The Sun. — 1854-12-23 (London, England)

ANOTHER PRUSSIAN NOTE.  The Augsburg Ga.-xtle publishes the following note from Baron do Mauteuffel, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Prussia, dated the 7th inst., to the Prussian Ministers at Paris and London : "Tour excellency had communicated to you some time ago the despatch which on the 21st of October I addressed to the envoy of the King at St. Petersburg, to recommend once more the Imperial Cabinet of Russia t i accept without reserve, as a basis of negotiation, the four points proposed to it for that purpose by ourselves and by Austria, and to declare itself ready to do so not only to us, but directly at Vienna. You know also that the result of this proceeding was that Count de Nesselrode addressed to Baron de Budherg a despatch authorising him to declare to us that the Emperor Nicholas was disposed to take part in negotiations of which the four points should serve as a starting point. In this declaration the four points were not set forth in their primitive form. The Russian despatch contained, besides, such erroneous appreciations on the situation of Germany and its relations with Russia, that we did not think it right to act on it. We, on the contrary, expressed to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg our regret that it had not followed our counsels, by declaring to that of Vienna its adhesion to the four points, and we renewed our recommendations that it should do so and should modify in that respect the overtures it and made to us. Our efforts on this subject were not unsuccessful, snd the envoy of the King at St. Petersburg informed us by telegraph that Prince Gortschakoff had been authorised by telegraph to declare to Count Buol the adhesie* of Russia to the four points re• acquitted himself of this order cseonintamteivnedeadt to Viennaher by Austria. The Russian repreby the note of the 28th of November, of which a copy is annexed ; and Count Buol replied on the 30th, as your excellency will see by the despatch also annexed hereto. By the King's orders I hasten to invite you to make known these pacific overtures of Russia to the Cabinet of Paris (London). Your colleague of Austria will be charged with a similar communication. You will therefore employ the same language as he does, in recommending earnestly the Russian declaration to a favourable reception on the part of the French (British) Government. Let that Government reflect well on the ensemble of -the general situation, and convince itself that there is no reason to give way to distrust, nor to suppose underhand designs, where the desire of arriving at a good understandingi s general and sincere. We perfectly understand the exigencies which the state of war in which the Western Powers are with Russia imposes on them ; but we have difficulty in believing that since Russia admits, without reserve or evasion, a basis for negotiations which the Cabinets of Paris and London (London and Paris) drew up themselves not long ago, they i can now refuse to enter into a path which, without prejudging the chances of military success, is of a nature to offer the possibility of abridging a murderous war, by opposing the barrier of a moderate but serious and united will. I price which eniotanuc,tryionopgueaomnnaptyloi dwell rs oon o t instructionsheexp ofhrigesh then ('e L sto M. prourr the present co. mun K. -g,h thea t our au(Lguosrtdmcas.aterer,nadtetna)ehtehse lively interesttoremaining in withaccordw which we await your reports on the reception given to your language by the Cabinet of Paris (London.) Receive, &sc."