The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

RUSSIAN ACCEPTANCE OF THE
AUSTRIAN PROPOSALS.

The following is a translation of the circular
issued by the Russian Government to its diploma-
tic agents, in which it announces the acceptance of
the Austrian proposals. This document is dated
St. Petersburg, Jan. 19 :
" Public opinion in Europe has been strongly.ex
cited by the intelligence that propositions of peace
concerted between the Allied Powers and Austria
had been transmitted to St. Petersburg through
the intervention ;of the Cabinet of Vienna.
" Already, the Imperial Cabinet, upon its side,
had made a ptep .in the path of 'conciliation, by
pointing out; in a despatch hearing date the 11th
(231) of December, • putlished in all the foreign
journals, the sacrifices which it was prepared to
with a view to the restoration of peace.
" This twofold a proceeding proved the existence
on either side of a desire to profit by the compurd
sory cessation imposed by the rigour of the season
on the military operations, in order to respond to
the unanimous wishes which were everywhere
manifested in favour of a speedy peace.
"In the despatch cited above the Imperial Go-
vernment had taken for basis the four points of
guarantee admitted by the Conferences at Vienna,
and had prop. sed, with regard to the third point,
—which had alone led to the rupture of the Con-
ferences,—a solution which differed rather in form
than in substance from the one put forward at that
epoch by the Allied Powers.

"The-propositions transmitted to-day by the
Austrian Government speak of the same fundamen*
tal proposition—that is to say, the neutralisation
of the Black Sea by a direct treaty between Russia
and the Porte to regulate by commonagreinnen*
the number of ships of war which each of the acl,
jacent Powers reserves the right of maintaining for,
the security of its coasts. They only differ appre-
ciably from those contained in the despatch of the
11th (23d) of December by the proposal. for
tying the frontier _between Moldavia and,Bessara-1,
big, in exchange for the places on the Russian.ter-
'ritory in the actual occupation of the enethy.
. "Lois is not the place to inquire if these ;propo-
sitions unite the conditions necessary for insuring
the repose of the East and the security of Europe,
rather than those of the Russian Government.. It'
is sufficient, here to establish the point, that at last
an agreement has been actually arrived at on many
of the fundamental bases for peace.
"Due regard being had to this agreement, to the
,wisheEttnanifested by the whole of Europe, and te-
the existence of a coalition the tendency of which
was every (lay to assume larger proportion's, and,
considering the sacrifices which a protraction of.
the war imposei upon Russia, the Imperial Govern-
ment has deemed it its duty not to delay by, Races-.
sory discussions a work the success, of which would
respond to its heart-felt wishes. •

" It has, in consequence, just given its adhesion
to.the propositions transmitted by the Austrian
Governinent as a project of preliminaries for .nego-
tia antis for peace.
"By the energy of its attitudeinen a m
the face of
formidable coalition, Russia has easur:giv
'of thu sacrifices which she is prepared to make to
defend her honour and dignity ; by this act of mo-
deration the Iniperial Government gives at the.
same time a new proof of its sincere desire to arrest
the effusion of blood, to conclude a struggle so
grievous to civilisation and humanity, and to re-
store to Russia and to Europe • the bleesings of
peace.
" It has a right to expect that the opinion of all
civilised nations will appreciate the act."

ANOTHER DEFUNCT NEWSVAPER. --. The Narami
Examiner, a newspaper published in Newcastle-ona(yne,
which tried a twin,-a-week cheap issue and did net suc-
of
ceed,his read expireders on Friday. The editor, in taking farewell
Ys
We beg to. inform u!scr sub-
scribers ,sa
and friends that the present number closes the
publication of the Northern Examine?: Since the issue
of its first number, in May, 1854, the repeal of the stamp
duty has caused an immense number of publications to
spring up on all sides of us, to the great pecuniary .
jury and detriment of themselves and the previousf"-
existing journals. We confess that we have ne desk,
to ruin ourselves in the present race of competition ; and,:
accordingly, we ref ire from the Contest. We have bee*
also induced to take this step in a great measure owing
to the above cause, and also the present impossibility of
any local paper of less than 10 years' standing paying
its way in Newcastle, where there are now no less than
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IVe are neither able nor willing to do so in our owl;
ease ; and the more especially as we have too much refs,—
•son to complain of the miserable pretexts made use sif
.by many persons who have done business with us to
postpone, and riltiMately to avoid isiramat Attogethec
of our just demauds,"