The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-08 00:00:00

Government also agrees not to object to other powers set.
ding their trade upon the basis of the present convention.
" Art. 7. It having been the custom of Great Britain
and the Sublime Porte, with a view to prevent all difficul-
ties in estimating the value of articles imported into the
Turkish dominions, to appoint, at intervals of fourteen
years, a commission of men acquainted with the traffic
of both countries, who have fixed by a tariff the sum of
money, in the coin of the Grand Seignior, which should be
fixed as duty on each article ; and the term of 14 years
• during which the last adjustment of the said tariff was
to remain in force having expired, the high contracting
parties have agreed to name conjointly a fresh Commis-
' "ion, to fix and determine the amount in money which is to
be paid by British subjects, as the duty of 3 per cent. upon
the value of all commodities imported and exported by
them ; and the said Commission shall establish an equitable
arrangement for estimating the interior duty which by the
present convention is fixed and established on Turkey goods
to be exported, and shall also determine on the place of
shipment where it may be most convenient such duty shall
be levied. The new tariff thus established to be in force
for seven years after it has been fixed ; at the end of which
term it shall be in the power of either of the parties to de-
mend a revision of that tariff ; but if no such demand be
made on either side within the six months after the end
of the first seven years, that the tariff shall remain in force
for seven more, reckoned from the end of the preceding
seven years, and so it shall be at the end of each succeeding
period of seven years.
" Art. 8. The present convention shall be ratified and
the ratifications exchanged at Constantinople within the
space of four months.
" In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries
have signed the same and affixed their seals thereto."
This treaty, I think, speaks too loudly for itself to re-
quire any remark or panegyric from me ; it is, of itself, a
masterpiece of political composition, and cannot fail to be
a death-blow to the designs and influence of Russia. Every
clause, and, in fact, every line of it is filled with important
results, which it must of necessity produce, though which,
consequent and advantageous as they both appear and will
prove to be, have still required years of persuasion, and
conviction upon -conviction, to induce the Turks to adopt
measures to obtain them, and of which, though they now
have them before their eyes, by having adopted those mea-
sures, they still seem to doubt the reality, and to think they
have been urged on them for some sinister purpose.
This treaty is complete ; and even for such clauses to
which exceptions might be made, as being liable to mis-
construction, ample notes have been added, explaining the
extent which their meaning implies ; and too much credit
cannot be given to his Lordship for carrying through and
co►npleting so arduous a task. All now that remains to be
done is, the adjustment of the export tariff (that for im-
port, as I informed you some time since, is already finished) ;
and our Commissioners, in unison with those of the French
Government (who, having received instructions from their
Ambassador to that effect, met ours for the first time on
Friday last, and again yesterday) being now occupied in
discussing and arranging this matter, it is expected it will
be completed before the end of the year. The treaty
comes in force in March next. The ratifications, in con-
formity with the Turkish custom, were contained in the
most elegantly-embroidered bags. The Plenipotentiaries,
on the part of the Turks, were Nourri Effendi and Mus-
tapha Kani Effendi.
The grand fast and holiday of the Turks of the mcnth
Rhamazan, during which period public business of every
kind gives way to fasting, sleeping, and feasting, the
two former by day and the latter by night, commences
on Monday next. Political news, therefore, it may be
expected, will now be extremely scarce for some time to
come.
Letters were last week received from Tabriz up to the 14th
ult., which state that intelligence had reached that place of
the Sheik's arrival at Meshid with his army, and that Col.
Sheil and Dr. Aback had been despatched by Mr. M'Neill
to meet him in that city. Mr. M'Neill was then himself
at Tehran expecting the Shah. Commerce had already
begun to revive in consequence of the fortunate turn events
had taken.
Reports had reached here a short time since of the
Kurds being again in a state of rebellion, and of their
having defeated and cut to pieces part of the army of Hafous
Pacha. These reports are now confirmed by a gentleman
lately arrived from Kourdistan, who states that four regi-
ments of the Turkish army have been entirely destroyed.
The Turkish fleet is not yet arrived, and it is now thought
that some of the vessel.; will remain out all the winter in
company with ours.—Morning Chronicle.