The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-30 00:00:00

" No. 101.

"THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO COUNT NESSELRODE.
" le Comte,—As thet Foreign-off
‘ordinaryeen;:lseb. ofn, 1854.
communi-
cation between England and Russia have been closed by
the recent interruption of diplomatic relations between the
two Courts, I am under the necessity of addressing myself
directly to your Excellency on a matter of the deepest
importance to our respective Governments and to Europe.
" The British Government has for- many months anxi-
ously laboured, in conjunction with its allies, to effect a
reconciliation of differences between Russia and the Sub-
lime Porte, and it is with the utmost pain that theßritish
Government has come to the conclusion that one last hope
alone remains of averting the calamity which has so long
impended over Europe.
"It rests with the Government of Russia to determine
whether that hope shall be realised or extinguished ; for
the British Government, having exhausted all the efforts
of negotiation, is compelled to declare to tho Cabinet of St.
tersburg, that if Russia should..decline to restrict wibhin
purely diplomatic limits the discussion in which she has
for some time past been engaged with the Sublime Porte,
and does not, by return of the messenger wbo is the bearer
of my present letter, announce her intention of causing
the Russian troops under the orders of Prince Gorta-
chakoff to commence their march with a view to re-cross
the "Prath, so that the provinces of Moldavia and
Wallachia shall be completely evacuated on the 30th of
April next, the British Government must consider the
refusal or the silence of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg as
equivalent to a declaration of war, and will take its mea-
sures accordingly.
" The messenger who is the bearer of this letter to your
Excellency is directed not to wait more than six days at
St. Petersburg for your reply ; and I earnestly trust that
he may convey to me an announcement on the part of the
Russian Government that by the 30th of April next the
Principalities will cease to be occupied by Russian forces.
".I have, &c., 1` CLARENDON."

" No. 104.

"THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO LORD BLOOMFIELD.
" Foreign-office, Feb. 27, 1854
_ _

"My Lord,—l transmit to your lordship herewith a copy
of a letter which I have addressed to Count Nesselrode, re-
quiring the evacuation of the Principalities; and I have to
instruct your lordship to communicate it immediately to
Baron Manteuffel, and to state that her Majesty's Govern-
ment having anxiously, but in vain, laboured for many
months, in conjunction with the Governments of Austria,
France, and Prussia, to effect an amicable settlement of the
differences between Russia and the Porte, must now con-
sider that negotiation is at end, that the inadmissible terms
upon which the Emperor of Russia will alone negotiate for
peace, and the vast scale on which military and naval pre-
parations are proceeding in Russia, leave no doubt as to the
disastrous pohcy which his Imperial Majesty is determined
to puruse.
The dignity of the Powers concerned in these recent
transactions, and the great interests now suffering from sus-
pense, forbid any further delay, and require that all doubt
as to the future should be removed ; and, as the forcible
occupation of the Principalities was an injury inflicted
upon Turkey and an offence offered to Europe by Russia, it
has appeared proper to her Majesty's Government, and to
that of the Emperor of the French, that the final issue
should have reference to that act of aggression, and that the
Government of Russia should be required within a given
time to evacuate that portion of the Sultan's territory.
"Both Governments, however, are animated by the
sincerest desire of co-operating with Prussia. They acknow-
ledge the paramount necessity of a cordial understanding
between the Four Powers at this critical juncture of the
affairs of Europe ; and they are convinced that the all-im-
portant questions as to whether the war is to become general
or be confined within narrow limits, and whether the con-
test is to be protracted, or peace speedily restored, must
depend on the policy of the Four Powers, being decided,
vigorous, and united.
"They have consequently determined not to send for-
ward the identic letters they have addressed to Count Nes-
selrode without previous communication to the Govern-
ment of Prussia, in the conviction that that Government
will appreciate the friendly confidence implied by this pro-
ceeding ; and your Lordship will earnestly request Baron
Manteuffel to join in the requisition to Russia; or, if he
should unfortunately decline to do so, that the Prussian
Government will, at least, make known to the Cabinet of
St. Petersburg that it has their sanction and support. It
is impossible for your Lordship to overstate the importance
which her Majesty's Governmnt attach to a decision upon
which the beat interests of Europe may depend.
"Your Lordship will place the messenger Vlackwood at
the disposal of Baron Manteuffel, .and may for that purpose
detain him for a few hours; but it is desirable that he
should proceed on his journey to St. Petersburg with the
least possible delay.
"You will read this despatch to Baron Manteuffel, and
you will give his Excellency a copy of it.
" I am, &c., " CLARENDON."

" No. 108.
" LORD BLOOMFIELD TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON.—
(Received Feb. 28.)
_ . . .

(Extract.) " Berlin, Feb. 25, 1854.
"Your Lordship's telegraphic despatch of yesterday 8.15
p.m. reached me this day at half-past 1 o'clock. I imme-
diately sought an interview wi th BaronManteuffel, and com-
municated the substance of it to his Excellency, requesting
him to take the King's orders on the subject. He said
that he did not think his Majesty would, perhaps, object
to join in a summons which it is proposed to address to
the Russian Government to evacuate the Principalities ;
but he did not think his Majesty would take a part in
active hostility in the event of a refusal.
"I replied that the summons would be of little use if
Prussia declined supporting her demands with an armed
force ; but that I hoped, if the Austrian Government, as
we had reason to believe, joined with us, that-such a reso-
lution might produce some effect on the King ; for Prussia
would surely not like to remain behindhand in carrying
out a work of such great European importance ; and that
as his Excellency had already mentioned his having written
to Vienna, I would not press him further at this moment,
relying on the hope that a little reflection might bring
about a modification of the opinions which he' now enter-
tained."

"No. 115.
"LORD COWLEY TO THE EARL OP CLARENDON.—
(Received March 3.)
(Extract.) "Paris, March 2, 1854.
"M. Drouyn de Lhuys received a messenger from Ber-
lin last night, bringing advices that the Prussian Govern-
ment would support the summons sent to Russia by Eng-
land and France in the same measure as Austria, but that
they declined signing it."

" No. 119.
"LORD BLOOMFIELD TO THE EARL OW CLARENDON.
(Received March 4.)
" Berlin, March 2, 1854.
"My Lord,—ln obedience to the instructions contained
in your Lordship's despatch of the 27th ult., I have this
day delivered to Baron Manteuffel copies of that despatch,
and of the letter which your Lordship has addressed to
Count Nesselrode requiring the evacuation of the Danubian
Principalities.
"I read both these papers to his Excellency, and he
seemed to concur entirely in the reasons which have in-
duced her Majesty's Government to take this step. He
said he should communicate them to the King to-morrow,
and submit to his Majesty, at the same time, the draught
of a despatch to General Rochow, instructing that Minis-
ter to support in strong terms the summons which has been
addressed to the Russian Government ; but he was unable
to say, until he received the King's orders, what terms
would be given to the communication, and I can, there-
fore, only add, that he assured me there should be no de-
lay in the matter, and: that the despatch would probably
reach St. Petersburg as soon as the English messenger.
"I placed Captain Blackwood at his Excellency's dis•
posal accordinc, to your lordship's instructions ; but on
finding that there would probably be a delay if he waited
for the Prussian despatches, which might be detrimental to
her Majesty's service, I decided on directing the messenger
to proceed on his journey this night, and he has just
started for Vienna.—I have, &c.,

" BLOOMFIELD."