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inns says Sir hamilton Seymour to Lord
hussell) Ills Malestyfor some time declined
long ne ended, however, by saying Well,
mere are several things winch | nevor viii
tolerate II will begin by ourselves ,r,N
aot tolerate nc permanent occupation Of Com
stonefopfe by the Russians; hdr'ag SAID ms,
1 w'H say that It nerer shall be held by ne
Enghsh, tre"ch or any othor great noton.-
AGAIN, fhfrj ~" pe'"'' an atfe'pi ~ ne
recohHrbc'on q q By;1h'the Empire, or SHoh o.
an extension Of Greece os couW re"der her
powertm STATE; shH less wH I permit He .
breaking up Of Turkey 'nto bHie Rer"5hr,- .
dsytums TOR hoSsWhS ond Nh: >init, md ether .
rerolut,on,sts Of Eprope; rather than submit
to any Of these oran cemen'', mould 60 10 .
lcar, and as long as 1 hare a mn" md = p'ps-
ka lef ,rotld corrY u or. These, the Empc-
ror said, are at once some IDEAS now give
me some in return. remarked upon the as
surance which would be found respecting the
English resolutions of never attempting to
possess Constantinople, and upon the disclin-
alton of her Majesty's Government to enter
into eventual arrangements but upon being
still pressed by his imperial Majesty, said
Well, Sir, the idea may not suit your Males
t1-indy DOl suit hut hdlNttV Government
but what is good between man and man is
often good system between one State and
another. How would II be if, in the event
of any catastrophe occurring in Turkey, Rus
s,a and England wereto declare thar no popcr
should be oHomca 10 TAKE possession Of rs
pror,nces-thot the property should remain,
as Il were, under seals until om,cdbie arrange
ments could Be mode as to rs odlu6'cation .
such a course would be impossible, but. at
least, it would be very difficult; there was no
elements of provincial or communal govern
ment in Turkey you would have Turks at
lacking Christians. Christians falling upon
Turks, Christians of different sects quarrel
ling with each other in short, chaos and
anarchy. As1
before told you, all ! want is good under
standing with England, and this not a to
what shall. but as to what shall not be done;
this point arrived at, the English Govern
ment and |, | and the English Government
having entire confidence in one another's
views, care nothing abont the rest. re-
marked that felt confident that her Males
tvs Government could be as little disposed
us his imperial Majesty to tolerate the pres
ence of the French at Constantinople and
being DESTROYS, II possible, of ascertaining
whether there were any understanding be-
tween the Cabinets OF St Petersburgh and
Vienna, added-but your Majesty has for
gotten Austria; now, all these Eastern ques
tons affect her very nearly she OF course,
would expect TO be consulted. On replied
tho Emperor, greatly to my surprise, but you
must understand that when speak Of Russia
Ispeak Of austria as ueH; mhdt SUITS the one
suits the other; oar interests as regards Tur
Key are perfectly ,dent'coi.
The Emperor went on to say that in the
event of the dissolution of the Ottoman EN-
pire, he thought it might be less d,6fcuh 10
arrive at a satisfactory territorial orrong cement
than pas commonly behcred. The Principali-
ties, are, he said, in fact, an independent State
under my protection this might so continue.
Servia might receive the same form of Gov
eminent. So, again, with Bulgaria. There
seems to be no reason why this province
should not form an Independent State A.
to Egypt, quite understand the Importance
TO England Of that territory. | can then only
say that if, in the event Of distribution Of
the Ottoman succession, upon the fall of the
Empire, you should take possession Of Egypt,
h s"an ma'e t 10 ocJ,'''Vr 70 ?g" 1, Iou'd say
m,eM su,t voy ouJ do mo, Eno,r ,rbv ),
should not become on English possession. =
As did not wiHh that the Emperor should I'M
as,nI .',a. al pun. scr' an: was 10 DC
swered tIat had always understood Ky tbo
English views upon Egypt did not go beyond
the point OF securing safe and ready com
lnunicatioh between orlulsh mana ana the
inc towards an end. the Fmnernr ernrnssed
his warm attachment to the Queen. our gra-
cious Sovereign, and his respect for Her
MAJESTY present ADVISERS. me neclaratlons
been. he said yerv SATISFACTORY he could
only desire that they should be little sim
plihed' The terms IN which your lordship
nad SPoheh ~ ~; conauG INV; WERE inc Emperor
me- His fmncr;ai Majesty slid g." we'll in,
duce your Government to write again upon