The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-11 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 3L—The conferences
about the Fourth Point have advanced another
step, and that a very decisive one. You have heard
that a great council was held at the Grand Vizier's
on Saturday,. the 26th instant, in which the merits
of the propositions submitted by the Ambassadors
to the Porte were discussed. They met with
a more favourable reception than one could
have expected. Even the Ambassadors were
quite prepared to be satisfied if they obtained part
of what was demanded ; instead of which, not only
all the principles laid down for the insurance of
perfect equality of all the subjects of the Porte,
without exception, but 'likewise all other sugges-
tions intended to secure the improvement of the
internal administration of Turkey, were accepted.
The council only..requeted the ambassadors to
reconsider some of the terms contained iu the
project submitted by their to the Porte which they
thought might be offensive to the Sultan. The
Grand 'Vizier and the Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs, Fuad Pasha, communicated this decision of
the council to the ambassadors on Tuesday last,
the 20th inst., in a conference which was held at
the British Palace, and which lasted, with a short
interruption, from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until
2 o'clock the next morning. The objectionable terms
were without much difficulty removed, and the
manner discussed in which this important decision
should be made known. The first step, I hear,
will be an identic diplomatic note from the Turkish
Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Ambassadors of
France and England and the Internuncio of Aus-
tria, accepting the principles embodied by these
latter in their note of the 22d inst. After this
formal diplomatic acceptance a finnan will bo
issued containing the principle of perfect equality
of all subjects of the Porte, under the form of an
explication of the Tanzimat, and the hatti-sherif of
Gnlhane. A final council will take place to-mor-
row at the Grand Vizier's, which will definitively
settle all the points.
The Loan Commission has come at last to an ar-
rangement with the Turkish ministry about the man-
ner of sending out the money from Eng
With
the 400,0001. which has been lately paid down by
the commissioners for the payment of arrears to the
troops in the provinces the Turkish Government
has received in all about 1,500,0001., which includes
the 600,0001. paid in advance by the house of
Rothschild on account of the loan. As regards
the rest of the 5,000,0001., 500,0001. will remain in
England to pay for steamers and other things
ordered; 2,000,0001. will be sent out in gold ; and.
1,000,0001. will be negotiated here by bills of ex-
change. The house of Rothschild offered, by one
of its members, to negotiate this million at 1 per
cent. commission, and promised at the same time to
keep down the exchange at 140 piastres the pound
sterling for a whole year. The proposal, however,
was not accepted by the commission.
Yesterday a serjeant and seven men of the Ger-
Legi9D2 Who Were in guard of the regimental

chest, deserted, taking the chest, containing about
1,5001., with them. Measures have been, however,
taken to discover and arrest them.