The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-01 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

Private letters from Constantinople still describe
that city as perfectly tranquil, materially speaking ;
but they concur in stating that all parties are una-
nimous in refusing all further concessions to Russia.
There are three parties of politicians in that city,
that of peace, which hasfor its ch ief Raouf Pasha,an
old man abo utBo, who has already been 10 times Grand
Vizier, and who is almost invariably selected to fill
that post provisionally when a vacancy suddenly
takes place, and there is no time to fill it up per-
manently. The chief of the moderate section is
Redschid Pasha, and the war party recognises as
its leader or representative Mehemet Ali Pasha, the
brother-in-law of the Sultan. All parties, the
pacific the moderate, and the warlike, concur in
declaring their determination to make no further
concession, no matterwhat the consequence may he.
The Sultan himself is described to be animated by
the same feelings as his Ministers and his subjects.
Opinions differ as to the future conduct of the
Russians, but it is generally believed that, except
in the event of some stroke of magnanimity on the
part of the Czar, they will content themselves with
remaining where they are in the Danubian pro-
vinces ; that they will not be the first to attack,
and merely act on the defensive if attacked, and
that the Emperor himself does not consider it to oube
his interest to advance any further for the present.
The contingency of their being defeated in the
first combat that may take place between them
and the Turks, is also taken into account. It is
not unusual for the Russians to be defeated in a
first battle, and for this they seem to be in some
degree prepared, but they are neither alarmed, nor
will they be deterred from persevering even by
such a casualty.
The Vienna Presse contains an intimation from
Jassy, Sept. 16 " Yesterday or the day before
positive orders reached here from Petersburgh to
accelerate the. preparations for the passage of the

Danube, and to quadruple the stores of provision
in the magazines. The commander of the battalion
in garrison here has, also received orders to hold
his troops in readiness, and as soon as the battalion
appointed to this garrison arrives here from Bes-
sarabia, to commence his march to the Danube."
The cholera had broken out at Jassy.
The German Journal of Frankfort, under date
of Berlin, 27th, says :—" Certain indications lead
to the belief that our government, in the delibera-
tions of the conference of Vienna, will share in the
views of the Cabinet of St. James's, as far as re-
gards the modifications of the Ottoman Porte, and
will not adhere in an absolute manner to the views
of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg.
A letter from Vienna says :—" The Corriere
Italiano states that Lord Westmoreland is to again
bring forward, at Olmutz, the proposition to send
a collective note to Constantinople. A letter from
Olmutz states that the Emperor of Russia has re-
ceived Lord Westmoreland at a private audience.
Previously to that audience the Noble Lord had a
conference with Count de Nesselrode and Baron de
Meyendorff. M. do Lerchenfeld, Ambassador of
Bavaria at Vienna, has proceeded to. Olmutz. The
Emperor of Austria is expected at Vienna on Oc-
tober 1."

The Independauce of Brussels, on the authority
of a letter from Vienna, states that, in the audience
which the Emperor Nicholas gave to the Earl of
Westmoreland at Olmutz, he again protested his
firm desire to preserve, peace, but that he main-
tained in all points his interpretation of the note of
Vienna.

The Oronstadt Gazette says :—"lt is believed
that the Russian troops will pass the winter in the
Principalities. Contracts have been made to fur-
nish provisions for five months."
The llamburgh News, under date of St. Peters-
burgh 19th, says :—The Emperor Nicholas on
entering Moscow was received by the clergy, the
head of which addressed his Majesty as follows :
"Most pious Emperor, everything under Heaven has
its time, says the Sage. The Orthodox Church has al-
ways found in you a defender, but the present epoch
more particularly sees you fulfilling that mission. You
have raised yourself up as its sanctuary in the East for
the security of your co-religionists with the sword, which
is powerful at the Imperial word. The uneasiness which
has spread in the States inhabited by other nations, as-
sures us that your word will triumph over resistance as
well as your arms. Our souls, penetrated with sym-
pathy in your ideas, pray to the Redeemer on your be-
half—' Master, communicate joy to the Czar by inspir-
ing him with strength.' The ceremony of kissing the
cross, the holy images, and the reliques afterwards took
'place, and psalms were sung in the cathedral, thanking
God for the safe arrival of the Emperor."
The Police Gazette of Warsaw, of the 26th, an-
nounces that a plot had been discovered there, and
the object of which was to burn down and pillage
the post-office of that city. At the head of the
plot was a former employe in the post-office named
Chencenski. A locksmith, who was one of the
persons engaged in the affair, discovered every-
thin °. to the police. All the accomplices have been
arrested.
A Berlin letter, in a Frankfort journal, says :
" The cholera is making great ravages at Warsaw,
particularly among the troops of the garrison."
A letter from the Belgian Consul at Bucharest,
dated the 14th, in the Independance of Brussels,
says that the state of the Danube at Sulina is not
improved. The same letter states that the abun-
dance of corn was so great at Ibrail and at Galatz
that warehouses could not be found for it, and im-
mense heaps of barley were lying on the quays at
Ibrail, exposed to all the inclemency of the weather.
The Pope has appointed Monsignor Melilla to
the post of apostolical delegate of Macerata, and
Monsignor Zecchia to that of clerk of the Aposto-
lical Chamber. Cardinal Morichini has taken pos-
session of the convent of Sts. Cosma and Damiano.
A private letter from Erzeroum of the 27th of
August announces the arrival in that city of a
courier extraordinary from Teheran, bearing de-
spatches for Constantinople. It was said that the
Shah had placed 6,000 of his best troops at the
disposal of the Sultan. This proceeding was con-
sidered to be the more important as the Cabinet of
St. Petersburg had employed all means to isolate
Persia from Turkey.