The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

TURKEY AND RUSSIA.

Accounts received from Constantinople of the
10th, by the Vienna Telegraph, state, that the Sul-
tan had made a formal demand to the Ambassadors
of England and France to summon the allied fleets
to the Bosphorus. The ambassadors had accord-
ingly done so. It is said, in a despatch from Bucha-
rest, of the sth, that Prince Gortscakoff's inspec-
tion being terminated, " the camps had been broken
up, and Russian troops were moving in masses on
the Danube to the number of 35,000 men, with 251
guns." Another telegraphic despatch from Vienna
says that the following was the reply of .Prince
Gortschakoff to the summons of Omer Paella to
evacuate the Danubian Principalities :—" My mas-
ter is not at war with Turkey, but I have orders
not to leave the Principalities until the Porte shall
have given to the Emperor the moral satisfaction
which he demands. When this point has been ob-
tained, I will evacuate the Principalities imme-
diately, whatever the time or the season. If lam
attacked by the Turkish army, I will confine my-
self to the defensive." _ _

A letter from Constantinople of the sth instant,
The Synod of the Fanar is about to be
summoned to elect a new Greek Patriarch, in con-
sequence of the death of Monseignor Germanos,
which event created considerable excitement in
Constantinople in consequence of reports having
been circulated that he died by poison. Monsiegnor
Germanos had protested against the new ecclesi-
astical discipline commanded by Russia, and it is
said that he had for that reason incurred the
displeasure of Prince Menschikoff. There is con-
siderable intrigue going forward to influence the
election. Some of the candidates are partisans of
Turkey, and the others of Russia."

says—'

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The Paris Correspondent of the Morning
Chronicle, writing on Wednesday evening, says.:—

"It has been currently rumoured to-day that a
manifesto of the most warlike character, issued by
the Emperor of Russia, in answer to the declara-
tion of war by the Porte, had been received here
this morning. I have made inquiry in the proper
quarter as to the truth of the report, but I cannot
find that it rests upon any good foundation. In-
deed, it is physically impossible that the news
could have travelled to St. Petersburg and back to
Paris by to-day. It may be -as well to warn the
public against the war-like rumours so often in-
vented by interested parties on mere probabilities."
The same correspondent makes the following
statement :—" On Sunday last, the 16th inst., the
Emperor gave an audience at the Palace of Corn-
piecr°ne to the Chamber of Commerce of St. Quentin.
In the course of the interview, Louis Napoleon
made some particular inquiries as to the state of
trade at the present moment at St. Quentin ; to
which M. Picard replied, that the trade of the place
was, upon the whole, in a satisfactory state as
compared with the last few years, but that business
would have been much more active this season but
for the state of political affairs. The incessant
alarm in which the public had for some time past
been kept, by the threatening aspect of the East-
ern question, had necessarily had an unfavourable
influence on commercial affairs. The Emperor
replied, " This is perfectly true, but I have every
reason to believe that the Eastern question will be
settled pacifically, and that within a very short
time." These words made a deep impression on
the members of the deputation, and no doubt, in
the present state of the question, they are of
importance. Although the circumstance is not
noticed in any of the Paris papers, I can guarantee
its authenticity.