The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-19 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1854.

Advices three days later from St. Petersburgh,
dated in consequence to the 12th instant inclu-
sively, are of a nature more than ever threatening.
Beyond which, despatches received via Paris from
Vienna announce that the propositions of the Four
Powers were known to have been positively re-
jected by the Russian Government. An intima-
tion—this—perfectly in keeping with a variety
of ominous antecedents. It was distinctly under-
stood, for instance, that the feeling prevalent for
some time past in St. Petersburgh has been inimi-
cal to the latest defined policy of France and
England. As a sufficient indication of the
force of this antagonism, one of the prin-
cipal organs of the Court of his Imperial
Majesty the CZAR has been recently filled
with attacks, against the French and British, of
the most out-spoken and vindictive character.
Moreover, it was already known that the Minis-
ters of the AUTOCRAT had been formally assem-
bled in the metropolis of his dominions, to take
the suggestions of the compromise lately offered
by the Allies of Turkey into serious and imme-
diate consideration. It was likewise understood
pretty generally that the sentiments cherished in
regard to that proffered compromise by the ad-
visers (so called) of the Emperor NICHOLAS
were anything but calculated to predispose
them in favour of its acceptance. On the
contrary, even the least observant felt satisfied
that the final Note_ of the Powers must, in all
human probability, prove abortive in its operation
as a means of effecting the reconcilement of past
differences—accompanied or preceded as it would
be by intelligence of the advance of the combined
fleets into the Black Sea from their Bey-cos an-
chorage. A movement of that kind on the part
of the maritime armaments sent by France and
England from their station in the Mediterranean
to the waters of Constantinople, had all along been
declared by the CZAR to be incompatible with the
preservation of tranquillity. In plainer terms, it
had been long intimated by Russia that the ap-
pearance of the French and British squadrons in
the Euxine would be regarded by her as tanta-
mount to a formal declaration of war on the part
of the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries.
Whether this warning assurance has been •
in any
degree exaggerated, must now be learnt in this
country almost immediately. A preliminary to
the acknowl3dgment of a rupture between Russia
on the one side, and France and England, as the
allies of Turkey, on the other, has already be-
come audible in the despatches received within
the last few hours, via Paris, from Vienna,
informing the world of the total rejection of the
Final Note of the Four Powers by the Imperial
Russian Government.

Meantime, let it not be forgotten that the
limit affixed by the Sublime Porte to the period
within which the Russian troops are required to
evacuate the Principalities, extends over an inter-
val of not more than forty days altogether, accord-
ing to an important communication dated the 9th
instant from Constantinople. Neither must it be
overlooked that distinct orders havt very recently
been transmitted to Prince GORTZCHAhowr from
the Cabinet of his Imperial master—enjoui-
ing him on his allegiance to effect the passage of
the river Danube at the earliest practicable
(45Portuni ty. Seawards, moreover, accounts
from the seat of war would seem to be not
one jot more propitious. Notwithstanding the