The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-21 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

(From our Second Edition of Saturday.)

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING

The heavy rains which have deluged the lower
portions of Wallachia, rendering military opera-
tions impracticable, decided the Turkish comman-
der to postpone the expedition against Bucharest.
Orders were therefore given to stop the move-
ment of the Ottoman forces, and those which were
at Oltenitza recrossed the Danube in the greatest
order, and without being disturbed by the enemy.
Gortschalioff had concentrated his forces oppo-
site Oltenitza.

The Paris paper Patrie says—" The Turks were
retarded in their advance by the inundation of the
Danube. They destroyed the quarantine building
and works at Oltenitza.

Despatch from. Gortschakoff, and accounts re
ceived by the Austrian government, confirm these
reports of the withdrawal of the Turks ; in the latter
it is added- that the Turks had also retired from
their position at Kararassalz and opposite Giur-
gevo. The Times contains Constantinople accounts
of thesth, stating that the news of the success of the
Turkish troops in Asia is confirmed. The son of
Prince Gouriel and Colonel Clote, are among the
prisoners sent to Constantinople.
A portion of the English and French fleets was
stationed close to the entrance into the Black Sea.
The Porte has refused to grant authority for the
exercise of his functions to the Consul-general
appointed by Austria for the Danubian Principali-
ties.

ST. PETERSBURGH

Letters report further unfavourable movements in
exchange, consequent upon the quotations from
Odessa, which will cause a considerable amount
of imperial to be sent from this country. A parcel
from the Bank was despatched on Friday, via
Hamburgh, and further sums will follow.

LATEST PARTICULARS.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.—The Patrie announces
that the Turks, being retarded in their advance on
Bucharest by the inundation of the Danube, have
decided on arresting their onward movement.
After having destroyed the quarantine building and
the works at Oltenitza, they have repassed the

Danube without being molested by the enemy.
The Turks successfully withstood the violent
attack made on their position at Oltenitza, on the
11th, by the Russians. The Turks are firm in the
island opposite Giurgevo.
VIENNA, THURSDAY.—The Austrian Correspondenz
says, " On the 13th, the Turks blew up their works
at Oltenitza, and retired to Bulgaria.'
It is officially declared that the corps of observa-
tion which is to be concentrated at Temesvar is
for the purpose of securing the Austrian frontier
as well as to maintain the principle of neutrality,

VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENING —The Turks still occupy
the islands opposite Giurgevo and Oltenitza. The
Russians are firm in Krajova.
VIENNA, Nov. 17.—The Russian Minister at
Vienna has received the following telegraphic mes-
sage from Prince Gortschakoff, dated Bucharest,
the 13th instant :
"At the moment when measures were about to
be executed against the establishment of the Turks
on the left bank of the river, opposite Turtukai,
they evacuated their position and retired to the
right bank, keeping possession only of an island
which lies between the two banks."

The despatches received by the Austrian go-
vernment confirm the above, adding that the
Turks had retired from their position at Kara-
salz, and from that which they occupied opposite
Giurgevo.
General Osten-Sacken's advanced guard had
passed the Pruth, and he was expected at Bucharest
on the 20th.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. s.—The new of the suc-
tcheesslaosfttdheespTauterhkiessh. tioop:t!r.it is confirm 411
rec,„lo„ Leu byA• ad battalion of the Guards,
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attacked: on the 28th of October the Russian fort of
Shefkatil. After an obstinate defence on the part
of the garrison, the Turks carried the fort, in which
they found 2,000 muskets and four pieces of artil-
lery. The son of Prince George Gouriel and Colonel
Klott are among the prisoners, and have been sent
to Constantinople.
The British vessels Vengeance and Albion, and

the French vessels Jupiter and Henri IV.. and
eight steam-frigates, are at 13entos, close to the en-
trance into the Black Sea The Ottoman naval
division which is to cruise in those waters consist
of four frigates, two steamers, three corvettes, and
two brigs. The vessel Mudjeddetie and two fri-
gates have lately joined the squadron.
The Porte has refused to grant the exequatur to
the consul-general appointed by Austria for the
Danubian Principalities.
260 vessels loaded with corn passed by Constan-
tinople in the period from the 18th of October to
the Ist of November. They came from the Black
Sea.
The Oest. Correspondenz of the 14th contains the
following telegraphic despatch of the 9th, from Bu-
charest :—" For some hours the booming of artil-
lery has been heard, but it is uncertain whether it
comes from Oltenitza or Giurgevo. All the Rus-
sian pontoons have been forwarded from Colen-
tira to Giurgevo. The Russians, to the number
of seven or eight thousand men, are posted on
a rising ground at Trateslhti (this should be Frs.-
teschi), a place at about two hours distant (nine
English miles) from Giurgevo. On the 9th the
Russian head-quarters were at Budeschti, a place
four hours distant from Bucharest. (The
place in question is four hours distant from
Oltenitza and six from Bucharest.) At Oltenitza
the Turks have about 17,000 regular infantry, 3,600
irregular troops, and 4,000 artillerymen. It is
believed that General Prim commands this corps
until the arrival of the Hungarian revolutionary
leader Klapka, who is said to be expected. We
have further credible advices that General Soimon-
off, on the 9th, dislodged the Turks from the island
near Giurgevo, of which they were in possession on
the Bth. The Turkish corps at Kalafat, which is
24,000 strong, is commanded by Ismail Pasha.
The Russians have 35,000 men at Budeschti. Gen.
Budberg is expected at Bucharest."
Commenting on this intelligence, the Vienna cor-
respondent of the Times remarks :—" This despatch
bears an official stamp, and that part of it which
refers to the expulsion of the Turks from the island
near Giurgevo, would have been telegraphed last
night, had not a hint been given me that later and
contradictory news had been "received. Credible
information was acquired this morning, and you
will learn by my telegraphic despatch of this morn-
ing, that the Turks were in turn the conquered
and the conquerors : in other words, that they im-
mediately retook the island which they had lost.
We are still in the dark as to what has really taken
place, but it is generally supposed that more than
one battle has been fought since the Bth. That
there was some sharp artillery practice at Giurgevo
on the 9th is certain, and it is highly probable
that on the 11th a violent collision took place near
Oltenitza. As the Russians have 35,000 men con-
centrated at Budeschti, and the Turks but 24,000
at Oltenitza, it is generally expected that we shall
within a few hours have a bulletin, announcing a
complete victory on the part of the former; but it
is probable that the 18,000 Turks at Kalafat will
advance towards Krajova, which movement will
necessitate Prince Gortzchakoff to despatch rein-
forcements to the right wing of his army. The
Oest. Deutsche Post has news of the 10th from New
(Turkish) Orsova, that a detachment of 500 horse
had advanced from Kalafat to Wercserova, on the
road to Krajova, to " annul" the order issued by
the Russian commander, that no Wallachian
should hold any communication with a Turk, under
pain of death. By another letter of the same date
from Widdin, we learn that in that Turkish fortress,
which is under the command of Sami Pasha, mer-
cantile men, artisans, and even priests, are forced
to work in the trenches. Day after day troops
march through Widdin, and it is expected that in
a short time, the Turkish corps at Kalafat will
number 25,000 men."
The same correspondent also indulges in the
following speculations on Omar Pasha's future
operations ; the correctness of which later tele-
graphic despatches would appear to be singularly
verified :—" The scanty reports which have reached
us during the last two days induce me to believe
that the Turks, in the centre of their line of
operation—from Rustchuck-Giurgevo to Silistria-
Kalarasch—will for the moment act simply on the
defensive, until the left wing in Lesser Wallachia,
and the right wing on the Rassova-Hirsova-Matshin
line of the Danube are got into position. As has