The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-01 00:00:00

TURKEY.

A telegraphic communication from Paris states that
the Lloyd steamer has arrived at Trieste from Constan-
tinople, with news to the 20th inst. The ultimatum is
rejected. M. de Balabine has started. The property
of the Russian Government is removed. Merchants are
emigrating. The Turkish Government continues actively
arming, although it desires to send an ambassador to
St. Petersburgh. Austria and Prussia remain neutral.
The Anglo-French fleet, of 28 sail, is at Tenedos. The
Magellan and Caradoc have arrived, and the Wasp and
Niger have sailed.
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A ccording to letters from St. Petersburgh in the Nou-
velliste de Hambourg, an order has been sent to Sebas-
topol to arm for war all the vessels of the squadron of
the Black Sea ; but this extraordinary armament was
explained by the wish to produce an effect on :Persia, of
which the attitude since the difference with Turkey has
given umbrage to Russia.
The Frankfurter Journal contains a letter from Vienna,
of 25th June, which says :—" A rumour was in circula-
tion yesterday here that the Porte had rejected the last
ultimatum of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, and that
in consequence the Russians might be expected to im-
mediately cross the Pruth. It is to be remarked that
the reply of the Porte was conceived in such terms as
that a reply from the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh was to
be expected from one day to another. The Porte points
to the firman of June 6, and declares that it has satis-
fied the demands of Russia, in giving the assurance that
the Sultan considers his word as inviolable. The cir-
cumstance of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh having
abandoned the expression Greco-Russian Church, is a
result of the influence of Austria. If the Russian Go-
vernment does not abandon the path of diplomatic ne-
gotiations (and it appears improbable that it will aban-
don it), Austria will assume the part of mediating power,
and renew the course of the negotiations."
A Vienna letter in the Augsburg Gazette, states that
M. Balabine, before he quitted Constantinople, placed
the subjects of Russia in Turkey under the protection of
the Austrian Ambassador.

We read in the Constitutionnel :—" Our correspondent
at Constantinople does not dissemble that the hope of
preserving peace decreases in the Turkish capital, in spite
of the assurances in the European journals. The state of
the public mind is such at Constantinople that the Porte,
were it even so inclined, would not be able to make the
concessions demanded. The Turks, writes our corres-
pondent, are ready to expose themselves to any dangers
in order to reject the yoke of Russia. The Ministers of
the Porte have therefore only to allow themselves to go
with the torrent of public opinion. The good understand-
ing between England and France, in order to oppose the
, violation of treaties by Russia, is, adds our correspon-
dent, a fact fully established. It appears that Austria
and Prussia have also given their adhesion to this
policy, but without any one exactly knowing to
what extent. It is generally thought at Constantinople
that before deciding on any active resistance against
Russia, these two powers will endeavour to bring about
an arrangement at which, it is said, they are constantly
labouring. The Porte is concentrating considerable
forces on the frontiers of the Danube. In a recent con-
ference with Reschid Pacha, Lord Redcliffe offered the
services of a certain number of English naval officers,
which offer, it is said, has been in part accepted. The
Porte has also recalled several young Mussulman officers,
who are serving on board English vessels, in order to
employ them in its fleet. The movement of the troops
continues unabated. The redifs arrive from all points
of the empire, and are directed towards head-quarters
which have been provisionally established at Schumla.
In the midst of this prodigious activity, the
means of conveying troops from Asia into Turkey
becoming rare, the Porte has applied to the agent of the,
packets of the French Messageries Nationales to demand
its assistance, which has been premised. It is said that
M. de Bruck, the new Austrian Internuncio, who arrived
at Constantinople on the morning of the 14th, was the
bearer of very satisfactory dispatches for the Porte, rela-
tive to the intentions of the Court of Vienna towards it.
M. de Nebiet, Austrian Minister Plenipotentiary, who
obtained leave of absence from his Court on account of
his health, left on the very day of the arrival of M. de
Bruck. The Porte has called on the company, who had
come forward to obtain the concession of several lines of
railway to explain itself, as to its intention of carrying
out its propositions under existing circumstances. On
giving an affirmative reply, it was invited to present
within two days a draft of a contract which was to be
immediately discussed."
The following is the official text of the last note ad-
dressed by M. de Nesselrode to Reschid Pacha, dated
St. Petersburgh, the 31st May, and the answer to which
was taken to Odessa by M. de Balabine on the 17th
inst. :

" Sir,—The Emperor, my august master, has just been
informed that his Ambassador has quitted Constan-
tinople, in consequence of the peremptory refusal of the
Porte to enter into the slighest engagement with the
Court of Russia, of a nature to give satisfaction respect-
ing the intentions of protection to the Ottoman Govern-
ment, as regards the worship of orthodox churches in
Turkey.
" It is after a fruitless sojourn of three months ; after
having exhausted verbally and in writing everything
that truth, kindness, and a spirit of conciliation could
dictate to him ; in short, it is after having endeavoured
to take into consideration all the scruples of the Porte
by the successive modifications to which he had consented
in the terms and the form of the guarantees which he
was charged to demand, that Prince Menschikoff came
to the determination which the Emperor learns with re-
gret, but of which his Majesty could only fully approve,
"Your Excellency is too enlightened not to foresee
the consequences of the interruption of our relations
with the Government of his Highness. You are too
devoted to the true and permanent interests of your
Sovereign not to experience a profound regret in con-
templation of the events which may arise, and the entire
responsibility of which must fall upon those who provoke
them.

"In addressing this letter to your Excellency, there-
fore, I have no other object than that of enabling
you as far as it is still possible to render a very
important service to your sovereign. Place once
more, Sir, under the eyes of his Highness the real
state of things, the moderation and justice of the
demands of Russia, and the very great offence that
is committed towards the Emperor in opposing to his
constantly generous and friendly intentions a distrust
without motive, and refusals without excuse. The
dignity of his Majesty, the interests of his Empire, and
the voice of his conscience do not permit him to accept
such conduct in return for all the friendly proceedings
that he has manifested and which lie is still desirous of
manifesting towards Turkey. He is bound to seek for
reparation and to guard against the renewal of such con-
duct for the future. In a few weeks the troops will re-
ceive orders to pass the frontiers of the Empire, not to
make war, which it would be repugnant to his Majesty
to undertake against a sovereign whom he has always
had pleasure in regarding as a sincere ally, but in order
to have material guarantees up to the moment when, re •
turning to more equitable sentiments the Ottoman
Government shall give to Russia the moral securities
which she has been demanding in vain for two years
past through her representatives at Constantinople, and
lastly by her Ambassadors.
" The draft of the note which Prince Menschikoff
remitted to you is in your hands ; your Excellency will
hasten, after having obtained the assent of his highness
the Sultan, to sign this note without alteration (sans
variantes), and to transmit it immediately to our am-
bassador at Odessa, where he must still be.
" I anxiously hope that in this decisive moment, the
counsel which I address to your Excellency with the
confidence inspired by your intelligence and your pa-
triotism, will be appreciated by you and by your col-
leagues in the Divan, and that in the interest of peace,