The Daily Times. — 1860-08-03 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

IMPERIAL THIEF DETECTED.  WHEN rogues fall out, sometimes the truth appears. France and Russia, we are told, have had a serious split anent the Syrian question ; and it is in consequence of this disagreement, if we are to believe the Paris correspondents of the Daily News and the Express, that the Conferences have been broken up sine die. Russia, it is announced, claimed the execution of certain promises which the Emperor had made some time since, in pursuance of which the entire Eastern question should be raised at the first opportunity ; and, in fact, insisted that the moment had arrived for the partition of Turkey. Russia was ready to send 100,000 men to make a short end of the business, but had no notion of a restricted intervention in Syria. It did not, however, suit the 'Emperor's purpose to come into this scheme 'just now. We published yesterday a more vague statement as to the demands of Russia—namely, that it insisted upon inserting a clause in the convention giving the Powers the right to interfere not only.. in Syria, but in any part of the Ottoman Empire where disturbances might break out. That report is. perfectly consistent with the one now given forth, the latter being only a little more explicit and better defined ; so that if we are to believe our informant, Russia now avows that some time since it entered into a secret treaty with the •French Emperor for' the opening up of the entire Eastern question, and' the partition of Turkey at the earliest opportn, ,pity ; and justly holding that the present disturbance affords an excellent opportunity for carrying out the dishonest paction, if it is to be carried out 'at all, it insists upon its immediate fulfilment, or it will have nothing whatever to do with the intervention in. Syria. Now or never, says Russia. Not just now, says NAPOLEON:' Then never, rejoins Russia ; and so the murder comes out.. We had almost forgotten the report which gained considerable currency many months ago, to' the effect that a secret treaty had then been entered into between France and Russia, the object of which, it was asserted, nearly affected England: It will be remembered that the rumour led to some correspondence between the French and English Governments, which was put an end to by an apparently satisfactory, but still ambiguous denial, on the part of the former, as to the existence of " a.treaty ;" but there was a mysterious reservation as to some sort of agreement having been mutually arrived at—but not " a treaty "—which, we were to believe, England had no right to enquire_ after, and was slot entitled. to be officially informed of. We are now, in all probability, about' to receive some information which will throw light upon that mysterious compact. We can almost at once arrive at the cellelusion that the original story was substantially true, and that at the time referred to, notwithstanding the French denials, some such arrangement was made between France and Russia as that which the latter now throws in Lops NAPOLEON'S teeth as a broken bargain... What are we to think of Louis NAPOLEON'S honesty if it shall appear that he has all this , time been under secret obligations to Russia to upset all that England combined with France to aceomplish at such enormous cost of blood and treasure in the Crimea ? The Savoy and Nice business was bad enough, but such a disclosure of treachery would certainly out-Herod HEltop.' The rupture with Russia, and the abandonment of the secret treaty—if so it be-74hrows another ' light Upon the Emperor's letter to M.