The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-07 00:00:00

THE INTERVENTION IN SYRIA.

The Earl of SHAFTIIMICRY asked the noble lord the
Under Secretary .4 State for Foreign Affairs a question of
wh:, h he had sent him notice, as follows :—ls it to be un-
dondorel that the forces sent to Syria on the present coca-
skin are to he employed solely to maintain the peace of
that country, and that the authorities in command of them
.ire not to interfere directly or uelowtly in the eintinistm-
thei .4 the civil or religious affair. affecting either Moslems
or Christians .4 the Turkish government! He rid he
would not disguise that hi. desire for an answer to this
question arose out of his insuperable distrust of
his Ml,e.etTuwa the Emperor 14 the French, and the great fear
which Shaftesbury) and others entertionol, that
the vigorous policy instituted by Lord Stratford de %A-
dd!. in employing our influeuce with the Porte in favour of
religious liberty bad been or was likely to be disturbed.
L int WODEHOUSE said he could beet explain
the objects with which this intervention had taken
place, I.y reading the first article of the protocol just drawn
up at Paris, and which provided that "a body of European
troop., which may he increased to 12,000, shall he went to
levric to contribute to the re-establishment of tranquillity."
'flint was the object of sending those troops, and he could
assure the noble earl that, except so far as might be ab-
solutely nursery in order to carry out that object, there
could not be the slightest intention of interfering with the
civil or religious alndniStratien of the province. A
commission was to proceed to Syria, and would
receive instructionas to the inquiry to be instituted,
with regard to the crimes and outrages which
had been mminitted, and the punishment of them.
But those instructions had not yet been issued, and there-
fore lie could net give the code earl a distinct answer.
The noble earl hail made a variety of remarks about reli-
gious liberty in the Turkish empire, and the jealousy with
which we ought to rm,-arl the French influence in those
parts of the world. Now, without drying the effect
which the peculiar religious iefluences exercised by France
and Russia might have in creating a political influence, he
(Lori Wo.lohouse) could nut help remarking that it would
not he a very creditable specimen of our Christiania T to
chow to the Turks, if the Christian powers were to allow
their jealousy of each ether's religion to interfere with any
proceedings they could sdopt, in the permit condition of
Syria, to restore pea',. 1111 .o • kr, ands, o promote the civili.
+ration of that country. (Hear, hear.) It was true to
great extent with regard to Candi*, that the population
44 different religious rites there had repriW their
religion more as a means of obtaining political
protection than as a religion to be cultivated for its
own suite. Anil although it was also true that there had
been 3 con Oilerable ineresse of pod...stints throughout the
Tnrkish empire, yet they toe might, in some causes, have
beet, actuated by the desire of 43.taining a similar telviintage.
With repo( to the object of the present intervention in
Syria, and the nuele of carrying that object into
effect. he did not mesin to my that in to possible case would
anything be done which ts told have the appearance, when
etri.-tly rewritten:ol, 44 interfering in the civil and religions
names .4 the country ; but the object was to assist in the
restoration of tranquillity in that province.
The Marquis ..f CL.INIIIO '.IItDE would express his deep
an I sincere regret if le• could lt ht.% e that it was the tiled de-
termisation .4 the gotternment to limit tour intervention to
the -....toratir trauquillity and the inert punishment
44 certain offences. He asked whst was there to prevent
the inter -rem* of the Et.: Ivan powers in a way that would
Y.tel I'. miles, that country ca hat was there to prevent it,
ept those very jealousit s, which it would be absurd for
us to shrink from avowing that we felt
The sob** then dropped.
Their luesinlflps &dimmed at 2.i minutes to 7 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Mios DAT, Angier G.
The Elrsana took thecitair at four o'clock.