New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-09
TURKEY.


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sstepfnt which with the complexion ., 'ns new
cabinet to preclude the suggestion which ma oee1 n+I
h very respectable quarer thst the mmIsr'a c,'9 W.
An exps dent 10 gain time The recall OF keschi f'caa
e Consistent reformer 10 the premiership and the re-
establishment Of Fuad EEend in the Ministry snow more
Asn the resolution Of the Sultan II assert ms
snee A The head of European sovereign Stde-they
nrorise return 20 that enlgftene system OF m'efh Al
rrinstrssion which, under the present snltan anu ~
sy;otic has sally conducted Turkey through
= many difficulties and dangers and secured to rs peoPs
degree Of material prosperity which some oil tner MOST
boastful psighbors regard with envy.
The correspondent Of. i9ur9s .s led t;nto eootioa
sss ssriss 81 mistake this question wring rom S2u
sas,tinope on the 9Th says: The kusasn pors o. tne
RiarL 81 are at this moment crowded win the
I 80 the bights above Odessa are covered WITH the
N large army On the banks OF the Prun we are
sstspnec the pontoons are already naoe anu le 's'
collected there wait but the signal to enter the
There IA no doubt that this strictly true and has been
sr.syersl YEAR but going to war the signal IS every
g Since s4s the Gar MSS
r crisis have heard of him as sage ADVISER counsel
isg moderation and sacrifices ,or tne mantenance OF
pssss He may expected on this occasion to have some
sS~sTd for his own consistency Should, however, this
so,sderation fail there is another which cannot bat have
veeht with prudent despOt The opportunity for
n the south eat Of Europe with the forces of Russia
srougbly occupied, would certainly not be uninproved
by the uneasy millions who FIRE; in the neghborhOOd
oftbe Cars ropters and the cost and pains Of the Rus
sian campaign Of ls+9 in Hungary might prove to have
been thrown away.
In the draught Of the proposed convention itself the
Porte Is made TO give 10 Russia perpetual guarantee for
d. msintenance OF al the privilege franchises and mmu
mites poyed by the Eastern Church and which It has
ssyed from the predecessors # Abdul kedd Moreover
Ire ambassador Russia At ConstantnOpe and the
sus md agents Of that power in the Ottoman States 10
have the eh to protect that Church against all kinds Of
and oppression The Pstrisrchs Of Constant
neple Antioch Alexandria and Jerusalem. we'll tia
metropolitan archbishop and bishops may not be deposed
sre4pt for tgimats cause and the berat OF svestdre
hisb they receive from the Porte far from remaining
dead will g full and
ton in all its clauses and dispositions Every favor and
every advantage granted in the Ouomn empire to
Christi communion whatever will be by the simple fact
NE right Of the Greek Church The Porte will guarantee
fbe Of the state of things established by the
recent frmans and will also engage to change nothing
bsnceh without the previously obtained consent Of Rus
Ala lastly Russia win have the right 10 construct at Je
rp,alem Church aud Convent TO be served by Russian
prjets and monks. To appreciate all the significance OF
hs Rus,ian project we must remember tina, il interests
more than shslf the subjects Of the Turkish empire
Europe ard that in the East the distinction between
(bnrcb and State not being made broadly with
M urdictOn Of the patrarchs and bishops extends TO
nuttsde Of questions If civil order that religious
proeooste may easily be made to assume spother char
sster
The Dtbafs correspondent says;
sAfter receiving M.nchikoffs dispatches Of the 9Th,
which threw them into great perple1y the Minister: Of
he Porte fastened to inform thu French and Eogsh An
of their contents, demanding AZ the same tins
their counsel and support Lord Redcle who seemed to
see in this question merely religious matter to be settled
70 between Greeks and Stems made evasive reply TO
the Divan We assured in fact that his lordshp
himself 10 ndlDg the Su4ns ministers 70 re-
spond vsguoy TO the Prince 70 sppes to the justice and
esndor Of thu Emeeror Nicholas and finally to gain time
upl he should himself receive reply from his Govern
nent Al the time he urged the Divan to promuge
seme me- favorable 10 the Christians Of the East
Al once 10 dsarm Russia and cOncate the public opinion
az Europe Lord Radcliffe then wrote TO his Government
a state he new turn which things had taken and demand
Instructions Such the substance Of the brought
10 Masees the 18th by the Csradoc, and Immediately
transmitted 70 London
Our own correspondent at Constantnope writing on the
OH tsysi
"Ais activity here while the decision of the Dvan
still pending and at the Porte as well as in the diplomatic
circle councils and conferences Of almost hourly
surrence II 10 believed that the utimaum presented
the 5h viii be rejected Tor is the last day allow ID
by MepchikoG for answer You have already been ia
Armed az the settlement Of the question Of the Shrnes
about which Turkey has been unfairly ormen'ed hav
- ing no interest Of her in the matter certain mod
Of the ministry place here Ahmed Fehi
brother nlaw Oft Sultan and Director fAlsry
bnder Reschd Pschs has been restored TO that post The
Mipsty Of Commerce, which thus becomes vacant is as
aligned to Namik Pschs
From The London Time.
With some allowance for slight discrepancies which are
Unavoidable In Intelligence transmitted with much
pdity from several different and distant point. Of Eu
rope the testimony Of all correspondents to the
effect and whatever may be the decision of the Fskish
Government IL is clear that the question has 10 daal with
involves the existence Of Turkey empire and possibly
the peace Of other parts OF Europe Yet at this most crit
cal Emergency and before the Divan had recovered from
the shock ooossoned by the death OF the Sultsua Vslde
the Turksh Ministry had broken up and still left
conjecture whether this changei Is to bring about more
demands Of the Russian envoy The return OF Ahmed and
Eamh Pasbs TO office would seem to portend submission
tat OF Redscbid Pash Fusd Efendi to beokeu ress
lance but of these Ministers Redschd va. in Disgrace
and Fusd was the very Minister elected from of by
Prince Menchikors influence his arrival that the
circumstances that have brought them back power
remain mystery.
The extent of Prince Menchkofs last demand appears
10 have been somewhat misspprehended abroad for
believe that does not ncsde any precise stipulation with
reference TO pstrsrohste of the Greek Church and
II does not establish in terms any political connection
beween the Court Russia and the Greek Slovenian
population Bat IL correctly Informed OF the
ure of this proposal il would not the less place the rights
and privileges which the Greek Christians have hitherto
ed by the favor Of the Porte under the protection of
specific convention 10 which Russia would be contract
ing marty, and consequently q guarantee. Sach =
tract is in reality though not in name religious protect
crate Of the Christian subjects of the Ottoman Expire Ii
would convert the privileges hitherto enjoyed by the East
ern Christians into rights which Russia alone would have
the to assert and enforce aud is therefore al at
tempt 10 extend the supremacy which the CzNs Of Russia
have exercised since Peter the Great the Church in
their own douinions 10 Christians protesting the
creed but living under distinct and Independent political
sovereigntes Such convention woald arm the spiritual
sdicts Of Ponth with the strength of military power and
add the sanction OF religious authority to the schemes OF
dipouatio ascendsncy or of territorial ambition The
effect already produced by the announcement Of sach pre-
tensions is significant foretaste of the consequences
this of things could be sneRy established and
though il Is pe0us task TO weigh two OF action
against one another when both full Of evils ye.
incline TO the opinion that the Sultan feels
der such circumstances 10 be less certain destruction than
tame surrender The former determination leaves him
the chapter Of accidents and perhaps the sympathy of
some part Of Europe the latter is cspulaOn without
kepe Of redress
far as Turkey Is concerned we see in these events no
more than the fuldlment of the antcps,ons we formed
and expressed some time ago aud business Of
10 reconcile the extreme and visible presraon of the OF
toman Empire with the theory of those politicians and