Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-31

true, had only led 10 The REJECTION OF The propositions
made by tie brli..erGnt Powers, hn; upon both sides
it appeared 10 Ice ad;uiial that these propositions
offered The e, n:cn,s u; pCnS,; and We were mol only
able Ia declare without opposition. that We believed
ourselves especially called to occupy ourselves IN
seeking out the meun- vi an approximation, but we
also put forward a draught Of IN ultimatum when
iwas to be rrnt To 81. Petersburg. and which we con-
sidered no; inudmissable by Russia, since an imnie-
diate limitation of Russia's sovereign, rights IN .ne
Black Sea was avoided, but which at the saliie nm, m
seemed so completely 10 satisfy the our, n NV
third stipulation. and pat m end TO h"aS'a" Hp;n,
derunce in tho I;lurI Sen. that the before named hlh-
listers Of France and England, IN cohnaeh,'ai NV
views showed themselves dcciaeui! YIN -
our proposal, und undertook I" rcc"in'nenu 'ne . pm:
to their governments with all then influence. Inns
Man ,f o N nl,imutum, The rejection OF which ny kns-
lin we declared ourselves ready to make a casiis Deili,
consisted Of TWO distinct propo"ltions' OF ~hich inc
Russian Government was TO take lis chuice. L"'u
Jnbn Russell, before leaving Vienna, was inaue nc
nnnintrI by verbal communication with these propo-
snls. Th,. FreEch Minister, NJ. Drouyn de ! hnys'
who left Vienna some days later, received u written
cony OF our plan, and undertook IL submit II 10 Inc
examination |ot tho Sovereign, and also to bring II
before the British Government. 1t il unnecessary 10
speak here of the regret with which. very, soon AFTER
we received Intelligence, not of the hoped Tor accep-
tancc Of England and France, but, instead me oppoo-
sition Of tho English Ministers 70 the views OF lHslr
| colleagues, and of ths resolution of The Emperor Ma
poleon TO relinquish the services OF HE Minister WHO
had just won the admiration and the confluence Oh 'he
Austrian Court"
On tho evening of the 9Th mat, Mr.. Gibson put the
question to Lord John Russell, III the House OF CON,
mons, whether the above statement oil Count Bnoi
was correct! Whether il were true that a proposition
had really been laid before the plenipoientiaries OF
England and France, previous to their departure from
Vienna, which both OF those gentlemen cordlaiy APP
proved of; which, if it had been rejected oy kussla,
would have led Austria 10 tnke part Ill the war; but
10 which tho governments ut London ana farls hau
subsequently refused to give their consent! nc in-
uuired, also, if the noble Lord hnd changed the OPT
MON he WIS said To have held q; ' Jenna; ana II NOT,
show he could reconcile his views with the retention
of Office in the present Government These questions
we're followed by u lengthy aud evidently candid re-
py from Lord John Russell, in which greater light
was thrown upon the Closing scenes of the icace
Conferences than had been afforded at any previous
sitting of Parliament, and more important disclosures
were made, than are to be found i'll any documents
before published. He said that when he went to vi
emma, he lad two objects i'll view first, the ncgotis-
tons; but, second, 'to find ont what Austria and Prus-
sia were ready 10 agree to-
':rhere was the negotiation which was TO he con.
Quoted in conferences, uud in conferences only, be-
tween the three belliGerent powers and Austria, whn
had signed the treaty OF the I'd Of December, and
Russia. That was one part OF :hc business upon
which, we were to enter. But the other, and perhaps
The more Important part was to ascertnin by repeated
interviews and discussions The views nt tie Austrian
government, md cndeGvur either to procure her Us
sistance in concluding peace or I'd discover the te!his
| ut'ii "htSa ~ "Ne"'
sia."
lie discovered, az had been anticipated, that the
third point was 20 prove the most difficult OF solution,
and that the number q! theories were various with
rr,,ard 70 tho means OF limiting the prepunderance Of
Russia in the Black Sea. Tie opinion of Austria was,
that this might be done in two ways;-the best wa
would undoubtedly be, the limitation of the Russian
fleet; but, added Count Buol, ''iherc is another solu-
ton, and that would be, 10 have Il counterpoise To the
Russian force in the Black Sea OH the part Of the Al
lies and Turkey" fe promised to give the limita-
ton plan his hearty support IN the Conferences, and
Lord John Russell acknowledges that this was faith
fully done; but he reserved To Austria the privilege vi
fallin. back on the Other, ii this should fail. Accord
insly, the most tina. Prince Gortschakoff could be in
duced 10 propose gu the part If the Car was, that
the Bosphorus should be thrown open to war ships of
all nations, and that iMgress and rgress, both to the
Black Sea and Mediterranean, should be permitted 10
every flag. TO this arrangement the Allies refused
their consent, aud demanded a limitation OF the mum.
her of armed Russian vessels III the Black Sea itself.
Count Buol then went to the English and French pleni
potentiarics with his proposition, founded on the plan
Of increasing the force opposed to Russia, instead OF
exacting direct, humilialing terms from that power
Lord John Russell described it as follows:
"What she proposed was that, supposing that Rus.
sia had six saii Of the line in the Black Sea, while she
had that number aud no more, England, France and
| Austria should each maintain two trgates in the
Black Sea, and have power to renew them from time
10 time. If Russia should increase her force-fnr in
stance, if she should augment her fleet from six TO
eight sail of the linc-then half the number maintain.
ed by Russia might be maintained by the three allied
Powers, SO that, while Turkey would have eight sail
uf the line as an equivalent 20 the eight Of ltussia,
England would have four and France four NJ the
same time. |, was proposed in the same way that Il.
Russia should Continue TO augment her inrre-ior in-
stance. il she had ~ sail OF The line-each of the mt
ratiIne Powers should have six. while AUSTRIA would,
Of course, have her own naval farce. aud thus We
should maintain n couutcrpoise in regard to Russie.--
But. in addition To this, Count BuVl was ready. us |
WAS told verbally on the day before ! ieft Vienna. to
agree 10 the treaty which he mentions in this circular.
between Austria, Great Britain, and frnn"r, by
M nasb. !AsS ssY ahA inIssri iy q" S'E Turkey
sif," added Lord John Russell, "Eussia refused
these propositions. the Austrian Minister was 10 have
orders to leave st. Petersburgh i'll eight hours, the
military convention with France was 70 be signed,
and the Austrian army was to be concentrated, aud
placed in such Il position that it coald commence the
war n. any moment. The Austrian Minister said it
would bring on a war, and lharc no doubt that unless
Russia lad y.ehfed a. The las! mom'nt, II 1ouR haze
icd to a rar bsttceca austria and Rass'6." Thus an
uNimatnm was seriously Intended By The Court Of VI
emma, based on terms Of which Lord John Russell
says:
alt appeared to me that these provisions did con-
tain a security for Turkey for the future. 1t appears
to me, if we had made this arrangement with respect
to the admission of ships uf war in The Black Sea, that
Russia, so far from Increasing her teet 10 its size be.
tore the commencement d! the war, would abstain
from maintaining more than six ships Of tho line, re-
placing them, il she thought proper. by lar
yer aud stronger vessels, but not attempting TO
have a larger fleet III the Back Sea; for
nothing could 30 tend to diminish the OPT
Mon of the power of Russia in the East rs the OBJ
servation that other fleets. especially those of France
and Great Britain, were present III ;he Black Sea as Il
check and q couIterpoise 10 her fleet. On tl" other
hand, the security OH the land side against the nd
vanccs of Russia by armies, similar 10 those which
advanced in 1928 and 1899, would have been obtained
by the general treaty, and by the consciousness that
Russia would have that mo sooner did she attempt 10
a n ,but ,,htrI, uIn tuS noDn yifliIt fln Inst tHp NeHrl
and occupy the provinces of Turkey, than such q
step would be equivalent To Il declaration of war
against all the great Powers o! Europe. In this mail
ler | certainly thought that the Austrian plan OF com.
terpuise was Inferior TO the plan of limitation that
was proposed, yet that it might be a mode Of concluding
tho war with honor to til, Allied Powers, and that II
would give. I will not nay a certainty, but u very fair
prospect of the duration of peace. Tho Right Hon.
gentleman asks mo whether | have changed that opin-
ION. SIR, | have not changed that opinion. l think
that those terms were calculated either, on the one
side, to secure Austria I" III III the war, or on the other
to obtain a peace which, though it nigh; be unpopu.
lar, would have been Il peace Which would have af
torded security for the future
GOVERNOR REEDER REMOVED-HIS Sue
CESSOR APPOINTED.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-The President Inns ap-
pointed ohm l.. Dawson. of Pennsylvania. Governor
Of Kansas, in place Of A. II. Reeder, removed. Mr..
Dawson was a member Of tho last Congress, and
voted for the Nebraska bill.
LATER FROM RIO MURDER OF a SEA.
PTAl
BALTIMORE, July 4T.-Tl:c barque Lnpwins ar
rived this morning from RIO, bringing dates 10 the
2lst June. Capt. Kelly reports the particulars of a
brutal murder committed on board the ship Sea
Witch, which left with Capt. Frnz;er, bonnd to Chi
ma rom New York. The Sea Witch arrived at Rio
ON the 10th of June, and on being boarded by the Of
ricers oil Customs it was discovered that the captain
had been murdered. Tho officers Immediately sent
for n guard and tool. charge OF the ship. The Amer
lean Consul, Accompanies! by Capt. Rowan, OF tho l.
5. brig Bainbridge, also repaired on board, nnd the
men were ull put in from.
An examination wa- instituted, when it appeared