The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-28 00:00:00

TURKEY.

A special courier from St. Petersburgh passed through
Jassy on the 15th inst. on his way to Bucharest and
Constantinople. After his departure the Russian Con-
sul informed the Prince Ghika that unless the Porte
accepted the ultimatum the Russian General had orders
to cross the Pruth and commence hostilities. He con-
sequently desired the Hospodar to take the necessary
measures for the victualling and the general comfort of
the army.
In the course of the last three days detachments of
Russian troops have marched into Skuliani, near Jassy,
in which place a corps of 40,000 men is to be concen-
trated.
A letter from St. Petersburgh of the 17th, in the
.Hamburgh News, says it was there considered probable
that the Russians would occupy the Principalities .of the
Danube immediately. The same letter states that the
Russian Government is not at all satisfied with the dis-
positions of that of Persia, respecting the dispute with
Turkey.
We read in the Debats :—" Our letters from Constan-
tinOple by Trieste are to the 13th. The courier who left
St. Petersburgh on the Ist, with the last ultimatum of
Russia, arrived on the 9th at Constantinople, as is al-
ready known. That document had been presented to
the Divan ; it is under the form of a letter addressed by
Count de Nesselrode to Reschid-Pacha, Minister of
Foreign Affairs to the Sultan. The following is the
principal passage The Emperor, my master, has in-
formed me that Prince Menschikoff was obliged to quit
Constantinople, after a stay here of three months, with-
out having been able to obtain the guarantees which he
demanded for the rights and privileges of the Greek
Church. The Emperor considers the refusal of the Porte
as a complete want of consideration, as an affront offered
to his person. He approves completely of the conduct
of his ambassador. In his solicitude for the preserva-
tion of the Ottoman Empire, he recommends the Porte
to reflect once more on the disastrous consequences of
its refusal, the whole responsibility of which must
rest on it, and he accords it for the purpose a final
delay of eight days. At the expiration of that
period, the Russian troops will cross the frontiers not
to wage war, but to obtain from the• Sultan the conces-
sions which he has refused to accord by the way of a
friendly arrangement. Count de Nesselrode hopes,
however, that the Porte, better advised, will yield before
the Emperor shall need to have recourse to means
which are repugnant to his sentiments for the Sultan
Abdul Medjid, but the employment of which is impera-
tively imposed on him by his conscience and by that of
his people.' When the text of this note became known
at Constantinople the emotion was great, as may be
well imagined, in the diplomatic body. We are assured
that the ambassador .of England in particular was re-
marked for the vivacity of his language, and that his
sentiments were shared by the ambassador of France. It
was endeavoured to explain at Constantinople the con-
duct of Russia by the triumph at St. Petersburgh of the
Muscovite party ; it was said that during the whole
period of Prince Menschikoff s stay at Constantinople, he
corresponded directly with the Emperor, and it was ob-
served that up to the last moment Count de Nessel-
rode's name had not appeared in any of the documents
of these important negotiations, and that the first time
that it was seen there, the Chancellor of the Empire
had taken care to begin his letter with the words :
`The Emperor, my master, has informed me.' No one
doubted at Constantinople, but that the ultimatum would
be rejected, yet at the date of the last letters that step
had not been taken. M. de Balabine, the first secretary
of the Russian Embassy, who remained at Constanti-
nople after the departure of Prince Menschikoff, had de-
clared that in case of a negative answer from the Porte,
he would depart in his turn, but alone, , carrying with
him the valuable objects belonging to the Embassy, and
leaving at Constantinople the director of the commercial
branch of the Embassy, and the first dragoman. On
the 13th the arrival of the French and English fleets, in
the bay of Besika, was not yet known at Constantinople,
but it was known by the Chaptal and the Caradoe that
they had quitted Salamis and Malta, to proceed to the
entry of the Dardanelles. Notwithstanding the agita-
tion of men's minds, order and tranquillity had not
ceased to prevail at Constantinople."
We find the following under the head of Constanti-
nople, June 13, in the Cologne Gazette. Other f4ter's of
the same date are entirely silent respecting, the third
ultimatum mentioned by the Cologne Gazette. It is
certainly strange to find a third ultimatum; sent _in be-
fore the expiration of the delay allowed for the reply to
the second :

" The day before yesterday M. Balabine, grst seere-
,;ary of the Russian Embassy, returned here from
Odessa, with a new ultimatum. The Turks feel so little
uneasiness that they communicate' all the diplomatic
documents without any difficulty. This is the more
astonishing, as since the appearance of Prince Menschi-
koff his mission remained enveloped in a veil, which
produced much ambiguity even in London. This ulti-
matum (the third) states 'that the Czar has learnt with
regret the unfavourable reception given to his proposi-
tions, which were only dictated by his love for Turkey.
That Prince Menschikoff had faithfully executed the
orders of his Sovereign, and that the question on which
the differences between .the two States bore were purely
religious, and of a nature such as it would be impossible
to prove to the Czar that he had badly appreciated them,
and that consequently Russia would not yield an inch
of her pretensions. (According to the circular of M. de
Nesselrode, the question is said, on the contrary, to
have for object the political importance of Russia.)
That if it were wished to open fresh negotiation on the
subject, it would be necessary in the first place to dis-
miss the present Ministry, which is hostile to Russia,
and replace it by another having better feelings towards
her. That a prompt reply was expected. If, neverthe-
less, the hopes of the Czar were not realised, the Sublime
Porte must impute to itself the fact of the Russian
troops leaving their present position to take up a more
advanced one without Russia pretending by that act to
declare war against the Porte.' This is a new mode of
making war without disturbing peace. Nevertheless,
the armaments every day assume a more serious cha-
racter."
The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Berlin of the
24th, which says :
" The Prussian Times, in remarking on the Sultan's
firman concerning the privileges and immunities of the
Greek subjects and of the other Christian creeds, observes
that it does not consider it of a nature to completely
satisfy the Czar. The King has arrived at the Palace
of Bellevue. There has been a Council of Ministers
at which the King presided, the subject of the delibe-
ration being ecclesiastical matters. A Bishop and a
Director of the Consistory were present. M. de Ran-
mer has, it is said, decided that there shall be a special
Council at the Ministry of Worship for the elementary Ca-
tholic schools. It is stated that the Egyptian Government,
which had intended to send hero '3O young Egyptians
for their military education, has postponed the realisa-
tion of that project until after the Eastern question
shall have been settled. There are already here 18
young Egyptians. M. de Ladenberg, son of the former
Minister of Public Worship, and at present Attachd at
the Embassy at Carlsruhe, is named Secretary of the
Prussian Embassy at Paris, and is to replace the Am-
bassador during his absence."
The German Journal of Frankfort states that the
Sultan, in order to avoid any fresh complications, has
ordered that the Polish and other refugees in England.
and France, who had offered their services to Turkey,
should not be admitted into the army.
The Press of Vienna of the 22d says- "We think
that we may affirm that war is now less likely than ever.
Notwithstanding the concentration of troops on the

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was composed of 149 members, viz. : 2 princes of the
Imperial family, 6 cardinals, 6 marshals, and 2 admirals,
all senators by right, and 133 members named direct by
the Emperor. The number of the latter is now 133 ;
the Constitution fixes the number at 150.
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consequence of their having been condemned by the
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offences. By another decree the authorisation to wear
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person named Lasalle, and a soldier has been deprived
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the French and foreign shipping interests to the progress
of our establishment in the Society Islands, and to the
facilities which the port of Tahiti now presents for the
repair and revictualling of vessels in those distant re-
gions. From a report recently transmitted to the
French consul at Valparaiso, by the captain of a French
schooner, the Adela, fitted out at Papditi, it appears
that there is now at Tahiti a slip for careening, and all
the necessary materials may be purchased at the different
stores at a moderate price, and all the charges for the
operation are fixed at the lowest possible rate. Every
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foreign vessels, in order to induce them to visit that port.
In the months of January and February, 17 whalers, two
of which were French, and the others English and Ame-
rican, put in there to repair, as well as a number of
merchantmen. The present careening slip will take a
vessel of 300 tons, and in a few months another will be
ready for vessels of 600 tons. The police at Tahiti is
organised in the best possible manner, and desertion
from the vessels is rendered impossible. This fact,
joined to the protection which foreigners meet with
from the authorities, will doubtless attract a great
number of whalers to the spot, and merchants and
shippers will do well to turn their attention to supplying
the place with such stores as such vessels may stand in
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termination a general improvement had taken place in
prices, with the exception of the Three per Cents, for
cash, which had declined sc. The concluding quota-
tions were—For cash, Three per Cents., 77f. 40c. ; Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 102 f. For the account--Three
per Cents., 77f. 45c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 101
90c. ; Bank Stock, 2,670 f. The final quotations of the
Bank of Credit Foncier remained unchanged, being still
700 f. ; that of the Soeidtd Mobiliere is now 807 f., in
consequence of an advance of 7f. having taken place.
There was considerable activity in the railway share
market yesterday, and in consequence of the absence of
any unfavourable reports, a further advance in that de-
scription of security again occurred. Closing prices—
Northerns, 897 f. 50c. ; Orleans, I,oBof. ; Paris and
Strasbourg, 912 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 925 f. ; Paris
and Rouen, 1,055 f. • Lyons to the Mediterranean, 734 f.
50c. ; Western of France, 730 f.