The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-17 00:00:00

SMYRNA, Ocr. O.

(From tic Oricdtal Spectator.) ‘:
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NOTE I.I:::SENITED TO TILE scittamE PORTE DT THE
coNTE OE VIELLA, DATED .11:017ST
• • The Charge"d'Alfairs of the Court of France at the
Soblinc• Porte has the honour to make known the
observAtions of that Court, which have just been
transmitted to him. They are dictated by all the
se•qi,nonts of that ancient frientls!:ip which unites
• the two Governtnt•nts. The Court of France is eager;
• to give ?roofs of that friendship to the Sublime
Porte in. the • present critical circumstances which
hav•• awalien:Nl all its solicitude. France has seen
tl:e relations of g'nod neichbourbootl betm•en the Porte
nn,l itessia altered to strla a degree, as to give reason
to apprehend a rupture, which she has eatleavoured to
prevrnt by the steps she has taken with respect to the
Ottn;nin Governinvnt. These proceetiings have had
for th,..•ir object its prosperity and reposc; and the
Court of France flatlets itself that these great advan-
tages Are attached to the maintenance of peace, and
that the Sublime Porte may preserve it with dignity.
The (hotrt of France heliev2s it to be • indispensable
for the interest of die Sublime Porte, and of humanity
in geeeral, that the Ottoman Government should not
englge in a war, the chances of which. are dangerous,

• an 4 Lige restats inealenlable.
In order to obtain this desirable object, the Court
of et ince bats charged the undersigned to point out
the ,t tagers it has percrivegl, and whirl' the ander-
si-rorgi pointed out to the Sublime Porte in the repre-
sentations lie hagl'the -honour to Illake in the begin-
ning of June. lie made it his study to • explain the
approximating causes of war in the religious persecu-
tion, which might be attributed to the P• rte.
Ia givitig a favourable reception to these observa-
fi•gn.,, the Snbiimc Porte appeared sensible of their
joslicc. It readily perceived that it was impossible
IP; f'ersectitiolls of the Greek religion not to he sensibly
felt he the Ettropean states; and that Russia in
particular might justly consider herself authorised to
egoploy all her power to protect in the free exercise
Coor worship, a people professing, the same ritual as
. the En .sians, even though that privilege had not been
gnaraoteed to the Creeks by treaties with the Ottoman
Covertonent.
undersigned will not here enumerate the serious
exre,...es which are still committed in the different
p.,zts of the Levant against the Christian subjects of
the Sublime Porle. The GoVermurnt• disavows those
atr.gei,ies; hitt its dlotity and its interest require that
Litt shoold he pu,i..ised and prevealett, and that it
mild thus prove by facts the real protection enjoyed
by the Christian worship in the Ottoman empire. The
undersigned waits with lively impatienee the moment
sa :WO 110 Shit!! be able to announce that these excesses
ho%e keen repressed, and that tranquillity is established
in th,! ports of the Levant, and in other parts of the
empire as well as tho capital.
While the undersigned was fulfang the instructions
of hi, iloort, he received the tirmagi which the Porte
b a pehlisite•l for seeni-iee. the protection of the Oreek
hi' have remained faithful, and of those who
bad ceased to be faithful, but have returned to their
duty. Ile sees with satisfaction this aot of modem-
thin and justice; hut he ardently desires that it should
follo,vegi by a measure of general eicoleecy,
•by :ixing a term to repentance, would tend to encou-
rare it. The Sooliele Porte would thus stifle the re-
bellion more powerfully than by force of arms. It
woolgi 1' in:; haek the hearts of its sahjects, awl would
serve her own rause and that of humanity, by stopping
the elilosion of blood, and by proving. to all Europe,
through a een;.roust,pardon, that its conduct is con-
foremble to its lan:!Ata.-,..e.
The Cola of Pram.e has farther recommended to
the undersijned, to call the must serious attention of
lige most eiublime Porte to its conduct towards the mi-
ns•or of Russia, and to the consequences of the viola-
tio of the saered rights of foreign ministers if the
p..irlieges of that Minister be not resp-ctegl. The un-
eers'4.ned hits informed his Coeernmeet of the depar-
ting, of the liaron de Strogono:i., and he congratulates
ha ns. if bit haying to ma he known all the worthy and
ro.:ie pzec...e.liogs of the :;üblime Porte on that UCCA-
PlOll.

The nniler.i4-ned has the hnnonr to renew, Sc.
'RE or Ttiv. ECHLIME PORTE 'Ftl Tay: VICOMTE DE

FRENVII ell %Rf.l D'Arr

S !".!'l'. 3. Ilse note, dated Angust 11i, transmitted
on' friend the %%canoe de Viella, Charge d'Affaires
how Prange to the Potte, has been translated, and
cu.nmanicated to the grand S.ignor. His Highness
uttae:tes the highest value to the sincere declarations
of our friend, the Charge d'Affaires, relative to the
pure friendship which the Court of France maintains
for the Sublime Porte, and he observes with pleasure
the proof of the private sentiments of the Charge
d'Affaires. _ _ _

tle Viella, baying noticed in tbe measures
wi:ich the Sublime Porte was compt•ltesi to a•lopt fur
the pnsti.thatent of its rebellious subjects, some points
whici, in his opinion concerned Russia, iias inserted
in his vote certain phrases tending to mollify their se-
vtri!y, with the view of preserving the relations of
rare and amity between the two powers.
All the measures taken by the Sublime Porte hive
umissestionably been adopted with the view of avoid-
ing even the suspicion of a wish, on the part of the
Pwte, to interrupt even its amicable relations with the
ft:easily powers in general, and particularly with Rus.
sic, as well as to secure the good order of its states;
sod every thought has been directed towards the only
essential point—that of quelling trouble and disorder,
and re-establishing lasting repose and tranquillity.

Evers- course pursued by the Sublime Porte, particu-
-1 irly in the punishment of the rebels, has been marked
• by that moderation and justice for which it has always
been distinguished ; and as such conduct must banish
every species of doubt and suspicion which might
arise abroad, it is certain that in this respect nobody
can address the slightest reproach to the Porte.
The tintli of these facts is demonstrated in the letter
dated the 27th Rainazan, written by his highness the
Grand Vizier to his Excellency Count Nesselrode, the
Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, a copy of which
was confidentially transmitted to our friend the Charge
d'Affaires; and likewise in the reply given by the
Sublime Porte to the note of the 16th of July, pre-
sented by Baron de Strogonolf, the Russian Envoy—
s reply which that Envoy refused when the Sublime
Porte presented it; and which, as it was thus rejected
without a cause, was sent to the Court of Russia,-to
gether with a second amicable letter, likewise mine,'