The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-16 00:00:00

TURKEY.

It is reported on tihe- Vienna 'Change yesterday
that the Russians ha'66 'entered the Danubian prin-
cipalities. A panic has ensued, but the Correspon-
dens (regarded as semi-official) contradicts the
report.
It is asserted that the Russian Ambassadors at
Vienna and Berlin insist on Austria and. Prussia
discontinuing that passive part which they have
up to the present played in the Oriental question.
The Llyods of Vienna says :—" Prince Danilo
arrived on the 22d ult. at Celcnje. He had received
from the Emperor of Austria the Order of the Iron
Crown. The same decoration of the second class

has been conferred on M. Pero, the President of
the Senate of Montenegro, and that of the third
class on M. George Petrovich. Prince Danilo dis-
tributed to the troops 200 medals struck in honour
of their bravery. The Prince has declared at a
publi3 meeting that the Montenegrins would soon
have a fresh occasion to display their valour, not
to defend their territory, but to retake the terri-
tory of which the Turks had deprived Montenegro ,
without any right."
The Pays-publishes a long article on the at,
of the East, in which it contends that the of er
European Powers cannot permit Russia-to occupy
the Moldavo-Wallachian provinces, because any
such occupation, without a similar and simultane-
ous occupation by the Turks, would be a direct
violation of existing treaties. It will be seen, how-
ever, by the few lines from the Constitutionnet,
which we subjoin, that the Pays has not set forth
the clause of tho treaty which fixes the circum-
stances under which the principalities may be occu-
pied quite so clearly as it might have done in sup-
port of its arguments. The Constitutionnei says
"The possible, or, we may even say, probable en-
trance of Russian troops into the principalities is the
object of many comments, but we have not yet seen that
any one has, in order to judge of the proper bearing of
such a measure, brought forward the treaty which regu-
lates the matter. This treaty is that of Balta Liman,
concluded in May, 1849. This Served, since that is the
Turkish name given to the document, is the latest obli-
gatory convention entered into between Russia and the
Porte on the subject of the principalities ; it was con-
cluded for seven years, and provides, in article 4, that a
new occupation of these provinces is to depend on any
serious event which may arise in the principalities, It
is to be simultaneous, and the force ou either side must
not exceed $5,000 men. No other cause of occupation
is stipulated for."
There is no leading article on the Eastern ques-
tion in the journals of yesterday of sufficient inte-
rest for extract.

The Constitutionnel says :—" We have received
accounts from Constantinople to the 2d, vid Berlin
and Vienna, Our correspondent informs us that
the preparations for defence were being carried on
by the Porte with groat activity. The greater part
of the redifs, or provincial contingents, are already
on the march ; almost all of them are proceeding
towards the Balkans, where the principal concen-
tration of Turkish troops will take place. The en-
trance of the Bosphorus appears to be sufficiently
defended by the Turkish fleet, which is about to be
reinforced by the ten line-of-battle ships and frigates
which are every day expected from Egypt. The
last accounts from Malta state that the English
fleet was still there, but the Admiral had made
known that he could be under weigh in five mi-
nutes, and at Constantinople in ninety hours by
the aid of his numerous steam-tugs. It would na-
turally require less time for the French fleet to
make the passage from Salamis to Constantinople.
The Porte appears to feel the conviction that it will
be attacked, and acts in consequence. Our corre-
spondent has sent us the literal translation of the
official note addressed by the Porte to the repre-
sentatives of England, France, Austria, and Prus-
sia, dated the 26th ult. We have already published
the summary of it, but, under existing circum-
stances, we consider the document too important
not to publish it textually. It is as follows :
" Although the question of the Holy Places, which
formed one of the objects of the mission of Prince Men-
schikoff, has been settled to the satisfaction of all parties,
the Prince has put forward pretensions relative to the
Greek religion and its clergy, which are of quite a dif-
ferent nature. The Sublime Porte makes it a point of
honour to preserve from any attack, both at present and
for the future, the religious immunities as well as the
rights and privileges granted under preceding reigns,
and confirmed by his Majesty the reigning Sultan, to
the clergy, the churches, and the convents of the Otto-
man subjects who profess the Greek religion, and as
no one has ever thought of imposing the slightest restric-
tion, neither has any doubt been thrown on the friendly
intentions of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia towards
the Sublime Porte. But to stipulate with a foreign go-
vernment by a served, or obligatory deed, under the form
of a convention, or by a note or declaration having the
same force and value, for rights, privileges, and immu-
nities (although it should only regard religion, worship,
and churches), in favour of a numerous community,
subjects of the government, would be to affect the rights
of independence and the governmental basis of the
power which thus binds itself,, and could not in any
way be compared to some concessions made by ancient
treaties. These facts have been pointed out to Prince
Menschikoff with all candour and good faith, and a
disposition has been shown to give all the assur-
ances calculated to dissipate the fears conceived
with regard to the immunities of all kinds of the
creed personally professed by his Majesty the
Emperor of all the Russias. Unfortunately, however,
this has not led to an understanding between the two
parties, and the Sublime Porte deeply regrets that the
Prince should have carried things so far as to break off
his official relations and to quit his post. The Sublime
Porte does not nourish any hostile intentions towards
the august Court of Russia ; its most ardent wish, on
the contrary, is to draw more closely than before the
bonds of friendship, which have been always dear to it,
by the resumption of official relations. It therefore
hopes that his Majesty the Emperor, in his well-
known character for equity, will not open without
motive the path of hostilities, and that the principles
of his Imperial Majesty, which are evident to the
whole world, will not allow him to take steps in
opposition to the positive assurances which he has given
to the august courts of Europe. But it is a fact that the
Prince has broken off his relations, and quitted his post;
as in that interval the Sublime Porte has not been as-
sured
that war will not take place, and whilst it sees
great military preparations, both by: sea and land, made
by Russia in parts close to the Ottoman Empire, the
Sublime Porte, without entertaining any hostile inten-
tion, sees itself compelled by prudence and by precau-
tion, to also make preparations, and it has resolved that
from this day military arrangements for defence shall be
made, and the Ottoman Government hopes that the
High Courts who signed the treaty of 1841 will approve
of its conduct in this respect. In acquitting myself by
sovereign order of this communication, I avail myself,
&c. (Signed) ‘" MOUSTAPHA RESCHID."
The Time's of Berlin, which is considered to be
semi-official, states, in its number of the 12th, that
it has received positive information that in a Ca-
binet Council held in London on the 9th the
Ministers had resolved on sending to the British
Ambassador at Constantinople the most extensive
powers, but under the restriction. of not considering
the fact of the entrance of the Russian troops into
the principalities as a declaration of war. The