The Enquirer

LONDON, Sept. 10.

A private letter by the Gottenburgh mail, throws some light upon the French intrigues at Constantinople, and states the following particulars :--Immediately after the occupation of the kingdom of Naples by the troops of Bonaparte, the Emperor of Russia determined to send a sufficient number of ships and soldiers to defend Sicily, the Morea, and the seven Islands, against the attempts and plots of France. By treaties with the Sublime Porte, a free passage through the Dardanelles is secured to Russia, while at peace with the Turkish Empire. Last February, however, immediately after the arrival of the first Russian convoy with four frigates, general Brune presented a strong note to the Divan, protesting against a passage of any more Russian troops or men of war from the Black Sea, for the Mediterranean. He was supported in this step by the Spanish and Batavian ministers. This note, or rather an extract from it, was presented to count Italinski, the Russian ambassador, who sent off to his court for instructions: but insisted for the observance of the treaties in this particular, until he should receive an answer. In the mean time, another Russian convoy passed, unmolested, for the Seven Islands. Brune then tried, by his emissaries, to work upon the national prejudices of the Turks against the Russians, and the people of Constantinople began to murmur at the distinguished reception given to the Russian general, baron Sprengporten, and several Russian officers of rank, by the members of the divan.

The intrigues did not however stop here. Russian subjects were insulted, attacked, and some even murdered, by a Turkish mob, headed and instigated by persons known to be partisans of France, and in the pay of Brune; and though some of them were punished for their crimes, the most guilty took shelter in the hotel of the French minister, who assisted their secret escape from the Turkish capital. In the mean time the crews of the Russian men of war, and the troops on board the transports, were refused that indulgence. In this interval, count Italinski, received new instructions from St. Petersburg, and had an audience of the grand Vizier, at which he demanded whether any obstacles were to be expected by the ships of his nation in their passage through the Dardanelles; and insisted upon an explicit answer. Upon this subject he received the following official declaration : "that as the emperor of Russia should be at peace with all the powers of Europe, the passage should remain open to him, but, in case he should be engaged in war with any of these powers, then the sublime porte, in conformity with that system of neutrality which it was determined to preserve, could not any longer permit Russian men of war to pass the Dardanelles, either from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, or from the Mediterranean, to the Black Sea." It is said, that this declaration has satisfied neither the Russian nor French ambassador.