The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-05 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

The English steamer Caradoc, which we stated
yesterday arrived at Marseilles on the Ist, from
Constantinople, which she left on the 25th of De-
cember, brings despatches for the French and
English Governments, but nothing certain had
transpired at Marseilles as to their contents.
The despatches from Constantinople brought by
the Caradoc arc of the 25th. That steamer had a
very favourable passage notwithstanding the wea-
ther, having left on the 25th and arrived at Mar-
seilles on the Ist. These despatches confirm the
intelligence already received by the telegraph with
reference to the acceptance by the Porte of the
Vienna note, on the conditions already specified,
and the most important of which concern the eva-
cuation of the Danubian Principalities and the
abrogation of the old treaties ; the movement of
the Softas or students, at the instigation of the
fanatic section of the "ileums, and its speedy sup-
pression ; and the presence of the combined fleets
in the Bosphorus up to the 25th.
The fleets were still moored in the Bosphorus.
The steam corvette Caton had sailed from Toulon
on the Ist to join the squadron in the Levant under
Admiral Hamelin.
A despatches received via Semlin from Constan-
tinople of the 20th ult. says, that the Porte had
not definitively resolved upon its formal answer to
the last Vienna note.
A certain number of the individuals arrested on
the occasion of the recent disturbance at Constan-
tinople, had been exiled to Candia.
The defeat experienced by the Turks in Georgia
is much less serious than was reported.
The Siecle says :—" We are informed that the
Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin have announced to
the Governments of France and England that the
sending of the fleets into the Black Sea, at the mo-
Ipent when new negotiations had been opened, had
led Austria and Prussia to withdraw from the con-
ference, and to reserve their liberty of action. We,
however, give this news only under reservation,
and as one of the thousand rumours which are in
circulation."
Letters from Persia, of the 30th Nov., declare
that the Persian Government was said to have given
way to the energy displayed by the English Charge
d'Affaires, and to have given full satisfaction ; and,
for the moment at least, all the projects of Russia
are reported to have failed.
Private letters state that if the weather permit
it was expected that the Black Sea would be en-
tered about the 3d or 4th of the present month.
In the telegraphic despatch which arrived in
Paris on Monday, speaking of disturbances at
Constantinople, mention was made of an armistice
being thought probable. In the despatch from
Pera on the same subject, published on Tuesday
morning by the Moniteur, not one word is said of
an armistice ; and in addition, the Turkish Em-
bassy at Paris not only has not received any in-
formation on that point, but looks on it as abso-
lutely impossible at present.
It is plain, from the terms employed by the
Moniteur, that the statement that the emeute was
likely to lead to an armistice is a mere coinage of
a mint notorious for its persevering issue of false
currency. The intention of the concoctors of that
despatch was to make it appear that the Porte,
unable to control its own subjects, had been con-
strained by its patronising allies to consent to a
disgraceful peace in exchange for an onerous pro-
tection. But it is, on the contrary, clear, from the
official intimation of the French Government, that
the Sultan had been advised to demonstrate in a
proclamation that the terms on which he was ready
to negotiate were not incompatible with his honour
and dignity, or with the vigorous prosecution of
the war ad interim,. Had an armistice been in ques-
tion the Moniteur would not have failed to allude
to it.

The German journals notice the passage of Count
de Reiset, on his way to St. Petersburg with the
official announcement that the Black Sea is to be
entered by the combined fleets. The severity of
the season will prevent that gentleman from ar-
riving in the Russian capitallitifore the Bth or 9th,
so that the reply of Russia to the announcement
cannot well be known, even by telegraph, before
the 15th or 16th.
M. de Brunow at London, and M. de Kisseleff,
at Paris, have already received their instructions,
it is reported in the latter capital, as to their con-
duct in case the united fleets are to enter the
Black Sea. As soon as that event is officially de-
clared, both, it is said, are to take their departure.
On the other hand, a circumstance has taken
place at Paris which does not look very warlike.
The Minister of War has sent to all the colonels
of the French army, authorisation to deliver leaves
of absence and furloughs for the first quarter of
1854.

A letter from Odessa of the 14th ult., announce
that the camp formed towards the end of the sum-
mer at Vosnocensk, at about five leagues from that
town, had been raised, on account of the extreme
severity of the season. The troops which compose
it, and the reinforcements newly arrived, have
been divided between the garrisons of Ismael, Se-
bastopol, and Odessa, where the corn warehouses
have been converted into barracks.
Since the affair of Sinope there are no longer any
Russian vessels of war remaining in the Black
Sea, and they appear not to be inclined to quit
Sebastopol, where they have taken refuge.
A letter of the 21st ult., from Christiania,
announces that three Russian officers had just
arrived at that place charged with a particular
mission. They are, it is said, to visit the different
ports of Norway.
A private letter from St. Petersburg gives th e
following reasons for the choice made by the Em-
peror of General Yermoloff for the command of the
Persian army. The writer says that the General,
who has been on the unemployed list since the year
1834, is the best officer in the entire Russian army.
He is the chief and idol of the old Muscovite party,
and the most determined enemy of the German
party. The Czar, in choosing General Yormoloff,
wished to impress a character radically Muscovite
on Russian influence in Persia and to render the
war more national. He was moreover preferred to
Prince oronzoff on account of the English sym-
pathies oWf
the latter, and for that reason a mission
against British India could not be confided to him.
It is reported that Prince Woronzoff will shortly be
replaced by General Yermoloff.
A correspondent of the Independance Belge says :
_cc The fact of an ultimatum having lately been
sent to the Czar is confirmed. It appears, how-
ever, that this ultimatum is in no way calculated
to hurt his feelings. It was sent to the Czar by the
Emperor Napoleon, in accord with the English
Cabinet, between which and Napoleon 111. Lord
Palmerston acted as a mediator.'
We read in a Vienna letter of the 28th ult., in
the Post Ampt Gazette of Prankfort :—" Letters
from Bucharest state that General Aurep had re-
turned to that place from his
be mission at Krajowa.
had
It is stated that conveyed to General
Fischbach new instructions to maintain the defen-
sive. It is added that Prince
Gortschakoff will
not make any offensive movement, and that he
Altflys in the
will retire with his troops behind the
event of the Turks advancing. The
news is con-
firmed that a part of the Turkish troops who had
taken up a position at Kalafat have returned to
Widdin. That place has now a garrison of 50,000
men under Sami Pacha. The troops concen-
trated at Kalafat are commanded by Achmet
Pacha. Omer Paella is now at Widdin. On
the 17th he was at RUSti°llek) the garrison of
which has been doubled. On the 16th, a report
was current at Widdin, that the Turks proposed* to
cross the Danube at Rustjonck.,,

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The New Prussian Gazette of the 29th ult., con-
firms the account already given of the Emperor of
Russia having ordered that all the forces in his
empire shall be placed on a war footing. This
measure, says the New Prussian Gazette, will
bring up the nominal strength of the Russian
army to 2,226,000 men, with I,QOO pieces of ar-
tillery. This statement, however, is evidently an
exaggeration.

The following is from the correspondent of the
Morning Chronicle, dated Constantinople, De-
cember 19 :

You will see by the enclosed letter from Trebi-
zond that the Turkish army in Asia, under the
command of Veli Pasha, has suffered a defeat. The
sieges of Akisks, and Gumri have been raised. This
is very bad news for the Porte, after the disastrous
naval engagement at Sinope.
Abdi Pacha, one of the two supreme comman-
ders in Asia, has been superseded, and Ahmet
Pacha, the head of the etat major, named as his
successor. I have, however, to report a much
more important change than this. Riza Paella has
been named Minister of Marine (Capitan Pacha),
in the place of Mahmoud Pacha. This change is
looked upon as precursory to many more. Riza
Pacha's entry into the Ministry will, it is believed,
entail the withdrawal of Mehemet Ali Pacha, the
Grand Seraskier, as they are of downright opposite