Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-04

terrifying very strongly, 30 that should the Russians CON
precede all attempts aggressive Increment, ON m
part of tho Ottoman commander Tue yountarv servic
Of Arab and Kurdish tribes continually offered to th
| service Of the Sultan.
EGYPT.
Accounts from Alexandra to April 3d. state that IN
Consul General Of Austria to whom tho protection Q
Russian subjects had been conded since the departuro
their consul, had officially informed them thar h
should cease TO protect them amer tho goth Inst aud tina
they must prepare to leave Egypt by that date.
| Tho rupture Of diplomatic relations between Tho Port
and Greece leads to the belief that the Greeks At
dra will also DO compelled to leave Such a mea,ur
would cause great perturbation In the commerce of tina
city, as the Greeks are very numerous there and almos
all Of them are merchans. Tho rising Ia Eprus hat
produced considerable agitation among tho Greeks bo,i
at Cairo and at Alexandria
THE GREEK INSURRECTIoN.
The expulsion Of the Greeks from Turkish territory
going but private despatch states that Greek sub
jects who profess the Latin faith viii DO allowed TO re-
| main.
From Syris Aprls despatch states that tho Greeks
had been beaten Amiro where they lost three hundred
In killed. Discussions prevailed among their leaders
who begin TO accuse each other Of ueachery NJ Meaxs
eI-Mnister at Consantnope, had arrived at Athens
Neither the Enssb French, Austrian nor Swedish minis
tiers assisted at the lie Deu April O. the
| celebration Of Greek indepsn lence.
SPEECH OF SIR HAMILTON SEYMOUR, LATE
BRITISH MINISTER TO RUSSIA
On Monday night the l7th us, the usual Easter enter
Hon. the Lord Mayor Of London who presided To n nu
merous and distinguished party.
Tho LORD MAYOR proposed " The Diplomatic Service of
the County, coupled with the names of Sir VIM Tenn
pie and Sir Hamilton Seymour. (Cheers.) In referring
to the latter be might that his position had been one
Of singular difficulty he had been accredited to So
verstgn whose moderation, to the words Of Lord
John Russell on another OCCASION formidable
than the most ambitious views OF other States Hear
hear He could hardly condoe with the right honora.
bic gentleman In having forfeited tho good will of tho
Eutna Ar Of hal
tenton Of his wardrobe his conduct had In the same
degree procured for him the appreciation Of his fellow
countrymen. (Cheers)
Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR, rising was loudly cheered
Unfortunately he spoke in low Of voice which in
many parts Of the room was altogether naudibe Aer
returning thanks for the honor which they had done him
IN drinking his heat, he said be could have been well
content to sit down at once, he altogether
accustomed TO address large assemhage but that he had
long story TO tell He might begin by remarkinc that
the confidence which they pleased place in him.
aud the confidence they reposed in him, were due In
great measure to the system Of diplomacy adopted by the
English government. That system remarkably sim
ple II consisted In man keeping his eyes wide
open as he could and in writing homo observations not
such as were most likely TO please tho English govern
ment but such they appeared to be the man him.
SELF That was the system universally adopted by Eng.
iish dplomatists, but unfortunately II not allowed
abroad. 10 particular adopted by the Russian
government aud the consequences what they had all
SEEN Had the Russian government followed the same
practice he belle, ed that Of the present evils would
have come to pass. But unfortunately contrary course
was adopted Tor nothing could be nexac nothing
false than the notions with regard to Europe in re
neral that were circulated through Russia What did
they write with regard TO the provinces OF Turkey They
wrote that nothing but the greatest horrors provaed
that the priests were murdered at the aar-that the
Christian temples burned-that the grosscst sace
ges were everywhere committed-things that made his
hair stand on end till lie found that he could not trace
single wOid Of truth in the whole relation What did thew
write from Constantuope' They wrote that that inter
esng invalid Of the Sultan got and worse that
flesh and bis appetite quite gone aud that his OBJ
snacy such that he refused to take the prescriptions
which the imperial physician good enough TO send
hm. What did they write from London! They wrote
that John Bull was very material ielow-that he was
immersed into the three per ceuts-hat was very fond
OF the creature comforts, and that he most unwilling
TO interrupt his present. flow OF prosperity by meddng
NTH aifars with which he had direct concern So
much for England He must say here that he was not
abiding TO diplomatic correspondence-to the des
patches Of Prince this Of Count hat-but TO gene
raj reports sent from the country WHAT did they write
from France? Why, they represented that country as
having hardly escaped from one revolution or political
change, aud as being ony bent upon avoiding another
that the men OF commerce intent upon realizing
large fortunes that the government was mperial in s
sympathies and above ALL the idea Of close
between England and France was treated Us n myth-as
thing to be talked OF but never to be realized. uear
hear But it might be asked. what the English
Minister about all this time The English Minister he
might tell them, was very small He did what he
could, but his voice was small for it what was
emperor OF IN the English language
that avaled anything but what said to him il the
Russian language and he persuaded that there had
been any one among his advisors OF courage of char
acter sufficient to tell his majesty the exact TRUTH
his Majesty would have followed his present un-
fortunate course. The result was that England was
now plunged into war with country with which
We had long been the most friendly relatops-a coun.
try that had many sympathes with this country as
might be expected when il considered that half Of its
produce not only purchased by England paid for
beforehand and with very kindly peoplefor he could
not conceal it-hat he had found there many kind hearts
among the people cheersl and when the preseut miss
Of prejudice had dpcIled there were many friendly
hands there which it would give him great pleasure to
shake. loud cheers) But u they bad lost an ancient
ally the side, the circumstances of the case had
had the extraordinary effect with regard another coun
try OF wpng away the results OF centuries OF jealousy
aud hostility and OF producing Of friendly feeling
which, he trusted, would be equally durable lie need
not say that he alluded to their ally the French nation
lCheers In every language there words al peculiar
significance and Importance. Thus when they said in
England that man behaved himself like gentleman
they bestowed upon him the highest compliment and they
meant that such would only fulfil but would 90
beyond bis engagements. Now in the French language
the words loyal aud loyduE had the same significant
meaning. And in speaking of the French cabinet he
must say that as far as his powers OF observation
had gone those terms peculiarly applicable TO the
acts OF the French government. Cheers As far as
ne had been able to observe nothing had been loyal
nothing more marked by ioyame-tban the proceed
lngs oil the French government lie did not wish go
cumstance which occurred TO himself and WHICH ! o
thought as regnrdedhe conduct Of the French governs
ment had not attracted the attention IL deserved Among
the arts that were useddodgcs, he believed, the
modern wcfd aughter to separate the English and the
French governments the Russian cabinet melted out
very different treatment to the English Minister from what
was awarded to the French Minister. For instance he
(Sir Hamilton received one fine winters morning the
agreeable inmaon that his back more agreeable to
the government than his facethat his passports we're
Ieady-and that wasdesirabe he should set out from
ST. Petersburg ns pos,ibe Nothing OF the sort
was done TO the French Minister But il happened that
this little act loreseen and dcountenauced at Paris
aud 1t So happened that when the French Minister heard
Of this acting upon his Instructions he wrote the Rus.
sian cabinet requesting that similar passport might be
made ont for him, and so of no went (Oheefs) IL was
therefore pOssbe and he hoped I. was probable that the
long centuries Of hostility that existed between Franco
and England, might be succeeded by as many CEN
uIie. OF peace. Before sitting down. let him endeavor
to p1h out the difference between the first aud second
empires The appeared him to rest upon war and
upon disregard Of national rights the other rested up
on an extreme desire for peace long peace could DO
preserved upon honorable terms aud upon the
respect for tho rights and privileges OF other nations
There had lately resounded through the streets Of Paris
the cries Of "Vipe Ia Refine Vctore r. VVdnt les
giaisl He becvedlh the speaking the universal sem
tments OF his countrymon, when he said that Euglish.
men would respond TO those cries with the shout OF Five
IA FrdHes-UiUs ie E,npsrrr-riUe h def.nsetr dc les
drOiis de PEUODc,n (ChceraO TIe yould mot delain