The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-22 00:00:00

"THE FOUR POINTS."

In the present state of the negotiations it may not
be uninteresting to our readers to place in juxta-
position the interpretation of the so-called " four
points" u understood by the Western Powers and
Russia respectively. They are u follows :
STATION, RUSSIAN INTRAPRZTATION,
IN TRZ AS 111P1ISSID IN TRII
PROTOCOL OP AUGUST 8, NOT, or NOTIRIII 8,
1864. 1864.

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The Western Powers will
Do eostsatad :

1. I 1 the Protectorate 1. The protectorate of the
hitherto exercised by Russia Principalities on the Danube
ever the principalities of to be exercised in inters by
Moldavia, Wallachia, and the Five Powers collectively,
Smola ceases, and if in under the same conditions as
future the privileges and those stipulated in their fa.
immunities granted by the your by our treaties with
Salts= to these their depen- Turkey.
diaries be pissed under the
collective guarantee of the
powers by means of a special
treaty with the Sublime
Porte.

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2. If the navigation of the 2. Freedom of the naviga-
Danube be treed from all tion of the Danube, already
hindrances at its month. and 'Meting de fie», the Nettie-
the principles set forth is thin of which was never cos-
he act of the Congress of templated by Russia.
Vienna be duly sated upon
and applied in this case.
3. If the treaty of July 13, 3. Revision of the treaty
1841, undergo a »vision, of 1841. Russia will not ob.
with the sanction of all the ject to the abolition of the,
untrusting parties, for the treaty, if Turkey, u the stem
better re-establishment of the mostly interested, consents to
balance of power in Barone, the alteration.
and for the purpose of re-
stricting the power of Russia •
in the Black Sea.

4. If Russia gives up her 4. Joint guarantees for the
claim of exercising an official civil and religious liberty of
protectorate over the subjects the Christian population of
of the Porte, to whatever re- the Ottoman Empire, with•
Sem they may belong, pro- out any distinction of yell-
Tided that France, Austria, gime, to he given by the Five
Great Britain, Prussia, sad Powers collectively.
Buda do not mutually agree
to take the initiative to ob-
tain from the Sultan the eon-
&naafi= sad due observes.e
of the liberty of conscience of
all the different Christian
churches in the dominions of
Turkey, and in the common
interest of their co•r *Hem-
lets to profit by the liberal in-
tentions so disinterestedly
expressed by H. M. the Sul-
tan, bat without lessening
the dignity and independence
of his throne.

THE LATE MR. MERLE.

It is with sincere regret that we announce the
death of Mr. Merle, the foreign editor of Ofslignanes
iferomper, which occurred on Friday morning at his
house, in the Rue Clutuveau Lagards, Paris, after an
illness of three or four days. He was the Nestor of
=journalists in Pans. Many years ago he was
I the °wrier and subsequently, we believe, of
other journals in London. He wu also for a long while
the London correspondent of the Journal des Mbar.
Per more than a quarter of a century he has been
attached to Galismani, and during the same period he
wee the Paris correspondent of the Glob*. He wu
one of the very few men in the world who could speak
and write the French and English languages equally
well He had great conversational powers, an
extraordinary memory, and a sound political judg-
ment. His mind was a perfect museum of
anecdote, and he was ever the best autho-
rity on the subject of the " latest news"
of the hour. His appearance in Gagmen's
little conversation chamber was always the sig-
nal for a rush from the reading-room adjoin.
big. There, surrounded by numerous friends of
various-nations who put down their newspapers to
listen to the result of his morning's reading, hie fine
Ciceronian countenance might be nen suffused with
Good humour, while for a few moments he play-
fully parried he segos quetUne addressed to him
in various accents and languages. When silence
was obtained he was wont in silvery tones and fluent
speech to give a nosinet, and invariably &operate,
account of the most important intelligence arrived
by the morning mails from different parts of the
world, and to add his own opinion of the bearing of
the new facts upon the political situation. He wu
as good a listener as a talker, always lending a candid
ear to every suggestion, and treating opinions adverse
to his own with good-natured deference and respect.
Mr. Merle was greatly esteemed by all who knew
his, and his loss will lie regretted by a large circle
of Mends both in France and England. Among his
preonal friends were Lord Palmerston and General
lir De Lacy Evans, both of whom sought interviews
with him when they were lately in Park—Daily
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LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND BOOTH COAST RAIL TAT.
—On Saturday the board of directors of this railway,
the accounts for the past half year having been sub-
mitted to them, decided upon recommending the
payment of a dividend for the half year of N. 4s. per
cent. on the consolidated stock of the company,
making the total dividend for the year 1864 amount
to 6} per cent.
Two Corner Guinn!.—H rumour has been cur-
mat dining the week that lonia Gilbert, fen. who was 1
earyieted at oar Quarter Session upon several indictment'
for filmdom', receiving stolen oil, is to be brought before
the bush upon a sham of murder. The nurser is bend
ups a seemanaiestien made by his fellow mirk% Davey,
to the govsracr of the gaol and the visiting Artless, input-
fag to Gilbert more than one charge of isfantidde. At
present the imputed's nets entirely upon Devers vamp-
pmbid statement, bat we learn that the matter will uuderp
invedigution by the polies.—Bristol Ilerary.