,, stu n __ cases ; free by post for 30 ' k tifb• y PS, '';'tl;ol 4l °, ltl 11. 4 'Dtern i , E B ILITY; ;h 1 ) of - kal e • and sV( t , b tre m 01,,, Cure.—An Essay on Sper. t it A,l h t i by e ' t he rn ett ef rvatlons on a safer and more t v ttki of ~ n r nn a z, 3 ,: ss of thtehe diseas2s of the Generative NY tk)4tt.or-m.ahli4%inatio yi llicroscop e in detecting and 4, lllo ate w , h ether . th real cause and effect of ' o llow ed ?. r _ 4lll l3 from solitary habits, 1, 1) 1 .4, al w ea 's u _ s u r P e r a actical remarks, founded 4 7 " tklineBA' vierrnatiirrehnfuta,_.°f&mPTdossanee' 1J, 140 / t . 41° 1 1s ev ils e Ph - 1010 6'y of Marriage with whichp-e ttrl,,,,ie.rfuidi,s/e4nating from empirical prreties: Vtil sl 4 ; r3 ktitt vooated by various write,3 on NI I / 4 41 41t al L taiTirr,D 41 e 'Pa 11-8 M.D. 1 1 , Atric ut tr A. i t E h Ithttt r tl 4l 4 Do... 4 ted LONDO N, th e - 7.2 11 21 . 3er of the University Edin. t kl Dr h tli; 0 1 tt i ! Rail IT l G i e n RosPital Medical S ociety , Or th oe tit ,••(,r Q tr e ,,', don, gr,c,, &c. lq? - 0 1 :11 1 :: 1 rn i .: t ein T➢bto point out the fearful ~1 0 4 ,y4 r { s ) e, ,se 10 rregularities, and excesses, llown all stages Youth, degradation in Man )44PhiXtion~ t reoder of Life, than, perhaps, any ,? Der g ,„„ n Pathologists. It.; perusal is 1 1 ,110% 40 14,, , it it ,l who are 3 e ntertaining secret doubts of ttS k t ; 1 1 , prineice,,Consclotts of having hazarded qtN; l 'vt'' ll' Z ' n., 's '• l 9 to which every human s eeing is 1 tA I ef 11 •I D _ etall tl:"to 4, 11 g 4t la,bi'naifiZenicnt WhP 41(1 ' 4 d know, that there are I,c, Lt itt,,i t‘it , i, ti,lsidera;Which cannot be violated w l lliout 1, 411, Ntee, 11 84 4 th, m e t selfti n r ui w tse•ona, and regret succeed I r t ti t , t :ttn'ttly it t to/ 1 , 14 g Of thoir g"ee ' how these Penaltiee r,„ . 1 1 ,, Iti ttw !;•l 3 , e(mette_. bitterness may be removed, ittil)),,o,4ltlth trot t Ze o f IliTsaiyek)e avoided, and above all, ; 4 . tjeat rt e lles n ,. 17 , ,nd of sn i e in finnitY or functional tith,th, i , kelt ent of Year, be nee cannot apply a cure. i l ,p h t c 'e ge n , 'Less dm i aengaged in an extensive "rt fj t enit t Nt 1 : 411 1' co n d a z 001 nIalaints, which have th 4 , 144,„, 0 48, 411 1ry or , fi .,`‘ed to the care of ignorant tie IL , y 4°,0 Nvh are induced to place I Rl a- llt' e••n i'l ,r,, be had • %ti n 'lll; 4 P:ir e; pri ce of Mears. Piper, ' 4 ki th rz aoh._ gqdre ' f . ro ri n n cor g-t" : ( i ! ir 3, ,, C;xf e ii;d7l7efotr tAtipa ; e A uthor's residence, 37, Bed "."'"l3' fro m Red AVM - - .. i ir , 'vs 4t 'tit P 7 er 'ne gre.e - ol.0;.); ,' / r tps Is 4 qt ke e as enle •...41 and Purileet Piers. t i t i ot A ta. t PlER: li it el ( weather permitting , ,t§i l o , rl a so, VESPATI) u., w•• --- Thn t '''' g :1: 2 , \ i N "•••••. ,e - . e .i) 4 = ,t; ........, - . if . - k: ))1 11, I, ' \ a 3 i = _- : • . _--- - Cr ib d k 1 , k. d ab t rorN 1?, ‘-.. 0 , ..4' Ok se h lich tlr 6 _ hio * tli 4 r 4r . 'll.litreet ,Clo qt,,.. tt. , ~, Station to all parts of London .I°' , t 1 ,14, -k kt -gt tro,'Lke z ur . 4, -- the p.. A LL, on the arrival of the 41- kt Ni t ,t , I. eo e h ureh-street Station. ii pil I tt 'i't 't, t 7 f 1 i i __________STlNDAYEl. , •••• N t Pen_ 34 1 .-c p a .., fii , h ) 13' 4 ehurclo 5 t 4 1 pi lia' ~ .s ., ..... ......... i 4) Stree t ~.- "g 1 4 1 $ .1 5... ---..... it L ' 5 g )c, 1, \ - ... ..... ..."....... . ,—........—........... O ter I \ 9 i , k"; ' ON s'-• 11 .... fr. • "ki. r h. 2 _ _ 1 4: Itt, ' ( I: it ,44 N tli et.i 410 .------ -, 5 N 0 19 539.1 PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " EMILIA WYNDHAM," Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., . THE HEIRESS of HAUGHTON• By the Author of "Emilia Wyndham," "Two Old Men's Tales," &c. Hurst and Blackett, PubPshers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough. street. • MR. HANNAY'S NEW . NOVEL. • Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., UST ACE CONYERS. By JAMES HANNAY, Faq., Author of " Singleton Fontenoy," Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, 300 pp. deftly Svo., price 65. 6d., DIGEST of the EVIDENCE taken before ther SELECT COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of LORDS, appointed to Inquire into the working of the NATIONAL SYSTEM of EDUCATION in IRELAND. With Addenda and Appendix. By the Rev. W. LE POER FRENCH, D.D., Rector of Kiliereran, Diocese of Tuam, and one of the Honorary Secretaries of the Church Education Society for Ireland. Dublin : Wm. Curry and Co., 9, Upper Sackvllle-street. London : Wertheim and Alacintsvh, Paternoster-row; Seeley, Jack/ion, and Co., Fleet-street. The Third Edition.--,lust published, price 55., by post, free, Ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORREICEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From r r sienna: of Dr. FlCSAfistal;. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " ur. Platen.; ts known to English readers by his frequent !Tract]. :al contributions to German medical literature. This it the first :inte, he informs es, that he has addressed himself to the nod-med.'. ?al reader. We trust this may he the last, if he shall efezt any . _ •-tlier _apiary flagrant Aga which 4-I , oale be in enfet - to - CON' reel."—Lord,: edical Gazette. " The trihe.of!kluiet Sympt.thisers.' old rourcues - sly exposed ; and if this 'tool, amid find its wey into the hands of those who seffer from the coin .lla;nt of which. it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would e saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is o; less importance, thothrh .19 that which the quacks most prize— unlit money --This volume is well qualified to put an end to th. pelptrical system of treating Sperruatorrhcea, and to place the treat pelt upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefor , likely to do much gond," f.ondon: TI. Rathiere. 219, Rezent-street. 0-wORROW EVE szING and Two Following Evenings, at Six, by SoUTHOATE awl BARRETT, at their Rooms, 22, Fleet-street, ENGRAVINGS by all the celebrated Masters, mostty in the best states ; Portfolios with leaves ; Oak Port folio Stands, &c. May be viewed, and catalogues had. OZEAU'S COY RHINE, or SACCHA RATED C A PAUL NIS, approved of by the erench College of Physicians, quccessfnlly ad minist-red in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledsrad by them to be the best remedy 'or a certain disorder. (ee " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852) —Price per 150 4s. 6d. ;' 50, 2s. 9d. re he had of the investor, G.l JOZ FAIT, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. BARON LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE. 4. I am myself an alm , re" of this beverage, and my own ex penence enab es me to recommend it, in accordance with the opinion of the mot eminent EngliM Physicians, as a vary agree able and efficient tonic, and as a general beverage both for the in valid and the rolm , t Giesmn, May I." ALT,SOIP'A PALE ALE Only - Is bottled by HARRINGTON P RKER & CO., he-r. wine, and spirit merchants, 51, P4ll Na imperial meesure quarts, pinta. and for luneheon.half-pints ; also ca. , lts of 18 gallons and upwards. FROM FRANCE, GERMANY, or in E gOL AND, the best Manufacturing Talent hi obtained and timo'oyed in the construction of the following : The EMPEROR'S REDINGOTE, the new garment of the Season. NICOLL'S PALETOT, One and Two Guineas each. The ALLIED SLEEVE CAPE, One Guinea, Waterproof, yet Evaporable. NICOLL'S GUINEA TROUSERS and TIALF-GUINEA WAISTCOATS. ESTIMATES for MILITARY and other OUTFITS sent gratis. Accredited Agents in all parts of the globe, who have the above and other first-class garments prepared in regulated sizes, so that they may invariably fit well. West-end Address, H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 11G, 118, 120, Regent-street; and In the City, 22, Cornhill. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.— At the T VENTY-SKVENrTri PUBLIC DRAWING for riurrrs of CHOICE at the offices, 33, Nor:olk-street, Strand, Lon don, on NA TURDAY, May 12th, 1855, the following share numbers were drawn:— _ _ V0:57 1 02, - 6 711, 7,182, 18,440, 7,009, 5,325, 5,637, 6,289, 8,475 and 8,478 grouped, 5 987, 10,119, 10,773, 7,623, 7,624, 7,625 grouped, 4,356 and ~ 3i7 grouped, 5,127, 9 419, 10,057, 3,475, 10,018, 5,500 and 5,501 grouped, 6,702, 10,101, 4,790, 3,958, 9,573, 9,574 and 9,575 group• d. share No. 1,895 was likewise drawn, hut was found to be In arrear. The foil twine shares will be entitled by seniority, if not in a-rear at the date of settlement of the order of rights. viz.: -1,624, 1,625, 1,626, 1,630,1,631,1,633,1,634,1,535, 1,636, 1,643, 1,649, 1,660, 1,652, 1,653, and 1,669.. The Twenty-eighth Drawing will take place at the Eleventh Quarterly Meeting at Exeter Hall, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th of June, 1855. CHARLES LcWIS . MtUNEISEN, Secretary. 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THE ADOPTION of RIGHT PLANS.— Parliarnentary `4ass.ona, public meetings, comparisons; and ca'culations are all looked upon as necessary for propounding right vans, such as will meet the exigencies of the times and decrease the expenditure. The plans proposed by E. MOSES and SON are — To provide every person with The styles of Dress which are SummerAttireofthemostfasialons introduced by E. Moses and Son able order. They have the most display more originali• y, fashion, extraordinary stock of materials and neatne-s than any others. which have been manufactured, The Emperor's Cape is one of and by the most accomplished art the novelties offered by E. XI oses and talent the right plans of busi- and Son. its properties are,light tress a e pursued by E. Moses and in wear, it folds in a very small Son. space, is waterproof. and one of Juvenile Clothing. Novelty in the greatest ad Mims wh ch have Matrria/s, Style. and Trimming, been ma.te to the Dress Depart * xcellency in tit and workmen- ment. ship, with cheapness in every Hats, Caps, Hosiery Goods, article, are the plans of business B ots, Shoes, &c., the largest, Permanently observed at the newest, and best stock ,; prices so Establishments of E. Moses and economical that competition is Son. impossible, enable E. Moses and Soil to carry out the best plans which could be adopted. E. MOSES and SON are Merchant T Clothiers. Hatters. FIOSIerS, hirt Mannfac .urers, Bolt and t,hoemakeri, and General Oa. fitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. CAUTION.—E. s,fons and ON beg to state they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their own Esta hlishment4, a. follow : London City Establishment, corner of the Minories, and Aldgate (opposite thu church). London West-end Branch, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart street. Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Wholesale Branch—Melbourne, Austral , a. The establishments a e closed from sun et on Fridays till sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. luroaxAxr.—Should any article not give satisfaction it will be ex changed or, if preferred, the money returned without hesitation: All goods are marked in slain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. A New Book, with lists of prices, system of self-measurement, and other intormation, may be had on application, or post free. An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 gratis, on application, or post free ra on parie Francais. Qui si parla Italiano. Hier suricht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espagnol. The recruiting for the Londonderry Militia, which so signalised itself in 1798, is going on rapidly in the towns of Moneymore, Magherafelt, and the surrounding dis tricts. FRENCH RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—As a train from Bou logos was on Wednesday approaching the station of L'lle-Adam on the Northern Railway, it ran into a goods train, and between 40 aiA 50 of the passengers were more or less injured —none, however, fatally. Some of the carriages were a good deal damaged. The train arrived in Paris over two hours behind timo. Tho above account appears in the French papers, but a letter from the secretary of the company says that instead of 40 or 50 only 4 persons were injured. TOWING A MARINE BOILER FROM IRELAND TO LIVER POOL.— Last week, one of the steamers plying between Liverpool and Newry, sailed from the latter place, hav ing in tow a large marine boiler, which had been made water-tight for the occasion. The steamer made capital way, and all went right for some time. Night coming on, however, by some means the boiler got adrift, and the fact was not discovered for some time—we are in formed, not before daylight. The boat was Pu.l ; a bout, and, after steaming about for a considerable t im e, fell in with the boiler, which was being driven Dicing before the wind and with the tide several knots '', 4 n hour. Stri.;ng tow ropes were again in requisit'. on , an d t h e steamer ultimately brought the boiler 'up the Mersey.—Nortit Wales Chronicle. JOHN.—The inquiry into the circumstances L ossF TB:on SHIP c 'Ad with the loss of 'the emi grant ship John and her TuOS n E e passengers was resumed at Fal mouth on Saturday. Lieutenant Timothy Carew, R.N., the Government erAgration °facet at Falmouth, stated that he inspectetl, ance certificafM, the veQsel, and had signed the clear seriger Act,' believing that the provisions of the Pas hao been complied with. A seaman named Elder s t Ated that when the vessel struck the captain was ;lot unnerved, but acted as a seaman ought to ac t, and went about to tranquillise the passen gvl3- Some other seamen gave evidence as to the steering of the vessel ) but nothing of material im portance was elicited respecting the fatal occur rence. The proceedings were adjourned,. Mr. O'Dowd, Assistantagolicitor to the Board of Customs, has arrived at Plymouth to make inquiries on the part of the Board of Trade. Several passengers have been examined at the latter town. The new Merchant Shipping Act of 1855 cametohf the d epa r tur e it Trade ra n de o operation obtain of tvery eer o ys n t stringent h j e oh ls n t of . Bpyo May,wthei power woavocetrd the es passenger Board g or e e r ships. Section 504 l im i ts the liabi lity on t to 6 of the owners to the n 151. per ton, and, s h ou ld the case a be e enforced in the pre sent instance, the li a bili ty would registered tonnage b e i ng 464 to 60/ " Section 510 states 9 that the damag es p a y a bl e i n each case caqe of death or in jury shall he a,ises,ed at 30/. to be paid t o h er M a j esty ' s p ay :pounded damages are distributed by th e B oar d of Tradea3ter'Geural, and are who sh a ll re f un d t o the owner any surplus remaining i3ONININ, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1855. TIM NEGOTIATIONS AT VIENNA. path successfully trodden hitherto. Far from having a hos tile character Against any one, its effect would lie to accele rate and facilitate the negotiations. The papers relating to the negotiations at Vienna on the Eastern question have been presented to both Houses of Parliament. They' , consist of 14 papers. - . . A discussion arose between the Plenipotentiaries of •Russia on the one hand, and those of Austria and France on the other, on the question of ascertaining whether the preliminary consultation between the four allies would or would not be repugnant to the principle established, according to Prince Gortschakoff in the preliminary Conferences, that the Pleni potentiaries, after having ascertained the identity of their views respecting the basis of peace, should retain complete liberty of interpretation on the subject of the development of those bases. No. 1 is the text °Ether' tnemoranduni communicated by the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, and Great Britain to Prince Gortschakoff on the 28th of December, 1854. It contains the four points or guarantees : No. 1. (Translation.) • M. Drouyn de l'Huys having proved, by the treaty of December: 2, that the allies had contracted a mutual engage ment to enter into no arrangement with Russia before a pre vious deliberation in common with respect to it, and that conseqUently nothing was more natural than to find in the negotiation the allies, as a collective body on the one hand, and •Russia on the other, Prince Gort-chakoff stated that, without wishing to dissimulate the fact of the alliance, he rested his case on the difference which existed between a belli gerent poilrer and a power which, though allied to belligerents, was not herself at war. Ho asserted, that when the treaty of the 2d of December was-concluded, the object of which . was to lay down the bases of peace, no .check was placed on their interpretation ; just as Austria remained free to judge, in case peace. should not be re-established, which Power should not have impeded it. _ MEMORANDI73I COMMUNICATED BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF AUSTRIA, FRANCE, AND GREAT BRITAIN TO ' PRINCE GORTS- CHATEOFF ON THE 98TH OF DECEMBER, 1854. In order to determine the sense which their Govern- ments attach to each of the principles contained in the four articles, and reserving to themselves, moreover, as they have always done, the power to put forward such special con ditions as may appear to them required, beyond the four guarantees, by the general interests of Europe, to pre vent the recurrence of the late complications, the representa tives of Austria, France, and Great Britain declare :-•-r 1. That their Governments, concurring in the opinion that it was necessary to abolish the exclusive protectorate exer cised by Russia over Moldavia, Wallachia, and Servia, and henceforward to place under. the collective • guarantee of the Five Powers the privileges accorded by the Sultans to the Principalities, dependencies of their empire, have considered, and do consider, that none of the stipulations of the ancient treaties of Russia with the Porte relative to the said pro vinces should be revived at the peace, and that the arrange ments to be concluded on the subject of them should be ulti mately combined so as to give full and entire effect to the rights of the Suzerain power, to those of the three Principa lities, and to the general interests of Europe ; • 2. To give to the freedom of navigation of the Danube all the development of which it is susceptible, it would be de sirable that. , the course of . the . Lower Danube, beginning from the point where it beeomes common to the two river ' bordering States, should be withdrawn from the territorial jurisdiction existing in virtue of the third article of the treaty of Adrianople. In every, case the free - navigation of the Danube could not be secured if it be not placed under the control of a syndicate authority, invested with powers neces sary to destroy the obstructions existing at the mouths of that river, or which may hereafter be formed there : 3. The revision of the treaty of July 11, 1841, must have for its object to connect the existence of the Ottoman empire more completely with the European equilibrium, and to put an end to the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea. As to the arrangements to be taken in this respect, they depend too directly on the events of the war for it to be possible at present to determine the bases ; it is sufficient to point. out the principle : 4. Russia, in renouncing the pretensions to take under an official protectorate the Christian subjects of the Sultan of the Oriental ritual; equally renounces, as a natural conse quence, the revival of any of the articles of her former trea ties, , Ind especially of the treaty of Koutcbouk-Kaivardji, the erroneous interpretation of which has been the 'principal cause of the present war. In affording their mutual co-ope ration to obtain from the initiative of the Ottoman Govern ment the confirmation and the observance of the religious privileges of the different Christian communities, without dis tinction of sect, and conjointly turning to account, in the interest of the said communities, the generous intentions ma- nifested in respect to them by his Majesty the Sultan, they'' will take the greatest care to preserve from all attack the dignity of his Highness and the independence of his Crown, 1 Baron Bourqueney did not wish to deny that.each Plenipo tentiary retained his freedom of opinion whilst taking part in the deliberations of the Conference ; but it was au indisputable consequence of the treaty of December 2 that the allies should attempt to establish a community of opinion with regard to the common adversary. M. de Titoff protested that Russia was not the adversary of Austria, and 'maintained that the proposed course would not only institute a Conference in addition to the general Confe rence; but in a practical point of view would entail deplorable delays. - Drouyn de l'Huys replied, that the preliminary con sultation which he had proposed was -- .ntither a new ttia- an illegitimate fact—that France demanded this consultation of her allies as a right—that, for his own part, it Iva-0,4 in the opposite system that lie could see causes of dera — y ; final y, that as the allies, having expeeted proposals from Russia, had not drawn up any on their side, it was necessary that they should give their attention to them with common consent, and with the least possible delay. Count Buol agreed to the proposal of M. Drouyn do l'Huys, both on the ground of principal and in consideration of the practical advantage which its application would entail, which advantage had been already proved by the course followed in the discussion of the two fernier points, without prejudice to the freedom of opinion of either party. Upon M. de Titoff remarking, that the taking of the initia tive by the Sublime Porte would appear at bottom to suit the nature of the case and the exigencies of the situation better that any other course, M. Drouyn de l'Huys said that the allies would be anxious to give every weight to this initiative in the pi:elhninary consultation which was about to take place be tween them. The Plenipotentiaries reserved to themselves the right of agreeing hereafter on the day on wiich they should again meet in conference. RUOL-SCUAUENSTEIN. PROKESCH-OSTEN. GORTSCHAEOPT. Dion - I; AE L'HuYs. TITOFF. BOURQUENET. J. RUSSELL. WESTMORELAYD. AALI. The documents np to No. 11 relate to the first and second points. We come at once to the third point, the discussion of which led to the rupture of the Conference. No. 12. PROTOCOL (No. 11) OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT VIENNA AX.RIL 19, On April 9 Count Buol opened the Conference by in troducing their Excellencies the Mini.ters of Foreign Affairs of France and of the Porte, M. Drouyn de l'Huys and Aali Pasha. By common consent the next Confer ence was adjourned until the arrival of fresh instructions, which the Russian Plenipotentiaries, by a messenger sent off on the 28th of March, had requested from their Court after the Conference of the 26th. 1855. (Translation.) Present : For Austria, Count de Bnol-Schauenstein and Baron do Prokeseh-Osten ; for France, M. Drouyn de l'Huys and Baron do Bourqueney ; for Great Britain, Lord John Russell and the Earl of Westmoreland ; for Russia, Prince Gortschakoff and M. de Titoff; for Turkey, Aali Pasha and Aarif Effendi. The prctocol of the last meeting having been read and ap proved, the discussion was resumed on the third guarantee. M. Drouyn de l'Huys recapitulated the double object of that guarantee. Tho Sublime Porte being the principal party in terested that its existence should be more completely con nected with the European equilibrium, the Minister for Fo reign Affairs of France invited the Ottoman Plenipotentiaries to explain themselves first on this portion of the question. Aali Pasha is of opinion that it would be settled in a satis factory manner by a stipulation conceived in the following terms : _ . No. 11. PROTOCOL (No. 10) OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT VIENNA, APRIL 17, 1855. (Translation.) Present :—For Austria, Count de Buol-Schauenstein and Baron de Prokesch-Osten ; for France, M. Dronyn de I'Huys and Baron de Bourqueney ; for Great Britain, Lord John Russell and the Earl of Westmoreland ; for Russia, Prince Gortschakoff and M. do Titoff; for Turkey, Aali Pasha, and Aariff Effendi. After the protocol of the 9th instant had been read and signed, Count Buol announced that Prince Gortschakoff had informed him of the arrival of the answer returned by the Imperial Court of Russia to the report forwarded by its Pleni potentiaries. " The contracting Powers wishing to manifest the impor tance which they attach to the participation of the Ottoman emp re in the advantages of the system established by public law between the different European States, declare that they consider that empire as forming, henceforward, an integral part of that system; and mutually undertake to respect its territorial integrity and independence as an essential condi tion of the general equilibrium." The Plenipotentiaries of France and Great Britain give their entire adhesion to the principle established by the Mi nister for Foreign Affairs of the Sublime Porte. The Plenipotentiaries e Russia also concur in it. In ex plaining their idft they add, that they do not intend thereby to pledge their Court to a territorial guarantee. M. Drouyn de l'Huys, with the view of recording with more precision the principle universally admitted proposes the wording of an article which is adopted. Prince Gortschakoff said that his Court, though fully appreciating the reasons which had prompted the members of the Conference to surrender to the Cabinet of St. Peters burg the initiative of the proposals respecting the develop ment of the third point, did not feel it incumbent on itself to take advantage of the initiative which had been offered to ii ; that, at the same time, it had authorised its Plenipotentia ries, in conformity 'with the declaration made at the meeting of the 17th of January last, to enter most gravely, and with the sincere desire of arriving at an agreement, on the exami nation of the measures which should be proposed, provided they were not of a nature to infringe on the rights of sove reignty of the Emperor of Russia in his own territoxy ;..that, for his part, he agreed with the form iri whin 'Lord John Russell had stated the question when he said, in the Confer ence of the 2tith of March, that the best and only admissible conditions of peace would be those whin, while consistent with the honour of Russia, should at the same time suffice for the security of Europe, and for preventing the recurrence of the existing complications. M. Drouyn de Lhuys expressed his deep regret at seeing, after a delay of 18 days, the initiative which had been sur rendered to Russia at a conference at which he had not as. sisted, again thrown upon the originators of the proposal. His regrets were the more sincere as the Allies, having ex pected a precisely opposite result, were not prepared to tiraW up their proposals immediately. He thoug'ht, therefore, that the Allies shoul I at once meet to consult together on the sub ject. He felt bound, considering the importance of the reser• vation made by Prince Gortschakoff, .o demand further bit planations respecting the meaning which that leiluitter at tached to it. He put the question, whether Russia would consider her rights of sovereignty infringed if she deprived herself of the liberty of building an unlimited number of ships of war in the Black Sea. • On an observation of Count Buol that it was also neces sary to anticipate the possibility of a misunderstagding be tween the Sublime Porte and one of the contracting Powers, it was agreed to draw up a second article (hereto annexed, together with the first, under letter A.) One of the objects of the third guarantee being thus ar ranged, the other portion of the question is introduoed-- namely, the cessation of the Russian preponderance in the -Black ttett. M. Drouyn de 111huys explains his views On this matter. He declares that the most natural and most eilleacions Means of putting an end to the preponderanee of Russia iii thd Black Sea eollsletS In the limitation of the Mafitinie ftitees eihich she nittliltains there. Russia having accepted the principle atlas cessation of her preponderance in the Black Sea, the French Government did not expect to see the principal means of car rying it into effect excluded by the declaration of the Pleni potdiltiaries of Russia, that they would consider all limitation as encroaching on the sovereign rights of the Emperor their master. 'He enters lint) the question at large, with the view to prove that every treaty implies a certain restriction of the rights of sovereignty, which, nevertheless, being freely ac cepted, is in no wise derogatory to sovereign dignity. Considering the question as the fads now stand, he states that the Black Sea is at this moment occupied by the forces of - the three Powers only, to the exclusion of Russia. Those Powers, in possession of the Black Sea, will remain in that position so long as the war shall last. It is therefore hot for them to demand concessions from Russia. Wishing to lay down the question correctly, it would be more exact to say that it is for Russia to ask of the three Powers on what conditions they will consent to put an end to the exclusion in which her war flag is at present placed. To impose on her self a moderate limitation, in order to re-enter into possession of a portion of her sovereignty which, in fact, is no longer in the hands of Russia, would therefore be to make a sacrifice altogether reasonable and justified by the circumstances. That sacrifice would be all the more justified and honourable, as it would contribute essentially to give to Europe a pledge for the duration and solidity of the peace which it is endea voured to re-establish. After having added that it was his earnest . desire to establish that the propositions to be made to Russia were perfectly honourable, and that by refusing them she would place herself completely in the wrong, he read the articles 3 to 10 (copy of which is herewith annexed, marked B). In entering upon the preliminaries of peace, with the exception of the changes to be made in the wording, those articles would be, according to him, sufficient to calm Europe, aid to secure the integrity and independence of the Ottoman empire. r Baron do Bonrqueney has nothing to add either to the clearness of the explanation or the force of the argumenti which the Minister for Foreign Affairs of France has made use of. Lord John Russell maintained that, under ordinary circum stances, a Power which regards as excessive the force of a neighbouring Power can have recourse to its own resources far the re-establishment of the balance. It was thus, for instance, that Great Britain, on being informed, about 20 years ago, that Russia had increased her Baltic fleet, limited herself to the strengthening of her own navy. Nevertheless, the Black Sea is placed in an exceptional position. The principle of closing this sea having been in all times a rule of the Ottoman empire, came by the treaty of 1841 under the public law of Europe. Of the two powers which alone command the shores of the Black Sea, the one, already very strong, continually augments her forces, while the other is weakened by the wars she has had successively to carry on against Russia. In this state of things England regards the excessive increase of the Russlin fleet in the Black Sea as a yerpetual menace hanging over the Bos phorus and Constantinople, whether that fleet could iu a very short time transport considerable land forces. Turkey not finding in her own forces the guarantees for security which she herself and, with her, Europe, have the right to demand, it is just to look for them in the diminution of the maritime forces of the other sea-bordering Powers in a proportion that would put an end to the menacing character of these forces. This sacrifice being necessary for the repose of Europe, the Emperor of Russia could not, in his opinion , qualify it as de rogatory to his dignity, To admit that the Ottoman empire is an essential element of the European equilibrium, and to wish to maintain at the same Cm?, a perpetual menace directed against that empire, would appear to Mtn an Obvious contra diction. In the point of , tiew of military honour there would be, in his opinion, in an adhesion to the ideas developed by the Minister for Foreigii Affairs of France, nothing th a t could disturb the susceptibility of tiny one. The armies which are attacking Sebastopol, and that which is defending that fortress, have equally covered themselves with glory, and te i military honour is safe on both sides. the Earl of Nestmareland, in concurring in the Opinion o f his colleague, brim forward in support of the proposed m o d e pretends en t b h e e of solution, considerations founded on the reciprocal under standing of riverain states. Count Buol sees in the project under discussion an efficaciou s method for terminating the elision of blood, and for se cu ring tß Europe t Seashe against a i Hn seterespectives t the b li excessiveestablishes of h forcesas a disproportiont general e two theory, h t States whichhthat borderingerss to exists t to limit the Ned or the sea forces of a foreign Power would be to encroach on her sovereign rights. On the otherhand the un limited increase of the military establishment of one Power an therises others to make it a subj ect for representations. Apply ing this rule to the exceptional p os iti o n of the Euxine, a closed sea, where an aggression can alone be attributed to au indefi nite development of the maritime forces of one of the border. ing Powers, he considers that, in this special case, and in these inland seas, the limitation is just, and nowise of a nature to compromise the sovereign dignity-. . - Prince Gortschakoff replied, that Russia would bbt consent to the strength of her navy being restricted to any fixed num ber, either by treaty or in any other manner. He shared iu the regret expressed by M. Droilyn do l'Huys at the delay that had taken place in the negotiations, which ho attributed to the distance, and added that the Russian Plenipotentiaries had been ready to enter on the discussion since the 213th of March, and had only undertaken, in the first instance, to make the reference to their Court in deference to the unani mous wish expressed to them on the subject.. With reference to the necessity which M. Drouyn de Lhuys said would exist of establishing a preliminary agreement among the allies be fore the proposals could be made, he considered this repug nant to the principle laid down at the preliminary meetings in the months of December and January, th it each individually should retain complete liberty of Interpretation on the sub ject of the development of the four bases of negotiation. Baron de Bourqueney expressed his concurrence in the re gret expressed by the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, and in answer to Prince Gortschakoff's last observation re marked, that,the members of the Conference had the right of del , berating among themselves as they signed the protocols. Lord John Russell could not disguise the surprise which Prince Gortschakoff's statement had caused him. The sole object of the surrender of the initiative to Russia w4S to give her the opportunity of making prOpotale consistent with her honour. History recorded rnoto than one instance of great and glorious sovereigns having consented to a limita tion of their rights of edVeroignty in their own territory, being animated with the desire of putting an end to the effu sion of blood by 4 treaty of peace, or of preventing a rupture and the consequent evils of war. He instanced the consent of Louis XIV. to the demolition of Dunkirk, and several other cases drawn from treaties concluded between Great Britain and France, and Great Britain end the United States, with the view of avoiding war. Lie had hoped that Russia would have voluntarily, and With the view of re-establishing peace, made proposals tending to this end. Since the Court of St. Petersburg hAa. declined to take the initiative on this subject, the chalices of success attending the negotiations for peace appeared in his eyes much diminished. Prince Gortschakoff replied that a Power of the first order could hardly accept the limitations of the nature to which Lord John Russell had alluded, except after having sus tained a long series of disasters, and that the case of Dun kirk could in no way be applied to the present position of Russia. As to the diminution of the chances of peace spoken of by licra Russell, ha begged him to consider that Russia had only excluded one point from discussion, and was ready to examine all the modes of solution which should be proposed, exclusive of this point. M. DrOuyn de l'Huys expressed his wish to waiVe, if possi ble, questions of dignity. As soon as a stipalation was sanc tioned by mutual consent no one could pretend that sovereignty was injured, and consequently , honour infringed. Russia her self, in consenting, in the Mrs° of the negotiations, to the restrictions of certain rights—for example, in the islands of the Danube--subderibed only to perfedtly honourable condi tions. Prince Gortschekoff admitted that honour was safe where there was nr:tinal consent. It was on this ground that Russia hadju , lged it fit frankly to agree to the stipulations respecting thP, :Danube. It Would be different as reg trded the limitation of her forces in the Black Sea. At the tench tithe he did not pretend to eteltide peremptorily the consideration of every proposal tending to the point of limitation, but reserved to himself the right'Of refuting his adhesion. The Earl of Wettmorelaud expressed a hope that the prin ciple of reciprocal accommodation between river-bordering Stately would not be excluded by the Russian Plenipotentia rice. He added, that he shared in the painful impression pro• duced on the other Plenipotentiaries by the reception given by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to the proposal to take the initiative. Aali Pasha agreed with the French Minister for Foreign Affairs that, in the new phase in which the question was placed by the statement of the Russian Plenipotentiaries, it would be necessary to concert beforehand the proposals to be made. He could not conceive how they could ever de finitively agree if each Plenipotentiary were to bring to the Conference a plan of settlement drawn up without previous consultation. This mode of proceeding appeared to him, besides, repugnant to the reciproc 11 engagements existing between the Allied Powers. He added, however, that in his opinion the limitation of the naval forces in the Black Sea was the only mode of solution at once practicable and honour. able to all parties. Baron de Prokesch asserted that, as the allied Powers had consulted on the four bases of negotiation, nothing could be more logical than that they should also consult on the appli cation of them. Count Buol shared in the regret expressed by the Plenipo tentiaries of France and Great Britain that the answer of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg was not of a nature to serve as a point of departure for further deliberations. He could have wished that the Imperial Court, of Russia had not only appre ciated the feelings which had prcmpted the offer of the ini tiative, but had been equally struck with the facilities which the acceptance of this offer would Lava opened for the success of the negotiations. With respect to the course proposed by the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, it appeared to him to be but a natural consequence of their pcpsition, and of the Baron Prokesch said, that Austria must strongly desire to see Russia accept the proposition in question, which, in his eyes, is calculated to calm Europe, and to place facts in har mony with the assurances of the Cabinet "of St. Petersburg. Prince Gortschakoff asks the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria if the limitation of the Russian forces in the Black Sea, which Count Buol had admitted to be an exception to a general principle recognised by himself, were, in his opinion, to be accomplished by means of coercion, in case Russia were to refuse to concur in it spontaneously. In answering this question, Count Buol declares that Aug. tria, for the present, supports the project under discussion, by recommending it to the adoption of Russia, but that in other respects he must reserve fur the Emperor his master hill liberty as to the choice of means by which he may consider it give his support t o his proposition. reserved to himself the right of exp itin edie c n e t G e o v l e t n s t o ualy phakii to having explaining himself at the next Conference as to the proposed mode of solution, M. .Drouyn de Piluys brings forward all the urgent motives which tell in favour of an immediate decision, insisting particularly .on being informed, at least, at once, if the Plenipotentiaries of Russia accept or not the broad princi ples •f the project, subject to an ulterior arrangement of de tails. • . • Iu the discussion which followed on this subject the Pleni potentiaries of Russia maintained that it is not to them that the delays and tardiness of the negotiation can with justice be attributed. Prince Gortschakoff said that he was a party to, the principle that each should propose, individually his own mode of execution, but that, seeing before him on this occa sion a plan combined amongst four, on a basis which he had always indicated as a rock to be avoided, he thought he had a good right to ask, for the purpose of maturely weighingthis plan, which he had only heard rapidly read, as much time as had been necessary for preparing it—viz., twice 24 hours. M. Drouyu de Lhuys observed that if, in the system pro posed, Russia had anything to object to in the fixing of a cer tain number, and the direct and immediate intimation of that number by the Conference to the Russian Plenipotentiaries, a plan might be devised which would remove this double diffi culty. The Plenipotentiaries of Russia and the Porte should come to some understanding with each other in the presence of the Conference, on a basis of counterpoise of their respec tive forces, which basis should be recorded in an arrangement which they should mutually sign, and which, annexed to the treaty, should have the same value and the same force. On a general observation made by Lord John Russell, that-he did not understand the' scruples of Russia when the Porte showed itself disposed on its part to espouse the prin ciple of limitation, M. de Titoff states that, to resolve the difficulties in an equitable manner, and in conformity with the wants ans position of the two bordering Powers, the most efficacious method would doubtless consist in facili tating direct explanations between the Plenipotentiaries of Turkey and those of Russia. Fully sensible of the salutary effects of a good understanding between the two States, he is persuaded that nothing would offer to the Russian Plenipo tentinii.a bcttor opportunity of proVing the conciliatory _disposition of their Court than if they were in a - position to discuss their mutual interests with a Power free in its resolu tions and its movements. This opinion having raised from several quFters the objec tion that the treaties signed by the Porte on the occasion of the war prevented it from coming to an arrangement, with Russia without the concurrence of the allies of the Sultan, M. de Titoff maintains that to discuss was not the same thing as to pledge. He therefore thinks that, without derogating from the obligations which the the Porte has undertaken, the .friends of peace ought not to discourage that Power from adopting a method which the nature of things points out to two countries which the war does not prevent from having a large number of neighbouring interests, susceptible of being better appreciated from the moment when they should be sub mitted to the competent examination of either-into its own affairs. Prince Gortschakoff declares his concurrence in the senti ments expressed by, his colleague, and regrets, to see the Su blime Porte, the security of whose independence was in ques tion, in a position which seemed so adverse to it. Pasha protests against this manner of explaining the question. He expresses his regrets at being obliged, notwith standing his desire not to embitter the discussion, to answer the observations of Prince Gortschakoff by maintaining that the Sublime Porte has been forced by circumstances which are within the knowledge of all the world to have recourse to arms to defend its rights; that the two great Western Powers, having recognised the justice of its cause, have signed with it a treaty of alliance, which stands on bases of perfect reciprocity ; that the clause which binds the Ottoman empire to the Western Powers not to arrive at a conclusion without coming to a previous understanding with them binds them in return in a similar degree to the Sublime Porte ; that, in fact, his full powers do not authorise him to enter into a separate negotiation with Russia irrespective of the Conference. RUOL-SCIIALTENSTEIN. GrORTSCHAKOFF. PROKESCH-OSTEN. TITOFF. DROUYN DE DIRTY& ROURQUENEY. J. RUSSELL. WESTMORELAND. AALI. AARIF. (Enclosure 1 in No. 12.) ANNEX A TO PROTOCOL No. 11. Art. I. The high contracting parties wishing that the Sub lime Porte should participate in the advantages of the system established by public law between the different States of Europe, engage themselves severally to respect the indepen dence anti territorial integrity of the Ottoman empire, gua rantee together the strict observance of this engagement, and will, in consequence, consider every act or event which should be of a nature to infringe on it as a question of European interest. Art 2. If a misunderstanding should arise between the Porte and one of the contracting parties, these two States, before having recourse to the employment of force, should place the other Powers in a position to anticipate this extreme course by pacific means. (Enclosure 2 in No. 12.) AMEX B TO PROTOCOL No. 11. Art. 3. His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias and his Highness the Sultan, wishing recriprocally to give a proof of their confidence, and to anticipate the misgivings which might arise from the excessive development of their naval forces in the Euxiue, engage respectively not to have in that sea more than fottr ships, four frigates, with a proportionate number of light vessels and of unarmed vessels exclusively adapted to the transport Of troops. At't 4. The rule of the closing of the Straits of the Bospho rus and of the Dardanelles laid down by the treaty of July 13, 1841, shall fetaftin in force with the exceptions specified In the following articles Art. 5. Each of the contractitig Powers who havo not an es tablishment in the Black Sea shall be authorised by a firman of hisHighoess, on notifying it five days beforehand, to bring into that sea a nitfober of vessels equal to half the naval forces which each of the two Powers bordering on the sea shall Maintain there in conformity with Art. 2. ' Art. 6. At no time shall ships of 1712 r of foreign nations, with the efeeption of light vessels belonging to the Embassies admitted heretofore, be able to anchor at the Golden Horn, and in time of peace the number of vessels of the line of the contracting Powers who have no establishment in the Black Sea shall not be allowed to be more than four at the same time before Constantinople , in their passage from the Dar danelles to the Black Sea, and from the Black Sea to the Dardanelles. Art. 7. In case (which God forbid !) the Sultan should be menaced by an aggression, be reserves t o himself the ri g ht to open the passage to all the maritime forces of his allies. Art. 8. The two Powers borderihg on the Black Sea, in order to testify to the other high contracting parties their desire to maintain with them the most friendly relations, en gage to admit in all the ports situate in the BlaCk Sea the consuls whom the latter may consider it useful to establish there. Art. 9. His Majesty the Emperer of All the Russias and his Highness the Sultan, wishing to give a proof cf the generous sentiments with which they are animated, promise a fall and entire amnesty to all inhabitants and officers of the provinces which have been the theatre of war. None of them shall be molested or prosecuted for his opinions, for his acts, or for the conduct he may have held during the war, or dur ing the temporary occupation of the provinces by the respec tive troops % the belligerent parties. The inhabitants of the IslindS of Aland are admitted to the benefit of this provision. Art. 10. His Majesty the King of Sardinia is comprised in the present peace. Commercial and other relations are re estalkished between that kingdom and the Empire of All the Russias, on the same rooting as they were before the declara tion of war. No. 13. PROTOCOL (NO. 1) OP A CONYRRIrNCE HELD AT VIENNA APRIL. 21, 1855 Present :—For Austria, Count tie Buol-Schauenstein and Baron do Prokesch-Osten ; for Franee, Drouyn de Lhuys and Baron de Bourqueney ; for Croat Britain, Lord John Russell and the Earl of Westmoreland; for 'Russia, Prince Gortschakoff and H. de Titoff; for Turkey, Anil Pasha and Aarif Effendi. RICE SD• to the Ottoman empire, but would also multiply the occasions for a misunderstanding between the European Powers. M. Drouyn de Lhuys says he was not authorised to dis cuss the details of the Russian plan, the fundamental idea of which is diametrically opposed to the system which France would have wished to see maintained. That system tended to obviate the danger of leaving two unequal forces in the pre sence of one another, by causing the disappearance from the Black Sea, excepting as regards the police of the two border ing States, of all appurtenances of war, 'whereas the Russian project would permit their indefinite augmentation. France, adopting the idea from the Empress Catherine of Russia, de sired to make of the Euxine a sea entirely commercial, from which should be excluded the flags of war of all nations; the plan proposed by Prince Gortschakoff leads, on the contrary, to invite them all there ; France maintains the principle of closing— Russia wishes to abolish it. M. de Titoff having observed that Article 5 of the project of treaty presented by M. Drouyn de Lhuys also infringes on thb principle of closing, even, in his opinion, to an extent very dangerous to the indepepdence of the Porte ; and Prince Gortschakoff havin ,, equally declared that nothing would be menacing to that independence, and to the European equili brium in general, except combinations which would admit on the other side of the straits the existence of the most fornii dable fleets in the world, while within the counterpoise of the Russian marine would be annihilated, M. Drouyn de Lhuys replied that the Ottoman Government is the best judge of the question whether the exceptions stipulated by Article 5 atre or are not conformable to its interest—that, moreover, the exception only confirmed the rule—and that, in any case, there is no possible comparison between the exceptional cases provided for in the article in question and the total abolition of the principle of closing, as proposed by Russia. Lord John Russell calls to mind that he has already proved, at the last Conference, that the dangers which menaced the empire of the Sultan come only from Russia—' that neither France nor Great Britain is suspected of look ing for the breaking up of the Ottoman power—that nothing can prove better than this war what different sentiments animate those Governments. The Sublime Porte has called ape. bkc w.etern Powers as well for their assistance against the aggression of Russia as to obtain guarantees of security for the future. England would have seen an efficacious =de of obtaining these by the adoption of the system of the neu trality of the Black Sea, of which the Frenah Minister for, Foreign Affairs has made mention. Russia .could have adopted it without danger, because the Black Seawould have remained closed to all flags of war. Russia having rejected this system, as also that of reciprocal limitation of river bordering States, with the admission of a restricte I number of ships of war of the contracting Powers, and having on her side only proposed a plan based on a totally opposite principle, and not offering, in his opinion, any guarantee against the dangers which it is proposed to remove, be can only express his deep regret that it has not been possible for the Conference to come to an agreement on measures for a pacific solution, and that Eng land and France are reduced to the necessity of seeking those indispensable guarantees in the continued occupation of the Black Sea and Baltic. The Earl of Westmoreland concurs in the opinion of his colleague. -—•— • M. de Titoff regrets that the Plenipotentiaries of Great Bri tain are not authorised to discuss the project proposed by Russia, while such latitude would have offered a real pledge of the sincerity of their desire for peace. M. de Baurqueney having observed that the whole plan developed by the Russian Plenipotentiaries had the character of showing that the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea, to which the Conference has to seek the means of putting an end, is an absolute necessity for the European equilibrium, Prince Gortschakoff replies that the document presented by him had the double object of proving-Ist, that the aggressive force of Russia in the Euxino is not nearly so redoubtable as it appears to be considered ; and, moreover, that in the inte rest of the European equilibrium, as well as the independence of the Porte, the existence of a Russian naval forco in the Black Sea is necessary. Count Buol said, that Austria having nothing more at heart than to contribute to the re-establishment of peace, he regretted sincerely to see Russia proposing a principle of opening the Black Sea, while the other Powers are unani mous in proclaiming the contrary principle as necessary to the tranquillity of Europe. Austria can understand that Rus sia holds to having a respectable ‘ force in the Black Sea, but She sees in the unlimited extension of that force a danger, not only for Turkey, but for Russia herself. The Russian Pleni potentiaries have themselves shown that their fleet in the Black Sea was too weak to contribute in this war to the de fence of the coasts. It is not the less true that it is, nevertheless, too strong for the Ottoman navy, as the results of the war have already proved. It is therefore with the obj set of providing against new complications that AuStria wishes to see a certain limitation to the Russian naval forces in the Black Sea. M. Drouyn de l'Huys shows that Russia will not give any species of guarantee to the Ottoman empire. In regard to that prOvided by the Ist Article, and adopted at the last Con ference, Russia reduces it to a chimera, because, even in the case of a Turkish province being invaded by one of the con tracting Powers, Russia, according to Prince Gortschakoff's interpretation, will confine herself to the employment of its good offices. On the other hand, she admits of no limitation to a fleet which, in the judgment of all the Powers, is dispro portioned to the forces of the other river-bordering Power to such an extent as to form a permanent menace against her. Russia herself points to the danger to the Porte of the assem bling of European forces round Constantinople, and neverthe less she proposes a plan according to which they could freely come there, and which would even permit the Russian Baltic fleet to go and join that of the Black Sea. Prince Gortschakoff does not pretend that his plan has no objections. It would be better in general to abandon the Sublime. Porte to its own - inspirations, and to give it greater freedom of action. In any case, his project has feiver incon veniences than that of M. Drouyn de Pliny*, to which he At tributes the design of wishing to humiliate Russia, because the principle of limitation touches upon sovereign rights. - M. Drouyn de l'Huys protests against the tendency im puted to his project. If Russia has no intention of giving to its Black Sea fleet an indefinite development, why does she not corne to an understanding with the adjoining Power, upon a basis of reciprocal limitation; why should not the two Powers then make known to the Conference what they had agreed upon between themselves 7 Where would there be in such a proceeding humiliation or dishonour ? Baron Prokesch observes, that when four Powersare unani mous iu seeing the existence of an unlimited fleet in the Black Sea a danger for the Ottoman empire, the contrary opinion of Russia cannot prevent them from devising means of precau tion against that danger. The Russian plenipotentiaries have themselves admitted that an unlimited development of the Russian naval forces in the Black Sea was neither for the in terest nor according to the intentions of Russia. Why, then, not impose upon.herself a limitation in so convenient a form as that of a reciprocal agreement between adjoining Powers ? Prince Gortschakoff replied to Baron Prokesch that ho could not but participate in the respect which the Austrian Plenipotentiary manifested for a right of sovereignty of the Sublime Porte ; that he recognises it as incontestable, and bows to the principle ; but in return he asks the Austrian Plenipotentiary why the same value is not placed by him on a right of sovereignty equally iscontestible on the part of the Emperor of Russia—that of deciding upon the number of vessels which it may suit him to have in his own ports I It seems to him that, in this case, reciprocity should be in strict equity. Baron Prokesch said that the answer lay in the difference, between the respective positions, Austria being at the actnar crisis the ally of the Powers at war with. Russia. Besides, whatever confidence ma n y be merited by the wisdom and mode ration of Sovereigns, that does not suffice to render superfluous the positive stipulations of treaties, which will be necessary as long as there are Governments. M. Dronyn de' l'Huks repeated that the project produced by him had been originated in a sincerely conciliatory spirit, and that it contained absolutely nothing offensive or provo catory to Russia. The problem to be solved consisted in the means of connecting the existence of the Ottoman empire with the European equilibrium, and of putting an end to Russian preponderance in the Black Sea. But, when it is a question of placing the territorial integrity of Turkey beyond danger, Russia says she will maintain, but not gua rantee, it ; and when it is a question of guarding against the dangers which menace Russia on the sea coast, Russia peremp: torily rejects every species of limitation to her fleet, even under the form of a direct arrangement with the Sublime Porte. _ The discussion having been brought back to the ques tion of the guarantee spoken of at the opening of the meeting, and to the different opinions expressed on its bear ings by the Russian Plenipotentiaries to that of the other members of the Conference, Baron Bourqueney stated that, as having signed the treaty of 1841, he had already seen a similar disagreement to that of which he was this day witness. If his efforts did not then succeed to pass the principle of the preparatory preamble, he should at least have the satis faction of twice maintaining the same doctrine, though in the face, it was true, of the same adversaries. Who would venture to contest that the international obligation asked to-day from Russia by the Four Powers, then written in the articles of a treaty, had not imposed on all the con tracting parties duties the prompt accomplishment of which would have nipped in the bud the existing complications I Count Buol said, that if one of the contracting Powers attaches to the common guarantee a meaning different to that given to it by the four others, she would do so at her own risk and peril, as the others would maintain their interpreta tion. Protocol No. 11 having been read, Prince Gortschakoff took the opportunity of requesting that express mention should therein be made of the explanations Which he gave to the preceding Conference, in order to prove that he does not attach to the guarantee mentioned in Article 1, which was unanimously adopted, the sense of an active guarantee of the territorial integrity of the Ottoman empire.. Aff. Drouyn de l'Huys states that the engagement to be con tracted by the Powers, as recorded in the last Conference, im poses qui' them the obligation themselves to respect, and to force the other etintractAng parties to respect, the indepen dence and territorial integrity of the Ottoman empire, so that any contracting Power which abould make an attempt upon that territorial integrity should be respfinattibie to the others, who then, in order to cause respect to be paid to the common engagement, should employ all the means in tlieif po'wer, force not excepted. Prince Gortschakoff recognises that Russia would be ob• liged to consider any act hostile to the territorial integrity as a question of European interest, but he refuses the engage ment to make it a case of war. He insists on the insertion in the preceding protocol of his explanatory observation. The Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain and Austria,, ad hering to the opinion expreSkid ty M. Drouyn de l'Huys, require on their part at the same time tbat the Plenipoten tiaries of France will record in the protocel of to-day, the expression of the regret with which they learn the' restrictive interpretation of Prince Gortschakoff. 'Count Buol adds that his impression had been that the explanations Oren on all sides at the last Conference had entirely dispelled the difference of opinion manifested in the first instance by Prins® Go'rtscltakoff. The reading of Protocol No. 11 having ended, Prince Gortschakoff said that the Plenipotentiaries of Russia have (his day a double duty to fulfil—that of giving their opinion upon the propositions made at the last Conference, and that of explaining their own views on the means of developing the third principle. The propositions which have been made to them being in their eyes derogatory to the sovereign rights of the Emperor their master, contrary to the European equi librium, and dangerous to the independence of the Ottoman empire, they cannot but decline them. Before making known to the Conference the views of the Russian Plenipotentiaries on the manner in which the treaty of July the 13th, 1841, could be revised, Prince Gortschakoff repeated his regrets at not seeing a representative here of one of the European Powers, whose double right to participate in these delibera tions arises, in his view, from her quality as a state of the first order, and from the fact of her having been a party to the signature of that treaty. After having read the memo randum annexed (marked A), Prince Gortschakoff inquires whether the Conference desires to know the ideas of the Rus sian Plenipotentiaries on the mode of carrying into effect the general views which he had just made known. Lord John Russell declares that the plan*developed by Prince Gortschakoff rests on a basis on which he is not autho thorised to treat • that he is therefore precluded from enter ingo: into a discussion of the details of thi s plan, which, making known ever, he cannot prevent Prince Gorts chakoff from known to them. Prince Gortschakoff, after having road n th ag e e a d nn t e o se p p d r . op sp o e se r (marked B), holds that Russia, havTgrieumg o f forces in the the means of re-establishing t he equi Black Sea, has redeemed her word, Aali Pasha declares that i nosft closing ion the r Straits,es b e the maintenance of the princet‘ovltienih that the Sublime Porte the Russian plan tends t abolish ple as a guarantee of having at all times consideredtoos tbheisinpgri rneesipeeted, excepting in its independence holds it certain cases which might be stipulated ; that the opening of the wok am woul d i n h or oyeri coditUte Act way A danger Aali Pasha proposes for Article 1 a modified version, of which a copy is annexed (marked C), adding that the engage ment made by each of the contracting powers in virtue of that article consists, in his opinion, in respecting and causing to be respected the independence and territorial integrity of the Ottoman empire ; and the common guarantee applies, therefore, to the strict observance of that engagement on the kart of each of the contracting parties. Baron Prokesch thinks that it would bo more logical to unite Articles 1 and 2 into one. ' The Conference will consider these propositions at the time of the final settlement. Count Buol does not consider the different' modes of so lution as exhausted, and considers it especially the task of Austria to look for means of accommodation. He hopes, therefore, that the Conferences will meet again as soon as auy of its members shall have any new propositions to make. Lord John Russell, in doing full justice to the conciliatory spirit of the Austrian Minister for foreign Affairs, declares, as regards himself, that his instructions are exhausted. Drouyn de I'Huys made the s ame declaration, adding that he is under the necessity of taking the o rders o f the Em peror, his master, and he reserv es to himself to na t t y : a o n f even tual communication thereo n to the represents France at Vienna. pitoiLLIHO.LO-7aCgivITA.U, ENSTEINO.ORT SCIIAROFF. DROUYN ME L'IIUI S. TITOFF. ROURQUEN ET. ' J. RUSSELL. WESTMORELAND . AALI. AARIF. provided that they really led to the object proposed; .Au six frankly and sincerely accepted the new scheme. The Plenipotentiaries of Russia have no need of roc:tang the ample manner in which the Imperial Cabinet has recently adopted it. The circular of Count Nesselrode has been read even here; it is doubtless present to the minds of all. - During the whole course of the Conferences the attitude of the Plenipotentiaries of Russia has conscientiously responded to the scheme. They have united all their efforts to put it in operation with frankness and sincerity. The discussions which have taken place on the future posi tion of the Principalities of the Danube, as well as on the free navigation of that river, furnish proof of it. Limiting themselves to removing from the stipulations all that could raise apprehensions and mistrust, which they re ject as unjust and uncalled for, the Plenipotentiaries of Russia, entered, in other respects, without restriction or ambiguity, into all views tending to realise the new political system which would have henceforth to regulate the East. They have not receded in this view before any s acr ifi ce compatible with the honour and dignity of their Sovereign, and calculated to conduce'te the end which it is proposed to attain. The members of the Conference will render to them, it may be hoped, the justice to acknowledge that all their proceed ings have had for their object the realisation of the common solu tion view, which is to consolidate t he p osition of the East in a manner to put an end to the r iv alries of the Great Powers , tio T n h o e f y t b h ri e ntghitrhdispiodineat.wiTthhetyly desireheoameself that, -den i ial to the rden o the balance of power and place themselves on that of arrive at it, all should consent to abandon the g round of pre judices,in Europe, which embraces the Eastern question. In looking from this elevated point of view on the engage.. "meats which flow from the third point a solution will easily be arrived at, honourable for all, and offering real guarantees to all the contracting parties. Before all, it is necessary to mention, that that which it has been thought proper to call " the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea " has been the result of the nature and the whole system of the political relations of the two empires bordering tiler, on. It was a superiority of autho rity which Russia exercised rather by the ascendancy which t h h e a r n s b p y e h ei e a r l ni t: r ieattimiese Swlliptrheintahcey.Ottonmreansul resulted frroemgave the her iso latioa of the Porto muc h more than from its inferiority on the sea. Developed by the influence of circumstances unconnected with Russia, such as the regeneration of Greece, the battle of Navarino, the conquest of Algeria by France, the indepen dent tendencies-of the Pasha of Egypt, of the Beys of Tunis and Tripoli, which deprived the Porte of sufficiently impor tant maritime assistance, that inferiority was not brought on. by Russia. It had formed the object of no stipulation. It could have ceased at the will of the Porte. The topographical configuration of the Bosphorus,so favour able to the organisation of an impregnable system of defence ; the possession of fortresses and ports such as Varna, Sisepo lis, Bourgas, Trebizonde, &c. ; the advantacre of being able to -group all her forces round three contiguous basina---these were and they still are striking advantages which the Porte possessed and still posseSses o'er Russia, who, obliged t o maintain naval forces in four seas separated by immense die tances,.could only give its navy in the Black Sea a restricted development. If, notwithstanding the mistrust which for twenty years past has been excited against Russia, the Porte sh ou ld not make use of its advantages, would it not be because, instead of seeing a danger for herself in the maritime development of , d the menace forces elsewhere, r she , h a ud a d a gasuspicioninst which,of those in tim w e h i c o h f nweoenld Russia might serve as a means of defence? Morally, as well as materially, facts seemed to justify that view. People have strangely deceived themselves in regard to the dangers to which the Ottoman empire might be exposed from the Russian fleet. In affirming, in his work on Southern Russia, that with her fleet, rated, it is true, at 30 vessels, Russia could at will occupy Constantinople, Marshal Marmont has committed a double error ; on the one hand, because the Russian naval forces in the Black Sea can never reach that number without uniting with those of the Baltic—a junction which is impos sible ; on the other, because, if even so gigantic a maritime development could be effected, it would be very far tfrom leading to the dangers which appear to be apprehended. That which is now passing in the Crimea would be sufficient to prove this. The real facts are, indeed, otherwise opposed to these hy potheses. Let us take, for instance, what passed in 1833. At that epoch the Russian fleet appears in the Bosphorus and effects a descent, but under what conditions ? It is with the consent of the Sultan, and to come to his aid. Moreover, availing itself of all its shipping, the Russian fleet could only transport on that occasion from 10,000 to 12,000 men. And it will be admitted that this force, important as an anyiliary, would have been entirely insufficient if it had presented itself as au enemy. Since that time much has been said of the development of the Russian navy. Notwithstanding all that has been said, .what do we see 2l) yeari after, that is to say, in 15531 The Russian fleet takes about 15 days for the embarka tion, the trauspoit, and the disembarkation of a division of infantry, that is to say, from 15,900 to 16,000 men, from Sebastopol to Redont Kaleh. On taking into consideration the proximity of the maritime establishments/of Russia, 20,000 men at most can be reckoned as the number of troops for descent which the Russian navy of the Black Sea, in its greatest development, would be in a position to transport, on any given point of the Ottoman ter ritory, in the space of about three weeks. Is that a very great danger? Does it justify the apprehen sions which have been conceived ? Is not a risk incurred in endeavouring to avoid it, of sacrificing to a chimerical danger the true conditions of the security' of the East and of the. European equilibrium ? _ _ _ Dangers have many times menaced the Ottoman empire. from other quarters than the north. An Admiral of the Sul tan has even teen seen to lead his fleet to his rebellious vassal. Who answers that facts of this nature shall not again occur ? Moreover, the English and French fleets, taken not collec tively, but singly, are neither less powerful nor less dangerous than those of Russia. Because the maritime establishments of Francs and England are further off, they are not on that account more inoffensive. Europe is less able to watch the , evolutions of the fleets that leave them. By means of the rapidity of electric communications, they could, by setting sail from Toulon and Malta at the same time that the Russian fleet should leave Sebastopol, arrive in time sufficient to ward off danger from the Porte. But who en , gagealhat.they may Not one day present themselves with the same celerity, whether singly or collectively, before the Serag lio as enemies of the Porte The rapidity with which the French fleet sailed towards Salamis in 1853 shows the material possibility of this on the part of France. The threats of which M. de Lavalette made use prove its moral possibility. As regards England, we will limit ourselves to mentioning the violation of the Straits in 1849, under pretext of tempests. Where, if the Black Sea were disarmed, would be the secu rity against such attempts? Where the counterpoise to prevent their being lightly undertaken These simple ivflections are sufficient to show that what ever system may be adopted in revising the treaty of 1841, with the view of connecting the Ottoman empire with the ba lance of power in Europe, tho maintenance in the Black Sea of a respectable Russian naval force would not only not be of a nature to raise serious apprehensions, but would even be one of the conditions necessary to secure, by way of counterpoise to naval forces that may happen to be in the waters of the Levant, the intact observance of the stipulations concluded in the interest of the European equilibrium. And let it not be objected that this would be the maintenance of the status quo, and that, in consequence, the preponderance which Russia.has exercised in the Black Sea would not come to an end. It has before been demonstrated that that preponderance arises from the isolation of Turkey ; it will therefore cease with. the entry of the latter under the public law of Europe. The Porte would preserve not only the faculty which shehas always had of giving at will to her navy the development which appeared to it needful, but would acquire another moral guarantee against all'attack on the part of Russia, who, of a surety would not risk, fo r th e sa k e o f a most hazardous un dArtlking, to draw on herself, by a violation of the public law of Europe, a general coalition. More Crier, Russia would net refuse on her part to offernew guarantees by a revision of the treaty of 1841, if this were desired by the Sultan. The transactions of Russia concluded directly with the Porte hive never made of the Black Sea a closed sea. • On the con trary, the Treaty of Adrianople has had the merit of having opened that sea to mercantile shipping of all nations without distinction. The closing of the Straits to war flags has not been the result of agreements of Russia with the Porte. It has arisen solely from the ancient legislation of the Ottoman empire. The treaty of 1841 has only served to recognise and to con firm this principle, established by the Sultans in their quality of sovereigns of the territory adjoining the'two Straits. They are free to open the passage, as they were to keep it closed. So long as the Straits remained closed, it followed naturally that the navigation of the Black Sea became accessible solely to the ships of war of the two bordering Powers—the one Russia, the other Turkey. The Russian Plenipotentiaries are the first to admit the facility which the Sultan possesses, in right and in fact, to open the passage of the Straits to the war-flag of the Powers with whom the Porte is at peace; but reciprocally, in open ing the Straits on like terms, to authorise the passage from one sea to the other, and that in favour of all nations. Adopted by common consent in the interest of the general equilibrium, a like provision may serve to put an end to the inferiority in which the Porte is placed in the Black Sea. It could be completed by other measures, which would be its corollaries. Convinced that stipulations taken from this order of ideas must draw forth the solution so much desired, and give to the peace of Europe new pledges of security, the Plenipotentiaries of Russia believe it their duty to app eal t° the sentiments which animate the members of the Conference, to engage them to enter int o thi s sa l u t ar y path, an d to dis cuss propositions drawn up in this sense. (Enclosure 2 in No. 13.) AiINEX B TO PROTOCOL NO. 12. Art. . The high contracting Courts being desirous of putting an end to the anxieties wh ich may arise f ro m the inequality of the naval forces of the two borring Powers bo rde r in the basin of the Black Sea , his Highness he Sultan, by a spontaneous act of his sove rei g n will, consen ts to modify its secu, the rule of the closing of the Straits of thesDhaaurdiaonrmelletsici the Bosphorus, as provided for by the treaty of the lst (13th) July, 1841, and to grant henceforth, without distinction, to the flags of war of all nations, the free passage through these Straits to proceed from the Archipelago and vice versa • e s e e n lafiotrs: regulating the t d h o e wn Passage or the ships w . ai l : h thro a rgh ngthem sub promulgate, according as it may think necessary f or posi tionsiectofan:tbed specialurarteigoulan otfioth,e ~a_thicilichoratghoes shau anchorages, Bpluortke Sea' city. • lation mentioned in the preceding article Art. The isdevtic f e o u gu r b t im pe e fla p gz t o e f , wwahro,of calledEna t u i zin th as en ta j te u of t peace • f perfect equality, shall engage !scrupulously to observe it. Art. . His Highness the Sultan, however, reserves to himself, with a view to particular circumstances, to introduce. Into the provisions of that regulation, in favour of any flag he exceptional and tezporary modifications, destined to shall b wi e i t pllnetasite:thgpolivilegts for a limited time. Art. . In case (which God forbid !) the Sublime Porte should herself be in a state of war, or should see her security compromised by hostilities which might break out between e other Powers, hi s Hi g h ness the Sultan reserves to himself th power to susp en d t h e free passage through the Straits, either entirely or partially, until th e cessa ti on o f th e c i rc umstances which may have required such a measure. Cabinet .of Russia, in accepting the " four (Enclosure 3 in No. 13•) The Imperial . fcAlosTu:epaloiTnocoNot.Nlo3..)l2 h negotiation, as I t h e as y e u r otthcoounachTloefd alteringfrom i itself f . AN ( NR E : with the imPu•l' their e rea The High Contracting Parties, impressed equilibrium of seeing fundamental idea which presides over the deliberation neither ge neral h e r advantages of the ANNEX C TO PROTOCOL No. 12. _ ___,_ points"lsmaebaansiinsgo, of the Conference is to put an end to the isolated position of ance to the maintenance of the \ the Sublime Porte partielPating the Ottoman empire, to connect it with the balance of power union established in Europe, to bring it within tho public law of the civilised pean States, declare that they will Beach on its own part to world; in short, to assure to it conditions of existence calm- 'an integral part of this union; ga the territorial integrity of the lated to afford pledges of security to itself, and to give to ire . by public i law bie n nt se tc u n e n henc eforth t c h c o l o n: i s s iirdedenertr her Eu e v 1 e r I. ‘c a ) ; Common the strict observance Europe guarantees against fresh complications. 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