The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-17 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1857

LATEST NE Wh.

THE SUSPENSION OF RELATIONS

IN TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 7.

No efforts hsve been spared on the part of the

Sultan and his Ministers to bring about an arrange-
ment satisfactory to all parties, and avoid the rup-
ture which has unfortunately taken place. To
the note from the French Ambassador, complaining
that the Ministry did not treat the demands of the

French Government with proper defcrenc?, the
Sultan replied by dismissing the Grand Vizier Red-

sehid Pasha. The new Ministry, with the

able Mustapha Pasha of Crete at their head, im-
mediately proceeded to examine a second time the

demands of the French Ambassador.
In the Council of Ministers Redschid Pasha
protested against an accusation by Vogorides of
interference in the elections, and solemnly declared
that he bad. never directly or indirectly trans-
mitted to Vogorides any orders that were not in

strict conformity with the Imperial firman. The
circumstances, although they did not authorise so

arbitrary an act as the immediate annulment of the
elections, rendered an inquiry imperative, and the
_ _

Council of Ministers, in the night of the 3d Aug.,
decided that the Kaimakans should ba summoned

o Constantinople, and an inquiry be instituted

into their conduct the annulment or con

firmation of the elections to be subject to the re-
sult of this inquiry. This decision was communi-
cat2d to the French Ambassador on the morning of
the 4th in. a note coached in most conciliatory
terms, of which the following is a translation from
the French :

AALI PASHA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO
HIS EXCELLENCY THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.

" AUGUST 4.

" The last. important communications from
your Excellency and the three other Embassies
concerning the elections in Moldavia have again
been taken into the most serious consideration of
the Ministers of the Sublime Porte and presented
to His Imperial Majesty the Sultan. As the
Imperial Government will not allow the friendly
and intimate relations happily subsisting wit'.o. the
French Government, the continuation and per-
manence of which is the most anxious desire of my
Imperial master, to suffer the slightest alteration,
the expressions contained in your Excellency's
last communication have caused a deep feeling of
cone,,rn. . _

" The desire of the Imperial Government in this
matter was, while endeavouring to ensure a con-
tinuation of the friendly disposition of the allied
Powers, to execute loyally the duties imposed upon
it by the Treaty of Paris, and while duly consider-
ing all observations made to it on the subject of
the elections,faithfullyto observe all its prescriptions.
Its efforts to obtain unanimity of opinion on the
part of the representatives of the allied Powers who
took part in the conference which established the
mode of election were founded on that desiro, and
it did not allow itself to act on its sole judgment
in an affair of joint interest. But, alas ! it has
not been able to obtain this unanimity, and the
matter is still in dispute. The Sublime Porte is
dispensed from altering a rule formed by all parties
witbout obtaining the consent of all parties.
" But at the same time the Sublime Porte
openly declares at once that she will have no hesita-
tion in performing the duty required of her by
justice, when the irregularities alleged to have oc-
curred in the execution of orders issued by his
Imperial Majesty and confided to his agents ap-
pointed by his Imperial Majesty shall have been
proved in a formal and legal manner.
" It is hoped that your Excellency will admit
the necessity in which the Porte is placed to cx
amine and inquire how her orders have been exe-
cuted previously to taking such a grave step. The
easiest mode of performing this inquiry is to bring
here the Kaimikans, who are the heads of the Pro-
vincial Governments appointed to execute the
orders of the Poi te.
" It has, therefore, been agreed upon and de-

tided to writs to the Kaim-akans to start im-
mediately and coma here, leaving the admi-
nistration of the country to a suitable deputy.
On their arrival here they will be examined. on the
manner in which they have executed the orders
they were charged with executing. After every
sort of inquiry shall have been fully gone into the
affair will be carefully and impartially scrutinised,
and the result will be submitted and referred to the
implrtial judgment of the Embassies of the con-
tracting parties.
" Should the occurrence of irregularities in the
elections be formally proved, it is clear that neither
the Porte nor any of the other Governments would
accept an illegally conducted election.
"The Porte, therefore, esteems it a duty re-
quired by justice to declare at once that it will
hold itself at liberty to annul it in that case.
" In the firm hope that a decision in accordance
with the principles of fairness and the spirit of
business, and with the respect and consideration
due by the Sublime Porte to the French Govern-
ment will be agreed to by your Excellency and ap-
precia' ed. by the Emperor's Government, I hasten
to communicate it to you
_by order of his
Majesty."
To this note of the Porte—in which the principle
of annulling the elections, should it prove on in-
quiry that they have been fallacious, is clearly ad-
mitted by the Porte—the French Ambassador re-
plies by reiterating his demand that they be
annulled at once, and intimates his intention of
suspending diplomatic relations unless he receives a
favourable answer before 8 o'clock next morning.
The Council of Ministers assembles ones more :

they are deeply impressed with the gravity of the
circums'a,nces, but, after deliberating all night,
they are unable to alter their previous decision, and
they express with great dignity their opinion iu this
second note :
THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO HIS Ex-
CELLENCY THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.
AUGUST
concerningto Sour e Excellency,
decision
hismy communication
question of the Principalities,
5.
tbhye or
, irl the
" Your Excellency's note, sent to me in reply to
Councilder of
of Minisetsetyrs,
received with great concern and sorrow, was im-
mediately laid before the Council of Ministers, and
submitted to his Majesty.
As the Sublime Porte cannot in any way allow
its relations of sincere friendship with the French
Government to suffer the least disturbance, it
must be evident to your Excellency that the adop-
tion by your Excellency of measures such as those
you announce as about to be taken by your Excel-
lency, if your Excellency's demand is not granted
in toto, will afflict and distress the Porte ti an ex-
treme
degree.
" The proposition of the Sublime Porte concern-
ing
the elections of Moldavia and the demand put
forward by your Excellency and by your Excel-
lency's three colleagues are in reality alike in prin-
ciple. If the annulment of the elections is made
to depend on a formal verification of the
irregularities alleged to have been committed, this
is rendered necessary by the des re of the Porte to
act fairly and justly towards all the other parties to
the treaty. It could never, therefore, have occurred
to the Porte that a decision in harmony with the
rule of justice could be construed into a refusal of
your Excellency's demand, and it was intimately
convinced that such a meaning would not be given
to it by your Excellency, and it still entertains this
hope.
" The result of the deliberations of the Council
of Ministers is therefore that the Sublime Porte
cannot see any reason for the measures the adoption
of which is announced in your Excellency's note,
and sincerely requests the exertion of your efforts
for the non-interruption in any way whatever of the
sincere and friendly relations existing between the
two Governments, the continuance and permanence
mofaswtehric.h are so anxiously wished for by my august
"At the same time, althouglr there is no doubt
that you will not be remiss in making known to
your august master, the Emperor, the sincere and
friendly dispositions of the Sultan's Government
towards that of France, as well as the consider-
ations put forward by the Porte in this matter,
yet his Majesty, in order to give further proof
of his regard, and in order to make known by a
direct channel the reasons and real source of his
opinion, has desired that a special letter be sent
to the Emperor himself.
"I am ordered by his Maj-,sty to inform you that
ho entertains no doubt that you will again weigh
these friendly communications in the balance of
your judgment, and that you will give still further
proofs of the well dis-posed zeal hitir:rro displayed
by your Excellency for the maintenance of the
alliance of the two Government.
A short time after the reception of this note,
which does not seem anima' el by any very hostile
spirit, the French AfilbaSkador'gruck hip flag in the