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'n.SSIA AND TURKEY
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• ,• INTELLIGENCE
URRISH DEFEAT.
Iles
4,l'"' our Second Edition of Yesterday,)
sablvs of the Russian victory was brought to
1 thel,an aid-de-camp of Prince Menschikoff,
,beau forwarded to Vienna by telegraph. It
!ItxN4. armed by ,advices from Bucharest.
kitwe'. MorinAv.—The last Turkish vessels
4.„1,e, destroyed had each 800 soldiers, be-
bey, rerYinen, on board, and a large sum of
~ A eing bound for the east coast of the Black
'lle fourteenthb vessel escaped undamaged.
iie. ar,ttle began at an hour's distance from
Nat Constantinople.unthe 2nd, nothing was known of the
itt4i The Turks were success-
,. 7,:n.
ttatit., Hies contains a most important leading arti-
‘„„ligthat the news of the naval victory has now
~,roborated by several channels, and by a
he', announcement in the official journal of
tio War has begun in earnest; hostilities
cie°nfined to the occupation of the Principali
to a few partial encounters of the hostile
the
appear to have assumed on the Black
e (..,h_ ,
ro,. at acter of direct aggression, and the.
• i'' of Russia has thrown down the gauntlet
iilaratime powers, precisely on that element
ell they are best prepared to meet him.
. Tunes has thought it its duty to uphold and
'tithe,, cause of peace, as long as peace was
try ule with the honor and dignity of the
t 4) and feels no regret that to the very last it
krered to a course of policy which a just con-
iltz, the best interests of England, and of the
~4 World prescribed. 'But the Times has never
141 i its opinion that the events in the East
t'olNere long compel us to meet by it more
j,; Measure, such an alternative, and
'eti:sies has repeatedly urged upon the
ty agent of England and France the ne-
.4 of being prepared with a plan of op-
‘i: adapted to such an. emergency. If the
,;t received be confirmed in the manner
leas
the time for these resolutions to take
, 4
tt,
la already come. The article then re-
' I„tile great perplexity and uncertainty
44:4ging over the details of this unfor-
'4l. %pat. The accounts received are alto-
t,, ,-Kussian statements. The squadron
f,),`'ahl a convoy, bound with troops and
tt "" Some point on the coast of Asia, and the
it .probable version of the story. appears to be
%Russian cruizers pursued this convoy into
a" of Sinope. It has also been suggested
k.' 1 Sinope is a naval arsenal, it is pos-
, that some of the vessels destroyed were
it?, that port. After some further comments
.ity 'e reported details, the Times proceeds
there can be very little doubt as to the
44,l'ad political consequences of the action.
;1119s to give the Russian navy an ascendency
black Sea, which the-Turks have hitherto
q11(1, and it calls upon the maratime allies
3,„ Porte in very . positive . language to
,I,'nat naval protection of which she more
iiir stands in need. If it should turn out
, Russian squadron fell in with a convoy
i4li'i or the army in Asia, and pursued those
14,14,t0 Sinope—this act may, in some mesure,
141e,y,resent state of warfare, be considered justi
trlliti'4lstit if, as is equally probable, that these
Alio ships were sent out from Sebastopol
rt", sink, and destroy, - the Turkish
°
t „,,la, not on the high* seas, nor on the
ii4,,,"' Circassia, but at anchor in their own
',llll,4',harbour, this proceeding of the Emperor.
-s
Its•
goes to the last extremity of aggressive
Aerti,,,:isPoses at once of the assurance, till now
's',i,hceiousl repeated, of his desire to stand
L atin defensive only, ever since the Turkish de-
A;11 of war. A more violent and offensive
I.q -1?„, Could not have been resorted to,
; ,ie,"" importance attached to it by
e 1,111„.ay be inferred from the fact that
Il the ''-enschikoff hurried to St. Petersburg to
ettell„Tvs of this victory at the feet of the Czar.
ous.--,' this news will have on Europe is not less
,ioil., ~it dispels the hopes of the success of pacifi-
% suct°l. the Times cannot share the opiniont thator
leweess will lower in any degreeoes
s th
trepe temper allied
"4 I°ll2 of Russia, and it. imposes
;indeed asthis
duties upon
blow
11 t'CNerealPt°l7
.1 tunic vA resources of Turkey interrupts. its.
v -deation with Trebizond and Batoum, it is
.111inrious to her Asiatic army, and all will
:8,,,b if the command of the Black Sea were
red to pass into the hands of the enemy.
, vßritish government and its allies will have,
It:e moment this news is confirmed, to deal
state of .affairs far more decided than any
4,\,
,411 s qyestion has as yet assumed; and the
'ikki !arnestly trusts the cabinet will prove itself
is." 4 ~'‘o the emergency. It indeed scarcely de-
et: 'ion the ministers of the crown to deter-
Wltat positive steps are to be taken, because
tefiellvoys on the spot will probably have
It4t °n. the powers given them in the
4,..`,4'46°1 a direct aggression by Russia on the
'Ai,t'u Coast It will remain 'with her Majesty's
ilei4,,ere to afford •an , effectual support to that
lit,-11, by the usual communications to parlia-
kh and by placing our present relations
the Ottoman Empire in their true
t 4 Every means of restoring peaCe being
klle.
, ~,,Aed but the honor and naval force
)IN'giand pledged to bring this dispute to a
tici ssful termination by other means, if all ne-
Nt‘tions for peace should fail; it would be un-
qkit,, of us to hesitate when' the course is clear
kl,
't-611,,41Q5. The English
people. are resolved that
t;'ve tAiall not dictate conditions to Europe, or
,i,.,'110u1; the Black Sea, with all the
7043. , 'a."' interests encompassing its shores,
-II? - Russian Lake ; they desire that a
itfr se 0
f, ea b f consummate hypocrioy should be pun-
',llt tn 3r a signal defeat, and that a stop should be
1'44 6Plese aggressions. The Emperor who be-
14Ptki', 8 war without a disguise, and without a
i4ref,;', is carrying it on without disguise, and it
Ackt ire becomes the imperative duty of the
e' ~,Wers, who have so recently recorded their
Neks—(dnation to put an end to it, to take all the
4,3-11,rea which that object may demand.
0, later news of importance from the Danube.
4411,'Ossitin major was killed in a skirmish near
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(Prom our Third Edition of Yesterday.)
htitr'"SCE, Paris,
MONDAY.—A private [dispatch,
the requires confirmation, mentions that
t
Citssians lost in the affair at ,Sinope, two ships
ti a',7 line three frigates, and two steam-boats.-
that, their force consisted of twelve
c'etS, a brig, and five steam-boats, besides theu
I,'N''Ps of the line as mentioned in the IVlOnice r.
,`tik°ther private dispatch mentions that the
"Y„ had obtained- some important advantages
`4,e Russians in the neighbourhood of Tiflis.
:,,T4 FURTHER PARTICULARS.
~Nt tic' naval conflict at Sinope, of course occupies.i
„71tt ih°ns share of attention in connection with t
',,44.t't the East; but the public anxiety for full
‘(43,t;eule.rs is not likely to be gratified for some
Itteti-)„,) when. intelligence by the more slow but more
o',te ordinary channels of communication may
`kte 'llected. It is not too much to hope that the
°f. the disaster to the Turkish forces may be
• 11c°„'^erated. This hope rests on the fact
.thhatdthte
11drench consul at Odessa by the author tes
},andjby him transmitted to his government in
filtea-b•alle in which it appeared in our columns yes-
‘,4q The only fresh news regarding the con;
"ich has reached us is comprised in ou
ell.;;ns this morning. It should be observed that
4
qAtch is most probably of Russian origin,
"1141,4-' as it does, that the Turks had not yet been
„_ It- aware of their disaster.
Ztla tbW°llld appear likely that the force attacked
rkto-u`Lat which
-left Constantinople on the 26th for
‘,lcr-,,t11' and which had on board 5,000 men, as re-
°lllae-", nts for the Asiatic army. Probability
1.44 t 1.1, also seem to warrant the assumption
-4441e-„6 Turkish commander, on being attacked,
Or Sinope to land his troops. ;Whether he
Ittoys'eerled in doing so before his vessels were de•
• )01,e''''.1elnains to be seen.
,N,c)cn „clgn letters received in London on the after-
VtlielYesterday, say :—" The news of the defeat
• trZvison of the Turkish fleet by the Russians
ted an immense sensation, but it is difficult
• nt to say what the ultimate effect of it will
°tli'e+2l.(ling to some it will be an inducement
Wend 'LLe belligerent parties to bring the war to
Ville it according to others it is a disaster which,
44 117 hutnilie.es and exasperates the Turks,
illtitiatn, diminish their means of resisting the
(AC i'orces. Some of the Paris papers are cry
What are the French and English fleets

about? Why are they at Constantinople? And
it is evident they do not consider the, protection
afforded to the' Turks by the presehee of the united
fleets in the Bosphorus particulary efficient. At
the palace Of the Tuileries the news of the defeat of
the Turks has caused deep disappointment, and
some ofthe French Ministers have openly expressed
their opinion that the French fleet should at
once enter the Black Sea,.and afford efficacious as-
sistance to the Sultan, Nothing is, however re-
solved upon.- Louis Napoleon, as is his wont, is
silent and imposSible ; and it is understood that no
resolution will be come to until it be ascertained
what effect this event has produced on the Eng-
lish Cabinet. Some people imagine that the
Emperor Nicholas will be more tractacable in con-
sequence of the glory he gains by this naval victory ;
but the probability is that he will not withdraw
one iota of his pretensions. Nicholas will readily
agree to the conference, but he will take care not
to evacuate the principalities. As respects Turkey,
it is not likely that after a defeat she will be.better
inclined than before to enter into negotiations,
The Turkish ambassador in Paris has declared that,
without prejudging the opinion of his government,
he feels convinced that the Sultan will not consent
to suspend hostilities on any other condition but
that of the previous evacuation of the principalities,
and the withdrawal of the pretensions put forward
by the Czar, in as far as they are incompatible
with his sovereign rights."
Another telegraphic message, dated Bucharest
Nov. 30, says :—" The Russians are pushing their
troops forward on the road to Kalafat. The Turks
are still engaged in fortifying that place. On the
26th a Russian major was killed in a skirmish
hear Giurgevo, The Turks are still holding the
island of Malian."
We have given elsewhere some description of
Sinope, the scene of the recent conflict, considered
in its topographic aspect; the following regards it
in a stratagetical point of view :—The position of
Sinope, about half-way between Constantinople
and TrebiZond, and the promontory at which it is
situated, and:which, on the land side, may be said
to form its harbour, or rather open 'roads, mark it
as a site of importance in a naval war on the Black
Sea. This was perceived by General Sebastiani,
Napoleon's ambassador to the Porte in 1808, and
who showed the same promptitude in commencing
fortifications at Sinope, as in improvising defences
at Constantinople.. Since that period, the defences
of the place have never been completed; and
those which were constructed have fallen into
decay. It so happens that Sinope never was
attacked in former wars between Turkey and
Russia, upon which seems to have been founded the
somewhat gratuitous assumption that it never
would be. This assumption was natural enough
for Old Turkey ; but it may be hoped that Young
Turkey, aided by Western strategical counsels,
will practically repair the error, with a view to the
future. Nothing can be less surprising than
what has now occurred in an open roadstead,
covered by no sufficient land defences. Six ships
of the line walked with perfect ease into the ram-
parts and shipping of such a place. Its importance,
besides its commanding situation on the coast,
consists in the fact that it is the site of the only
Turkish dockyard, for the construction of vessels
of war, except Constantinople. The oaks of the
neighbouring mountains supply timber more
durable than the Russians employ for their perish-
able craft at Sebastopol. In every point of view,
it is of the first importance to put the place into a
state of defence ; though this has been unfortu-
nately deferred till it rather too much resembles
" shutting the stable door after the steed is stolen."

FRANCE.
Letters from Paris speak variously of the effect
of the disastrous intelligence of the Turkish defeat
on the opinion of that capital The following
would seem to affo\d a fair represensation of its
phases :—On Saturday, after the close of the
Bourse, the. news from Odessa of the destruction
of several Turkish ships produced among the
stock-jobbers a slight fall in prices. To-day the
news is confirmed, and the funds have risen. The
3 per cents. were at one time as high as 76f. 15c.
for cash, and they closed at 75f. 90c. The 4-} per
cents. closed at 102 f. 50c. The improvement is
evidently founded on a belief that the recent dis-
aster of the Turks will make the Divan more will-
fng to consent to an armistice; and that point
being gained, it is thought that in two or three
months a treaty of peace will be concluded, It
appears certain that the basis of the treaty must
be the note of Vienna. All the letters from Vienna.
agree in stating that the Austrian cabinet has
joined the conference on that condition.

SPAIN.—SUSPENSION OF THE CORTES.
The intelligence from Madrid is of a very
serious kind, and may be considered as porten-
teous of an approaching coup detat. By a tele-
graphic despatch of the 9th, we learn that the
senate had adopted, by 105 votes to 69, the reso-
lutions opposed by the government, and recom
mended by the majority of the committee. These
resolutions, it may be remembered, are to the
effect that the senate ought to proceed with a bill
before it on the railways, instead of, in compliance
with the wish of the cabinet, dropping it, and wait-
ing until a new bill on the subject, presented to the
chamber of deputies by it, shall be sent up to the
senate.
In consequence of this unmistakeable defeat,
we learn, by electric telegraph, on the 10th, a
royal decree suspended the sittings of the Cortes
without, as is usual, naming a day for their meeting
again.

The customs board has decided the question of the import
duty on accordions in favor of the importer.
THE LONDON CORPORATION INQUIRY.—The royal com-
missioners did not meet yesterday. The inquiry, we are in-

formed, is adjourned sine die.
DESERTION OF A WIFE AND CHILDREN.—CharIes TFrat.
kin, who was stated to be a law-clerk, was sent to prison
for a month for deserting his wife and children.
CRUELTY TO A WIFE.—A rough coachman named
Anthony Wild, was charged with abusing his wife, kicking
and threatening to murder her. After some recriminatory
statements, the prisoner was ordered to find two sureties in
£lO each, to keep the peace for three months.
SHOP ROBBERY. —Bridget Walker was charged with hav-
ing stolen a pair of stays from a stay-shop in Deansgate.
The prisoner was apprehended in Salford, on Saturday. A
pair of new stays was found upon her when searched, and
were distinctly sworn to as the property of the occupier of
a stay-shop in Deansgate.—Committed to the sessions.
SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A respectable young
man, named Edmund Bastard, met with his death, last
Friday, at Torrington, in the North of Devon, under cir-
cumstances as remarkable as they are melancholy. At
twelve o'clock on Friday night, a person passing a toll-gate
(,n a bridge which crosses the river Torridge, observed
something, which he at first thought was a woman's cloak,
hanging to the side gate of the toll-bar; and as it was late
and he was in a hurry, he passed on without further noticing
it, but communicated his fears to a friend of his that it was
the body of a human being that he had seen. Next morn-
ing a boatman, named Arnold, was passing that way, and
discovered the young man Bastard, with his neck broken,
and hanging to the side gate, quite dead. It appeared that
the poor fellow had passed through the toll-gate in the
early part of the day, and on returning late in the evening,
he found the large gate shut, and, as he thought, locked.
It is conjectured that not liking to arouse the toll-gate
keeper, who was gone to bed, he tried to get through the
shuttles of the side gate. In doing so, by some means or
other, he caught his chin in the upper shuttle and broke
his neck.
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