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RUSSIAN BULLETIN.. Head-quarters. Aida, Jaly 14 (Mb). " After the successful actions of the sth, 6th, and 7tl (17th, tbth, and 19th) had opened to the army the passage of the Hunts chik and the road over the Balkan, the Commander-in-Odef or dered the army to advance across that mountain, which has long been regarded as ene of the insurmountable bulwarks of the Turkish empire. The right column, under Gen. !Wiser, reached Funduria Dere, on the other side of the village of Annular. On the nth (90th July its advanced guard having pushed forward to near Avadthid, the left column, commanded by General Roth, marched towards Aspro, and its advanced guard reached Paktum, on the crest of thu Balkan. The second corps, under the command of Count Paden, remained with the head quarters at Dervish•Yovan, and at the Kamtschik. " Admiral Greig, with a squadron of three ships of the line, se veral frigates, and a great quantity of transports loaded with provi. lions, sailed into the bay of Mesambri, and vigorously bombarded the town fot the space of tiller bears. " On the 9th (41st) of July, Gen. Rudiger reached Avadsbik, and his advanced guard, under Gen. Shiroff, arrived at Erketsb, a village situated on one of t►e highest points of the great Balkan. General Roth entered EraeJla ; his advanced guard remained in Paliobano, and occupied with a detachment the village, and the cape of Emine. The head qu and Count Pablen's corps took a position between the village of Amender and Funduri-Dirf.. " On the I1)th A29d) of July, General Rudiger's advanced guard, consisting of two battalions of An 37th Yager regiment, and the Cossack regiments of Chernuikine and Yligne, descended the southern declivity of the Balkan. One of the enemy's divi sions attempted for a moment to dispute the passage of a defile through which the read passes. The 37th Yaws did not reply to the enemy's 6re of musketry, but charged theia l with the bayonet, and in a few 'aliments overthrew them. The defeat of the Turkish detachment was complete. The Cossacks pursued the fugitives with great activity, and out of 9,00) took 131 prisoners, among whom were two Colonels. They also took one Gag. The loss of the enemy in . killed and wounded was considerable, while on our side we lost only six men. " On the morning of the same day, Gen. Roth proceeded across the Balkan to Pallobano. The rocky ground presenting great difficulties at first to his march, he found it necessary to reinforce the 6th battalion of piuneen with2,ooo labourers dsaughted from the infantry, in order to make a road. He afterwards repulsed the ad vanced•guard of an enemy's corps, near Monastyr-iiiori, which en deavoured to check the march of the column, but which was obliged to male a retrogade movement towards the small river of Yoshi- Idol.Dere. The Seraskier Abdul Raman, Paths of three tails, who commanded the troops on the Kamtschik, the garrisons of Messer*. tria, Achiolln, and the corps of observation opposite Sisipolis, and Bourget, assembled 6,000 or 7,000 men on the right bank of the Yostld-Riot-Dere, probably with the intention to cover, by that central position, all the places on the gulf of Boargas, and to offer battle to such of our columns as marched to Mooastyr-Kiori. " Gen. Roth advanced with the 4th division of Huhn', and the battery, No. 26, of horse artilkry, and the two Cossack regiments of Yeshoff and Boclanoff. through that village. He was followed by the 4th battalion of the 3d brigade of the 17th infantry division,with eight pieces of light artillery. He instantly attacked the enemy's position, without waiting the arrival of the main body of his co lumn. Abdul Raman ?ache withstood the fire of our batteries only a few minutes. His troops abandoned their position, and were so vigorously punned by the Helens. the Cossacks, and the horse artillery for nearly 10 rem, that they left behind them two, batte ries on the coast of four guns each, a wharf, in which there was a corvette of 15 guns ready for launching, without making an effort for their preservation. We took from the enemy besides, 400 prisoners, 7 standards, and four field pieces. General Roth left the task of pursuing the fugitives to the Cossacks, and directed a part of his advanced guard towards Mesambri. This place is fortified, and an intrenched camp in front of the tongue of land which unites the town with the country, protected the passage to the town. As soon as the infantry was coocen dat the bead of the Huhn' of the advanced guard, our batteries were directed against the intrenched camp. Their fire operated so effectually, that 500 men who occupied the intrenchment being harassed by our grape-shot, and seized with a panic, threw down their arms, and surrendered at discretion. They left In our hands three cannon and ten standards. Our batteries were now turned, without loss of time, against Mesambri itself, which was completely commanded by them. Osman Packs, who commanded at Mesambri, being at the same time threatened by Admiral Greig's squadron, and closely pressed by Gen. Roth's artillery, readily listened to the summons of the latter, and it was agreed to allow him that night to prepare the garrison and the in habitants for a capitulation, which was now unavoidable. Ac. cordingly, in the morning of the following day, July the 11th (23d), he delivered to Major-General Wacbten, Chief of the Staff of the Sixth Corps, the keys of the town, twenty standards, and fifteen cannon, and surrendered himself with 100 Turkish civil officers and 2,000 prisoners of war, to the officers charged to convey them to Russia. " On the 10th (Mid) of July, the head-quarters were in &betels, and on the following day in Ynshl-Kol, where a part of the second corps joined, while the other half of that corps remained in Kelleler. On the 11th (23d) of July, General Rudiger's corps marched upon Alacharia. An enemy's corps hastily retreated before them towards Aldo', and left in the camp in the village of Alscharia a great quantity of ammunition and two field-pieces. General &kW, who was charged with the pursuit, found 1,000 pounds of gunpowder, 6,000 chewers, of buck-wheat, and a great number of other articles of less value, In Dandy. The garrison of Achiolin, intimidated by the astonishingly rapid march and the brilliant success of our army, abandoned on the morning of the same day that garrison, which was occupied by a detachment from the crew of a ship of the line cruising before the place. We found here 14 cannon, one mortar, three powder magazines, and one salt magazine. " Meanwhile General Roth's advanced guard, commanded by Major-General Nabel, received orders from the Commander in-Chief to march upon Bourg's, and General Roth was directed to move forward his oat-posts to Romely-Kloi, on the road to Aidos. On the 12th (24th) of July, in the morning, when General Nabel approached the fortress of Souris', the troops of the garrison had the hardihood to march out agahrst him ; bring, however, immediately attacked and defeated by that undaunted regiment the 4th Sulam, they sought their safety in flight. General Nabel took, in the first place, two beta pieces, which the enemy had brought out with him ; and having driven him, sword in hand, back to Bourgu, our troops rushed into the fortress along with the fugitives. The garrison abandoned every thing, and fled in complete disorder through the southern gate of the town. Ten pieces of cantwoolnligazines of all kinds, and the possession of this important poloeisirs Abe trophies of the brillian t deed of arms performed on that ocendon. On the 12th (24th) of July, General Roth proceeded with the 6th corps towards Ala charia. General Rudiger direct4ls march upon Riskibubly ; a part of the second corps occupied Alacharia; the rest of the army and the head-queen encamped hrthe central redden of Greek 7 7 Yoshi-Kid d eifi . t he" " The movement of our u towards the Kanitsokik was so completely concealed from the Grand Vizier, in Sheath. that it was not until the 9th (tlst) of July. four days after the commence. merit of our march from that fortress, that he detached a carps. con sisting of nine regiments of regular infantry, a nglonent et regular cavalry. and 1,000 dells on foot, with three field pieces, to reinforce the post of Kuprikiol. These troops marched from Sheath under the command of Ibrahim. Pasha of three tali% sod Manned Pasha of two tails. wbo had recently arrived from roostandsople to take the command of the regular troops of the Turkish army. When this corps arrived on the HamtacWk, it learned that our troops had already taken and occupied the latieschaumts on that river. The Pulses, upon this, retreated a few wersts, and then directed their march on Magi and upon the village of Chaluko, where they were on the 11th (23d), quite uncertain what resolu tion to take. However, having learned on the evening of that day that Abdoul Rabman Pacha bad been defeated upon the plains of Bourgas, they directed their march towards Aidos, where they ar rived on the 12th (24tb) of July. " On the 13th (45th) the Commander-in-Chief ordered General Auditor to direct his march upon Autos, and to take a position within four or five werste of that place, to wait for the concentra tion of our troops, instructing hint not to attack Aidos except in the ease In which he should be certain of a successful result. Ge neral Roth was to advance by a forced march, and establish him self in a double line behind the troops of General Rudiger. The corps of Count Pahlen was to march upon Rawly Kiol and Aidos, to a distance of 4 worsts of the latter place. The Pachas thought the moment favourable to the execution of their plan. They re solved to attack the advance of our army before it could be sup ported by the troops which were coming up. The Turkish cavalry and a division of infantry made a sortie from Adios and attacked Gen. Rudiger's Cossacks, who retired on the position. Gen.lludiger assailed on his front, but, confident of victory, Immediately de tached a brigade of the 4th llulan division, and directed it so to march as to turn the left wing of the enemy, which was vigorously attacking them. The fire of our batteries, and the movements of the Hulans, did not fail in producing the expected event. — The Turkish advanced guard was overthrown, and obliged to re treat In disorder to Aidos. Gen. Rudiger pursued the enemy with eight battalions and 16 pieces of cannon, under the command of Prince Gortshakoff. On arriving in front of the place, he found a corps of Turkish infantry, from 6,000 to 7,000 men strong, posted in the rear, and ost the flank of the town, and with its left *dog resting on the old intrenchmenta, which the enemy had begun to repair. Gen. Rudiger, regarding the town as the key of this posi tion, directed his batteries against the main body of the enemy, and ordered a battalion of the 38th, and another of the 37th Tigers, to advance with the bayonet against the old fortifications of the town. The enemy at first defended himself obstinately ; but soon forced back within their works, and into the narrow Streets of Aides, they were on all sides beaten in detail, and pat to the sword by our brave troops. The impression made by this bog operation was so great, that the Turkish regiments stationed behind Aides dispersed, and fled along the footpaths leading to the Balkan, and in the direction of Karabin. The Huhn. and the Cossacks immediately rode after the fugitives, and made a great slaughtfr among them, while the infantry, corn. mantled by Prince Gortssakoff, cut down all who were not so for. astute as to escape in the first Instance. We obtained possession of the whole Turkish camp ; we found in it 600 tents, 500 barrels of gunpowder, 3,000 soldiers' cloaks, and a great quantity of arms. Four standards. and four pieces of cannon which had been brought from Shumla, were also taken from the flying enemy. The town and its environs are bestrewed with a considerable number of dead bodies of the enemy. The number of the prisoners is less consi derable—it is only 220 men. Our loss amounts to scarcely 100. • • " This brilliant victory doses the operations of the passage of the Balkan. Daring the whole duration of this memorable enter prise our brove troops have given fresh proofs of that undaunted courage, and dist unwearied zeal, by which they are distinguished from an others. " Surprised and defeated at the same moment, the Turks bad nil time to remove from the plain of Bourgas the inhabitants, who are for the greater part Christians, and are now tranquilly follow ing their rural employments. The ports of the Black Sea promise to present a scene of scot activity." " The reports from the corps of observation in the Venibasar, dated July 11 (23), mention that General Arassovsky, after baying on the 3d (lsth) and on the 10th (22d) reconnoitred to the out works of the intrencbed camp at Mum* had returned on the 11th (23d) to Yenibaaar, without having been disturbed on his march by any enemy. " On the 12th (24th) of July, General -Pelmet, commanding in Sisepolis, made an attack on the enemy's intreoched camp near the village of Atei. On his approach the Turks abandoned their re. doubts, and some went, further on they left in their flight, Dear the village of Chingansti-Baki-Lessy, their artillery, consisting of four field-pieces." THE POPE'S ENCYCLIC LETTER. TO OUR OUR BROTHERS THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, AND BISHOHS. Plus VIII. Pupa.—Ventraidu Ikothas, salutation and beat• diction. Heady to take possession, in the church of the Lateran. accord ing to the usage of oar predecessors of the Pontificate, which has been confided to us. notwithstanding oar imperfections, we open our bean to you with joy, venerable brothers, who have been given to assist us in the discharge of such an important office. However, notwithstanding the consolation which your courage, venerable brothers, imparts to us, we cannot help experiencing an acute feeling of sorrow, on seeing, in the midst of peace, the children of the world causing in us the deepest afilictioo. We are speaking to you of evils which arc known to you, which are com mitted before the eyes of every cm—which cause our common tears to fall, and which consequently demand our common efforts to correct, to oppose, and to extirpate. We speak to you of those innumerable errors—of those false and perverse doctrines which an attacking the Catholic faith. no longer secretly and in the dart, but openly and violently. You know how culpable men have declared war against religion, by the assistance of a false philosophy, of which they declare themselves the doctors, by means of frauds, drawn up with worldly ideas. This sacred seat, this chair, upon which Jams Comas has laid the foundation of his church, is par ticularly subject to their attacks. Sacred things are unworthily made a mockery, and the worship of the Loan having become an abomination to the wicked, all that belongs to religion is considered as ridiculousjahulous, and vain superstitions. We say with tears—" Yea, the lions are let loose, roaring against Israel. Yea! they are united against G OD and against Camay. Yea! the impious cry out aloud, destroy, destroy to the very foundation." This is the object of the dark mansuvres of the sophists of this age. who regard with the same eye the various professions of faith, and who declare that the port of safety Is open in every kind of religion. Venerable Brothers, the people must be fortified against these deceitful masters; they must be taught that the Catholic faith is the only true one, according to the words of the Apostie—" (Me Loan, one faith, one baptism"—and that, consequently, be is a profane man, as St. Jerome said, who eats the paschal lamb out of the house of the LOON and will perish In the deluge, and udi not be suffered to enter the ark of Noah. lodeed, aft e r t he A name of Jews a there is not another given to man, by which to be saved; fie who shall have believed, will be saved; he who shall not have believed, will be condemned." Another object of our •igilance is those societies which publish new translations of the lives of saints in all the vulgar tongues— trauslatioos wade in opposition to the most salutary rules of the Church. k ia, besides, your duty, venerable brothers, to turn your atten don towards those secret societies of factious men, the declared enemies of Goo and Kings. who devote themselves entirely to de solate the Church, to destroy States. and to confuse the universe, and who, bursting the rein of true faith, open a road to every kind of crime. Among these secret Societies we have determined to point out paniettlarly to your notice, one recently formed, whose object is to corrupt the youth educated In Colleges and school+. As It is weft known that the precepts of masters are aßpowerful in forming the bean and mind of their pupils, all sorts of pains and artifices are employed to give to youth depraved masters, who lead it in the paths of Baal, by the means of doctrines which are not of the Lord, It is thus that we with sorrow see these young people arrived at such a pitch of licence, that having dismissed all fear of religion, banished all moral restraint, despised the holy doctrines, trampled under foot the rights of one power and of another, they no longer feel ashamed to be guilty of any disorder, any , or any at tempt ; tbat we may say in the words of Saint Leon-le-Grand, " theirlaw is falsehood, their God is the devil, and their worship is that which is the most disgraceful." Remove, venerable bro thers, all these evils from your dioceses, and endeavour, by ail the means in your power, by authority and by mildness, to effect that men distinguished out only in the sciences and letters, but also for their purity of life and piety, shall be charged with the education of youth. There is still, regard being bad to the circumstance's in which we are placed, another object, which we have determined to re commend to all the ardour of your seal for the safety of men's souls. It is, that, full of soUdthde for the exactitude of the mar riage ceremony, you inculcate to your flocks the same regard (or that sacred tie, in sea a manner that nothing may take place to lessen the sanctity of that holy sacrament, to dishoooor the puri t y of the nuptial bed, and finally, to give the least doubt of the indis solubility of the conjugal union. The only means of arriving at this happy result is by carefully instructing the Christian pee that the marriage ceremony is not only subject to human laws,t also to the divine law ; and that it should net be ranked among terrestrial objects. bet among holy things, and consequently that it Is both* with the chunk to regulate it. May she Rings and Prime of the world, those whose minds are so gveat and so elevated, Latour air seal and our efforts; and smy He, who has given to them a heart iodised to obey his cons wand. solhower his precious favours open them, that they may be enabled courageously to do that which may wad tas the peolperity and to the safety of the Church anicted by each heavy calamities, THE EVENING STAR. LON 1)0N. MONDAY, AUGUST 24. S. BA STNownsw--Hollday at the Bank. FORRIGN FUNDS. TWO aCI.OCIC. Portrg. Bda. sper Ct Spanish Bonds. 5 p Ct. Si Ituss.ll(l% 1822, 5 p C. Do. 510. Si Do. Acct. 1011 BRITISH AND FOREIGN SOARES, TWO O'CLOCK. SHAwL PAM BrazOlaNlOlrd4l SS 20 71i Do. National 2S 7i 11 l&- . 'i•••-, = . -- v • ~ 11( -;----, * -;-. 3. ,: s / ) .ter_ k ,_ . ei p *A s ex&T,. S .5 ;) • -1))))) TO CORRESPONDENTS. A press of important foreip intelligence—partleskrly the detail of the fearful and rapid destruction of the Turkish irnspke—com• pets in to withhold a variety of interesting domestic ankles. We have given in a preceding column the Grand Bulletin of the Russian Army, dated Aides, 26th July. It details with great minuteness the operations of the army, after the battles of the l7th, 18th, and 19th had opened to it the passage of the Kamtschik, and the road over the Balkan. On the day after the last of these battles, the advanced guard of the invading force, under General ROTH, was already on the very crest of the Balkan; the second corps, commanded by Count PAULEN, still remaining at the head-quarters, on the banks of the Kamtschik. Simultaneously with this movement, Admiral GREIG-with three ships of the line and several frigates—bombarded the town of Me sambri. On the 21st the advanced guard of General Rll DIGER arrived at Erketsh, on tho pinnacle of the Great Balkan: General ROTH entered Emile, leaving his advanced-guard still in Paliobano, on the crest ; and PAULEN established himself between a village called Arnaultar, and Funduri-D6r(l. On the 22d General R DIG ER, with two Cossack regiments, and the thirty-seventh Yagers, descended the southern de clivity of the mountain, experiencing only a momentary attempt to dispute his passage towards the plain. The disputants were repulsed with a total rout, and fled in all directions. General ROTII was engaged at the same time with a corps of 6,000 or 7,000 men, commanded by the Seraskier Asper. RA 31 A N --ft Pacha of three tails— who had assembled his forces on the bank of the Yuschi- Kioi-Dire, hoping to cover, by that central position, all the places on the gulf of Bourgas. In a few minutes the PACIIA was completely overthrown, and fled,—pursued by the Hulans and Cossacks for nearly ten wersts— leaving behind him two batteries, seven standards, four field pieces, four hundred prisoners, and a corvette of 25 guns, quite ready for launching. Os m N PACIrA, who commanded in Mesambri, bombarded by Admiral Glum on one side, and closely invested by General ROTH on the other, now agreed to a capitulation—and on the following day surrendered the town and garrison, with one hundred Turkish Civil Officers, and 2,000 pri soners of war. On the 23d Alacharia and Acbiolin were taken by the corps under RI; DIG ER, and much booty found in them. General ROTH'S advanced guard, under the command of Major-General NABEL, now received orders to march upon the important fortress of Bourgas : and on the 24th—after an ineffectual sortie from the gar rison, who were driven back sword in hand into the town, the Russians entering with them—it was carried almost without resistance. The garrison, panic struck, fled through the southern gate of the town, as the enemy entered on the opposite side, abandoning all the magazines and stores—besides ten pieces of cannon—to the invaders. "On the 25th the Commander-in-Chief ordered General RuDIGEn to direct his march upon Aidos." lanaffiu PAcua and MEIIKKED PACIIA who had recently arrived from Constantinople to take the command of the Turkish army—were posted before this town with all their force. It was a combined operation of great skill and delicacy, to the success of which the divisions under ROTH and PAHLES were also greatly instrumental. The PACHAS made a sortie from Aides, to attack RuDlGEll's Cossacks while they were coming up unprotected, and for a moment contested the field ; but RUDIGES, confident of victory, turned their left wing by a masterly movement, and—aided by the fire of some batteries—drove them back in great consternation. He then pursued the enemy with eight battalions, and sixteen pieces of cannon ; and suddenly found himself before a corps of Turkish infantry —from 6,000 to 7,000 strong, " posted in the rear, and on the flank of the town, and with its left wing resting on the old intrenchments." The battle wee obstinate, but the enemy was driven into Aides, and cut to pieces in its narrow streets, leaving the Russian banner to float now almost unopposed to the capital. Such is the pro gress of the Northern Eagle I The above digest, we have thought, may not be unacceptable to those, who— from its great length—might be deterred from perusing the document itself. The reflections which it suggests; throng upon us too thickly for indulgence to-day. The Queen of PORTUGAL, accompanied by her at tendants, went yesterday to Windsor to take leave of the Court, previous to her departure to Rio de Janeiro. She was received by the Rum and Royal Family with every mark of the most affectionate interest, and the parting was not without its pang to the feeling breast of OUT SOVEREIGN. When the QUERN was about to retire, his MAJESTY spoke to her with considerable emotion—using throughout the terms by which only Sovereigns are addressed—and adding at the same time the most graceful expressions of his own personal friendship, and warm wishes for her welfare. During this conversation the KING repeatedly called her his young friend and Ally. No one felt a sincerer interest for her future prosperity—he hoped *ad trusted that her, stay to. the other hemisphere weak( not be long—but that she might quickly return, to oecupy the throne of her ancestors. All the members of the Royal Family were present, and joined cordially m any of them tenderly—in these valedictions. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of CLARENCE in particular—. whose attentions to the young QUEEN during her sojourn at Laleham, have been equally unremitting a n d affectionate—wept vehemently towards the latter pa r t of the interview. Her MAJESTY will leave Laleham to-moron• morn ing for Portsmouth, accompaniql by the persons of h er household, and likewise by Marquisses of PAL )(ELLA and VALENcA, and M. DE GUEILREIRO. This departure of the QUEEN for Brazil will not in any way alter her position, nor affect her rights in Por tugal. The Marquis DE BARBACENA, it is said, wilt publish a declaration, setting forth the motives which have obliged him to convey his Royal charge back to her father's empire. The Marquis DE BARBACENA left Laleham last night for Ostend, in order to accompany to Portsmouth her Imperial Majesty the EMPRESS of BRAZIL. Her MA JESTY is expected at Portsmouth on the 26th of thii month, and the squadron is to sail from thence on the. 28th, if the weather proves favourable. We are informed that Admiral Sir RICHARD ()Tway —on his passage from Terceira on the 13th of this month—did not fall in with any sail belonging to the Miguelite expedition. We perceive with pleasure from the Gazettes of Colombia, that the emancipation of slaves proceeds not only upon the principle of compulsory manumission, but that this principle in no wise interferes with the voluntary liberation for which this country is so conspicuous ; affording, indeed, an example for all other countries to imitate. We take the published list of slaves, liberated in the month of last December, in the department of Carthagena : twenty-five have been set free by legal manumission, and twenty-one by voluntary release. The names of these slaves are registered by a decree of the Government, and lists are published monthly in every department. We inserted on Saturday last, merely because it was an ojfcial paper, the Monthly Return of Corn pub lished by the Commissioners of the Ring's Customs. It was a straggling and slovenly document, occupying—in the Report of one month—about three-quarters of a column of disjointed and incongruous matter. If the Assistant Secretary of the Customs—whose name is ap pended to that infelicitous production—is the inventor also of its disgraceful arrangement, we recommend Mr. Scovxu. to compare his monthly concern with our own Report,which we publish in another column. He may take a leaf advantageously from us : fat eat et ab hoste doceri. Condensation is the soul of statistics; and clearness can not be, where there is such a wilderness of figures. Let him, we say, look at his picture for ONE MONTH, which it would take COCKER half an hour to make out, and then turn to rear's for six MONTHS—necesgarily compre hending six tunes the quantity of information which he scatters over a waste of table—and which all who run may read. What we anticipated, and clearly set forth weeks ago, while others strenuously Maintained a contrary opinion, we now find confirmed.—" The Bulgarians are now everywhere joining the enemy"—that is, the Russians. We have news from Constantinople this day to the 30th ult. and certainly the complexion of that intelligence is such as to leave no doubt of the utter annihilation of the Ottoman Power. The following are our selections from the German Papers received this morning : CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY SO. A Tartar who left the camp of the Seraskier, Hussein Paths, on the 45th inst. has brought word that a division of Russian in fantry landed on the 27th near abetted!. Since then the most alarming reports have been in circulatioo. It is said that the Rite elan garrison of Siseboli has made a sally, and, supported by a co bum that came from Aidos, has defeated Hussein Pack. The Russians are said to be preparing to march against Adrianople, and to be seconded by the Bulgarians, who every where join the enemy. It is even generally anirmed that the van of the Russian army has already occupied the defiles of Kirk Kill's', and that fear' and consternation prevail at Adrianople. There is no doubt something extraordinary must hays happened ; the Divan was yes terday assembled half the night, to discuss the question whether it Is not advisable to send Commissioners to the Russian head-quar ters to enter into negotiations for peace ? Some members of the Divan were inclined to peace ; but the majority required the coo dentin' of the war, because the empire could not be brought into greater danger than it now is; and it would therefore be im prudent to make premature proposals for peace. It was there fore resolved to strain every nerve to check the progress of the enemy; and at this moment all that can be laid hold of are taken and howled off to the army at Adrianople.— The state of affairs is extremely dangerous, and the capital stands on a volcano—the probable explosion of which may lead to the overthrow of the empire, as the adherents of the 'submit." begin to hold up their heads again, and not content with intrigues and spreading bad news—(this morning it was reported that the GrandVisier had made a sally from Shumla. but had been repulsed with great loss, and must soon surrender at discretion) — have began to act, and have unhappily thrown the inhabitants of Pen into consternation by setting fire to the city. The evening before yesterday, 1,500 houses in Pera were reduced to ashes; and, in the vicinity of the Seraglio, several houses were set on fire, ►ut were happily saved. This is the usual mode in which the populace show their dissatisfaction with the Government, or begin any vio lent enterprise. It is said that several individuals have been arrested. Put of the Sultan's guards have received orders to occupy the capital; and patrol," of cavalry traverse the streets„ both day and night, to maintain tranquility. The forts at the en trance of the Bosphorus frequently fire, but without effect, on the Russian men of war that are cruising there beyond the range of the guns,—probably to hinder the Turkish fleet from petting to sea. The Capitan Pacha seems to have no mind to put to sea ;he came on shore yesterday. GOD grant that the catastrophe which threatens Constantinople will not extend to Pen. In the reg. dens of all the Ambassadors, the greatest precautions are being taken : may they prove seillcientio the hour of danger ! BUCHAREST, Aim. 4. According to letters front Odesw the plague has again monk fisted itself ; and several females are said to have left the teem with permission of the autheettiss. The theatres, and all tho inagasines, are said to have bees dosed on t►e 30th Jay. The. Int mipediden which sailed from Sebastopol on the 14th ah. to reinforce the gushes of Slinholi s is stated. le letters from Varna, to have readied its destination wittiest accident. The second, which la straw, being SAN men. sailed on the 12th. The