Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-01-11
France.
From our own Correspondsnt.l
pApta 10,

IL Is stated that the entry of the combined fleets into
me Black Sea may now be considered as a fat deeoupi;;
aud THIS government Is in daily, l may say hourly, eIpec.
tatiop of receiving the official announcement of tho f.ct
from its Ambassador at Constantnople. General Bara-
quay d'hilliers has instructions TO send to Marseilles the
oaradoc steamer with dispatches announcing the execu.
uon of the order for the entry Of the fleets The manner
IN which the collective note Of the four Powers has been
received by the Porte, and the effect produced on the po.
puiauon by IL the Official details Of the Sinope massacre
a d the actual state Of the public mind in the cspital OF
Turkey. p"-' "
alluded yesterday to the manner in which the tidings
oil 1.-THE catastrophe at Sinope were received by the Emperor
Louis Napoleon. What I then said has been confirmed
since IN a quarter on which reliance may be placed. A burst
Of indignation hrst followed that announcement, and | be.
leve that for one whole day the Emperor was fully deter
mined TO undertake alone, if necessary, the task OF protec.
ting the Turks from future outrage in the Black Sea. IL
not OF avenging those they have already endured. A per.
sonage oil some distinction, though not a poltical charac.
ter, having recently mentioned to Louis Nspoleon thar he
had heard OF the fleets, and wished to know if Il was true
= les. tue Emperor is said to have answered, nIhope
so, and u they have entered you may rest assured that thew
shall not quit IL except with the Russians from the Princi.
paliies. lie declares OIL another occasion that in tho East.
ern question as It stood, there was but one course for him to
follow, and that was ke semtier Thonnsur-the path of
honor and that he was determined TO do so. even n n,
did 1t alone and unaided. ] believe that during a short time
there was some soreness manifested at what was termed
the inertness OF England; and at no moment were the
misgiI'ings OF a common action stronger than on the occa.
sion l refer TO. These doubts did not long exist and I
believe they have now entirely passed away. 1t Ii more
more than probable that this hesitation as to the good
faith Of the Government was common to both. For N
long time past l have found them here, and | presume the
same has been the case in England with respect to the
french government. Such a state Of mutual distrust has.
l hope, ceased; II may have already done some mischief
but nothing now can be more certain, 30 far as ANYTHING
human can be said to be certain, than that Englspd and
France are frankly, sincerely, aud Loyalty united6 tho
great question Of the day.
mentioned, a month or two since, the determination
OF the Emperor TO send u rorps ddrlee, II necessary, for
tue rehei Of Turkey. The orders that were then, or soon
after, given have been since renewed. and Marshal 81
Arnani could, Mt the present moment, detach no incon.
siderable force to the East at a very short notice.
The Emperor Of Russia has hitherto regarded ar affect.
ed to regard, the Black Sea "a q Russian lake. Whom he
hears that that lake is occupied by two mighty fleets. and
that their fags float in sight of those shores he believed
closed against Western Europe, how win he feel, and what
will he sayS lie ia understood TO have declared more than
once, and to have announced to foreign Powers that rho
entry OF a single ship OF war into the Euxine would be con.
hdereu asa declaration Of war. Will he now make good
MS threat, recall his Ambassadors from England and France
and proclaim hOstilities? The first object Of the combined
heeIs, onceiin the Black Sea, will be to protect the coasts
oil European and Asiatic Turkey from outr ,ge, and render
impossible another collision between the Ottoman and
RUSSIAN squadrons. What they will do If a Russian AID.
mirai repeat the boast attributed to him OF sweeping "the
Inrks and Their abettors' from the Euxine, IL is not diff.
cult to guess. Sinopc is not the only harbour in that part
Of the world which may witness the destruction of A aeet
aud a fortress.
however, as those ! noticed on Sunday, speak Of the gen.
eral discootent at the inaction of the fleets. An English
man was asked by a high iunctionary whether he did not
think that Therapia would make excellent anchorage for
tue ships during the winter. The reply was in the affirm
alive. Don't you think" it was added, THAT Malta and
Ionlon would be quite as good, and much more agreeable
Tor the ohicerst-and he sarcastically concluded, 81 am
sure they would be quite as useful in either place as they are
here.' That feeling must, however, have given way to a
more comfortable one, IL il ever was experienced. as I am
positively informed, that the French and English flags are
now floating side BY side in the "Russian lake. All &C.
counts concur in doing every Justice to the desperate gal.
lantry OF the Tanks al Sinope, Notwithstanding the immense
odds against them. Not a heart quailed, though lestruc.
ton from water, fire, and cannon shot was inevitable. for
the Russians were memorable in their cruelty.