OFFICIAL PILFERS: NOTES OP THE THREE POWERS.

The notes, interchanged between France and Austria, and England and Austria, on the 8th August, referred to by Lord John Russell on the. last day of the session, have been published among the Parliamentary Papers. They are preceded by a despatch from Lord Clarendon, stating, in a clear and logical form, the views of the British Government,—a de- spatch substantially the same as that of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, and com- municated at the same time to the British, Minister at Vienna.

The Earl of Clarendon to the Earl of Westmoreland.

"Foreign Office, July 22, 18,54.

"My Lord—I have to acknowledge the receipt, this day, of your Lordship:s telegraphic despatch, by which her Majesty's Government learn that Prussia has declined to attend the conference which Count Buol proposed to summon for the purpose of communicating the answer to the demands addressed by Austria to the Cabinet of St Petersburg, and that it will in consequence be transmitted by Count Buol to Count Colloredo for the information of her, Majesty's Government. Her Majesty's Government, however, being already in possession of this answer, and having taken it into mature consideration, I shall no longer delay communicating to your Lordship the views which they entertain with respect to it.

"It is unnecessary to dwell at any length upon the arguments by which Count Nesselrode endeavours to throw upon the Western Powers the respon- sibility of the war which Russia alone has provoked. Count Nesselrode objects to the form of the summons addressed to Russia by England and France, and maintains that this summons, rendered imperative by the acts of Russia, was the true cause of war : but he takes no account of the long series of negotiations during the past year, nor of the repeated warnings which were given to Russia by France and England; and he chooses to forget that it was the invasion of the Principalitiee by Russian troops which first disturbed the peace of Europe, and which has rendered abortive every effort for its restoration. The despatch of Count Buol to Count Esterhazy, to which Count Nesselrode's despatch is an answer, points out clearly upon whom the responsibility falls of the present state of things; and in the pro- tocol of the 9th of April the Four Powers have solemnly recorded their opinion that the summons addressed to Russia by England and France was founded injustice, many, dependent upon conditions which it was out cif 'the-power of Austria forward in Count l3uol'e despatch fp Cognt A...skritrism,ivereH`l,„ yhe rueesy bility of making this evacuatiOn, reouired bytbe eseintiolAnteretts of Ger,

the.other points contained in: theeRuesilai =M ft

demands of Austria, supporte44 litusaudgere ',considered ineappirelP Offs, man sense, it is impossible that.the.nersistmeaukbA:,Rwsitiiz QfilnittettectfIle eonsidared satisfactory by the .twe,Gernlen ppwero.,iaqst pomtei put sity of a speedy evacuation of the -Denuinan 'The impesSie sued by England and Peened; audit la nocdieta. therefereehlatt.thsty.ftheeld defend: themselves against the -aeousationeofellossif‘i IliftWesseilto.elsoldr "The opinion- of Europe has been pronounced in favour of-the nourse pur- erl/. 4n thts:reA pleert, if- g to.insuro- - "But Russia fixes nolitnit whatever to the occupation Of thus Principalities; and she looks upon an armistice as a previous condition-sine qua non of the withdrawal of her armica beyond the Pruth. The injury, then, which, in the opinion of Austria and Prussia the Russia Russian occupation inflicts upon the Germanic Confederation, continues unabated ; nay, more, it is aggravated by the refusal of Russia to attend to , the just d'eniands of the two German Powers,

" Count Nesselrode professes, it is tine, to adhere to the principles

laid down in the protocol of the 9th of April : but this dethration is worth little, as long as the Russian troops remain on Turkish soil. In fact,' the evacuation. of the Principalities is essential to the integrity of the tRtonian empire, and their occupation is in itself a flagrant breach-of the public la* of Europe. The crisis which disturbs the peace of the world had its origin in-the passage of the Pruth ; and:it is impossible to admit the pretensions of Russia to make the reparation which she owes for an act universally condemned dependent upon the exigencies of a position which she has volun- tarily-created for herself.

can England and France content to an armistice upon the vague

assurances given by Count Nesselrode, of thepacifie disposition of the ItilESIzin Government. After making such „ereat efforts and sacrifices, and engaged as they are in a cause so jast, the Allied Powers will not stop ih their course without the certainty that they will not again be called upon, after a short interval, to recommence the war. The particular conditions of peace must depend upon too many contingencies for it to be 'possible to lay them down definitively at the present moment. Her Majesty s Government have, how- ei■er;tio hesitation in statingthe guarantees which, in their opinion, and in that of the -French Government, are essential to secure the tranquillity of Europe from future disturbances. • These-guarrustees-are naturally -suggested

by the dangers to guard against which they are required. . "-Thus, Russia has taken advantage of the exclusive right which she had acquired, by treaty, to watch over the relations of Wallachia and MoWavia with the Suzerain Power, to enter those provinces as if they were port of her own territory. "Again, the privileged frontier of Russia in the Black Sea has enabled her to establish in those waters a naval power which, in the absence or titiy counterbalancing force, is a standing menace to the Ottoman empire. - "The uncontrolled possession by Russia of the principal mouth' of the Danube has created obstacles to the navigation of that -great river which seriously affect the general commerce-of Europe. "Finally, the stipulation of the treaty of Kutschuk-Kainardji, relative to the protection of the Christians, have become, by a wrongful interpretation, the principal cause of the present struggle. " Upon all these points the status quo ante helium must undergo im-

portant modifications. Her Majesty's Government cannot doubt that .the Austrian Government will admit that these views are in accordance with the principles laid down in the protocol of April 9; and that it would be difficult to restrict within more moderate bounds the inquiry which, by that protocol, the Four Powers aimed themselves to make in common, as to the means best calculated to maintain the Ottoman empire, by attaching it to the general balance of Europe. But it is remarkable that to this passage in the protocol of the 9th of April—the only passage of capital importance, imply.- mg, as it does, the necessity of a European revision of the ancient relations of Russia with Turkey—Count Nesselrode carefully avoids making the slightest allusion. In fact, the profession of the Russian Cabinet, that it adheres to the principles laid down by the Conference at Vienna, contains nothing which is of a satisfactory nature.

"Her Majesty's Government are at a loss to Understand the meaning of Count NesselroJe's declaration, that the integrity of the Ottoman empire will not be menaced by Russia so long as that integrity is respected by the Powers who now occupy the territory and waters of the Sultan. What com- parison can be drawn between the invaders and the defenders of the Turkish territory ? What analogy can exist between the presence of the Allied troops at the invitation of the Porte, under the authority of a diplomatic convention, and the forcible invasion of the Ottoman territory by the Rus- sian armies ?

"it is unnecessary to say anything further as to the conditions which are attached by Russia to the evacuation of the Principalities; and I conic now to that paragraph in Count Nessolrode's despatch which relates to the situation of the Christian subjects of the Sultan. "It amounts to nothing less than this, that the Russian Cabinet in- cludes among the ancient privileges which are to be preserved to the Greek Church, the entire rights which flow from the protectorate, civil as well as religious, claimed by Russia : but it cannot for a moment be supposed that the system established by such a protectorate, even if it were based upon a European guarantee, could be compatible with the independence and sove- reign rights of the Porte. 'Her Majesty's Government is very far from saying that Europe can be indifferent to the amelioration of the condition of the Christians in Turkey; on the contrary, they think that Europe ought to take an active interest in the welfare of the Rayah population, and ought to come to an understanding as to the best mode of taking advantage of the generous intentions of the Sultan towards his Christian subjects: but at the same time they are firmly convinced, that the reforms which are needed in the givernment of the va- rious Christian communities in the Ottoman empire can only be effectually and beneficially carried out by the Porte taking the initiative with regard to them, and that if such reforms are to be promoted by any foreign influence, it can only be by means of friendly counsel and advice, and not by an inter- ference grounded upon treaty engagements into which tio State could enter without abdicating its independence. "In fine, it appears to her Majesty's Government, that the respective si- tuations of the different Powers are in no way whatever changed; they are only more clearly marked out by the answer of the Russian Cabinet. _Eng- land and France must therefore continue in the attitude of belligerents on the other hand, as the Principalities have not been evacuated. "Austria and Prussia will, no doubt, consider that the obligations of the treaty of the 20th of April, strengthened, as fur as Austria is concerned„ by her separate engagement with the Porte, subsist in all their force,- and that now the time has arrived for their fulfilmeet:

"I have thus fully explained to you the views of her Majesty's Govern-

ment, which are entirely shared by the Government of the Emperor of the French, with whom her .Majesty's Government have been in communication upon this subject ; and I have to instruct your Lordship to deliver a copy of this despatch to Count Beet. I am, &c. . GUBENDON." On the 8th August,. Lord Westmoreland forwarded to Lord Clarendon

coPinc°40Q1Pfttolgi KRe4JkVekir9R1C4P4iF°133*-P444e, eielods rie .'.13 L11+; .1.10 ,Oe..4:;bilit‘itiltioiri.alidgaittrifitth841■16mailkOetriAJD ''.1.(!f 01,w 8..mw 1841 L..m1.111NtViesuit,h&itigust 8. undersigned;./tiinistet:all.Foreignaffdir, afibis,Imperial-end .11oval ApnetelielMajestyi.hastesmilb acknoVeladger the veceilitsof.1 the. Jelstii Lift Beeelleney the tidiirt of ; Wiestmarelattric&Ati diiibinutkeibanoue to address to bini ;oh the .8tie oft this month ac.d.to:ddelate in his rturny -that it appears from the confidential rionitersations ,halfirbetsneelt itheNeurte of, :Vienna, of Paris, andoifILondon, inecenforniiv rivith-tha .pitinge Of ,410, prototnd fAbe 0th of Aprilulast,16y whicirlustrsa, Emincen and...GeeatlintainehaVe an- gaged .theintelveree together with Prussiaoht seek; the; venoms O Ivens @an- imating the --existenee.of the Daemon .empire,«Withethe . general,esqnlln of -Europin, that the three: Powers are, equally of opinion • that theeeIiitlons otthe'Sabliine PorteeWith the Imperial CaustAtf.itustsia cannot be i-rti.. bllsh1ed°OnJeohjdiid durable bases. u 1,.

1:-.Ift-the protectorate hitherto atomised blithe; IMperia.1 Court of ,Reseje. over!the--Principalitieieof Wallachia, . Moldavia; :rand :Sursiao ,be tinned fOrthelutute s !and if the pritdigeli alwonleilibsstliteStilteins,te■theSe provinces, dependencies of their empire, be not placed under the colleetiye guarantee, of the 'Powers,.. 0,yirtua of an.arrangemeet to be ,concluti5de th theSublinutyerte, and the iptipulations of Whieli should at theeame

e regulate all questions of detail.. m s

"2. If the navigation of the lia;ntilie at its mouths be not freed- frehn-all obstacle, and submitted to the app1iekti6n of the principles established- by the acts of the Congress of Vienna-. "-8; If the treaty of .3161y 13, 1841, be not revised in concert by all the high,contraeting parties-in the interest of the balance/Of -power in Europe. "4. If Russia do .notgivo-up,her claim: to ettlereisean official protectorate Geer the aultiects,Othe.Soblimet Porte, to whotuver rite,Ahey iney beloeg ;. and if Austria, Great Britain, France, Pruseia, end Russia, do net lend their mattud assistance-to obtain as an initiative from the Ottoman Government the-confirmation:and the observance of the religious privileges of the dif- ferent Christian thntmunit.jti, ad0,0zp, thsteceunt,-,in the-cot:ninon interest of their .coreligionists, the generous intentions .inauifested .byiaiS.Mejesty theSultan; at tbe same time avoiding arty -aggression on his dignity and the inclipengletee crown. „ ", "The-undersigned is .moreover authorizemi to declare, that Lis GoVern- merit takes cognizance of. the determination of England and of Francei not to enter:into auy arrangement'With:GuiLuperial Court of Russia Ns-biotin:Lay not imply-on the part of the said Court a full and-entire adhesion to tlielbur priliciples here above enumerated ; and that. it accepts for itself the-engage-. ment not to treat except on these bases; :elweye reserving to itaelf a free- de- liberation on the conditions which it may bring forward for the reestablish- ment of peace, if it should happen Rea 0,1 be forced to take part in theWar.

— "The undersigned, &c.

The note signed by-Lord- Westmoreland,- and handed to Count Buol,. differs from the document5given above only in the vfording.4, thiqast paragraph... The note signed by the British Envoy closes snthis form—

The undersigned, moreover, is authorized to declare, thatthe Govern:- ment of her Majesty the queen of Great Britain, si bile reserving to them- selves the right to make known, whenever itmay be useful, the particular

conditions which they may put forward in conclusion of peace with Bug- s-hi, and to introduce in the 'general guarantees above specified-Such modi- fication as the continuation of :hostilities may render decessary, are de, cided not discuss and net to take into-consideration, any proposition frees the Cabinet of St discuss, and not imply-on its 'parta full and entire adhesion to the .principleson which they are already agreedwith, the Govern- rdents.of his Majesty the Emperor. of Austria and of his Majesty the Empe- ror of the French.". The Atoniteur of Thursday contained the notes interehariged by Baron de Beurqueney and Count Buol.