The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-10 00:00:00

THE HOSTILITIES ON THE DANUBI

VIENNA, Nov. B.—The Consul of Fran(
writes as follows to M. de ,Bourquenc

Bucharest

rider date the 6th

On the 2d and 3d of November the Turks crossed the
Danube from Turtukai to Oltenitza, to the number of about

12,000 men

On the 4th General Parlof attacked them with 9000 men,
and, after a brisk cannonade, a combat with the bayonet took

place between the two armies.

The Turks maintained their positions at Oltenitza, and
have fortified them.

The combat lasted three hours

In it the Russians lost several officers and 136 privates

killed, and 6 superior officers, 18 subalterns, and 479 pri-
vates wounded.

The loss on the

Turkish side is not known

4000 Turks occupy Kalarache, 2000 have established
themselves on an island in front of Giurgevo, and 12,000
are in Lesser Wallachia.

VIENNA, Tuesday Night. —From the 4th to the sth the
Turks occupied the island near Oltenitza, and crossed unob-
served to Wallachia at dawn. When seen, a battle ensued

which lasted 28 hours. The resulti4 unknown.
It is rumoured that Guirgevo was taken by storm.
Turtukai and Oltenitza arc towns on the right and left
banks of the Danube, between Rustchuck and Silistria, on
the direct route to Bucharest. Higher up the river, and
opposise to Rustchuk, lies Giurgevo, from which another
road leads to Bucharest. Still ascending the river, we come
to Rahova, a town on the right bank, opposite to which lies
Kalarache, at the junction of the Schyl and Danube. The

troops in Lesser Wallachia are those which crossed from
Widdin, which forms the extreme left of the Turkish line.
Letters from Bucharest say that the Hospodar Stirbey has
left Bucharest for Vienna. His departure has been officially
announced to the representatives of the foreign Powers.
The government is carried un by. a Commission, and the
Russians have seized all the public funds and treasures.
The prices of goods and victuals have been fixed at a very
iv, r.to by ibo Th;litary authorities. Whenever any dealer
asks high prices he is at once seized and flogged by the
soldiers, who superintend the public markets.

War seems imminent. The Russians in their entrench-
ments on the left bank of the Danube make no preparations
to cross that river. The Consuls of France and Great
Britain expect instructions from their governments, autho-
rising them to leave the country. _

The above despatches from Bucharest, it will be perceived,
are from the French Consul, and may be considered as
authentic. The following, which represent matters as very
favourable to the Russians, come—the first from a Bucharest
newspaper ; and, in stating that " the Russian vanguard
threw the Turks back upon their entrenchments along the
river," unintentionally betrays the fact that the Turks were
able to entrench themselves after their passage of the river.
The Bucharest paper of the sth says—The Turks, avail-
ing themselves of a thick fog, took possession of an island
opposite Turkutan, and then landed on the left shore ; the

reconnoitering division was repulsed. The Russian van-
guard threw the Turks back upon their entrenchments along

the river

Another despatch also dated Bucharets, November 5
says—Yesterday, the Turks attempted a passage near Giur
gevo, Oltenitza, and Slobodzie.
At Giurgevo they were repulsed.

At Olteiitza they crossed; a twenty-eight hours' cauno.
nade ensued; the Russians also here repelled them.
At Giurgevo they fired upon a steamer coming from hit
soya, and then transported her to the Turkish shore.
Prince Gortschakoff went to Giurgevo to-day.

The above forms the whole of the—intelligence received by
telegraph to-day. The following items of news we collect
from letters and the second editions of our morning con-

temporaries :
We learn from Vienna, of the 4th, that the Turkish
government, after a long deliberation, had decided upon re-
ceiving foreign officers into the service of the Porte. The
Gazette of Bucharest, which may fairly be supposed to be
subject to Russian influence, says that twelve thousand men
of the Russian army of occupation are in hospital.
The _Patrie contradicts the statement in the Journal Fran-
cais de Francfort, that fresh negotiations are about to b(
opened at Bucharest for the termination of the Easters
question. "It may be for the interest of Russian policy,
adds the . - - -

,o renew is°,

`rence with

•
but we can assert that this news, to which it is endeavourer
Lo give consistency, is completely inaccurate."

From letters from Constantinople of the 25th, it wouk
appear certain that Persia would maintain a strictly neutt
position. A letter of the same date in the Chronic,

I have never known Constantinople so peaceable, so tran-
quil as it is at this present moment. All fears of disturb.
antes, and all bad feeling towards the Christians, whicl
were so evident but a few weeks since, seem to have evapo•
rated with the declaration of war ; and, to judge by the
of fhia vast ity. xfpl would litti A in? a fsi nA that it:

inhabitants were of so-belligerent a dispositiori as to have
insisted on vindicating their rights by the sword." The
Constantinople correspondent of the Debats states that the
rumour of a battle between the Turks and Russians in Ask
was unfounded, and explains the mistake which led to the
statement as " the arrival at Batoum of a certain number o:
Turkish regular soldiers who had been wounded in an en.

gagement against some Turkish irregulars, who wanted tc
commence the war, and whom it was found necessary to pu
down by force." Other letters, however, say that though till
affair in Asia appeared to have been somewhat exaggerated

the fact that a Warmish between the Turkish and Russian
troops stationed on the frontiers in Asia had taken place,
seemed not to bear contradiction. A great many British
officers had left Constantinople for Yarna and Sebum's.
Lord Worsley, Colonel Buckley, and others, were amongst
the number.

Regarding the position of affairs in Wallachia, the Vienna
correspondent of The Times mentions a rumour, that the
right wing of the Russians under General Dannenberg
had been forced to retire. "If Russia "he says, " had not
calculated on the assistance of Austria, it is not to be sup-
posed that the army would have been placed in its present
position. Instead of occupying the whole of Lesser Wal-
lachia, up to the Servian and Austrian frontier, the Russian
forces have never gone much further west than Krajova, and
the consequence is that the Turks have put in a wedge
which, if not speedily dislodged, may become the source of

great annoyance to their opp-onents. It strikes me that the
right wing of the Russians is in danger of being turned, be-
cause some assistance which had been calculated on has
been, withheld." He further adds—" The object of the
Russian General evidently is to draw the Turks into the
interior of the country, but in this he will hardly succeed,
for, according to credible private advices of the 28th from
Orsova, the troops which have been landed from the right
bank, " instead of pushing forwards are busily employed in
throwing up entrenchments, which are to serve as a point
d' appui for future operations. It can not longer be doubted
that small detachments of Turkish troops have crossed the
river at many points, but contrary to all expectation. they
have committed no excesses. Not only has neither theft
nor robbery been committed, but even the provisions with
which the men were supplied were paid for in ready money.
My correspondent adds :—' It is evident enough that
Omer Pasha has introduced the strictest discipline.'
Letters from Bucharest say that " The panic of the Wal-
lachians at the approach of war is increasing daily. Some
of the towns along the bank of the Danube have been almost
entirely deserted, and crowds of fugitives are daily pouring
into Bucharest. Some of the Boyards have already fled into
Austria, and others are preparing to follow their example."
The Paris correspondent of The Times alludes to the posi-
tion of the Russian Ambassador in Paris as becoming each
day more embarrassing. The articles which have appeared
within the last few days in the papers whose relations with
the Ministry are well known, and which bear a semi-official
stamp, have, he states, added to that embarrassment. Ex-
planations about articles, and paragraphs in newspapers,
even including those copied into the Afoniteur from foreign
journals, are becoming more frequent and of a more decided
character. The appointment of General Baraguay d'Hilliers,
too, has been a thorn in his side. The correspondent
states his belief that M. de Kisseleff has long since received
his instructions how to act, and that those instructions pro-
vide for every case that may occur. " Should matters reach
the desperate extreme of shaking the dust off his feet at the
door of the Tuilleries, and demanding his passports, even to
that emergency his cart blanche extends. As affairs now
look in the East perhaps that emergency will not long have
to be looked for."

LOVE AND SUICIDE.--On the night of yesterday week, a
young man named Edmond Perry, aged 16 years, living in
White-street, came home, in drink, appearing at the
time to be greatly excited. He said, " Mother, I have
given up the company of ." This his mother was
glad to hear, from the youth of the lad, and the fact that
the girl was twenty-five years old, whilst he was not out of
his apprenticeship. The mother advised the boy to go to bed,
saying that she would bring him up some refreshment. He
accordingly retired to his room, and his mother brought him
up some coffee and biscuit, and then left him, as he appeared
somewhat more tranquil. Shortly after a man named Jacob,
who lodges in the house, came into the room, and asked
Perry where he had been, he said at the theatre, where he
had seen the play of Hamlet, and then he suddenly caught
up a knife and attempted to draw it across his throat.
Jacob rushed forward and succeeded in wresting the knife
from his hand, but the unfortunate youth drew a dagger or
clasp knife out of his pocket, and making a point at Jacob,
succeeded in passing him, and immediately rushed clown
stairs. Jacob shouted out, and ran after him, and in the
passage below his father stopped him from rushing into the
street. The infatuated youth instantly stabbed himself in
the bowels, a little to the left side, with the knife, and fell,
bleeding most profusely. Dr. Bruce was immediately sent
for, and arrived in a few minutes. Upon seeing him the
Doctor said, " I shall do my
.duty, but I fear I can do him
no good." The youth continued to linger until Tuesday,
when be died. An inquest was held yesterday, before the
coroner, when the above details transpired, and a verdict of
temporary insanity was returned,