The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-31 00:00:00

MILLOW MAIL.

Mr. V. BROWNE wished to ask the Secretary of the
Treasury whether any contract has been, or is about to
be, entered into by the Post-office authorities, for the
conveyance of the mails, for one year, between Mallow
and Killarney, by a one horse cart, although the railway
between those towns will be opened in the course of a
few days?
Mr. WILSON replied in the affirmative, adding that
the hours at which the railway company ran their trains
did not suit the convenience of the public.

' KAFIR WAR.
Mr. ADDERLEY wished to ask Lord John Russell
whether he would allow the postponement, if necessary,
of the vote in Supply for the Kafir war, until the pro-
mised papers on that subject are presented.
Lord J. RUSSELL said the papers would be laid on
the table shortly, but the vote would not be taken till

they were before the house.
AFFAIRS OF TURKEY.

Mr. DISRAELI said he wished to ask the noble
lord the member for the City of London a question re.

specting the present state of the affairs of Turkey, and
perhaps the house would permit him, in doing so, to
preface his question with a brief statement, although his
doing so might contravene the regulations of the house.
To make the question intelligible, it was necessary that
he should draw the attention of the house to dates.
The house was aware, that since Friday last, when
he addressed a question to the Government on the sub-
ject of our relations with the Porte, the Russian am-
bassador, Prince. Menschikoff, quitted Constantinople
because his ultimatum had been refused. It appeared
that Prince Menschikoff left Constantinople on the 22n41
inst., and to communicate between Constantinople and
St. Petersburg would require seven days. Prince Men-
schikoff therefore would not reach St. Petersburg until
the 29th of this month. Now, assuming for a moment
that the Emperor of Russia might wish to act instantly
and with decision upon Constantinople, which he could
do, as he had a considerable fleet and military force at his
command, they must remember that it would take seven
days to pass from St. Petersburg to Sebastopol. This
would bring the dates down to the sth June, four days would
be required to effect the passage between Sebastopot
and the entrance to the Straits, and that would bring
the dates down to the 9th June ; but it would be impos-
sible for a Russian feet to obtain a complete entrance into
the Straits until the 1I th June. Assuming that there would
be no considerable opposition to their entering the Straits
from the Black Sea, the Russian forces would, by the
latter date, be enabled to pass the Dardanelles, and,
obtaining possession of the castles, prevent any other
fleet entering. Hiving stated these details to the house,
which were absolutely necessary to explain the point of
his question, he begged to observe that on Saturday fast,
after the minister had thought proper to give directions lor
our admiral at Malta to proceed with the British fleet to
the Dardanelles, he could have done so vitt Marseill es,
as there was a steamer waiting for the purpose at •the
moment, and our admiral would have received his in-
structions by the 2d of Jane. It would take seven &vs
for Admiral Dundas to proceed from Malta to the D ar-
danelles, and therefore he would arrive on the 9th, exactly
two days before the Russian armament could make its
appearance. Now, the question ho wished to put vas
this, whether, taking the contingencies to which he :had
referred into consideration, the Government had issued
nstructions to the Admiral at Malta to proceed with the

fleet to the Dardanelles.
Lord J. RUSSELL—Sir, in the present state of The
relatiOns between Russia and Turkey, I must deel ins
answering the question which the right hon. gentlest lan
has put to me ; and I beg leave to add, that if he -will
give notice of any motion that he may intend to make
on the subject, the Government will be ready to dteend
the course which they have taken. (Loud cheers.)