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Ittissa MO lin PORTE.

PARTS, AvonsT,23.
The following is the Copy of a Note addressed
by the Russian Minister,. Cognt N'tssEt.nonr, to
the. .EIS EFFENDI of. the POILTE, in.teference to
a Note of Lord STnANQFottD, lately published
PETURSBUnH, MAi 18.

I hairy ketelved the letter which your Excellency has done
me the honour to *rite me through the meditiM of Lord Strang-
ford, and I hastened to lay it before the Emperor.
nis Imperial Majesty has ordered me to return the following
answer :—lle sincerely congratulates himself on seeing express-
ed In it the profound conVictiOn that the maintenance and con-
tinuation df peace between the t*o empires have always been
the objects of his wishes.

The Ottoman Porte must hale long ago been assured of this.
.The Emperor; ha! claimed rights ithich are secured to him by
treaties; lie has pointed out the dangers to which the violation
of these treaties would expose the Ottoman empire; Nit be hat;
never been actuated
,by, hostile views ; and even when, in the
midst of a deplorable complication, his warnings and counsels
have been disregarded, he has never, through the. intervention
of his Ministry or of his Allies, addressed to the Porte any other
representations or propositions than such as still aitested a real
solicitude the the interests of the Porte.
It is therefore with justice that the Atnbassador of his Ma-
jesty the.king of Great Britain has assured dl►e Turkish Go.
vernment of the amicable dispositions of' the Emperor, and of
the moderation Which directs his policy.
The sentiments of his Imperial Majesty are not changed.—
He has learnt with satisfaction by the letter of you,/ Excellency,
that the Ottonian Porte adheres to the execution of treaties ;
that, faithful to the usage and reitpecting the rishts.pf Russia,
it notifies to him the nomination of the Hospodars in,.the two
principalities; that it had given orders to the Turkish troops Of
evacuate the provinces, and that it would alb)* them to enjoy
the privileges which are conferred upon them by treaties.
The first step of tire Porte towards the definite adjustment Of
the differences which have arisen between the. two empires
could not belt be agreeable to his Majesty. It permits him to
hope that the other points which remain to be regulated will
scion lie arranged in a manner conformable to the interests of
his empire, and to the rights which treaties secure to hint--;
The continued progress of Lord Strangford in the negotiation
which is intrusted to him, joined to the evidence of facts, and
ttl the scrupulous eictUtion of the orders given by the Porte for
the entire evacuation of Walachia and Moldavia, will thus offer
to the Erripefor the possibility of renewing lig ancient relations
with the Turkixl► Government. It is only then that the esta-
blishment of a Russian legation at Constantinople can take
place. this Attssian legation Will then he charged with the
care of the generat negotiation; Which bad Veen opened before
the events of Itl2l, and will pursue it on the same base, and
after the same manner ; for this negotiation having nothing to
do-with the existing differences, can only be resumed *hen they
are entirely arranged ; but this is the result which it is chiefly
intended to bring about.

The true interests of the Ottoman Porfe demand it and to
prove how much it enters into the views of the Emperor, his
Imperial Majesty has authorized me not to express, in the pre-
sent letter, observations which several passages of the dispatch
of your Excellency, and more than one of the late measures of
the Turks Governtnent, might give rise to.

Lord Stra,ngford will main inoWn to the Divan the opinion
of his Majesty on this subject. My august master tiattets
himself, that Such a proceeding on his part, and the object of
the new communications of Lord Strangford, will be appre,
elated by the Porte.
I have the honour, &c.
(aligned) Colint MESNELRODE.