The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-16 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
The following is from Constantinople, dated
Feb. 2 :

" Mehemet Ali Pacha has been deposed, and
Riza Pacha appointed Seraskier. Achmed Pacha
is made Kapurlan Pacha.

" The combined fleets are still in the Bosphorus. a
Five English and four French steamers have gone
into the Euxine.

" The negative reply of Russia to the last pro-
positions has arrived. A new project by Austria
is spoken of.
"On the 19th Jan. the Russians attacked Chek-
vetil for the sixth time. The Turks made a sortie
and completely defeated them.
" Exchange on London, 129.
"Au official despa,teh states that the Banshee
brought an order to Constantinople for the com-
bined fleets to remain at Beycos. When necessary,
six steamers are to be employed convoying the
Turkish ships to and from Turkish ports. Four
steamers are- to reconnoitre in the Euxine, to be
relieved every fourth day by the Turks."
A letter from the Piraeus, of the 6th, states that
an American war-corvette had just anchored in
that port. It was rumoured that she preceded a
divis'on of five vessels of war of the United States,
which were shortly to anchor in the waters of Con-
stantinople.

The following private telegraphic despatch, dated
Trieste, Feb. 15, has been received in Paris :

" According to letters from Sebastopol, the Eng-
lish steamer Haydee, having run aground, had
been taken by the Russians, because she had Turks
on board."

THE LETTER OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR.
The Siecle expresses an opinion that the letter of
the French Emperor to the Czar would not have
been published so soon if the Government had not
received an intimation that the overture for conci-
liation which it contains had been or would be re-
jected. This Opinion was generally entertained in
Paris on Tuesday, and the Patrie of that evening,
as we stated in our impression of yesterday, went
so far as to say it had received information that
the reply to the letter had been received, and that
it was not favourable to the hopes of the main-
tenance of peace.
The Moniteur of yesterday, however, formally
contradicts this statement, and says that the an-
swer is not expected for some'days.
The Moniteur adds that the publication of the
letter has been hastened by the indiscretion of
French and foreign journa:s which had spoken of it.
As regards the opinion that the answer of the
Emperor of Russia had been received when the let-
ter appeared in the Moniteur, it is only necessary
to calculate dates to be convinced that the opinion
is erroneous. The letter of the Emperor is dated
the 29th ult., and it could not, we imagine, have
arrived at St. Petersburg, considering the season of
the year, before the 6th inst. Two or three days
is the least that could be allowed for drawing up
the answer, and it could not reach Paris before
the 16th or 17th.

What is possible, however, is that the French
ambassador, who must still have been in St. Pet ors-
burg, may have ascertained that the letter had not
been favourably received, and that there was a
strong probability of the offer of the French Em-
peror being rejected. In that case, he may have
sent a special courier with this intelligence to the
French ambassador at Vienna, who would forward
it to Paris by telegraph, so that it would have ar-
rived at Paris on the 13th. This, however, is
mere conjecture.