The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-19 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aro. 9.
The steamer from Odessa, which arrived on the
3rd inst., brought letters from the foreign consuls and
several of the commercial houses there, intimating
that, according to advice. from St. Petersburg, the
Emperor had accepted the oint propositions of the
cabinets of London and Paris. This news, which
may or may not be true, has caused a sensation
among the Turks and Greeks of Constantinople, the
former of whom are far from being glad of it, while
the latter see in it a triumph to the court of St. Pe-
tersburg. The acceptance (if true) will, in fact, add
to the difficulties in the way of the definitive sole-
tion of the difference; for it so happens that the pro-
positions of England and France not having ap-
pearedto the Ottoman ministers such as could
accepted, the Sublime Porte has substituted
for them the draft of a note, drawn up
in concert with the representatives of the four great
powers, in a conference which was held on the 23rd
of July, at the house of Rechid Pasha ; and this draft
note, of which a copy was forwarded to Vienna on
the night of the 23rd-24th July, accompanied by a
very explicit explanatory despatch, and was sent on
from that capital to St. Petersburg. Here is an
exact translation—it is addressed to Count Nessel-
rode :

" Aware of the deep interest which his Majesty
the Emperor of Russia, and the great majority of his
people, take in everything that concerns the reli-
gion they profess, and correctly appreciating the
motives from which this interest spnngs, it is with
pleasure that I bring to your knowledge the fir nan.
which my august master promulgated towards the
end of the month Shahan of the present year.
Moreover, in order to dispel all doubts, I assure you,
on the part of the Sublime Porte, that while his Nis-
jeety the Sultan reserves to himself all the legitimate
rights of sovereignty over his own subjects, it is his
sincere intention to ensure in perpetuity. to the
Greek church the enjoyment of all the privileges
which his Majesty may see fit to grant to any
other sect among his Christian subjects. In conclu-
sion, I entertain not the least doubt that the assur-
ances given in the firmans above mentioned, which
have inspired confidence everywhere, will give satis-
faction to Russia. " MEHEMET REBIIID.

"Constantinople, July 23."
In the explanatory note submitted to the represen-
tatives of the four powers it is said that this draft
is the lut concession Turkey can make, and that the
evacuation of the Danubian provinces is insisted
upon as soon as it shall have been received by the
court of St. Petersburg. The definitive solution of
the difference, therefore, must follow from the ac-
ceptance of this note by Russia, not from its accept-
ance of the Anglo-French propositions, and the
answer of Count Nesselrode cannot be re-
ceived at Constantinople before the 10th of this
month. But what if his government, resting upon
its acceptance of the Anglo-French propositions, should
insist on their being forced upon Turkey ? The at-
tempt would be most unjust, and would not succeed.
Turkey would prefer war ; the more that fur her
there is more danger in abstaining from than in
making war. All the Mussulmans are indignant at
the Russians, whose troops in the principalities are
dying off like flies in consequence of diseases engen-
dered by the want of suitable food and proper care ;
whilst the Turkish troops opposed to them enjoy
robust health. Desertion, too, is frequent from the
Russian ranks. The Russian authorities act most
arbitrarily in the principalities, and since the occu-
pation of these provinces the obstructions at the
mouth of the Sulina are allowed to increase more ra-
pidly than ever—a cause of great injury to the trade of
England, whose ships are thus in amanner embargoed
in the Danube, while every effort is made to push
Russian trade in these quarters by the removal of
imposts. It is thus that Russia (aided by the in-
ertness of Austria) keeps the treaties which bind her
to clear the mouth of the bulina.
Apprehensions are entertained here of the defec-
tion of Austria from the good understanding of the
great powers, and these apprehensions have increased
since the 30th of July. On that day, Lord Itedcliffe,
M. De Lacour, and the representative of Servia at
this court received information that the Austrians,
under the pretext that the public peace might be
disturbed in Servia, insisted upon occupying that
principality, in a friendly way if permitted ; if not, by
force. This news excited an angry sensation against
Austria, and it is said that M. von Wildenbruck, the
Prussian minister, spoke warmly on the subject with
M. von Bruck. Lord Redcliffe considers the preten-
sions of Austria on this point absurd, or stupidly

treacherous; and M. De Lacour opines that it would
be doing them too much honour to discuss them
seriously.

A letter from Jassy, in the Inim/erer of Vienna
of the 14th, states that the Emperor of Russia
has left it free to the liospodars of Moldavia
and Wallachia to obey the summons of the Sultan,
or to remain in the Principalities. It was supposed
that the Hospodar of Moldavia would proceed to
Constantinople; but according to a letter from
Bucharest of the 9th, the Div.in of Wallachia had
requested the Hospodar not to leave the principality
at a time when his presence there was so much re-
quired.

FRANCE.

(BY BUBMAYINE TELEOI: I'lo

PARIS, FRIDAY MORNINO.
Grains and flour imported either by land or by
Freach or foreign ships, and without distinction of
production or flag, will be subjected up to the 3 lst
Dec.,1853 but to the minimum duty fixed by the law
8f the lath April, 1832. Rice, dried ve4etables, oat-
meal, 25c. Ships will be exempt from tonnage dues.
The Imperial Court of ltouen has condemned the
four foreign correspondents.

(By ELECTRIC TELEGRATH.)

PARIS, THURSDAY.

PARTS BOURSE—Closing Prices: Pour-and-a-Half
per Cents., 105 f. 15c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 15c. ;
Bank Shares, 2,850 f.

GERMANY.

AUSTRIA.

We have received the following telegraphic des-
patch:
" Vienna, Aug. 17.—The official journal of this
day contains an imperial decree, taking off the state
of siege at Vienna and Prague."

SPAIN.

We have received the Madrid journals of the 12th,
but their contents are unimportant. A letter of the
above date states that rumours had been current of
arrests haring taken place in consequence of an in-
tended insurrectionary movement, but that they
were entirely void of foundation. It also mentions
that an officer on half•pay had been ordered out of
the capital for causing to be printed a number of
copies of a protest against the royal decree relative
to the concessions of the railways, which he intended
to circulate clandestinely. The lithographic stone
on which the protest had been written was seized
and destroyed.