The Press.
London, England, 1853-09-10 00:00:00

Rl''SLl AND TURKEY.

'llle special messenger bearing the no pitied note
of the Porte left t7onstantinople on the '!t►th
From thence to Vienna he would take seven days,
and ennui not reach St. Petersburg before the :fist
of August. The answer was not expected to arrive
at Constantinople before the 14th or 15th of Sep-
tember.

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The latest aceounts from Constantinoele, which
come down to the 15th ult., are of a warlike nature.
liostilies were eonsidered all but certain, as the Sul-
tan appeared determined Hot to yield taw iota of his
late modifieations ; while the Czar, it was believed.
would stubbornly refuse to give his assent to them.
A Caitlin t Council was held on the Nth of August.
HMI measures were canvassed for the defence of the
country. In the meanwhile the warlike preparations
of the Porte are continued with alacrity on every
side. A battalion of Turkish riflemen, organised on
the model of the Chasseurs de Vincennes. has left. for
Varna by the Turkish steamer Fri:i Bahri. The
trath.port (11 troilps to the frontiers Of N allachia yen-
tames. Arabs and kourils have tendered their sir
vices to the Porte. They are binning troops of irre
gular cavalry.
The Werobrcr of Vienna publishes a letter from
tionmtantitiople according to which the Turkish
troops between the Itanulte and the Balkan
amounted at that date to 100,000 men. When the
redifx strived. it was expected that their number
would be augmented to 150,1NN1. The head quarters
of division!: are at Varna, Basarjik, Karam, Witidin,
Sistow, ltustchuk, and Silistria. The troops are in
echelon on two lines—one making lave to the 1 /atolls.,
the other resting on the Balkan. These dispositions
are said to have been made by M. Mignon, a French
officer, to whose orders Omer laths has been in-
striteted by the lfivan to conform. The army of Ana-
tolia is said to be 110,0011 strong.
fitment! Sir Charles O'Donnell has returned to
Constantinople from Shillala. Ito reports the state
of the Turkish army as most flourishing. The
Spanish General Prim and his aides-de-camp were
to leave the capital for Shumla on the 27th Wt. •
They proceed by land in order to visit the strong•
holds on the Turkish side of the Balkan.
The Sultan leas disposed /Or the jewels of his
mother, the late widow of the Sultan Mammal,
it is said, for the sum of twenty-seven millions of
piastres, and many sacrifices have been made in the
present emergency by the upper classes. The sums
deposited as pious legacies and foundations have been
turned hue the war treasury, to defray the unormitus
expenses of the unity.
In the principalities the twit liospodars are reported
to have premised to support one another if, the crisis
tout over, the Sultan should ant mpt to punish them
for their conduct.
In consequence of the obstruction of the Salina
mouth, not less than UM vessels will be wanted l'or
the transport of the enormous quantities of corn which
hitherto have not been able to cress the bur.
The American steant-taeht .Forth Star, 11.101 the
proprietor, Mr. Vatiderbildt, on hflard, has arrived an
the Bosphorus.
The English anti French frigates in Besika tiny
are already beginning to find Gleir iierhorttufe in
many ways mel••sirable. Within the last week et
twit a low MiSsilildle lever lets liniketi out atoning the
crews. lit one line of-battle ship us many us ninety
are reported on the sick list, some of whom lire
severely ill, though the mortality is not great. The
smallpox has also appt arca m the French fit t t.
The scarcity of ships continues, mid the fis.ights are
falmli ins. _. _ . . • • - - - •

Tlu• Emperor Nieholti..,ll%fitiu titii,l.ed the reflex•%
at St. l'eter%burg, will %l►ortlV take hi, 44 parttire fur
WHinoIW. . .

tieneral de Prinikberg had just urriied in St. Pe•
terbburg, inning been sunnnuned by the liovem-

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mein. It is stated that lie is to take the command
of the ustops which are intended to watch the Iron
tiers of Russia (41%% &wit. China.

The frigate Diana and the brig Pollux sailed front
Cronstadt on the 22nd tilt. tea• canton. This rein
I,reeinent will ii re t e the I\ 11,01,11111 naval station in
the t'l►inese seas to the vessels. An artily of 1000
MOH has been *tat during the summer at ir
kutsk. the capitol of tho province of that mune in
Siberia. anti the entrepot of Russian vommerce with
China by Makltta. It is asserted that these troops
are destined to observe the &oaten, of the (Aain'
Empire, which are not defended in that neighbour-
hood.
It is said that the chole'r'a is snaking great pl\►gress
in Russia, especially in the southern provinces, where
large lashes of troop,. are stationed. The disoew
has made its appearance on taboos points of the
frontier of Fasten► Galicia.

14:tiontiona profit,. lun been made at thle‘ha upon
eon,. Large quantities .till ECIII/1111 in till

ANIERIc.‘.

United states news to the *:7111 ult. hits been re
eels eil by the iiumboldt atexluer, which reached
t 'owes On 'Thursday.
The pestilence continued In rage furiously at New
I►rleatis...:97) deaths ISTlining in sue day. it hail
broketi out at IWtilitocc, and aim mg the lower
low it. stn the Mississippi. At Natelte/, with a
population of only 5,000, the deaths hail been up-
ultras of .11W from the yellow I'eser.
The deaths in New York for the week ending thu
.20111 ult. were Mil, of which upwinsls of 41M) we'',
ettitscil b% tine estreme heat.
The Ilan. Spellei., Of Mill'lllll4. has 'Will
uplsoinled United Slllll.s envoy' to (.111151:intiiiitpli.,
rice Mr. Marsh. re ell. Mr. Sanders' elallllntvlell
as 1.11111111111 its. been 11111,. 111, warded by dots
Ifowell /'ebb. lieorgi:i, is ineii
tioucd its the new Jliiiisl,'l* 10 France.
An extensive fire broke out in the Pearl street
house, New York, on the %%bleb ilestisoyeil
Y.:100,1XIII dollars' worth of tioperly.
Iler Majesty's ate' •M.1%14111 • haul raptured
the fishing schooner Met rliyht, but hail released her
on pay Menu Of 1•11%1Y4 111111 it promise front the captain
that lie would not fish within the British to
A ''''oleiol'lol44l in.-m*114.60n of the misses in Not
toway rouutc, Virginia, hail been iliseovered and
suppressed. They intended murdering all the white
inhabitants of the place.
Californian dates to the tat of August had bet it
received in New York. The mints were yielding as
alitodantly les e%er, and the grain fields were never
in a 111010 promising runditiou. one drawback to
this prosperity is the disorganised state of society.
The Sim Francisisi journals overflow with the details
of mill'og44, robberies, horrible murders, and lynch•
jugs. Jon lain. the outlaw, had liven killed.
Accounts have been received of immense injury to
the coops in lilt' solltill•I'll 1411111.4, in el IIIISC(Inellee air
the heavy entl4lll hits been very much
damaged.
The United slates Minister to Nlexicio is authii
ri isl 10 Ml4OlllllO for li Masa) through 'Ninon' to

bora Elgin lia% lerl Quebec fur Ilitliftt‘, eft route
for Etighrid.
The correspitidelice between Loot Jllll/1 BUNKO%
uml 'Air. Crampton, rempeeting the tripartite treaty
prop' .ed by 11.111J111 Will Frl4lllll for the protection of
Cuba. ham excited great iiitcreat in America. Mr.
Mar c% ha., it i. Mated. 11111i11111.11 I. .1411 iii that any
1.411111111 of European pow era by which the ititr•
re•i of Anu would he affected would mit be
viewed Stith inilifference Ly the United State% I ;overn •
men'. By ult.!, of re•ponse, I Arril Women,
while admitting the right of the !Mittel., to reject the
propo•al, oli•ervem that " tireat Britain must at 1111114
resume her entire liberty, mind, upon any oceas.
that may call for it, be free to act, either hingly or in
mjusirtion with other powers, an to her may M. 43111 tit."