The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-18 00:00:00

TILE OVERLAND MAIL.

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A +patch from Marseilles states that
Ns:t.in arrived at o'clock this morning, with the
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TURKEY.

I tot Trenth squadron was to leave the Bay of
Laans tor the Dardanelles on the morning of the
ltin inst.
The British fleet left Malta on Wednesday, the Bth
c.f :be present month.
In: §:Mt meat w hich has gone the round of the
Cannon pipers, that the Czar had accepted the "good
03", cf Austria in the Turkish question, yester
oar reached London in the form of a telegraphic
dispatch, dated Vienna, 'Thursday. Other telegra-
phic iltsps!chcs of the name and subsequent dates
male no mention of such a fact, which, it confirmed,
would signify much less than might at first be sug-
rvind by the announcement. Good offices, it should
to remembered. arc not mediation, still lea arbitra-
tion. The party permitted to employ them has the
faculty of making communications between the se-
Tec,il ilksidents, and of suggesting to either con-
stitutions calculated to lead to an agreement,
hut the terms of reconciliation are not placed even
temporarily nor under conditions in his hands. In
acceptinq the good offices of Austria the Czar would
not deprive himself of full liberty of action, even
white those offices were in course of exercise. It is
more conceivable that the Czar should admit the
qualified intervention which has been pressed on him
trews Vienna than that he should refuse a small fa-
sour to a neighbour; but more positive evidence is
wanting of the fee. If the news is true, then this
is the moment for recalling. a passage in the history
of the last European negotiation respecting Turkey.
It was Austria that in 1840 formally proposed that
each of the five powers should solemnly declare its
determination to maintain the independence of the
Ottoman. Empire under the reigning dynasty, and, as
a necessary consequence of this determination,
that neither of them should seek to profit
by the circumstances of Turkey to obtain an in-
crease of territory, or an exclusive influence.
Letters from Paris, written by parties likely to be
well informed, support the statement of our own
correspondent, that the French government is deci-
dedly of opinion that the Russian occupation of the
principalities would be a violation of Turkish rights
and public law. It is, moreover, said that a courier
has been despatched to St. Petersburg with a deels-
ration to that effect. The Russian journals abroad
boast that, when posseaion of the principalities has
been effected, the 'zar will be able to bargain for con-
cessions as the price of withdrawal.
The lkhata publishes the following telegraphic
despatch. dated Trieste, Thursday, June 16:
"The Lloyd's steamer his just arrived with news
from Constantinople to Monday, June 6th. The
military preparations continued, and a camp of 10,000
men was preparing. The Greek and Armenian
Patriarchs had given the most tranquillising assur-
ances respecting the intentions of the people of their
communion."
Letters front Constantinople of the 3rd state that
the Divan had sent off an envoy to Bucharest and
Jassy, the seats of government of the two principali-
ties, charged with a special mission.
The following relsume of the last accounts from
Constantinople is given by the Conatilutionriel :
To the news from Constantinople of .tune 2, which we
published on Tuesday, we can add, according to another
letter of the same Ate, which has been communicated to us,
s. me details respecting the preparations of defence now
bring made by Turkey. These preparations are pursued
with remarkable energy. Each steamer that arrives
at Constantinople conveys troops. New fortifies-
tire are being constructed, and from dawn to mid-
night nothing is to be seen in the Besphorua but ma-
hones (boats for carrying heavy articles) loaded with
cannon and ammunition. In the plain of Buyukdete,
neer the Black Sea, a eamp of 30,000 men has been
formed. At the dockyard of the Admiralty ten vessels are
ready :o pat to sea. An adamant, of May 28 forbids
Turkish merchant vessels of more than ten tons tonnage to
leave the port. The merchant-shipping is furnishing its
contingent of seamen, and Illasein-Bey is charged with
voluntary enrolments for the irregulars. Each volunteer
is to receive GO piastres (15fr.) per month. The greatest
enthusiasm prevails at Constantinople. The Grand Visir
Nustapha-Pahe, the Seraskier Mebemet-Ali-Pachai and
the Minister of Foreign Affairs Reschid-Pacha, are exceed-
ingly popsies. Omer-Pacha is oa his way to Constantinople ;
he stopped at Varna to inspect the fortifications. The trea-
sury pays in gold for everything. The reserves of the trea-
sury, collected for the case of war, aro considerable, and
the government is able to furnish all the same which the
circumstance, will require.