The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-18 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The Cabinet of St. Petersburg baying lately given
notice that only the three por's of Anapz, Souk-
homn Kali), and Redout Kale, ou the Asiatic coast
of the Black Sea, wou!ei be open to foreign vessels
LT the present, and au Austrian journal having
objected that this regulation is an infraction of Art.
12 of the treaty of Paris, the Nord proceeds to
argue in the following terms on the late regulation
and its bearing on the article :
" How is the measure c onplained of contrary to the
principle of fre3dorn of tiadeestabli.heti by the treaty of
Paris I The three ports just openel to foreign flags
aro the only ones which are favourable to commerce.
The other points on the eastern coast do not offer
ether a sure refuge or sufficient Resources or security.
It is evident that consulships cannot be established in

insignificant localities, without commerce, or where the
navigation is dangerous, or where the persons frequent-
ing them might be subjected to attacks from the neigh.
bouring mountaineers., The Russian Government, in
opening the three ports on the eastern coast which are
the best situated, has bad only in view the interests of
commercial men. Besides, it must be taken into con-
sideration that the coast of Abasia forms the edging, as
it were, of a country in open revolt against its sovereign.
Certain foreign vessels, if not subjected to surveillance,
would find it more profitable to carry on a contraband
of war than a honest commerce. The affair of the
Vixen, which made so much noise about 20 yeaas ago,
nnd which was about to cause such grave complications,
has not been forgotten. Ic cannot be disputed that,
for its own security, the Russian Government cannot
tolerate transactions for supplying ammunition and
arms to the insurgents. Another consideration, perhaps
the most imperative of those which have influenced the
determination of the Imperial Government., justifies the
measure which a Vienna journal blames with so little
reason ; we refer to sanitary precautions. The popula-
r tions of the East are constantly menaced with the inva-
sion of the plague, because they are in contact with
Alussulman races, which, as much from natural apathy
as religious prejudice, take no precautions against that
visitation. In those countries the sanitary regulati,ns
dictated by prudence must be rigorously observed ; the
quarantine establishments are a benefit for Europe,
which is thus preserved from the epidemics which almost
always infest the East. Far, then, from being encroached
on, Art. 12 of the treaty of Paris by the application
- of regulations relating to police and sanitary matters,
fully completed."

The last mail from India has brought accounts
from Pondicherry to the 9th ult., which confirm the
intelligence brought of the perfect tranquillity of
the country. The Moniteur Officiet of the colony
says :—'• The drought which has prevailed for the
last nine months has at length ceased. Ou Sept.
20 the sky became clouded, but it was not until
the 27th that the rain commenced, when it came
down heavily—an event most important both for
the health of the inhabitants and for the crops.
At Montrepaleom, some little hail fell, but it was
of very short duration, and soon changed to rain."

The Univers says :—" The German Journal of
Frankfort appears to have really believed the news
that the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem had been
deposed by the Greeks ;it announces that the
Austriim clergy, armed with the Concordat to
extend its influence to the East, is very desirous
that a member of its own body should be the new
bishop of Jerusalem, and that its choice has fallen
upon Mgr. Mislin, who is now in Paris about the
business, the nomination to this bishopric belong-
ing to Fiance.' There is no truth whatever in
these allegations of the Frankfort Journal: the
patriarchal seat at Jerusalem is not vacant, the
right of presentation or nomination belongs to the
Holy See alone, and Mgr. Mislin's only moti►e for
coming to Paris is to publish a new edition of his
work on Palestine."