The Press.
London, England, 1853-07-09 00:00:00

JULY 9, 1853

" Be it known to our beloved and fiiitliftil subjects,
" The defence of our faith hati AlWelyti hero the sacred duty of
our blessed ancestors.
" From the day it pleased the Almighty to place 1110 Olt the
thmne of our fathers. the maintenance of the holy iffiligat. s,
with which it is inseptirald) •eted, has been the object
•mr constant care KW alltvIltioll; these, acting an the gr„
work of the famous treaty of 6iiuidjir, which subsequent solemn
trestles with the tat 44444 all forte 114%e fully co:almost. have ever
been directA4 towards upholding the rights of our eltunli.
" But to our extreme grief. in latter times. notwithstanding
MI our efforts to defend the invbdithility of the rights and pri% i-
leges of our orthodox l'hureli. utmeermis wilful acts of the Otto-
Mall Porte have infringed upon these rights. and threaten litliliv
the entire overthrow of all that ancient discipline so precious to
orthodoxy,
" .411 our efforts to restrain the forte from such sets have
proved in vain, MO even the word Of the Sultan, solemnly give..
us by himself, was SOoll faithless 4 bmken.
" Baying exhausted all meats of eollVietioll, and hat% lug in
vnin tried all the means by Which our just claims could be penee-
ahly toljusteil, we have deemed it indispensable in r our
unities into the provinces on the Danube. in *inter that the Porte
holy See to what her stubbornness may lead.
" lhtt, even now, we have no intention of commencing war;
in occupying those priivinees, we %%loll* to hob' a stitheient pbAgo
to guarantee for ourselves the rewstablisl rut of our rights

lee any circumstances u hate% er.
"Wedo ma seek tit conquesis Ittissia does not require them.
We seek to vindicate Otiose 60'3 which have been MI 014'111Y

"We are ete•n yet read• to stop the moveinenta of our a►•mies,
if the Ottoinati Porte will bind itself solemnly to respeet the in-
violability of the orthodox ; but if obf.tliaa•Y and blindness
will it otherwise, then, rolling God to our aid, we leave it to 111111
to decide our quarrel, and, iu full eouHdrurr in the right hand of
the Almighty, we shall -e forward on behalf of the orthodox
faith.

"Given at Peterhoff on the 14th (Nth) ility of .Inne, in the year
of the birth of t'ln•ist 1•443, mid °font reign the VOL_

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Settle.' in tilt, Senate in St. Petersburg on the I till (2M11)
.1101 e, lssl.
"'l'o the migintil of this document the own Italia of his Its-
jesty is signed. " NlKill.Al."

Instructions were forwarded on the day following
the preparation of this manifesto to the generals
commanding on the frontiers to enter the Principali-
ties. Obeying these commands, a body of the army
crossed the Pruth on the 2nd inst., under General
Danenburg, and proceeded to occupy Witlllwhin.
Another force on the :Ira also crossed the river by
Skolao, and encamped in Moldavia. The long-
threatened invasion of Turkey is thus accomplished.
Assurances were, !however, given to the Hospodars
that no change would be made in the government of
the principalities.
General Gortschakoff was expected at Bucharest.
it was reported that M. Ozeroff, who has already
been concerned in the diplomatic transactions,
ordered again to Constantinople to commence fresh
negotiations.
New imposts have been levied in Russia on trade,
and on all branches of industry, as a provision for the
war expenditure.
In Turkey the armaments are carried on with great
zeal. The excitement of the populace has risen to
such a height that the Government scarcely ventures
to mention the word " negotiations."
The Austrian Internuncio, M. Bruck, has endea-
voured to conciliate matters, but to no purpose. In
the position of affairs at the Porte a compromise
would lead to civil war.

.
Admiral Mustapha Pasha has left Constantinople
for the Bay of Besika, to settle with the British
and French admirals as to the most convenient
anangements for the anchoring of the fleets in the
Dan'similes. Two officers of the Retribution, and

two of the Citapto/, have been ordered to inspect and

report on the fortifications of the Bosphorus.
Riots have taken place in Smyrna in consequence
of the forcible arrest of an aide-de-camp of Kossuth.
By way of retaliation a marine officer, the son of a
field-ma►shal, had been assassinated. The hotel of
the Austrian Consul was guarded by Austrian
soldiers.
Coinnumications from Odessa state that trade is
completely stagnant from the apprehension felt of
seeing the port suddenly closed, and all exportation
and importation of goods rendered impossible. No
one has any confidence in the future ; and at Jassy
and t:alatz the foreign firms are getting in their
capital.