The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-31 00:00:00

RUSSIAN DESPATCH.

Yesterday's Independence Beige contains the text
of the despatch addreesed by Count Nesse!rode to
Prince Gortcbakoff (the representative of Russia at
Vienna), io transmitting to him the counter proposi-
tions by which the Russian Government first replied
to the propositions delivered by Count Esterhary.
It will be seen that it retains a degree ot impor-
tance, notwithstanding the subsequent unreserved
acceptance by Russia ot the Austrian proposals.

DESPATCH OF COUNT DE NESSEL RODE TO
PRINCE GOR CHAROFF,
ST. PETERSBURG, J•r. 5.
_ _

Since his return to ISt. Petersburg, the Envoy of Austria
hes hastened to communicate to me the despatch scldressen
to him by Count 8001, dated Dae 16, and a copy of which
I have the tumour to subjoin. In deliverieg this communi-
cation Count Egerhosy has handed me at the same time • do-
cument containing the indication of some principles which,
an-carding to the Cabinet of Vienna, would wellies by the
fast of the acceptance by the belligerent Power. the value
of preliminaries of peace, and once signed, might
be followed by an armistice and definitive nego-
tiations. I have not failed to submit these d .cumen• to
our august master the Emperor.
Hie Imperial Majesty has been pleased to examine them
with the sincere desire to equitably solve the queeti in which
keeps Europe under arms, and covers it with mourning.
He hesitates the less to lend the hand to the efforts bp
which the Emperor of Austria seeks to prove his attach-
ment t the work of peacy, from the fact that, very
recently, consultiag only the in.ereets of his pe .ples
and his a utiments of humanity, he did not hesitate to
spontaneoualy anticipate the j aril: desires of Europe.
En.ooraged like the Cabinet of Vienna by signs that the,
negoiatio. s might be resumed upon the
,bats of the'
Four Points as they bad been formulated in the coo-.
ferences et Vienna, his Majesty the Emperor adopted
a resoltstioa which he believed calculated to give a
Cur soled= to that one of the Four Points which d
the rupture of the conferences of Vienna. By this resolu.
tion the Imperial Cabinet completed the guarantees necessary
to • durable and effective (inicsse) peace, and completely
assured Europe against the return of the seating deplorable
complications.
He then h ed th.t the C..bi,et of Vienna, •o which he
ha toned to communicate this re o:utioe, woad use it to
ameliy toe preliminary questions in:ended to pule le
the definitive nepotist on.. Th a tope ha not been corn
pleely realised. The Em, e or, our august master, has seen
this w.th regret; towev.r, he w.ehe to give a ne • proof of
his p scale intenticn. by en erirg ti tt tie pets wh.eh the
Austrian Cab net has beasved it its duty to °lea to •
reconcilia ion.

After having mamma, weighed the communications which
have been made .0 it, and after having '<sight to harm° lin
them with the necessities of the atteistioa of the moment,
the Imperial Cabinet hastens to make kcowa its determine-
.to oar exciting, wails inviting oe ici bring it win.-
. ciat deity to the k °wings of the Austrian Government.
Wei beg the Court of Vans • to will convince its If that
the consideration which we are about to develops are In-
spired by the sincere desire to avoid the rocks upon which'
the lest conferences split. We have nothing more at heart
then to see cur observations received in the sentiment of
equity which dictated them, and a concurrence with as to
bring abut the cloned end.
fibre entering into the examination of the details of
the document of the Cabinet of Vienna, we have two
general observations to make ; the use relates to the
cmtents of the Fifth Point. I■ reading it, we
asked oarselvn if' • principle so vaguely conceived,
and which opine the door to a negotiation altogether new,
if even a complete agreement was made upon the Four
Points, the hope of peace could be realised 7 M. le hi nib.
ter of Foreign Affairs has, it is true, anticipated this ap-
prehension, in stating in his despatch " that be will sot
delay .0 SWIM to the Courts of Paris and London the
confidence which animates him, that they will not use the
right of presenting special conditions but in a European
interest, and in such a manner as not to offer serious ob-
stacles to the re-stablishment of peace."
These assurances, however, are themselves not precise
enough to destroy our o'jixtioca in eiressetascos so g awe
as thosi in sixth Swope is row plated. the once tient)
which the 'none in qcestion inspiies s &loot ha e but a
vexation influence in depriving the p ebullitions, even
when accepted and aspen, of V.* ha a tel of definite st;pu-
lat on. It is, ther, in the well understood interest
of peace that we Moist upon the striking out of the fifth
clause, and this so much more that the European interest,
which it seems to have in view, neeleuly complicatio a
question already thorny, and belonging by its nature to
the deciaion not of the parties engaged in the &noel
contest only, but to that of a European congress, sole arbi-
Mane of existing transaction,. The Cabinet of Vienna will
doubtless know bow to appreciate then considerations, and
give them effect in the intereet of Pease with the Allies.
The second general objection which the ensemble of the
document of the Austrian Cabinet promote is that—contrary
to the original idea which was dominant is the programme
of the Pour Points, and which visa to eatablish the political
system of the East upon the bone( a perfect parity between
the two frontier powers—the principles laid down by the,
Austrian Cabinet demand material guarantees from
Russia only, and require none of the Ottoman
Porte. Is it not to In feared, in thus multi-
plying the obligations which tall upon one of the
parties, germs of future complications will, contrary to the
end which we have in view, be crested ? This is a question
which we leave to the la.-artist meditation of the Cabinet of
Vienna and to is long eaperieace in Eastern affair,.
Neverthisse in railing the general objections against the
predominating idea of the document welch has been pre-
noted to as, we neither wish to prejudice it nor bespeak a
reserve, nor to evade the discussion of details. Oar deter
misname are takes. We record them here, in motions
successively the different articles of the Amanita docu-
ment.

Toe first article dots not excite in its four first paragraphs
any oblettion, but the Imperial C.b net a not eble to sd pt
the titth paragraph. WOI a admitting as applicable to the
existing situatton of the belligerent puttee 'hit the evacua-
tion of the strong places occupied by the Antes upon the
Revisits soil can be effected by means of an exchange of ter-
ritories with Russia, we cannot accept the mode in which it
is proposed to carry out this exchange. The import-
ant territorial concession di inauded, under the title
of " Rectification of the Frostier," appears to be so ranch
the leas justified from the fact that Russia has in its
hands a territory and a conquered fortress in Tat k-y, which,
by their position and imp.riaoce, are calculated to serve
as the subjects of exchange. Consequently we have entirely
suppressed the paragraph in question, and b Imitated
for it another, conceived in the bents indicated above.
At t►e same time,* fi■sl agreement upon this ',abject might
be reserved to the plenipotentiaries entrusted with the de-
finitive negoti►tion.
The second article, relating to t►e Danube, has not aces-
shined any objection. The Imperial Cabinet is ready to
emcee in the developments of the prianiplee there enun-
ciated.

la feet, the second article only reproduces in sabataece
the proposition laid down in advsoce by the lin-
perial Cattiest, and which your Eacellency was ctorged
to somennicate to the Austrian goverrmete. We
adopt it, and are willing that the convention agreed
to, to this area between Roods tad the Porte he pre.
♦andy approved of by the signing Powers. As to the it at,
we have introduced but two variation,. The one has to
other Ind than to lc, der the reading (redaction) rleartr, i■
cider to avoid aU Iniawlentiodtsg. l M can r adds but a

word which relates more especially to the means of sun E..
lases which are indispensable upon the eastern coasts of the
Black Bea, in order to prevent the slave trade, which we
have, up to the present time, succeeded in represeing
As to the Fourth Point, the Emperor only aspires to raise
his voice ill 11511111 M with the other European Porten im
favour of his co-religiohiste, and to join in the deliberations
whica take place to want/ to the Christian subjects
of the Sultan their religions and political rights. Such,
my Prince, is our mode of vise ine the Austrian document .
The mumble of the considerations which we have dirt -
loped will, 1 doubt not, convey the cohnction that our
reply, far from amounting to a rt fusel, is • frank and ,111
cent essay to Inter into the path which Austria behests is
open to the re-estsblisbment of peace. Further, we so
pleased to think that it our pacifio dispositions are shar.d by
the Allies, the variations which we have introduced into the
ideas emitted by the Cabinet of Vienna will enentially c
tribute to convert its preparatory document into prv—
tica.l preliminaries of a serious and efficacious peace.
Whatever may happen, the Imperial Cabinet, after
having thus conscientiously fulfilled its part in the immerse
task which belongs to the powers engaged in the conteit,
will not have to recoil upon awl( the responsibility of the
grave consequences which would result from the failure
of the work of peace. It repro it beforehand, with all :he
energy which the cousciousi,ess of integrity imparts.
Be so good as to receive, &c.
atteatmx READING. AVITEIAN READING
1. In esclanue for the In exchange for the sty rg
stump ipl,ces aid ter: Rorie, places and territoties oecu
e:upitdtythetiltedtrance, pied by the allied armies,
Russia consents to restore to Russia nauseate to a rectiti-
the Ottoman Porte, the cation of its frontier*, &c.

'Doug places an t territories
occupied t y its armies m
A•ia.

iAccepted.

3. Conicqueitly there w.II Consequently military ar-
m-atter he erected nor prt- steak wit, neither be creatsd
served military multiuse ar ncr preserved
senile upon the ohms of
the Blade Sea. The two
coasting powers mutually en-
gage to keep up only the
number of veswlv of a fined
force neee.sery to the service
and protection of the coast.
4. Accepted.
5. Struck out. For the rervice of their
comas the belligerent powers
ret.trve their sight, which
beings to there, to per due@
fo a European inters% tome
'menial conditions besides thu
Four 0111.111111Ittl.

PRINCE GORTCHAKOFFS FAREWELL TU
HIS ARMY.

The ',amide .Rune of the 22nd publishes the fol-
lowing order of the day, addressed by Prince Gort.
chakoff to the army of the South and to the troops in
the Crimea:

" Head-quarter., Bstseb:-Sersi, Jae. 12.
" In leaving, by the Emperor's order, for new
duties, I bid you farewell, brave comrades!
"I give to my worthy succeiwor an army inured
to battles, and which has been for the Czar and the
country a defence and a joy.

"lour courage and yOu; devotion, brave warriors,
will remain graven for ever on my heart. I sincerely
return you thanks tor the confidence you
always reposed in me in the midst ot the bloody
and terrible struggle of IBss,—that eternally
memorable struggle in which you defended the
peninsula of the Crimea agair st numerous foes, who
had in their power means ot welfare unique and
heretofore unknown in the annals of war.

"This order of the day will be read in every com-
pany, squadron, sotnia, battery, and body of marines."

TEE EAST.

MARSEILLES, WEDNIBDAY•

The steamer Borystbeoe, which left Constantinople
on the 21st, has arrived. The news of the acceptation
by Russia of the propositions made by Austria was
communicated to the Turkish government by Baron
de Prokesch Osten, the Austrian internuncio. The
sews was generally received with satisfaction by the
Turks, but the Or( eks evinced mistrust. A courier
had immediately been sent to the Crimea. The ces-
sation of hostilities was soon expected.
The intelligence from the Crimea came down to
the nth. The Russian batteries Bitboquet and Grin-
galet continued their fire.
The victualling of Eizeroum was becoming -cry
difficult from the very bad state of the roads and the
great quantity of snow that had fallen. _ .

Letters from Kertch state that on the 9.11 the
Russians advanced on the ice to attack that place,
bat their plans were defeatid by the vigilance of
General Vivian.

The bays of Odessa and Kinburn are frozen over,
but in the Crimes the weather has become
milder.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(MOW Orl OWN CORENSFONDINTI
PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENTN4.

There is a remarkable abstnce of anything like
political news tc-day The greater part of the jour-
nals reproduce, as the latest and most important intel-
ligence, the fact on the authority of the Coneitu-
Cloned, that the "preliminaries" will not be
signed till the Congress meets in Paris, and that
no armistice will be proclaimed sooner. The use
of the technical word "Congress," instead of CJII•
ferences, is much noticed. It appears by the follow•
lug despatch, received this evening, that the some•
thing signed, or to be signed, at Vienna, which we
here are now agreed to call but a protocol, is slill
spoken of there as "preliminaries." This despatch
also seeks to prepare us for a strong infusion of
Germanism in the Cuogress :

Vienna, Jar. 30

. ,
The signatures of the preliminsrirs will probably be
Oared tn-Jay. The Oat. I klatch l'ost (a seini.otrical
jourosi) says that Austria will shortly asu the Germanic
Diet to adopt the preliminary points, so that Germ►ny nasy
be in a position to to►e part in the Conferences.

The telegraphic report of the Queen's speech,
which will be received here to-morrow afternoon, ie
anxiously looked tor, but the result will probably be
a disappointment, for in the present state of the
tiations it is unlikely that her Majesty can be ad-
vised to say anything very definitive.
It is reported that the Sardinian government
is very much dissatisfied with the secondary
part likely to be assigned to it in the Con-
ferences. It really seems not very equitable under
the circumstances, that while Turkey is to be ad-
mitted to take part in the whole deliberation,
Sardinia is to wait in a back room, and only come in
when sent for. . .

There has been a great rise at the Bourse, notwith-
standing a further fall in Consols. The confidence
felt by the speculating public is KO great, that
the " balls " obetinattly maintain their position
in spite of the immense rates charged for
continuations. The Itente rose lfr. 10c., clueing
at 70fr. 70c. Credit Mobilier row, 501 r., although
it was to a certain extent depressed by the operation
of " arbitrations" between it and the Austrian r►il-
ways. The latter is for the moment the favourite
security. A large business was again done, and a fur-
ther rise of 28fr. 75c. effected. The Parisian Oas Com-
pany, which is almost the only security that has gone
down since the peace news came out, was in demand
to-day, and rose 15'. French railways, although
calm in comparison with the Bente and the Austrian

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he.., were more animated than they have been be
some days. Several of them rose 10fr.
A telegraphic despatch received this afternoon
brings the result of the judgment of the Imperial
Court of Orleans, is the inter, a ing one of Captain
Oin'tchy, %%Lose r. lativee sought to deprive him of the
cueody of his children, on the ground that he had
lately b.c.nne a convert to Prottatanfam, and was
about to bring them up in the Protestant religion.
The tribunal deciding in favour of the rights of con-
'niece,. and the natural authority of the father, has
guashid the resolution of the " family council," nod
declared that Captain Gcc•Khy's religion affords no
ground fur taking his children away from him.