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HASZARD'S GAZE'l‘Tl.‘£, FEBRUARY 6.

(From Wilmer’: European Timer).

P E A o E l

The nation was startled through ll! length and breadth on Thursday by the apnouncement from \'icnii:i and Berlin that Russia had agreed to accept the Austrian rcpositions for case. One of the telegraphic espatehes state that she had iuimrirlitioiiuliy agreed to accept them : another that she had consented to accept them as the basis of l'iL‘;_‘;()Clllll0ll. “ We have reason to believe," says the Daily News ofycsl0|'d“.V- u that tho degputcli ii-om l’aris, though not very clearly W0l'tlml, approaclies more nearly than those from \'icnnii and Dresden ‘lo the terms of the iiies-sage received by the hnglisli government. Riissiii, we are given to un er- stand, has only accepted the .\ustrian proposals as the basis ot ncgoeiation. ln‘ like manner, Russia accepted last yerir tli_e ‘ lour points’ as the basis of iicv,:ociation. “e do not mean to imply that the cases are exactly parallel. If we are to have cont‘-.-i'cm-es in 1856 as we had in 185.5, it is to he hoped that the allies will in-

hist upon their being held in Paris or London instead of Vicniia; or in lirussels, if it is deemed necessary that the ' be held in a neutral state. But even if the al ies are weak enough to allow them to lie ll.‘l(l in Yieniia, England will be much more ellieicntly represented there than she was last fit-ar.”

The Times of yesterilay. referring to the same inoot point,usks, ‘ What does Russia mean by an unconditional acceptance.’ We have held an acceptance of hers before, and have some expe- rience how coolly she can dishonoiir it. Other despatches froiu Vienna speak of the terms being accepted as the basis of negoeiation. Logically, there is no distinction between the two, for the foundation on which the ncgocia~ tion rests must be accepted unconditionally, or

i. it is no foundation at all. We must begin somewhere, and that with which we begin must be unconditional ; but we have had some experience how Russia understand these things when we remember that last year she under- took to do away with her rcponderancc in the Black Sea, and could be lirought to assent to no means of carrying out this condition which did not tend directly to defeat it. We don’t believe that any of these difliculties will really be allowed to interfere with that peace which the Court of St. Petersburg seems to have de- termined to be necessary to its interests, but merely wish to cool the ardour of those over-

sanguine spirits who may infer that everything U 8

is already done, and that nothing remains for England and France but to ring their bells, light their bonﬁres, and pay the bill."

The excitement on the Stock Exchange when this intelligence became known was intense. The British Funds rose more than three per ccnt., and from the coinmenccnicnt to the close of business the o erotions were enormous, a little dashed occasionally by the various read- ings which were given as to the sense in which the phrase " basis" was to be understood. But when it was positively known that Count Nesselrode had informed the Austrian envoy that the propositions were accepted purely and simply as the foundation of preliminaries of peace, the minds of the dubious were reas- sured, and the value of the securities increased. In foreign stock also much was done, and al- ready an immense impetus has been given to the general trade of the country, the result of this almost unhoped for state of things, res- pecting which nothing better than guesses could previously be ollercd, even by the best informed. The value, too, of many articles. which had been much enhanced solo! by the war, has already suffered considerable eprccin- tion. and the next few weeks and even months will doubtless exhibit the some feverish excite- by which business of all kinds has been so suddenly aﬁectod. A time of transition like the present is one in which fortunes are made, and, we may add lost, and there is still suﬁi- oicnt uncertainty about the future to keep alive anxiety and even fear. ~

It the tone of the leading organs of inion in the empire be taken as an index of t c na- tional mind, thosc peace proposals have not excited great. enthusiasm, and nothing can show more clearly how strongly the war mania has seized upon the pic of this coun-

~ try than the almost rsgrctfulmway in which the consummation is in most instances referred to. It is argued, no doubt, with much plausibility, that most of the preparations for the next

campaign are now ooinplcted——thot the cx--

pcnoo has been incurred, and that with the cnorinous pressure which has been put on -ovary ublic dcpartmcntynot only by us but by our al y. we should have made a demonstration before the close of 1856 which would have Jninblsd and prostrstod Russia tbr more -alsotually than she has cl boon. A insn ’ when “ blood is up" an anxious to lgh '

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OMAR ruin’: DISASTROUB iurriin-r. Zinwin, Dnc. l3.—lt is with a feeling of no little regret that, after the lapse ofu reason, the feeling of animal naturc",'_‘nof\bI f°"?'gh‘r I 3"‘ °°"'l’°"ed l-° d‘“° ‘hi’ kl‘ cool deductions of wisdom and plulosophy.;!8I‘ roll) the same place as my last. The For ourselves, we have felt that ift c assent of gleam of sunshine which then induced a Russia could he had to the Austrian proposi- hope of ﬁner wcugher Proved t,e,,c1,,,,.,,us’ tions, it would be foolisli_ and even implouﬂ W and we have until within the last two days l""*’l°'_‘8{l‘:I5“ll"°‘: “J1ﬁ*:“;(::)‘:fe:°‘;%‘$l~zv£’5‘;°I::: been deluged with rain. Rather than re- :i;f'd,l£l(l0; llltff gp‘rin\\'crliil «if resistance have failed llmqiulsdh }"vm“(’j"t ‘my °,ﬁ‘°"t ‘he °b.le°‘ “mic: earlier than we were led to expect; but there le '3 0P‘? l0 “"31" Wllcll he lmdf3|‘l°° is this great advantage in arriving at ii. peace the clmpﬂlgﬂi Omar Pﬂsllﬂ dulernlllled l0 on terms which, after all, are not cxcesssively attempt to force his way over a flooded llullllllilllllli *0 ll" V"-“l‘y""”““‘°l!o WM “)0 country, and across several mountain tor- will l'“"° “'9 1035 d99l|'° l0 “I'll in“ "M '’'$‘“,'' rents, to Kutais. On the morning of the when she has recruited lie_r strength. This is 2d, me "my received orders to march in the first fatal break-down in the policy of ag- H iddl '. d t _ d ression which commenced with Peter the le m c 0 “Heme” ‘lug ' m"l’ an Sim’ rest and terminated with Nicholas. The son ceedfd "P0" the f°”‘_’“""$ day‘ '“ °""""'g of the last-named Czar is the first to feel the ll“! l‘-k0U|'il, 0V6!‘ Wlllcll river bkender Pu- paiigs of wounded pride, and the lesson will she. had constructed a footbridge with con- not be lost upon him or his slIc§‘ef80rH- siderable ingenuity, but which was never- lmd 1’M|mU|'9i Secretary 0‘ mill“ lb" W”: tlieless almost immediately afterwards car-

mcn and money would have been cheerfully mot and endured, the only condition exacted buin that the conflict should by V130- rousy pushed. But all this is passion, not

has been suﬂi.-ring for soino days past, rem ried aw - ' . a . \\ c then iuslied on over roads an attack of out. The attack is it severe one, Y l

and has all".-ctcd his right hand. . . . The monster stcainsliip now building on the "ulmsi “'l”‘5l' had 3“’°”°" mm deep nvers

Tliiiiiies is to be called the Great Eastern. She ﬁll‘-l Swept away the temporary bridges will be launched the first week in August, and which had been put up to supply the place make her first voyage from Livcrpoo to New ofumsc destroyed by me Russians’ and u]- '0l'k- tiinately camped upon plains watered by the Skcuiscal. These were partially flood- From the Illustrafcd Llmlfolt News. ed, and it was with some difficulty, that A telegraphic announcement in a second spots were found upon which to pitch the edition of the Times under date of Vienna. (ems where [he water was not more um" \\'cdiiesday,ten p. in., status “ tliiitltussia had two inches deep new the troops remained llIl(‘t)IlIfI’f.l0Il0lf_1/ accepted the pl‘i)[cU.‘illl()n8‘Offlle lying in mud and water for foul. days’ Wm, .\lll(‘8, an that the news was “aulhinlic. nmhin t I. ' b t 1 I f The Funds roseineonscquciice; but,as in wcll- , ,3 0, "e "P0" “ ‘_‘ 5 '9" 5“l’l’ 7 ° informed quarters little credence was attached l"5°“"- _rl‘° 9“'e“_“‘i Wlllcll [9 0'19 °f_lll9 ,0 the statement, and as the M,,,,,,',,g ])oj[, at most considerable tributaries of the Rliion, a later hour, announced, on the authority ofaTnnd which always runs a volume of water, telegraphic despatch from Sir llaaiilton Suy- l was about 5300 yards broad, and 3,5 jmpcgu- 1119"?» “H” Rum“ m°"°l.‘/I ‘“'°‘~‘l"“'d "30, “fjious and turbid current was whirling down :;':;‘“)ll’lf£§°:;‘c1Er‘i‘t;‘:s‘:1£:‘£:’d%’:ih:‘L? "“‘,‘:l“,’.:|‘ét’ huge trees as if they had been walking- the ussinn answer miounm ,0 mm or mppsticks, undermining great portions of the thing. All the world knows that the Czar in ‘ bimki hem ‘md ll"-"'9 °V°"ﬂ°“”"8 ll“? “d.l“' March last accepted in the same pian_ner lll.8‘CC”l 00Uﬂ_l|‘_". and ﬂll0‘.!9lll9|‘.l)|‘€-‘_¢-'ﬂl|Dg',_ 0-" famous “ Four ’oints" as the basis of a paci-inspect which put any hope of finding it lord ticiition, without, ever intending to make peace ‘within 3|"-ee or four days on; of 1|", quest}- “l’°“ ‘h°."" “” "‘° ""“l.t bf” “’.° °““’ll-3: l""f"f‘d' » on. Meantime the rivers in the rear had “ “'i.%‘;..;;*;.';i.5:.‘ 2:: :a::,*:';:..‘:.t.f.;:. 1°.:~‘.“.:.';f : °°"."""ed no and. me. we Sim diplomacy to induce ‘he hung, that sh°:C{ll‘I.().n was temporarily intercepted. The accepts the larger basis, with a sincercr objectl P"5'"°" °r lhe_‘""',‘Y "“d°" l~h"'° °"'°‘f3_"m' than she did the smaller one 9 Between an un- ; C93 W38 becoming In the lllsl degree ('.I'IlIcnl. ‘conditional acceptance without pnrley, and thc,‘Soine of the regiments had altogether run .u,cceptunce of a, basis to parlcy about. there iﬁrout of provisions. and the unfortunate sol-

a wide ditference. Of course the Allies Wlllidicrs, who have not received pay for nearly

the way of renewed negotiation ; but while the diplomatists talk the war iuust proceed. We hope that peace will result, but we are cer-

not, and ought not to, raise any dilliculties in 1

,a year, were buying biscuit from their more iunfortunnte comrades at I0 paras a piece. The fact, that the troops in some oftlie bri-

gadcs were not so well supplied with provi- sions as those in others is to be attributed THE COUNCIL OF WML to a want of proper arrangement on the

PARIS, Jan. ll.—Tlie Monileuriifthis da_v|has;l"“" ‘Jr "W generals ¢°mmﬁﬂd|ﬂg- The the followin2:—The Council of War mrl ahinistnle of the weather, however, would have morning si_ihs TUlllOIlEB.lllO lCm[iet(ir_pr¢si(ling. ,reiidered ii retreat necessary, even if such The l0ll°'|ﬂ8 {'0 “*9 '"‘“"l"~"°‘-“'3 M51”! -had not been the case, since the hardship "'9 °"“'i P!"'°° "°“’""~‘ N“1"’l°°"- D,“l‘° "' and exposure which the men had been un- (AJ:il[i‘nllilalgg‘ll'Plt1i('lIfil°llnl‘iq1E);)i:i::' Aldiiii(ial(i)‘ii\hil?ii:-tier oing begun seriouely to am!“ their ice th, and it became apparent to Omar

Major-General Sir Richard Airey. zijor-Geiicral ’ _ p _

Si, H,,,.,y y,,,,,,' Gene,“ L-,..,,,, Dan, M,,,,,,,,,,,' Pllillaplllﬂl to linger longerin so unsuitable Marshal Vaillast, Count Walewsky, General a locality would seriously imperil his whole ClnIobcl‘t,Gon¢I‘al Bouquet, (ienenil Niel.G_en- army. He, therefore, reluctantly gave the oral lllortimpteyv Mlnllll _"€"'9’|"i Admlfﬂbordci-s to retire three (lays ago, and with -“"5" de l‘ G_'“_‘i°'i ‘ml A‘l;'“"‘l "°|‘"“"l' iheavy hearts we turned our backs upon the ..I:*:.?.::;';;'.‘,':;:°:..°:.':ii.::.::.:::::.::;',*::;:..:*:.i;gu~;««»n-- ,Tge,Priece;s Dam. in pi- wmideuﬁom which mish,cauw any one. pk.“ ero wise y ‘e ermine to remain in er to take precedence of nnv other. Ils Ohjecl .3 mountains until she had witnessed the up- solely to enlighten the Allied Qiivernmenis upon shot of the campaign: it is now pretty cer- the different military combinations which can be tam, that she will not at present enter into Idopletblo l'0"¢°»|ll P°|9'l’l° °'9"“1''“"-’'~ “"15 negotiations with any Power hostile to

tainly not sanguine.

in prepare measures to meet them. The Council Ruﬂim

being in in great messure composed ofexpenence_d

generals, nearly all of whom have tpkepda gluyi.

. . . h . i":.:'::.:.'.''.:.:': r::::::::; ‘.,°.f:";*i.::.. ....'"...::.°. mu emiacnt utility, as regards the best method of "‘”'"- 9""-°°“Y'—33‘V“" 0'" TURKISH VILLAGERS.

employing the military and naval force which the

w°“°"' P°"°" "' "°" l"°l"""" 'RI'.ooun'r-ni.sti, Dnc. 90.—d‘lie terrific

storms ofthc last week have oliliged all the stcsmers to get under way and suck at Ba- toum that shelter which the open rosdstead here does not afford. .he army has gone into winter quarters at ,Choloni, fou_r miles to the rear of Zicwie, where the formation of the country ofl'er_s great, natural advanta- ges of position. Omar Pubs has ostablislp ed himsclfhcro for the present, and is en-

Tii: "Pimu”—Cesi\so STIAMIHIP.

The R. M. StsIin.~hip,Persa'a, the new Cunard- or, ran’ from the Csmbrsci to the Bell Buoy, Liverpool, 3 distance of one ll and uvmly miles, into: hours forty thus mhum! This is at thonioof. sidecn miles per fowl != Afierihis moaiuiiufiiotoqy and "ﬂy uiump|iut..u_ia| trip. it will ho pmipg strsngoit thc.nohlo_ p on nouocom lishths distance between Liverpool and New You‘ in ldu‘ than nine days. Pcrsls loft

knee-deep in mud, frequently delayed by ii-._

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to take up arms, under threat of burning down their houses in case of refusal, he led an armed mob into the town in the middle oftbo night, and surprised an unfortunate garrison of ISO Turkish soldiers, who had been loll there invalided. Tliree or tour of these were-killed, and 32 tnlton prison- ers in their beds, before the alarm had tho- roughly aroused the remainder. These as- sembled hastily in the square before the Princess's palace, and not only offered a stout resistiim-.c, but charged their numer- ous enemy, who crowded the narrow streets, with such sdeterniinction that they killed 60 ofthcin, among whom were eight boys, and utterly routed the whole force; after which, they barricaded themselves in the palace, from which place a messenger was dcspatclied to Omar Pasha, asking for re- lief, at the some time assuring him they were provisioned and prepared for along resistance. Gregory, finding it was hope- less to attempt to dislodge these brave men, turned his arias against a Mingrelian Boy who had taken up arins with the Turks, and obliged him to fortify himself with his re- tainers in his romantic fortress, which crowns a hill-top, in regular feudal style. He, too, has applied for assistance, and Skcndcr Pasha was sent to the relief of both parties. Tliat enterprising General, getting inforiniition of the presence of the enemy within ii few miles oftlie camp, went out to meet them with a regiment of caval- ry nnd ii battalion of rifles under Colonel Ballard; placingtho rifles in ambush, he advanced with his cavalry upon Prince Gregory. Seeing the small force which was opposed to him, the Prince charged the cavalry, which retreated until the enemy was fairly in the trap, when the order was given to fire, and a storm of Minic bullets emptied a hundred saddles on the spot; the remainder precipitntely took to their heel s Skender Pnslia then proceeded to Sugdidi. This summary chastiscnient will, doubtless, produce a wholesale effect upon the enemy, but it is more difiicult to know, how the peo- ple ofthc country are to be treated. Tlicir position is most unfortunate. Forced on the one hand by the brother of their Sove- reign at the point of the sword to take up arms against the 'l‘ui-ks, subject on the other to the immediate vengeance of these (the possessors ofthe country) iftliey are caught with arms, Iliey see no means of escape from the dilemma in which they are placed and which involves the destruction of all they hold dear to them.

The Constilulionnel has the following:~

“Count Valentine Estcrluiz , when h l d- ed to Count Nesselrode a written co ye olfltlho ultimatum, agreed ‘pa in concert by t allies of the 2d Decem or, informed the R ‘ ' Chancellor, that his instructions did ndltuiinﬁ thorise him to accept any discussion of the ultimatum nor any modiﬁcation of its contents, If. therefore. he should receive on the 8th of January any other reply, than a simple acceptation. he would be undg-uii..a,',':_ cess ty of leaving St. Pctersburg with all the mcmilriers of his zmbaspy. d

“ o prcventt is scene on to out ' (1, departure of the Austrian, Lcgatioii) forpiiluleagi a evv days, the Court of Russia regolygd to send its reply to Vienna direct. lfan ambas. radar is bound_by_ his instructions, it Minimu- ::f°::r: :::'i~ ‘;°“":.'*:°* mid

. . _ is on i . natiolns otithc Riiuian Am or. Q exp“

.-'.‘ t was on the evening of Irlda h ofdanuary, that Prin .4 Gortchakog: tlic. sian Ambassador at V snno, received the re ly of his Government to the ultimaami. on E“. turday morning he communicated it to the Austrian _A“lil'llI:9I' _of Foreign ‘Affairs. Thai; reply conipr se a whole system of counter- .:.°*:.*::';‘:.;,:.':i:*'..':'ir.'::.*.'?.:-"°‘.'. '°

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'.‘Th"_' °°'“"'*”' P"°P°"l' WW0, communi- cated by Count Buol to the Ambassador; of Iglamcdsi England, and.wcrc imiifcdiatcly

war ' ‘thorn t'o..thcir Gov rn .

" The rcpy of Russia not b:in mm. P", and sin: lo’_scccp_tntipn demand from “mg Power, . uslris could i t mks it into consider. :t*::i""°i:.:::it.t* "i::.';‘.‘.

. . « .._ . .. , _ to _ .v_rers a’d no motive for givin up e_:.i;: _ ich ad been carefully oonri or and on "'i?'. "°*-..;~.. so ~ in .4 pi; i .,.i..

was e rs ' ciniior, this, it by uni iilii of °°

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January,

...,.u.' often so carried away byrokcitomint that Liverpool Ss'tu'l'll , Jun. Iﬁtti and great this s goged in completing wxwintepr _comiwlho'sc.

hfuls-nncycd when he is told that li|ll‘O)- nlyh oi _ mu ovu Ihn her first it p rljlll srrsugomcpts. panyhilc ,t}icI‘f.ep¢my . .

,Fuﬁb«llII_l|l‘iOn0Iglllld»u up g5.|..¢, .. . across the tlsviic. » lig;,_u9t_,b9oii. idle. Finding that it ‘was Run,‘ «with hdividosls so_w1tb notions» honoioniil .o«~ - - ‘ A- i ‘ . uselou an i to.lioruo.| 0 main body did not send h luocs union of -up tiudiﬁcult attiinosztn conso,.ls iiotnsiy _ livrnlsiuo iro ;LnI.uas-_-.'l'bI ncooicliinscl Eon-3. ‘my’, ,.id..G,..‘°,.’» m. b-¢m,»or 31,. ,,u,-,,,¢.,|%. _ E. ’ ‘ad .. ad,-and oven the disasters which -3-. '- , -' “‘ ECHO!-1 ll" Ftwﬂlﬂﬁ la ﬂy’ ‘V’ (Kg, ’/ V’// I’ ‘/4 il//// ////I s Lo tion‘ w d toes are to loan St. i-ggptiollﬁd bII*I&I|lIbdll.&lIllI ‘ I lsco _ _ ha,» I . L‘ ' ' ' ‘ ._ v, '. _, . ’..i'ux.rptrtsvo thompast.:a_od-vsldinlsuo un- _.k A; i . smug-,,.ltu stld than 0 '3 . . . . ll?‘ ,,*&.;... I1 ‘ ‘ “““" t‘.‘_‘_.,:‘... , Ill! __ to-II_rlI the child ialﬂllidjdi II-

Iosswlilcli His war night has demands! I when slib Isl It Ioflvs Ilttﬂ. , note Inhabitants of tho nligh W ' . I , V v.| ~‘ ' ' ‘ ‘_.,

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