The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

(From the Times. )
The intelligence published yesterday with reference to
the alleged determination of the Emperor of Ruselab/
insist on the immediate and unconditional acceptanctA
the Porte of the terms demanded by Prince Mensch_t„
reached us from Berlin in a form upon which we rre
the utmost reliance, and it has naturally prodlicur,ad
greater degree of anxiety on this question than Glossal
yet experienced. But, when interests of such o°,7it
magnitude and universal importance are at stance
would be dangerous to attach excessive weight to
ian
single determination, even though it be that of a Rusetba
Autocrat ; for every day which has passed since s,
30th of May, the date of our last advices frezil
Petersburgh, must have reminded the Emperor Nichuo,
more forcibly of the position in which he stands----3n an
sailant of Turkey without a pretext of complai.°Zoot
enemy of the public law and peace of Europe i,_.gb
an abettor or an ally. The Court of St. Peters 74
had greatly misjudged the temper and sPirlos
the world if it supposed that such enterP be
could be achieved with impunity. There ma epos
other causes of disunion abroad, but in Prelon
of acts of this nature there is a CI:"--038
duty and a common right, and we find with end
satisfaction that there is a common resolution to dele.ch
wl°
them. We have already adverted to the part loth
Austria has taken in her official communications, ;c1,..„
at Paris and in London, and it has even been stated of
we know not with what authority—that the orncteio
mediator had really devolved on her, in conic,fc on•
with the other Powers. We have also read vo which
qualified satisfaction the article in the Pays,
anon
is attributed in Paris to the immediate instiOife-0
of the head of the French Government. It is nee`;`o,o,
for us to express our assent to the opinions it consd'ed.
for they are precisely those we have uniformly defer' the
The writer insists in the most forcible manner on
essential condition of union and concert betweAel',l:es
the Powers on the Eastern question, and rePuul'oity
each successive pretension to separate and e-snf
sive influence, from the intrigues of M. Thiers
rid;
Count Walewski in Egypt in 1840 to the depot
' of Prince Menschikoff in 1853. We Alan ill.
inquire with too much nicety whether the
were
structions to M. De Lavalette last year that
conceived in the same spirit ; but the assurance nt
these are now the opinions of the French Governito
is calculated, as far as it can be relied on, to strenVice
the harmony of all the Western Powers, and t° g4te
effect to those general principles which are the onlY
basis of peace. , tithe
This consideration, far more than what is termed
tP
integrity and independence of Turkey," deserve be
weigh with us in discussing the course of policy rider
pursued on this question ; for we have ceased to ire
stand what is meant by the " integrity " of an 111Prin•
which has already seen half-a-dozen kingdoms Oa Po of
cipalities severed from it, or by the " independence idol
of a State which only exists on foreign protection. oti
the indefinite prolongation of a Mahomedan dY°,,, i 0
and of Turkish government over a European natli it
wholly distinct from the more extended objects wh..„'-oet.
becomes an enlightens' statesman to have in "ow
Very few years have elapsed since the Christian pop 00
tion of Turkey was released from a state of the To
abject depression. The work of their emanciPtid
has been the result chiefly of the present Sn'ood,
reign, though it was begun by his father, Maincii,,io
Since then no people has ever advanced more rapie,,t'r
education, in industry, in wealth, and in all that cel,ibe
tute the elements of society and of political power. 01
inhabitants of the kingdom of Greece proper, vr,ithiofr
independent Government, such as it is, have maae„tieo
nitely less progress in the lastls years than the Christ
i 0
subjects of the Porte • and, while everything wbi,ci-bito
, strictly Turkish in the Ottoman empire in Europe 0“-`...d.
symptonms of rapid and steady decline, the Christian 'des'
are rising like the undergrowth of a decaying forest'hile
tined, we trust, ere long, to emerge from the
which has for ages overwhelmed them. Upon these;ro
Russia has attempted to impose her protection in
,n the
not more fatal to the sovereignty of Turkey than'yipt
future independence of the Greeks and Slavonianej• coo.
they belong not to Russia either by the polity anuiaid
stitution of their churches, or by their Pc' [he
institutions, or by their commercial interests. 08
has vainly sought to identify them on all . tole.
points with her creed, her empire, and her 11*sje
Already the vision of a more auspicious and their
' pendent destiny excites their hopes and encouragl.ri,
exertions, and whenever the time may come at `v op tiba
Christian State shall once more rise to empire uPentlattl
throne of Byzantium, it may be hoped that the nt''t the
planted there will be that of a free people, ands ° tiO
symbol of northern conquest and a second deltieg
scarcely less barbarous than that which is now 113 e rflie
before the influence of humanity and civilisation) de
Turkish Government, to do it justice, acknew. oef
that the maintenance and extension of the ri,(ttst-reati
i,
Christian subjects are its paramount duty ancllnpdscbi"
and in the very last dispatch, addressed hY its re",
Pasha to Prince Menschikoff, the declaration r
newed that "the Porte owes it to its own henseillit,
cause the religious privileges granted by
former eater
to be respected for ever." If any doubt could Iv (el
tamed on the subject, such a declaration wool d to
peated in the most binding form, and addresset on the
the powers of Europe. But Russia is so inten,bet
establishment of her own exclusive protectorate) 'cote,:
insists on reducing this general, public, and le,.t
vertible pledge of toleration to a narrow contr.,ll. wore
herself. The Christians of Turkey would net der for
protected, but they would be more closely un
sian sway. . . with
•'th
' That is an object, to say nothing of the duP co t
which this scheme was begun and the viel,lol„i nendel
' which it seems likely to end—to which no in'-'7,100,-,„
State of Europe can patiently submit, for it inv
annexation of territory, an extinction of natilrol of
pendence, an interruption of important ceniMile istobs
lotions, and a startling violation of the Pub eal‘ lot
Europe. The writer, who is supposed to Ibo
opinions of the French Government, is entitieurpreset
that, if these wrongs are done, France and he ;0,, ~
ruler are at least guiltless of the offence. Ruosst'ost
having placed herself in the strongest CO
0.„ti0,1
the late convulsive changes of the Frenewed °lot
has suddenly reversed the scene, and SSt to rso
part which she would have been the tiwrsb.is
if Louis Napoleon had adopted it ; itejte
o°,o
Napoleon declares that "he is ready. t to c0,..5„,
place in the great European coalitto.l_t_
the integrity of an empire and the inviolabilltYooo
to be respected." We had remarked yesterdtfroce Pole
before these lines had reached us, that -u d, if
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everything to gain by such a combination, an
enters into it in the spirit of those declaratiotiosi;
01:0
be illiberal and impolitic to reject the oPeressia,
l
a power. We ask no more of her, or of
and go fi,
that deference for the public engagements., -se deYetleft
interests of Europe which no State can in these
eon the
glect with impunity ; but that much Europol. sfeasj
to require ; and we confess we are amus,,od faitpojtv
Emperor ;Nicholas receive a lesson in ,FL.'ete of re_soo
moderation from a Bonaparte,
tionary France are sent to protect the rigcle:onds (?0,0 of
of other nations against the oppressive ~ chola/
Sovereign who has long claimed to be ta'
legal authority and conservative power.
„poi
ooingi;ore
CITY MlLlTlA.—Notices have been iss}l
ecurits of
all the men attached to the militia
'leery th
don, to assemble at the City Art- grounds,
lock, t? h the
ten 0 c
bury, on Friday, the 17th inst., at
cone trea'
mence a2B days' drill. Any men 41 be
corps being absent without lawful excus
that tbi
as deserters. mention won
ROUEN.—The letters from Rouen
that so
the
market for manufactures was heavy, and iS t
not be effected except at a decline.Tba follovvingbela „"
LORD MIDLETON'S ESTATES• , eateS)
result of the sales of Lord Midletopasreb
rother' CFiret
while
t"
7- and Vet
ths
Cork, by Mr. Clark, of the firm ?fand Jon° l•rosiiseod
and Lye, of London, on May 311 er Secelied
day's sale—Net rental of 1,441 • P_
overage.
rolis
29,6651., or 20i years' purchase,mo.n_or oniitil‘,foogo,
day's sale—Net rental of 4,1731. lb; F
8401. Ile the '
total realised on both days of 121,
_oboe ;
ar_,,,sbe;
dock town lands realised 30f years' I.)..n.,r_eare,y s cPT.t.4
92,1751., or 22 years' purchase,
llinaruine, ;so JiVe •to 1
lintubber, 29 ; and the Ba for vounb
the two latter being on long leases dor* olvtlar:01
4 aO-,,
Dunbollog estate was withdrawn,not
ht eV'
extent, making an offer for it.
Wig-
farms and two head rents were alone
on averag-•
nes OnVy'rd i
beIVS
IRON MANUFACTURE ON THE 'ix-.
S.
creasingly, and in a rapid ratio.
bis 4 w
ro and Araeffia'
erected at various places. Bole o
and are bull
ture of iron on the banks of the_Tee_esiero-oes
la; bad::
at Eston 4, at Middlesbrough 3, bniidingt to bolo,
,nutwl 00111
dlesbrough 3 ; and Cochrane and_a
in
6 fa
Eston 4. Gilkes, Wilson, and Co;_,
4 ; Bell Brothrs are building at S uIF
20 in all. -31,. iirestfite
site Middlesbrough, 2—makingaria_ North in '''"o
area
re itheu oPP
M.P., chairman of the London interet is Ay_
Railway Company, is said to ha° ; and 11 erati°l
Staffordshire firm of Cochrane an
In fa eel.
averred that when all their works are
'„,410
0
0
they will employ 4,000 men.--6044