Litchfield enquirer., 1829-11-26
e .DorRtDil ErttEIIt0RmrE.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.


They contain the official intelIigenc "Iptace
between Russia and Turkey. TNe following
remarks upon the general SUBJECT, are from
the London Courier Of the :4th October -
Viewed by itself, this Treaty presents moth
ing which can Justify charge that the En-
perOr Of Russia has departed, from his ASST
RANGES Of mOderatiOs. Ii begins with long,
and, were il not a correct one, certainly
somewhat pOmpOus list of forts, towns cities,
provinces municipalities and almost kingdoms,
restored by the triumphant AutOcrat, &" as a
pledge Of the sincerity of his friendly dispO-
sitiOn," to the humbled Sultan. But as all
those conquests of the Russian arms could
only be regained by negotiation, the enumer
alton Ofthem, though it may harmlessly graf
ify the pride Of the one, and magnify his per-
sOnal Observation-Disclosures, cannot prove very
disagreeable to the feelings Of the other,
whose Empire it replaces very nearly upon
its original footing. The portion Of territory
retained in Asia, on the eastern coast Of the
Black Sea, is much smaller than had been an
ticipated. 1t contains no important towns,
and only one or two fOrtresses oflittIe strength,
and really seems to possess no value than as
it forms more secure frontier against the in
curslons of the tribes, who at various periods
endangered, by their wanton hostlties, the
existence of peace between the two Empires.
In Europe not foot of territory is gained or
lost on either side, as far as the question of
positive ceSsiOn is concerned When we have
the seperate Conventions before us, which re-
gulate the amount Of the indemnity to be
paid by the Porte, and the occupation Of Ger
tain provinces aud cities till payment be made,
we shall better be able to ascertain whether
the respect shown by the Treaty Of Peace to |
soto ne hasC
ions, be sincere or affected. At present the |
subject is involved in doubt, which fuller in |
formation alone can enable us to solve.
With respect to the freedom of trade and |
navigation, the Emperor Nicholas has nego-
ciated, we must admit rather % the Repre- |
sentative OF the Monarchs aud nations of Eu-
rope, than as the Sovereign Of a particular
empire. What he has demanded and obtain
ed, he has demanded and obtained not for
himself alone, but for all. The passage of
the Dardanelles, and of the Canal ofConstan-
tinople, is opened to the merchant vessels,
laden or in ballast, going to the Black Sea,
grooming into the Mediterranean of all coun-
tries at peace, not Nth Russia, but with the
Porte. They are to be checked or detained
under no pretence whatever, and any viola
ton Of this solemn engagement is admitted
beforehand to be an act of hostility, aud
just ground Of war.
For his own subjects, however, residing or
trading within the territories of Sublime Porte
the Emperor Nicholas has obtained still more
favorable terms. It is well known that for a
considerable number fyears Russian subjects
nave enjoyed great and exclusive privileges in
Turkey but those which are now conceded
10 them can be considered as nothing less
than the introduction ola foreign authority, or |
rather division of the supreme rule between
the Sultan and the AutOcrat in the dOminOns
IF the former, (as far as their respective sub
jects are cOncerned) which has never yet been
allowed by an independent Sovereign. The
Russian subjects in Turkey arc to live and
trade under the exclusive Jurisdiction and DO. ,
lice of the Minister and COnsuls of Rnssia.- !,
Their vessels are not to be visited, their mer. .
chandize may be landed. warehOused, trans y
(erred, or shipped, without giving notice to u
the local authorities, and " still less asking "
their permission" In fact, they are to enjoy
rights which they do not possess in their own :
country.
On the 18th the same paper adds
We stated, yesterday, that until we had ::
more authentic before us than the :
republished accounts given by the French and l
German papers of the amount of the war in
demnlty granted by separate convention TO
Russia, We should doubt the correctness Of
Iudt dHOunt, anu tue nature oil the arrange y
nlents made for its payment We understand,
however. that it does not fall short of ten mill
ions of ducats, and that the error lies in the I
statement that any periods were fixed for its I
liquidation. The whole is matter for future q
between the Sultan and the EN- .
peror Nicholas. AlthO' the good Offices of !!
the other Powers will of course continue to u
be interposed. it will therefore be more "a n q
matter Of friendliness. than in consequence of a
a regular undertaking. G
AS TO the amount OF the indemnity. it is so
evidently beyond the power of Turkey to I
pay, though It may not in reality exceed the {
expenses incurred by Russia during the war I
mat there Is strong reason to expect that The {
emperor Nicholas, with a due regard to the 8
consistency Ofhis acts and declarations, and S
an honorable anxiety TO reconcile them to- I
gether, upon being satisfied that the terms
imposed upon the Sultan by his Pienipoten- !
aaries are really too grieyOus. and, il enfor-
ced, would he equivalent 10 the destruction
OF Turkey, as an independent Empire. will
himself relax them. and render them, more |
commensurate with the power ofthe Porte to
satisfy them. -
me Paris papers contain accounts from
Mausid to the lst inst. which say that Ferdi-
nanu mad determined to grant. on occasion oc
ms marriage. and on the happy news of the
a. ~. OF tae Spanish expedition on the coas,
o. MeAico' general amnesty for political OF.
fences add opinions.
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