Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-04-12
The Foreign Views.

We clip from the Baltimore american the fol
| lowing comprehensive synopsis Of the BaIltic'sin
ielligence:
The preparations of the Russians are il
keeping with the determined conduct of the Gar
| Up to the last advices the Cults Of Boihna ant
Finland were still covered with ice, but O,0Ol
! Russians were engaged in cutting channel from
Cronstadt TO Sveaborg. The land batteries
slready of enormous strength, have been reinforced
with men and ammunition. All the points mos
liable 10 assault have been strongly garrIsoned GU
OF force of 6G, 900 effective troops and 224 fell
pieces. The Russian fleets in the Baltic humble
over forty vessels, and SHOULD the ice break VI
before the arrival of the second division OF TIT
English fleet, or of any considerable portion Oh th
French squadron, the Russians may yc' venture
a fight with Napier as they will still have olo
portion OF three vessels TO two, rs requlrt!d by
their Instructions That the Russians are fully
aware and prepared for the con e't that avail {
them, is Indicated by the notice given by the
military commander at Revelfor all the women &c
quitthe town. as he expects that it will be bonn
barded. On the reception of the official answer OF
the Gar England will at once declare war; Sill
Charles Napier will enter the Baltic with his
powerful fleet, the combined land forces ofFrancs
and England press on to the Danube, and the great
struggle of modern times will have commenced.
The publication of the secret and confidential
documents which passed between the British
Government and their Ambassador at St. Peters.
burg, embedyingthe proposal of the Gar for the
partition of Turkey, had created an extraordinary
sensation in. England and France. They exhibit
an astounding phase of Russian policy. The doc
uments as published in the London papers fiji
seven or eighteoiutns ofcose type. The conden-
sation Of them; which we present, eTbodies all
the important points, and will well repay perusal.
They. relate, ia dialogue form, conversations
between the. Emperor Nicholas and Sir G. II.
Seymour, the English Ambassador at ST. Peters
burg In one viithese conversations. the Emperor
distinctly intimatcd that the Understanding
the action of Russia and Austria were identical
in the Eastern questions and, further, that
France was endeavoring TO embroil Europe in war
in the east III orderto advance objectsofh her own
among other things, TO obtain possession of Tuns.
In talking of the partition of the Turkish Empire
Nicholas said he would consent, to give Egypt
and the Island of Gambia TO England. while Russia
would keep the protecorate Of the Principaities,
Seryia, and Bulgaria. In connection with these
documents. is also published the memorandum
by Count Nesselrode, sent for approval to the Bri-
fish Government, and founded on communications
from Nicholas, subsequently to his visit to Eng
land in 1914. The drift of this last named mem
orandum is, thatRussia and England having a
preponderance. the former by land and the latter
by sea, in the affairs of Turkey, should come to
an understanding how to divide the spoils in the
event of the Turkish Empire "crumbliDg to
pieces" Russia and Austria being in unison
the Gar considered that if England's adhesion
couldbe gained, France would be compelled TO
submit 10 their views
The agitation produced in the money markets
of Europe by the near approach of the war is an
important feature in the news, and shows that a
great change had taken place IN public confidence
as to the probable commercial and financial effects
of the war 1t is, however, possible that much OF
thissudden change was the result ola panic, ard
that more familiar contemplation of the fact
that war is now inevitable, will ameliorate in
some degrees the disappointment experienced by
its first financial results.