The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-27 00:00:00

TURRET AND THE PRINCIPALITIES.

It may be remembered that in the beginning of
August last several of the German journals spoke of
a circular on the subject of the union of the two
Danubian principaliues, addressed by the Turkish
government to the powers which have been parties
to the treaty of Paris. The foreign journals now pub-
Bah the document, in which the Poets declares itself
most strongly against the union, entering at length
into an examination of the various points of the
question. It Is not, however, as might be supposed,
in the name of the principle of its sovereignty that
the Porte calls for the maintenance of the present
inanition ; it is more particularly in consequent* of
the superior advantages which it declares must accrue
both to itself and to the principalities from these
latter remaining as they are at present. As the con-
clusion of the document is of most importance, we
subjoin it. It is thus worded:

If the allied pooen examine this matter with that clear
sighted and Madly spirit which Ins guided them in the
Suter. question, they will see with a. that the solos of
the two provisoes not only offers no advantage either for
the interest of tbis empire or for that of the Molds-
Iffelloaltiane, bat will produce lnconvealeatme for bath pm-
' geer sad coesequently lead to complicatioas for Lana is
gemoseL If it be necessary to meats in the principalities •
fine verve as the advanced guard of the evoke, might
ea *ore be mean of combining a union of the military
system, whieh by no atranument made coald be employed
to lbeeolavan defence? The pringple of ea oadentand.
iag at the system of the genenl dohs**, having bees
forages sad established by the act of the Congress,
aid* be applied on • more extended footing, and
coo men in conformity with the &ob. of esta-
blishing a defensive fora for Turkey in Europe. la
the same way the system of a customs, postal, sad telegrai
phio salon might be readily ananced, without it being
neassary to have moons to a total chugs is the govern.
man, TOMS/ of the two provisoes. The treaty of tin 30th
Marsh has established for the reform. to be introdneed into
lila principalities tbe price pie conmiltiog the wising' of
the two plpolations. The Sublime Potts understood, and
still understand% that by that ripulation is only meant a
rthielon of the organic mgalstiocs. To consult the wishes
of this two countries on the regime of their government,
and sonsequestly oa the relations of the empire of which
they are the snivels, would be to establish a principle and a
precedent which would yo', in OUT opinion, be conformable
to the aonstrvaties ids,' of the great powers of linrope. The
government of the Suiten ripen to see a difference of
opinioa betwi ea it and some of its allies; but, coofiding
in their spirit of justice and grad faith, and wishing
to furnish a further proof of its c nisiderstion for them, it le
unwilling to give a public refusal on this question in the
Annan for the roavocation of the Dina ad hoc, the draft of
which now oecupies oar anemias, and which will be NM
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commasicated ti the p,vrers which signed the g 1
treaty. We are ttertein beforehand that the Cabinet of
-, justly appreciwing this praof of confidence on the
part of the Sublime Porte, w•lt not refuse its co-operation
in o►taining a result conformably to our wishes, and we
may say to our right.. Whet we more particularly wish,
cud what you ought to prism en the government of -,
is to submit this question, which so el-rely ahem the to.
tersata aid the rights of the Imperial Court, not to a public
deliberation of assemblies which are not yet accustomed to
thee* street political matters, but to • serious examination
of the powers, sad to settle the question before it comes
under the already agitated passions of tho two countries,
which is their weird education may prefer utopian sc►emes
to truth and reality.