The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-01-28
Foreign News.

Foreign News.
for a settlement ef' the Easfeyg
U~iDfeuhy--Ns~ Diplomatic Issfruetions-I
The 1urks sssp<efinz England, etc.
The steamer Canada arrived ~ Halifax on
Wednesday, the 9Th, from Liverpool the s4th
Of December.
The following further news comes by tele.
graph rom Halifax:
TunK.y AND RrssfA.-1lic diplomats con-
tinued as busy as ever. Tho Paris journals
publish what pnrports to be n letter Of instruc-
tions from the four Powers to their Einbassa-
doris at Ccnstantinople, calling on Turkey to
acquiescc in a peaceful settlement, with tile
assurance that Russia intends no infringement
OF the Turkish sovereignty. II proposes that
negotiations shall take place In a neutral
country, and that the opening Of the confer.
cncc shall he the signal for nn nrmistice. The
letter guarantees the limits OF tho present
Turkish sovereignty u,
There is nothing really later from Asia. The
general tenor al the ndvices indicates that the
operations during November were unfavorablc
10 the Turks. The Russian General Andom-
kohl has possibly relieved the fortress OF Ak
attsche (; and another division, under Prince
AtVOUttbh, tihs tuCCtcucu III IeIutNluE ~ ufk~
ish force back upon Kars, a Russian bnlIctjn
says, with loss of cannon and caniu,
Tn relations between the Aus(rin MlnifpT
aud the Dlvan were daily becoIpin9 en!tcS. bsi
various p~retcxts.
Turkey has extended the tcrnte1f fSrfy.nvc
days Gro Russian m~erchantrt9p sleali BE- de-
clnrcd prizes.
An extraordinary ruuaors Was aaoat about
the naynl battle OF Sinore. The Turks i'm
ngine Tho = % was planned with the consent
Of the Hritikh 70 intin,iiatc them into accept
ing tcrrhssot peace. Il appears that the Rus
sian 4Adanlrst observed the Turkish ilotilla a,
anchor III Sinope on 23d November, and, nj
though greatly outnnmbcring tho Turks, he
sent for three moro linc-ofbattlc ships, which
Joined him on the 9th. and the battle was
fought on tho both. The news that the Turk
fsb fictt was at Sinope was carried To the Rus.
sian Admiral by an Austrian steamer.
The journal DIES Debnts published tho docu-
mont supporting TO be the letter of instructions
rom the Four Powers to their ambassadors nj
Constnntinoplc. The Moniteur r~r-copies il,
but does not say whether il is genuine OF
spurious. The letter refers to The protocol OF
Dec. o, Of Austria. France. Britain and Prus.
sin. IL hopes the Porte will circumscribe the
difficulty between Turkey and Russia within
It's true limits, and avoid introducing new Gle
incnts into the war. Ii calls on Turkey to dc.
clare that she is still DESTROYS of n peaceful
settlement, accepting the assurances of Rus.
sia that no infringement of the Sulian's sovcr.
eighty Is intended that the Car Is prepared
to discuss for re establishing peace and cvncu.
atang the Principalitics; suggests that Russian
and Turkish Plenipotcntiarics he intrusted
with this negotiation, and should not treat ex.
rept IN the presence of the representatives OF
the Four Powers, and that a city in n neutral
country be selected for the session of the con.
ference: and further, that the opening of the
conference hc the signal for IN Mmisticc.-
This dispatch the ambassadors are ordered to
read to Redschid Pacha and TO impress il on
his attention.
The Dehats also publishes the protocol IL
self, precisely as above, but with this impor-
liant sentence; "That the existence of Iur-
key within tue limits which treaties have as
signed to her, has, in fact, become one of the
necessary conditions of European equilibrium,
and tho present war cannot in any case in
vclvc notifications in the territorial circum-
spection of the two empires calculated to alter
the state of possessions which time has con
secratcd in the Fast, and which is necessary
for tho tranquility Of all .hc other powers
Turkey is, therefore, invited to state on what
terms it will treat"
From Constantinoplc, 18th December, VIC
learn that the courier, bearing the note and
letter, had arrived, aud the ambassadors Of the
four powers forthwith proceeded to act as di
rected. The Sultan's reply was expected to
reach Vienna on the 2Gth December. Letters
say that he refuses to accept an ariiisticc, but
consents TO send u representative to the con
ference.
German papers mention q doubtful rumor
that the Car also consents to send an Envoy
To the conference. "A Paris paper denies this,
and says the note has not been even officially
forwarded TO the Gar, nor viii il be until the
Sultan shall have replied.
1000 Turks and Russians arc reported TO
have been killed in the attack on kalafat.
FnANc..-The Emperor declares emphatic.
ally that tho course OF France in the Turkish
difficulty shall be the path of honor.
Prince Napoleon is appointed President OF
the Commission for the Paris Exhibition oil
1855.
SfAiS.- The duel which Mr.. Soule. tho
United States Minister, had fought with the
Marquis dc Turgot, tho French Minister, was
owing TO certain remarks Of the latter on Mrs.
Sou.e's dress, before referred To. Lord How.
den auted rs the second of the Marquis tic
Turrot. The duel between young Soule and
the Duke OF Alba grew out of the same affair.
In neither case had any harm been done.
sty' IL no naciteaiion should take place,
says the New York Tribune, during the win.
ter, Europo Ia really on the eve of n terrible
eontisgratioa. In such a case, il IS decided in
the Russian Imperial eoupeils 10 open a seri.
oas campsisn, hy stirring zap all the ]eleinsn,s
Of general diScerl paskiew itch viii then be
pat at the head Of she active army. na,ahvr.
ing slavc 500 .eee msn, and win msrCl,-il
hv can~direc'ly ea Ceps,a'% sinople. o,hsr
cei1s dslifs, sash a. that Of lhe sryns.lorr
and the gaasl., 100000 10 an, under the PEI.