The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-03 00:00:00

TILE ISLAND OF PERM

"Wanderer" writes to a contemporary as
lows :—ln the Independence Beige of the 28th it'
a report is mentioned to the effect that M. Frcr
kesch, the Austrian In ternuncio at Constautinopiet;
had proposed to the Powers to send to the Englisf
Government a collective note on its occupation et
the Island of Perim. The Ottoman Porte has
ready made its protest, which has been disregarded
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as it deserved. Parliament having ceased its 0";
tings, it is right that the press should sharpen ths,
surveillance over our diplomacy which even darit.T
its session Parliament seems to have resigned told
Should the report mentioned above be true,---10
it is far from improbable—it will furnish a valun'„f
commentary on the wisdom of the late TreatYj
Paris, which not only admitted the Porte into the
brotherhood of Christian nations, but also guarsnci
teed the integrity of its dominions. I have n d
been able to larn that the guarantee was attache
to any authenticated map of the dominions thus
secured, but unless it were so, our diplomatist .0
would seem to have been even more than usually lo
the dark when they signed the treaty. °lid
thing is clear—that if the Turks are to be 0,11000
to invoke this guarantee not only in defer'
of all they occupied at the time of its sigol4;
tune, but also for all the lands which they 11111'
abandoned or lost, and of course still lay claim t°'
the " Eastern difficulty," far from being terfai'
nated, is only just beginning. The Porte claim:
the whole of Abyssinia and Yemen, and I am new
sure that it has ever formally renounced SieberibeV
gen, auy more than Algiers. The same right whiell
it has to Perim is equally valid against England in
Aden—more so, indeed, for Aden once had e
Turkish garrison, while in the memory of histori
Perim seems never to have been held by one. a
Montesquieu truly wrote that " of all people th
Turks are the most proper to possess a great Or,
pire without utility to themselves or to othem,f
The Treaty of Paris has in no degree altered th's,
capacity in this respect. The Turks are in Peseeof
sion of Messawah, a small island on the coast
Abyssinia. It has long served them, and still sera to
only as the entrepot whence they import slaves intii`a
the Hedjaz. Messawah lies at the mercy of oil
Abyssinian ruler, who has abolished slavery in „0,
dominions, and he has long threatened to take Pio
session of it. Should he do so, are we pledged
restore it to the Turks ? tUe
" The best answer to the protest, should 1,30.
made, would be the immediate seizure of Ji till
Valid reasons, not pretexts, are at hand to jue:ily
this step, in the unsatisfied claims of British S'
jects on the Government of that province.
" We have seen, both in the English and
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press, an inclination to ascribe the present ino—ire
in India to Russian intrigues. It is much rawo,
probably due to Turkish lies working upon Malli°,9o
medan fanaticism. The only place where In
Mahommedans see Europeans in contact to
Turks is in Jidda, and there the po-ition of the "';,.
Christian Consuls is so unworthy of the great el 0
tries they represent that we cannot be surprise a.
the vauntings so loudly indulged in, of the s'of
jection of all Christian Princes to the Sultan, at
Constantinople, seem credible. It is probable . 09
the Indian Mahommedans looked to the victorle.s,
Sultan of the Turks for assistance against their
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fidel masters, rather than to the Czar of Musen'Al
The Turks have gained in the far east almost 0
much prestige by the last war as they have lestoo
the estimation of all the Europeans who have C°
in contact with them.
" Let us hope that Perim. will neither be n- 014
cloned nor paid for to the Turks. When we t()af
it it did not belong to them. In our hands it mess
become a station of the greatest importance ;
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to them, it will continue a barren and uninhahPor
rock. We must, however, give M. Prokesch
dit, suppPsing the report to be well founded, 'O,/
showing Et:gland so plainly the gratitude she in it
expect from Austria for fighting her battle—la
is her battle—in the Principalities.

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TREATY WITH HONDURAS.—A treaty of trade
navigation between Her Majesty and the Itepubli%ot
Honduras, signed on the 27th of August, 1856, has Jots
been printed. It is to endue seveu years from the be
of the ratification. The,,most important article iO,lO.
additional one relative The right tit* way by the in`hd
oceanic route, the Honduras Government agreeing fro,
the right of way over any such route, from sea to eot,
shall be at all times open and free to the Governtnea
and subjects of Great Britain `• for all lawful purPee'i:it
and that no tolls or dues shall be imposed on the tran.„
of property or on the public mails of Great Brit the
The Republic also engages to establish free ports a' fa
extremities of the contemplated road. In return d
these concessions England recognises the rightetee
sovereignty and property of Honduras in and over iiy
line of the said road, and guarantees the entire neatreoel
of the same, with the proviso that her guarantee og
protection may be withdrawn if the committee mane And
the road adopt regulations contrary to the spirit
intention of this article of the treaty.
b.
THE IRON AND COAL TRADES.—The condition pfd •
iron trade of this district still continues good, °in •
steady business is being done. The prices, except
few instances, are fully maintained, and altbeeTlle
' through the heat of the weather, the forges and %ph
are not actively employed, in consequence of %I/ jot
the stocks of pig iron are increasing, yet the price 'OO
not give way to any extent, the present quotation Obeli
41. 2s. 6d., which is somewhat under the mark Wietf
compared with the price of bars, and having inL 0
the high price of labour and materiale. The Prf-teft
Scotch pig iron continues sufficiently high to Pr‘;
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any.hing like competition with Staffordshire, and -",,get
to cotifirm the idea pretty generally entertained 003°- the,
the trade that lig masters may be enabled during leso
counn of the year to command an advance, °she
some unforeseen circumstances occur to chenitoro
buoyancy which at present exists. The chain.o7oo,
at Cradiey, near Dudley, have, up to the present ;
had very great difficulty in sending off their g°
Out as Lord Ward has a branch railroad from °ladle%
ford, Worcester, and Wolverharnpten line, convey, eig
in the yeeia
itself with the Round Oak teation, and txtending ;igb'
lordship's collieries at the " Salt \Veils,"
bourhood of Cradley, some arrangement is abouttt
of
made v.hich will very much facilitate the trae;ebn
goods from the district above refer red to end ftoo
Oxford, Wnrcester, and Wolverhampton line, an tied
ode
thehce to all parts of the kingdom. The one' otiee_
exhibits signs of improvement, on account of Pio te,
being desirous of getting in the autumn etiPP;tia
d We'
the district, firmly maintains its price, an ,
carry them through the winter. Stone, the 9' 09
quoted at 18e. per toil.-IVolverltcoapton ChrottiCfc