The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1853.

acknowledgment may be applied on them. This
must be done within ten days from this date, so that
they may continue to circulate between your expe-
-1 •
mimed merchants and our subjects as heretofore;
They are not to themselves to the bank for
chafrging them until we inform you, after which
everything shall be as it was; and whoever shall
wislst4ohsuge in the bank may do it, agreeable to
the •torftcription written oh .the very body of the
notes.
" We have authorised our beloved, faithful, and
trustworthy Minister -of the' Interior, oar son Mus-
tapha Kasnadar, to apply the mark of acknowledg-
ment on the notes and permits.
"Continue to be under the Lord's safe keeping.
Written 2nd Shaban, 1269 (10th )fay, 1833. r
(A true translation.)

Interpreter to the British goiernment.

beca.edil more objectionable than Art. 1; and, should I
the British government insist on its acceptance, the
Porto had almost rather be deprived of its aid, and
endeavour, proario Marte, to extricate herself from
her present difficulties. It is for her at once a ques-
tion of honour, of security, and of existence itself.
The arsuments used to combat these views have
been, it is believed, ineffectual ; sod the minister
added, that the projects of settlement 'proposed
by different governments had only the effect of mul-
tiplying the embarrassments of the Porte, for that
the one prejudicial to her interests would be precisely
that most likely to find favour with the Russian
cabinet. Reshid Pacha, lastly, declared, however
impossible it appeared that any suchproposition should
be for a moment admitted by a majority in council
for his part, rather than sign it, he would instantly
retire from the ministry. This implies a strong
conviction, and all, it appears, declare with one
voice, that should a refusal end in war, and the empire
succumb in the struggle, far better this, than abdicate
voluntarily its honour and independence.
The note of the 28th of July, will merit, it is
anticipated here, the approbation and support of all
Europe. It was framed by Reshid ruche, and sp•
proved, as you are aware, by the representatives of
the great powers. We are anxiously expecting in
about ten days the reply of the Russian cabinet.
England is losing, as I have repeatedly observed,
from day to day, her credit, influence, and popularity
in this country, while France is progressing in the
same proportion, a necessary consequence of her
firm attitude in every stage of these transactions.
The Greek consul at Yam), proceeded in full uni-
form to compliment the Russians on their arrival, and
assisted in the same trim at the Te Deum on the
following day. This, of course, will be officially con-
Idemned by his government, and it has led meantime
to the withdrawing of his erequatur by the Porte.
Advices from 'lrebisond bear testimony to the
good feeling and public spirit of the population in
that town and its vicinity. Turks and Christians
with one accord have offered their services gratis to
the governor, Sarim Pasha, for the repairs of the
batteries and other works now in progress. The
same has happened at Varna, my correspondent
writes,and the fortifications have been put in order
there also by voluntary labour.
This letter would have reached you two days
earlier, via Galats and Vienna, but the Sulina mouth
of the Danube, as you are perhaps aware, is almost
completely blocked up, and for the reasons stated by
Lord Palmerston to the House of Commons. Per-
haps 300 vessels are in durance vile, and likely. to
be so for many months more. The bank is increasing
prodigiously, it is said, owing to the culpable and
wilful neglect of the Russians, who are now least of
all disposed to facilitate any ingress to their snug
winter quarters.

The Poses; Gazette announces that the Emperor of
Russia is no longer expected at Warsaw, and that he
will not visit Poland this year.
A letter from Galatz, 12th, in the Breslau Gazette,
says:—" A Russian commission arrived some days
since at the mouths of the Sulina, charged to examine
the river, and propose a plan for improving its en-
trance. A French colonel of engineers, named
Magna, has been for the last eight days at Kunko-
witza. a frontier town of Bulgaria, near Galatz, direct-
ing the works of the fortifications: lie has recently
made a journey throughout the whole of Bulgaria for
the same object.