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------ 71111MIMIMMIN E I' . ...,......... 3. CONTRACT FOR LEMON JUICE BOTTLES: Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, d floar, . Somerset House, 12th July, 1855. It an _' T s unchanv 18 HE Commissioners for executing the Office of • corn and T l i°rd nigh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ra d ia n d co I,24etrtisiniessitpiannat,, DatOolintßEßY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, I he mild tn ixe t , ils e 40s 6d t O'clOek, they will le ready to treat with such her as may be willing to contract for s,upplying and delivering into aiesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, LEBOTUNTLET..C.E. 2110,00 c . ° When to be delivered. ..m. th o Ha in lf 6 in4 e w l e s e a k ft s, e an rw d ar t d h s e ,o r r e ea m r a l in e d r e i r f 1 0 3,- • - r. ( 1 , jot preferred by the party tendering. rotail sa . 4 'renders T h ,,,_ _:naY be made foi the whole, er any portion of the Bottles. tdy. °A° 744 d er , nr 1. 0 rdships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten t be rr° , yulIS th4 e 4 . !,_ nerved, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part k at eo s ' n ' t w a ilY as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of A a na r id e e ti ':g f °railY. awl also an'unlimited rower of selection. Bottle may be seen at the said office. N3'l ~.I!oBrder will he received unless made on the printed form pro )led from, CI , no.t tt ' r r the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at sanding gr r o to ot at Liverpool, Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service ins, OS u. •,,, rl o r, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. 7 conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten od tO 7 ' )3i4 . c it, may be seen at the slid office, and at Liverpool and f S, 5 3 s tre aty No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day o , c ol 5 ,..,_r 0 and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an cows ~..3 114 ariA a r,t e his behalf; should attend at the office on the day of contract, in exult ofthe offer received from each person will be communi per 1". , o t t ts) cated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Lan3b e, s lip 4 E7 orY tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, .55s each ; t lb , r„ c l,_ bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Lemon f a t , 4(1 p e .',,e Bottles," and must also be delivered at Somerset House. 13., t'''' RC HITECTS.—PLANS of BARRACKS. rir,., A 50 Bide r "...The Committee appointed by the Minister of War to con to 759 ° (1 •MO i ota -r t he qtlea r tio_n of Barrack Accommodation for the Army have _to e rrn all nmon, SO"' Ivi ze ,„,___ a . architects who may be desirous of competing for tr t op th at, i :."! o rea for the best plans of Infant•y and Cavalry Barracks. to 25s a d ; 0 ar e h it 'a nsequence of the very numerous applications received from ~_ .160 „,,, to t , o'3, requesting an extension of the time given for the prepara s 6d_t ° ,a to 9 0 i : mi nt : A tll_e plans, the Committee have agreed to defer the time ap ane US °••• s.I it tie,.." far the reception of competing plans till the 30th September diaos 48° ‘2 i , imperial, it , 4,,i'll.ePla should be submitted under a metto, accompanied by a I /arlerfo °l os), addre," ' l .!, ° loPe, containing a:copy (•f• the motto and the name and It. u " w _ ,_ he architect. flour, a' °ll fo bs cact.be desirable that the plans should be drawn upon an mil edit. et ! , e be Z, and it is suggested that the general plan should in every 'ten ns 4 1 "vit upon a scale of 30 feet to an inch; that the plans and 4 ,1, *fly d,,.°,.° 11 1d be shown on a scale of 10 feet to 1 inch ; and that kith fiber, : !ally -'"' should be drawn upon such a scale as may show them ed ace' Xo . ,„ an aci'74o ih at Jarticular site can be pointed out. Architects will assume readily °l3 l , q't.!_grTUnd is level. i or dew° be hrt e tt r , _ oi Engineers and Clerks of Works of the Royal Engineer "ti,aiitte,dent will not be excluded from competition ; but any plans Aen by them most be submitted under a motto, like the others. .819 to 845 ' 111,,, Mar will be sent to all Barrack Masters requesting them to 0 architects to inspect the buildings. .778 to 796 , .35g to 3 65 1101,,°,,,n,rnunications upon the subject to be addressed to Viscount .27s to 3 n 5 18 c 1 ealltu•evje.omilee.airman of the Barrack Committee, Barrack Department, .479 to 4'' ''O F nat.,.sv of iff 0rdnance,5..,,................._._. 4th July, 187 1 ed) MONCK, Chairman. 13. • his week' ' Ne 4 011111 (1 , nand for r V b . ' - `-'N and SOUTH- WE et if; i ., sor teb RAILWAY. an, has 0 ot o r i ,ll4 ''ftitta N''' • I s HEREBY GIVEN, That the Polls demanded at the 'Tibia 10 3 ,, ,,, , co l\iil i atie;:., teaetzshaemlde Saturday were commenced here. and will be ,dvanco g'" r ice i 16,,, ~. in to morrow, the 14th inst., and on Moyday, the ale at fu ll r place, from lo a.m. to 4 p m each day. ultiet,,..7.l,etweitxrkation of the same; Polls will be made at this place on r_f_. taa a , 8 the 1 7th inst., at 12 o'clock, for which purpose alone 13. ...g Lands adjourned. By order. lio marfte . , Ir aterloo„b,,,, L. CROMBIE, Secretary. P. ."---...............:mge Station, 13th July, 1855. . I send, &°' „lg GRAND • TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY ......... ' 0 .... igii ........ ' -' l 9 I , 1% 11r ,, OF CANADA, ld Broad-street, London. 14th July, 1855. ... "'PG R. 10,,,.. ‘-r- , IS • ......... ",, ttton ..... "' . lt k -. °rum H EREBY GIVEN, That a MEETING of the Share -41e•street oe Company will be heir , at the London Tavern. Bi. h0p5......... ......... "''''s l ' 4 1 n tSDAY, the 24th instant, at One o'clock precisely. ......... '0 • By order of the Board. , .............. ,90 WILLIAM. CHAPMAN, Secretary ...... .....' O O II E C T LraepooL .. " 1 r t, 4 .iNERAL LIFE and FIRE ••••'"4 l PE A RL - t ASSURANCE COMPANY. is /iv , ... .."90 11t h rIE N , ' , .-tiEBY GIVEN, That the Thirty-fourth HALF ........... lepool ..• , ,.... I " . jii Dally, , ''s is p a ' _ Ju l ::: 40 ; 4. 45 1 . 1)t ND, at the rate of six rer cent., declared on c the ter So w° A ten 4 ,4'; Itin, w Yable to the Shireholders, at the Office of the Cot - ter .... " .. .I,° ' lll am-street. London-bridge, between the hours of By order of the Board. ............ * • " . .9 ) THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. hyr •. ...... ' ripti ---- :,---,—, _ -BYLUM LIFE ASSURANCE 51 „ C OF F ICE, 72, COitNHtLL, London. ... ~ roli,, —4l -.?..._,,, Established 1824. --... ~,,, - ivit, i,,, e s (el E N - "i-iHN CLARMONT WHITEMAN, Eeq. Ali rreo r t ` 4l tary s ' al tly and Diseased Lives, at Home and Abroad, for ESTES' ) / Iv_ star, __,, and Naval Employments. The only Office on purely —•• '• ' • o li .•• 0 494ota'rn-ciDles invol I therefore no Partnership among r. a. ... , v ng, , _ . ........• ' 55, z'or prospectuses, praposal papers,apply to MANLEY HOPKINS, Resident Director. •"'' '' ".• 40 P, ••• • • -.*:. - 1 10 vt, WAL BURNETT'S DISINFECTING Itoo trit, ,•.• • • ..... ~ 13 0 ~, D1,, 8 , , for destroying all Offensive Smells and purifying, ick ••• • • ~.• OP l ted t o ,. • Its cost is less than One Farthing per Gallon when , ....... • .. OP oold b y . Ilse. ..... ••,. / flaiios,a,ll Chemists, and at 18, Cannon-street, City. °L Quarts, 2s. Pints, ls. Half-pints, 6d. .. • • " ~ / ..•• 14 3S ' •" , igli t ' 11 AVESEND o dayb s ••• • • •„" '00,,' 11 . 0 oth e PACKETS. BuLtie , 3 to p I , r Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfieet PI - s "wkets call rat the Piers as underlined (weather -permi ° tti . nr 1 in Bas 0 0 0 o . 1,.._.,....._.:_051 TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. d coin " 0 0, 0 .1, liars .• " 0 5 . wy," ........_15_1______)& i.. Lrs .. •• " 0 SUNDAYS. s • •4•' a ~; '44, •E , V , . ____ .2. __________,„____________ 2 ' 13- tr . •••• ~,i ••,- ,i Time Zi ' 'l5 woe pa ddl o l t IV \,.... 1 is :si 4 ;1,.. ~,-, 1.1 IL= - 2 ,-:-. .... ,-. S' o ff tho P itb ° i a -, --..—. —.— _ ____ _ ___ ..... ___ fibs sp ec lep I .... _ 8 % ery nr , 4 )(led as s rf of?, I li _ .... = _ 4 ;1 , e .... ..... 121, from the 1 0 1 "ti' t'' -- the ve ss : l sP e hi - 1 s --- 1- - 5 _ _ and it!F, ;J e er t ji ~,_ __ 7 s • _—— 1 6 ire, will ideOoo trifle ras- i i E l 'l' q 4' " from Fenehare.b-street Station to all parts of 1i0n0..1, . 13 , k,,,,_ilarter of an hoar., ,t,,, the fl et , ' '' 3 Wic dnes , - , 004 I,t K- WHARF. BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the .ol• by the c 'l3 t loping Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. t , „e i oi ook P l - iii ; 6 il . ___________VX _rit DATE, Sultners. occas i°° ll ' nde if ?es. -, -------- 0 0 lining gt.°o ;1'11'11 Fen. 4 ' g t 5 7-1 • k w e. C ° r :J i 44 : ?; - "a r- 1-b I , .... . .... ~. lc , i the . church 1 4; .:. ..c te, g y, ,evade °' d e ter 0 \- .. c a., 1 2 ' 4 •,t, , Street r 4 gCr 7, kil Of rai l ' re ft ° , 4 57 . i . '• Z g Et a I --- horticultt4ibit i I l i -- _— -- 9 - —— a never eft n f 1? f, .., _ ..... _ 10 -- - - ecollectioa " V a -..- of tbe aci il: 4 - - - - - - )ands ae) 0 s l , ...... - 2 lof the `" ; 0 ' I , L , \A - - ..... 5 _ _ Wadde l, ,, Aro t, ••--_____-_____- — 614 _ - , lid - A , ; tue ent °tir o Fore Cabin. Saloon °body Pre,: te e s, '',, flritkvesger_avesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. ls. 2d - A- e d g in g to n r tic ~,, :,Tith and Men ltd Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os, .01 A bo 01 1 at4ri h no London...—. ...• ••.• .. Bd. .. 03. 10d. re an d t teli;j , 1 l i' l zep and Blackwsif ~....;1:L,.., CA . ....i. A • __________________ w.,:,,,, : . . 1 .-------7--------, SUNDAYS. 00e •E ..-- t). . " -i r - . = c: :. ' r. 7 Time ..4 ' :El V • i Ei W' ~ ' 2 Ig 3. .i.-. . I ;•-1 , 2; i i 12 .. f rtr.: --- --- I 7 - -- tt Cr, Fore C. Saloon 4:11: gravesend and London.— 10( Is. 2d Eriti e end and Blackwell or Woolwich 8( os. (0 , el►th an,, l .............. Sd. Os. 10d. 111).:ll Grav e otackwall or Woolwich.... • • 6d. .. Os. Bd. kt,, r Ti c tend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. •• Os $1 N. re °abo l 4'"• hree onths, 21. Os.; to be had of the Col- Tp the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Graves- N :i i i zte „err , SOUTHEND AND SHEERNESA. 4 11 1 i illeer i ; Lao. Town and 11 , ,sherville Piers, 11.30 and 6.20. . 01 14 3 , Zs, 7.30 and 4.30. From Southend, 8 ~ 5 °l3lll Bl, 6.30 a m. from Sheerness, and 7 from South ' rams. L. Noila 2d Mass and Ist Class and Return Ticket. q 4 4 p o , Pc:41;10E11)in. Saloon. 2d. Ist. 1141 z sheer ndlend... 2 . 6d. 3s. Od. 3s. 6d. 4s. ad L -°4 (lEt tk iness.. 2s Od. 2s. 6d. 3s. Od. 3s. 6d .010,4 ~ NOUthend W 144 zhe ern II 2. 1 411(1 s h e".. i Is. 6(1. Nh..‹.244sseenaeSS 2s. Od. 2s. 6d. 3s. Od --- Plllitr ti,ls:ll-E HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. 11101ettlijeoJ4tiok.. AR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an s,-,lkic ith ,granted by the High Court of Chancery, and 4;4 110-‘a eoci 6,•tittilne following was made perpetual. against Joseph 114 ehqs ri, erg, to restrain them, ander a penalty of one thou 'i'_4lt 4ters rn imitatinr this Medicine, which is protected by 'Nit: rh,r,s, Ittent oi England, and secured by the Seals of the 44 -4'4QQ de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, %,, 'NI • ~t(.4, TY for 1, , TRIESEMAR, No. 1, Itt:sitto.' ',heti. etaxation. Spermatnrrhwe. and Exhaustion of thf Ata' Ders-r arising from excesses, accident, or climate. .--,,,n, eci4Q4eesell",,who are prevented entering the married state by ,trs,,,,Usit, s" early errors it is invaluable. tsgt.iitLY,le th, TRIESEMAR, No. 2, ti .e eo-r all t ° short space of three days, completely: and entirely s, Lori racee itst , g be, Ot those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs t, 'a "rti% ought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health rt,,„at oft he population. 4.:cirtteat con TRIESEMAR, No. 8, ItsbOstets, t Conti TRIESEMAR, Remedy for that class of Disorders, which 44t,-(1, he English physician treats with Mercury, to the in killt reetio ts,, ts in ~, nof the patient's constitution, and which all the, t;i41,4 44'44,Ali`e world cannot remove. 54014,, th::,,,seiatNio. 1,2, and 3, are aliko devoid of taste or smell, iNe tin eUse belagleuusapitles They may lie on the toilet table acted. 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Foreign-office, April 3 ' 1855. My Lord,—Count Colloredo has read to me a despatch from Count Buol on the subject of the third point, which forms the greatest difficulty in the negotiations, and which is about to be taken into consideration by the Conference. Count Buol observes that, Russia having admitted the principle that her preponderance in the Black Sea is to beput an end to, there can be no doubt that apparently the simplest and most direct mode of attaining the end which the allies have in view would be by the limitation of the naval forces of Russia in that sea. This result might be obtained by-Russia, engaging either to reduce her fleet to a fixed cumber of ves sels, or not to increase their actual number; and the latter alternative, while it would make the sacrifice more easy, would'come to nearly the same result, as half the fleet at Se bastopol bas already been sunk by the Russians themselves. But Count Buol thinks that there may be reason to ap prehend that Russia may oppose this solution of the ques tion, on the ground of its affecting her dignity and national honour, which the Emperor Alexander will have to consult as much, or perhaps even more, than his predecessor. He argues, therefore, that it will be necessary to provide for the case of Russia refusing categorically to enter into any positive engagement to reduce her naval forces.. In such an event, and supposing that a complete agreement had been come to on the three other points, would the belligerent Powers, Count Buol asks, consider it indispensable to con tinue the war on that account ? But he adds that, whatever their decision might be, Austria, for her part, not being at present engaged in hostilities, would have no sufficient mo tive to declare war against Russia, if the sole obstacle to peace were the refusal of that Power to consent to the direct limitation of the Russian naval forces in the Black Sea. In order, then, to arrive at a practical solution of the ques- tion, Count Buol is of opinion that recourse must be had to the system of counterpoise. For this purpose ho says that several possible combinations present themselves. Russia and Turkey might enter into reciprocal engagements n't to maintain in the Black Sea more than an equal number of ships of war. In this case the only other point to be considered would be the revision of the treaty of 1841, so far as to concede to the other Powers the right of maintaining a limited number of ships of war in the Black Sea, with the special object of watch. ing over the due execution of the arrangements for keeping clear the navigation of the Danube at its mouths. If, however - , Count Buol adds, the naval forces of Turkey and Russia in the Euxine could not be placed in this manner on a footing of equality, the Porte might, while maintaining the principle of the closing of the Straits as a general rule, re serve to herself the right of calling into the Black Sea, as an exceptional measure, even in time of peace, as many ships of war of friendly Powers as she might consider necessary when ever she found herself menaced. If Russia persisted in maintaining in the Black Sea a fleet larger than could be required for purposes of defence, and refused to consent to any kind of limitation of them, it would be impossible to contest the right of Europe to consi der the maintenance of such force as a permanent danger to Turkey; in this case the exception would become the rule, and the Porte would have continually reasons for giving fir mans to the ships of war of friendly Powers to pass the Straits. Such a state ,of things would, Count Buol thinks, be little agreeable to Russia ; and it is by strongly supporting this argument that it may be possible to convince Russia that A is more for her own interest to prefer either a direct or iudi sect system of limitation. I told Count Collerodo that I had listened to Count Buol's despatch with equal surpr!se as concern, as it was nothing short of an announcement that Austria would not adhere to the treaty of December 2, if the Western Powers persisted in car rying the third basis into effect, for Count Buol must be aware that his proposed system of counterpoise was both inadequate and impracticable. A reciprocal engagement between Russia and Turkey to maintain an equal number of ships in the Black Sea would secure the preponderance of Russia, whose ships would always be better manned, better armed, and in a better condition than those of Turkey ; but Count Buol proposed that at the same time other Powers should maintain a limited number of ships of war in the Black Sea, for the special object of keeping clear the navigation of the Danube, and upon that I begged to observe that the special object might or might not be the real one, and Count Buol might be sure that England and France would not profess one thing while they intended another. If Count Buol's proposals were really to be adopted, I could only say that ships of war would be utterly useless at the mouths of the Danube to watch over the fulfilment of stipulations that a commission was appointed to carry out; that if these ships moved away from the mouths of the Danube Russia would have just ground for complaint, and that if England and France were suddenly to be at war with Russia this limited force might at once be overpowered by the force that Russia would be suffered to retain. But if England and France, under pretext of watching the Danube, were to send a force into the Black Sea to protect Turkey and keep Russia in check, then we should simply be continuing the present system; which effectually secures both these ob jects, but which system we are on every account desirous to put an end to. Count Bupl's next proposal, that Turkey should call in as many foreign ships of war as she thought necessary, whenever she found herself menaced, appeared to me, I said, even more objectionable; for it would impose upon the Western Powers the duties of perpetual police, while it would relieve Turkey from the care of providing for her own protection, as she would consider that she had acquired a right by treaty to call upon England and France for aid whenever she thought herself in danger, without reference to the cost and inconve nience to them or to the distance at which their fleets might happen to be stationed. As Count Buol, however, abandoned the notion of limiting the naval force of Russia, and conse quently of preventing its indefinite augmentation, Turkey would always be in danger, and consequently would always consider herself menoced. But what was.the meaning, I asked, of this right .to call upon foreign Powers ? Surely it could not be intended to uphold the independence of the Ottoman empire by a stipu lation which made its existence dependent upon foreign as sistance ? And what were England and France to do in the event of their obeying these calls, which might constantly be repeated ? Why, they would have to send into the Black Sea, on each occasion armaments as powerful as they now main tain there, in order to be on a footing of equality with Rus sia, and they must always be expecting and be prepared to go to war with Russia. But Russia will be mistress of her own policy and her own actions, and will know how best to carry out her own de signs at the right moment. So far from menacing Turkey, she might establish the most friendly relations with her ; she might lull her into false se curity, and within three days after she had picked a quarrel with Turkey a Russian army might be in possession of Con stantinople and occupied in fortifying the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles ; and while the navies of England and France were upon a peace establishment a Russian fleet of 27 or 30 sail of the line might suddenly issue from the Baltic and sweep the British seas. _ The Porte would then learn, Europe would then learn, but too late, the value of that delusive right which it is proposed to confer on Turkey of calling in her allies at the approach of danger. _ _ _ Yet such were the terms, I said, upon which Count Buol seemed desirous to conclude a peace that was to be honourable and just, that was to maintain the independence and integrity of Turkey, and that was to furnish solid guarantees for the future tranquillity of Europe, but I need hardly say that in such arrangements her Majesty's Government could take no part. If the war went on it would be for Austria to consider her own position, not only during its continuance after the pre parations she had made, the language she had held, and the engagements she had entered into, but also at its con clusion when peace was made between the four belligerent Powers. She may rest assured, however, that, even though England and France were deprived of the immense advan tage of Austrian co-operation in a cause that is essentially Austrian, they will not abandon that cause, but they will use every means at their command, and will shrink from no sac rifice, to obtain their demands, which are founded on justice, and which have the safety of Europe for their object.—l am, c., CLARENDON. (No. 2.) THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. (Extract.) Foreign-office, April 3, 1855. The Baron de Bourqueney's despatches having led the French Government to doubt whether it was the intention of Russia to accept the third basis in the sense in which it has always been understood by England and France, it occurred to M. Drouyn de l'Huys that the object in view might be effectually attained, and that the dignity of Russia might be better consulted, by excluding all ships of war from the Black Sea. M. Drouyn de l'Huys accordingly prepared a memorandum upon the means of giving effect to the " neutralisation" of the Black Sea, and he proposed that, with the concurrence of her Majesty's Government, this project should be sub mitted to the Conference as a proof of the desire entertained by England and France to meet any reasonable objections on the part of Russia, and of the sincerity with which they la bour to bring the negotiations to a peaceful conclusion. I acquainted your Lordship by telegraph on the 24th ult. that her Majesty's Government acceded to the project of the French Government. The Baron de Bourqueney informed his Government that the project had not been fav oura bl y rece i ve d a t Vi enna, an d M. Drouyn de l'Huys, after taking the orders of the Emperor, determined to proceen himself to Vienna for the purpose of explaining and supporting his views, but to come in the first instance to London in order to establish a complete under standing between the two Governments as to the course that it would be expedient to pursue. M. Drouyn de l'Huys ac cordingly left Paris on the 29th ult., and on the following day a meeting was held here, at which were present the French Ambassador, M. Drouyn do l'Huys, Lord Palmerston, Lord Lansdowne, and myself. The questions of the neutralisation of the Black Sea and that of the limitation of the Russian naval force in that sea were fully discussed. With respect to the first (neutralisation), it was agreed to propose :- 1. That Russia and Turkey should have no ships of war in the Black Sea, nor in the Sea of Azoff, excepting some few small vessels, for the purpose of sea police, to prevent piracy; and that, as regarded the Sea of Marmora and the Bosphorus, an understanding should be come to with the Porte, with a view to ascertain whether the Porte would not be willing to include those waters in the arrangement if it should be neces sary to do so, in order to obtain the consent of Russia to the application of the principle of neutrality to the Black Sea and to the Sea of Azoff. 2. That the ports of the two Powers in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff should be solely commercial ports. 3. That foreign Powers should be allowed to have consuls in those ports. - 4. That there should be no menacing assemblage of troops by either Power on the shores of the Black Sea. 5. That the allied Powers (England, France, and Austria) should have the right to send their naval forces into the Black Sea if the provisions of the treaty should be violated. 6. That the two Powers (Russia and Turkey) should have the right to maintain a fixed number of light vessels for the police of the Black Sea, and unarmed transports exclusively adapted for the conveyance of troops. With respect to the second question, viz., the limitation of the naval force of Russia-, it was agreed to propose : , 1. That Russia and Turkey ahould each of them maiztakt 'n the Black Sea, and ia the Sea of A.zoft,' no more than four sail of the line and four frigates, with a proportionate number of light vessels for the police of those seas, and of unarmed transports exclusively adapted for the conveyance of troops,_ and that this same limitation should apply to the naval force which Turkey should maintain in the Bosphorus and in the Sea of Alarmdra. _ _ . 2. That Englaw], France, and Austria should each be permitted to maintain half that number of ships in the Black-Sea; that is to - say, two sail of the line, and two fri gates, and some smaller vessels for each of the three Powers if they should think fit so to station them. Russian ships of war not to be allowed to enter the .14s4orus, nor to pass through the Straits into the MediterraMia4. 3. That, in case of danger to Turkey, and on tho demand of the Porte, all the naval forces of England, France, and Aus tria, should be allowed to enter the Black Sea, to assist in de fending the Turkish empire. 4. That the contracting Powers should be allowed to have consuls'at all the'Russian and Turkish ports in tha Black Sea and in the Sea of .Azoff. - - It was then agreed 1. That the two systems, namely, that of the neutralisa tion of the Black Sea, and that of the limitation of the naval forces of Russia and Turkey in the , Black Sea, should be explained to Austria, and that she should be asked whether she would adopt either the one or the other, so as to co operate with France and England in. proposing it to Russia,. undertaking further to co-operate in war with France and England if the plan so proposed should be rejected by Russia. 2d. That it should be understood tbat France and England would prefer the system of [neutralisation if Austria should leave the choice to England and France. . 3d. That if Austria should refuse ,to bind herself to co operate in war with France and England, in the event of Russia rejecting that one of the tip' proposals which Austria. might concur with France and England in proposing, then France and England. should propose the plan of neutralisa tion, and. if it be rejected by Russ laait,..: - 4eggtiation must be broken off. - ' I have only further to acid that her Majesty's Government rely with confidence upon the best, efforts of your Lordship and of Lord Westmoreland being used for carrying into ffect the agreement which they have come to with the Government of the Emperor of the French. No. 3. LORD JOHN RUSSELL TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON.—(RECEIVED ARRIL 13.) (Extract.) Vienna, April 10, 1855. After the Conference yesterday M. Drouyn de Lhuys, Baron Bourqueney, Lord Westmoreland, and I met Count Buol and Baron Prokesch in Count Buol's official apartment. Count Buol addressed us in a very formal manner, and told us that he was about to explain to us fully (a fond) the policy of the Austrian Government on the third point. Ho said that the pan of neutralisation as developed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys appeared to him on reflection to come within the third point, and to attain its object very completely; that he should have no difficulty in saying that Austria would be glad to see it accepted. He had not, however, any hope that Rus sia would accept it, as she would thereby be disarmed in the Black Sea, while Turkey would be armed in the Bosphorus, or at all events in the Mediterranean. He should, in like manner, be glad to see Russia consent to limit her forces. But, looking at the concessions Russia had made on the first and second point, and the probability of her acquiescence in what might be settled on the fourth point, Austria was not prepared to go to war on account of the refusal of Russia to limit her naval force in the Black Sea. That force had been already nearly destroyed ; what remained was blocked up, and Russia would hereafter be afraid to give offence to France and England, for fear of similar consequences. M. Drouyn de Lhuys answered these observations very ably. He laid it down as a principle that, the value of a treaty or agreement of any kind is that each — irtiele, instead of being the cause of the separate members, became the cause of the whole ; that, without any treaty, Austria might have defended the Principalities, and the maritime Powers have sought to put an end to the Russian preponderance in the Black Sea ; that the value of the treaty consisted in the union of objects and of efforts. In this spirit France and England had defended the free navigation of the Danube, and had Austria been thwarted in her endeavours on that subj ect her allies would have been prepared to continue the war in her support ; that he ex pected, in like manner, Austria would urge the adoption of the third point, which was very clear and positive in its terms; that unless she did so the alliance would lose all binding force, and would soon crumble to pieces. He explained and defended the plan of neutralisation, which he conceived to be beneficial to the whole world. He, therefore, asked Count Buol very pointedly what he would do in support of the third point, which was essential to the conclusion of a durable peace. Before Count Buol could answer, I requested his attention to what I conceived to be the position of Austria. From the first moment of Prince Menschikoffs leaving Constantinople I had thought that, with the assistance of Austria, we might easily defeat the designs of Russia in the East; that without Austria we should have a long, though doubtless a victorious contest. I remarked that there were three roads by which Russia might reach her long-cherished object—the possession of Constantinople ; one by Asia, the second by the Princi palities and Bessarabia, the third by the Black Sea ; that the Asiatic route might be put out of consideration for the present purpose ; that the route by the Principalities was stopped by Austria and the Allies ; and the third route re mains to be considered. Marshal Marmont had gone into this question as a military man, and had shown how, by embarking 10,000 men with 25 sail of the line at Sebastopol, and a march of 60,000 men by Bessarabia, Constantinople mig4be st4 . ld lip Ruslist: H e ar gued, however, that all depended on priority—this time we had the priority, another time Russia might have it. I might be told that Austria would intercept the invasion by land ; she had, however, not interrupted the passage of the Danube or the siege of Silistria, and she might be equally slow On another occasion. I showed that the project of counterpoise was ineffectual, as we could not always have a large fleet at hand ; humiliating to Turkey, if she were always to lean on France and England; un safe for Europe, which wouldbe kept in the perpetual ferment of preparation for war. We had, however, examined this plan carefully, in conformity with the desire of Austria, and only gave it uli from being convinced of its inadequacy. I said M. Drouyn de l'Huys had so ably explained the plan of neutralisation that no more need be said. We were however, ready to adopt the plan of limitation if Austria, on its rejection, would join us in the war. I alluded, lastly, to public opinion in England. I said we considered this as an European cause ; and that, both as a great European Power and from her position, Austria was called upon to take a leading part in defence of Turkey ; that we had made allowances for the difficulties of Austria, but we had felt deeply that, when she was prepared for war in July last, she had allowed division after division to be taken from Bessarabia to the Crimea, without attempting any diversion in our favour ; that we had still hoped, and the voices against Austria were few. But, if new, after the treaty of the 2d of December, Austria escaped its engagements by relying solely on the letter of that treaty, the irritation against Austria in England would be very great; that it would be impossible to revive confidence, or to fasten again the parts of a cable which had failed to hold. It was the decisive moment for an alli ance which, if kept together, would accomplish a great object. After some time spent in discussion, Count Buol seemed to me to depart from the course he had taken at first. He no longer said that Austria was determined not to support us in case of a rupture. He spoke of treating the third point like the two former ; of coming to no previous resolution re specting war ; and of not engaging in hostilities for two ships more or less. . . ...,...- ..... ....,... Another meeting for Wednesday, with the assistance of Aali Pasha, was proposed and settled. This has been, in my opinion, an attempt on the part of Austria to induce the Western Powers to relinquish their pro. posals on the third point. As such, it has entirely failed. No. 4. LORD JOHN RUSSELL TO THE EARL OF CLAREND"' (RECEIVED APRIL 15.) 12, 1855. (Extract.) Another meeting was held yesteVrideanynaa'tACPOlt Buol s, al which Aali Pasha and Arif Pasha were present. Count Buol read to us a paper which he had drawn up. I afterwards asked him for a copy of this Paper, but he declined to give it me, saying it had no official character, and had not been seen by the Emperor. The paper, however, contained the present resolution of the Cabinet. This resolution is to hear the propositions of the Court of St. Petersburg before committing themselves further. It may be that the answer of the Russian. Emperor may be so unfavourable and so peremptory that Austria will at once concert with her allies on the mode of breaking off the negotiations, and stating to Russia a cases bells. But it may be that the Russian answer will admit o? further discus sion in Conference, with a hope of pacific settlement. The Austrian Government declines, therefore, to give any further pledge at the present moment. This resolution, natural enough in itself, was based upon very unsound reasoning. Count • Buol maintained, that in the first draught of the four points it was stated that the treaty of 1841 was to be revised in the interest of the balance of power, but that the plan of reducing' Russian power in the Black Sea was an afterthought, and had been adopted by the Austrian Government rather to please her allies than from any conviction of its necessity ; that, while they were ready to support the proposal in conference, they were not prepared from personal regard to their allies to go to war without a case of proved necessity. M. Drouyn de Lhuys and I comba ted this reaso ning. We stated that the views of the French and En g lish G overnments were no secret to Austria or to the world. S p ee ches in Par liament on the part of the English Government, official notes published in the Moniteur on the part of the F renc h, h a d attested in the most public manner , six or ei g ht months ago, our apprehensions of the danger, and our estimate o f th e means of providing against it. W e appealed to Aali Pasha as to the reality of the danger of an at tack on the B osphorus by a Russian fleet and army, and he f ull y confirmed our views by his own emphatic statements. Count Buol argued that it was not necessary to make Tur key equal to Russia, as in the system of the balance of power small States could preserve their independence in the neigh bourhood of States far superior to them in the number of their armies und the extent of their resources. But this was answered by pointing to the peculiar situa tion of the Black Sea, where R ussia had k ept up a great naval force without any commerce to g uard, in the presence of no rival Power, and too evidently for purposes of aggres sion. Count Buol told us he had not pressed the neutrality of ships more or less. cou ld not propose war t o th e the islands at the mouth of the Da nube, as he was sure, if t p h i e st C a o t n f F e r r s e n u he bad done so, the Russian Minist er would have broken up c k f e r t ri f oer saidtw o I am answered that, bad Austria insisted pi the neutrality of the islands at the mouth of the Danube, and a rupture of the Conference had taken place, I should not have argued in the British Parliament that this was a point which only con cerned Austria, but I should have represented it as the cause of an ally; and I was sure that three-fourths of both houses would have supported her Majesty's Government in such a quarrel. M. Drouyn de l'Huys observed that tour treaty of Dec. 2 was not with the Diet of Frankfort, but with Austria. We both appealed to Austria to make the plan of neutrali sation or that of limitation a cases be2li, and expressed our belief that if this was done Russia would at once give way. Count Buol positively declined to accede to this proposal, and maintained his former reserves. While I consider this course as not unnatural on the part of a Power which has hitherto kept out of the war, and is very averse to plunge into it, I conceive the policy of such reserve to be unwise in itself, and unjust to her allies, — unwise, because Russia, after so many sacrifices of her pride and military position in the Principalities to please Austria, would nearly to a certainty give way, and thereby secure the peace so much desired; unjust to her allies, because .e---i after the sacrifices they have made and arc making, it is duo to them that their armaments should not retire from the Black Sea without obtaining in the conditions of peace some special security against Russian preponderance in that sea. The interests of Austria may be fairly supposed to outweigh in the Austrian'. Cabinet the general interests of Europe. There is, however, some chance that at the last moment Aus tria may prove firm. It seems to me that Russia must either refuse to limit her naval force in the Black Sea on the ground. of her dignity and her greatness, or she must consent to make her limitation effectual for its object. In either case our po sition is a good one. Our present business is to concert with the French and Turkish Plenipotentiaries the exact mode in which we shall act in the Conference, and leave it to Prince Gortschakoff to declare the purport of the instructions which ho may receive from St. Petersburg. Should these be of a nature to meet our proposals half way, M. Drouyn de l'Huys and I intend to declare at once what we would accept, without any further discussion. If this is refused, we break off; if a fresh reference to St. Petersburg is asked. we intend to say that we can only consent to such reference on condition that the answer must be a decided yes or n0 . ..F0r such an answer M. Drouyn de Flluys and I should not wait. - - In relating what passed a the meeting I have omitted to say that Count }ldol, in the paper which he'read to us, de cl:+red that if Russia were to refuse to guarantee the integrity of Turkey it would be a eaBus belli with Austria. No. 5. Lord Clarendon approves Lord John Russell's language in reply to Count Buol, as reported in No. 3. No. 6. LORD JOHN RUSSELL TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON—(RECEIVED Aram 17.) Vienna, April 16, 1855. My Lord—The Russian messenger will arrive to-day ; con ference will probably take place to morrow. The Austrian Minister wishes it to adjourn for further deliberation till next day. If other hope is lost I wish to propose to the Conference the following plan. The French Minister is favourable to it. Austria will not support any demand for cession of territory. 1. As the existence of an aggressive Russian fleet in the Black Sea would be in flagrant contradiction with the as surance so often given by Russia that she does not wish to impair the integrity of the Ottoman empire, it is agreed : (1.) That with the exceptions stated in the following arti cles, the rule of closing the Dardanelles and Bosphorus, re cognised by the treaty of 1841, shall be in force so long as the Russian naval long) in the Black Sea shall not exceed four sail of the line, four frigates, and six smaller - vessels. (2.) That while the said rule subsists two sail of the line, two frigates, and three smaller vessels of any Power which has no establishment in the Black Sea, and which is in amity with the Sultan, may enter the Black Sea upon giving four days' notice to the Ottoman Government. _ _ (3.) Upon any increase of the Russian naval forces beyond the number specified in Article 1, or on the existence of a larger Russian force being ascertained, a larger number of ships of war of the allies of the Sultan may pass through the Straits into the Black Sea, in conformity with the desires of the Sultan, and in the proportions to be regulated from time to tithe by agreement with the Ottoman Porte ; such increase not to form, at any time, a legitimate subject of remonstrance on the part of Russia. (4.) At no time shall any ships of foreign nations, beyond the small ships belonging to the Embassies admitted hitherto, anchor in the Golden Horn, nor shall any number of lino of battle ships belonging to foreign Powers not having establish ments in the Black Sea excee ling four, pass at one time before the capital in their passage from the Dardanelles to the Black Sea, or from the Black Sea to the Dardanelles, while the Sul tan is at peace. 2. The cession to Turkey of the islands at the mouth of the Danube surrendered by the treaty of Adrianople. 3. The Asiatic frontier, on the side of Russia, to be newly laid down and defined. 4. An European guarantee of the territorial circumscription of the Ottoman empire in Europe as defined in the trea•y. 5. The forts on the Asiatic coast, now abandoned by Rus sia, not to be re-occupied.--I have, dtc., J. RUSSELL. No. 7. TUE EARL OF CLARENDON TO LORD Jon RUSSELL. (Extract.) Foreign-office, AprillB, 1855. We think that the limitation of the Russian fleet should be absolute, and that it would be made too conditional by the plan you wish to propose. We must avoid as much as possible the system of counterpoise, the objections to which you have explained fully to the Austrian Government. No. 8. LORD JOUR RUSSELL TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON.— (RECRIVBD APRIL 21.) (Extract) Vienna, April 16, 1855. We had yesterday a meeting of four hours' duration at Count Buol's. M. Dronyn de I'Huys, Baron / Bourquenoy, Lord Westmoreland and I were present. [ PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• Pasha were of material assistance, Count Buol proposed to the belligerent Powers a general understanding to the following effect : 1. That the plan of limitation of numbers agreed to in Lon don should be first proposed and be supported by Count Buol. 2. That it should be proposed that Russia and Turkey, by mutual agreement, should maintain reciprocally a force no larger than that which shall remain to Russia at the end of the war. A list to be drawn up, and the convention referred to in the treaty to have the same force as if it formed part of the treaty. Ships of war - of the 'allies to be admitted into the Black Sea in limited numbers, not exceeding for each half the Russian force. 3. In case of the failure of both these propositions, he thought that bases of peace might be found in the following conditions :—A general engagement to respect the integrity of the Turkish empire on• behalf of each, of - the Powers, and against any one of them which should violate this engage ment ; a provision that the closing of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus should continuo to be the rule, with the excep tion that Powers which have not establishments in the Black Sea may be admitted by the Sultan to the extent of half the number maintained by Russia for each Power ; 'consuls in the Russian ports ; a treaty with Austria that if Russia shall in crease her naval force in the Black Sea beyond the number maintained by her in 1853 it shall be a cams kW for the con tracting Powers. It was agreed that the guarantee of the in tegrity of Turkey should be proposed before any of these plans, the questions being taken in the order of-1, guaran tee ; 2, closing of straits, and limitation. I reserved my opi nion for further consideration. Such - was the general result of this important meeting. M. Dronyn de l'lluys called upon me in the evening, and we drew up together a rough outline of the proposals to be made. It will be seen that, supposing the second proposition to be rejected as well as the first, the value of the third depends ou three things :- 1. Guarantee by all the contracting Powers of the territory of Turkey. 2. A system of counterpoise in the Bhck.-Sea. 3. The limitkti m of the Itussian force in the Black Sea to the number of ships maintained before the war, under pain of war with the Allies. The value of this last article consists in the maintenance of the alliance directed against Russia. I confess it appears to me that if this third system can be made an ultimatum by Austria, it ought to be accepted by the Western Powers. In saying this, I may appear to contradict my former opinions. But, in fact, Ido not retract those opinions. The system of limitation I believe to be far better than that of counter poise ; but the question is between an imperfect security for Turkey and for Europe. and the continuance of the war should the Government of her Majesty, • in concert with that of France, be of opinion that such a peace can be accepted, they will instruct Lord Westmoreland accordingly. If uot, I hope to be allowed to be heard personally before a 'final de cision is made. Count Buol, having been earnestly called upon by M. Drouyn do Flluys to join the Western Powers in case of rupture, had prepared an ultimatum of the Austrian Cabinet. It was, ob vious that great care had been taken in preparing the ground upon which Austria means to take up her position. Count Buol dwelt especially on the importance of closing the Dar danelles, and the value of an European guarantee of the Turkish empire. But the real point of his discourse lay in the declaration that Austria would not assent to press Bas sin on the question of limitation further than the restoratiin of the status quo of the Russian fleet before the war. The question was put in this way : In order to carry into effect the third point, Count •Buol proposed the following measures to be submitted to the Conference :-Ist. The clos ing of the Straits. 2d. The guarantee of Europe for the terri torial circumscription of the Ottoman empire, 3d. The prin ciple of a limitation of the Russian naval forces in the Black Sea. In presenting this third measure as a cases belli to Russia, it was to be thus stated :—Limitation fixed at the number of the fleet before the war, to be completed according to the system of a balance of power. By this last phrase I understood was meant that as fast as the Russians should build ships, Turkey should be allowed to introduce ships into the Black Sea ; so that in some years, if Russia should have 15 ships of the line at Sebastopol, Turkey might have 15 sail of the line cruising in the Black Sea. It would be difficult and wearisome to give the details of a conversation which lasted for four hours. I will endeavour, therefore, to give an abstract of the arguments employed. Count Buol set before us the insignificance of the danger to be feared from the presence in the Black Sea of ten ships of the line not yet in existence, nor likely to be so for some time, compared with the advantages to be derived from a peace attended with such important concessions by Russia. He ex tolled the security which Turkey would obtain by the Euro pean guarantee. He spoke of the means which Turkey pos sessed for her defence. He again declared that the limitation of the naval forces of Russia had not entered into the original definition of the third point, and Austria had only adopted it it in deference to the urgent representations of the Western Powers. But Austria would not make war for ten ships more or less. She could not justify such a count() to Germany or to Europe. She had never pledged herself to war against Russia for such a cause, and never would. She would look to the whole of the peace to be made, and not to a single part. On the other hand, the French and British Plenipoten tiaries maintained that a limitation to be good for anything must be an effectual limitation ; that it would be a limita tion to say that Russia should not have more than 6,000 ships of war, but such a limitation would be absurd. Look ing at the particular proposal before us, it was evident that the state of the Russian naval force before the war was the very state of danger against which we were anxious to guard. M. Drouyn de l'Huys referred to the attacks on the Turkish ships at Sinope, and the declarations of Admirals Hamelin and Dundas that they could not with prudence divide their forces. I said that the British Government had always pointed to the Russian fleet in Sebastopol as a standing menace to Tur key, and to provide by treaty that this very force might again be constructed and assembled would be a course they could not justify to Parliament or the nation; that Russia, if she consented to limitation, would hardly refuse to agree to one that would be efficient. The closing of the Dardanelles and an efficient limitation were consistent propositions ; but, if the limitation was not to be efficient, the closing of the Straits would be inconsistent. He had himself argued that the dan ger consisted not in the magnitude of the Russian force, but in the tete-a-tete of Russia and Turkey in the Black Sea. Yet this very danger he now proposed to restore. Count Buol was ready to propose consuls at Sebastopol and elsewhere in the Black Sea; stations for small vessels at the mouth of the Danube ; the faculty for the Sultan of call ing the fleets of his allies to his assistance in case of menace ; and other subsidiary provisions. He laid it down as a prin ciple that the existence of an aggressive fleet in the Black Sea is a flagrant contradiction with the assurance so often given by Russia that she does not wish to disturb the integrity of the Ottoman empire. But he did not consider that a fleet of 15 sail of the line was excessive, or could be dangerous to Turkey. He spoke of 10 sail of line-of-battle-ships, not yet built, as not forming any real object of alarm to Europe. The Ottoman Minister, who was unfortunately not sum moned to meet us, is of a totally different opinion. He thinks it would be injurious to the Porte to require that we should devote her revenues to the fortifications on the Bosphorus, when internal improvements so urgently require her attention. He doubts whether any forts on the Bosphorus would save Constantinople from attack. M. Drouyn de l'Huys, in the conversation I am reporting, said that he was ready to increase the number of Russian ships of war to be maintained to the number now above water in the Black Sea. I added, that although I had no authority to do so I would undertake the same engagement. Count Buol, however, 'persisted in his proposal, and asked us to refer it to our Governments. It Is not necessary to state the measures which Austria would be prepared to take to convey an ultimatum to Russia upon this basis. They are well conceived, and would be doubtless acted upon with good faith. But I cannot suppose that Russia would prefer war with Austria to a peace which would give her leisure and means to prepare a new attack on the Ottoman empire. In the case of such an attack renewed five years hence, could we rely on the Austrian guarantee of the integrity of Turkey ? I apprehend that the same financial embarrass ment, the same doubt of Prussia and the German States, and an army reduced to the establishment of 1852, would para lyse her then, as they did in 1853. The occupation of the Principalities by Russia she felt to be dangerous to her existence as a great Power, and she risked war to put an end to it. But, that point accomplished, I fear we must not count upon ber aid to save Constantinople from the encroaching ambition of Russia. * No. lb. 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'-.... - tion of Russia. -'6il 4 ' . . 4, ; ----`, ; I*:' , '' . l vo Count Buol, I said, taust. be well aware that kilh ia S scheme is impracticable ; zthe proposals he has :rip , )// f : .• *4.; .l,s, ' ported, and the language ho has used in the Conferen sea, • prove that, in h is opinion, she t S i S s bi sincere nt m : eo i g ln.e h t it , nh c ot o h n oe s t i pi s ir t e e or t f l e t : l her honour and her dignity as a first-rate Power, consent to satisfactory arrangements if her wish to maintain the Ott om an empire and to give nejut.t cause of uneasiness to Europe •; Russia, while endeavouring to4,elude the real question at issue by concessions respecting the., Principalities and the naviga tion of the Danube, refuses t) enter into engagements :a! persists in her right to retain and to augment her ine•lns of aggression, it is clear that I ter professions aro not sincere, that her designs are dangerm is, and that the active co-opera , tion of Austria with her allies will be essential to her own In- - terests, and will be justified. in the eyes of the world for the purpose, not of humiliating uor of injuring Russia, but of _ arresting the progress of her am bitious policy, and of obtain ing securities for the future pea .:,e of Europe. ' Your Lordship is instructed to read this despatch to Count Buol. siYaiii::::.l: No. 15.. THE EARL OF WESTMORELANP TO TUE EARL OF CLAMINDO7 (RECEIVED NAY 19.) (Extract.) Vienna, May 16, 1855 . The proposition of Count Buol, a sketch of which was sen t to your lordship in the telegraphic. despatch of thi s d ay, is annexed to this despatch. Count Buol has felt that since the publication of the pro. tocols of tho Conferences py her M.jesty's Government the position of Austria in the eyes of .the public would be ren dered extraordinary if she dicl:not take any measure to fulfil the words which he bad himself used. at theta —namely, that Austria would still seek the means of bring.. ing about an understanding between the great Nwers of Europe. Having in view, therefore,_ the fulfilment. of .this engagement on the part of 'Austria ' • which had 'IOW been , made public, and having, as a se co nd object, to give to 'the final closing of the Conferences (if, indeed, they were to to closed) the dignity of an cfficial form, Connt Buol bad drawn up the propositions now submitted to your lvd ship, which he thought had the great advantage of not betraying that that perfect unity of ideas between Austria and the Western Powers which had been so manifest during the whole course of the negotiations had in any manner been disturbed. Count Buol, therefore, making use of the right to convoke the Conference, which appertains to each of its members so long as it is not formally dissolved, proposes to state to the assembled Plenipotentiaries that, in accordance wits the lan guage he had held a:. the 12th and 13th Conferences, ho had invited them to assemble, in order to submit to them the pro position which accompanies this despatchlall the stipulations of which had originally been suggested by the British and French Plenipotentiaries. Count Buol believes that the proposition will be sup ported by the representatives of England and France, and that it will be rejected by the Russian representatives, as it has already in part been rejected by them. Count Buol would then declare, on the refusal of the Russian Plenipo tentiaries to entertain this project, that it appeared to him that there was no further object for the meeting of the Conference, which he would then formally close. In communicating this plan to Baron Bourqueney and my self, Count Buol begged that our Governments should be so licited to consider its communication as of the most confiden tial character. With regard to the proposition itself, he pointed out to us that it was entirely based upon ideaswhich had ema nated from the British and French Plenipotentiaries, to which he added some modifications of his own. He stated distinctly that the proposition, such as it was, was one which must be either accepted or rejected by Russia, and that be would not bring it forward as one capable of bearing discussion and mo dification. Count Buol then stated that, as he still considered that the project which had recently been submitted (as Austria's ultimatum to Russia) to the British and French Govern ments, and rejected by them, fulfilled the engagements which Austria had taken with regard to the third basis, he would not consider that the rejection of the present proposition by the Russian Plenipotentiaries in conference would entail upon Austria the giving effect to the extreme obligations of the treaty of the 2d of December. Count Buol then said that while he recognised the right of the British and French Governments to abstain from the Conference which he intended to convoke, he must remark to us that such abstention would constitute the rupture of the negotiations by our Governments, and would thus render pa tent the dissidence of opinion which prevailed between them and the Government of Austria. fEnclosure.) PROPOSITION TO BE SUBMITTED BY COUNT BUOL TO THE CONFERENCE. 1. The high contracting parties being desirous that the Sublime Porte should participate, in the advantages of the good understanding established by the law of nations among the various States of Europe, severally engage to respect the independence and territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire, guarantee in common the strict observ ance of this engagement, and will in consequence consider every act and every event which would be of a nature to endanger it as a question of European interest. r If adifference should arise bet;reen the Porte and one of the contracting Powers, those two States, before resorting to arms, should place the other Powers in a position to obviate this contingency by pacific means. 2. The rule respecting the closing of the Straits of the Bosphorus ant the Dardanelles, established by the treaty of July 13, 1841, shall remain in force, with the exceptions specified in the following articles :- 3. Each of the contracting Powers which has no establish ment in the Black Sea will be authorised by a firmau from his Highness to send into any station in that sea two frigates or vessels of smaller force, in order to protect their commerce and to exercise the necessary inspection. 4. The Russian Plenipotentiaries and those of the Sublime Porte will propose in common to the Conference the equal effective force of the naval armaments which the two sea bordering Powers will maintain in the Black Sea, and which must not exceed the amount of Russian vessels at present afloat in that sea. The arrangement which they shall have made in this respect shall form an integral part of the general treaty. There shall also be inserted in the treaty the measures which the said Plenipotentiaries shall have agreed to, with a view to enforce the precise and constant observance of the stipulations of the present article. 5. In the event (which God forbid !) of the Sultan being me naced with aggression, he reserves to himself the right of open ing the Straits to all the naval forces of his allies. No. 16. TIIE EARL OF CLARENDON TO TILE EARL Or WESTMORELAND. Foreign-office, May 29. My Lord,—Your despatch of the 16th* has been received and laid before the Queen. Your Lordship states in that despatch that Count Buol has felt that since the publication of the protocols by her Majesty's Government the position of Austria in the eyes of the public would be rendered extraordinary if she did not take any measures to fulfil the words used at the last Con ference—viz., that Austria would still seek the means of bringing about an understanding between the great Powers of Europe ; and that having in view the fulfilment of this engagement, together with the object of giving to the final closing of the Conference the dignity of an official form, Count Buol desires to convoke the Conference, and to sub mit to it the proposition which is inclosed in your Lord ship's despatch. Count Buol expects that this proposition will be supported by the representatives of England and France, and that it will be rejected by the representatives of Russia; and Count Buol would then declare, on the refusal of the Russian Pleni potentiaries to entertain the project, that there was no fur ther object for the meeting of the Conference, which he would then formally close. Your Lordship will convey to Count Buol the best thanks of her Majesty's Government for this communication, which they regard as a fresh proof of the good-will of Austria and of her earnest desire to promote the restoration of peace; and you will state to his Excellency that her Majesty's Govern ment consider that they would be wanting to the frankness and good faith which have hitherto characterised the pro ceedings between Austria and the Western Powers if they hesitated to make known the objections they entertain to the course which Count Buol proposes to adopt, and the grounds on which they think that the engagement taken by his Excel lency at the last Conferences will not be effectually carried out by a project which he says he expects that Russia will re ject, and which cannot be acceptable to England and France. Either we are prepared to give up the conditions which, with the concurrence of. Austria we have hitherto demanded as the means of carrying out that object of the third point which consists in making the preponderance of Ruda in the Black Sea cease, or we are not prepared to do so. If we had brought our minds to despair of SUMO in war, and were ready therefore to make peace on any terms which would at once put an end to hostilities, then the pro posal which Austria offers to make on our behalf to Russia would be inexpedient, because it contains the principle of limitation to which Russia has already objected, and her,ob jections to which she has now publicly announced in her cir cular of May 10th; and, if such were the hopeless state If our affairs, it would be necessary to make some proposal that Russia would be likely to accept, instead of one which, in the • opinion of Count Buol, Russia is almost certain to reject. But if, on the other hand, we still think the future pro spects of the war sufficiently favourable to entitle ns to persevere in demanding the conditions which secantvetrien forward as affording a foundation for future objections be the proposal of Austria is open to serious limitatiOn of cause, though it contains the principle of a th rinciple is the naval forces of Russia in the Black p a u p r : not applied in a manner that would be e Sea ff . ecal e . f_ P o_r nsotar it ' s pose ; and it does not contain the principal 0) b geen ex era ce l ed a e m d : best security that pointments and supervision, and his Allies. without the knowledge of the Sultan provide, and who., I must also observe that the stipul ti the limit which may be agreedwuh which 5 ..0 t f o n r o t a who is now in active co. and no allusion is made to n ' d S • i d .ance, and for whose dignity ' operation with England a nesty is altogether omitted inaithineiap,roposition of Count Buol ; • the war, is entitled to become a by her active co-opera treaty of peace, ' contracting party to any d eraents held out and interests they are t es o pegallY • But what are the in in, ma ke such us ria to per _r to offers on our behalf to • suede us to empower bound to Russia 7 indeed, two inducements which might be held outThWeruesaars% temp t a tion make renewed proposals of peace proposals intended to be as would be ' to Russia. gwinoulttibren,attuhraetsutchhe mad e ' • all probability,satasfactory to us w ould, m be accepted by Russia, and that ' e might be obLai thus Pox. . ned on terms alike honourable to both pa rties, and affording security against the renewal of wait The second inducement would be, that the proposal being . always ill its nature such as would be satisfactoryus,Aus tria would engage that, in the event of its beinr rejected by Russia, she would forthwith • - ej take part with the Western Powers in the war, and would assistthem in compelling Bus sia to accept the conditions so proposed. But in the present case no such inducements are held out ; the conditions are not in themselves such as would be satisfactory to us. We are told that Russia would, in all probability, refuse them ; and Count Buol informed your Lordship that this rejection by Russia would not lead Austria to give full effect to the obligations of the treaty of December 2 by uniting her arms to ours. The only con sequence, then, of the course of proceeding which Count Buol propcses that we should adopt would be a formal declaration by Austria that the Conferences were at an end, and, it is to be presumed, a subsequent announcement that she had de termined to maintain her neutral position, and to take no part with England and France in the war. Undoubtedly, in the present state of things, her Majesty's Government see no advantage in the continuance of the Con ferences, and are prepared to concur in their being closed ; but an announcement by Austria that she meant to take no part in the war would be most inkuious to the cause which Austria has, morally and politically, espoused, and would, on that account, be deeply regretted by her Majesty's Govern ' ment. The value which her Majesty's Government attach to the , Austrian alliance is too well known to Count Buol to need No. 10. Lord John Russell informs Lord Clarendon that Count Buol hinted that a fourth system might ariso out of the ashes of the three systems " now floating in the air." Lord John recommends hat Austria should make the re jection of all three a cams belli with Russia. No. 11. Lord Clarendon informs Lord Westmoreland that he had ex pressed in strong terms to Count Colloredo his surprise and re gret at the system of " counterpoise " proposed by Austria. No. 12. Lord Clarendon entirely approves the arguments used by the British Plenipotentiaries against the proposal of Count Bnol as reported in Lord John Russell's despatch of the 16th of April. No. 13. Lord Clarendon disapproves the proposal No. 2 of Count Buol, contained in Lord John Russell's despatch of the 18th of April. No. 14. THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO THE EARL OF WESTMORELAND. (Extract.) Foreign-office, May 8, 1855. Count Colloredo read to me a few days agO a despatch, .ted the 23d ult., from Count Buol, stating that, the Rus: sian Plenipotentiaries having declined to take the initiative in proposing measures for giving effect to the third point, and having rejected the proposal made for that object by the four Powers, and having subsequently, at the 12th conference, on the 21st ult., brought forward a proposal of their own, which, havinc , for its basis the opening of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Co the ships of war of all nations, could not seri ously be considered, it had become necessary, Count Bnol said, to resort to other means for the solution of the problem. He had accordingly consulted the Plenipotentiaries of Eng land and France, who, after taking into consideration the position of Austria, and the difficulties of various kinds that war would entail upon her, unless her motives for going to war were powerful and clearly established, had agreed to re fer to their Governments two propositions that might, as a last resource, be presented to Russia as ultimatums, the re jection of which would lead (entrainerait) Austria to war, The first of these propositions was a guarantee by treaty for the Ottoman empire against Russia by a system which, " without imposing any direct or eiPliet limitation uPon Russia, would compel her, nevertheless, to impose a' limit upon herself, as she would be under the weight of a • gradu ated counterpoise, and a line would be traced which she could not pass without exposing herself immediately to war with the allied rowers." • The second proposition rested upon a limitation that was to be the result of au understanding between the Plenipoten tiaries of Russia and Turkey. Count Buol concluded his despatch by saying that, as her Majesty's Government were informed of the details of the propositions, he had merely given the substance of them to Count Colloredo. I told Count Colloredo that the details alluded to by Count Buol had not reached her Majesty's Government in a for mal shape, and I could therefore offer no opinion upon the vague proposals in Count Buol's despatch, or say more at that time than that her Majesty's Government were desir ous to consider any proposal for a safe and just peace that would give effect to the objects that Austria was pledged, in conjunction with England and France, to secure ; but, I added, as the Conferences were then suspended, and as Lord John Russell was to leave Vienna on the same day that Count Buol's despatch was dated, her Majesty's Government had determined to take no further steps until his lordship's ar rival, and they had had the advantage of hearing his advice and opinions ; the same course would, I believe, be pursued by the French Government, in waiting for the return of M. Drouyn de Lhuys. It is right I should here inform your lord ship that her Majesty's Government are not at this moment. any more than at the time when Count Buol's despatch was read to me by Count Colloredo, in possession of any written document containing in precise terms the proposal that Aus tria is willing to make to Russia. Such a document, how ever, was read on the 15th ult. by Count Buol to Lord John Russell and M. Dronyn de Lhuys, but he declined to give them a copy ; and when Count Buol was reminded of this by the English and French Plenipotentiaries before Lord John Russell's departure from Vienna, Count Buol stated that all the necessary information had been sent to Count Col- loredo, by whom, however, as I learned yesterday, nothing further has been received than the despatch to which I have already alluded. But Lord John Russell and M. Drouyn de Lhuys rely upon the accuracy of the notes which they respectively took to assist their own recollection; and these have been the subject of anxious consideration on the part of her Majesty's Govern ment. In consequence of the determination taken by her Majesty's Government, and having ascertained that the French Govern ment concurred in that course of proceeding, I requested Count Colloredo to call upon me yesterday, and I read to him the following terms, which Lord John Russell had reported to her Majesty's Government that Austria proposed to address to Russia : - 1. Guarantee as against each other of the independence and integrity of Turkey. " 2. The closing of the Straits, with exceptions in favour of the allies, not in favour of Russia. "3. The allies may each have two frigates in the Black Sea. "4. If the Russians exceed the number of ships now ac tually floating in the Black Sea, the allies may have each half the number of Russian ships of war. " 5. In case of danger the Sultan may call up the whole 'naval forces of his allies. " 6. Austria will propose to Russia an engagement not to increase her naval forces in the Black Sea beyond the actual number existing in 1853, and, whether Russia accepts this engagement or not, will sign a treaty with us making the in crease beyond 1853 a cases belli." I then proceeded to state that her Majesty's Government could not attach much practical value to the engagement of Austria to mako, at some future period, a cams belli of the increase of the Russian fleet beyond a given amount, for she had already declared that it was beneath her dignity to discuss numbers, and that she could not admit that the question of peace or war should turn upon 8 or 10 ships of the line, and that if such wero the case now, when circumstances enabled Austria to go to war with advantage, what prospect would there be of her doing so some years hence, under circumstances likely to be far less favourable, for the very same cause, though in a lesser degree, that she would not now entertain I reminded Count Colloredo that Austria was pledged to put an end to the preponderance of Russia iu the Black Sea ; and I asked how that pledge would be redeemed by the pro posal that the allied armies and fleets should withdraw from the Crimea and the Black Sea, and that England, France, and Turkey should agree by treaty that the naval forces of Russia should be re-established in that sea the same in number and in power as before the war, which amount we had constantly declared, and Austria had agreed with us in declaring, was a menace to the Ottoman empire and to the peace and equili brium of Europe. I said that on a former occasion I had ex pressed in strong terms to Count Colloredo the opinion of her Majesty's Government upon this proposal, and it was hardly necessary to inform him that that opinion was unchanged. I said I was sure that Count Buol would admit that the Plenipotentiaries of England and France had faithfully ad hered to the course of proceeding that he had himself sug gested in a despatch communicated to me by Count Collo redo in November last, that England and France should not, in the course of the negotiations, bring forward demands of a . nature calculated to insure their rejection; and the best proof of their having done so would be found in the fact that several proposals made by them to Russia had receivedtei but frank and cordial support of the Austrian Plenipoten n as those proposals had been rejected by the Russia() rl n tentiaries, who had declared that no limitatioentr.f..ll,uhsse so forces would be listened to, and no interferen? tor ; ln would be means real vereign rights of Russia within her own terra gin allowed, and as, moreover, they would n9V togrity o f the Ot and bona fide guarantee of the territoriall t e o b ma abandoned empire,ned her designslittle doubtaga against couldst Turkey, exi se t r ite;fteor: u tE s Russia s el hadndesignsd not a ua wore taken for curtailing her a would assuredly sooner or lattr r g e g r t e therefore, inrefulfiiment of her and that unl n es i s na engagements, France to invite Austria, The time was now, ' e the measures for giving • i• immec late to concert with them D comber the 2d. It was unnecessary, effect to the treaty of e eegsx arrivedie u t uhrioehtrwaonuglidliunitoyt effect oEl t i l r i o e pe. • Majesty's honourable ment but that they would prefer the warcontinua to a peace Colloredo tha that w t o h u a l t d herr t tion of the Isaid,dteosirinedforrapeacCeo,unt likely to be did not think the means of r objects ;we had undertaken to secure , t t ' h a e nd fu w t for the maintenance of the Ottoman est C el o i t u in g t p lu e ol e had said that were exhausted, and that he considered it to be the special duty of Austria to apply herself to devising the means of ac commodation (" des'occuper de 1(1, recherche des moyens de rapprochement"). If, therefore, Austria can discover such a scheme, it will not only be favourably c ons id ere d b y her Majesty's Govern ment, but it will be tclthelA A CAASO of the most sincere No. 9. LORD JOIDI RUSSELL TO VIE EARL OF CLARENDON.—(RECEIVEn APRIL 21.) (Extract.) Vienna, April 18,1855. Yesterday, after the Conference, the Plenipotentiaries of France, Great Britain, and Turkey, met in Count Buol's apart ment. There had been an anxious feeling at the result of our former meeting. The position on both sides appeared to bo uneasy, though much more on the side of Austria than on ours. The war would, indeed, in all probability continue to be a struggle glorious to England and to France, and calculated to maintain the reputation of• those two great Powers. But the waste of life and money would be enormous. On the other hand, the fact of Austria's declining to join in the war would have roused a very angry feeling in France and in Great Britain. With the Westera Powers alienated, PraSsia triumphing over her in Germany, and Russia bent on her humiliation, her situation would have been almost in tolerable. These considerations on both sides led to the pre valence of a conciliatory spirit in the meeting After much discussion, which was cond ucted with grFat of yester t d e a m y. tem per on all pith's, mut in which the Judgment and 01 4j4." f ~ ~~~