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--- „ ~. ~,•..----,. .. .L7:14-0:.:' • . , • i - ~e,(i) /./, ." .- - "6" :- C--- --- 7 /e, ,---------' E. EAST INDIA 11017SV, 15th Miami, 1854. 1 s ep ...T.4 * r f;;• 41 ft '.1 ,4, 1 ,A . . e: i: • / 7 rrilTE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST - ,"/. / ,..:e i',".q o .4.; , /y ..1 ... , - Fp _,, --, . . 'I4 N - 'l'. , k,"'" , ,, ' sie g--,-.lof - 9. - S. 1 .: - --,,..-I.* --'' i :, v,,,,„,,,. , ',', ;;;; ,„,..2...:. , . .. . ....; , *I : 1 . , '. . 'a '- ..Y •* i ' N .- 2 1 . - r -:* '',-,(' .' -. - - a- 1 ,r 4 \ .; ~ V ..;.14 , it INDIA COMPAI%.TY do H*•REBY GIVE NOTICE, • \ - • . .. 44.. "t , ' 1 ,. -__ . - - k ' --,--- • ~* - • tp s. ~...., . , ;,8 • ‘... , '-!,,4 , -.:;.,,-• .• :loch Tbat a Proprietor of East India Stock has given notice that at H 4 '. . h , . t,. . 1* , I, .., .. 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' . lia '' S 1). 1 Aril• 22d instant, he will.submit the following motions, viz.:— • , ~..._,..„,....,,,______- ..r-'' ----.oe.' slo. • ,t.r,00.; ',,, - - •,; :' ; ',. 1 . ;,,t, tir : - " That this Court now take into ecnskleration the Case of the re- - , , .; ,Di ... ~...,:i - i i, ~,.. 4 ,ren , ..,. 4 . ~..:._.! ;+► , .7)x. J• ...._.-- - ' 'ti Ai,. 1 • '' Z 4 ...7, 7r11 1151 ' "flag. 4 .-.. • ...O.IT , .... , ....... ! , * , ' N.,. I N.. ' N 11l moval of Messrs. Grant and Le Geyt. - " That the time is arrived for taking into consideration the suffer itss of the mil tart' who were punished on the ground of a meeting of the 6th Light Cavalry of Madras." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. No. 19,183.] SIDNEY, Mayor.—An ESPECIAL COURT of MAYOR and ALDERMEN, held In the Inner Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Friday, the 17th day of March 1854 and in the 17th year of the reiwn of Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, &c., Resolved ur animously, That this Court having , o record the lamented death of Mr. Alder man Thompson, M P., cannot allow the occasion to pass without expressing their deep sense ofthe great loss they have sustained, and of the excellent manner in which their departed brother oischa wed the important duties entrusted to him, including those of. Chief Magis , rate ant President of Christ'a Hospital, and his honourable and manly cmduct o all occasions. 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DIRECTORS IN LIVERPOOL. CHAIRMAN — Thomas T3rocklebsnk, Esq. DEPIITT-CHAIRMAN--Jos. C. Ewart, Esq.; and Francis H , ywood. Esq. SECRETARY—Swinton Bonn, Esq. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. CHAIRMAN—M atthew Forster, Esq, DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN -George Frederick YounZi Rksinimr SLCRE wilt—Benjamin Henderson, Esq. CAPITAL AND RESOURCES. The amount of Capital sohscribed exceeds £1,500,000. 1853. Capital paid up and in course 1854. £198,072 1n oof payment.— .............. £201,322 10 0 398,153 4 9 Accumulated fund 5................ 465,402 8 3 £596,225 14 9 T0gether........•................2668,724 18 3 CONSTITUTION. Liability of the entire body of shareholders unlimited. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Property insured against loss or damage by Fire in the United Kingdom, the British Colanies, and in Ft) , eign Cou ti , s. FIRMING STOCK INSURED AT 3s. PER CENT. The P,emiums received — In 1837 were £11,957 In 1842, £23,804 In 1847 ~ 49.402 .... ••• • .. 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Just Published, 60th Edition, price 2s. 6d.. or free by post for forty two stamps, SELF-PRESERVATI ON , a Popular Treatise on the PhysiOlogy and Functions of Mar riage, with its Diaqualifications and Impedimenta, tracing their Origin to the effects of solitary habits, youthful excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' expert.-nee in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervpus Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. illustrated by 50 coloured Enerav loge, on the Anatomy of the Reproductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. tie siAMITEL LA'AIERT M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON , Dsctor of iktedicine, Matriculated Member of the University Ot Edin. burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of kriothecaries' Hail, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons enterta'ning secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may he mitteated, how the sting of their bitterness may he remove, and how the evil and its con equenc es e,ny be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any decree of fihysical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which are unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant empiric:4 who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. SELF-PRESERVATION may be had, price 2a 6d, in English, Fresch, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. 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The Hosiery Department presents a New Stock of the richest and most elegant articles for Ladies and Gen tlemen, which are sure to prove more than ever attractive from their Syle, Fashion, and Cheap ness. Implicit attention is paid to all classes of Emigrants, and the best and cheapest Outfits are furnished by E. Moses and Sox. The Goods in their gigantic Wholesale Depirtment are prepared accord ing to the latest instructions from all parts of the world. and are sure to find ready sale and large profits in any climate whatever. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like f tleehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern:' has been resorted to in many instances, and for tbvious reasons, they beg to state that they have NO CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : L o ndon City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 86, Aiagate, opposite the Church, all commun ic a ting. West-end Branch, 506,507, 508, N ew O x f or d -s t ree t, 1, 2, 85, u and .n d 0n and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradtord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge -street. aheffield Branch, 36 Farzate. Colonial Branch, M- lbou ne, Australia. Merchant fano. Clothiers, Flatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe %takers, and General Oatfitters for I adies and Gentlemen IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged If desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trout which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Raturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, "The Echo of Peblic Opinion , " containing run lists af prices, oa r Ur , system post -free. -tneaiurement, &c., &c., may be had on 1A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis application. Id I'on parle Francais. Ulu spriclat man Denteb. Qui al parla Italian. Aqua ao liabla, Eapan9 SEVENTH EDITION, Now ready, in one vol , with numerou% Ul,strations, 7s. 6d. bound., THE MARVELS of SCIENCE, and their TESTIMONY to HOLY WRIT. A Popular System of the Sciences. By S. W. FULLOM, Esq. Dedicated, by permission, tc the King of Hanover. " The skill with which the sciences are treated is not the leas) marvel of the volume. Such a book is more than a literary triumph.' —Globe. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW TRAVELS IN SOUTH AMERICA. Now ready, in two vols., 21s bound, TRAVELS IN BOLIVIA ; with a Tour across the PAMPAS to BUENOS AYRRS. By L. HUGH DE BONELTI, of her Britannic Majesty's Legation. " A book of travels that will become of standard celebrity."— Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Coburn, 13, Great marlborough-street. Now ready, Mr. Townshend's New Mesmeric Work, post Bvo., • price ss. cloth, MESMERISM PROVED TRITE, and the " Quarterly' Reviewer in the Wrong ; t gether with the Rationale of TABLE TURNING a d SPIRIT RAPPING. By tee Rev CHALINCY HARE TOWNSHEND, A.M. cf Trinity Hall, Cambridge. London : Thomas Bosworth, 21.5, Regent-street. This day in Bvo., with numerous engrayings,price 125., neatly bound, INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN CENTRAL AMERICA, CHTAP AR, AND YTTCAT AN. By the late Jour; LLOYD STsrrtENs. New Edition, revised, with additions, by FREDE RICK CATRERROOD. Arthur Hall, Virtue, ani Co., 25, Paternoster row. This day price Is. 6d. sewed, or 2s. 6d. cloth, K..7 IGNS OF THE TIMES ; The Moslem and His End, the Christian and his Hope; By the Rev. JortN CuatraNc, D.D. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Pakarnnater-row. Just published., price 45., free by post, 55., PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES into the Causes of Nervous Debility and Genito-Urinary Maladies, Spermatorrhma rationally considered, with unanswerable Remarks on the empirical manner these Diseases are treated ; being a Guide to Health, Long Life, and Happiness. By MEDICUS. Sherwood, Piper, and Co., 83, Paternoster-row. DANITBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.-A MAP of this DIATRICT, on the scale of 9 miles to the inch, pre- pared from the celebrate? Vienna Map in 21 sheets, is THIS DAY puhlkherl Price, in 6 sheets c/loured, 125.; me or roller-, 21s. Lo,• d o n : ii;itrit Stanford, 6, Charing-cross; and all map and booksellers. This day, 2 vols., ft ap . Svo., 103., ONCE UPON A. TIME. By CHARLES KNIGHT. `• t his pleasant gallery of p pular antiquarianism, alternately mak ing our heart yearn upon the good times th,t are gone ..ever to return, and causing us to wonder a. d to rejoice at the mighty strides the world has made in the road of improvement."—John Bull. " Once upon a Time' is worth possessing"—Examiner. "This varied, peasant, and, what is not alw tys the case, inform ing co lection of Fasays, is in part a selection from the writings of a man who has done more to popu'arise literature than perhaps an) other man of the day. The volumes consist of a number of notices illustrative 0' manners or archeology, arranged in chronological rder."—Spectator. John Murray, Albemarle-street. Just published. in 2,400 pages, the March Edition of the ' POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1854. - • The March publication has hitherto consisted of the same sheets as in the Christmas edition ; but this year every copy of the work has been disposed of, notwithstanding that the edition was the largest ever produced: it has therefore been necessary entirely to reprint the volume. _ _ _ Advantage has been taken of the sheds passing through the press to introduce emendations in all parts of the book; besides which the divisions ent tied respectively "Official Directory," " ostal Direc tory," and " Parliamentary Directory," have been entirely recom piled and corrected to the time of publication. " Another improvement has been adopted in this edition; the Ex ternal Index has been so arranged that the commencement and conclusion co , each division is clearly defined, without the unsightly notches which," &c.—Morning Chronicle. March, 16, 1854. " By this simple device, the Directories are most strikingly sepa rated from each other, and the facility of reference the more imme diately secured."—Morning Herald, March IG, 1 , 454. "Messrs. Kelly's diligence, care, and promptitude must command Increasing success."—Morning Advertiser, March IG, 1854. "You have only to pace the book on it; back, and at a glance you can pick out any one of the numerous guides of which it is made up." —Sun, March 16, 1854. KELLY and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court ; and all Booksellers. THIRD EDITION,—WITH ADDITIONS. .That published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post tree, ss. 6d. N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORREICEA, with the View to the Correction or wide-spread Errors n -tenon to the Treatment and Cure of the Impulssant and Sexual Hypochondriacs, Translated from he German of Dr. PICKFORD. nwhieh is added, au E3SAY on SEXUAL DEBILITY, by the Editor. Dr. Plekford is known to English readers by his frequent pract , • contrlbuttons to German medical literature. This is the fire he informs as, that be has addressed himselr t , ) the non•medi rear:er. We trust this may not be the last, if be shall 'eteet anF ICT equally annuli evil which ii may be in his ...ye/ to correct.' —London medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa tqisers,' and Medical Frlends,'are mercilessly exposed ; aad if this book onld find its way into the hands of those who stiffer frc,m the corn &tint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would )e saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of ess importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— nuch money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to placs the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. June 16, 1852. 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The extraordinary curative virtues of these mild currents of Elec tricity are now fully established by experience the Prospectus, (to be had gratis or by post for Two Stamps,) contains the names of more than 600 persons cured within the last 18 months, and th's remedy is now adopted in nearly all the Hospitals, and by the most eminent Practitioners. Sold at 3s. upwards, according to power, at C. M.lmo's, 10', Leadenhall-street. N B. It is impossible, Wien wearing a Generator, to be attacked by Cholera. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1854. PROPOSED PARTITION , OP TURKEY. The following are the communications respecting Turkey made to her Majesty's Government by the Emperor of Russia, with the answers returned to them, from January to April, 1853 : * Stay, we have on our hands a sick man—a very sick man. It will be, I tell you frankly, a great misfortune if, one of these days, he should slip away from us, especially before all necessary arrangements were made. But, however, it is not the time to speak to you on that matter. t Your Majesty is so gracious that you will allow me to make ono further observation. Your Majesty says the man is sick ; it is very true ; but your Majesty will deign to ex cuse me if I remark that it is the part of the generous and strong man to treat with gentleness the sick and feeble man. " Now I desire to speak to you as a friend and as a gentleman. If England and' I arrive at an understanding of this matter, as regards the rest, it matters little to me ; it is indifferent to me what others do or think. I tell you, then, if England thinks of establishing herself one of these days at Constantinople, I will not allow it. I do not attribute this intention to you, but it is better on these occasions to speak plainly ; for my part, I am equally disposed to take the en gagement not to establish myself there, as proprietor that is to say, for as occupier I do not say ; it might happen that circumstances, if no previous provision were made, if every thing should be left to chance, might place me iu the pedtion of Qccuryin coistautinopie.". rangement might be made between her Majesty's Government and his Majesty as might guard, if not for, at least against, certain contingencies. To render my meaning more clear, I said further : I can only repeat, sir, that, in my opinion, her Majesty's Government will be indisposed to make certain. ar rangemeuts connected with the downfall of Turkey, but it is possible that they may be ready to pledge themselves against certain a'rrangements which might, in that event be attempted. His Imperial Majesty then alluchid to a conversation he had held the last time he was in England, with the Duke of Welling ton, and to the motives which had compelled him to open himself to his grace ; then, as now, his Majesty was, he said, eager to provide against events which, in the absence of any concert, might compel him to act in a manner opposed to the views of her Majesty's Government. The conversation passed to the events of the day, when the Emperor briefly recapitu lated his claims unon the Holy Places, claims recognised by the firman of last Febraary, and confirmed by a sanction to which his Majesty said he attached much more importance— the word of a sovereign. The execution of promises so made, and so ratified, the Emperor said he must insist upon, but was willing to believe that hi s o bj ec t wou ld b e attained by negotiation, the last advices from Constantinople being rather more satisfactory. I expressed my belief that negotiation, followed, as I supposed it had been, by the threats of mili tary Pleasures, would be found sufficient to secure a compli ance with the just demands of Russia.. I added, that I de sired to state to his Majesty what I had previously read from a written paper to his Minister, viz., that what I feared for Turkey was not the intentions of his Majesty, but the actual result of the measures which appeared to be ontemplation. That I would repeat, that two cons crp rie ht be antici pated from the appearance of an hi,. - rial at. y on the fron tiers of Turkey--the one the counter-demons ration which might be provoked on the part of France ; the 'other, and the more serious, the rising, on the part bf the Christian popula tion, against the Sultan's authority, already so much weakened by revolts, and by a severe financial crisis. The Emperor as sured me that no movement of his forces had yet taken place (n'ont pas bouge), and expressed his hope that no advance would be required. With regard to a Frence expedition to the Sultan's dominions, his Maiesty .- Intimated that such a step would bring affairs to au immediate crisis ; that a sense of honour would compel him--t u- send his forces into Turkey without delay of hesitation ; that if the result of such an ad vance should prove to be the overthrow of the Great Turk (le Grand Pure), he should regret the event, but should feel that he had acted as he was compelled to do. To the above re port I have only, I think, to add, that Emperor desired to leave it to my discretion to communicate or not to his Minister the par ticulars of our conversation ; and that before I left the room, his Imperial Majesty said, 1 ‘ You will report what has passed between us to the Queen's Government, and you will say that I shall be ready to receive any communication which it may be their wish to make to me upon the subject. A noble triumph would be obtained by the civilisation of the nineteenth century, if the void left by the extinction of Mahommedan rule in Europe could be filled up without an interruption of the general peace, in consequence of the precautions adopted by the two principal Governments the most interested in the destinies of Turkey,' have, &c., (Signed) G. H. SEYMOUR. No. 3. SIR G. H. SEYMOUR TO Loan Jon RUSSELL. —(Received Feb. 6.) (Secret and Confidential.) (Extract.) St. Petersburg, January 22, 1853. I have generally found straightforward conduct to be the best policy, and as it is peculiarly called for towards those who have acted by us in a similar manner, upon leaving the palace on the 14th inst. I drove to the Foreigu-office, and gave Count Nesselrode a correct summary of the conversation I had just had the honour of holding with the Emperor. DECISION OF HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. No. 4. LORD JOHN RUSSELL TO SIR G. H. SEYMOUR. • (Secret and confidential.) --- Foreign-office, Feb. 2, 1853. Sir—l have received, and laid before the Queen, your secret and confidential despatch of the 22d of January. Hpr Ma jesty, upon this as upon former occasions, is happy to ac knowledge the moderation, the frankness, and the friendly disposition of his Imperial Majesty. Her Majesty has directed me to reply in the same spirit of temperate, candid, and amicable discussion. The question raised by his Imperial Majesty is a very serious one. It is, supposing the contin gency of the dissolution of the Turkish Empire to be probable, or even imminent, whether it is not better to be provided beforehand for a contingency, than to incur the chaos, confusion, and the certainty of an European war, all of which must attend the catastrophe if it should occur unexpectedly, and before some ulterior system has been sketched; this is the point, said his Imperial Majesty, to which lam desirous that - you should call the attention of your Go vernment. In considering this grave question, the first re flection which occurs to her Majesty's Government is that no actual crisis has occurred which renders necessary a solution of this vast European problem. Disputes have arisen respect ing the Holy Places, but these are without the sphere of the internal Government of Turkey, and concern Russia and France rather than the Sublime Porte. Some disturbance of the re lations between Austria and the Porte has been caused by the Turkish attack on Montenegro ; but this again relates rather to dangers affecting the frontier of Austria than the authority and safety of the Sultan ; so that there 'is no sufficient cause for intimating to the Sultan that he cannot keep peace at home, or preserve friendly relations with his neighbours. It occurs further to her Majesty's Government to remark that the event which is contemplated is not definitely fixed in point of time. When William the Third and Louis the Fourteenth disposed by treaty of -the succession of Charles the Second of Spain, they were providing for an event which could not be far off. The infirmities of the Sovereign of Spain, and the cer tain end of any human life, made the contingency in prospect both sure and near. The death of the Spanish King was in no way hastened by the Treaty of Partition. The same thing may be said of the provision made in the last century for the disposal of Tuscany, upon the decease of the last prince of the house of Medici. But the contingency of the dissolution of the Ottoman empire is of another kind. It may happen, twenty, fifty, or a hundred years hence. In these circum stances it would hardly be consistent with the friendly feelings towards the Sultan which animate the Emperor of Russia, no less than the Queen of Great Britain, to dispose beforehand of the provinces under his dominion. Besides this considera tion, however, it must be observed, that an agreement made in such a case tends very surely to hasten the contingency for which it is intended to provide. Austria and France could ,not, in fairness, be kept in ignorance of the transac tion, nor would such concealment be consistent with the end of preventing'an European war. Indeed, such con cealment cannot be intended by his Imperial Majesty. It is to be inferred that, as soon as Great Britain and Russia should have agreed on the course to be pursued, and have determined to enforce it, they should communicate their intentions to the Great Powers of Europe. An agreement thus made, and thus communicated, would not be very long a secret ; and while it would alarm and alienate the Sult a , the knowledge of its existence would stimulate all his enemies to increased violence and more obstinate conflict. They would fight with the con viction that they must ultimately triumph ; while the Sultan's general's and troops would feel that no immediate success could save their cause from final overthrow. Thus would be produced and strengthened that very anarchy which is now feared, and the foresight of the friends of the patient would prove the cause of his death. Her Majesty's Government need scarcely enlarge on the dangers attendant on the execu tion of any similar convention. The example of the succes sion war is enough to show how little such agreements are respected when a pressing temptation urges their violation. The position of the Emperor of Russia as depositary, but not proprietor, of Constantinople, would be exposed to numberless hazards, both from the long-cherished ambition of his own nation, and the jealousies of Europe. The ultimate proprie tor, whoever he might be, would hardly be satisfied with the inert, supine attitude of the heirs of Mahomet the Second. A great influence on the affairs of Europe seems naturally to belong to the Sovereign of Constantinople, holding the gates of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. That influence might be used in favour of Russia ; it might be used to con trol and curb her power. His Imperial Majesty has justly and wisely said :—My country is so vast, so happily circumstanced in every way, that it would be unreason able in me to desire more territory or more power than I possess. On the contrary, he observed, our great, perhaps our only danger, is that which would arise from an extension given to an empire already too large. A vigorous and ambitious State, replacing the Sublime Porte, might, however, render war on the part of Russia a necessity for the Emperor or his succes sors. Thus European conflict would arise from the very means taken to prevent it ; for neither England nor France, nor probably Austria, would be content to see Constantinople permanently in the hands of Russia. On the part of Great Britain, her Majesty's Government at once declare that they renounce all intention or wish to hold Constantinople. His Imperial Majesty may be quite secure upon this head. They are likewise ready to give an assure that they will enter into no agreement to provide for the contingency of the fall of Turkey without previous communication with the Emperor of Russia. Upon the whole, then, her Majesty's Government are persuaded that no course of policy can be adopted more wise, more disinterested, more beneficial to Europe than that which his Imperial Majesty has so long followed, and which will render his name more illustrious than that of the most famous sovereigns who have sought immortality by unpro voked conquest and ephemeral glory. With a view to the success of this policy, it is desirable that the utmost for bearance should be manifested towards Turkey ; that any demands which the great powers of Europe may have to make should be made matter of friendly negotiation rather than of peremptory demand ; that military and naval demonstrations to coerce the Sultan should as much as pos sible be avoided ; that differences with respect to matters affecting Turkey, within the competence of the Sublime Porte, should be decided, after mutual conceit between the Great Powers, and not be forced upon the weakness of the Turkish Government. To these cautions her Majesty's Government wish to add that, in their view, it is essential that the Sultan should be advised to treat his Christian subjects in confor mity with the principles of equity and religious freedom which prevail generally among the enlightened nations of Europe. The more the Turkish Government adopts the rules of impar tial law and equal administration, the less will the Emperor of Russia find it necessary to apply that exceptional protec tion which his Imperial Majesty has found so burthensome and inconvenient, though, no doubt, prescribed by duty and sanctioned by treaty. You may read this dispatch to Count Nesselrode, and, if it is desired, you may yourself place a copy of it in the hands of the Emperor. In that case you will accompany its presen t a tion with those as surances of friend ship and confidence on the part of her Majesty the Queen, which the conduct of his Imperial Majesty was:so sure to in spire.—l am, &c., (Signed) J. Russzu. RUSSIAN RUSE. No. 5. Sna G. 11. SETMOVR TO LORD ions Russm—(Received March 6) (Secret and Confidential.) (Extract) St. Petersburg, February 21, 1853. The Emperor came up .to me last night, at a party of the Grand Duchess Hereditary's, and in the most gracious manner took me apart, saying that he desired to speak to me, After expressing, in flattering terms, the confidence whi c h h e h as in me, and his readiness to speak to me without reserve upon matters of the greatest moment, as, his Majesty observed, he had proved in a late conversation, he said : And it is well it is so ; for what I most desire is, that there should be the greatest intimacy between the' two Governments ; It was so necessary at present. Well, the Emperor continued, so you have got your answer, and you are to bring it to me to-morrow ? I am to have that honour, sir, I answered ; but your Majesty is aware that the nature of the reply is very exactly what I had led you to expect. So I was sorry to hear ; but I think your Government does not well under stand my object.' I am not so eager about what shall be done when the sick man dies, as I am to determine with England what shall not be done upon that event taking eve. But, sir, I replied, allow me to observe that we have no reason to think that the sick man (to use your Majesty's ex pression) is dying. We are as much interested as we believe your Majesty to be in his continuing to live ; while, for my self, I will venture to remark that experience shows me that countries do not die in such a burry. Turkey will remain for many a year, unless some unforeseen crisis should occur. It is precisely, sir, for the avoidance of all circumstances likely to produce such a crisis that her Majesty's Government reckons upon your generous assistance. Then, rejoined the Emperor, L will tell you that if your Government has been led to believe that Turkey retains any elements of existence, your Government must have received incorrect information. I repeat to you that the sick man •is dying ; and we can never allow such an event to take us by surprise. We must come to some understanding; and this we should do, I am convinced, if 1: could but hold ten minutes' conversation with your Ministers—with Lord Aberdeen, for instance, who knows me so well, who has full confidence in me, as I have in him. And, remember, Ido not ask for a treaty or a protocol; a general understanding is all I require —that between gentlemen is sufficient; and in this case I am certain that the confidence would be as great on the side of the Queen's Ministers as on mine.. So no more for the pre sent; you will come to me to-morrow, and you will remember that as often as you think your conversing with me will pro mote a good understanding upon any point, you will send .word that you wish to see me. I thanked his Majesty. very cordially, adding, that I could assure him that her Majesty's Government, I was convinced, considered his word once given, as good as a bond. IMPERIAL SPECIAL PAEADING. No. 6. Sir G. H. SEYMOUR to Lord JOHN RUSSELL. (Received March 6.)—(Secret and Confidential.) (Extract.) St. Petersburgh, Feb. 22, 1853. I had the honour of waiting yesterday upon the Emperor, and of holding with his Majesty one of the most interesting, con versations in which I ever found myself engaged. My only re gret is my inability to report in full detail a dialogue which lasted an hour and twelve minutes. The Emperor began by desiring me to read to him aloud your lordship's secret and confidential despatch of the 9th instant, saying that he should stop me occasionally, either to make an observation, or to call upon me for the translation of a passage. Upon arriving at the fourth paragraph, the Emperor desired me to pause, and ob served, that he was certainly most desirous that some under standing should be entered into with her Majesty's Govern ment, for providing against a contingency so probable as that of the downfall of Turkey; that he was, perhaps, even more interested than England in preventing a Turkish catastrophe, but that it was constantly pending ; that it might be brought about at any moment, either by an external war, or by a feud between the old Turkish party and that of the " new super cial French reforms," or again by a rising of the Christians, already known to be very impatient of shaking off the Mus sulman yoke (joug). As regards the first cause the Emperor said that he had a good right to advert to it, inasmuch as, if he had not stopped the victorious progress of General Diebitch in 1829, the Sultan's authority would have been at an end. The Emperor likewise desired me to remember that he, and he only, had hastened to the assistance of the Sultan, when his dominions were threatened by the Paella of Egypt. I proceeded to read, and was again stopped at the sentance be ginning " In these circumstances it would hardly be conshi tent with the friendly feelings," when the Emperor observed, that her Majesty's Government did not appear to be aware that his chief object was to obtain from her Majesty's Govern ment some declaration, or even opinion, of what ought not to be permitted in the event of the sudden downfall of Turkey. I said—Perhaps your Majesty would be good enough to ex plain your own ideas upon this negative policy. This his Majesty for some time declined doing ; he ended, however, by saying—Well, there are several things I will never tolerate; I will begin by ourselves ; I will not tolerate the permanent occupation of Constantinople by the Russians ; having said this, I will say that it never shall be held by the English, or Freach, or any other great nation. Again, I never will.per mit an attempt at the reconstruction of a Byzantine Empire, or such an extension of Greece as would render her a power ful state ; still less will I permit the breaking up of Turkey into little republics, asylums for the Kossuths and Mazzinis, and other revolutionists of Europe : rather than submit to any of these arragements I would go to war, and as long as I have a man and a musket left would carry it on. These, the Empe ror said, are at once some ideas ; now give me some in return. I remarked upon the assurance which would be found re specting the English resolution of never attempting to possess Constantinople, and upon the disinclination of her Majesty's Government to enter into eventual arrangements; but upon being still pressed by his Imperial Majesty, I said : Well, sir, the idea may not suit your Majesty, may not suit her Majesty's Government; but what is good between man and man is often a good system between one state and another. How would it be if in the event of any catastrophe occurring in Turkey, Russia and England were to declare that no power should be allowed to take possession of its provinces —that the property should remain, as it were, under seals until amicable arrange ments could be made as o its adjudication ? I will not say, the Emperor observed, that such a course would be impossible, but, at least, it would be very difficult ; there are no elements of provincial or communal government in Turkey; you would have Turks attacking Christians, Christians falling upon Turks, Christians of different sects quarrelling with each other ; in short, chaos and anarchy. Sir, I then observed, if your Majesty will allow me to speak plainly, I would say that the great difference between us is this : that you continue to dwell upon the fall of Turkey, and the arrangements requisite be fore and after fall ; and that we; on the contrary, look to Turkey remaining where she is, and to the precautions which are necessary for preventing her condition from becoming worse. Ah ! replied the Emperor, that is what the Chancel lor is perpetually telling me, but die catastrophe will occur some day, and will take us all unawares. His Imperial Ma jesty spoke of France. God forbid, he said, that I should accuse any one wrongfully,. but there are circumstances both at Constantinople and Montenegro which aro extremely sus picious ; it looks very much as if the French Government were endeavouring to embroil us all in the East, hoping in this way the better to arrive at their own objects, one of which, no doubt, is the possession of Tunis. Thy Emperor proceeded to say, that for his own part he cared very little what line the French might think proper to take in Eastern affairs, and that little more than a month ago he had apprised the. Sultan that if his assistance were required for resisting the menaces of the French, it was entirely at the service of the Sultan ! In a word, the Emperor went on to observe—As I before told you, all I want is a good understanding with Eng land, and this is not as to what shall, but as to what shall not be done ; this point arrived at, the,. English Government and I, I and the English Government, hav ing entire confidence in one another's views, I care nothing about the rest. I remarked that I felt confident that her Majesty's Government could be as little disposed as his Imperial Majesty to tolerate the presence of the French at Constantinople; and being desirous, if possible, of ascertain ing whether there was any understanding between the Cabi nets of St. Petersburg and Vienna, I added—But your Majesty has forgotten Austria ; now all these Eastern questions affect her very nearly; she of course would expect to be consulted. Oh ! replied the Emperor, greatly to my surprise, but you must understand that when I speak of Russia I speak of Aus tria as well; what suits the one suits the other ; our interests as regards Turkey are perfectly identical. I should have been glad to have made another inquiry or two upon this subject, but I did not venture to do so. I ought to have stated that, in a preceding part of the conversation, his Majesty, although without any appearance of anger, expressed some surprise at an expression in your lordship's despatch, " the long cherished ambition of his (the Emperor's) own nation." He would ask what that phrase meant ? It happened that I was prepared for the surprise expressed, and ready to answer any reflection which it might call forth. Sir, I said, Lord J. Russell is not speaking of your ambition, he speaks of that entertained by your people. The Emperor could not at first admit that the phrase was applicable to the Russian nation any more than to himself; when I said your Majesty will permit me to remark that Lord J. Russell only repeats what was said 30 years ago by your brother of glorious memory. In writing confiden tially to Lord Castlereagh in the year 1822, the Emperor Alex ander spoke of being the only Russian who resisted the views of his subjects upon Turkey, and of the loss of popularity which he had sustained by this antagonism. This quotation, which, by accident, I could make almost in the words of the letter, seemed to change the current of the Emperor's ideas. You are quite right, he said; I remember the events to which my late brother alluded. Now it is perfectly true that the Empress Catherine indulged in all sorts of visions of ambition but it is not less so that these ideas are not at all shared by her descendants. You see how I am behaving towards the Sultan. This gentleman (ce monsieur) breaks his written word to me, and acts in a manner extremely displeas ing to me, and I have contented myself with despatching an ambassador to Constantinople to demand reparation ; cer tainly, I could send au army there if I chose—there is nothing to stop them ; but I have contented myself with such a show of force as will prove that I have no intention of being trifled with. And, sir, I said, you were quite right in refraining from violence, and I hope upon future occasions you will act with the same moderation ; for your Majesty must be sensible that any fresh concessions which you have obtained by the Latins are not referable to towards you, but to the excessive apprehensions of the French entertained by the un fortunate Turks ; besides, sir, I observed, the danger, I will venture to say, of the present moment is not Turkey, but that revolutionary spirit which broke out four years ago, and which, in many countries, still' burns underground ; there is the danger, and no doubt that a war in Turkey would be the signal for fresh explosions in Italy, Hungary, and elsewhere. We see what is passing at Milan. His Imperial Majesty spoke of Montenegro, observing that he approved of the atti tude taken by the Austrian Cabinet, and that iu these days it could not be permitted that the Turks should ill-treat and even murder a Christian population. I ventured to remark that upon this point the wrongs were at least divided between the Turks and the Montenegrins, and that I had full reason for believing that the provocation came from the latter. The Emperor, with more impartiality than I had expected, ad mitted that there had been wrongs on both sides ; that cer tainly the mountaineers were rather addicted to brigandage ; and that the taking of Djablak had caused him great indigna tion. At the same time, his Majesty said, it is impossible not feel great interest in a population warmly attached to their , religion, who have so long kept their ground against the Turks ; and the Emperor continued, it may be fair to tell you that if any attempts at exterminating those people should be made by Omar Pasha, and should a general rising of the Christians take place in consequence, the Sultan will in all probability lose his throne ; in this case he falls to rise no more. I wish to support his authority, but if he, loses it, it is gone for ever. The Turkish empire is a thing to be tolerated, not to be reconstructed ; in such a cause I protest to you I will not allow a pistol to be fired. The,Emperor went on to say that, in the event of the dissolution of the Ottomen empire, he thought it might be less difficult to arrive at a satisfactory territorial arrangement than was commonly believed. The Principalities are, he said, in fact, an independent stateunder my protection : this might so continue. Servia might receive the same form of Government. So, again, with Bulgaria. There seems to be no reason why this province should not form an independent state. As to Egypt, I quite understand the importance to England of that territory. I can then only say that if, in the event of a distribution of the Ottoman suc cession upon the fall of the empire, you should take posses. sion of Egypt, I shall have no objections to offer. I would say the same thing of Caudill ; that island might suit you, and I do not know why it should not become an English posses sion. As I did not wish that the Emperor should imagine that an English public servant was caught by this sort of over ture, I simply answered that I had always understood that the English views upon Egypt did not go beyond the point of securing a safe and ready communication between British India and the mother country. The conversation now draw. ing towards an end, the Emperor expressed his warm attach ment to the Queen, our gracious Sovereign, and his respect for her Majesty's present advisers. The declarations con tained in your lordship's despatch had been, he said, very sa tisfactory ; he could only desire that they should be a little amplified. The terms in which your lordship had spowu Of * " It is not an engagement, a convention, Which I ask of them ; it is a free Interchange of ideas, and, in eme of need, the word Of A gen• that IS gll4tigh between wit", No: 1. Sir G. H. SEYMOUR to Lord Joni , ' RUSSELL.:--(Receired Jan; 23. (Secret and confidential.) • St. Petersburg, January 11, 1853. . _ _ My Lord—On the evening of the -6th inst Ant I hid the honour of seeing the Emperor at the palace of the Grand Duchess Helen, who, it appeared, had kindly requested per mission to invite Lady Seymour and myself to meet the Impe rial family. The Emperor came up to me, in the most gracious manner to say that he had heard with great pleasure of her Majesty's Government having been definitively formed, adding that he trusted the Ministry would be of long duration. His Imperial Majesty desired me particularly to convey this assurance to the Earl of Aber deen, with whom, he said, ho had been acquainted for nearly forty years, and for whom he entertained equal regard and esteem. His Majesty desired to be brought to the kind recollection of his lordship. You kiow my feelings, the Emperor said, with regard to England. What I have told you before I say again; it was intended that the two coun tries should be upon terms of close amity ; and I feel sure that this will continue to be the case. You have now been a certain time here, and, as you have seen, there have been very few points upon which we have disagreed ; our interests in fact are upon almost all questions the same. I observed that I really was not aware that since I had been at St. Petersburg there had been any actual disagreements whatever between us, except with regard to Louis Napoleon's No. M., a point respecting • which each Government had its own opinion ( maniere' de voir ) , but a point which, after all, was very immaterial. The No. lII_ the Emperor replied, would in volvela long explanation. ; I will, therefore, not touch upon the subject at present; I should be glad, however, that you slibuld hear what I have to say upon the question, and will beg of you to call upon me some morning when I am a little free from engagements. I, of course, requested that his Ma jesty would be good enough to lay his orders upon me. In the meantime, the Emperor went on to say :—I repeat that it is very essential that the two Governments—that is, the English Government and I, and I and the English Govern ment—should be upon the best terms, and the necessity was never greater than at present. I beg you to convey these words to Lord John Russell. When wo agreed (d'accord), I am quite without anxiety as to the west of Europe, it is im material what the others may think or do. As to Turkey, that is another question : that country is in a critical state, and may give us all a great deal of trouble. And now 1 will take my leave of you, which his Majesty proceeded to do by shaking hands with me very graciously. It instantly occurred to me that the conversation was incomplete and might be re newed, and, as the Emperor still held my hand, I said, Sir, with your gracious permission, I would desire to take a great liberty. Certainly, his' Majeety replied, what is it—let me hear. Sir, I observed, your Majesty has, been good enough to charge me with general assurance as to the identity of views between the two Cabinets, which assuredly have given me the greatest pleasure, and will be received with equal satis faction in England, but I should be particulariy glad that your Majesty should add a few words which may tend to calm the anxiety with regards to the affairs of Turkey, which passing events are so calculated to excite on the part of her Majesty's Government, perhaps you will be pleased to charge me with some additional assurances of this kind. The Emperor's words and manner, although still very kind, showed that his Majesty had no intention of speaking to me of the demonstration which he is about to make in the South. He said, however, at first with a little hesitation, but, as he proceeded, in an open and unhesitating manner— • The affairs of Turkey are in a very disorganised condition ; the country itself seems to be falling to pieces (nenaceruine) —the fall will be a greater misfortune, and it is yery impor tant that England and Russia should come to a perfectly good understanding upon these affairs, and that neither should take any decisive step of which the other is not apprised. I observed in a few words that I rejoiced to hear that his Im perial Majesty held this language; that this was certainly the view I took of the manner in which Turkish ques tions are to be treated. " Tenez," the Emperor said, as if proceeding with his remark, " tenez, nous aeons sur lea bras un homme malade—un homme gravement malade ; ce sera je vous le dit franchement, un graud malheur si, un de cos jours, it devait nous 6chapper, surtout avant que toutes les dispositions necessaires fussent prises. Mais alibi co n'est point le moment de vous parley de cola" It was clear that the Emperor did not intend to prolong the conversation—l therefore said, Votre Majeste est gracieuse qu'elle me per mettra de lui faire encore une observation. Votre Majesty dit que l'homme est malade ; c'est bien vrai, mais votre Majesty cLaignera m'excuser si je lni fail observer, que e'est is l'homme genereux et fort de menager l'homme malade et faible."t The Emperor then took leave of me in a manner which conveyed the impression of my having at least not given offence, and again expressed his intention of sending for me on some future day. Your lordship will pardon me if I remark that, after reflecting attentively upon my conver sation with the Emperor, it appears to me that this, and any overture of the kind which may be made, tends to establish a dilemma by which it is very desirable that her Majeety's - Government should not allow themselves to be fet tered. The dilemma seems to be this :—lf her Majesty's Go vernment do not come to an understanding with Russia as to what is to happen in the event of the sudden downfal of Tur key, they will have the less reason for complaining if results displeasing to England should be prepared. if, on the con trary, her Majesty's Government should enter into the consi deration of such eventualities, they make themselves in some degree consenting parties to a catastrophe which they have so much interest in warding off as long as possible. The sum is probably this, that England has to desire a close concert with Russia, with a view to preventing the downfall of Turkey —while Russia would be well pleased that the concert should apply to the events by which this downfall is to be followed. —Yours, itc., _ _ (Signed) No. 2. G. H. SEYMOUR. SIR G. H. SEYMOUR TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. (Received Feb. 6.—Secret and Condential.) St. Petersburg, Jan. 22, 1853 My Lord,—On the 14th inst., in consepience of a summons which I received from the Chancellor, I waited upon the Em peror, and had the honour of holding with his Imperial Majesty the very interesting conversation of which it will be my duty to offer your lordship an account, which, if imperfect, will, at all events, not be incorrect. I found his Majesty alone ; he received me with great kindness, saying, that I had appeared desirous to speak to him upon Eastern affairs ; that on his side there was no indisposition to do so, but that he must begin at a remote period. You know, his Majesty said, the dreams and plans which the Empress Catherine was in the habit of indulging ; these were handed down to our time ; but while I inherited immense territorial possessions, I did not inherit those visions—those intentions, if you like to call them so. On the contrary, my country is so vast, so happily circumstanced in every way, that it would be unreasonable in me to desire tore t rritory or more power than I possess ; on the contrary, I am the first to tell you that our great, perhaps our only danger, is that which would arise from an extension given to an empire already too large. Close to us lies Turkey, and in our present condition, no thing better for our interests can be desired ; the times had gone by when we had anything to fear from the fanatical spirit or the military enterprise of the Turks, and yet the country is strong enough, or has hitherto been strong enough to preserve its independence, and to insure respectful treat ment from other countries. Well, in 'that empire there are several millions of Christians whose interests I am called upon to watch over (surveiller) while the right 'of doing so is se cured to me by treaty. I may truly say that I make a moderate and sparing use of my right, and I will freely confess that it is one which is attended with obligations very inconvenient; but I cannot recede from the discharge of a distinct duty. Our religion, as established in this country, came to us from the East, and there are feelings as well as obligations which never must be lost sight of. Now Turkey, in the condition which I have described, has by degrees fallen into such a state of decripitude, that, as I told you the other night, eager as we all are for the prolonged existence of the man (and that I am as desirous as you can be for the continuance of his life I beg you to believe) he may suddenly die upon our hands (nous roster sur le bras) ; we cannot resuscitate• what is dead ; if the Turkith empire falls, it falls to rise no more ; and I put it to you, therefore, whether it is not better to be provided beforehand for a contingency than to incur the chaos, confu sion, and the certainty of an European war, all of which must attend the catastrophe if it should occur unexpectedly, and before some ulterior system has beet sketched ; this is the point to which I am desirous that you should call the attention of your Government. Sir, I replied, your Majesty is so frank with me, that I am sure you will have the goodness to permit me to Break with the same openness. I would then observe that deplorable as is the condition of Turkey, it is a country which has long been plunged in difficulties supposed by many to be insurmountable, With regard to contingent arrangements, her Majesty's Government, as your Majesty is well aware, objects, as a general rule, to taking engagements upon possi ble eventualities, and would, perhaps, be particularly disin clined to do so in this instance. If I may allowed to say so, a great disinclination (repugnance) might be expected in Eng land, to disposing by anticipation (d'oscompter) of the suc cession of an old friend and ally. The rule is a good one, the Emperor replied, good at all times, especially in times of un certainty and change, like the present ; still it is of the great est importance that we should understand one another, and not allow events to take us by surprise ; "maintenant je desire volts parler en ami et en gentleman ; si nous arrivous a anus en tendre sur cette affaire, l'Angleterre et moi, pour le reste, pelt m'importe ; it m'este indifferent ce quo font ou pensent lea autres. Usant done de franchise, je vous dis nettement, que si l'Angleterro songe a, s'etablir un de ces jours a, Constanti nople, je ne le permettrai pas ; je ne vous prete point ces in tentions, mais it vaut mieux dans ces occasions parler claire ment ; demon cats, je suis egalement dispose de prondro l'engagement de ne pas m'y etablir, en proprietaire, it s'en tend, car en depositaire je no dis pas ; it pourrait se faire quo les circonstances me misant dans le cas d'occuper Constanti nople, si rien ne se trouve prevu, si l'on doit tout laisser alter au hazard." 4: I thanked his Majesty for the frankness of his declarations, and for.the desire which he had expressed of acting cordially and openly with her Majesty's Government, observing, at the same time, that such an understanding ap peared the best security against the sudden danger to which his Majesty had alluded. I added that, although unprepared to give a decided opinion upon questions of such magnitude and delicacy, it appeared to me possible that some such ar- ~i~~ ~ ~ / [PRICE SD. r his conduct were, the Emperor said very flattering to him. In dismissing m e , hi s I mper i al Majesty said, " Well, indu ce 4 _ your Government t o wr it e aga i n upon these subjects—to we"' more fully, and to do so without hesitation ; I have confidenc e in the English Government." "Ce u'est point un engage ment, une convention, que je leur demande ; c'est un libre exchange d'idees, et au besoin une parole de gentleman ; entre nous cela suffit." I might venture to suggest that some ex pressions might be used in the despatch to be addressed to me, which might have the effect of putting an end to the fur ther consideration, or, at all events, discussion, of points which it is highly desirable should not be regarded as offering subject for debate. I may only add, apologetically, that I may possibly have failed in reporting some parts of his Ma jesty's conversation, and that lam conscious of havinr , for gotten the precise terms employed by him with respect Co the commercial policy to be observed at Constantinople when no longer held by the Turks. The purport of the observation was, that England and Russia had a common interest in pro viding for the readiest access to the Black Sea and the Medi terranean. A copy of your lordship's despatch was left in the Emperor's hands. SECRET MEMORIAL—IMPORTANT RUSSIAN CABINET PAPER. No. 7. Sir G. IL SEYMOUR to the Earl of CLARRNDON.—(Received March 19.) 7 ,—(Seerot and Confidential.) (Extract.) St. Petersburg, March 9, 1853. When I waited upon Count Nessehale on the 7th instant his excellency said that, in pursance of orders which he had received from the Emperor he had to place in my hands a very confidential memorandum, which his Imperial Majesty had caused to be d rawn up, and which was intended as an answer to, or a comment upon, the communication which I made to his Imperial Majesty on the 21st ult. I have the honour of inclosing to your lordship a copy of what, , under the circumstances which have attended its drawing up and delivery, cannot fail as being considered as one of the most remarkable papers which have, been issued, I do not say from the Russian " Chaucelloric," but from the Emperor's secret Cabinet. Three points appear to me to be fully established by the Imperial memorandum :-- the existence of some distinct understanding between the two Imperial Courts upon the subject of Turkey, and the engagement taken by the Empe ror Nicholas neither to possess nor to establish himself at Con stantinople, or to enter into arrangements respecting the measures to be taken in the event of the fall of the Ottoman Empire without previous concert with her Majesty's Govern ment. The wording of this engagement, coupled with the conversation which I had the honour of holding with the Em peror, leaves upon my mind the impression that, whilst willing to undertake not to make himself the permament master of Constantinople, his Majesty is intentionally inex plicit as to its temporary occupation. Assuming, as a certain and now acknowledged fact, the existence of anunderstanding or compact between the two Emperors as to Turkish affairs, it becomes of the deepest importance to know the extent of the engagements entered into between them. As to the manner in which it has been concluded, I conjecture that little doubt is be entertained. Its basis was, no doubt, laid at some of the meetings between the Sovereigns which took place in the autumn ; and the scheme has probably been worked out since under the management of Baron Meyendorff, the Russian Envoy at the Austrian Court, who has been passing the winter at St. Petersburg, and is still here. (Translation.) Feb. 21, 1853. The Emperor has, with the liveliest interest and real satis faction, made himself acquainted with the secret and confi dential despatch which Sir Hamilton Seymour communicated to him. He duly appreciates the frankness which has dictated it. He has found therein a fresh proof of the frindly senti ments which her Majesty the Queen entertains for him. In conversing; familiarly with the British envoy on the causes which, from one day to another, may bring on the fall of the Ottoman empire, it had by no means entered into the Empe ror's thoughts to propose for this contingency a plan by which Russia and England should dispose beforehand of the pro vinces ruled by the Sultan—a system altogether arranged ; still less a formal agreement to be concluded between the two Cabinets. It was purely and simply the Emperor's notion that each party should confidentially state to the other, less what it wishes than what it does not wish ; what would be contrary to English interests, what would be contrary to Rus sian interests ; in order that, the case occurriug, they might avoid acting in opposition to each other. There is in this neither plans of partition, nor convention to be binding on the other courts. It is merely an interchange of opinions, and the Emperor sees no necessity of talking about it before the time. It is precisely for that reason that he took especial care not to make it the object of an official communication from one Cabinet to another. By confining himself to speaking of it himself, in the shape of familiar conversation, to the Queen's representative, he selected the most friendly and con fidential form of opening himself with frankness to her Bri tannic Majesty, being desirous that the result, whatsoever it might be, of these communications should remain, as it ought to be, a secret betweeen the two sovereigns. Consequently, the objections which Lord J. Russell raises to any concealment as re gards the other powers, in the event of a formal agreement being entered into, of which there is at present no question, fall to the ground, and consequently, also, the inconveniences disappear, which he points out as calculated to contribute to hasten the oc currence of the veryevent which Russia aud England are desirous of averting, if the existence of such an agreement should be come prematurely known to Europe and to the subjects of the Sultan. As regards the object of this wholly confidential in terchange of opinions, the possible do'nfall of the Ottoman Empire, doubtless that is but an uncertain and remote con tingency. Unquestionably thu period of it ca nno t b e fi xe d , and no real crisis has arisen to render the rcalisatiau of it im minent, But after all it may happen ; happen even unex pectedly. Without mentioning the ever-increasing causes of dissolution which arc presented by the moral, financial, and administrative condition of the Porte, it may proceed gradu. ally from one, at least, of the t wo ques ti ons men ti one d b y th e English Ministry in itssecret despatch, In truth, it perceives in those questions only mere disputes, which would not differ in their bearing from difficulties which form the ordinary busi ness of diplomacy. But that kind of dispute may, neverthe less, bring on war, and with war the consequences which the Emperor apprehends from it ; if, for instance, in the affair of the holy places, the amour propre and the menaces of France, continuing to press upon the Porte, should compel it to refuse us all 'satisfaction, and if, on the other hand, the religious sentiments of the orthodox Greeks, offended by the conces sions made to the lettins, should raise the immense majority of his subjects against the Sultan. As regards the affair of Montenegro, that ' , aceordirig to the late accounts, may happily be looked upon as settl e d. B u t a t th e ti me that the Emperor had his interview with Sir Hamilton Seymoutlit might be apprehended that the question would take a most serious turn. Neither ourselves nor Austria could haveallowed the protracted devastation or forced submission of Montenegro, a country which, up to the present time, has continued actually indepen dent of the Porte, a country over which our protection has been extended former° than a century. The horrors which aro com mitted there, those which by Ottoman fanaticism, have a short time since been extended over Bulgaria, Bosnia, and Herzegovino gave the other Christian provinces of the Porte only too much reason to anticipate that the same fate awaited them. They were calculated to provoke the general rising of the Christians who live under the sceptre of the Turkish empire and to hasten its ruin. It is not then, by any mea ns , an iale and imaginary question, a contingency too remote, to which the anxiety of the Emperor has called the attention of the Queen his ally. In the face of the uncertainty and decay of the existing state of things in Turkey the English Cabinet ex presses the desire that the greatest forbearance should be shown towards the Porte. The Emperor is conscious of never having acted otherwise. The English Cabinet itself admits it. It addresses to the Emperor, with reference to the numerous proofs of moderation which he has given up to the present time, praises which his Majesty will not accept, because in that he has only listened to his own overbearing conviction. But, in order that the Emperor may continue to concur in that system of forbearance, to abstain from any demonstra tions—from any peremptory language—it would be necessary that this system should be equally observed by all the Powers at once. France has adopted another. By menace she ob tained, in opposition to the letter of the treaties, the admis sion of a ship of the line into the Dardanelles. At the cannon's mouth she twice presented her claims and her demands for indemnity at Tripoli, and afterwards at Constantinople. Again, in the contest respecting the Holy Places, by menace she affected the abrogation of the firman and that of the solemn promises which the Sultan had given the Emperor. With regard to all those acts of violence England observed a complete silence. She neither offered support to the Porte nor addressed remonstrances to the French Government. The consequence is very evident. The Porte necessarily concluded from this that from France alone it has everything to hope, as well as everything to fear, and that it can evade with impu nity the demands of Austria and of Russia. It is thus that Austria and Russian, in order to obtain justice, have seen themselves compelled in their turn, against their will, to act by intimidation, since they have to do with a Government w hi c h only yields to a peremptory atti tude ; and it is thus that by its own fault, or rather by that of those who have weakened it in the first instance, the Porte is -urged on in a course which enfeebles it still more. Let England then employ herself in making it listen to reason. Instead of uniting herself with France against the just de mands of Russia, let her avoid supporting, or even appearing to support, the resistance of the Ottoman Government. Let her be the first to invite the latter, as she herself considers it essential, to treat its Christian subjects with more equity and , _ humanity. That will be the surest. means of relieving the Emperor from the obligation of availing himself in Turkey of those rights of traditional protection to which he never has recourse but against his will, and of postponing indefinitely the crisis which the Emperor and her Majesty the Queen are equally anxious to avert. In short, the Emperor cannot but congratulate himself at having given occasion for this in timate interchange of confidential communications between her Majesty and himself. He has found therein valuable assurances, of which he takes note with a lively satisfac tion. The two sovereigns have frankly explained to each other what in the extreme ease of which they have been treating their respective interests cannot endure. Eng land understands that Russia cannot suffer the establish ment at Constantinople of a Christian power sufficiently strong to control and disquiet her. She declares that for herself she renounces any intention or desire to possess Constantinople. The Emperor equally disclaims auy wish or design of estab lishing himself there. England promises that she will enter into , no arrangement for determining the measures to be taken in the event of tin fall of the Turkish empire with out a previous understanding with the Emperor. The Emperor, on his side, willingly contracts the same engage ment. As he is aware that in such a case he can eq uall y reckon upon Austria, who is bound by her promises to concert with him, he regards with less apprehension the catastrophe which h e s till desires to prevent and avert as much as it shall depend on him to do so. N o 1 less precious to him are the proofs of friendship a nd p ersonal confidence on the p ar t of her Majesty the Qncen, which Sir Hamilton Seymour has been directed on this occasion to im part to him. He sees in them the surest guarantee against the contingency which his foresight had deemed it right to p nt out to that of the English Government. No. S. SIR G. H. SEYMOUR TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON. (Received March 19.) (Secret and confidential.) St. Petersburg, March 9, 1853. My Lord,—As it appears very evident th a t th e secret me morial which, by a despatch of this day, I have the honour of bringing to your Lordship's knowledge, has been drawn up under a complete misapprehension (real or assumed) of the part taken by her Majesty's Government in the late Turkish affairs, I have thought it my duty to address to Count Nessel- ted6.tila jiliv. tE ihd Confidstitial Intim' of which I bet 14 enclose a copy to your Lordship.—Fhave, G. H. SEY3tOrF (Enclosure in No. 8.) SIR G. R. SEYMOUR. TO COUNT NESSELRODT• (Private and confidential.) St. Petersburg, Feb. '24 (March 8), /853. My dear Count Nesselrode,--Therc is an observation re• specting the very important memorandum placed YesterdaY by your Excellency in my hands which 'I feel obliged to make. • I . am most anxious to observe that this paper must have been drawn up under the impression of English policy at Con stantinople having been very different from what iu reality it has been. I can aOrm, conscientiously and distinctly, that the object proposed to themselve s , as we ll b y th e late as by her Majeety's present Government, has been to act as a common friend in the contests between the allied Governments ; and that, far from having inclined, as has been stated, to France in the course of the late critical transactions, it has been the desire , of the Queen's advisers (to the full extent permitted to a Go vernment compelled to observe a neutral attitude) that ample satisfaction should be given to the demands which his Impe rial Majesty's Government were justified in making. This assertion I should have no difficulty iu substantiating by written evidence; and I will acid that, in any just demand which England may have to make upon a foreign Cabinet, only desire that the conduct of a friendly Power towards us may be that which quietly and unostentatiously the English Government has pursued in the complicated question of the Holy Places with regard to the claims of Russia. I request your Excellency's good offices for causing this, the real state of the case, to be rightly understood ; at all events, for preventing a contrary belief from being adopted until it shall be clearly ascertained whether or not my statement iA correct,—l have, ke,, No. 9. H. Smoorm. SIR G. SEYMOUR TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON. (Received March D.) (Secret and confidential.) St. Petersburg, March 10, 185 g. My Lord,-1 have just had a very amicable and satisfactory conversation with the Chancellor, who, under the impression of my letter of the fith inst. having originated in a misconcep tion with regard to the Emperor's memorandum, had desired to see me. We read over the memorandum together, and Count Nes selrode observed that all that was desired here was, that, while appealing to the Emperor's magnanimity and feelings of justice, her Majesty's Government should employ some effort towards opening the eyes of the French Ministers as to the false course into which they have been led by M. de Iravalette. To this I replied that such had been the conduct pursued by her Majesty's Government, not on one occasion, but on various occasions; and that, as a specimen of the language held by your lordship's predecessor to the French Govern ment, I would beg to read to him an extract from one of Lord John Russell's despatches. I read accordingly the five or six lines of Lord John Bus. sell's despatch to Lord Cowley of January 25, beg.innin " But her Majesty's Government cannot avoid perceiving," and concluding with "the relations of friendly p 0wer ,,, , ,, which passage I had copied out and taken with me. Count Nesselrode expressed his warn satisfaction at finding that her Majesty's Government had given such excellent ad vice to the French Government ; and only regretted that he had not long ago been put in possession of evidence so Nu , elusive as to the part. taken upon the question of the Holy Places by her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In conclusion, the Chancellor requested that I would con sider the passage in the Imperial memorandum commencing with the words, " Que PAngleterre s'emploie done," as ex pressing a hope, and not as implying a reproach—as refer able to the course which it was desired should be taken by her Majesty's Government, and not as alluding to that which had been pursued.—l have, &e., G. H. SEYIIOIM. VIEWS OF THE CABINET. No. 10. THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO SIR G. 11. SEYMOUR. (Secret and Confidential.) Foreign-office, March 23, 1853. Sir,—Your dispatches of the 21st and 22d ultimo have been laid before the Queen, and I am commanded to express her Majesty's entire approval of the discretion and judgment dis played by you in the conversations which you had the honour to hold with the Emperor. 1 need not assure you that the opinions of his Imperial Majesty have received from her Ma jesty's Government the anxious and deliberate consideration that their importance demands ; and although her Majesty's Government feel compelled to adhere to the principles and the policy laid down in Lord John Russell's despatch of the 9th of February, yet they gladly comply with the Emperor's wish that the subject should be further and frankly discussed. The generous confidence exhibited by the Emperor entitles his Imperial Majesty to the most cordial declaration of opinion ou the part of her Majesty's Government, who are fully aware that, in the event of any understanding with reference to future contingencies being expedient., or indeed possible, the word of his Imperial Majesty would be preferable to any convention that could be framed. Her Majesty's Government persevere in the belief that Turkey still possesses the elements of existence, and they consider that recent events have proved the correct ! ness of the opinion expressed in the despatch of my prede cessor, that there was no sufficient cause for intimating to the Sultan that he cannot keep peace at home, or preserve friendly relations with his neighbours. Her Majesty's Government have accordingly learnt with sincere satisfaction that the Em. peror considers himself even more interested than England in preventing a Turkish catastrophe; because they are convinced that upon the policy pursued by his Imperial Majesty towards Turkey will mainly depend. the hastening or the indefinite postponement of an event Which every Power in Europe is concerned in averting. Aler Majesty's Government are con vinced that nothing is more calculated to precipitate that event than the constant prediction of its being near at hand; that nothing can be More fatal to the vitality of Turkey than the assumption of its rapid and inevitable decay; and that if the opinion of the Emperor, that the days of the Turkish em pire were numbered, became notorious, its downfall must oc cur even sooner than his Imperial Majesty now appears to ex pect. But on the supposition that, from unavoidable causes, the catastrophe did take place, her Majesty's Government en tirely share the opinion of the Emperor, that the occupation • of Constantinople by either of the Great Powers would be in compatible with the present balance of power and the mainte nance of peace in Europe, and must at once be regarded as impossible ; that, there are no.elements for the reconstruction of a Byzantine empire ; that the systematic misgovernment of Greece offers no encouragement to extend its territorial domi nion ; awl that as there arc no materials for provisional or communal government, anarchy would be the result of leaving the provinces of Turkey to them - selves, or permitting them to form separate republics. The Emperor has announced that, sooner than permit a settlement of the question by any one of these methods, he will be prepared for war at every hazard; and however much her Majesty's Government may be disposed to agree in the soundness of the views taken by his Imperial Majesty, yet they consider that the simple predermivation of what shall not be toltrated, doeS little towards solving the real difficulties, or settling in what manner it would be practi cable, or even desirable, to deal with the heterogeneous mate rials of which the Turkish Empire is composed. England desires no territorial aggrandisement, and could be no party to a previous arrangement from which she was to derive any such benefit. England could be no party to any understand ing, however general, that was to be kept secret from other powers ; but her Majesty's Government believe that no arrange meats could control events, and that no understanding could be kept secret. They would, in the opinion of her Majesty's Government, be the signal for preparation for intrigues of - every description, and for revolts among the Christian sub jects of the Porte. Each power and each party would endea , your to secure its future interests, and the dissolution of the Turkish Empire would be prteeded by a state of anarchy which must, aggravate every difficulty, if it did not render a , peaceful solution of the question impossible. The only mode by which such a solution could be attempted would be that of an European Congress, hut that only affords au additional. reason for desiring that the present order of things in Turkey should be maintained, as her Majesty's Government Cannot without alarm reflect on the jealousies that would then be evoked, the impossibility of reconciling the different ambitions and the divergent interests that would be called into play, and the certainty that the treaties of 1815 must then be open to revision, when France might be prepared to risk the chances of an European war to get rid of the obligations which she considers injurious to her national honour, and which, having been imposed by victorious enemies, are a constant source of irritation to her. The main object of her Majesty's Government, that to which their efforts have been and always will be directed, is the preservation of peace ; and they desire to uphold. the Turkish empire, from their conviction that no great question can be agitated. in the East without becoming a source of discord in the West, and that every great question in the West will assume a revolutionary cha racter, and embrace a revision of the entire social system, for which the continental governments are certainly in no state of preparation. The Emperor is fully cognisaut of the mate: lea's that are in constant fermentation beneath the surface of society, and their rea di ness t o b urst f orth even i n times of peace ; and his I mper i a l M a j esty will probably, there fore, not. r dissent from the opinion that the first cannon-shot may he the signal for a state of things more disastrous ereu than those calamities that war inevitably brings in its train. But such a war would be th e result of the dissolution an d dismember ment of the Turkish empire ; and hence the anxiety of her Majesty's Government to avert the catastrophe. Nor can they admit that the signs of Turkish decay arc now either i more evident or more rapid than of l a t e years ~ there i s still great energy and great wealth i n 't ur key : a disposition t o improve the sy s t em of government is n ot wanting ; Corrup tion, though u n f or t unately erea t, ig still not of a character, nor carried to au extent, that tj " rea t c ns the exist ence of t h e . state ; the tr ea t ment of C h r i s t i a es is not harsh, and the tole ration exhibited by the Porte towards this portion of its sub jects, might serve as an example to sense Governments who look with contempt upon Turkey as a barbar ous p ower. Her Majesty's Go vernmen t believe that Turkey only requires for bearance on the part of its allies, and a determination not to press their claims in a manner humiliating tfr to the dignity and independence of the Sultan with tendly s n ,,„„s r t , i n short, that, with States astiloi ndi viduals, the r w rv eak are entitled to expect from the strong order not only t o pro l ong its existence,to remove all cause of alarm dissolution. It in this work of respecting its benevolence and of sou nd European policy that her Majesty" Government arc desirous of co - operating with the Emperor; they feel entire confidenc e in the rectitude of his Ins , perial Majesty's intentions, and as they hare the satis faction of thinking that the interest.: of Russia and England in the East are completely identical they entertain au earnest , hope that a similar policy there will prevail, and tend to s trengthen the alliance between the two countries, which it is alike the object of her Majesty and her Majesty's Govern ment to promote. You will give a copy of this despatch to the Chancellor or t o the Emperor, in the event of your again haying the honour to be received by his Imperial Majesty. I am, t i te.. . '(giOO) CLARB2.II7.ON. No. 11. Silt G. u —saMMOUR. TO THE EART, OF CLARENPON. (Received. March 26.) (Secret and eonfidential.) St. Petersburg, March 12, 1853. My Lord,---The Chancellor sent for me this morning, when he placed in my hands a copy of the memorandum which was brought to your lordship's knowledge by my despatch of the , 9th inst. Upon this copy the Emperor had written in pencil that he was sorry to find that Sir Hamilton Seymour had considered ai passage in the paper as reflecting upon the conduct of her Ma jesty's Government ; that no reproach had been intended, and that the Chancellor would do well to see me and to state that if it should be my wish, the paper might be taken back and altered. After a few moments' reflection it occurred to me that the explanations which I had received were sufficient, so that a record could be obtained of the Emperor's amicable intentions, and that the paper, it' taken hack, might be altered in more than one of its passages ; I therefore stated that, instead of changing the memorandum, I would suggest that his Exeelw leney should write me a few lines explanatory of the purport of the passage which l lad considered objectionable. To this the Chancellor at once acceded, and it only rein.ined , fvr met? request that hie Ezolleacy \mid kind euough . . 04 fSci Od >id )id i a i 4 1 it ( Yi, i