The Press.
London, England, 1854-02-04 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 4, 1854•

Facile, who commanded the left, abandoned the field of
battle in the most disgraceful way. They are both arrested,
and will have to stand their trial.
" The Turks admit having lost 2,500 dead, and twice that
number of wounded, with 200 prisoners, of whom six are
officers. The Russians likewise suffered very severe
losses. The battle lasted from eleven o'clock in the morn-
lag until nightfall."
The following circular was addressed by Lord
Bedeliffe to the English merchants and commercial
men in Constantinople, immediately after the en-
trance of the combined fleets into the Black Sea :
" The squadron of her Britannic Majesty, composed of
ten sail-of-the-line, a frigate, and seven steam-vessels,
under the command of Vice-Admiral Dundas, having left
for Cie Black Sea iu conformity with my instructions, anti
a powerful French squadron, under the command of Vice-
Admiral Hamelin, acting in concert with the British
squadron, having entered the same sea at the same time, I
think it proper to make known to you that, in performing
the service assigned to him, Admiral Dundas has for ob-
jee.t t r protect, if it be possible, the legitimate interests of
Turkey, without breaking the pacific relations which still
exist between the Government of her Majesty and that of
Russia.
(Signed) " STRATFORD DE REDCLIk'FE."
The Turkish Government has ;named a commis
sion, formed of several merchants, amongst whom
are three Europeans, to examine the various finan-
cial plans presented recently to the Porte, and in
particular that for revising the accounts of the old
bank, and to make a report on the advantages which
the bank that was on the point of being formed held
out under the auspices of some English houses.
The foundery of Topliane, under the superin-
tendence of Lieutenant-General Halil Paella, who
was for a long time at Woolwich, and is a very able
engineer, is kept working incessantly. Ammunition
of all kinds is being prepared in great quantities.
Seventeen field batteries and twenty-eight pieces of
artillery are now ready to be sent to the armies.
Part is to be forwarded to Asia and part to the army
of lioumelia. A considerable quantity of artillery
has already been despatched from this arsenal, and
more is loading almost daily. Halil Pacha is full of
activity in his department.
The steamer Thebes has been sent to Trebizond
with 6,000,000 piastres en board, for the pay of the
Asiatic army.
General liaraguay d'Hilliers had gone on the 10th
to examine personally the fortifications of the Bos-
phorus and the Dardanelles.
With reference to tha French military expedition
to Constantinople, it is said in, Perla that the auxi-
liary forces will merely occupy the Turkish capital.
M. de Morny is said to have ()boomed, " Tbe Emperor
has declared that he would not send a single eoldier

to the Balkans."
The Porte has, it is said, accepted the services of
the Hungarian General Klapka, and entrusted him
with an important command in Asia. A number of
other foreign officers have also been admitted into
the army of Asia.
Daniel, I'riuce of Montenegro, arrived in Trieste on
the 25th ult.

PERSIA.
Letters from Constantinople state that the mission
of M. Khanikoff to Persia bad failed, even before the
arrival of that Envoy Extraordinary of Russia at Tehe-
ran. Prince Dolgorouki had written to him that the
Turco-English influence had completely superseded
that of Russia at the Court of the Shah, and recom-
mended him not to proceed any further on his jour-
ney. M. Khanikoff had accordingly resolved to await
at Nakhtcevan, in Russian Armenia, fresh instruc-
tions from his Government.
AMERICA.
Two United States mails have arrived by the
Canada and the Baltic steam-ships. The latest New
York dates are to the 21st of January.
In the House of Representatives the judiciary
committee, to whom had been referred a resolution
proposing an amendment of the constitution as to the
mode of electing the I'resident and Vice-President of
the United States, made a report stating that there
were evils inseparably connected with the present
mode of election, and offering a resolution for the ap-
pointment of a joint committee to consider the matter
and report a remedy.
Resolutions had been offered and adopted by both
Houses of Congress, by the New York Common
Council, and by the merchants of the Exchange,
complimenting Captain Creighton, of the Three Bells;
Captain Lowe, of the Kilby ; and Captain Stouffa, of
the Antartic, who had so opportunely and gallantly
assisted in regaling the troops and crew from the ill-
fated steamer San Francisco. The merchants in•
tend to substantiate the compliment by a present of
plote to the three captains.
General Gadsden had arrived at Washington with
the Mexican treaty. The boundary agreed on com
menses three miles north of El Pazo, then south-
west one league south of Lake Guzman to the 31st
degree of latitude and the 111th degree of longitude
west from Greenwich ; thence north-west to a point
two leagues above the mouth of the river Colorado.
The new territory embraces nearly all of rimer*