The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

A private telegraphic despatch, dated Constantinople,
January 3, says :—" The combined squadrons of France
and England entered the Black Sea this day, together
with the first division of the Turco-Egyptian fleet. Six
vessels are left at Beycos, to guard the entrance of the
Bosphorus, and the second division of the Ottoman fleet
anchored at Therapia."
The Afoniteur of Wednesday announces, by government
despatches from Constantinople, of the 21st ult., that the
Divan has given its adhesion to all the propositions of the
Four Powers.

The following is the text of the note officially presented
to the Divan by the ambassadors of the four European
powers, on the 15th ult. :
" The undersigned, —, in accord with the represen-
tatives of —, has the honour to make known to the
Sublime Porte that their governments, having still reason
to believe that the Emperor of Russia does not regard the
thread of the negotiations as broken by the declaration of
war, and the facts which have been the consequence of it,
and knowing, moreover, from the declarations of his Im-
perial Majesty, that he only desires to see secured a per-
fect equality of rights and immunities granted by the
Sultan and his ancestors to the Christian communities,
subjects of the Sublime Porte ;.and on its side the'Sub-
lime Porte replying to that declaration by the declaration
that it regards it as being for its honour to continue to
maintain the said rights and immunities, and that it is
constantly disposed to put an end to the differences which
have arisen between the two empires, the negotiation to
be followed shall be based-Ist, on the evacuation of the
principalities as promptly as possible ; 2nd, on the renewal
of the old treaties ; 3rd, on the communication of the
firmans relative to the spiritual advantages granted by
the Sublime Porte to all its non-3lussulman subjects—a
communication which, when made to the powers, shall be
accompanied by suitable assurances given to each of them.
The arrangement already made to complete the accord
relative to the holy places and to the religious establish-
ments at Jerusalem shall be definitely adopted. The Porte
shall declare to the representatives of the four powers that
it is ready to name a plenipotentiary, to establish ar-
mistices, and to negotiate on the bases above-mentioned,
with the concurrence of the powers, and in a neutral city,
which shall be suitable to them. The declarations made
in the preamble of the 13th of July, 1841, shall be solemnly
confirmed by the same powers in the interest of the inde-
pendence and the integrity of the Ottoman empire and
that of the European concert ; and the Sublime Porte on
its side shall declare, in the same interest, its firm resolu-
tion to more efficaciously develope its administrative
system, and the internal ameliorations which may satisfy
the wants and the just expectations of its subjects of all
classes. "S. DE REDCLIFFE.
BAEAGILLY D'HILLIERS.
" L. DE WILDE:O3IMM
" DR BRUCK.

" Per a, December 12th, 1853." --
Accounts from Krajova state that the engineers of the
country have received from the Russian General Aurep
the most pressing instructions to render passable for
artillery the roads leveling through Slatina to Karakal.
General Aurep has just received the order to depart from
Krajova with a division of infantry and a brigade of cavalry
to invest Kalafat. _ _

The Ost-Deutsche Post publishes a letter from Her-
mannstadt, dated the Ist inst., which contains the follow-
ing :—" The year 1853 has closed with the capture of the
town of Karakal, which has cost much blood. This town
is situate on the left bank of the Aluta, not far from
Krajova and Slatina. The Russian troops retreated in
good order towards Krajova. It is said that the Russians
have entered little Little Wallachia, near Kalafat, in vast
masses. If the Turks were to get Slatina, they would be
masters of the route to Bucharest, and a great part of
the Russian army would find itself cut off."