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" No. 137.

[PRICE SD.

cipalities, which is fixed to -take place after the signature
of the preliminaries, is made to depend on the departurt
of the combined fleets, not only from the Black Sea, bn
from the Straits of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, a
condition which could only be admitted by the maritime
Powers after the conclusion of the definitive treaty.
"2. Inasmuch as the document now under considera•
tion tends to invest with a form strictly conventional,
bilateral, and exclusively applicable to the relations of the
Porte with Russia, the assurances relative to the religious
privileges of the Greeks—assurances which the Porte has
only offered to give to the five Powers at the same time
and in the form of a simple identic declaration. The as-
surances, in fact, once inserted in the preliminary treaty,
must then needs be reproduced in the definitive treaty,
and would be accompanied, moreover, by an official note
confirmatory of the said privileges exclusively addressed
to the Court of Russia, a note which, in its turn, would be
considered as annexed to the treaties—that is to say, as
having the same force and the same effect.
"3. Inasmuch as the preliminaries communicated to
Vienna are by implication witheld from any discussion in
Conference upon the modifications considered necessary to
make them correspond with the original text of the act,
which had re.leived its assent, and inasmuch as the con-
clusion of the definitive treaty contains no greater reser-
vation: for,its inspection and interference.
"4. Inasmuch as, while the propositions of the Porte
'expressly require the revision of the treaty of 1841, so as
to make Turkey participate in the guarantees of the pub-
lic law of Europe, this condition is pased over in silence.
"The Plenipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia appre-
ciating the force of the observations offered by the Pleni-
potentiaries of France and of Great Britain, recognised in
like manner, on their part, the remarkable differences
pointed out between the Russian draught of preliminaries
and the protocols of the 13th of January and the 2d of
February.
"In consequence, the Conference unanimously agreed
that it was impossible to proceed with those propositions.
" BUOL-SCHAUENSTEIN.
" BOURQUENE Y.
" WESTMO REL AND.
" ARNIM."
Last comes the reception at St. Petersburg of
the summons :

" CONSUL MICHELt TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON.—
(Received March 25.)
(Extract.) " St. Petersburg, March 19, 1854.
" I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the despatch
which your lordship did me the honour to address to me
on the 27th of February ult. This despatch, together with
its enclosure from your lordship to Count Nesselrode, was
delivered to me by the Queen's messenger, Captain Black-
wood, at a few minutes after eleven o'clock on the morning
of the 13th inst. ; and I lost not a moment in endeavouring
to give effect to your lordship's instructions.
, Within an hour after the arrival of the messenger, the
despatch forwarded to me by his Excellency Lord Cowley
(enclosing a communication from the French Government
to their Consul here) was placed by me in the hands of M.
de Castillon ; and, before the expiration of another hour,
M. de Castillon and myself had presented ourselves at the
Imperial Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and solicited the
honour of an interview with the Chancellor of the Empire,
for the purpose of simultaneously presenting the notes of
the English and French Cabinets. Count Nesselrode,
through the Director of his Chancellerie, expressed his
inability to see us at that moment, but appointed twelve
o'clock on the following day to receive the communications of
which we were respectively the bearers. When I parted
from M. de Castillon, about two o'clock, it was arranged
that I was to call for him the following morning at half-
past eleven, in order that we might proceed together to
the Chancellor.
" By 2 o'clock, on the 13th, I had placed in the hands
of his Excellency Count Valentin Esterhazy, the Austrian
Minister at this Court, the packet of despatches brought
to me by Captain Blackwood from his Excellency the Earl
of Westmorland at Vienna; and by a little after 2 I had
communicated to his Excellency General Rochow, the
Prus-ian Minister here, the purport of Lord Bloorufield's
despatch, dated Berlin, 2d of March inst. ; viz.: that no
packet had been received by his Lordship from the Mi-
nistry for Foreign Affairs for transmission to St. Peters-
burg, but that despatches from the Prussian Government
would be forwarded to the Prussian representative by
their own separate courier.
" A few minutes before the appointed hour (12 o'clock
on Tuesday the 14th March inst.) M. de Castillon and I
arrived at the Imperial Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and
after waiting a few minutes it was intimated to me by the
Director of the Chancellerie that Count Nesselrode would
receive the English Consul alone,' and I was ushered into
his room.
" Count Nesselrode received me with his usual courtesy.
I handed to his Excellency your Lordship's letter, and
stated, from a memorandum which I had drawn up, the
precise terms of your lordship's instructions with reference
to the return to England of the Queen's messenger.
" Count Nesselrode requested permission to peruse this
memorandum, and I handed it to him. He then informed
me that the Emperor was not at that moment in St.
Petersburg ; that on his Majesty's return (which would
probably be on Friday, the sth (17th) inst., your Lordship's
communication should be laid before his Majesty, and his
Majesty's commands taken thereon ; when a reply to your
Lordship's letter should be forwarded to me.'
" The Chancellor then remarked upon the length of time
that had elapsed since the date of your lordship's despatch
to me, viz., Feb. 27, and asked me what had detained the
messenger so long on the road ?
" I explained that the Queen's messenger had not come
direct from London to St. Petersburg, but had been the
bearer of despatches for the British Ministers at Paris, Ber-
lin, and Vienna, which latter eapi‘at I.3arrt,434ackwood left
only on the 7th inst., arid had arrived at St. Petersburg on
the morning of the 13th, thus making a rapid journey, con-
sidering the very bad state of the roads.
" On quitting Coun Nesselro,le, I was about to take with
-me the memorandum T had at his desire handed to his Ex-
cellency for his perusal, when he requested ' that I would be
kind enough to leave it with him.' I said that I had merely
transcribed your lordship's instructions for my own guid-
ance, and to prevent any misapprehension of your lord-
ship's intentions with reference to the time fixed for the
return of the Queen's messenger to England--that I had no
instructions to make any written communication in present-
ing your lordship's note, but since his Excellency desired
to retain this paper (which was only a transcript of your
lordship's instructions to me relative to the precise moment
for despatching the messenger to England), I felt that I
should not be acting otherwise than in accordance with
your lordship's wishes by rendering any misunderstanding
on this head impossible, and accordingly I allowed the
Chancellor to retain this memorandum, a copy of which I
have the honour to send herewith.
" The Emperor returned to St. Petersburg early on the I
morning of the sth (17th) inst. from Finland, whither he
had proceeded on Sunday evening the 12th inst., in com-
pany with three of his sons, the Grand Dukes Alexander,
Nicholas, and Michael, to inspect the fortifications at
Wiborg, Helsingfors, and Sveaborg ; the Grand Duke Con-
stantine having gone to Finland sonic days previously.
" At 10 o'clock last night I received a note from the
Chancellor of the Empire inviting me to call upon him at
1 o'clock p.m. this day. I was punctual in my attendance ;
and on sending up my name to the Chancellor, I was in-
formed that the French Consul was with his Excellency.
" After waiting a short time, I was told Count Nessel-
rode would receive me On entering the room, his Excel-
lency's greeting was of the most friendly description. He
said, I have taken his Majesty's commands with reference
to Lord Clarendon's note, and the Emperor does not think
it becoming to make any reply to it.' I replied, 'M. le
Comte, in a matter of so much importance, I am sure I
shall be excused for desiring to convey to my Government
the exact words employed by your Excellency.' Tho Count
at first used tho words ' His Majesty does not think it be-
coming in him to give any reply to Lord Clarendon's letter'
(nel e croit pas convenable de donner aucune reponse a la
lettre de Lord Clarendon). Upon my repeating this phrase
after Count Nesselrode, his Excellency said, L'Empereur
ne juge pas convenable,' Etc.; and I again repeated after
him the entire sentence. After I had done so, the Count
said, Yes, that is the answer I wish you to convey to
your Government—' L'Empereur ne juge pas convenable
de donner aucune reponse A la lettre de Lord Clarendon.'
" Having delivered to me this official message, Count
Nesselrode begged me to be seated, and explained to me that
ho had only waited the return of the Emperor to submit
your lordship's letter to his Majesty. His Excellency then
asked me, when I proposed to despatch the Queen's mes-
senger ?' I told him This afternoon, provided his passport,
kc., could be got ready in time.' Count Nosselrode in-
formed me he had already sent a courier's pass for Captain
Blackwood to the Baron de Plessen ; and then asked me,
Whether to-day was not the sixth day?' I said, From
his arrival in St. Petersburg it is; but had I been left
without any reply, or without such an intimation as I
have to-day received from your Excellency, I should not
have despatched the messenger until to-morrow, the 20th
inst., at 12 o'clock, when six entire days would have elapsed
since I placed Lord Clarendon's despatch in your Excel-
lency's hands.
" In the course of our subsequent conversation, I asked
Count Nesselrode what the intentions of his Government
were with reference to the consular arrangements between
the two countries in the event of a declaration of war ?
His Excellency replied—' That will entirely depend upon
the course her Britannic Majesty's Government may adopt ;
we shall not declare war.'"
" Enclosure 1 in N 0.137.
"MEMORANDUM GIVEN BY COUNT MICHELE TO
COUNT NESSELRODE.
"In pursuance of the instructions conveyed to me by
my Government, dated the 27th of February alt., I have
the honour of placing in your Excellency's hands a letter
from the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, her Britannic
Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In doing
so, I am further instructed to acquaint your Excellency
that the Queen's messenger, who was the bearer of this
communication, and who reached St. Petersburg only yes-
terday morning, will be ready to return to England with
your Excellency's reply as soon as it shall be sent to me ;
but if, on the expiration of six days from to-day, your
Excellency shall not have sent me any letter to the Earl
of Clarendon's address ; or if, previously to the exeiration
of that period, your Fxcellency should inform me that the
messenger need not, remain at St. Petersburg, in either of
these cases .1 am to direct the Queen's messenger to return
:o England with the utmost speed."

WEST GRANADA GOLD COMPANY.—A meeting of the
shareholders of this company was held yeAerda,y for the
yurpose of effecting a dissolution of the undertaking,
with the view of ultimately reconstructing it, and rais-
ing sufficient capital for developing the mines. A reso-
lution was accordingly passed for that purpose, and a
committee was appointed to confer with the directors
i on the measures to be adopted. The whole of the machi-
nery is within 800 yards of the mine, and the value of
the plant, &c., is said to he 10,0001., while the total
liabilities do not exceed 5,0001. It is stated that
25,000/. will be required to test the property.
COLONIAL GOLD COMPANY.—The directors of this
company have declared a dividend at the rate of 7.12 per
cent., principally derived from the profits obtained on
the purchases of gold-dust effected during the early period
of the undertaking. The works at the mines are alleged
to be progressing favourably, and the returns aro ex-
. pected to prove remunerative.