The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-12 00:00:00

WALLACHIA.

Mr. DISRAELI—I wish, sir, to ask two questions of the
noble lord opposite relating to the present state of affairs
in the East, and I will put them separately, in order that
I may be more explicit. The first relates to a document
which has reached this metropolis to-day, and which bears
the title of a " Circular dispatch addressed to the diploma-
tic agents of the Court of St. Petersburgh," and is signed
by Count' Nesselrode. It is stated in that " circular
dispatch" that the occupation of the principalities by the
Russian force has been occasioned as much by the naval
occupation of the Turkish waters by the combined fleets of
England and France as by the refusal of the Sultan to give
that satisfaction which the Emperor of Russia demands ;
and it says that he will not retire from those principalities
until complete satisfaction is accorded to him by the Sul-
tan, and until also the combined fleets of England and
France shall have left the ports of the Sultan which they
at present occupy. Now, sir, what I wish to know from
the noble lord is whether a copy of that " circular dispatch"
has been presented to her Majesty's Government; and, if
not, then I wish to know whether it is the opinion of her
Majesty's Government that that "circular dispatch" is an
authentic document? (Hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL—With regard to the document to
which the right honourable gentleman alludes, I have to
say that, in the last dispatch I saw from the British Mini-
ster at St. Petersburgh, Sir Henry Seymour says that he
had not then seen the dispatch that is allowed to have ,
boon written by Count Nesselrode. No doubt, substan-
tially, the " circular dispatch" which the right honourable
gentleman has seen, as published in the public journals,
is an authentic document. I will not enter into the par.
ticulars to which the right honourable gentlemen has re-
ferred; I will merely say that Ido not think, in the first
place, that the Russian Government can in any way sub.
stantiate the fact that the entry of the Russian troops into
the principalities was occasioned by the sailing of the
English fleet into the waters of the Porte. (Cheers.) Nor
did I understand from my reading of the document that
it contained any declaration that the matters pending be-
tween Russia and Turkey could not be arranged until the
English and -French fleets should have left the Turkish
waters. (Hear.)

REPORTED AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION OF
BOSNIA.

Mr. DISRAELI—The other question I have to ask the
noble lord is—has her Majesty's Government received any
official intimation as to the reported occupation of Bosnia
by the army of Austria?
Lord J. RUSSELL—No, we have not received any
official intimation of that nature, and indeed the Austrian
Minister has communicated to Lord Clarendon his total
disbelief of any such fact having occurred. (Hear.) He
says he believes that the report has been owing to the oc-
cupation, by Austrian troops, of Peterwaradin, which is a
fortified town within the Austrian territory. (Hear.)
THE ISLE OF MAN CUSTOMS DUTIES.
In reply to a question from Sir J. WALMSLEY,
Mr. WILSON stated that he did not intend to proceed
at present with the resolutions in the paper in reference to