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gins which are invoked can serve to such solid bases as the
rretensions of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg imagine.
flw question of injuries sustained musing. That which
Russia reproaches tea the Porte is a want of proper proceed-
ings. Every tiovernment, without doubt. is the proper
judge of the requirements of its own dignity, but the repa-
ration must be proportionate to the oAi•nee. Men• souk.
ONO and expr'sstons of regret constitute, ordinarily, the
reparation of a neglect of lona. it is the first time we see
it exae•tedd front a Sovereign M a similar roue—the slant-
donment of his unwed influenee over a large portion of his
subjects. I will add that, if Russia considers as an injury
the tergiversations of the Porte in the affair or the bens.
Saints, Franee might with equal reason address to it the
same reproaches. and that if she has abstained from so
doing it is because' she has taken into eonsidenif the
embamessments of a 'lower which, hurries' along by two
opposing cnirents, and of am equal stren►th, thought itself
unable to keep its equilibrium, except by contrneting ace
all sides omtradietory obligations.
"Tie saint, spirit of moderation has bedewed the leoo•
venonclit of his Imperial Majesty to allow for the diff'e'r•
ewe of the ' 's the changes operatol a century sines• in
the intereourse of the ditli'n'ut itoweis, and of 'Russia in
panieular, with the Ottoman empire; and, though we
could have invoked in support of the demands of the holy
fathers of ' 'Terre Sainte' the clauses of a funnel treaty,
we asked tin• nothing which could deprive• the tireeks of
the advantages which re ruts hail placed in their lun►ds ;
fin• from it—we consented that a seminary ad Id Is'
opened to them, that of the• mosque of the Ascension, the
areeSii to %hide Whiff orbidden tat lieni,and which the rent
exertions of a French ambassador, the Admiral Roussiu,
had partly restored to Christian worship. As to the key
of the great gate of the elnweh of Bethlehem, of which so
marl► has beige said, it has lwen forgotten to observe that
the tireeks have one precisely -• 'par, and that that of
the lattices, feu• fr►m seasm.ing to them the proprietorship of
a AIWA ahielpi reserved for the other mom 1111 l nom ace-
ellreb•ti tea them only a free passage'. It has Ma been
relleelabereil also that in reparation of a promise given to
the I,egation of Russia by the I►ivan, and forgotten when
the En•neli Embassy met-heel another, one of the two
tinutins destined to regulate the question of the Lien:•
Saints concoled, on the &Malta of Print. Mens•hikotf, to
the 4 ;reek Patriarele of .lentsalens, the ,',elusive sullrerin•
tendons. of the rebuilding the grand dome of the church
of the Holy Sepulchre.
.%11 these facts, sir. if they cannot non' invalidate unr
titio:, under pain of onsthnowing the generally reeoguised
princihq4 of piddle right, than would ece•n a treaty, con•
eluded without, our pattieipt• . constitute, ie'verthe'less,
ede'rogat' . •or less intimated, if not of the r'ce't►t.
viegage'me•uts of the Porte towards els, which our dignity
imposed the duty on us to tee he entirely respected,
at least to the precise• test of nut• capitulations of 1740.
'• If, then, his intentions had been less concilistory, had
he not lost► convinced that lune. of the parties contracting
the convention eel' the 13th July, 1/4 11, eolith' loot use• all
their rights anterior to this European transact' without
• g the risk of compromising the repose which the
eollective guarantee of the plwe'►'s hall for object, tee assure
to the 4 )ttomucea Porte, the tiovenunent of his Imperial'
claje•sty would heave had the' right, not only to have put
forwanl its reserves, which KM diplonuitie
usage, hut, in its tuna, tic have mattered n►ctra es.
'• It is 'mother line Of that France has followed,
and the meslen►tion of which she ham given proofs, besides
relieving her from all responsibility in the present crisis,
gives her equally the right to hope that the sarritices she
has made for the maintenance of tranquillity in the East
will not be thrown away, and that the Cabinet of St.
Petersburg, actuated by the same considerations, will fuel
a Method for eonciliating its pretensions with the pr•mgn•
tees of the sovereignty of the Sultan, and settle otherwise
them by fierce a differenee of which so many interests are
emu-ernes' in the solution.
" 1 authorise you, sir, to communieste this despatch to

(Signed )
" itecemeey, &v."
The queen Christina has arrived in Paris with a
large suite. There is no news of any sort. Every
one is waiting for the " toot d'ordre" from L►n
on the Oriental question.

" DitourN Taluvs.

The Constitationnel states that the note which has
been addressed to Russia by England and France,
as a last means of conciliation, has likewise been ap-
proved by Prussia and Austria.
An article in the Moe'hear is devoted to a descrip-
tion of the fortified cities in Germany, of the valito
of the majority of which, in a strategical point of
view, but an indifferent opinion is expressed. Of
Vienna it is stated that experience has repeatedly
shown its inability to resist an army, viz., in 1M415,
Istal, and 1$ I. Antwerp is included amongst the
German fortresses, as it is stated it ought to be re-
garded as serving rather to the defence of Germany
than of the country in which it is situated.
The police authorities are following up the inves-
tigation relative to the plot of the Opera Combine,
which it now appears was but a ramification of the
one which was to have come off at the Hippodmme.
It is ascertained that the chief conspirators, who are
most of them strangers (Belgians or Germans), lout
made every preparation for an insurrection. The
moment they bad despatched the Emperor and all
who were with him, groups, who had been Mat' td
at various points, were, on a given signal, to have
raised the cry of " Aux crews !" to have thrown up
barricades, and immediately to have put to death all
the public fu netiouaries they evuld lay their lauds

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on. The Red Republic was to have been proclaimed,
and a reign of terror established. Such, at all events,
is what is reported.
The news of the harvest which arrives from various
parts of France is most favourable. To provide for
all contingencies, however, the Oovernment has pur-
chased large quantities of corn in England and else-
where. The first transports of this corn have reached

Havre.
As a syniptom of the increasing hostility of the
French tiovenitnent to Russia, it is remarked that

the Charicari is allowed to (ui' eature the Emperor
Nicholas. M. de Kisseleff is said to have complained
of the indignities thrown upon his master.

11F.1.611TM.
The marriage of the Duke of Brabant with the
Are!Ouches?' Mary lieuriet will positively take place
at Vienna on the 12th August by procurat►on, and in
Brussels about August Strd, when the event will be
marked by numerous popular festivities.
The new French Minister at the Belgian Court,
:M. Adolphe Damn, is ecpected next week. when his
predecessor. M. do Butenval, will present his letters
of recal, and go to Paris to occupy his post in the
Council of State. The name, if not the person, of
his suceessor is considered a kind of concession to
the ()demist connection of the Court.

GERMANY.

Reports that the Austrians had invaded Bosnia
were current during the week, but possessed no fur-
ther foundation than the establishment of a strong
corps d'obsereation at Peterwardein, near the Turkish
frontier. Considerable movements of Austrian troops
are observable, particularly near the Adriatic. Forces
are concentrating in Dalmatia, near the borders of
Ilerzegovine, and in the direction of Croatia. The
Italians in the service of Austria have been remov►d
from the Italian frontier, and sent into the interior.
These movements have excited some suspicion.
The Emper►r of Austria has granted a pardon to
the Bishops of Nettsold and Csanad, who were in
prison in consequence of the part they took in the
Hungarian revolution of 11449.
The Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar expired on the
morning of the std, in the palace of Belvedere, at
Weimar, after a lingering malady. His suceetusor,
the brand Duke Charles Alexander, announced the
same day h►s aeeession to the thr►ne by a prs•lanra-
1' in which he declares that he will reign in con •
fortuity with the existing constitution, and that he
intends continuing in their platys the various func-
tionaries apps►intsi by his august father.
The King and Queen of Hanover arrived safely in
their capital on the oth inst. It was expected that
the King would speedily issue a pr►clanmatiun ON to
the differences between his Ministry and the Second
Chamber. The tiover►meut has requested of the
Frankfurt Diet a prolongation of the term allowed
for revising the constitution, being re►olvel to make
one more attempt to adjust the claims of the knightly
remelted rants.
The Cr►wn Prince was attacked by measles imme-
diately on his return to Hanover.
SPAIN.

The pretensions suddenly put forth by Spain to
the patronage of the Holy Places, and the appoint
ment of a Spanish consul at Jerusalem in connec-
tion with them, are generally considered in Madrid
as silly and impolitic pnweedings, which will lead to
no useful result. The Nacion asserts that Spain has
no right whatever t►► the patronage claimed, and eon •
ileums the 11111 l Mint' of a mnisul at Jerusalem, as
either tending to make the eountry ridiculous, or, if
the appointment be acemnpanied by a suitable en-
dowment, as leading to a large expenditure front
which no good can result.
The Queen's pregnancy is expected to be an-
nounced very shortly. It is said that she will aoou
enter on the fifth month.