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" That the time is arrived for taking into consideration the suffer ne the mil tary who were punished on the ground of a meeting of the 6th Light Cavalry of adras." JAmms e. INIELVILL. Secretary. LONDON, MONDAY EVENINGS MARCH 20,_ 1854. No. 1_,i8:3.] [PRICK SD• SIDNEY, Mayor.—An ESPECIAL COURT of MaYnßand •tI,DERMEN, heM In th•• In ,, er Chambvr of the Guildhall of the city of London, en Friday, the 17th fl,ty of march IBs4 and hi the 17th sear of the rr.fwn of Vietii la, or the United Kinadom r.f Great I-tritaln and Ireland, Q•ieen &c., ite.ohred a animouslY, That this Court having Wiero-d the Dr/tented death of Alder man Thompson, M P.. can , at allow the °erasion to pays yvi hour exnressina their deep a. nor or the crest I..as they have su Mined and of the excellent manner in which their d p,rte. brothe- eischa ed the impor'ant out' a e trusted to him. inelocline tho e of Thief Mavis rate a i President of .'hrist' Hospital, a. , d his honoura . de and ma. ly c,ndtict a allocca-ions. That this Court canmit 'e rain from offer' , g it , sincer coivio'i nce to Mrs Thompson in h r affi , ctien an i hereaveme t, in hel-ss of ene respected and esteemed by all who kn,•w mFRKWETti 'lt GBEAT WESTERN RAILWAY. - WAR WI, .1; , t %cp.: —On T , esd,y arch 21 an •hr ., e',ol ow ing da‘ 8,1 ,, .ddition t. the Ordinary Tr , Ins. 11 .' 1,41 frnm Paddington to B.rm , rubarn at 9.15 a. , n aad ir,n B.:1n ngliam to Paddingt, , n at 7.30 p. ,top at Wa.wick. Paddington, 'll , rch 16 1854 • TO OFFiliatS &ND 0rt1:4t.4. Vir AR RISKS for ALL PARTS of the woRLD. —The 'ME ' 1“ - rIE‘ oEvE'tAt. LIFE .ASgillt •OE 004 INY, 29. New Rrirlsto-stre , t, ilaek rears, London —This C..mn ny will 4-4-VRE OFFI , 'ERI , 4amt Others, at moit malerite rites of prem.um. ag,tiomt Voy,tif,rw, and I'limate, ether in connexi.n with general life assur ance or without • By order of the Board of DirPc . .3ra. A. IitIRNFORD, secretary. THE HOME COUNTIES AND GENERAL - LIFE 'AS- , lJiltAvt!E COMPAVY. 29,'N e w Bridge-street, Blackfrisrs, London. Every deserlotion at risk (home or toreignl con ,ecied with Life Assurance Ralf Credit premium,. on a new tirinciole remi 'ms iayabie year! , , half yearly', or (port, rly. One-half of all premiums after the first two years are repayable to policy holders at any time on deniand, without p rsonal liabi ity. Annuities granted either immediate, contingent, ordeterred, and also endowments. • Policies indisputable. No charge for policy stamns. Money received on deposit at 5 per cent. interest. Active Agents wanted in town or country, particularly in the a t ericultural towns and villages. Apply by letter, giving names and addresses of refereesi as to respectability. A. DURNFOID. Secretary. FREEHOLDS AND LEASEHOLDS.—Rams gate, Barking, Essex, Clare Market, London, I-lington, and Paddington. To be peremptorily sold, pursuant to an order in the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause " Wilks against Groom," with the apnro bation of Vice Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, the judge to - whose Court this cause is attached, at the Auction Mart. Bartholo mew-lane, London, on Tuesday, the 2 5 01 day of April, 1854, at 12 at soon. m Eight Lots—a Free) old Residence at B rking. Essex ; a lrreehold Holm, No. 9, Clare-court, C are-market ; a Freel.old House, No. 5, Hon .hton-street, Clare-market; a Freehold Howe, No, 4, Chapel-place, Ramsgate, Kent; a Fr eehold House, No 5, adjoining ; Two-thirds or a Freehold R - nt Charge ; A chapel in Pr:led-street and Six Houses in Market-street, Paddington ; Two Leasehold Houses, Nos. 3 and I. St bb tn•street. Islington. The premises may be viewed by permission of the respective tenants one week previous to the day of sale, and particulars ann conditions of sale may be had of Messrs. 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LIFE pot to I E INSURED FREI?. OF STAMP DUTY. The Premium. received on Life Policies amounted— In 1837 to £ ,756 . •In 1842 to £3,163 In 1847 to 11,197.............. . .In 1852 to eO.BOO THE BONIIRE4 OF THE COWPANY ARF GUAR kNTEED WREN T E POLI 1F.4 ARE iv. ITRED _ _ Residences in the Austra lan Colonies, British America, and the United States, w'thout ext , a charge. Great 'acuities . for the ply xnent of renewal premiums are afforded by the Company's extensive system of Foreign' Agencies. Further information may be hart oa application at the Offices of the Compat , y, or to any of the Agents. SWINTON ROI:7LT, Secretary to the Company. March, 1854. MECHI'S CHESSMEN, in Ivory, Bone, and Wood. 4, LEADESUIALL-STREET, LONDON, the best and cheapest, which may also be said of his Back-Gammon, D. aught. and Chess Boards, Cribbage Boards, and Pegs, Cushioned Pagatelle Tables, Pope Joan Boards. Work-boxes, Desks, Pocket-books. 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Just pub:ished. in 2,400 paw's, the vfereh Edition of the • POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1854; • The March public Von has hitherto consisted of the same sheet, as in the Christmas edition: but this year every copy of the with 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 sheets passing through the pres• to introdu_e emendations in all parts of the book ; bi.sides which &visions ent tied respectively "Official Directory." " ostal Direc tory," and •' Pa liamentary Directory," have been entirely recom pile . and co-recte ito tt - e ti eof publication. " mother improvement ha• been adopted in this edition; the Ex ternal Index has been so arr +rived th it the • ommencement and conclusion o each division is clearly define without the unsightl. , notches whlc . .," &c. Monti tt Chronicle March. 16, NM. " 13r this Omni. , device, the Directories are most strikingly sena. rated trona each ocher, and the faciii , y or reference the mor • 1,, me. dialeT seeured.” ‘lornl , at Herald, March 16, 1 54. " Me.srs diligence, car , , and pr.mp nude n ust comment. Inereasin suece s.' ~o ridng xriv-rtiser, March 16. '8 4 . " You hive only p -••• hh• hook on its hack, and at a gi. nee pot, can „ ILL n> ~ e t t e numerous gut le•, , f which it is wade u --p,., 'itch I , '1854 KILL!' And 0., 19 aid 21, Old I;olwell , court ; RINI all llookselle EDITT'INI. -AVIV! A 1)1)1 "I(lV'4, published, Av.., it, cloth, arice 54., by p al .ree, Am. 6d ritt.6 & FAIA.E SI'ERNIATIMICH(E-4 At.L , tht Vies. 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We trust thi• may not he the last if he shah otter equally flagrant evil affiten .) hi• to airrecs ..-14airlon Medical •bizette Via) 16 1451 The tribe n: "Quiet Cymp wheel lerionds,'*e it es dimity exposed ; and if this hon ould tind its way into the hands of those wao stiffer fr m the con: .taint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds wont waved much needless suffering of poly and mind, and what Is o ess importance, though it is that which tits quacks moss prize nuch , t.oney......This volume is well qur'ified to put an end to th rnoiric.al , ystem of treating Spermatorettcea, and to place the trees rvint upon a more rational and phystoloelcal basis. It Is, therefor( likely +o do much gond."—Medfral Circular. June ln. 1852 London: R. Ralliere. An. Re7ant...treet LAIJRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CRAB. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, P0...1am-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. anti will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S rELEBRATED RAND. 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The selections for the performance of the HUN. :ARIAN B kND through the week include the finest efforts of ancient composers, with brilli nt Morceaux, popular National Melodies, Marches, &c., which, with concerted vocalism. new Songs and Ballads, by artistes or acknowledged merit, readers ear h even lig a featu e amomrst the high-class amusements of the ifetropo is. Kalozdy, Leader of the Bsnd. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three PROGRAMME FOR THIS DAY. Introduction (Robert) : Sel. coon (I Lombardi); Duo (F.rnani); Aria. ( unyadlzlazlo) ; Fanta , (H..ngrois) ; Waltz ( Landesfarden) ; Quadrille (Marionette). Duetts and Songs by the MiNses Brougham Barcarolle," " Onward, c inward," "on Deck beside 'he ast 1 stand," "'y Hart is breaking,' " PI , speak of thee." Pianoforte :olds (Rarbier de Seville, Fantasia, I Puritani.) THE CHOLERA ! ! 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MOSES and SON regret having to guard the tublic against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with heir Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for shvions 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 : London City Establishment, 154, '55. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506,107, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. sheffleld Branch, 36 Fargate. Colonial Branch, M' Monne, Australia. Merchant Tailo. Clothiers, Ratters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Oatfltters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will he returned without hesitation. MI goods are marked in plain figural, the lowest INce, from which no sha , e. ,eat can he made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, " The Echo of Public Opinion," containing full li s t s of prices, our system of self-measurement, Foe., Soc., may be had on application, or post-free. A handsome klmanac tor the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis application. l'On . " - Par Franca9. Qui si parla Italiano. tiler aapricht Man Deutsch. Aqua se !labia Espano 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 : Nct 1. Sir G. H. SEYMOUR to Lord Jens RUSSELL.—(Received Jan. 23.) (Secret and confidential.) St. Petersburg, January 11, 1853. My Lord—On the evening of the 9th instant I had 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, he had been acquainted for nearly forty years, and for whom he entertained equal regard awl esteem. His Majesty desired to be brought to the kind recollection of his lordship. You know my feelings, the Emperor said, with regard to Euzland. Whet 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 *as not aware that since I lad been at St. Petersburg there had been any actual disagreements whatever between us, except with,regard to Louis Napoleon's No. HI., a point respecting which each Government had its own opinion ' (maniere de voir ), but a point which, after all, was very immaterial, The No. 111. the Emperor replied, would in volve a long explanation ; I will, therefore, not touch upon the subject at present ' • I should be glad, however, that you should hear what I haveto 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 t at 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 we 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 pleksure, and will be received with equal satis faction in England, but I should be particularly 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 (neenaceruine) —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 sty 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 avons sur les bras un homme malade—un homme gravement malade; ce sera je voles le dit franchement, un grand malheur si, me de ces jours, i 1 devait nous ichapper, surtout avant que toutes les dispositions ne:essaires fusseut prises. M iis enfin ce n'est point le moment de vous parlor do vela"* It was clear that the Emperor did not intend to prolong the canversation—l therefore said, c Votre Majesty est gracieuse qu'elle me per mettra de lui faire encore une observation. Votre Majesty 'lit quo l'homme est malade ; c'est bien vrai, mais vitro , fajesti daignera. m'excuser si je In! fais observer, que e'est I l'homme g6.4reux et fort de menager l'homme malade et 'Able "t The Emperor then took leave. of me in a manner which conveyed the impression of my having at least not eiven 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, nd any overture of the kind which may be made, tends to establish a dilemma by which it is very desirable that her Aajesty'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 'tey, they will ha,n the less reason for complaining if results lispleasing to England should be preparea. 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 havi.- 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 bo well pleased that the concert should apply to the events by which this downfall is to be followed —Yours, dm., (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 consequence 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 more 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 indepe,. deuce, 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 Tqrkey, 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 rester 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 been 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 s eak 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 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'escompter) 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 vous parler en ami et en gentleman ; si nous arrivons e, nous en tendre sur cette affaire, l'Angleterre et moi, pour le reste, pen m'importe ; it m'este indifferent ce que font ou pensent les autres. Usant done de franchise, je vous dis nettement, que si l'Angleterre songe a s'etablir un de ces fours d Constanti nople, je ne le permettrai pas ; je ne vous prete point ces in tentions, mail it vaut mieux dans ces occasions parler claire ment ; demon cite, je suis egnlement dispos4 de prendre l'engagement de ne pas m'y etablir, en proprietaire, it s'en tend, car en depositaire je ne dis pas ; it pourrait se faire que les circonstances me misant dans le cas d'occuper Constanti nople, si rien ne se trouve prevu, si l'on doit tout laisser aller au hazard." 3: I thanked his Majesty for the frankness of his declarations, and for the d sire which he had expressed of acting cordially and openly with her Majesty's Government, obs Tying, 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 suck ar- *lt will be, Sta we have on our han a sick man— ve. I tell you frankly, ds a great misfortune if, sick one man 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 one fu r th er o b servation. 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 mau. " 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 t o 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 in the position of occupying Constantinople." 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 arrangements which might, in that event be attempted. His Imperial Majesty then alluded to a eonvoraation he bad 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 mariner opposed to the views of her Majesty's Government. Tile conversation passed to the events of the day, when the Eaaper.mr briefly recapitu lated his claims upon the. Holy Places, claims recognised by the firman of last February, 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 ho must insist upon, but was willing to believe th a t hi s o bj ect wou ld b e attained by negotiation, the last advices from Conqarttinople being rather more sati.factory. I expressed my belief that negotiation, followed, as I supposed •it had been, by the threats of mili tary measures, 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 lfajesty, but the ac ual result of the_measures which appeared' to be in contemplation. That I woad repeat, that two consequewees might be antici pated from the appearance of an imperial'. army on the fron tiers of Turkey the one the counter-demonstration which might be provoked on the pert of France; the other, and the more serious, the rising, on the part of the Christian popula tion, against the Sultan's authority, alriady - so much weakened by revolts, and by a severe financial crisis.. The Emperor as sured me that no movement of his fox*• - had yet taken place (n'ont pas bouge), and expressed hiailio pe that no advance would be required. With regard teAL Plrence expedition to the Saltan'a dominions, his, Mitiasty ated that ouch, a step would bring affairs to an immediate crisis ; that a sense of honour would compel him to sead, his forces into Turkey without delay of hesitation ; that if tj result of such an ad vance should prove to be the overthrow of the Great Turk (le Grand Turc), 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, " You will report what has passed between us to the Queen's Government, awl 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 Tol interruption of the general peace, in consequence of the precautions adopted by the two principal Governments the most interested in the destinies of Turkey, --I have, &c., (Signed) G. H. SZYMOVR. No. 3. Silt G. H. Ssrmornt TO LORD Joux RUS B ELL. — (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 i ns t . I d rove t o the Foreign-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. Her 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 unexpe,tedly, and before some ulterior system has been sketched ; this is the point, said his Imperial Majesty, to which I am 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 readers 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 Montenegr o ; 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 friend y 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 ansposea by treaty of the succession of Charles the Second of Spain, they were • provi hog 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 b e very long a secret ; and while it would alarm and alienate the Sultan, 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 ho might be, would hardly be satisfied with the inert, supine attitude of the heirs of Mehemet the Second. A great influence on the affairs of Europe seems naturally to belong to the Sovereign of C onstantinople, 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 he content to see Constantinople permanently iu 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 power s of Europe may have to make should be great ter of friendly negotiation rather than of peremptory demand ; that m ili tary 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 cautious her Majesty's Government wish to add that, i n th e ir 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 th a t exceptional protec tion which his Imperial Majesty has found so b urt h ensome 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 presentation with thsse assurances 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. —.I am, &c., (Signed) J. RUSSELL. RUSSIAN RUSE. No. 5. SIR G. 11. SEYMOUR TO LORD JOHN Russm--(Received March 6) (Secret and Confidential.) (Extract) St. Petersburg, February 21, 1853. The Emperor came up to me last night, at a p ar t y o f the . Grand Du c h ess H ere dit ary ' s , and the most gracious manner took me apart, saying that he desired to speak to me. After expressing, in flattering terms, the confidence which he has in me, and his readiness to speak to me without reserve up on matters of the g rea t es t mo ment, as, his Majesty observed, h e had proved i n a l a t e conversa tion, h e 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 place. 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 hurry. 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, I will tell you that if your Government has been led to believe that Turkey retains any elements of existonce, your Government must have received incorrect informatlon. 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, lam convinced, if could but hold ten minutes' conversation with your Ministers--with Lord Aberdeen, for instance, who knows me so well, who has fall 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 PLEADING. No. 6. Sir G. H. SEYMOUR to Lord JOHN RUSSELL. (Received March 6.)—f 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 m ftst 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 au 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 threateined by the Pacha of Egypt. I proceeded to read, and was again stopped at the sentance be ginning " In these circumstances it would hardly be consis 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 mau 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 to 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 ne 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, ant 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 the 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 ono wrongfully, but there are circumstances both at Constantinople and Montenegro which are 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. The 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 au expression in your lordship's despatch, " the long cherished ambition of his (the Emperor's) own nation." Ho 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, ho 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 Tnrkey, 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 cf 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 an 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 uudergrouud ; there is the danger, and no doubt that a war in Turkey would be the signal for fresh explosions in Italy, Hungary , an d e l sew h ere. We see what is passing at Milan. His I mper i a l M a j es t y spoke of Montenegro, observing that be approved of the atti tude takeu by the Austrian Cabinet, and that in 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 th a t I h ad full reason for believing that the provocation came f rom th e l atter. 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 cau se d hi m 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 h e falls to r i se 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 loss difficult to arrive at a satisfactory territorial arrangement than was commonly believed. The Principalities are, be said, in fact, an independent state under 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 Candia ; •that island might suit you, and I 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 iu 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 spoken of his conduct were, the Emperor said very flattering to him In dismissing m e , hi s I mperial Majesty said, " Well, indu ce your Governm e nt t o write again upon these subjects—to webe more fully, and to do so without hesitation ; I have confidenc e in. the English Government." "Ce n'est point un engage ment, tine convention, que je leur demande ; c'est tin lihre exchange d'idees, et au besoin tine parole de gentleman ; entre n.ous 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 I am conscious of having for gotten the precise terms employed by him with respect to 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 iu 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. Si: G. H. SEYMOUR to the Earl of CLARENDON.—(Received March 19.)—(Secrat and Confidential.) (Extract.) St. Petersburg, March 9, 1853. When I waited upon Count Nesselrode 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 drawn up, and which was intended as an an sever to, or a comment upon, the communication which I ma de to his Imperial Majesty on the 21st ult. I have the ho nour of inclosin; 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 ren tarkable papers which have been issued, I do not say from the Russian " Chancellorie," but from the Emperor's secret Cal )inet. Three points appear to me to be fully established by the Imperial memorandum :- the existence of some distinct murerstanding between the two Imperial Courts upon the subjj.ect of Turkey, and the engagement taken by the Empe ror Nicholas neither to pousess nor to establish himself at Con star stinople, or to enter into arrangements respecting the measures to be taken in the event of the fall of the Ottoman Em pire without previous concert with her Majesty's Govern meut. The wording of this engagement, coupled with the con versation which I had the honour of holding with the Em per or, leaves upon my mind the impression that, whilst wining to undertake not to make himself the permanent 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 an understanding or compact between the two Emperors as to Turkish affa i ire, it becomes of the deepest i m p or t ance 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 plc ce 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 friudly senti nu nets which her Majesty the Queen entertains for him. In co nversing 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 comb nary to English interests, what would be contrary to Rus sia te t interests; in order that, the case occurring, they might av Did acting in opposition to each other. There is in this neither plans of partition, nor convention to be binding on th a 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 fro m 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 fid enlist form of opening himself with frankness to her Bri tain nic Majesty, being desirous that the result, whatsoever it might be, co these communications should remain, as it ought to bee. a secret betweeeu the two sovereigns. Consequently, the object ions which Lord J. Russell raises to any concealment as re gards :the other powers, iu the event of a formal agreement being enterec 1 into, of which there is at present no question, fall to the ground,. and consequently, also, the inconveniences disappear y which he: poiuts out as calculated to contribute to hasten the oc currence of the veryevent which Russia and 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 Sulta.u. As regards the object of this wholly confidential in terchange of opinions, the possible downfall of the Ottoman Empire, doubtless that is but an uncertain and remote con tingency. Unquestionably the period of it cannot be fixed, -end no real crisis has arisen to render the realisation of it im minent, But after all it may happen ; happen even unex pectedly. Without mentioning the ever-increasing causes of seeesitetien which are presented by the moral, financial, and administrative condition of the Porte, it may proceed gradu ally from one, at least, of the two questions mentioned by the English Ministry in its secret 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 Latins, should raise the immense majority of his subjects against the. Sultan. As regards the affair ,of Montenegro, that, according to the late accounts, may happily be looked upon as settled. But at the time that the Emperor had his interview with Sir Hamilton Seymour:it 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 formore than a century. Tip horrors which are com mitted there, those which by Ottoman fanaticism, have a short time since been extended over Bulgaria, Bosnia, and Herzegovine 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 means, an idle 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 Powers at this system should be equally observed by all the 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 these 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 • which 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 its still more. Let England then employ herself in making it listen to reason. Instead of uniting herself with Franco against the just del mends of Russia, let her avod supporting, eleven 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 thoserights 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 arc 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 case 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 any 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 tho 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 ease he can equally reckon upon Austria, who is bound by her promises to concert with hint, he regards with less apprehension the catastrophe which he still desires to prevent and avert as much as it shall depend on him to do so. No less precious to him are the proofs of friendship and personal confidence on the part of her Majesty the Queen, 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 that th e secre t 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 Nesse'. * " Tt is not an engagement, a convention, which I ask of them : it is a free interchange of ideas, and, in case of need, the word of a gen tlernall ; thAt is enough between L 15." 1 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 in reality it has been. ( 1 .- L . • : I can affirm, conscientiously and"dist , inetly..4hat -the object ,proposed to themselves, as well by the lhte as by her Majesty'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 Inope riial Government were justified in making. This assertion I should_ have no difficulty in substantiating by written evidence; .aud I will add that, in any just demand which England may have to make upon a foreign Cabinet, I only desire that the conduct of a friendly Power towards us may be that which quietly and un 3 stentatiously 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, tho 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 is correct,—l have, &c., 1 . . G.H. SMYMOUR. li t 9 ' ' ' SIR G. Jr. SEYMOUR T4.inur - , .. ARL OF--k„, zAItEN'DoN. fßeceiyed March 19.) . (Secret 'and cenfidentiaL) My Lord,— St. I etersburg, March 10, 1853 . I have just had a very amicable and satisfactory cpuVersation with the Chancellor, who, under the impression of my letter of the Bth inst. having originated in a misconcep tion with regard to the Emperor's memorandum, had desired to see me. We read over the meinoraudom 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 coarse into which they h ave b ee , led by M. de Lavalette. 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 sp e Ci tnen 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 Lo-d John RusSell's despatches. I read acconlingly the five or six lines of Lord John Rus sell's despatch to Lord Cowley of January 28, beginning " But her Majesty's Government cannot avoid percei v i ng, '' and concluding with " the relations of friendly Powers," which passage I had copied out and taken with ine. Count Neswlrode expressed his warm 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 con clusive 'as to the part taken upon the question of the Holy Places by her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Aff.iirs. In conclusion, the Chancellor requested that I would con sider the passage in the Imperial memorandum commencing with the words, " Quo l'Augleterre 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, & c ,, G. H. Sxrmona. VIEWS OF THE CABINET. No. 10. THE EARL OF CLARENDoN TO SIR G. FL SEYMOUR. (Sedet and Confidential.) Foreign-office, March 23, 1853. Sir,—Your dispatches of the 21 s t and 22d ultimo h ave b een 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. I need not assure you that the oPihions 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 witli'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 on 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 Sultau 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. Her 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 ineritablealecay ; 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- Peet. But on tho 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 arc no elements- or the reconstruction Of a Byzantine empire ; that the systematic misgoveriunent of Preece offers no encouragement to eitend iteterritorial domi nion ; and that as there are no materials for provisional or communal government, anarchy would be the result of leaving 'the provinces of Turkey tothemselves, 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 prederrnination of what shall not be toltrated, does little towards solving the real difficulties, or settling in what manlier, 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 preceded by a state of anarchy which must aggravate every difilculty, if it did not render a peaceful solution of the question impossible. The only mode by which such a solution equld be attempted would be that of an EurOpean Congress, lint that only affords au additional reason for desiring that the present order of things in Turkey ithould 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 ambitious 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 whiehshaving 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 it 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 cognisant of the mate rials that are in constant fermentation beneath the surface of society, and their readiness to burst forth even ill times of peace ; and his Imperial Mejesty will probably, theref o re , n ot dissent from the op i n i on that the first counsel -8114 n ' Y be the signal for a state o f thi ngs more disastrous even than those caamiticethat war in ev it a bl y b r i ngs iu its train. But such a war would be the result of the dissolution and dismember . meat of the Turki s h sin ire ; and , hence the anxiety of her Majesty's Governmentto avert the catastrophe. • Nor can they admit that the signs of Turkish .docaY , are now either more evident or more rapid than of late years : • ther e is' still - great energy and great wealth in Turkey : a disposition to improve' the system et government! .i. not "'milting; corrup tion, .. though upfortunately great, is still not of a character, nor asaarted to an extent, that threatens • the existence of the ' staai-i'<iiie treatment of Chr i s ti a ns is not ha rs h , and tho tole ration , exhibited'by thePorto towards' this Portio n o f i ts sub jects, might serve as an example"to mom& moments w h o look with contempt upon Turkey as a barbarous power. Her Majesty'e OoVernment believe that Turkey . only requires for bearance on the part - of its Allies, and aaleternaination not to press their claims in a Manuel' humiliating! to the dignity and independence of the 2SailtMs .—ththat friendly ' support, -in short, that, with f : '3B the N. . itAiVitlU4S; ' the weak are entitled ' to expect from _ t strong order ~not -only to prolong its c r al aence s; . _.but to remove _ all , & ani s ,of 01ai.,, '' ' as dissolution. It i s • this k •• of respecting , ln' , weir benevolence and ' sound European policy that her MaJestY's Governinent are desirous hf co.op ere bin .,_ g.. with the Emperor; they feel entire . doufidence in th e rectitude of his Im perial Maicao ;ntenticna, and as they have the satis laetion,of thinking that the int erests of Russia and England in the ••gast are completely identical, they entertain an earnest hope 'that a strengthen thesimilar poky s there will prevail, and tend to alliance between the two , countries, which it is alike the object of her Majeati r M and her. Govern `merit tepromote. You will give a copy of this despatch 'to having the hon our to the Chancellor or to the Ensp rin the event of your again rooeiTed )37 aw imperial Majesty. I am, e re. : • 4e, ' ' ' (si gvi d) CLARENDON. 'rr7:' er , , • • No. 1,1. S tg G. H. SEYMOUR TO TUE EARL OF CLARENDON. (Received March 26.) .. . (Secret and eonfidential.) St. Petersburg, March 12, 1853. he placed in my My Lord _r Chane e bawls a eo llo py r sent for me this morning, vite n 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 a conduct of her Ma jesty's Government; that uo reproach passage in the paper as reflecting upon the had been intended, and that the Chancellor would do well to see me and to st a t e that if it should be My wish, the paper might be taken back and altered. . — Alt; a few moments' reflection it, occurred to me that th e which I bad received were sufficient, 80 that a, le be obtained of the Emperor's amicabl e i n t entions, explanations . cor could and that the paper, if taken back, ‘ might be altered. in more than one of its passages ; I therefore stated that, instead, of changing the memorandum, I would suggest that hi s E xcel _ leucy e should write me a few lines explanatory of the purport of the passage which I had considered objectionable. To this the Chancellor at once acceded, and it only remained for me to request that his Excelloney would be kind enough