New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-21
THE EUROPEAN NEWS.

The foreign news, though void of any facts as to
the probabilities of peace, and necessarily so
until an answer be given to the propositions Ester
hazy has carried to Russia, is saturated with ver-
biage by writers supposed to be initiated into
diplomatic mysteries. This, however, does not
brighten the prospect of negotiations. The most
prominent thing connected with the subject, Is
new circular by NesserOde, in which the Cabinet
of ST. Petersburg, somewhat in advance OF the
Esterhazy mission, announces the conditions upon
which it il ready to negotiate. These bear almost
exclusively on the regulation of the Black Sea, and
are wholly opposed to the demands OF the Allies
Russia insists on having those waters closed against
the men of.war of all nations with the exception
of herself and Turkey, as they have frontiers on
the coast to defend and further, that the number
of vessels each is to keep there shall be settled by
an arrangement exclusively between these two
Powers
The famous pamphlet On the necessity Of gen.
eral European Congress lately gave rise to infinite
speculations, and the speech Of Louis Napoleon,
at the pompous reception of his Guards returning
from the Crmes produced the same result. The
speculations on the speech embrace what he said
as well as what he did not choose to say. The
speech in itself is not 30 warlike as TO point out
new paths of glory to bis warriors. II avoids all
mention of the enemy as we'll as of the alliance.
The mission TO st. Petersburg Of the Saxon dip
omat, NJ de Seebach, is likewise the subject Of
various contradictory explanations According to
one lie is gone there BY the positive desire of Louis
Bonaparte to bear witness before the Car to the
concistory intentions OF the French desp0t,
and az cording TO others it the Russian despOt
who desired his presence. During his diplomatic
sojourn at the Court of the Tueries, Seebaoh was
kind of neutral mediator for Russia, and looked
after the Russian prisoners in France. IL is said
that Alexander H., having great confidence In this
sonin-law of his Chancellor Nesselrode, wished to
have q report from him rira roee az to the real
state of official opinion on the part of the Allies.
The fall of Kars with the retreat TO Sukum-
Kaleh has aroused great disaiection at CONSTANT
nople against Omer Pasha. This retreat, in fact,
was forced upon him by the advanced season, by
his army being wholly deprived of necessary
material, BY the furious religious excitement OF
the Christian population of Mingrelia and lme-
retia, by the skilliull msneuvers OF the Russian
army under Prince BebutoA, and above all by
the hostile demonstration Of the Caucasian noun
taneers and of Shsmyl-who by an unexplained
anomaly seem DOW to side with Russia AS regards
the latter fact such at least IL supposed to De the
case from Shamyps cold reception OF Turkish and
English emissaries, and from bis having abstained
for nearly year from any inroad into Georgia.
Omer Pasha seems to have fallen into disgrace with
the population of COnstsntinople and with the
Diyan. A Council Of Ministers was held at the
Porte which was attended BY all the military
Pashas, by the first dragomans of the Allies, by Gen.
Lorchey and Gen. Mansfield On the partofthe French
and English Generals, and by Col. Chiesa della
Tore, Sandman officer. 1t was decided not TO
intrust to Omer the forces destined to defend Ere
roum and Asia Minor but to take ten thousand ofthe
best troops and join them to the forces stationed
in Trebizonde, which are put under the command
of Ismail Pasha. Mouklis Pasha-a WaDachisn,
son OF the reigning Hospodar Shirley. an enemy OIL
Omer, and who was opposed to his recent march
into Imeretis-ls to snaoulfe the decision OF the