The Press.
London, England, 1854-01-14 00:00:00

'SHE PRESS.

Sinope, ordered the immediate armament of six fri-
gates, three corvettes, and three brigs, in order to
fill up the void thu: made in the Turco-Egyptian fleet.
Ten thousand Egyptian troops were concentrated
on the 22utl ult. at 'Cairo, under El Il amin l'acha,
for military exercises.
In Servia two firmans were on the Ist instant im•
mediately expected from the Porte. In one the rela-
tions which exist between Servia and Russia are, it is
said, suppressed. The Sultan declares that the Ser-
vians have no need of a protectorate from Russia,
since his highness has confirmed the liberties which
they have never ceased t • enjoy. All the conventions
made heretofore with Russia are consequently an-
nulled, and the Servians ought henceforth to con-
siderate Sultan as their only Suzerain. The second
firman confirms all the privilegts conceded to the
Servian people, of which an enumeration is given.
The Servian Government would, it was believed,
seize upon this opportunity to place the political ex-
istence of the land under the protection of the great
powers, so as to Establish it on a firmer basis for the
future.

It is stated that the Sultan has promised Prince
Alexander, if he should observe a suitable attitude
in the present war, that his title would be made
horiditary.
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The peasants of Lesser Wallachia, assisted by the
Wallachian soldiery, have risen against the Russians.
The whole country in the environs of Kalafat and
along the left shore of the Danube is in motion.
The Russian functionaries have evacuated Tunnel.

I'rince tieorge Stourdza, son of the ex-Hospoilar of
Moldavia, has offered his services to the Sultan, who
has accepted them, and the prince was to set out for
the army of Omcr Pacha, where lie will command a
brigade.

The Montenegrin Primates compromised in the
late plot arrived in Trieste on the 3rd instant.
The Austrian Cabinet having transmitted to St.
Petersburg an inquiry whether Russia would consent
to the establishment of a European protectorate
over the Christian population in Turkey, the Czar,
it is said, has answered that he will never allow any
foreign intervention in his differences with the
Sultan, and that he will admit no participation in a
right which he has so well acquired.

The sailors of the Baltic fleet who are on leave
are summoned to return for service by the month of
March.

All the Russian ships-of-war in the Black Sea
have orders to return to Sebastopol.
The Rosalcoff, P2O-gun ship, was lost after the en-
gagement at Sinope.
According to a letter from Berlin of the 4tii inst.
the Russo-Polish authorities have announced to the
Prussian Government the discovery of a political
plot, which had come to light through numerous
arrests in the ex-kingdom of Poland and the Grand
Duchy of Posen.
The Emperor Nicholas has expressed a desire
that the Prussian papers should abstain from all
communications on the movements of the Russian
army.
The Nourelliste of Hamburg publishes a letter
from St. Petersburg, dated Dec. 34), stating that the
Livonian nobility and the burghers of Riga have
sent in a declaration of their readiness to submit to
all imaginable sacrifices in order to sustain the war
against Turkey.
The Medical Press of Bucharest says that there
are 11,000 Russians on the sick list in the prin-
cipalities.