The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-12 00:00:00

LON DON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1853.

SHREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM and
SHREWSBURY and CHESTER RAILWAYS.
The COMMITTEE of SHAREHOLDERS have to announce that
the proposal for an AMALGAMATION with the GREAT WESTERN
COMPANY will be submitted for the consideration and approval of
the Shareholders of the above-mentioned Companies, at SPECIAL
SfEU.TING!.I, to be holden as follows, viz.:—
SHREWSBURY and CHESTER—At the Royal Hotel, Chester, on
TUESDAY, Sept. 13, at Two o'Clock p.m. precisely.
SHREWSBURY and BIR AINGHAM—At the London Tavern,
Bishopgate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, at Two
o'Clock p.m. precisely.
.liareholders who have not transmitted their proxies are earnestly
solicited to attend tho Meetings of their respective Companies,
and to record their votes in person in favour of the proposed AMal-
gamation

By Order of the Committee.
GEORGE WOOLCOTT, Secy.
.2, Buckingham street, Adelphl, Sept, 1853.
N.B.—N o person will be entitled to vote as a proxy, unless the in-
strument 51. pointing such proxy has been transmitted to the Secretary
of the Company not less than forty-eight hours before the time ap-
pointed for holding the Meeting at which such proxy is to be used.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 6th Sept , 1653.
THE Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance
do hereby give notice, that they are rerdy to DISPOSE
OF, to such persons as are willing to tender for the same, a quantity
of Old Iron Ordnance, t.hot and Shells, Old Gun Metal, Lead, Cast
and Wrought Iron, in Store at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, which
has been divided into lots, and may be viewed upon application to
the St .rekeeper at that place any day (Sunday excepted) previous to
the day fixed for the delivery of the Tenders.
A catalogue of the several lots may b 3 obtlined by persons willing
to become purchasers, at the Storekeeper's Office, Woolwich, the
Principal Storekeepers Office at the Tower, and at the Secretary's
Office in Pall-mall, where the Tenders for the whole or any number
of the said lots are to be delivered on or before the 17th instant.

By order of the Board.
J. WOOD, for the Secy.

CONTRACT FOR PIG IRON.

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Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, September 10, 1853.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY,
the 20th inst., at One o'clock, they will be ready to
pplying treat with such
persons as may be willing to Contract for suHer Majesty's
Dockyards at Woolwich and Chatham with
SOFT MELTING PIG IRON.

A Distribution of the Iron and a Form of the Tender may be
seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One
o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party
attends, or an agent for him duly authorized is writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Pig Iron,"
and must also to delivered at Somerse.-pl*ce, accompanied by a
Letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound
with the person tendering, in the sum of 1001., for the due perform-
ance of the Contract.

IVIIDDLESEX LUNATIC ASYLUM, at
HANWELL.

Persons willing to TENDER for SUPPLYING the above INSTI-
TUTION with Beat, Flour, Malt, Hops, Hay and Straw, Oatmeal,
Peas, Butter, Cheese, or Bacon, for six calendar months, from the let
of October next, or with any of the undermentioned articles for
twelve calendar months from that day, viz., Groceries, Soap, Oil,
01 Colours, Brooms, Brushes, Window Glass, Lead and Leaden
Piping, Hosiery, Linen and Woollen Drapery, Blankets, Rugs, Straw
Hats and Bonnets. Tobacco, Snuff, Cloth, Boots and Shoes, Leather,
and Wine and Spilts for the sick, are reqrested to deliver sealed
Ten Jere to me, by Eleven o'clock, on TUESDAY, the 20th inst.,
at the Sessions I! ouse, Clerkenwell-green, and to attend there
personally o thit day, at Twelve o'clock. Blank forms, in which
Tenders must be made, may be obtained, aed the form of contract
may he seen, either upon application to me at this place, or to the
Storekeeper at tie Asylum, and patterns and samples, to which the
contractors will )f, required strictly to conform, may be seen at the
Asylum at Hanm-11. The Committee of Visitors will not bind them-
selves to accept the lowest or any of the tenders.
CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors.
Dated this 7th September, 1853.

CAUTION.-MECHI'S MAGIC STROP.-
- The Real Magic Strop," " The Double Magic Strop," " The
Magic Strop," are base imitations of MECIIPS MAGIC STROP.
None are genuiae without Mechi's name, which imita:o-s dare rot
put on the spurious strop; yet, strange to say, many pe..•-umers call-
ing themselves respectable, endeavour to palm this rubbish on the
public as Mechi't genuine strop, although they possess no sharpening
properties whatever, but the very reverse. The well-known Magic
Paste is an invaluable auxiliary to the Strop, and its renovating
properties are truly astonishing. Mechi's Razors stand pre-eminext
as well as his Table Cutlery.

FOR MORE THAN ONE PURPOSE, and
for more than ONE SEASON.—ATTIRE to MEASURE or
READY MADE, which may be obtained at the Establishment of
E. HOSE, and Son. or at its West-end Branch, New Oxford-street,
exhibits an admirable suitability to the season, and is prepared ex-
pressly for Excursionists, Men of Eusiness, and all others—for Adults,
Juveniles, and Children.
The materials are the greatest novelties which have been pro-
duced, and the styles and workmanship of the most distinguished
order, but the prices charged are very considerably lower than at
any other house.
Uniforms Military and Naval, Liveries and Official Costumes, are
made according to present regulations, and every description of Dress
is provided in the most artistic finish, at the lowest possible charges.
Hats, raps, and Hosiery for Ladies and Gentlemen are presented
by E. MosEs and Sox in every variety, combining the Elegancies
and Novelties of all countries, the recherché samples of British and
Foreign manufacture. In every Article, superior quality, and ex-
tremely economics]. prices are recommendations of the highestorder.
The newest samples of Autumnal Materials and fashions are to be
.

inspected at E. MosEs and Bores.
Shippers to the " Gold Lands," or any other part of the world, will
find at the Wholesale Department of E. MOSES and Sos's Establish-
ment the largest stock of the most suitable and therefore the most
saleable goodq, the great advantages in price render the articles a
greater source of profit than any other class of exports.
Full lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship sailing
information, may be had on application, or post free to any part of
the kingdom.
CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
public against imposition, having learned that the tmtradesman-like
falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate.
Colonial Branch, Melbou ne, Australia.
Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe
Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IMPORTANT.—Should any article not give satisfaction, it wilibe
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lo west
price, from which no abatement can be made.
The Establishments are closed from sunset 'Friday to sunset on
Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock.
A now Book, "The Herald of the Seasons," containing !hit lists
of prices, our system of self-measurement, facts relative to Australia,
advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on application, or post-free to
any part of the kingdom.
A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis,
an application.
Ici l'on parle Francais.
flier srricht man Deut.,h

Qui si parla Italian.
Aqua se hahla Flanannl

BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS.
The following testimonial is another proof of the great effi
eacy of this medicine :-
157, New Bond-street, London, October 12, 1850.
" Sir,—ln acquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex-
oerienced by taking BLA'S GOUT and RHEMATIC PILLS,
f feel that I sun but performilß ng a duty to that porUtion of the public
who may bo similarly affected.
"About twenty years since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout
in my hands and feet. I had previously been subjected to every va-
iety of climate, having served in Canada in the 19th Dragoons, and
in Spain, under Sir John Moore, in the 18th Hussars. I always pro-
.ured the best medical aid, without obtaining any essential rel'ef,
and my sufferings can be appreciated only by those who know some-
thing of this disease.
" It was during one of those paroxysms, between twelve and thir-
teen years ago, that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. 1
lost no time in procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity
the pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect
health.
" From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis-
ease approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to
ale is so valuable, that were it not that the days of magic hay.
zeased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause.
oreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suf-
tered, but on the contrary I believe the tendency of BLAIR'S PILLS
s towards its improvement.
" I have recommended the Pills to many friends, and the result
nas always been of the most gratifying character.
" I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
"GARRET FOSTER GILL.

"To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand."
For every description of Gout and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tic-dolo.
reutt, Stc., BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS are r
sovereign remedy, contain neither mercury, opium, or any other
dangerous drug, require no care whatever in their use, and ter ra
pidity of cure and complete safety have not their equal in the world.
Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and all respectable
Medicine Vendors. Price 2s. 9d. per box.
Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe
that " Thomas i'rout, 229, Strand, London," is impressed upon the
Government Stamp.

SURGEON HENRY HAMILTON, Twenty-
eight years in London practice, will REMOVE any CASE of
PRIVATE NATURE before charge be made for medicine. In all
female complaints requiring practical professional skill, Surgeon
Hamilton will guarantee a successful issue, or no expense will be
incurred by the patient. Medicine can be sent to any part of the
realm, securely packed, on receipt of particulars. Ladies and gen-
tlemen consulting by leiter must enclose the usual fee, when they
wdl he treated with by return of post. Hours for personal visits
from Ten till Four, and from -ix till Nine daily.— Address, No. 3,
King William-street, Strand, Londo.i. Medicine to country pa-
tients, it.

MEDICAL AD VICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF
YOUTH AND MATURITY.

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DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctors Society,
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M.AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on
the various disorders of the nervous and generative system,
resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro-
duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema-
ctuesreesdknecaoy at
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in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist
once secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in
existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous
Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitftil Marri-
ages, lmpotency,odide on
aLs oweocal theirand almostConstit entirentiona rig
Constitutional
oWeian.k Weakness, and their
endless modifications
It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removet
and how the evil and its consequenc es may be avoided, and above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure
DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged
in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com-
plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless
of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had
the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct
attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is
tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been ampl3
rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the
treatment of
.these cases, which are too generally confided to the
care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated
publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues
of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who
have been induced to place faith in their pretensions.
At Morrie for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from
till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of if., and advice and
medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address*
It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MEIIT
should first obtain a copy of his work on
SELF-PRESERVATION.
Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and
Renerative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engraving, and dee_
nibing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits' and
~,Nooses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct
lescription of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English
~tench, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. PiPer,
Rrothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street •
Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free
by post for forty-two stamps, to any addrer from the Author's rebi-
deuce, 37, DEDsos.l)-SQUAIIF.. LONDON.

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

Yesterday the Sunday Times published the offi-
cial reply of the Earl of Clarendox to the circular
note of Count Nesselrode. Through what channel
that journal has obtained this important document
which all the persuasion of both Houses of Parlia-
ment could not induce the Ministers to make
public we are unable to say, but there can be no
doubt as to its authenticity.
The dispatch in question is addressed by the
Earl of Clarendon to Sir G. H. Seymour, her
Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersbargh) and is as
follows:

" THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO BM a. H. SEYMOUR.
"Foreign Office, July 16, 1853.
" Sir—The Baron Brunow has communicated t 6 me
the circular dispatch addressed by the Count de Nessel-
rode to the legations of Russia, bearing date the 20th
June (2d July), 1853.
•

" 1t would give me much pain to express to you the
astonishment and regret with which the Government of
her Majesty has seen the declaration contained in that
dispatch, that it was in consequence of the refusal of
England and France to yield to the recommendation of
the Russian Government, and in consequence of the
entry of their fleets into the waters of Turkey, that the
occupation of the Principalities had taken place.
" The passages of the dispatch containing that extra-
ordinary assertion are the following
"' In placing this ultimatum before the Porte, we
had more particularly informed the cabinets of the great
powers of our intentions. We had especially appealed to
France and Great Britain not to complicate, by their
attitude, the difficulties of the situation • not to take
measures too hastily, that, on the one hand, might have
the effect of encouraging opposition on the part of the
Porte, and, on the other, might engage more deeply
than had hitherto been the case the honour and the dig-
nity of the Emperor.
" ' On the other side, the two maritime powers have
not thought it their duty to yield to the consideration
which we have recommended to their serious attention.
Taking before us the initiative, they have judged it in-
dispensable to precede immediately, by an effective mea-
sure, those measures which we only announced as purely
eventual, since we made the carrying of them into effect
depend on the final resolutions of the Porte, and because
at the very moment when I write, the execution thereof
has not yet begun. They immediately sent their fleets
into the waters of Constantinople. They already occupy
the seas and ports of the Ottoman dominion at the gates
of the Dardanelles. By that advanced attitude the two
powers have placed us under the weight of a threatening
demonstration, which, as we had predicted to them,
may add to the crisis new complications.
" ' In presence of the refusal of the Porte, supported
by the manifestations of France and England, it becomes
more than ever impossible for us to modify the resolu-
tions that the Emperor has made dependent on them.
In consequence, his Imperial Majesty has sent to the
corps of our troops stationed at this moment in Bessa-
rabia the order to pass the frontier, and to occupy the
Principalities.
" I may observe, in the first place, with reference to
the first of these passages, that the dispatch of Count
de Nesselrode, addressed under date of the first of June
to the Baron Brunow, had not been brought to the
knowledge of the Government of her Majesty before the
Bth of June, and, consequently, the orders forwarded a
week previously to Admiral Dundas to repair to the
environs of the Dardanelles had not been issued, as pre-
tended in the circular of Count de Nesselrode, after the
considerations were made known to the British Govern-
ment. But had it even been different, and had the
orders not been issued, it was still impossible for the
Government of her Majesty to think that the menace to
occupy the Principalities would not be carried into
effect in consequence of the adherence on the part of the
Porte to the rejection of those clauses which a few days
before it had rejected without hesitation.
" Consequently, on the Bth of June, the Government
of her Majesty could not but consider the occupation of
the Principalities as inevitable, and they think that the
cabinet of St. Petersburg will not now pretend that the
note of Count de Nesselrode to Redschid Pacha con-
tained merely a simple menace, which it was never seri-
ously proposed to carry into effect. It is a fact, more-
over, that the note of Count de Nesselrode of the date
of the 31st May, containing the communication of the
hostile intentions of Russia, would suffice of itself to
authorise the Government of her Majesty to take mea-
sures for the protection of Turkey.
" I will endeavour now to establish at what period
and on what motives the British fleet was sent into the
waters of Turkey. The Prince Menschikoff, acting, as
we must believe, by order of his government, has declared
in his note of the sth May, of which a copy was received
in London on the 18th of the same month, that all fur-
ther delay to adopt his propositioneirehitive to the
Greek Church would be considered by him only 'as a
want of respect towards his government, which would
impose on him the most painful obligations.'
"And accordingly, in his note of the 11th May, of
which a copy was received in London on the 30th of
the same month, the Prince Menschikoff said, that in
case of an unsatisfactory decision by the Porte, 'lf
the principles which formed the basis (of the articles
under discussion) are rejected—if by a systematic
opposition the Sublime Porte persists in withholding
itself from an intimate and direct understanding,
he must consider his mission as terminated, inter-
rupt his relations with the cabinet of his Majesty the
Sultan, and cast upon the responsibility of his ministers
all the consequences which may result therefrom.' And,
in fine, in his note dated the 15th of May,
received
London on the Ist of June, Prince Menschikoff con-
cludes with these words :—' It remains for the sagacity
highness
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demands
so little conformable to the assurances given to the
Government of her Majesty; and, on the
lother hand,
the great armaments, military and naval, which during
months were carried forward on the very frontiers of
Tnrkey, left no longer any doubt in the minds of the
Government of her Majesty upon the imminent danger
in which the Sultan was upon the point of being placed.
They deeply regretted that that danger resulted from
the acts of the Russian Government, which was a con-
tracting party to the treaty of 1841 ; but as the Govern-
ment of her Majesty entertains now as firmly as in 1841
the principles laid down in that treaty, andas they think
that the maintenance of the peace of Europe is engaged
in the conservation of the Ottoman empire, they have
felt that it was time for them to be ready (in the interest
of peace itself) to protect the Sultan. On learning,
then, the sudden departure of Prince Menschikoff, they
took the determination to place the British fleet, which
at that time had not quitted Malta, at the disposition of
her Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople.
"On the Ist of June the Government addressed to
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe a dispatch authorising him,
upon certain specified occurrences, to send for the fleet,
which, in such case, would sail for whatever place might
be indicated for it. On the 2d of June they forwarded
to Admiral Dundas instructions that he should repair
immediately to the neighbourhood of the Dardanelles,
and place himself in communication with her Majesty's
ambassador.
"The evening before we received a copy of the note
of Prince Menschikoff, dated the 18th of May, in which
he announced that his mission had terminated, and that
the refusal of the guarantee demanded ' would hence-
forth impose on the Imperial Government the necessity
of finding it in her own proper force.'
" On the 2d of June I brought to the knowledge of
Baron Brunow the measure taken by her Majesty's Go-
vernment. That measure could not have been commu-
nicated by him at St. Petersburgh before the 7th or the
Sth, and, consequently, it could not have the least in-
fluence on the decision taken by the Russian Govern-
ment ; whilst the note by which Count Nesselrode an-
nounced to Redschid Pacha that ' within some weeks
his troops would receive the order to pass the frontier of
the empire,' was dated the 31st May, and his dispatch
to Baron Brunow, in which he said that, if the Porte
did not sign Prince Menschikoffs note within a week,
counting from the reception of his note by Redschid
Pacha, the Emperor ' would give orders to his troops to
occupy the Principalities,
• • ' • ' bore the date of the Ist of
June.
"It results, evidently, from that which precedes,
that the British fleet has not been sent into the
waters of Turkey out of
disregard
of the consider
ations submitted to her Majesty's Government by
the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, and that the de-
cision to occupy the Principalities had been taken
by the Russian Government on the eve of the depar-
ture from London of the instructions directed to Vis-
count Stratford de Redcliffe. And that decision, we
say, had been taken because the Russian Government
could not seriously, even for a moment, entertain the
hope to see the Porte give its adhesion to the clauses,
' without variation,' (les clauses sans variante), which
respect for its proper dignity and the interest of its
security had, a very few days before, imposed on it the
obligation to decline. Nevertheless, Count Nesselrode
asserts, in his circular dispatch of July 2, that the
presence of the English and French fleets in the Bay of
Besika, has, above all, provoked and entirely justified
the occupation of the Principalities ; he pretends that
these fleets are almost in view of the capital—that they
are hardly 200 miles distant, and that the maritime oc-
cupation by there fleets of the ports and waters of the
Turkish dominion, could only be counterbalanced by a
military occupation on the part of Russia.
"But her Majesty's Government must protest against
that assertion in the most forcible terms ; they deny the
existence of any similitude between the position of the
of the Russian
united fleets in Besika Bay and that
armies in the Principalities. The fleets have the. same
right to anchor at Besika as they have to moor in every
other port in the Mediterranean. By their presence in
these waters no treaty is transgressed, no territory is
violated, no principle of the law of nations is
disre-
garded; the independence of the Ottoman Empire is
not menaced by it, and, assuredly, it ought not to
be a motive of offence to Russia. On the contrary,

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and of the special treaty concerning that part of
his dominions ; it constitutes an infraction of
of direct hostility against the Sultan, to which he
would have the right to respond by a declaration of war
and a requisition to the allied squadrons to advance
to Constantinople for her defence. That occupation
constitutes, in fine, an act so dangerous, considered
as a precedent, and an act so violent on the part of
a powerful state against another whose very feebleness
ought to be its protection, that it has exerted through.
out all Europe sentiments of alarm and reprobation.
To admit that there exists any resemblance, or that
there could be established with reason any comparison
whatever between the position of the English and
French fleets without the Dardanelles, and that of the
Russian armies within the Principalities, is evidently
impossible.
"It is with profound regret that her Majesty's Go-
vernment sees itself in the necessity of expressing their
opinions with respect to the recent invasion of the
Turkish territory ; but they think that in abstaining
from doing so they would have been wanting in their
duty, and would render more difficult, in future, their
intervention for the defence and maintenance of treaties,
which constitute the international law of Europe, and
the only effectual guarantees of the general peace and
of the rights of nations.
"The sufferings that the occupation of the Princi-
palities must occasion to the inhabitants will be doubt-
less alleviated by the Russian Government taking upon
itself all the weights of that occupation. Having so
many times and at such length discussed the demands
addressed by Russia to the Sublime Porte, it does
not appear to me necessary to dwell upon the other
passages in Count de Nesselrode's circular dispatch,
which, indeed, contains no new fact or argument in
favour of his demands. I must, however, express the
conviction of her:Majesty's Government that the cabinet
of St. Petersburgh is altogether in error in asserting
that the Porte is little disposed to satisfy the just de-
mands of Russia, or that it seeks to evade the engage-
ments made with her. If that imputation were true,
her Majesty's Government would not have failed to use
all the influence they possess to induce the Porte to re-
cognise its engagements suitably. But the Government
has no more knowledge of such violation of the engage.
ments in question on the part of Turkey than they have
of those numerous arbitrary acts of the Ottoman Govern.
ment by which, as it is pretended, the rights of the
Greek Church have been violated, and which have me-
naced even to overturn the order of things sanctioned
by time, and so precious to the orthodox Church. Russia
demands, in • favour of her co-religionists in the East, the
strict status quo, and the maintenance of the privileges
which they have enjoyed under the protection of their
Sovereign. But Count Nesselrode dispenses entirely
with the explanation in what manner that status quo has
been disturbed—how those privileges have been impaired
—what complaints have been made—what wrongs have
remained unredressed. Her Majesty's Government has
the knowledge of but one offence committed by the
Turkish Government against Russia, and that offence
has been repaired to its satisfaction, with the consent of
Prince Menschikoff, at the same time that the last
firman by which the Sultan confirms the privileges and
immunities of the Greek Church was received with great
gratitude by the Patriarch of Constantinople. Where,
then, are the reasons which, as the Count de Nesselrode
asserts, will justify in the eyes of impartial Europe the
position taken at this moment by Russia ?
" Count Nesselrode adds that Russia, thanks to its
geographical situation, and to its treaties, possesses vir-
tually the right to protect the Greek Church in the East.
If it is so, and if that right (whatever may be its nature
and extent) is not interrupted, it is Russia that puts its
existence or its validity in doubt by striving to constrain
the Porte to new engagements. If the ancient rights
exist, and if they are respected by Turkey, Russia has
no motive for complaint against Turkey. But if Russia
seeks to give a greater extension to its rights, then Tur-
key, on its side, has the right to examine closely the
nature of the new demands, and to refuse such of them
as are incompatible with its independence and its dig-
nity.

I.‘ Her Majesty's Government receives with sincere
satisfaction the new assurances that the policy of his
Imperial Majesty, as well as the interest of Russia, re-
quires the maintenance of the order of things existing in
the East ; and as the interests of Turkey render it ne-
cessary for it to observe its engagements towards Russia,
her Majesty's Government flatter themselves that Rus-
sia will not wish (by endeavouring in actual circum-
stances to insist upon demands that the Porte ought
not to admit) to prolong a crisis which may render ine-
vitable consequences that Europe has so great an interest
in avoiding. _ _

" You ;:re authorised to read this dispatch to Count
Nesselrode, and even to give a copy thereof to his excel.
lency, " I am, &c.,
(Signed) " CLARENDON."