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after exchanging explanations, have agreed on
| Art. l. No change shall be made n 4he rights
/ privileges, and immunites which IT, been en-
joyed, or which are now enjoyed. a antique, by
the churches, the pous institutions. and the ortho-
| dox clergy, in the states of the Sublime Ottoman
Porte which is pleased to secure such to them for
ever, the basis OF the strict stctu quo present
| existing.
1 Art 2. The rights and advantages conceded by
| the Ottoman government, which shall be 90
conceded in future TO the other Christian religions
by treaties, conventions, special provisions shall
De considered az appertaining likewise to the
/ thodox worship.
Art. 3 1t being admitted and shown by histori-
Gai uaoitions and by numerous documents that
! me orthodox Greek Church of Jerusalem that
us patrlarchate and the Iaics who arc subordinate
10 H. nave been. from all time since the epoch of
o. oapIs ano under the successive reigns of the
| o'.oman Emperors, especially protected, honored
ano confirmed in their ancient rights and immu-
ntles, the Sublime Porte, in its s,Iicitude for the
conscience and the religious convictions of it's
SUBJECTS OF that worship also of all the Christians
who profess it, and whose piety has heen alarmed
oy DIVERS events, promises to maintain and 70
cause TO be respected those rights and those i'm
inunines as well in the city of Jerusalem as with
out H. without any prejudice to the other native
Cnflsuan communities, Rayas or strangers ad-
ln.,eo TO the alteration of the holy Sepulchre and
o. the other sanctuaries, whether in common with
'"s efeek u; or IN their separate oratories.
ARR a. his Majesty the Sultan, now gIoriouslv
relgning, having judged it necessary and eouita-
pie 10 corrooorate and explain his sovereign fir.
man. sealed with the Haiti Humayun in the mid
ole PERIOD OF the moon of ReIia Akhhir 1868, (end
OF January, o. s., 1882 by his sovereign firman
OF -, ana to order in addition by another f1rman
ua'eo -, the reParaton of the great cupola of
the Temple Of the Holy SepuIchre these two fir.
mans snail De textually executed and faithfully
observed IN oroer to maintain forever the strict
stotu quo of the sanctuaries possessed bv the
creeks exclusively, or in common with other reli-
gions.
1t is agreed that an understanding shall he Mite.
rloriy come to for the settlement Of certain poipts
OF detail which have found place in the sfore
| mentioned frmans
Art. D. The subjects of the Russian empire
seculars as well eccesiastics, to whom II ia
permitted, in pursuance of the treaties TO visit The
Holy City of Jerusalem, and other places of devo-
ton, having right to be treated and considered
on an equality with the subjects of the most favored
NATIONS, and these last, Catholics as well as Pro-
testants, having their preIates and their special
ecclesiastical establishments, the Sublime Porte
binds Itself, In case the Imperial Court of Russia
demands it, to assign suitable locality in the city
OF Jerusalem, or IN the environs for the construc-
ton OF church consecrated for the celebration Of
Divine service by Russian eccesiastics and of an
hospital for INDECENT or sick pilgrims, and which
ioundatIons shall be under the surveillance of the
consulate general Of Russia, SYRIA and Palestine
Art. 3. 1t Ia understood that the present act oc-
casloned by exceptional circumstances affects in
nc ing any OF the stipulations existing between
corroborated by the separate act of the treaty. Of
AdrlanoPle, maintain all their force and value
The six articles which precede having been de-
termlned and concluded, our signature and the
sea- of our been affixed to the present instru
ment, which is delivered to the Sublime Porte in
exchange for that which is delivered To us bv
- before mentioned.
Done at, the -, 1853, and - of the He
(signed)
Ambassador Extraordinary and PIenipotentiarv of
ms Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the
Ottoman Porte.
VIENNA, June 3.-The various ORGANS of the
Austrian press contain information from the Turk.
lsh capital OF considerable importance but the
place OF honor must be accorded to the opinion of
person whose communications have not once
proved incorrect at is now plain sailing Russia
insists on the exclusive Protectorate over the
Greeks residing in Turkey. The Porte offers to
grant complete civil emancipation TO all it's non.
Mahomedan subjects, and TO place them under the
protection of all the great powers. Lord Stratford
and Nj de la Cour declare that nothing more can
IN justice be required of the Porte. The represent
atives of Austria and Prussia, for their own part
approve of the plan, but they have not such full
power as their fellow diplomatists. Russia must
eventually yield, but certainly not until a demon
stration has been made N the Danubian Princi.
palites -
The following connected account of the recent
occurrences IN Turkey is compiled from the Con.
stantinope letters of the 23d, which have to-day
appeared in the public papers,
''For some days before Prince MenschilofT Quit
ted Consantnople, lat five O'Clock on the 2lstA il
was generally known that the Porte would NOT
yield halrs BREADTH and consequently no one
was astonlshed when, on the 18th, it transpired
that the demands Of the Russian Cabinet had been
dehnitively rejected. In his final communication
TO the Porte the Prince says: The refusal of the
Turkish government 20 give formal guarantee
for the complete realization of the privileges
granted to the Greco Russian (Griechssch Rus
sisch) church in Turkey, forces the Russian gov
eminent to employ all the means in its power to
OH a in its in ftprvr
bureau and the interests of the subjects of Russia
are strongly recommended to the Porte The
meaning OF this is too obvious for il TO be doubted
that the Princpalities will Immediately be occu-
pied The Porte appears TO be prepared for a de-
ciaraton OF war, as three army corps are about to
be formed in European and az many in Asiatic
Turkey. The latter say the correspondents of the
1riest Zeitung and the Oest. Dstsche Post will be
| reinforced by forty thousand men, who will be
conveyed from Egypt to Syria. The commander
of the Egyptian feet and army is Suleiman Pasba
(sayes,) with the Princes Said and Ahmet as his
generals. The Pashas Omer, Namik, and Selim, will
have the command of the European army corps.
Said and Ahmet are already at Consta ntinople and
Otner is expected in four days, ION the 2Sth.)
Geographic despatch the oath of MAY from All.
bsnia, informs US that Orner Pasha had issued or
dere to the troops under bis command to prepare TO
march Only three battalions are to be left in the
pashak. One hundred thousand men will be
raised in European Turkey, and thirty of the most
opulent Turkish Pashas have offered to raise free
corps at their own expense The Ulemah, with
the Multi at their head, waited on the Sultan to
inform him that at the first signal, eighty thou.
sand sturdy young men should be at his disposal
Similar populations have been sent from ARABIA
and Persia. A correspondent of the 7riesf Zei
tung observes, with great truth, that when the
Emancipation hrman is promulgated, il will act
cement to the different Christian elements in
Turkey, and make them even more disipcIined 10
Russia than at present. The general ooipion ia
that the influence of Russia must receive terribIe
blow from the failure of Prince Menschikoff,s mis-
sion. The Impartial de Smyrne checks off the
strength Of the several arms of the Turkish armv
and gravely tells US that it amounts to four hun.
dred and eighty thousand men and two thousand
cannon
The Cologne Gazette has the following under
the head OF Constantinope, May %: seThe Sultan.
in putting his signature TO the answer rejecting
the propositions of Prince Menschikof is reported
to have said i really cannot understand what il
is attempted to exact from me. ] desire onIy the
happiness of all my subjects without distinction of
religious creed, and have shown ths desire with
more ardor than any of my predecessors, and vet
the more display this feeling the less gratitude
do find on the part of the Christian Princes who
are my neighbours The Sultan then signed. in
bold hand. The language of the Sultan has
spread everywhere, and has produced an electrical
effect. Never Sultan more beloved bv his
subjects
fINsPEcToR,' - of the New York Co,.rier and ~