The Press.
London, England, 1854-07-08 00:00:00

TURKEY.

It is asserted in Paris that the prospects of the
new Turkish loan are very favourable. M. Durand
has left for London.

The Turks do not occupy the positions which the
Russians abandon. This, it is understood, is a con-
cession to Austria, which is very jealous of any exer-
cise of the Sultan's authority north of the Danube.
Inquiries are making what is to become of the Rus-
sian flotilla when its owners shall be driven from the
Danube, seeing that the mouths of the river are
blockaded by the French and English. This force
consists of ten armed steamers and 100 gun-boats.
The loss of these, whether they fall into the hands of
the allies, or are voluntarily destroyed by the Rus-
sians, would be severely felt by the enemy.
The allied troops had all left Scutari and Gallipoli
on the 20th ult. J'he last regiment to embark was
the 49th, which left on the 19th.
On the 17th there was a splendid review of Prince
Napoleon's division, the Sultan, Prince Napoleon,
and ➢larshal SL Arnaud being severally on the
ground, accompanied each by a glittering staff. The
Chasseurs de Vincennes showed the Turks their
pas yymnastique, which others as well as the Turks
admired. The marshal presented his lady to the
Sultan. Before the review his Imperial Highness
Prince Napoleon caused the following order of the
day to be read to the troops of his division:—

" Officers, under-officers, and soldiers of the 3rd division
of the army of the East—
" You are the first French soldiers that have entered
Constantinople since the Crusades.

" The appearance of our eagles in this capital will remain
a great fact in history, and will be a great remembrance for
each of you.
" By your discipline, by your respect for the manners
and usages of a friendly people, whose hearths you come
to defend against unjust aggression, you will du ourselves
honour.

" Europe has its eyes on you. You will know how to
render yourselves worthy of the high mission which the
Emperor has confided to you."

RUSSIA.

The Vienna papers contain reports from Lemberg
to the effect that the Czar has resorted to a levy en
masse, and is marching the Russo-Polish army on the
Austrian frontier.

Letters from Riga state that sixteen gun-boats have
been built in the vicinity of that place, which are in-
tended to protect the coast of Livonia. They are to
be manned by the officers and crews of the condemned
Navarin, and 900 militia, collected from the neigh-
bouring coast towns and villages. These vessels,
after being duly blessed and christened, were launched
on the 13th of June.
Advices from Warsaw of the Ist inst. state that
all the houses in the streets near the citadel were to
be demolished for the immediate enlargement of the
fortifications.
Prince Gortschakoff on the 30th ult. ordered Gene-
ral Budberg, with the chancery, to leave Bucharest for
k'okschani within forty-eight hours.
The Warsaw Courier, of the 25th, contains the fol-
lowing :—"The Prince Field Marshal I'askiewitsch
has so far recovered from his contusions that hopes
are entertained of his being able to remount his
horse in eight or ten days, when he will doubtless lead
our valiant warriors to renewed triumphs."
A large Russian ship, with seventy men on board,
from China, with furs and a cargo valued above a