The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-11 00:00:00

TURKEY.

"Ore of our correspondents," says the Paris
Univers, " has transmitted to us an important
document, being an annex to the Hatti-Scheriff of
the 18th February. This document, which has not
yet been made public, is intended to give satisfac-
tion to the representations of the French and Eng-
lish ambassadors on the most delicate point con-
nected with the reforms granted to the Christians;
—namely, that relative to Ottoman subjects who
might abandon Islamism for any other creed, a
question on which Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had
particularly insisted. The following is the trans-
laVon of the notedelivered to theambassadors of the
Allied Powers in the early part of February last:—
" The communications which your excellency has at
different periods, and again very recently, made to the
Sublime Porte, verbally and in writing, on the sabjeat
of religious questions, have been the object of the deepest
examination on our part. His Majesty the Sultan
highly and fully appreciates the signal services which
the friendship of his august ally the Queen of Great
Britain, and that of his other allies in general, have at
all times, and more particulary under recent circum-
stances, rendered to his Government, and the Ottoman
people will retain a feeling of eternal gratitude for
them. The Sublime Porte cannot but be animated

with a real desire to do justice, as far as possible,
to all the demands which may be made by them ;
and as, on the other hand, it knows what is the
spirit of modern times, I hasten, by order of the
Sultan, to inform your Excellency of the resolution
winch has been come to on the subject. The Sublime
Porte renews and confirms the assurances which it gave
at a certain period (in 1843, at the time of the execution
of the Christian ova4hiin) to the Governments of France
and England relative to the question of renegades. The
Sublime Porte, moreover, declares that the decision
come to at that period shall be henceforth applied to at
renegades in general. In making known this satisfac-
tory determination to your excellency in the most ex-
press manner, I flatter myself with the hope that your
august court %%ill see in it a new and striking proof that
the Snbiime Porte is desirous of not throwing ally gra-
tuitous difficulties in the way of any demand the realisa-

tion of which appears to it to be practicable, and that
on this ground the present notification will be received
with real satisfaction by your august court.—Accept,
&c , "FILM)."
A letter from Constantinople, of the 31st, says :
—" A terrible crime has recently been committed
at Varna. A young Greek girl, 14 years of age,
was forcibly taken away from her family, and as-
sassinated after having been shamefully abused.
The general of division Salih-Paeha has been ar-
rested, and is charged with the crime. He, how-
ever, denies any participation in the matter, and
hitherto no proof has been discovered to commit
His principal servant, who has disappeared,
is suspected. He gave orders, it appears, in the
name of his master, to the chief of the cavass (pri-
vate police attached to high personages in Turkey),
to destroy the young girl. Sahh-Pacha declares
that he never gave any such order. The Porte has
determined to sift the matter to the bottom, and
to punish the guilty parties."