The Press.
London, England, 1853-10-08 00:00:00

Itl'sq.l ANI► TFRKIY.

Cln the 21ith ult. a Grand Council, convoked by
the Sultan, and numbering one hundred and twenty-
two civil and religious dignitnries. from amongst the
mn•.t experienced and distinguished of his subjects.
met to consider the rejection of the modifications of
the Vienna note by the Emperor of Russia, and the
cottrse to be punned consequent on that rejection.
was resolved by the Council thnt it would Ise con-
trary to the dignity and subversive of the sovereign
suthority of the Sultan to sign the Vienna note
without the modifications suggested by the Divan;
and that, inasmuch as the Czar declared those modi-
fications to be totally inadmissible, and refused to

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all: unbar his demand for an engagement destructive
of the indepentlenee of the Ottoman empire. it only
remained for the Council to advise tine Sultan to pro
reed at once to adopt the measures necessary fior •
the preservation of his empire, and to free his •
dominions Irons the presence of ths•ir invader. The
Preach anal Austrian .‘mbasatalsitst bad prey iorisly
urged the itetYpialleV of the Vienna note, but the
Sultan refused.
While 'flukey assumes a atone warlike tone the
Emperor of Russia becomes pacific. The tffinat.:
conferences have resulted in new propositi iu
which the Czar is stated to have evinced a ready, if
not anxious, desire to prt‘serve the peace of Fircope.
Respecting this fluting the sentiootheial °ester-
reieh igehe t'orrespoulleti: says:—
" Without being in a position to give any detailed
account of ulna Isms passed, we lisAt•l'llo•lvss L, direr Ilt:a
Me may confidently state that the 'separations shills have
taken plater have tarnished to Russia the 111'1'11.1011 Hot Only
of nianilesting its wish to maintain the item... of Earope,
bat even to otter to the Sublime Porte an expedient by the aid
air which the difference can be re •all sithent any alenogn•
lion from the dignity and the issalls•atolcnce of Tist•key.
We 1118% 111111 Chad Si Cry 1111.111111i11111 1.:11,•111,11411 to dispel the
fears Of that ;Nauss.. Malin. to the prejudice whirls might
result to it team the present intentions of the
4 'Rhino. has Luau observed."
Aceounts from Bucharest. slated the Ittli Sept.,
contain sail reports of the condition of the Russian
troops in the priateipalities. Nearly one fintrilt of
them were in the hospital, or rather on the sick
liar there was hut very stupid hospital lieellllllllolllitioll,
purl WretChed unethical attvodanee. Typhus had
broken out amongst the slobbery, and cholera, too,
haat made its appearance. Their food was scanty
and ruswltedesonw, the commissariat being totally
inefficient. Desertions were rife among the soldiery.
Prince tiortsehatkott was laid up with an UMWk or
severs. gastritis. General Loaders, and many other
officers, were also struck shown lay the prevalent
diseases.
The Russian cavalry ki"orps de Danube) has been
withdrawn to it distance of two marches from the
batiks of the Danube, turd replaced lay t'sis.aieks and
infludry. This ellange was induced lay the desertion
taking plasr from the former corps. l'p to the pre-
sent time four esirps have passed the Prank These
corps are respeetively commanded by the Ileiterals
Danettburg, Panittlin, osten Saken, and
IIIO.IENI 1111•11 four corps of 411,4m5)) should now,
therefore, be miller their court iiiii tit ; nevertheless,
those best informed assert that their entire flll.l`ll 11111.%
not excetslloo.ollo men, those corps wanting yet rally
one-third of their proper complement. 1 A.tters from
St. Petersburg of the 14th nit. atmoomice that the
Russian Battle fleet had meeived orders ill return to
Cronstaslt, and held itself at the disposal of the
tiovermiwnt.
A strong Russian force was being concentrated in
the eatteasus ; lay some stated to last from 11'011,114N) to
1•111,1100 strong, and to Is stationed on the frontier
atm' along the coast of the Black Sea. The .1 eigmbiora
.111yentritge Zeituag states that Russian lfloops are
being shipped from Sebastopol surd landed on the
east shore of the ]flack Seat, opposite hi this fort
on the frontier of the twaa territ I PrirS. The
reason given was the csancentration of Turkish troops
in that quarter.
anxiliary troops sent lay the Dry Tnnis, RIO
which, it is believed, consist of 111,0011 men, were
expeeted ha arrive in I 'onstantinsople in the beginning
of (hue present month, anal were to be sent to Varna
immediately. .% forther transport of tromps was also
booked for from Egypt.
Omer Paella had established a corder,. rand his
troops along the right bank of the 10'111111m., to keep
se the elsolera, which haul this further good effect—
that it enabled hint to prevent the influx of refugees,
runagates, and Bossism spies into his camp.
11l tint •ratlt ult. there were six English. one Mare
anal', one N 1411141 h! FM, one Austrian, one Prussian,
anal four French war steamers lying in the Bosphorus.
From lialatz oil the II th alt. ii is stated that there
were no transactions in the grain-market, and the
quantities on hand an* immense. Front :15,imm1 to
40,000 kilogrammes of white wheat, from S,IIIMI to
9.1)1 NI kilogrammes of tail wheat, 1nt4,11110 kilogrammes
of maize, anal .2:1.1100 kilogrammes of rye were in the
'4011411 fit thal 111 Hee.
'Fin' harvest has been very ablindont in Wallachia.
900 lbs. of what, first quality, sell at three imperial
ducats (:1 f. and second quality at t!!_ thirsts. Bar-
ley and oats are sob!at I I ducat for the same quan-
tity. The crop of maize has not been so good.
The l'aiire Gazette of Warsaw, of the I.llth ult., an-
nounces that a plot lout been discovered there, and
• the object of whiell was to bunt down and pillage the
post-sorties. of that city. .1t the head of the plot was
a former ernjobar in the lind..otliee, named Chearea.
A locksmith, who was one of the persons en-
, gaged in the affair. discovered every•thing to the polies'.
All the accomplices have been arrested.
The Warsaw Bank has given notice that it would
raise the rate of discount from 5 to 11 per cent. front
the Ist inst.