Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-13

was received with loud clappng of hands
tho part Of many members
Among much confusion and excitement the House then
adjourned having rendered vaueess the labor OF the pre-
csding four weeks.
The London Tune. on aae-tIon OF War or Peace.
The London Times Of the Goth ult., thus explicitly
sae, the present condition Of Russia and the Allied Pow
ers
Il seems fiom the intelligence transmitted to us from
Berlin and from the communications recs,ss rmn.ro
Nicholas has ,tvusL. az resort to any extreme
the receipt OF the inmation that the
bined fleets had entered the Black Sea. Ii cor
rectly informed. he replies TO that act not by
or potest-stil less by declaration Of war-but by
question. lie bcgs be told what the ntensons of the
fleets are, whether they take part with Turkey
observe strict neutrality; and there is be-
leve that this is the substance OF the communication
made by Baron Brunow the British Government upon
the arrival of the courier with his last instruction from
ST. Petersburg The Of the Instructions the
Admrals is secret in Europe. Ii was proclaimed by
Admiral Dundas general ORDER that at is the duty of the
fleets to protect Turkish vessels and Turkish territory in
oil parts Of the Black Sea" II announced by spe.
cal message to the officers commanding at Sebasopol,
aud il has been further cIempiiisl by the fact that
Turkish convoy TO Bitoum has smiled under procc
tiop.
These facts are patent and notorious that the Rus
sian Government require further Information
pecting them; and indeed the which England and
France resolved pursue had already been comun
Gated to the Cabinet of ST. Petersburg by Sir Hamilton
Seymour and by the circular OF N. Drouyn de Lhuys-
These having been public ed and xe.
cued il part of the duy Of the French ard ENGLISH
Governments inform the Russian Ministers whether they
do do amount TO breach OF strict ncuraity or
whether they 10 be considered 'taking part with
Turkey. Our fleets hsye been into the Black Sea
for defensive purposes and with defensive inE urrions-
IL Ia not intended a the time that they shorl
tack Of the Russian territories sink burn and
destroy Russian vessels In their ina in with
Russian squadron they prevent the enemy i.au
making fresh attack Turkey and send him back
to Sebastopo force being used in resistance Here
again it is Tor Russia TO determine whether Gbe will regard
this inerpositon the legitimate of armed uicdistors
anxious to prevent further cssmities OF par
ucipation in the amounting hostility against her
SELF The allied governments have yet declared 10
hostility Russia-hcy have merely declared that she
shall attack Turkey wherever they able to prevent
it. To that ntima,on the reply Of Russia be
n request for an explanation
IL is not known 10 what ha explanation has been
understand that the fc;s are susceptible Of
any explanation beyond that which Russia herself may
thnk fit to put them But, after having thus comm
ncated with the British Government, Baron Brunow did
not demand hs and reported tina. be spoke
OF further reference TO ST. Petersburg lit be The Oh
ject of the Russian Cabinet TO tempor;ze indefinitely some
motive may he found for this subdued
rather Interrogation But il certainly not the CON
duct OF high spirited resoute Government determined
10 repel all interference With its heiigercnt rights IL
soud SEEM Oh the contrary tOinGicate disposition even
now to avoid the last eStreRt,s war aud TO accent
the very positive occupation of the Black Sea by t A.
lied fleets as a temporary set the nuutIon of M
frincipaities. In spite of the tone assumed by the Rn
sian organs IN their comDnnclous with the Russian p.o
pie we have on several occasions found them holdins
more temperate language thsr communications In
Europe Thus far, then something once i!oe GAINED IA
the chance Of pacfcation.
War, ut least has not been declared nor the Ministers
Withdrawn. on the announcement of the advance of the
heets aud further interval occurs At the present mo-
ment this interval il the valuable as Il allow. The
full and formal communication OF the Four Powers which
was despatched from Vienna OH the 18th inst. to arrive
at st. Petersburg, and is probable that no irrcvor,I
etep will have been taken before the Emperor has thai
atndt,nn before him. However little success We ,oay
augur from that communications it would be absurd m
throw tha last chance Of peace solely because Il IL
the last The fact that the Emperor Of Russia has no, 70
piled 10 the entry Of the eets by immediate declaration
OF war, circumstance TO he placed for whatever IL j.
worth, on the side OF peace. Had he been entirely ra
solved to brave the worst il is difficult 10 perceive iv b
instructed his Ministers ia London and Paris To rcuv H. ca
cautious and evasiye manner 10 such communicated
II was evident, from the notorious preparation n,dc
by NJ. de Brunow aud NJ DE- kisseleT for their INN.
date departure, that they anticipated mos, percr,n,n,
orders. Ga the other hand, this incident NAV innIv n
more than that the Emperor is still endeayoripg IN o
the responsibility Of a declaration of war Which hu
sides seem anxious to avoid on the Allied Powers onI
perhaps lie entelins hopes that this assumed mod
ton will restore portion Of his influence over ,
German Courts. IN point Of time the difference will
be small for his the Vienna Proctocol mus, ~
ibis be on it, way, and IN few DAYS more we shall Know
with certainty whether the Car has modified tho n,co
tons be has already expressed aud consented 10 treat nm
the basis OF those prennarcs. That ia now the rea
point ~ dispute, aud unless actual collision shouId
have taken place between the combined fleets end Rue
sian ships IN the Black Sea- that decision must finally se
at rest all doubt on the question which has for 40 ,nany
mouths perpieSed and agiiacd Europe