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Ulema had presented threatening address
to the Sultan. calling on him to declare war
against the Russians or to resign. Inquiry
proved that the Uiema, in this matter, were
acting at the instiga,ion Of the political war
party, at the head Of whom is Menemel All
the Suitan's brother in law They persist
ed, however, that war was demanded by the
Koran and by the circumstances Of the EN-
pite The Sultan refused 10 sign the war
like declaration. They declared agains.
Russia, and there was some possibility OF
riot. The French and British Ambassa-
doris therefore sent tor assistance to protect
the Sultan aud the Christian res,dents.-
Four steam irigates, two French and two
British, Immediately passed The DmdanelIes
and came to anchor before Constaninople,
where they now remain. The British ships
were the Niger" "Tiger," the French
were the Conner" and "Mazedon," all four
under command of Rear Admiral Barber
Detina Besides these, the Admiral had
under his orders the British ships Rerlbu.
,'on," Fury" and "Caradoc and four
French frlgales
The London Only Nr,os of the Goth,
states that Admiral Dundas had received or
ders from the British admiralty to move
with the whole English flee, from Beslka to
ConStantlnople.
The rejection Of the Gear of the Turk
sh amendments was known a, Constantine
pie on The 10 h; but the expected crisis
did not occur, and the ministry at date Of
last letters remained without change.
The chiefs ot the UIema had apuloized
for The d,srespecttnl style OF their address =
and the teas' Of Bairam h d passed over
without breach oi the peace. The Sultan
app AIRED publicly in the the procession. and
was not mo|es,ed He afterwards presided
al Cabinet Council the proceedings of
which did not ,ranspre. The Sultan was
sad TO be d,spleased with the foreign Min.
,.Iers' bringing the fleet To ConstantlnopIe.
He consoered it unnecessary and deroga
tory. There was no truth in Joint protest
t Austria, Prussia and Russia against the
ships passing The straits.
Advices from Trieste of the ooh ult. state
mat better understanding then prevailed
DE ween the war parties in The Divin. The
Austrian LI"yds say under date of Cnnstan-
tinope, 10th ult . that the powers had not
tn that date induced The Porte to accept The
Vienna note. but the Sultan had decided
not to issue all appeal To the nation at pres
en-. A Vienna letter Of the 2lsl, states
that Lord We-tmoreaud had received in
structions from his government to Insist
that the proposed declaration, that the VI
emma note contains nothing dangerous t"
the sovereignty of the Sultan. should be
drawn up in the form Of protocol, as at.
Ter the interpretation given by Russia to
the note, England might Invite, but could
not press the Sultan To adopt It, In reply
to this notification Count Buo The Austrian
PIpnlpoteutiary.is SAID to have Informed the
French aud British representatives, that
from the position The western cabinets had
taken, il is now impossible fhr Austria To
assent to any collective declaration in the
form of a protocol. Confirming this, the
Vienna correspondents state that the most
perfsct accord existed between Austria and
Russia with respect to Turkey
The Cologne Gazstts further intimaes
that Austria Is endeavurlng to quarrel with
Turkey, under the pre'ext of an indemnity
due to Austrian subjects The Trieste Ga
zette states that Russia demands the prov
ince Of Treblzond, in payment of expenses
in occupying the PrncIpalnles. This prov
ince possesses valuable m'nes and forests,
and C mmands Daghes'an a,d CircassIa.--
Confident expectations are expressed IN Eu-
rope, tina, American privaIeers will not nc.
cept of marque from Russia In ,he Prln-
CAPABILITIES the Russians had sent forward de-
taichmenls to Kaietal aud Gulrgebo, which
latter they appear now to make their center
Of operations. The Turks continue to e
rect offensive works, and all points from
Varna to Nlcnmhla are fortified.
GREAT BRITAIN-On the 25ih and Goth
ut there was a violent storm along the Brit
isll and DnIch coasts, which caused much
los. Of life aud properly. Rotterdam and
other Dutch cities were inundated, and a
screw steamer of AmsI erdam was lost in
the Zuyder Zee, with one hund, ed lives -
Also the iron steamer Cammeston, from
Hull To Hamburg. with some lives.
The Bank of England has raised its rate
of discount to five per cent.
The Court was IN Scotland.
Hume pnI,tics were blank Much ankle
~ was felt respecting the Issue of Turkish
affairs Meetings were called IN some ct
the larger cities To sympath'ze With the
Turks. One meeting had been held IN
London to sympa;hlze with the Greek Chris
tians. 1t was regarded as Russian dem.
onslra'ion, and few attended.
The Chancellor OF the Exchequer, Mr.
Gladstone, in the North of Scotland had
made speech, hui avoided public aff'lrs =
SIR James Graham. Il dinner to the Lords
of the Admiralty. who were with the fleet
at G, rk, stated that although British arm
ing was gong on IN the naval department.,
these preparations were made in spirit Of
peace l.urd Pamer>ton had been present.
ed with the freedom Of the city of Glasgow.
In replying To the address Of the corpora
ton, he made no allusion to the present po-
ltlca crisis
FRANcE,-The Emperor and Empress
were well received on their tour at Amens
aud all along the route, and pretty well at
Boulogne. They have returned To Paris
There is no other news
Al sorts Of alarming rumors were circu-
lated on the Bourse at Paris The Russian
Minister was said to have demanded his
passport, but the representation was untrue.
II was also said that Austria had notified
France and England that it they gave act
i've aid 10 Turkey, the Austrians would