The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-28 00:00:00

The letter, after giving some details, adds :

" It is supposed that some fine morning a Russian
General will say to the Hospodar of Moldavia, Give
up your place that I may take it I' The population,
however, would not see that with pleasure ; it esteems
the reigning prince, to whom the best intentions are
ascribed ; but he does little for the public weal, because
he has no money. All lands are possessed by the nobi-
lity and the monasteries. The lands do not pay any tax.
This country possesses all the elements of great prospe-
rity, if the people only knew how to turn the lands to
account. Everywhere its appearance is beautiful:
everywhere the lands are of extraordinary fertility up to
the top of the mountains. We are in nearly the same
latitude as Orleans, but the winters are more rigorous,
and the summers hotter. Maize is the principal culture,
and is the basis of the people's food. Oxen are verxfine,
but badly taken care of. The red and white wines have
the taste, the qualities, and the faults of those of Cham-
pagne, but they are badly made. Provisions are cheap,
but choice vegetables and good fruit are scarce. All the
trade is in the hands of Jews and of about a hundred
foreigners. The peasantry are intelligent and upright.
Luxury ruins the nobility."

Letters from Odessa of the 14th announce that
new regiments of the Russian army continue to
arrive at Bessarabia and in the Crimea, h
there is an intention of forming an army of re-
serve. A diplomatic agency has been attached to
the head quarters of the expeditionary army. It
i s composed of the emploges of the Constantinople
Legation, and is placed under the direction of M.
Kotzebue, the Consul General in Wallachia.
It has been stated from various sources that the
Emperor of Russia has declared that the difference
between him and the Sultan is an affair which con-
cerns only themselves, and that no other power has
a right to interfere in the matter. This statement
is utterly at variance with all that had been previ-
ously stated, for we had been assured that the Czar
had accepted the mediation of Austria, and received
favourably the propositions which had been made
to him by the British and French Governments. It
was, indeed, added that the Czar had observed that
as the two parties in dispute were himself and the
Sultan, he could give no answer to any proposition
unless it came in a direct way from the Sultan, but
this was considered to be only a matter of form, and
as it was believed that the Sultan, under the advice
of the Ambassadors of the great powers at Constan-
tinople, had consented to make the first advances
in the way of conciliation, most persons regarded
the Eastern question as settled. The account now
given of the state of the negotiations places the
affair in a very different position ; but we may be
permitted to express a hope that it is not well-
founded ; for if the right of the great powers to
interfere between Russia and Turkey were to be
thus openly disputed by the Emperor Nicholas, it
would become necessary for them, in support of
their honour and their interests, to insist upon the
right of intervention, which is given to them by
existing treaties, whenever the independence and
integrity of the Ottoman Empire is menaced. In
expressing a hope that the statement in question
will turn out to be at least an exaggeration, we are
bound to state that there is an article in the Con-
stitutionnel, in which it is noticed in a way which
would imply that something has occurred which is I
not of a satisfactory character. '
The German Journal of Frankfort publishes a
letter from Constantinople, relative to the late mi-
nisterial crisis there, in which it is stated that
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, in his interview with
the Sultan, after informing his Majesty that the
report of his having been recalled from his post as
ambassador was unfounded, repeated in the- name
of his sovereign all the friendly assurances that had
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correspondent of the Frankfortisajsosuurrnanaze,prsoadyus theced
an immediate effect on the mind of the Sultan.
A letter from Constantinople of the 14th, in a
Vienna journal, states that workmen were em-
ployed there in again putting up the imperial eagles
in front of the Russian embassy, as M. d, Ozeroff
was daily expected.
A Vienna letter of the 22d states that the ad-
vanced guard of the Russian army of occupation,
under the orders of General Aurep, was to enter
Bucharest on the 15th. It adds that General
Gortschakoff will not establish his head-quarters
there before the 25th ; but it appears from a Vienna
journal that he left Jassy on the 12th for Bucha-
rest. The Russian advanced guard consists of
7,000 cavalry and artillery. The army itself was
to arrive in Bucharest a day after. According to
the Temestvar Gazette, the presence of the Russians
occasioned no agitation, and as they purchased
largely, especially corn, the traders were satisfied.
A letter from Warsaw of the 16th, states that
several foreigners had been arrested there by the
secret police, on suspicion of attempting to cause
excitement against the Government.