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SATITILDAY.
There is news of importance from Constantinople to the 14th. At the request of the Divan, and as a safeguard against the probable excesses of the fanatical portion of the populace, two French ships and two English ships had been despatched from the combined fleet for Constantinople, had passed the Dardanelles, and anchored in the Sea of Marmora.
Such is the version of the Times. A fuller statement by the Morning Post somewhat differs : it states the number of ships at six ; affirms that the rest of the fleet was to follow ; and delicately intimates other objects besides defence of the Government against the populace.
A squadron of French vessels, consisting of four line-of-battle ships and two screw-steamers, passed close by the Dover shore yesterday at two o'clock, and was stated to be bound for the Downs.
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