The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-29 00:00:00

TURKEY.

letter from Berlin of the 24th, in the Debats,
1;3? :—" In different journals, the declaration
ich the Prussian Government is said to have
170 on the Eastern question, is pointed out as in
°,./ray responding to the expectation of the Cabi-
i;e' of St. Petersburgh. According to what we
(Lear, this supposition is false, for, in a note ad-
,7essed to London and to St. Petersburgh, as in a
prular dispatch sent a few days since by the
I,ussian Cabinet to all her embassies abroad,
,russia has kept on this question to a purely diplo-
'atic form, which, without pledging that state for
41V eventuality, nevertheless considers her old
ante with Russia as the fundamental law of the
ioll
diaiey of the present day. In the above-mentioned
Patches, the envoys of Prussia have received the
most precise instructions, not only on the state of
the
question, but also on the manner in which they
are to act on the subject."
The Siecle publishes the following letter from
h'lassy, 17th " We are in a state of uncertainty
ail to what is to be our lot. The day before
teeterclay (the 15th) a courier of St. Petersburgh,
wa,',1;34 his way to Bucharest and Constantinople,
upon the consul of Russia here. After his
11-• Parture the Russian consul, M. Giorche, waited
h,IP2Lt his Highness the Hospodar Ghika, and noti-
' to him that the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh
,e, fjust sent an ultimatum to the Porte, and that
the latter did not accept of it, the Russian gene-
, on the frontier would have to pass the Pruth,
nd to commence hostilities against Turkey. The
'°sPodar was therefore desired to take the neces-
-441.37 measures in consequence, for the provisioning
the Russian troops, and the conveyance of their
Zggage. The Russian consul-genera] of Bucharest,
• aalzuyuski, was expected at Jassy in order to
"uncert the necessary measures for the purpose
With prince
Ghika. We know that 40,000 men of
ssian troops have arrived at Skooleni, two
,_'4glies from Jassy, on the opposite bank of the
• e read in the itfoniteur del 'Armee :—" Letters
17ra Constantinople have announced that an am-
Bisador from the King of Persia had arrived to
_a
iller to the Sultan his alliance and the assistance of
army against Russia. It is well known that
Persia has not suffered less than Turkey fromMus-
'ovite ambition, and that Lie provinces near the
Caspian Sea have fallen into the possession of the
.
Thus, like Turkey, she has for years past
-`ade efforts, which have been but too often inter-
111Pted. by the internal dissensions of the country
° resist the encroachments of Russia, and since the
lepebrated mission sent to Persia by Napoleon 1.,
e has continually turned her eyes towards France
I",,ticularly, for the purpose of obtaining from her
4e• organisation of her army on the European sys-
" 3, The Persian army, if we may credit the ac-
-°Unts which have reached us direct from that
uunntry, would not be a despicable force in the
event of a general struggle of the Mussulman State
tgainst the Russians ; they reckon, it is said, 20
7U:l:lents of regular infantry, and the light cavalry
t euld be very formidable. The result is due to
Military school founded at Teheran, with the
o;°Peration of European officers, to some Italian
7.cers,who principally contributed to the defence of
I,elliee, and who since 1849 have entered into the
ersian service ; and lastly, and more particularly,
a Young man of great promise named Hussein-
'o,nenli who is now first aide-de-camp to the King
111- Persia, and whom France may claim as one of
iher Pupils. This young officer was sent to France
1847 to receive his education ; he was brought
1,15 at the Military School of Saint Cyr, where he
m)lierct through the studies and exercises for eighteen
onths. Since his return to Persia he has devoted
his energy and intelligence to the reorganisa-
°n of the Persian army, and France regards him
°lle of her most grateful and most devoted
The Lloyd's of Vienna states that the last ulti-
itinn brought to Constantinople by M. Balabine
tens a path of conciliation between the two par-
-1,• - Russia no longer insists on a special treaty,
(31,4 persists in demanding a guarantee in the form
the a note as far as regards the Greek Christians and
holy Places.
letter from Constantinople of the 16th, in the
Nnkfort Journal, says :—" Baron de Bruck has
asl°t, Yt h tie o make his inflence felt; but
his first advice to come to an u
understanding
Dnot been without weight, inasmuch as the
'n had resolved to reply to the Russian ultima-
w by a note which, after referring to the firman
,the 6th, will declare the favours accorded to the
I'° rte,
of all confessions irrevocable. The
47te, besides, in the note will offer to recognise a
th'ital engagement on the subject with respect to
41° Christian Powers, without, however, consent-
to an international treaty."
The following fact, says the Patric, proves the
Ito of equity of the Ottoman Government. A.
101,,,an merchant vessel having arrived at Ibrai-
ltnael some dispute with the Customs, and the
hit7B ian Consul at Bucharest supported his preten-
suli and demanded for him the advantages re-
-1-4;,,,1ng from the treaties of Adrianople and Balta-
( -4144. The question waa so doubtful that the
ment of the Hospodar would not take On
4;lAlaqinto decide, but referred the matter to Con-
tile °Pie. be Divan, wishing to avoid even
a appearanceeitat of a disagreement on the subject of
tottn, °lns question, granted the advantages de-
hi, 'tell bnation.y the Russian Consul for the vessels of
fa Lett
erg from Malta of the 21st give some new
418_a a miscellaneous character. Several vessels
ke ved there from England with stores for
oi,f4Dtglish squadron, now at Besika. It was ru-
u-red that the difference which had arisen be-
tllverel44ll tdll4° • Porte and the Government of the Ne-
-1494 been Arramsed, thanks to the inter-

vention of the ambassadors of France and England,
before the arrival of the Dutch frigate sent to Con-
stantinople. Three English commercial vessels
from Odessa, with wheat, had put into Malta.
They were proceeding to Liverpool, and had put
into port in consequence of having experienced
some damage from a violent gale of wind.
A letter from Athens of the 18th announces that
the Government of King Otho had just decided on
fitting out three ships of war in order to protect the
Greek subjects in Turkey, in the event of the
affairs of the Levant becoming more complicated.
The Wanderer of Vienna says :—" M. Man-
teuffel, the Prussian Minister, is still free from any
engagement towards Russia. The words of Fre-
derick II are not forgotten, to the effoc'6 tha:, as
soon as the Russians were masters of Constanti-
nople, Konigsberg would be theirs in less than two
years after. In fact the Sound has not been called
since his time anything but the Dardanelles of the
North. In addition, no man can shut his eyes to
the tendency of the reigning house of Russia to in-
troduce itself into the Germanic Confederation in
its quality of Sovereign of the Duchess of Holstein
and Lauenbourg, over which it pretends that it
will have to exercise power after the death of
Prince Christian of Glucksburg. The danger for
the future fortune of Prussia is consequently immi-
nent ; and that is the reason why the Cabinet of
Berlin would be most unwise to remain neutral in
the Eastern question, in place of lending its aid to
Turkey."
The Patric of yesterday evening says :—" A
letter from Constantinople of the 15th informs us
that the Turkish Government had given to the
commanders of its military forces the most precise
instructions, that whilst maintaining an energetic
defence they should avoid any collision with the
Russian troops unless attacked. The disposition
of the different corps of the Russian army, near
the frontier of the Ottoman Empire, appeared to
be calculated to provoke on the part of the Turks
an aggression, which would entirely change the face
of things. It was thought at Constantinople that
if the Russians should enter the provinces of the
Danube the Porte would not oppose it by arms,
but would protest against it before all Europe, and
refuse to negotiate so long as the violation of its
territory should continue."