The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS.

Advices from Toulon, of the 2d inst., announce the
departure, with troops for the East, of the steam avisos
Salamandre and Fulton. The steam corvette Lavoisier,
the steam avisos Tenare and Eclaireur, and the steam
frigates Albatross and Magellan, had arrived at Toulon.
There were then in port a sufficient number of steamers
to convey to the Crimea the remainder of the different
corps belonging to the 7th and Bth divisions of the
army of the East. Several English superior officers
arrived at Toulon on the Ist instant, in the steam-
packet Ganges, coming from the Crimea.
The reinforcements embarked at Marseilles for the
East, from the 12th November to the 31st December,
were 11,290 men of infantry, and 1,966 of cavalry, with
963 horses or mules.

REJECTION OF THE FOUR GUARANTEES
BY THE _EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.

The following is from a Paris letter, dated yesterday,

p.m.:—
" It is stated, on the authority of a person in a position
to be very well informed, that Prince Gortschakoff has
communicated the decided refusal of the Emperor of
Russia to accept the interpretation of the Four Guaran-
tees as agreed on by the Allied Powers. I have reason to
believe that the intelligence was received yesterday by the
French Government. The Emperor has not then awaited
the term allowed for his decision, and the refusal has no
doubt been communicated by telegraph. Indeed the
manifesto of the Czar, which you have very probably
received by this, would show a predetermination to
reject the conditions proposed to him, and may be con-
sidered as the justification of his motives for such
rejection. _ _

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noticed, breathes nothing but war. It states that Prince
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Paskiewitich, who has been summoned by the Emperor,
was expected in the capital on the 3d inst. It was
known that his principal business was to give a detailed
account of the measures that have been taken for the
defence of the western and south-western frontier of the
empire. As General-in-Chief of the active army he was
also to be consulted with reference to the condition of
the whole of the army, and the general distribution of
the forces of the empire for its protection, The letter
adds that the army forms an immense cordon from the
Baltic to Odessa, while a second line, as an army of
reserve, and whose centre is at Moscow, is placed
under the orders of General Tcheodaieff.
I cannot emit saying that I have seen another letter
from a person residing in one of the principal cities of
Germany, and who is 'described as being worthy of
credit, that Russia would consent to reduce her naval
force in the Black Sea, to construct hereafter no ship
of war in that sea, and send to the Baltic those which
exceed the number fixed by treaty ; to bind herself not
to occupy in a military manner the isles of Alaad • to
share with the other Powers the protectorate of 'the
Christians in Turkey ; and lastly, to leave the navigation
of the Danube perfectly free.
Whether the decision of the Emperor of Russia has,
as I am informed, been already received, or whether we
are yet to wait till the 10th inst, there are few in Paris,
Vienna, or Berlin, even among the best informed, who
entertain any doubt as to the nature of that decision, or
who expect any concession from him.
It is certain that Omer Pasha has received orders
to proceed at once to the Crimea, and that he has
consented to obey. He earnestly desired to pay a visit
to Constantinople, possibly to expose the misconduct
of Redschid Pasha and of others who so long thwarted
him, but that idea has been abandoned. The arrival of
a large Turkish force—the flower of the army of the
Danube—under a man who has so distinguished himself,
! can hardly fail to produce an excellent effect.