The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-02 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
The Porte accepted the Note of the Four Powers
on the evening of the 20th.
It is agreeable to an armistice, it insists on the
evacuation of the Principalities, it consents to a

congress in a neutral town, to the revision of ex-
isting treaties, and to reforms tending to the ame-
lioration of the condition of the Christians.
The conferences of the Grand Divan on that day
and on the 21st and 22d were, it is said, remarkable
for the calm and dignified way in which the pro-
posals of the mediating Powers were discussed.
The modifications proposed in the Vienna proposi-
tions by the Divan are not, it is added, to bear the
character of an ultimatum.

2,500 Softas created a riot in the evening of the
21st, and the English and French steamers and
marines were called to Constantinople. The night,
however, passed over quietly.
The Softas are theological students, and their
rising was owing to the pacific resolutions of the
Divan, which they say have violated the scheriat,
or fundamental law.

The Sultan has ordered the recruiting of Chris-

an volunteers to cease.

It was said that Reschid Pacha, now supported
by Halil Pacha in the Council, was in favour of
peace, which the Sultan also desired.
The combined fleets were still at Beycos.
A despatch from which the above is obtained says

;hat rough weather had forced a Russian war cutter

into the Bosphorus. The English fleet had re-
ceived reinforcements. The Russians were ap-
proaching Kars.
Official intelligence was received at Vienna on
Saturday from Constantinople of the 19th, to the
effect that the Grand Council had given the Mi-
nisters authority to enter upon peace negotiations,
subject to the following conditions :
" That the Danubian Principalities be evacuated.
" That the independence and integrity of the
Ottoman Empire and the Sovereignty of the Sul-
tan be perfectly secured."
Halil Pacha, says the same despatch, is Minister
without a portefeuille.
The Belgrade correspondent of a contemporary
writes as follows
The deliberations of the Divan continued for
three days. An adjutant of the Sultan has been
sent with two firmans to Servia. The Russo-Turk-
ish treaties annulled ; all previous rights volunta-
rily confirmed. Servia has the option of claim-

ing the Protectorate of all the Powers.
The Fremden-Blatt publishes advices from Bu-
charest of the 29th December, to the effect that
the Turks have taken Karakal in Lesser Wal-
lachia by storm, after an obstinate battle.
The Nouvelle Gazette Prusse states that the
Czar has ordered the troops to be put in motion
throughout the whole of the Empire.
The letters from the Black Sea state that an
epidemic very common in the Crimea, arising from
the malaria, is now prevalent at Sebastopol.
The Indus, which arrived at Southampton from
Alexandria, on Saturday, brings word that there
aro steamers daily expected from Constantinople
to take away more troops which the Pacha is col-
lecting to the number of 12,000 Or 15,000, in addi-
tion to those already sent. Public feeling is very
great against the Russians.
The Lloyd of Vienna, of the 26th, says :—" A
letter from Odessa, of the 15th, states that Sheffi
Khan, formerly charge d'affaires of the Shah of
Persia at the British Court, had arrived in that
town on his way to Teheran, where he was received
with great distinction. lie will probably continue
his voyage on board a Russian steamer. The Rns-
sian Colonel, M. de Kewalewski, has left for Mon-
tenegro, having been charged on the part of the
Czar to present Prince Danilo with some vases and
other church ornaments. According to letters from
Semlin, of the 24th, the Danube is full of drift ice
beyond Widdin. Letters from Cattaro state that
the Turks are increasing their army of observation
on the frontiers of Montenegro, but the troops
forming this corps are almost all Redifs."
The Emperor has addressed the following letter
to Prince Woronzoff, dated the 16th :

" Prince Michael Semenowitsch,—The hostile inten-
tions of the Ottoman Porte against the district placed
eedersonr_administratiotiwexe manifested in tuv-
of last summer by the assemblage of troops on the Trans-
Caucasian frontier, and by measures for the propagation
of revolt amongst the mountaineers. Under these circum-
stances, you had to take simultaneous measures for the
expulsion of the foreign enemy and for the repression of
domestic foes. This undertaking has been accomplished
by you with full success. According to your measures
not only have the brave troops of the Caucasus annihi-
lated the presumptuous attempts of Schamyl on the Les-
ghine line, but penetrating to the heart of the Trans-
koubanian tribes, have prevented them from co-operat-
ing with the Turks. Your able measures on the frontier
of Asia have been crowned with a series of brilliant
victories. The glorious combat of 14th Nov., near Bay-
audourg, was the prelude of the defeats of the Turks, on
the 18th of the same month, at Atskhour, the 26th
before Akhal Tsiche, and the Ist on the right bank of
the Arpatchai. The 37 pieces of artillery, the flags, the
arms, the two camps, the large quantities of stores and
ammunition taken from the enemy, testify to the bravery
of the troops placed under your command—namely, the
Caucasian corps, the 15th division of infantry, the Cos-
sacks, and the militia. It is specially to your expe-
rience' and to the great firmness with which you ani-
mated the troops placed under your orders, that I owe
such a favourable commencement of the campaign. I
beg of you on this occasion to express to them my sin-
cere gratitude, and my conviction that in their ulterior
operations they will, with the aid of God, cover them-
selves with new glory, which will shed lustre on you and
on the Russian arms. —I remain for ever and invariably
your affectionate " NICHOLAS."
The Invalide Busse, of the 21st, publishes a re-
script of the Emperor of Russia addressed, " our
well-beloved son the Grand Constantine Nicolaie-
witch," which, after alluding to his useful services,
says :---

"All these facts, by giving pleasure to our paternal
heart, give you a right to our particular kindness, in
testimony of which we name you Knight Grand Cross
of the Ist Class of the Order of St. Vladimir, of which
we herewith send you the insignia, ordering you to wear
them according to the statutes. We are certain that b.,
continuing to act with the same zeal, you will bring the
branch of the administration confided to you to the de-
sired degree of perfection, and render yourself worthy,
should circumstances require it, of leading our fleets to
acquire fresh glory against the enemies of the country."
It is said the only military movement in Finland
is, that 6,000 sailors have been sent from St. Peters-
burg to Helsingfors, to man the ships that are lying
there. Recruiting, however, is going on briskly,
but not in the usual compulsory manner of Russia,
as Finland is free from that system for a period 50
years after the annexation. No one can be sur-
prised that Russia replaces the Finnish regiments
by Russian. The former are employed in Russia—
perhaps against the Turks.