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TIIE THEATRE OF WAR. ACCOUNTS, confused as to details, but sufficiently au thentic with regard to the general facts, have reached London, stating the occurrence of several conflicts between the Russian and Turkish forces on the Danube, and 'eluting to the conclusion that one at least of these battles was a serious affair, in whieli considerable body of troops was engaged on both sides, and resulting in a check, if not a positive de feat, of the Russians, who were, forced to retreat, after sustaining severe losses. The meagre narration of this battle which has yet transpired is conveyed in a telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated Wednesday evening : " Accounts from Bucharest report a battle and fourteen superior Russian facers killed. The Turks remained masters of the field, and the Russians were retreating on 14'1Am-est." _ The Parts papers give the account of another en gagement—if, indeed, it is not a different version of the same event—on the authority of a despatch re ceived trim M. do Bourquency, the French ambassa nor in Vienna, communicating intelligence trauxu►it ted by the French consul at Bucharest : " On the 21.41 and :irti of November the *forks 'Tossed the Danube from Turttikai to Oltenitta, to the number of about Itt,finti mem I►n the alb 4 irueral Perb if attacked them with 9,4)03 men, anti at\era brisk entitionade, a com bat witl► the bayonet took I►laee betwee►► the two armies. The Twits maintained their positions at 4 thrillt/A, and have fin-titled them The combat limited three hours. In it the Russians lust several otheers and '2OO privates killed. Six superior officers, eighteen subalterns, and 479 privates were wounded. The loss till the Turkish side is not known. 4.41014 'fouls occupy Kelantan., 1,11 1 0 have estab lished themselves on all itiiiillll ill &Old of iiiurgewo, and 12,4100 are in Lesser Wallachia." _ _ Another despatch from Vienna gives additional de tails of the position of the belligerent forces previous to the battle. Large bodies of Turkish troops were concentrated around Widdin. A bridge and tote-de • pont had been constructed at lialatit, which served as the basis of the operations of the Turkish anny. Tim Russian corps of liannenberg opposed to the Turks at this point numbered from 30,000 to 40,0(X1 men, and was spread en ichelon between Krajoua and Slating. . _ These statements reach us from the Russian side of the hattle-field, or have passed through Russian channels of communication.- From Constantinople our advice% do not come down to so late a date, though even there rumours of successful conflicts were current at a !Midi earlier period. Letters thence, of October 25, announce the report• of an engagement having taken place on the 20th near Cirock-der.', between the Turkish forces under Selim I'acha and 15,000 Russians. The latter, it WPM said, were routed, and Selim holm had established his head-quarters at Orelly, six leagues from Cirock dere. F►ghting had also oeettrred on the Asiatie frontier. At the Turkish Embassy in Vienna intelligence of a battle near Itatouu► was reeeive►l on Wednesday. The encounter is said to have taken place .111 O c t o ber -2. t, the troops engaged iintittairing 5.0)0. After fighting, it was added, the belligerents returned to their re spective former positions. The last letters from Constantinople state that the English and French divisions had at length aneliored in the Bosphor►ts on the •!wl. Admirals Hamelin and Dundas were at Constantinople. Fresh military levies are being raised in Egypt. The son of Abbas Paella has been named Minister of War. The following conditions are stated to be itini,ted on in an ultimatum presented by On►er Paella to Prince tiortseliakotf:— THE PRESS. " AU the strong places in the principalities to be given into the hands of the Turks immediately; the complete evacuation of the principalities as speedily as possible, and a guartuitee of all the powers against similar invasion. The text of the Russian Imperial manifesto was published in London yesterday evening. It was its follows : "By the grace of (,al, we, Nicholas 1.. Emperor and Autocrat of All the 'tussles, &c., make known as follows : " By our manifesto of the 11th (213th) of June of the present year, se made known to our faithful and dearly• beloved aul•jecui the motives which had placed us under the obligation of dennuiding from the Ottoman Porte in violable guarantees in favour of the sacred rights of the 01111.4. I X 4:111LP:h. " also announced to them that all oar efforts to meal the Porte, by means of amicable persuasion, to sentiments of equity, and to the faithful observance of treaties, had remained unfruitful, and that we had consequently deemed it i n dispensable to cause our troops to advance into the thumbnut principalities; but in taking this step we still entertained the hope that the Porte would acknow• ledge its wrongdoings, and would decide on acceding to our just demands. " Our expectation has been deceived. " Even the chief powers of Europe here sought in vain by their eNhortations to shake the blind obstinacy of the ottoman Government. It is by a declaration of war, by a proclatuatiiin lined with lying accusations against Russia, that it has responded to the pacific etiOrta of Europe, as well as to our spirit of longsulfering. At last, enrolling in the ranks of its army revolutionary exiles from all cou a. tries, the Porte bus just commenced hostilities on the Danube. Russia is chall e nged to the combat, and she has no other course left her than. putting her trust in God, to have recourse to force of arms, and so to compel the Otto. man Govennuent to respect treaties, and to obtain repa ration tier the insults with which it has responded to our must moderate demands, and to our legitimate solicitude for the defence of the 'Mesita faith in the East, professed also by the 'welds of Russia. " We are firmly convinced that our faithful subjects will join their prayers to those which we address to the Almighty, beseeching him to bless with His hand our arms in this just and holy cause, which has always found ardent de. fenders in our ancestors. In f' Doonine ',trace, HON eon- Janda.- is wternuns. " hone at Tzarskoe Selo, the Inth day of October (Ist of November I, in the year of Grace 18:53, and the 28th of our reign. "NICHOLAS." A despatch from Berlin states that it was expected at St. Petersbnrg that the Emperor would shortly leave for the south. Orders had been sent to Kief for the immediate revision of the last military census. The official Gazette of the Semian Government contains a decree by which every person capable of bearing arms is ordered to possess himself of a good serviceable rifle. Parties needing the article may obtain it at cost price from the arsenal. Prince Alexander has assured the Porte that no foreign power will be allowed to violate the Servian territory. In a despatch of M. do Nesselrode to M. de Kisse left there is the following sentence :—" What a fine discussion would have taken place in the French Chambers on the Eastern question But there is no more liberty of the tribune or of the press. France has only preserved enough liberty to insult j Russia !" A FACT is stated as indicative of the progress of public feeling in Paris, in relation to the Eastern question, that at the Orand Opera, during the repre sentation of Guillaume Tell, the audience eagerly seized on some ot• the allnsious scattered through the piece in favour of liberty and independence, and, applying them to the present contest between Russia and Turkey, loudly cheered the Turks, adding the cry, " A has les Hussey !'' on the occasion. Tim Emecnon returns to Paris for the anniver sary of the :hid of December, when there will be a grand reception at the Tuileries. This is the last occasion on which ladies will be admitted to the Im perial Court- without the manteau de la Cour and trains, which are to be de rigeor after the Ist of January. The Court is not to take up its permanent residence at the Tuileries till the end of the year. IT Is STATED THAT THE FRENCH SENATE is to be convoked for an earl• day to receive the notification of the approaching marriage of Prince Napoleon (Jero►oe) Bonaparte with a Princess of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringon M. DE LA Corn, the present Ambassador at Cow stautinople, is to replace M. de 3laupas at Naples. Tim TRIAL OF THE OPERA COMIQUE CONATIRATORS was resumed on Thursday morning, and the exami nation of witnesses on both sides concluded, after which the Procureur-General proceeded to address the court, but hail not brought his speech to a close before the rising of the court. The Pmeureur- General undertakes to demonstrate that the evi dence is conclusive against the prisoners, and that they were guilty of an attempt on the life of the Emperor. A Di...lime is at the present moment under the consideration of the Council of State, the object of which is to grant a supplementary credit of 4,500,000 f. towards the completion of the Louvre. SATURDAY, THE Ex-QCEEN of THE FRENCH and the princes of the family of Orleans arrived at Genoa on the 4th, and alighted at the Hotel Feder. The Spanish steam-frigate Francisco &Assisi arrived in port on the following day, to take them over to Spain. Bwitum.—The address of the Senate, in reply to the discourse from the Throne, was read in the As: sembly on the 9th. Its discussion will take place at the next sitting. It is almost a paraphrase of the King's speech, but is full of patriotism and devotion to the person of his Majesty. DErimiaa.—At the last sitting of the Folksthing the Minister of Finance presented a bill to increase, during the present high price of provisions, the sala ries of the State employis which do not exceed 5,2301. a year. This increase varies from 20 to 23 per cent., according to the amount of the salaries. SEVERAL CANDIDATES are already mentioned for the borough of Cloiimel. Mr. F. Meagher, Mr. Bienconi, Mr. W. S. Crawford, Mr. Dargan, Mr. Bagwell of Mar Meld (the principal proprietor of the town), Mr. John Reynolds, Mr. Henry Grattan, and Colonel Justin Shell (late British Minister in Persia, and brother of the late Right Hon. R. L. Shell). CAPTAIN BEEctiv, the commissioner appointed by Government to inquire into the loss of the Annie Ja►ie on Barra, has closed his investigation, and re. turned to London with his report on the subject to the Board of Trade. Tut: breadth of wheat sown in North Nottingham shire and South Yorkshire this season already ex cocas considerably that of any former year. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 11. [From TAM Night's Gazette.] 2nd Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant John Arthnr Froeman to be Captain, by purchase, vice Scobell, who retires ; Cornet William Taylor rrentis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Freeman. 12th Regiment of Foot—Ensign James Fielding Sweeny to be Lieutenant, by purrhaae, vice Wilkie, whose promo tion, by purchase, on 21st of October, 184'3, has been can celled. 14th Foot—Captain Granville Levison Proby, from the 74th Foot, to be Captain, vice Macdonald, whu exchanges. Lith Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Applethwaite, from the 23rd Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Tilghman, appointed Paymaster. 39th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Cole, from half pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Wright, C. 8., who exchanges ; Major William Munro to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Cole, who retires ; Captain William Chimes Wolfe to be Major, by purchase, vice Munro ; Lieutenant W. Huck* Harding Warner to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chnes Wolfe ; Ensign Charles Mill igan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Warner ; George Henry Young, Geut., to be Ensign, by purchese, vice 4100 Foot —Licutenatit George Skipwith to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wells, who retires; Ensign William Allan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Skipwith; Armar Graham Lowry, (lent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Allan. 41nd Foot—Lieutenant Henry Clarke Jervoise, from the 9.tird Foot, to he Lieutenant, vice Kennedy, who re• tires upon half-pay. 46th Foot—Richard Coote, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Stretton, who retires. b3rd Foot—Lieutenant William Peel to be Paymaster, ♦ice Hall, who retires upon half.pay. 57th Foot—Lord Ernest .11•Donudl Vane to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lee, who retires: 60th Foot—Second Lieutenant Henry Cockburn to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice bit Cane, de. ceased. 67th Foot—Brabazon Thomas Disney, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Basset, appoiuied to the 72ud Foot. _ . . Bi►th Foot—Owen Roberts, Gent., to be Ensign, by purl chase, vice Leggett, promoted. 7::nd Foot—Lieutenant Arbhibabl Alison to be Captain by purchase, vice Evelyn, who retires ; Ensign Honourable Somerset Hamilton Ward to be Lieutenant, by purchase. tics Alison ; Ensign Gustavus Lambert Basset, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Ward. 74th Foot—Captain Robert Macdonald, from the 11th Foot, to be Captain, vice Proby. who exchanges. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday Norember S. ____ _____ . . . BANKRUPTCY AN N LLE D.—Refight WARE RN, Taunton, Somersetshire, cabinet maker. BAN K PTS.--Okonok lainniticic L SARRE, Bank-chatn• tiers. City, stoekbroker—Jousi TAYLOR, jam, Charlton, Keis , builder— WALTEß CORNETT, GTOSTeIIOr-sllreet, Camberwell-road, plumber—JohN CLartiau FAINCRTI, York draper—Rif:saw TaEnIN\I(C a, Haymarket, mining broker—JoßN COLLINS, BOCCIe4, Suffolk, plumber JOSEPH BRATER, billeillik&l2l. blllltier—EDNlt SO LEN UT, Stourport. Woreestershire, iron mer elaint—TllVPßENATATUOLDerby.inukeeper—TuoMAS MIRNITT. Man-Mid, Nottinghamshire, nova merchant Joie KEIL. t.loneester, draper—Atxxvmmt Disown and ROBERT GLASS, Liverpool, ship ChRIMIICES-4 AIMS Flom, Ifelinshore,Laneaeltire. cotton manufacturer. SCOTCH Mr.QuESTRATION.—, burgh, spirit metchuut. MILNE, Edin• Friday. NQr. 11:1, IIANKRI* I' rti.—ErvaN thtritta, linghton, builder —JAzzis II kuut.so, Edpwark-roa.l. china and g hasa dealer—Wit.ciam Yorutittit the younver. Curulull, auctioneer--Citautus JOH!, WENS. 1ea.1(4111311-qtro•I. AilTo/1421itli —JOHN BOSWORTH C Rot KYR. fITeircr—RICHARD ANDERSON, Kennington, liernoed victualler—Fat.t.t:mt.ic JOHN klExsi.Li i Montagne • place. Rn«ell•.mtare--.luSnra CRAMPTON, York, tleensed vie• tnaller—WlLLlA% LINALL, Birmingham. plumber Nati tivugau IlazosivE, NCR castle-upon.Tyus, banker.