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London, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

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SSIA AND TURKEY.
41 telegraph from Vienna, under yesterday
°lll3-lig's date, advices had been received from
00
listantinople stating that the steamers sent to
aciuir.
111 e into the circumstances attending the battle
te °Pe had returned, and fully confirmed the
ligence brought by the Tail.
to4ixi Stratford immediately sent off a messenger
co 418 'Government, and it was expected that the
eellsbined fleets would immediately enter the Black

The rr, •
'orks were greatly excited, and it was re-
13°, rted that their fleet, under Admiral Slade
I%Bhaver Pasha), would attack Sebastopol, sup-
, ed by the British and French fleets.
a4.Lit 'Vienna it was hoped that the recent reverses
tie Turks would make them desirous of peace.
..eco
rding to advices from Krajova of the 12th,
4 battle had occurred up to that day.
F
Bucharest, up to the 15th, we hear that
(11. e had been no new operations.
6,1' beJas sy a thanksgiving for the victory of Sinope
n.
solemnly celebrated. The. Austrian,
nissiatt
and Greek Consuls were invited to attend
happy occasion, but they did not appear.
-*v and French Consuls had already taken
English
departure.
do Vate
s up to yesterday evening state there is no
ofut of the dreadful carnage at Sinope. Upwards
rim
Turks perished. The town was set on
~re''and nearly destroyed.
kr, Other despatch from Vienna says :—" The
of the Four Powers is complete. They pro-
se
the same means and pursue the same end. This
1:44:1t understanding is enough to tranquillise the
it Lsle• If peace cannot be considered as certain,
monies more probable, and confidence is reviv-
-0 • the disposition at Constantinople seems fa-
Fable to negotiation."
kltevices from St. Petersburgh up to the 9th
tl/4 that the Czar has published a ukase, pro-
akrili„lig the state of siege throughout Bessarabia
titte governments of Cherson and Tauris, and
• g those provinces under martial law.
Other Of ti‘ ukase decrees a diminution of the crews
" Baltic fleet—viz., 28 men of each of the
evri,
line.
of the guard and 48 of those of the
kahi bs easure is to remain in force till the 13th of
▪ 18r4
t • •
Abat Valentine Esterhazy has been appointed,
Am. ,bat
Extraordinary from Munich to St.
""ersb
Tl, urg.
1100,e, following is the dispatch addressed simulta-
4, 73= by the Governments of Austria, France,
of e4'' Britain, and Prussia, to their representative*.
tive 41stantineple. It gives to those representa-
44the instructions identiques which were to be
the tLe them in conformity with the declaration of
"tll of December :
N. ‘„"re—The Governments of their Majesties the Em-
oft°l; Of Austria, the Emperor of the French, the Queen
Of e 'United Kingdom of Great Britain, and the King
hokrußsia, have seen with deep regret that war has
en out between Russia and Turkey ; and with the
o ,t
of abridging hostilities as much as possible, and to
Va", ,te between the belligerent parties a reconciliation
thobeu is of such great interest to Europe, they have
L",gbt that it had become necessary to give a common
--go to their efforts.
he note which the representatives of the four
ilirp"etro, at Vienna have received the orders to address
thj,'l to his Excellency Reschid Pacha, and of which
Ike tuust have transmitted to you a copy, is a new and
c,„re,complete testimony of the identity of views of their
ilhis`4B,2 and of their anxious desire to contribute by their
14'°11 /0 the re-establishment of peace. Ido not doubt,
orti of all your anxiety to second by your ex-
tor ()118 this attempt at conciliation, and it only remains
4 'ale to indicate to you the counsels which you will
:te to make known, with your colleagues, to the Mi-
ttb, tra of his Majesty the Sultan. The different docu-
th'llto which have emanated from the Sublime Porte, and
4„,eharacter of moderation with which they are
• authorise us to hope that you will find Reschid
1,-oa disposed to aeknowledge, that the propositions of
togbeeh the four Powers take the initiative are as much in
()f7°l'inity with the interests as with the dignity of the
Kr,,llian We. put a question. loyally to the
Voine Porte, which it will answer in the same manner.
e Are convinced that it ciible the debate
Ith.
ta is agitated between will
it and the Cabinet of St.
4torabugh within its veritable limits; and that all its
hloi tend to this, that the affair shall be settled
,:uftt mixing with it elements which are foreign to
-,present war.
t pill% the hope, and in recognising that it belongs to
spade Government to reply to the communication
Leto to it the terms which its wisdom will suggest, we
poi bete
that we are able, nevertheless, to charge you to
1),;41r' out to its attention the points on which it might
Ivittil°itP.or that you should come to an understanding
The Sublime Porte should, in the first place, de-
14to that Austria. France, Great Britain, and Prussia
slops 4.40 t presumed too much as to its conciliatory inten-
te,l.ln believing it always animated with the desire to
inate on honourable conditions the differences which
to,"1 arisen between it and Russia, and always ready to
fl`L'e to an understanding to that effect with the other
111,'"ice,ra• Having duly marked the assurance which
horta has given on different occasions, that she does
Ithelahn new concessions, nor any rights incompatible
titZ, the Sovereignty of the Sultan, the Divan should
th;`to if it is ready to renew its offers, and to discuss
form in which peace shall be ire-established, and
Opt rel• igion question regulated, on the only condition of
h,v, (laving to accede to any of the demands which it
tot already refused, and of concluding an arrangement
t,he evacuation of the principalities.
bgt The discussion would naturally have taken place
t4twoon an Ottoman negotiator and a Russian negotia-
km!4PPlied with full powers to treat ; but, in order to
Vta.te the understanding between the two parties,
loilohilionipotentiaries thus designated should not treat
pe, but in presence of the representatives of Austria,
nee, Great Britain, and Prussia.
tili:-Lleasons which we comprehend will no doubt not per-
clit,bo Porte to negotiate with Russia in a part of her
11`.°rY occupied by the armies of that power, Russia,
dor side, would have objections to raise against any
ertt;l town in Turkey. It would be proper, therefore,
104,4ve to the two parties the care to come to an under-
ilv.llog in order to choose neutral ground ; and we
itiL,',Tl,o on that point from any premature designation.
tbe object, sir, which the four Powers propose to
fCoselves would not be completely attained if the open-
%gt°l the deliberations preliminary to peace were not
V) came time the signal of the cessation of hostilities.
.110t4S, we believe that the Sublime Porte would
44 have any good reason to oppose the conclusion of
be aaroaistice, of which the conditions of detail would
itt,„lBoussed hereafter, if it obtained from us the assur-
)Z/hat the terms within which it declared itself dis-
ih7,`4 to treat were also accepted by Russia. It is at all
th,"ta a demand which it can address to us ; and in
4e;b4Ypothesis that the terms proposed by the Ottoman
44:ertiment should be such that Russia ought to con-
*, beforehand to the discussion of the negotiations,
44411 further advise the sending of a Turkish plenipo-
' the 14,17, and the designation of a neutral town where
Ifriteenipotentiaries of Russia and Turkey might meet
t A
,tllO representatives of the Four Powers.
teviehese different points which I have just passed in
Aeto 'l,, M. ana-ap.
to,Panied them, have the complete consent of Aus-
,peranue Great Britain, and Prussia ; itis conse-
-`l„tlY to 'be wished that' Reschid Pacha should look
Of -17 them in this light, and make them the foundation
tio,e communication which we all expect from him.
, 44318 is of itself a previous declaration of the recep-
tolvhich that communication would get ; and we
l 4 hardly understand that placing in the balance the
221.1:11,tages that such a combination offers to the Otto-
, Nt. ,_4l3:ipire, with the risks, always so uncertain, of
veil he Sublime Porte should hesitate to enter on the
, .T,°Petled to it by an amicable intervention.
• Lurrite you, M. —, to go with your colleagues
Pasha, to read this despatch to him, and to
• ph
trt it with the authority of your advice."
ect)rding to the despatch
'published in the
4aoaliteur, the Russians have already deducted
to h from the 5,000 Turks they at first pretended
tiptiave killed at Ackaltzic. With the single ex-
the i_'°ll of the disaster of Sinope, all the news by
he .tst mail from Constantinople is favourable to
t4kihTurkish arms in Asia. Intelligence of the
likil;g4._et Tiflis, the capital of Georgia, was daily
'!Ipe:","(1. The Turkish army was pressing hard
in aand •had penetrated very near to Koutais,
•Wi lleient Colchis, now the capital of Imeritia.
vourl-,llacha's forward movement was greatly fa-
bY the diversion operated by Schamyl.
thoito!espect to the affair of Sinope itself, al-
tierltr. the accounts are generally hurried and evi-
that " incomplete, several letters concur in stating
Iv.,e at least two of the Russian ships of the line
4,14141. tuk. by
• -.L
the fire from the fort. The Rus-
-4'9! ecia te napted. to land, but were vigorously re-
torts ,3s said that should the Russians really en-
and any idea of crossing the river at Radujevatz,
Tqx,C proceedinu by way of Nissa to Sophia, the
t_ s a.re
)sreilehed prepared to receive them, for an in-
v4lisades camp,s surrounded. by three rows of strong
Thegtas, been formed at Nissa.
,either, Gazette states that it has received
etro,vitTrti.culars relative to the flight of Peter
the ev:4,ll.°ra Montenegro. The reigning Prince,
twos dan'ktence of a servant, asserted that his life
_ge,r, and it is said to have been his in-
11114°n to
•,eter, wh...take off the head of the above-mentioned
lee-pre r, Was President of the Senate, of the
rother Of Ltie?lt George Petrovitch, who was also the
4e_uators: gls father, and of sundry Sirdars and
(1 the otl,'3,.°lne have reached Cattaro in safety,
t jaio
atel:Tirt:PPorted by their partisans, man-
A), 13 -uaniel at ay.
paper has tlw figlowing significant