The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-12

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.,r,oxs pY rHr CxAR.-The London Times,
Of Nov, aad, referring to the statement that
the Russian government has announced its
consent to accept the four conditionsof the
Note Of the 9Th Of August. a basis of me-
gotiaaion, says Il has vary little doubt that
either at the recent interview Of the Russian
Minister Of Vienna with Count BuoL or
through the Austrian Minister At Sc. Peters
burg, IN intimation of this kind has actually
been given, and the reports which have been
circulated on this subject for the last few days
we're probably set on foot by Russian agents.
in order to prepare the public for this STEP
on the part Of their government. The Times
adds, that if it could suppose that this over
ture, on the part Of the Emperor Nicholas
proceeded from sincere and deliberate In
tention to reIinquish all the pretensions which
have led to this war, and to submit to the es-
adjustment of an entirely new order OF
things, based on solid guarantees, in the re-
,ations of Russia with the Porte, in the Prin-
cipalities, in the navigation of the Danube,
ana upon the Black Sea, it would undoubted-
" hail with satisfaction change in the poll
cy of Russia calculated to lead to the termi-
nation of this sanguinary contest.
But itsays there is not the slightest reason
to believe that any such disposition exists on
the part of the Russian government, and the
only object that it can discover in such a
communication, if it has been made, is to at
| ford fresh materials for that logomachy in
which the casuists of Germany delight, and
to paralize as long as possible the military
action of the Court of Vienna.
The Times states thatthe tenor of the four
propositions contained in M. Drouyn de
Lhuy's note of the 9Th of August was neces.
sarily Indefinite. for, although they establish
ed the leading principles for which the Yves
tern Powers are contending, they did not de-
fine the application of those principles
"They contained, in fact" says the Times,
| "the minimum of concession, without which
no negotiation could be opened, but they left
| a wide margin for the circumstances and con
siderations which could not fail to arise in the
present agitated condition Of the East of Eu-
rope. In expressing her readiness to accept
these terms as the basis of negotiations, Rus
STA gives no firm or precise guarantee to the
other Powers, for every thing depends on the
meaning she consents to affix to these propo-
sitions. The world has not yet forgotten one
memorable instance in the course Of these
negotiations, in which Russia announced her
acceptance of the terms prescribed by the
Vienna note; but, as was afterwards shown
by despatch addressed to one of her own
diplomatic agents, accepted that note in a
sense hardly differing from the original de-
mands of Prince Menschikoff himself, and
with such reservations and perverted con-
structions of its meaning as led to its entire
rejection by the very persons who had framed
the document. IT. therefore, it be said that
Russia is prepared to accept the four points
contained in the Note of the 9Th of August,
we may fairly require to be told in clear and
accurate language whether she accepts the
abrogation of her former treaties with the
Porte, the establishment of q joint Protecto-
rate in the Principalities instead Of her for
mer separate convention, the bona tide open
ing of the Danube, and the revision of the
Convention of 1s4l, with view to the limi-
tation of her maritime power in the Black
Sea. The loose and obscure language in
which diplomatists are not unfrequently wont
to hide their real meaning is only screen
for equivocation, and expressions on which
the peace of mankind may hereafter depend
cannot be too clear and peremptory."
The Times winds up by declaring that it
can foresee no prospect Of peace untsl the for
tune of car has decided whether the influence
of Russia or that Of England and France is
hereafter to preponderate an the affairs Of the
East and Of Europe.
Mr. BRIGHT.-THE VICE PRESIDENCY
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald contradicts the statement of
that paper, that Mr.. Bright is now opposed to