The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

AFFAIRS OF THE EAST.

(Prom our Second Edition of yesterday.)
t?I,I4NA, THURSDAY EVENING.—On the 25th the
advanced„ from Kalafat, 12 English .miles,
v);Arajova, and formed an intrenched camp
e pas men. Large bodies of Turks at the same
.04 the UP and down the Danube.
twee„ e26th, the Turks constructed a bridge
Tile-Ailstchuk and the Island of Mokanon.
I,Wliole of the Polish army had marched to
Itressrltleipalities. Invalids out of Russian
'4) es and part of the Imperial Guard will
.11 and
has
4 z demanded of the Porte the return of
itie4 h Bs.iall consul-general, and that his authority
The -bise his functions shall be granted to him.
cAussian steam frigate Wladimir has been
ta j an Egyptian war.steamer. The Bessarabia
telirt a Turkish stedmer
Aa,EsT.—The Turks have resisted all the
ih r,s",; the Russians to expel them from their
Position below Hirsova, at the confluence
alonitza and Danube.
Galatiin letters state that the 4th and sth
eta reserve corps are in movement—they have
it:sarabia, and are about to enter Wallachia.
the TUESDAY EVENlNG.—Bucharest advices
inti2Oth state that the Russian war steamer
tirtikj, oa a cruise in the Black Sea, had
Nii-; to Sebastopol with two prizes—a Turkish
4pti"er steamer with a cargo of people, and an
an f
,en-gun steamer—the latter offered des-
'clNlNstance. The Russians had two killed and
1-11,4 ed. This' s authentic.
turd4tortic/e's • Paris correspondent writes on
0140 evening, that hopes are again enter-
eestin°f a pacific settlement of the Eastern
:440, but it is considered exceedingly ques
j* be Whether either of the belligerents will
e
41,3 res Willing to entertain any proposal for a
iklae Daily
to negotiate a treaty of peace.
k:11 0-1,"-Lai/Y News mentions that large quantities
ki,4a(l fallen, and that military operations are
~,Ith":4 impossible. The wreck of a ship of the
squadron is reported.
L'Nk'rtlount to be remitted to this country by
'or dividends, &c., during the next four
will probably be from £300,000 to £400,000,
"kiel-4'3 one-half the total which has just been
I.lle 3' removed.
IMO has a leading article on the Eastern
NePeeting the position of Servia and her de-
1111e/115en the Turkish government for the return
it tlssian consul-general. The neutrality of
71m.vould be the most favourable circumstance
Ire':,e3', but the above step and other reasons
4 to it impossible for the former to main-
She difficult position of neutrality, and the
k of eel a no confidence that this state of things will
if hostilities continue it is scarcely possible
OkkC"a. should remain. untouched by them. At
Y\,1(111 tune it is certain that the court of Vienna
11,4iltilts°t view with indifference the encroachment
on the Servian . territory beyond the
f1e144,' and before the Emperor Nicholas omi-
t° Oki; serious a movement, he will probably re-
thyetkan Austrian army of observation is about
'se oc`qed in close proximity to the scene of
elirrences.
11e I'URTHER PARTICULARS.
I,44te4ln:option of offensive operations on an
orb aid scale by the Turks along the Danube,
`4e li4laificant indications of the determination
„MPeror Nicholas to carry on the war with
k Oct an account of one or two affairs in the
between the Russian and Turkish ves-
-I,4llig"kn the main features of this day's "fighting
tthlte ellee:' As regards the movements of the
0:6 learn that on the* 25th they advanced
fo,tualat, 12 English miles, towards Krajova,
'IN, fined .
te brs, an intrenched camp for 8,000 men.
cues of Turks at the same time passed
Oti:eldvn the Danube. The next day the Turks
4141 of a bridge between Rustchuk and the
'lags °f Mokanon. The advance inland from
Iv Would thus appear once more to foresha-
t tlchapproaching combat at Krajova, perhaps
':°)Nii,arest,* Considering the smallness of Prince
4a"ff s army, and the length of time which
giaiixplga,teslttzf.ore fresh troops can arrive to
at
Yunlikely that Omar Pacha
discovered nuls l
weakness, and is in-
• to
wake a fregh attempt to expel him from
incipalities. This view seems all the more
e from the fact that we are still without
ial explanation of the motives which have
rol Omar Pacha to retire behind the Danube,
oficZ,e than one account states that Prince
Turkish is completely puzzled at the tactics
14 Turks
commander.
(ift',iot, 14'4 had been bombarding the Russian
401)1. Giurgevo from Rustchuk, for some
evio
il,4;try lis to the 26th, with their long range
" tlu'among which there is one of such calibre
i°til,4,l- balls fall not only into Giureevo, but even
Veht.the barrier situated on the road to Bu..
1,0,4 t Iva Probably the result of this bombard-
ktNi„s their occupation of the island, for the
'll of, 'which they had so persevaringly con-
l'khe
teP' (1,14-s have, however, resisted all the efforts
111,41 174 the Danube ; the Russians have been
%e,,1tpR0!.1111.. ous attempts to expel the Turks from
,k 4111,, %lon at Piva Petro, near Hirsova, at the
11.1,1re4),ee of the Talonitza and the Danube ; there
they had uniformly failed, the Turks
4,5',11-kwhileeessfally resisted all their efforts.
c4).‘`,,lxte°ltnts from Wallachia concur in repro-
ttl'lNtile exasperation of the people at the
Isat:;til the Russians. The administrative
tepLll of W'entered a protest against the incorpo
Wallachian militia with the Russian
,ttl4'll' Political discussions are strictly pro-
-44. ("11e -grier threats of the most ferocious kind,
Of
the Boyards who were lately arrested
'eat to the fortress of Bender, in Bessa-
el'ehtte,
ktgtq from St. Petersburg say, that the late
941' I\l.`, the East have greatly irritated the Ern-
),.4ll4tettenolas, and that those who are best ac-
-44 ho With his intentions do not think that he
,t",1.1to;) enter into any negociations, or listen to
thkt`lt cesitions for a compromise.
t 4,, I:est accounts from the Danube announce
kl);,`l'ge body of Cossacks having passed the
"ve Turtukai during the night to recoil
4
• Were surprised by the Turks and cut to
134:otti
If't ,'"ht,e,l'le Black Sea, we learn by advices dated
tV~
the 29th, that the Russian war steamer
S%!q t,) ,on a cruise in the Black Sea, had re.-
ilyNe oebastopol with two prizes—a Turkish_
bragki 10
r steamer, with a cargo of pepper, andthe
t --gun steamer Pervazy-Bahri. The
4.red a desperate resistance. The
leßus-
te44lll two killed and two wounded.
ItateN 4 with several vague statements of the
Mtll°,f negociations by the powers, we have
tilf,` that the French government has re-
the r of the Emperor Nicholas to the
,',Daesifive propositions which have emanated
17tel,_1"t: ; andc that in that answer the Czar
kt,o4,:uat he cannot accept of any project
NeY,‘Voent that does not issue direct from
k '4(.7,,,1'd that henceforth the fate of arms
I°kiorki`,e the question.
hi,llll,..onjournal has some speculative remarks
question of renewed negociations with il
ei,ed not delay our readers.
11,'(1 th -13araguay d'Hilliers in his address, ad-
S4ltibi e Cause of peace, provided peace was
re With the independence of Turkey. The
~-PLied in the most cordial manner. He
4ott. the
necessity of putting a term to the
tk(Ptine. Russia, and declared that the Dann-
vieeprlalities must be evacuated.
1444„, foi.:,,,eee.ived from Trieste state that the Ot-
def:s in Asia have followed up their suc-
-01;t the epee of fort of St. Nicholas by the cap •
ertresses of Usurgheti and Souchoum-
(e4 .`4lO G
4 tlrk, eorgian.s, it is stated, are favourable
11;14i ELI
:11 itth,„-ers has led a portion of the fifth
"Liiihalt had--turY corps across the Pruth, between
e°lva but of Osten Sacken's corps
A (P been 'seen.
orite4/11 our r • •
s, r Third Edition of Yesterday.)
if a vel I rrUEitall informed
EVENING.—Our correspondent
that telegraphic advices
'tttl'lNl, first °l!s nature have reached Paris to-day.
lON °r Of 11:,)lace it is-said that as soon as the
tg4tt oltussia heard of the passage of the
havea_ enitza, and the defeat of his force s,
Ibitt 4111.
tuciertits for the whole army of Poland.
kik 'll4 e , and determined
°ll gth_hits guards and the invalids who
'3 Russian fortress to supply

the place of the troops to move from Poland. If
this be true, it shows a determination on the part
of the Emperor to push the war with the utmost
vigour; and it at the same time proves that the
troops which were to have reinforced Prince Gorts-
chakoff's army have been otherwise disposed of.
After what has transpired as to the war now raging
in the Caucasus, there can now be little doubt where

the troops have been sent. lam also informed that
the Turks have suddenly again assumed the offen-
sive; that they have marched from Kalafat, and en-
trenched themselves, and that there is again a
chance or a probability of their entering Bucharest.