Washington telegraph., 1853-11-23
The DartianeItes.


The old gatos of Janus were opened when
Rome was 1t war; aud their modern proto.
types, the hafdanellc straits. are open only
when state Of war makes treaty sIipula.
tiona void, and the Porte deems il to be- ne.
eessary to admit his allies through them to
protect the capital The accounts we hive
are that they are nov open for the passage
Of the British and French fleets
The pardangllos, from which the strait
or llollesront derives it. name, are four
strong castles built opposite to each other on
the European aud Asiatie eaasts, and are the
keys of Gunstantinople. Two Of these cas.
ties, the old castles, were aisad by Mahom.
med II soon alter the conquest Of Cunstan.
tinop'e in li53 the other tNn. the new cas-,
ties, were built in the middle of the 18th
century, to protect the Turks against the
Nenctians. The latter command the en-.
trance To the llellcspoui. anl tho distance
from each Is about two miles and quarter.
in four hours sail up the sirait are the old
castles which are about lhfee quarters of Il
mile apart These are well mounted with
formidable batteries Al along tho Euro.
pean shore 10 the Mamura the aspect of na.
turo in its rnggednes' corresponds with tue
iruwn Of the guns but the scenery on the
Asiatic shore is beautiful. The region
ahounds, ton, IN places famous IN chs ic slu.
ry. Here it was Lcander paid his nightly
Slsl, 10 Hefo, here the iIl.iaied hosts q
AeTxes erassel on bril = Of boats llefe
sulyman efussed on a bare raft aud in
modern times here Byron sNam from Seslaz
To Alydus
These famous straits hata been more ihah
once passed. In l71O the Russian squad
ron, under Elphisiunc. appeared before the
tower castles aud the admiral actually went
by without damage But the other ship.
did not lolloR him and he returned, witt
drums aud lrampeis sounding \ British
fleet under Admiral DucswuIih, forced their
passage in lSD7 DuskWarIh, in hi, dis.
patch To hiz government giving an account
Of this fact, acknowledge thai he nan q uaf.
row chance. IL sct sail en tie morning Of
the l9ih Of February Ata quarter before
nine, the Whnlr aIualun nnlar a lremen.
duu' lire, lad lasai lhc anler castles. at
hulEpa,t uinn tie leading ship. the Canu.
gus, entered the nlrrua pasas Of Sa.fas
Alydos uuler heavy auHaHals Inm hllh
castles receiving spuc sial Il sll pounds
weight Eaeh slap, a. il 4 ID had To en.
dirc this eahnonala. Tie Admiral reuiaiH.
ID before tpas,aniinople uHlll the 3l,i u
March, when lis squ1.un ai ten ships re.
tuuel. In ihis interval IhH Turk hll been
SO busy thai tue castles Wers male "doablY
formidable = Tie Admiral Weighed anchor
IN the morning Of ibis laY. aad every .hip
Vas in .lltty outside ul tla rasaga about
uoou" The admiral ia Gis dispatch ex.
presse, his smast lively seuH'' el his eao!
iariunc. and admit, that hi tie furSs Len
allowed a week luBgcr, "it would have been
very doubtful point whatAal a return
would lay open 10 Him at nh. He lo., =
killed and 2Sj wounded, lhc Turk. were
81 indignant al ihc c.cipe Of ihc British
feet that they believed cha, the governor or
the Darlnclie- WIS hribrl hy Duckwur,h,
anl thoy holeadod hia,.
The Dardanellcs are said to he in such a
formidable condition rs 10 br imprcgnablc.
Boston Post