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EUROPE on A VOLCANO.
ENGLAND'S DEFIANCE.
THE SITUATION CRITICAL.
THE MINE UNDER EUROPE.
Who Il GotuS tO Sci the Match fa

LONDON, Feb. IA despatch To Reuters
Telegram Company from ConStantinOple. Feb.
ruary II. says: The British feet is eNpecIedto
enter the BoSphorus tomorrow. one oi the
SHIPS StIuck sand bar, sustaining slight dam
age. Mr. Iayard, the British amha SSldOr. has
Ielegraphed TO Lord Derby that the Sultan has
received despatch from the Gar stating
that ms troops would occupy the neighhoT-
hoou ol IoG>lantlnUple i'm 4 friendly SniTlt and
WIN lhe same object, namely, for the protpc-
sent.
The Sultan VIII Stick 10 the Capitst.
lhe report that the cabinet has decided
upon The depar,ure OF the sultan for BrouSSa-
IN Anatolia, fifty seven miles from ConStanti.
nople, in the event of the Russians entering
The capital is untrue. The Sultan will.remain
IN COnStanuinOple i'm anY event.
The British Fleet.
Another Reuter- dispatch from Constantine
pie. dated to-day, says: "Nice Admiral
Hornby'S flagship, the Alexandra, II guns aud
S,ig2 ions; the Temeraire, guns and SAP
tons: Sultan. l. guns and 9,2S6 tons: aud the
Achilles, Ii guns and 96!q tons, arrived uti the
Princes Island at O'Clock this morning The
Aglhcourt, IL guns and 1867 tons, and swift
sure, IA guns and 6,s6O tons. remain at CALI
hol. The Raleigh, p guns and 5aN tons: the
HolSpur (iron RAM, guns and 4.OlO tons and
Ruby, l. guns and l,S64 tons, are al BeSika
Bay.
Anxiety at 81. Pctersburg.
\ dlSpatch from ST. Petersburg of to-day'S
date, to Reuters telegram company, says
here Is great anxiety here, particularly
among the English residents, on account nI
the critical situation. Russian national feel.
ing is becoming excited
a Little Crow by the Times.
This mornings 7jmeSSayS: - The SignifcJne
oil sending the fleet Ia COnStantinopie is even
greater than its immediate Importance and A
very powerful force is now in a position Ia
MAINTAIN our interests in the BoSphoruS aud
the DardanelleS.
Disfntercsted Advice To Russia.
The Times hopes that Russia will admit the
force of Lord Derby'S protest, and will moi.
n nlnfi
RUSSIAN troops 10 take up menacing position,
which IL says is wholly unnecessary for the
protection ol their real interests.
Wreck Of an Italian Frigate.
Reuters Telegram company have a dispatch
from Athens Sayingthat Information has been
received there that the Italian frgate Terri
bic was wrecked near Salonica last week. The
Terrible was an irOn-clad of 2,aO tons She
carried six twelye-inch guns.
Greece About 10 Commence "a Cam.
paigD Against the Turks.
LONDON. Feb. l5:-Advices from Athens. re-
celNed yesterday by Greek merchants in Lon
don announce that in consequence of recent
maSSacreS the Greek provinces of Tur KEY and
the entry of the British fleet into the Darda-
nelleS, the Greek government feel themselves
luStlhed I'm reOccupying the TheStaly and
EpiruS. General Grivas is to take command
OF the forces ia Western Greece and Colonel
COrOne0S is TO comman the Cretan inSuruenlS
Ten thousand men of the Garde Mobile are
under arms At Athens. A Reuter- dispatch
from Athens says: Information from Crete
states lldl lnt ScneTdi assembly mas renewed
lis declaration of the annexation of the Island
OF Greece. The insurgents have gone 10 Van
toS TO attack the Turks. Artillery has left
Canea 10 reinforce the garrison of Nant0s."
Prince Bfsmarek's Eastern Policy.
LONDON. Feb. l5.-ThiS afternoons PdH MaU
Gazette prints Berlin dispatch saying:
Prince Bismarck is reported To be prepared
to give a full and clear explanation of his
eastern policy in answer 10 a question about
to be put in parliament. The Emperor is
understood to be prepared. in case of need,
Ia tender his good offices TO England and Rus
sia, with view 10 the preservation of peace:
but he is net inclined 10 act i'm any way aS dn
arbitrator between them