The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The Turkish goalies has passed into a new stage
of development. The St. Petersburg steamer, which
arrived at Stettin on the 7tk, landed five Russian
cabinet couriers, who immediately resumed their
journey by land to deliver despatches for the Russian
embassies at the principal courts of Eurepe. The
minister of the Czar at the French court, upon the
receipt of one of these despatches, on Friday last,
proceeded to remit to the Imperial government a
diplomatic note, in which his master explains the
attitude which he assumes towards Turkey.
In this note the Czar deckles that he will not recede
from the demands postulated in the last despatch of
Prince Menchikoff; that lie has no intention of
making war against Turkey, or interfering with the
integrity and independence of the Ottoman empire;
but that, in the event of the Divan persisting in its
rejection of his demands, he will occupy the Danubian
provinces with his army. Such occupation, how-
ever, would not be of the nature of a declaration of
war, existing treaties allowing the occupation of the
provinces under the circumstances.
The declaration contained in this note while fulfil-
ling our previsions to the letter, materially modifies
the situation. The forts of the Bosphorus, the fleets
at Sebastopol, and_-the bridge at Ismail, are all ex-
cluded from the scene to which the operations of the
Russian forces are new limited. The Czar has
wisely chosen to array his forces on a field inacces-
sible to the naval forces of France and England, and
to a certain extent changed the character of oar in-
fluence over the events which impend. The declara-
tion of intentions which the Czar makes in this note
as well as his novel interpretation of existing
treaties, may
.be rejected as surplusage. They
are for the judgment of Europe. It will be
for Turkey and her advisers, France and Eng-
land, to decide in what light an invasion
of the Danubian principalities is to be regarded. One
thing is certain, the treaties which regulate the rela-
tions of 'Moldo-Wallachia to Russia give the latter
no right whatever to enter the principalities for rea-
sons unconnected with their pod government and the
' maintenance of tranquillity. At the present moment

!both Moldavia and Wallachia enjoy profound tran-
' quillity. It is not pretended that Turkey hat TiCfr
lated the conventions which fix her relations to those
states, or that any unredressed grievances require
the intervention of the protecting power. It may,
therefore, be safely affirmed in opposition to the lan-
guage of the Russian Emperor that existing treaties
do nut allow the threatened occupation for the pur-
poses set forth in his note. lhe protectorate with
the contingent right of occupation of Moldo-Wal-
Ischia was attributed to Russia solely for the good of
the four millions inhabiting its plains; for the Czar
to exercise this power when the provinces do not re-
quire his aid, and when ho can plead merely his pri-
vate purposes, is to confound the very notion of a
protectorate as well as violate public law.

Tho English packet Caradoc, healing the orders of
Admiral Dundas, arrived at Malta on the Bth.

Letters from Constantinople of the 29th ult. state
that Recording to the latest intelligence the Russian
fleet in the Black Sea was composed of 13 ships of
the line, of which 6 carried 120 guns, namely, the
Varna, the Twelve Apostles, the Rostilar, tho Svia-
torlar, the Selafond, and the Thrie Swiakyteli ; 8
frigates of 60 guns; 6 corvettes; and 12 smaller
vessels. Notwithstanding the difficulty of procuring
accurate statements respecting the Russian arma-
ments, it had been ascertained from deserters that
the crews of the various vessels hal been raised to
their full complement, and that the 120 gun ships car-
ried a numerous artillery of large calibre. The Beet,
however, had but very tew steamers.

The revise of Vienna rectifies somewhat tardily a
statement which originated with the Debuts. Prince
Menchikoff has not undertaken any journey to St.
Petersburg since he was at Constantinople. The
prince is an admiral and not a courier. Accordingly
on arriving at Odessa he sent his despatches to St.
Petersburg, and then betook himself to Sebastopol
for a few days to inspect the fleet, returning to
Odessa in time to receive further directions from the
Czar.

Letters from St. Petersburg of June 2 state that
Prince Gottschakoff, who had been appointed to
command the active army of 120,000 men now on
the Pruth, bad been summoned to the capital to re-
ceive instructions. The Grenadier corps had been
ordered to be in readiness to march for Poland in
case it should become necessary to withdraw troops
thence. Letters from Warsaw state that Puke-
witsch is busy inspecting troops and arsenals.

The Egyptian General Colman Paella sailed on
the 2ud, in one of the Viceroys vessels, for Constan-
tinople, accompanied by several officers of the staff.
Previous to his departure he had a long conference
with the British Constd-General.

The Patrie says:—" A circumstance worthy of
remark is, that since tho late affairs of the Levant
the commercial movement between Russia and
Turkey continues the same. The number of Russian
commercial vessels arrived at the Turkish ports has
beet augmented."
The Liberti of Lisle says:—" Diplomatic relations
have rarely been more active between France and
Russia than at .present. On the 9th inst. our de-
partment was traversed at the same time by Count'
Panin, Minister of Justice in Russia, proceeding to
Paris on an extraordinary mission, and. the Marquis
de Moussior, Minister Plenipotentiary of France in
Russia, on his way from St. Petersburg to Paris."

The Augsburg Gazette publishes the test of the
recent correspondence between Russia and the Porte
from original documents. According to this autho-
rity, the compositions which have been published
in the Times as diplomatic documents are only par-
tial and erroneous translations. However this may
be, the notes add nothing to our previous know-
ledge of their subjects, having been completely
anticipated by our correspondents.