The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-28 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1853.

Interest is still kept alive in reference to the
diplomatic negotiations yet going forward at Con-
stantinople—negotiations between the Sublime
Porte and the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh—nego-
tiations between the Russian Plenipotentiary and
the Turkish Government—negotiations watched
with a jealous regard both by the French and by
the English Ambassador. Happily not only for
the interests of the SULTAN, but for those, also, of
tit?, Balance of Power throughout the Eui opean
Continent, there has been all along maintained,
there is still Lt this moment maintained, and there
will continue henceforth sedulously to be main-
tained, the most perfect accord between the views
cherished in this matter by the Ministerial ad-
visers of the EMPEROR of the French and of th e
QUEEN of Great Britain and Ireland. Yes-
terday that important assurance was given
authoritatively in both Houses of the Im-
perial Parliament. It was given in the
House of Lords by the Earl of CLARENDON, in
answer to the ex-Foreign Secretary. It was
given in the House of Commons by Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, in answer to the ex-Chancellor of the
Exchequer. The country has reason to be
thankful for the energetic promptitude through
which a declaration of so much value and signifi-
cance was extorted from the Administration—
here by Mr. DISRAELI and there by Lord MALMES-
BURY. In consequence of the interrogatories ad-
dressed to the occupants of the Treasury benches
by that Noble Earl and that Right Honourable
Gentleman, the Coalition Cabinet has been com-
pelled to avow in explicit terms the nature of
the policy now being carried out on behalf of
her Britannic MAJESTY by the English Ambassador
at Constantinople. Referring to the position now oc-
cupied by that diplomatist, and to the simultaneous
situation, likewise, of the diplomatic Represen tati ve
of the Emperor NAPOLEON at the Court of his
Majesty, the Sultan A BD-UL-MEDJID, the Earl of
CLARENDON avowed last evening in so many
words,—" I have no hesitation in saying that
they are acting in concert in carrying out the in-
tentions of their respective Governments, between
whom there exists the most cordial concert and
identity of feeling." Than this, we maintain, no
declaration, by possibility, could, under existing
circumstances, be more eminently satisfactory.
Speaking upon the same subject, and in a kindred
spirit, Lord JOHN RUSSELL observed last evening—
" I may state that there has been the most per-
fect concert and accordance of views between her
MAJESTY'S Ambassador at Constantinople and the
Ambassador of the Emperor of the FRENCH"—an
announcement welcomed yesterday in the House
of Commons with acclamations! So much for the
sinister insinuations recently thrown out in cer-
tain quarters, in reference to what were termed
" insuperable obstacles to a common and united
action " between France and England in this
Russo-Turkish difficulty ! So much for the
shameful misrepresentations promulgated to the
effect that no further reliance could now be placed
in the union of the two great nations of Western
Europe—in their union, that is to say, in opposing
the arrogant and domineering policy of the Rus-
sian AUTOCRAT ! So far from this being the case,
" the most perfect concert" is declared by Lord
JOHN RUSSELL to characterise the views entertained
'upon the matter in question by the Ambassador of
VICTORIA and by the Ambassador of NAPOLEON at
Constantinople !—the Earl of CLARENDON assert-
mg, moreover, in the Upper House, that there is
an absolute " identity of feeling" upon the subject
m the Cabinets of those August Sovereigns !
Nap, it has been formally proclaimed in the Bri-
tish go_
o_
mininte:o,. Commons, by the virtual Prime
Chat 0;,,,-.leriagland—and the assurance has been
that it is eZby the popular representatives--
tions tran • flatly set forth" in the instruc-
STRATFORD
Sraltted from,
RXDCGLI:FE,
Downing-street to Lord
of her MaJEsry's " that the policy '
fain inviolate the failtrnm"t treaties, and th
is to main-
independence and integrit of
andYho°nf the
Turkish
Bra-
e
pire." A noble, just,
honourable declaration
—a declaration creditable to the
t States-
nistotration.
men holding office in the presenbtelleaidmcelli
Everything, therefore, may
well at this moment, for the future fortunaeurigurf
the Turkish Government. The reigning SULTAN
is no effete or pusillanimous voluptuary. Anima
contrary,has, with all his faults
UL-MEDJID, on the
and weaknesses, a natureat once bold, patriotic, and
magnanimous, the heart, the arm, and the valour of
a great Prince, ready at all hazards to uphold the
(1447 of his Nona and p. the Dates!