The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-21 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The following telegraphic dispatch is published in
the Independassee Beige. It is needless to say the
intelligence must be received with great caution.

" MAILSEILLES, Thursday Evening.
" The English steamer Caradoc has just arrived
from Constantinople. It brings the intelligence that
Prince Menschikoff does not regard as sufficient
satisfaction the dismissal of the Turkish Minister of
War. He has presented an ultimatum, which the
Divan has refused. The Sultan has invoked the
immediate help of France and England. The fleet
of Sebastopol was ready to start for the Bosphorus."

The Frenchjonrnals publish the following, under
date Constantinople, March 5 :—" The arrival of the
Russian special ambassador, Prince Nlcntschikoff, has
excited great sensation here, as he is mid to be the
bearer of an ultimatum from the Emperor of Russia,
which will admit of no modification. He is accom-
panied by the general-in-chief of the Russian army
in Bessarabia, and the admiral commanding the
Russian fleet at Sebastopol, who are placed under
his orders, and will, in the event of tae Porte re-
fusing to comply with the demands of Russia, return
to their poets and commence operations. What
these demands are has not transpired officially. Re-
port says that the Emperor of Russia insists, among
other things, on a revision of the decision relative to
the Holy Places, on the cession of a tract of terri-
tory of 134 square miles near Ararat, and the recoil-
sitlas of the independence of the Montenegrins."
Accounts from Constantinople to the Bth, by way
of Vienna, state that before embarking at Odessa
Prince Menzikoff reviewed: the Russian fleet in the
Black Sea, and the corps of disembarkation which
Russia has kept on a war footing in the port of
Sebastopol since 1833. Twenty-seven vessels of
war, three ships of the line,frigetes or large steamers,
and thirty thousand soldiers, were assembled on this
occasion, and the greatest Mal %vas given to it, with,
it is supposed, the view of making en impression at
Constantinople. The Prince then proceeded to Con-
stantinople, and arrived in that -on the 28th ult.

. . city ti....
left Paris to-day. X Bouquency, the newly ap- He was" accompanied by Count Dimitri Nesselrode,
pointed French minister at Vienna, who contem. as secretary,bytwogenerals, one of themGen.Nipealet-
plated passing some days at his country house near seinski, commsnder-in-chief of the sth corps d'armes,
Orleans, will, in consequence of the altered aspect of by two admirals, one of them Vice Admiral Coralleg
affairs, go to Vienna immediately. commanding the naval forces in the Black fies, by
The Bourse has been exceedingly agitated to-day two colonels and two lieutenant-colonels as aideeie-1
in consequence of the threatening aspect of affairs in camp, and by five captains as orderly-alum Since
Turkey. There is no positive news of a later date the celebrated embassy of Koutousoff at the end of
than yesterday ; but the confirmation of the intelli- the last century, no mission of the kind has been seen
gene. that Colonel Rose had sent the Wasp steamer at Constantinople.
to Malta to ask Admiral Dundas to bring his fleet Prince Menzikoff and his suite were received, on
into the neighbourhood of the Dardanelles has pro- disembarking at Topkhane by all the employes of
doted a feeling of considerable alarm even amongst the Russian embassy, and by between 6,000 and
the most soberminded. The way in which the matter 8,000 Russian subjects or members of the Greek re-
in noticed by the government journals is considered ligion, and he was escorted by them with great pomp
ominous. The Patris of last night, alluding to the to his hotel. On the 2nd March the Prince went to
panic at the Bourse yesterday, said that the report of the Porte to pay a visit to the Grand Vizier, but,
the English fleet having entered the Dardanelles was contrary to all usages, he did not appear in the not-
° Mee," and that "ir the fleet had left Malta it was form of his grade, but in plain clothes. What took
esili Is pressed to the lonian Islands ; but after a place in the interview is not precisely known ; but
*Ws reflection the twin organs of the Tuileries, what is certain is, that when, on taking his leave,
the Pays and the Censtitutionnel, speaking in the the Grand Vizier invited him, in conformity with the
same identical words, say—" Admitting what as yet diplomatic image at Constantinople, to pay a visit to
is not positively known to be the fact, that the the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Effendi, who
squadron has left Malta, it is physically impoe- was waiting to receive him, he replied in a very loud
sible that its ulterior movements could be known and very disdainful tone, and before several wit-
in Paris, and moreover, it could not yet have names, that he would not see that minister, as
arrived at the Dardanelles." This remarkable change his government, and especially its accredited minis-
of tons has greatly tended to induce the belief that ter at Constantinople, M. Ozeroff, had to reproach
the movement of the English fleet is very serious. him with several breaches of faith. In consequence
The fall in the Refute has not been more than 80c., of this Fuld Effendi gave in his resignation. It is
and, doubtless, if war were thought imminent, it said in one of the letters from Constantinople that
would have been vastly more considerable. But the demands made by Prince Menzikoff on the
people say this : there are 80 chances to 1 against Grand Vizier, and supported by this demonstration,
war, the interest and desire, both of France and Eng- were not leas offensive to the Porte than the remarks
land, points to peace, we have great reliance on the on one of its ministers. It was said, amongst other
skill of diplomacy, but we cannot help seeing that • things (bat this statement must be received with
crisis has arisen of which no man can foretell the end. doubt) that the Prince demanded, in the name of his
The insolent attitude assumed towards the Porte by government, that the Emperor of Russia should
the Russian Minister, Prince Menschikoff, is the sub- henceforth be officially recognised as the protector
ject of mush anxious comment. He has appeared of the Greek Christiana, subjects of Turkey, as
soddenly at Constantinople, accompanied by an im- France has been for some centuries of the catholic,
posies train of followers, such as has never been seen n the Levant ; and that the election of the
in the Turkish capital since the celebrated Patriarch of Constantinople should henceforth be
embassy of Koutousoff, at the end of made by the Greeks, and confirmed by the Emperor
the last century. Among his followers, of Russia, to the exclusion of the Sultan, who at
are two generals, one of them the commander-in- present has the right of nomination and investiture.
chief of a division of the army, and two admirals, of fhe day after this interview Feed Effendi was re-
whom Admiral Corniloff is the commander of the placed (as already announced) by Rifest Pacha, who
Remise fleet in the Black Sea. Besides this, he has had been nominated ambassador at Vienna, and who
positively insulted Feed Effendi, the liberal Minister is considered one of the chiefs of what is called the
of Foreign Affairs, who, in consequence of this in- Austrian party, at Constantiuople. The uninietess
suit, has resigned, and made way for Rifest Pasha, a held a council the same day, and put thawed's§ be
leading member of the notorious Austrian party in communication with the foreign diplomatic hi*.
Turkey. In the face of this bullying attitude of the On the 4th March, either on the selicitation elf So
Russian minister, fears are reasonably entertained Divan or spontaneously, the English chary&
that events may have occurred which would leave d'affaires, Colonel Rose, according to another letter
the English admiral, in obedience to contingent in- from Constantinople, proposed to send a steamer
'unctions no choice but to act with energy and to Admiral Dundee, commanding the English
promptitude in support of our ancient ally. fleet in the Mediterranean, oho was then
The Illoniteur contains a decree of considerable im- at Malta, inviting him to approach the Dar-
portance which, although it is undoubtedly a step in danelles with his fleet. The proposition was,
the direction of free trade, may perhaps be thought it is said, at are accepted; bat on the Bth it seemed
indicative of an intention not to progress very fast to be set aside. On the Bth, however, the English
towards that goal. Hereafter mineral ore (minerals) vessel the Wasp was sent off to Malta with a letter
of all sorts, excepting only sulphur ore, is to be ad- from Colonel Rose for Admiral Dundee, and with
milted into France in French ships and by land despatches to be forwarded to London via Marseilles.
carriage free of duty, and in foreign ships atone franc ; The fleet of Admiral Dudes consists of six men-of-
the 100 kilos. Roots of Spanish liquorice are to be , war and a dozen frigates and smaller vessels; but if
admitted in French ships free of duty, and in foreign 1 circumstances should require, it can easily be doubled.
ships and by land at two francs the 100 kilos. The The arrangements for the establishment of a new
French tariff is so exceedingly complicated, that I bank at Constantinople were proceeding very nub•
profess myself unable to-day to describe the prtcuse factorily. Ten of the principal bankers and me,
bearing of this decree upon the present rate of chantsof the city—eight of them Armenians, and two
duties. It however undoubtedly affords considerably Europeans, ai• ti be the founders of the bank. These
increased facilities for the import of rough ore ' gentlemen are MM. Miran and Boghos I/az, Ahea-
d all kinds. The decree, however, falls fur short of ; ham Alaverdi, ()canes Tinghir, Bedros Yaglisian,
the wants of the iron manufacturers, who it is , Dine, Psichari, J. 13. Belisigdji, Das id Glumly, and
thought will get little or no benefit from it, and if Hanson. They have adopted a scheme drawn ay by
it is to be considered as the stitinutoant of the Supe- a Mr. Stanley, representative of some important
rice Commercial Council now sitting, the prospect of London houses. It was said that • Frenchman, M.
a liberal tariff is poor indeed. Trouve.Chauvel, at one time Minister of Finance
A Military Commission has been appointed to con- under the provisional government, was to be at the
eider whether the manoeuvres ,au pas yymnastiyua head of the bank; but it appears he had only been