The affairs of Turkey have this week excited less of
the public attention than they have done for a long time past. The .report of the continued warfare which the Northern Pachas were said to medi- tate, has died away. It was subsequently said, that the Emperor's plans would be baffled by the aid which the, capitalists of Paris and London arc tnip0Sed to extend to the Sultan, to enable him to dis- charge the indeinnity. These gentlemen would, no doubt, prove better auxiliaries to his Sublime Highness than the Pachas ; but we do not see how he can contrive to secure their services. What guarantee can he offer for the payment of the interest or repayment of the prin- cipal ? The numerous friends of the Sultan in this country have now, . at least, a hint of the mode in which they may show him kindness.
The Emperor NicHoLas -has addressed to his subjects the following congratulatory manifesto :- " 'Mules to the decrees of divine Providence, the treaty of perpetual peace between Russia and the Ottoman Porte IRIS just been concluded and signed at Adrianople, the 2d of September, by the respective plenipotentiaries of the two empires. The whole world is sufficiently aware of the irresistible necessity which alone forced us to have recourse to arms. Upon that legitimate war, undertaken for the defence of our empire, our faithful subjects, unceasingly animated with an ardent devotion for the throne and the country, hastened to offer us the tribute of their property, and to second us with all their efforts, and God has blessed our cause. Our intrepid warriors have given in Europe and in Asia, by land and by sea, new proofs of their heroic valour. They have triumphed at once over the obstacles raised by nature, and by the desperate resistance of the enemy. Rushing from victory to victory, they have passed over the chain of the Saganlouck mountains ; they have traversed the summit of the Balkan, and did not stop till they were at the very gates of Constantinople. Formidable only to the armed enemy, to the peaceable inhabitants they were full of clemency, humanity, and mildness. In those days of combats and glory, constantly strangers to all desire of conquest, and to every wish for aggrandisement, we have never ceased to request the Porte to aid in the re-establishment of good harmony between the two empires. At each victory the chiefs of our armies hastened, by our order, to offer him peace and amity ; but nevertheless our efforts were always useless. It was only when he saw our flags waving within a short distance of his capital that the Sultan became aware, from our conduct, that our object was not to overturn his throne, but to obtain the accomplishment of treaties. Convinced then of the purity of our intentions, he held forth his hand to receive the peace which had been so often proffered to him. This peace promises to Russia the most prosperous and happy results ; the blood of her warriors is compensated for by numerous advan- tages. The passage of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus is from henceforward free and open to the commerce of all the nations of the world. The safety of our frontiers, especially on the Asiatic side, is for ever guaranteed by the incorporation with the em- pire of the fortresses of Anapa, Poti, and Akhaltzik, of Atzkow and Akhalkalaki. Our former treaties with the Porte are confirmed by it and re-established in all their vigour ; and just indemnities are insured for the expenses of the war, and the individual losses sustained by our subjects. The scourge of the plague, which has no often menaced the southern provinces of Russia, will in future be confined within a double barrier, by means of the establishment (as agreed upon by both parties) of a line of quarantine upon the banks of the Danube. Our solicitude has also been extended to the fate of the people who are our co-religionists, arid subjected to Ottoman domination. The ancient privileges of the Principalities ot! Moldavia and Wallachia have been sanctioned, and their welfare has been consolidated by new advantages. The rights accorded to the Ser- vians by the treaty of Bucharest, and confirmed by the convention of Akermann, were previously suspended in their operation; but these stipulations will in future be faith- fully observed. The political existence of Greece, determined by Russia, in concert with the allied Courts of France and England, has been formally recognized by the Ot- toman Porte. Such are the fundamental bases of a peace which has happily terminated a bloody and obstinate war. In making known to our well-beloved subjects this happy event, a new gift of the blessings of Heaven showered upon Russia, we address with them our fervent thanks to the Almighty, who has deigned to raise, by his divine de- crees, our beloved country to such a high degree of glory. May the fruits of this peace develop themselves, and be multiplied more and more for the advantage of our faithful subjects, whose welfare will ever be the first object of our constant solicitude;! .' It seems to us that the Turkish question is pretty wenAwe:clot
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now; and that it will for the future, hold a less prominent place in journals. ournals. Whether Turkey become a province of Russia, or not, seems to us, really, a matter of secon4a,ay, importance. Civilization would gain. Britain could soapily suihr, except by the suspension of her commerce ; and that would in alj probability be increased ten- fold by the change which so many among us deprecate.
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