New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-08

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MINISTER Dir harsh ant bearing the aag OF the American
Con uodOre.
The following "Crculas note" has been addressed ny
the Cabinet of St Petersburg the Ministers snd DIP
lOmstic sgens Of the EmperNr Ii is published in the
Ga;,ns de St. Petersbsrg oi june II:
SIR. As the mission of Prince Msnchkof &, Turkey
hss sreaoy given rise 70 the mot eIgers'ea runo =
rum which bis dsp-rtur- and ~ Interruption ~ re-
lstsrs cors quen upon IT, viii no doubt sidi'onh
forc.-l tthk II duty 10 transmit n you upon The
sui let general nfnrm alton which may "a rec
iify thu false d. t. ~hh have been speed about 10
the country in which YOU reside
ihiuk i, superuous inform thAt there no,
word ct truth the pre'-nsion which has b-@n fss'snet
upon by the newspapers Of aiming eith-r NJ \ Ireh
territorial ggrsndz-n mt or advantageous reguS
ton frontier the right Of nomination or
revocation with regard 70 ths Patriarch ~ Con-t%nhunpe
in short .tsny religions Proecorsie which would have
tendency to exceed that which exercise, in point OF
fact sud additionally in Turkey, by virtue Of previous
tr. aes You sufficiently swsre Of the policy OF the
Emperor 70 know that His M.esiy does sot sm a. the
fuin and destruction OF the Ottoman Empire, which ne
himself occasions hiss saved from dissolution but
ihs the contrary he has s~sys regarded the existing
E0s qD0 the best possible combirs TO s'erposs oe
tween all the European interests which you'd necessarily
clash in the Es.t II void sctuslv declared snd
that far regards the protection ~ the RussoreeS
religion in Turkey have necessity 10 order 20 secure
rs interests Of other rights than those which are
aresdy secure ny tresiss position and the
religious sympathy which exists between 50 100000 Rus
Of the Greek persuasion and h- great ory OF the
Christian suh sfih SultSn-iufuence mmemorsl and
inevitable. because exists facts and not in wordsn
iuerce which the Emperor found existing in fnh "rcs
when he assembled the throne and which he q"
Difference 70 the Ut just suspicious which IL lvskens-
uoubce without giving up the glorious Inheritance OF ais
august predecessors
This t. in point Of fact 10 inform ysu how little found
ed are The reports which have been spread abroad OF me
mission Of Prince MeDchko which never had any other
object than the arrangement Of the affair OF the Holy
Places
1T would he too org Sir to re'spulst- you in de-
ts the history Of All the phases through which his AFFAIR
bas passed since the year 1850 We satisfied 10 our
cousc.nces that were no, thu first 10 raise the
question We knew too well all the consequences nvo
we'd far as the peace Of the East 'ernedpe'
hSp- the of the would We have ceased since
It's COMMENCEMENT cell the attention Of the great Cab
nets 10 the position in which ~ond involve and N the
grave evenusss which must arise from aud 'ha sue
c.srive developments which has assumed, until hnay
produced the existing c have but too well justified our
sad prognocston- II sill he sufficient for ha m'men,
to recs o your recollection that after the drt
which bad BEEN obtained by France in favor Of the L'ns
At Jerusltm 10 the deiriment of the inmsmorld prvie
ses which had been conceded IN the Greeks The Empe'r
seeug ey'ry day the evident partty Of rhe Porte tor
the Lsns leading il IN concessions Of graver and still
graeer nature with regard 10 the rights and Interests OF the
Eastern worsbp-fouud himself under the Obligation of
addressing The Sultan upon this point in serious yet
henoy letter The results ~ his step we're tho convocs
ton OF commission composed exclusively Of TurSi+h
llemss which occupied itself with the task Of re'oncl
ing the recipr cal petensons then after long negota
tors letter. in reply from the Sultan 20 the Emperor
wbi announced the definite solution Of the question and
conisDng the solemn promises % the nintontnce
Of the ancient rights which had been conceded by the
Porte t. the Greek communi'ie. A frman which con
tanned The details of this arrangement sthe same time
e. nmnpcsttd 70 At the top If this fireman Haiti
Sheriff in autograph ~ the Sultan and con
secrated in the most formal manner the anterior acts
which had been conceded 10 the Greeks At dferent
epochs bad been renesed by the Sultan NthmOud and
hao bfFn confirmed hy the regnng sultan.
Although this letter and this 6rman conceived in
"oIH geo, which had alra's endesvor-d 10 maintain.
n'ytts a. these documents appeared 20 the Emperor
g. satisfy 70 certain point his iu't s'ctud4 for the
Interests ard mnuri'es e the Greek Church At Jeruss
m de're Of concson induced IIi' Majesty TO accept
them He took icl record Of them TO give them
a'ol"m and defriiive value.
In The presence Of these categorical documents. off,
cay communicated at the md Of long and painful
go'i"p the Imperial Government had certainly rghto
coIsidtr that discussion from viii 's moderation had
succeeded in removing danger and which e the Latnin
possession OF new advantages was forever closed You
hnow that, unfortunately this has not been thu
should he carried too far If related here AL the acts
of vesknes, Of tergversson and dnpcitv which have
'ignszed the conduc Of the Ottoman authorities when it
hecsme question Of fulfilling the engagements which they
had undetah toward and ~ proceeding according to
usage ~ Jerusalem 10 the pronunciation the registration
ard the execution Of the fman When the Turkish Com
nissary Who had been the Holy CITY according to
The explicit which m.sisn At Constantn'ole
had rfceiv arrived HE destination he ID The au4acy
To- declare 10 Consul who insisted the reading and
registration Of the 6msp that he bad no knowledge Of the
act ard that there no mention of in hs insirucon
Although later upon rem0nsrances, the frmtn was
tDsy read and registered ~ Jerusalem this only done
with restrictions ninrous 10 the Eastern form Of worship
Put fr che itse with The exception Of
the accomplishment of these simple formates Us prnc
pal provions have been openly iranRressed The no't
agrant violation Of it has been the delivery IN The Latin
Patriarch Of the kew Of the principal church at Be'hehem
This delivery contrary 10 the express terms of the fir
man wounded deeply the clergy. and all the population
Of The Greco Russ faith because according 70 the ideas
1. u n IL. r ~
seems 10 imply by itself alone that Of the temple in its
entirety The Turkish Government then against is
proper Interests established ia the eyes Of All the
snpr which il accorded m smother form Of worship
ifsn the one TO which the majority Of its subjects submit
themselves.
Such a forgetfulness of the most postve promises
which Rad heen oemny made in the letter Of the Sultan
tothe Emperor so patent breach Of faith ag0r vsted
still bv the proceedings and bv the dsrsve words NJ
the councillors Of His Hghpess cert iny If nature
10 nifty august masfsr-w0unded "a he was in his
dignity in his friendly confidence in his form Of worship,
and in the religious sentiments which he shares with his
suhec's-in demanding ample satisfaction. His Majesty
might have done IT, ~ he has been accused nv opinion
which fas been perverted AT ia sources he had only
sorRb for pretexfs 10 upset the Ottoman Empire Int he
DID not choose this He preferred n obtain this
saii'fscton by means of pacific neg 'iaton he has
s'riyfn yet another time n enghen the Sovereign NJ
TuT ey upon the wrongs which he has been guilty NJ With
regard 10 well with regard 10 bis own Interests
srd 10 sppea 70 his wisdom against the fsults n his
Ministers ard IL il with this view that he dispatched
Price Nsnchikof 10 CoDstannople
His missin bad two objects always relative TO the
affair of the Holy Places:
81 To negotiate in place Of the rman which had been
nufed. for a arrangement which, without taking
from the Latns that which thew had lately obtained
FOR in exsctipg this retrscon wi.hed 10 avoid placing
tie Ottoman Porte relatively To France in precisely the
false position in which she placed relatively 20
u.s. should AZ least explain those concessions in
take from them the appearance OF victory gained
over The Greco form Of Worship and which should
rr6sahhh. by Of some legitimate conversations
tb' equilibrium which bad been destroyed at the expense
Of the parties last named