The Press.
London, England, 1853-09-10 00:00:00

THE TURKISH NOTES.

'rhe text of the " :tote" transmitted from Vienna
to Constantinople and St. l'etetsburg, fur the sic-
oeptance of the Sultan anal the Emiwror of Russia,
by way of terminating their i I M4'1144.4, aplN•arrd in
last week's l'ist.:sas, together with the " modifications.'
which the Pattie hay required to ha made UI the
draft. .'t new note hats now appeared, signed
by lta schial l'ee's, as Foreign littister, explaining
anal enfureiseg the motives whereon these moditica•
than, were based. After regretting that a former
• MOW." trwismitted lung since from eastistatstitsople,
hail not pro,litceal the satisfactory result expected
fmast it, aii,l sichnowle.lging, with slue gratitude, the
11111%1 ant 1'1101,1414a of the Four hovers, and their
la cent ell'. ra • to bring the pending question to a
'latrine icutisination, the a% viler of this note proceeds
to notice the Several changes which are required in
their bile Hutt., and the reason for making them
The first If the points %Ilia cause the Sublime Potts
to hesitate is the Ivlhntiug paragraph ;--

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" ' If at all times the Eutperoot of 'Mania have inanifesh,,l their
active aolicittade for the maintenance tbf the hoe 1111 l ides and pri-
vilege of the Orthodox Greek Church In the ottonnut
the 5111140114 have never refused to row...crate them afresh by

solcum acts.'
" That the Emperors of Russia should tnnnifest theii
solicitude for the prosperity of the clone!' 111111 the religion
that they profess is natural, and calls for 1111 111/14CIAUti/111
lint, nel.llriling GI till' 1111111g1111111 111111101 111/011', it might be
understood that the privilege of the Oreek ('Lurch in the
mbites of the Sublime Porte have only been maintained by
the active solieittale of the Emperors of Russia.
" It must be remarked. that the fact of placing in a note
to be adopted by the Sublime Porte the paragraph above
mentioned, touching religious privileges which have been
granted and maintained without the part iripation of any
person whatever, would imply and would offer pretexts to
the Russian flovernment to advance pretensions to mix
itself up in such things.
" No one would consent to draw down upon himself the
blame of his contemporaries, as well as of posterity, by ad-
mitting the establishment of a state ',fillings as hurtful for
the present as for the future.
" No servant of the august Imperial Ottoman Family
would dare, or Wlllllll be capable of Owing on piip4.l. w411'1114
which would tend to weaken the glory of institutions which
the Ittomein emperors have founded by a spontaneous
movement of personal generosity and innate benevolence
"The second point to be botelted upon is the paragraph
in the draft of note relative to the treaty of Kainardji. As
no one can deny the existence of this treaty, and as it is
continued by that Of Adrit ((((( kite, it is abundantly evident
that its precast' stipulations will be faithfully observed.
"If in inserting the paragraph menu .41 there was any
intenti4/11 of 1.1111/lidering the religious jorivileges as the
natural result I spirit of the tn.itly of Kiiitionlji, the real
and precise' stipitlat• of this treaty is limited to the
single prt tttt is 4. of the Sublime Porte of itself to protect the
Christian religion. The paragraphs that the Sublime
Porte might, with regard to religions privileges, insert in
the note age will sign, ought, as it lots always been de-
clared either verbally or in writing, to express mottling but
assurances eal4.llliited to banish the doubts put forward by
the I tovernment of Russia, and which have formed the sub-
jeet Of these dismiss' .
" But to fortify by new ties the religious identity already
existing lietween a great elinimunity of the subjects of Ile.
Sublime Porte and It foreign power to give to the t invert,-
Men* or Russia a motive to pretend to 19(1.11•3111. a right 44f
surveillance and interferettee iu Knelt midterm would Is., in
some sort, to a4linit a participation in sovereign rights, and
to endanger the 111i1414111C11 of the empire. It is therefore
totally impossible for the tiovernment of his Majesty the
Sultan 111 /11011.111 111,4114 h a proposition without being rsoreed.
" And the third point relates to the tttt ission elmeeded
to the 1 ;reek rite to share 11l the advantage conceded 111
other Christian rites. 'there can be no doubt that the 1111.
IWIIIIII lillVl.lllllll`lll Will 11111 111`Sli1/111: 111 permit the Oreek
rite to share not only iu the advantages which the Govern-
'tient has of its own will granted to other communions of
the Christian religion professed by communities of its sub.
Jects, but also in 111111.11° which it may concede to they in
halm.. It is superfluous, therefore, to add thitt the I'olll'
Will be jitstitied in not admitting the employment ofexpres-
Milllll4 Flll equivocal as particular etsavetithins or stipulations
its 11114111 r of 11 great CO *ty of so many millions of sub-
jeets professing the ;reek rite.
" Such being the lioints which present inelinvenienee to
the Sublime Pistil', it 4. t, notwithstanding the greatest
respelt fertile adviee of the high powers its allies, mid its
sincere desire to renew its whitlows with the I topetial t to-
veniment of Russia. its friend tool tivighloottr. resist
trusting to the equity and justice of the great powers the
considerati tttt relative to its rights of sovereignty and ind 4.•

" If, however, the last draft of note coniposed by t Ilt•
Sithijmi. irie is oeeepteil, or if that of Vienna rreehes
the Illegked moiliticatioons, the onions' g will Ise
ready to sign either of these two anths, turd to Sella im-
mediately an amliasosslior extrattrilinary upon condition of
the evitenatio on of the principalities. The llovernment of
the Sublime Porte expects moreover a sabstantial guarantee
am the part of the gn'ut powers against any future inter-
ferenee, and any ocenpatiion from time no time of the prin-
eipalities of V 1 allowhia and Moldavia: and the object of the
1 Ittoinau t foovernment in arming itself beforehand with such
ellei•SSiVe 111W11111 • is to prevent any occurrimee that
alight bring hark misunderstandings loctween the two em-
pires, litter the Sold' • Porte has renewed its retail 4444 s
with the Court of Russia.
" The points of the draft of Vienna relative to the affivir
of the flatly Places, and the el Inst meti 111 l of a church
and
hospital at Jerusalem, have met with the complete sanction
of the sublime Porte.
" The Sublime Porte, wishing to give another proof of
its particular regards for the powers whose signatures were
'Mixed to the treaty of INII.is trail---Alt Isatgli the dyad it
composed lately would naturally be pri.ferrill—to accept
the draft of Vielinll, with the inoolificathois it hits made.
and hopes that the powers, which have always rveogniseil
from the very es l minium, of the question the rights of
11w Imperial (iovertiment, andurrulenuuritbslati,rrrs oftheir
Wild feel i lig, will, appreciating these modifications, net ac-
cordingly." (Signed) " Itystituo.”

INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA IMAMS.
THE Lords of the Admi►alty have just. published
permanent tables of routes for the eontraet packets
belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental company.
The packets are to leave Sonatalnptott on the 4th
and 20th of the month ; Marseilles, the 11th and 27th ;
Bombay, the 4th and 20th ; Calcutta for England, the
6th and tlt►th ; Hong Kong, the 1 lth and 27th ; an►d
Sydney, the 20th ; Port Phillip, the 21th ; and Ade-
laide, the 27th of every alternate month. The
packet* arc to arrive at Southampton uu thu Zrth and

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21st of the month ; at Marseilles, from abroad, on
the 14th and 30th ; at Bombay, from Pont de 6alle,
on the 2nd and Mit ; at Calcutta, from England, on
the 2nd and lath ; at Hong Kong, on the 10.11 and
; and at Adelaide, on the sth; Port Phillip, on
the 11th ; and at Sydney, on the 14th of every alter-
nate month. 'f he coaling stations of the packets are
to be Southampton, Malta, Alexandria, Suez, Aden,
Point de (lane, Madras, Calcutta, Singapore, Hong
Kong, Penang, I tatavia, and at all the Australian ports,
except Port Phillip. The following are the number
of days on winch the mails are to be conveyed by
the packets to their several destinations from South-
ampton, viz., Gibraltar, 5 days ; Malta, 131; Aden,
221; Ceylon, 31; Madras, ; Calcutta and Singa-
pore, 42 ; Bombay, 45 ; Hong Kong, 50; King
tleorg4.b's Sound, 5s ; Adelaide, 84 ; Port Phillip, 621;
and Sydney, 70. The stoppage of the packets at
Alexandria to wait for mails by other packets is to
vary from to N liar; ; at Suez, from sto If days ; at
Point de (hallo the stoppage is to extend to 5 days.
Between October and March the packets may touch
at Cossier, in the Rol Sea. From May to August
the packets from Hong Kong and Calcutta are to
leave five days earlier, and between November and
February they are allowed to reach Hong Kong 5
days later than the above specified time, and 4 days
extra is allowed the homeward Sydney packet to
reach its destination during the prevalence of the
adverse trade wind. The Admiralty and Oriental
Company have power to order the Bombay and !Raw
Kong packets to call at other places than Point de
(lane, Penang, and Singapore: and the Admiralty
have power to require the homeward Australian
packet to proceed direct from King George's Sound
to Point de (lane.
According to the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's monthly list of their fleet and officers, just
published, they have 47 ships, 40 commanders, 136
chief, second, third, fourth, and fifth officers, 29
surgeons, 31 pursers, supercargoes, and clerks, and
113 engineering officers.
A mail communication between England and
Bombay direct is not included in the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's contract. The communication
can only be made, therefore, rid Ceylon.