The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-05 00:00:00

FRAN CE.

The note yesterday, in the Moniteur, explana-
tory of the affair of the muskets for the Turkish.
Government, and the denial that any autho-
rization had been given the French
officers
to enter the Turkish service, has been the
consequence of an interview between the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Rus-
sian Ambassador, and which took place on.sSastauird•
Satur-
day. The conversation between them.
to have been, in thgerecwo encemtentee,enod.al rather
animated animated kind, but calmer a
Kisseleff complained of the Government having fur-
nished fire-arms to Turkey eratier looked upon
it as an excitement to warya;gainst Russia, and he
protested against the act. passports ;
It is said that he even
hinted somethin about demailding his
but this has not gbeen confirmed to me on any good
authority. M. Drouyn de Lhuys gave the usual
explanation. He said that there was nothing con-
trary to precedent, or inconsistent with the excel-
lent relations existing between Franco and Turkey,
in ceding, at the request onfsthaed of w
latter;oooa certain
number number of muskets (40,000, instead
mentioned). Such services were mutually rendered
by Governments on amicable terms with each other,
and he denied emphatically that it could be con
strued into an act of hostility to Russia, inasmuch
as there was
no declaration of war made b that
Power against the Porte. lie trusted Y a
that that
explanation would be sufficient--he should feel re-
gret if it wore not, but he had none other to give.
It is said that M. de Kisseleff appeared satisfied—
in a diplomatic sense—with the explanation.
Admiral Hamelin leftT oulon yesterday in La
take Plata steam corvette, to the command of the
French squadron. The vessel La Jena has not
joined the squadron. She is practicing main ma.

nceuvres off the Isles of Hyeres, and will shortly
return to Toulon.
By an imperial decree, Admiral Baron du Bour-
dicu has been nominated maritime prefect of Tou-
lon, in the place of Admiral Hamelin, appointed
to the command of the French fleet in the Medi-
terranean.

Au imperial decree of July 2 nominates M.
Belurgey de Granville, prefect of the Lozere, to be
prefect of the Aube, iu the place of M. Collet-
Meygret, appointed director of general surety, and
M. Janvier de La Motte, sub-prefect of St. E tienne,
to take the place left vacant in the Lozero ; also
M. d'Andigne, sub-prefect of Peronne, to be pre-
fect of the Charente, vice M. Riviere, who retires
on a pension. Another imperial decree of the
same date effects a number of changes amongst the
sub- prefects and secretaries of prefecture, an d re-
establishes the office of secretary in eight pre-
fectures in which it had been suppressed.
A decree in the Moniteur relieves from the obli-
gation of having a surgeon on board, all tr a ding-
vessels and whalers, of which the crew is less -than
30 men.

The Bank of France has published in the Ilioni-
teur the result of its operations during the :.'irst six
months of the present year, which show a plrofit of
6,387,000 fr. Among the principal items com.posing
the profits of the establishment discount reckons
for 1,400,000 fr. ; Rentes held by the Bank,
1,800,000 fr.; advances on railway shares, 812, 000 fr. ;
and on public securities, 524,000 fr. The profits
from different branch banks figure, in the ;eneral
result, for 2,034,000 fr., after deducting this. losses
on two of them. It is on these results tl tat the
Bank declared a dividend of 70fr. a share ;ikor the
six months.

The Cons titutionnel, after giving the note of the
Moniteur, respecting some of its statements, s ays:—
"We produce this note without the least hesita-
tion, since it leaves us at liberty with rest ?ect to
the information which we think it useful ti 3 com-
municate to the public. Let it, however, 1 le per-
mitted to us to remark that the Constitution.; tel did
not say that the French officers had receive( 1 from.
the Minister of War the authorisation to tal Le ser-
vice in the Turkish army ; it only spoke of infor-
mation obtained with a view to certain even
ties. We accept, therefore, the correction ( )f the
Moniteur in the measure of our assertion. Ls to
the sale of muskets, we were only deceived as to
the number."

The reply of Reschid Pacha to the note of (;fount
Nesselrode meets with the approbation that it de-
serves in the notices of the Parisian press. Some
of the journals, indeed, reserve their remarl zs for
another day, but there is no reason to suppm 3 that
they will be less favourable than those we sul ajoin.
The Debats says : " The reader will obsery e the
tone of dignity and moderation of the langut tge of
Reschid. Pacha." The A ssemblee Nationale, w
two days ago, only indulged in offensive alit isions
to what it called the weak pride of the TE trkish
Government, now says :
" It is impossible not to be struck with the m odera-
tion which characterises this reply. The langu age of
the Turkish Minister is sufficient to remove all fears.
Russia has not now the slightest pretext for is taking
war. If the Russian troops have received ord, ers to
occupy the Danubian provinces, it is that the Cabi .net of
St. Petersburg did not wish to appear too pros npt to
accept any solution, except that which it had prof )used ;
it feared that its acts would be a contradiction to its
words. It appears to us more and more impossibi to that
the Emperor should not admit the necessity of p utting
an end speedily to the affair."

The Pays has the following :-
4, We publish to-day a diplomatic document o! f great
importance in the difference between Russia and I 'urkey.
Reschid Pacha has just replied officially, in the n ame of
the Sultan, to the note of Count de Nesselrode, a ed it is
this document which we now place before our i readers.
Nothing can be more noble, dignified, and in oderate
than the language of the Minister of the Porte. It is
marked with the impress at the same time of col ifidence
and of right. Reschid Pacha refuses the Emi )eror of
Russia only what is incompatible with the hone mr and
sovereignty of Turkey. He shows himself T. aady to
accord all that is possible and just. In order t hat war
could take place after such declarations, Russi: s should
be decided to hear no observation and to dar a every-
thing. The proposition by which Reschid Pach a termi-
nates his reply will above all be remarked. The Turkish
Government offers to the Russian Government to send
an ambassador extraordinary to St. Petersbi irgh, to
there resume the negotiations, and seek, by a common
accord, the bases of an arrangement which can be
accepted. This offer, which honours Turkey in the eyes
of the whole world, and which is a new and stril :ing tes-
timony of her admirable moderation, renders pe ace still
more imperative for the honour and interests of
_Russia,
for it would render aggression on her part mor e unjus-
tifiable before the universal conscience of Europe a."
We read in. the Constitutionnel :—" Ti' ve Rus-
sians are difficult to satisfy. The irade of the
Sultan in favour of his non-Mahometan si ibjects,
which was considered of a nature to rem Ive all
pending difficulties between the Porte a aid the
Cabinet of St. Petersburg, is considered a now
offence, if a letter addressed from Odes; ;a to a
Berlin journal, the New Gazette of Pruss la is to
believed. The letter, which is dated the 15th,
says:--

" `The last firman of the Grand Signior has greatly
surprised us ; but we have been still more to see that
the English, German, and French journals pret end that
it should be considered as the last concession i made by
the Porte to the exigencies of Russia. It is ra ,ther the
most hostile act to Russia which the Porte has hitherto
published. It is clear that you must be plc used at
Berlin that your co-religionists in the East shoo old enjoy
the liberties which have hitherto been privilege s of the
members of the Greek Church ; but, as rega srds that
church herself and her members, not only have they re-
ceived nothing, but by being placed on afc moting of
perfect equality with other confessions, there results a
real damage to them, since they will share wit Is others
what belongs to them alone. Thus, whilst his Majesty
the Emperor Nicholas demands that the Porte , shall un-
dertake to maintain the privileges of the Greek Church,
the Sultan publishes a firman, which is an act ; of hos-
tility against that church, and the liberal journals of
Europe demand that the Emperor shall declare 1 himself
satisfied."

We fancy (adds the Constitutionnel) that we are
dreaming when we read such things. WI tat !an
act which has been considered by all Euro, pe as of
a nature to give satisfaction to all interests, is held
to be an act of hostility against the Greek Church,
and the Czar will carry intolerance to the extent
of not desiring liberty of conscience, except in fa-
vour of his co-religionists ! That would be di ffioult
to believe, if acts did not correspond with th e rea-
soning sent from Odessa to Berlin.

A considerable advance towards recoverin.g from
the late panic was made at the Bourse yesterday at
the termination of business, all descriptions of
stock having materially improved in prile e, the
Four and a Half per Cents. for the account; to the
extent of more than 1 per cent. ; for money, the
Three per Cents., rose 40c., and the Four and a
Half per Cents. 25c. ; whilst for the end of the n lonth
the improvement was 60c. in the Three per Cents,an.d
if. sc. in the Four and a Half per Cents. No change
occurred in Bank of France shares. Glom g
prices :—For Cash—Three per Cents., 75f.., qoc. ;
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 f. 25c. ]For the
Account—Three per Cents., 75f. 50e. ; Four-find-
a-Half per Cents., 101 f. 60c. Bank Stock, 2,650 f.
In Bank of Credit foncier shares there is no v. tria-
tion to report, being still quoted at 650 f. ; a rise
of 201. took place in those of the Societe Mobi lere,
which closed at 715 f. The railway share mf irket
also participated to a considerable extent i) a the
general improvement in business, and an impx ove-
mcnt took place in all the principal lines : -Paris
and Strasbourg shares rose 25f. ; Paris and. Louen,
15f. ; Orleans and Paris, and Lyons, each. I.of. ;
Northerns, 12f. ; and Lyons to the Mediterranean,
sf. The final quotations were Northern, 872
;
Orleans, 1,040; Paris and Strasbourg, f3Bsf. ;
Paris and Ly ,
ons 890 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 005 f.;
Lyons to the Mediterrean, 705 f. ; Western, 702 f. ;
Rouen and Havre, 465 f.

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