The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

THE EASTERN QUE STIO.AC

( From the Times.)
reference i 8
The intelligence published yesterday with ~tosis
the alleged determination of the Emperor of 11,..,,,eebf
insist on the immediate and unconditional aceePoTool
the Porte of the terms demanded by Prince 31e e pis° sv
reached us from Berlin in a form upon which W. col
reds
the utmost reliance, and it has naturallY P we Pr.
greater degree of anxiety on this question tll/1,
yet experienced. But, when interests of silw'steke,
magnitude and universal importance are e't to
would be dangerous to attach excessive weig" itosoi°
single determination, even though it be that of a ce yM
Autocrat ; for every day which has passed 70 St
30th of May, the date of our last advice° Nieto°,
Petersburgh, must have reminded the Eraperer,_.oow,
more forcibly of the position in which he stellnot,
off
sailant of Turkey without a pretext of 001143
enemy of the public law and peace of EuroPe„obA
an abettor or an ally. The Court of Stange,irit
had greatly misjudged the temper :trerprr
the world if it supposed that such 'limey !:
could be achieved with impunity. There resin
other causes of disunion abroad, but ill roe
of acts of this nature there is 114„, 6trel"cli
duty and a common right, and we find N71•14`, defe,),
satisfaction that there is a common resolution ".„.
them. We have already adverted to the Pr'...0,170/1"
Austria has taken in her official communiostl7oli
at Paris and in London, and it has even bee° OA
we know not with what authority—that the floe
mediator had really devolved on her, in
_,°°v4iti/
with the other Powers. We have also res.'„,
qualified satisfaction the article in the Peolgov,,,
is attributed in Paris to the immediate is7eir
of the head of the French Government. It e coo;
for us to express our assent to the opinion ladefeou
for they are precisely those we have umforraY
e r 00'4
The writer insists in the most forcible roe', lint 0,011;,
essential condition of union and concert
the Powers on the Eastern question, and re j
each successive pretension to separate sl,nhie
sive influence, from the intrigues of M. deb
Count Walewski in Egypt in 1840 to the 130
of Prince Menschikoff in 1853. We tllol#s
inquire with too much nicety whether
structions to M. Be Lavalette last 970 fre.
conceived in the same spirit ; but the asse„oo
these are now the opinions of the French ur°,;.eogs
calculated, as far as it can be relied on, to 51 to 4
the harmony of all the Western Powers, ell" 01154
effect to those general principles which are the
° oty
basis of peace. roeti
This consideration, far more than what terlseril
integrity and independence of Turkey, '
hey
weigh with us in discussing the course of P°, to or,
pursued on this question ; for we have cesse‘;
stand what is meant by the " integrity
which has already seen half-a-dozen kingdonsdoey
oipalities severed from it, or by the " indePell.oo,
of a State which only exists on foreign protec° diof ;
the indefinite prolongation of a Mahornedst4
and of Turkish government over a Europese
wholly distinct from the more extended objectsie fy
becomes an enlightened statesman to havde 0 porP
Very few years have elapsed since the Christ' 111
tion of Turkey was released from a state 0' ocipo7
abject depression. The work of their en° 'lllV.i
has been the result chiefly of the presentoon
reign, though it was begun by his father, 4i,
Since then no people has ever advanced morns
education, in industry, in wealth, and in all w,er.,i
tuts the elements of society and of political pos` ye/
eictfesdsnseot snfttohGf
eprogresso theyeorrremn
.gte
indiaeton,mlda
ss:otewflhhsGai
ylsreerateru
is,s
et rhpyhartnaohoftte rugelo,cloceie
oblorrjavloid
sniisnntiurtdhbieeacl independent
y Turkish in the'Ottoman empire in Enr°,l3olsl
s arey m
rising p.tonmlsiko of rtahpei dand
undergrowthsteady d decline, ian ed,
decaying
nhgr'fsoh"tleotrij
tined, we trust, ere long, to emerge from to/
which has for ages overwhelmed them. Upon t'io,F,ol
Russia has attempted to impose her protecti°,bo'lo4
not more fatal to the sovereignty of Turkey '4l'
future independence of the Greeks and Slavell',o3,s?
they belong not to Russia either by the politY
atitution of their churches, or by the o,
institutions, or by their commercial late oil o.‘
has vainly sought to identify them ei°
points with her creed, her empire, and
Already the vision of a more auspieie°;rage',4;
pendent destiny excites their hopes and ence t t4ty"
exertions, and whenever the time may come ;:e of)°,ll',,
Christian State shall once more rise to enlPme stovyt7
throne of Byzantium, it may be hoped that thila
planted there will be that of a free people)l cies} IP
symbol of northern conquest and a Won'
scarcely less barbarous than that which i!,73otioo'il,
before the influence of humanity and civu"iool(.ofr
Turkish Government, to do it justice) d'tigl)o,e4
that the maintenance and extension of the -a
Christian subjects are its paramount duty
and in the very last dispatch, addressed it 3( Isror,i?
Pasha to Prince Menschikoff, the declars clboo:00;
newed that "the Porte owes it to its °nor'",
cause the religious privileges granted by '`) bey `q
to be respected for ever." If any doubt 0,8%01,110P0
tamed on the subject, such a declaration,dresseZo
peated in the most binding form,
axis noest 01
the powers of Europe. But Russi s° rate, tIY;
establishment of her own exclusive proteet°o iv
insists on reducing this general, public) 9100troci6
vertible pledge of toleration to a parrot not 12117
herself. The Christians of Turkey vremie. 011°' yh
protected, but they would be more 01015ey .0010
sion sway.
cleP ce
That is an object, to say nothing 01
which this scheme was begun and the indeFie,,,i
which it seems likely to end—to which Oit i<l
State of Europe can patiently submit' for natit'vreisil
annexation of territory, an extinction 0 ojele.
pendence, an interruption of important
„abll,,c);
lotions, and a startling violation of tbetto" sr; VfrAt
Europe. The writer, who is supPesed„titleci to
opinions of the French Government, is
ande- Der •'4,o'
that, if these wrongs are done, Franco Sils,l;4t,oo,
ruler are at least guiltless of the offence.
having placed herself in the strong7rt epcb i''o
- the late convulsive changes of the , 'OO
has suddenly reversed the scene, an first l.°lllo
part which she would have been the whil
if Louis Napoleon had adopted N., ro 1;$
Napoleon declares that "he is resiiiioo toy
Napoleon
place in the eat European ce,
the integrity of ahempire and the invietroi,mce
to be respected." We had remarked Yett if 'l,r
before these lines had reached us, ;0 tevitiO,
everything to gain by such a COmbi°,3_,..ti'on°' of :00
enters into it in the spirit of those deow,tioo,
be illiberal and impolitic to reject the or,,' ittisned
a power. We ask no more of her, or
een'ts 00;,9
that deference for the public engage° in tbele, o°ol
interests of Europe which no State lurope 10 00,pi
glect with impunity ; but that much „mused, o,ioi,ols
to require ; and we confess we are In goon
°f 1.
Emperor !Nicholas receive a lessicenthe deet'oJtel
moderation from a Bonaparte, wiltithe igts:lP '?,t)
tionary France are sent to protect
sdeo, or
of other nations against the oppreoal;e tote cu
Sovereign who has long claimed t
legal authority
issllea.lll7ol
CITY MiLrria.—Notices have bellor the its,
coo,
all the men attached to the mili,;iriAliecty-roetik, tilej
don, to assemble at the City -n-'-ten cl. a o
bury, on Frid the 17th inst., atrt coanecei tr
mence a2B days' drill. Any me excuse t 111,1
ROUEN.—The letters from oodth ,
ascorpdessbeertinergs.absent without lawvfuolueen
mentsitonieoscool,
frl
tb
market for manufactures was heavy
wing eiJ
Crneoostrukolb,tßebDoeyfffmetmchiterne.dLse
rcaellxaeoesrsek,ops,ftoaEfLits,:airrAcidTefiEjsicsliniin_d,seir,:ead,srfeosblir°o,tej,;
estfo.,.er,
day'sandLsyaei,e_o fNLe
to London, 4411. c a ineravenrSo::
29,665/. or 20/ years pur h
,Sl'.lBB. per a,. 14,4.
day's safe—Net rental of 4,..a73:1•20117,8a4v0eir.u2r;
days
lintubber, 29 ; and the Ballinarueisekr
..vogowivg
rcb
the two latter being on long leae njotp too Bv.
dock
bar, realised
no or 22
a2n2do sny erbaeoratsl hi
r3nus ryefr e 4.4
Dunbollog estate was withdrawn,t t 74 4 laoirt iv, "if
extent, making an offer for' Vu
alone b°llsibe
farms and two head rents were rros.- 001 oeiP(e
IRON MANUFACTURE ON TUE Tees gOeS roe 0
Iratio. New
ctureraesoinfgiirr
andoil t.ihneabraanpks i
id
at Eston 4, at Middlesbroug!l,_. are bu about erected at various places.
Eston 4. Gilkes, Wilson, araint;",o. Are 0.'4; ",
dlesbrough 3 • ad Cochrane 3
.aZmnbire butts'
iar,_";
4; Bell Brothers are building ay '; to all.ort:
site Middlesbrough, 2—making a and teeo is
M.P., chairman of the Loll ? an I°_,l it .40°
Railway Company, is said to have
co. ;
_atino opetr
Staffordshire firm of Cochranor, J.,' are in
averred that when all their sv jedteaa
they will employ 4,000 men. ""4
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