The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-20 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE.

Dr. Spitzer, ex-physician of the Sultan Abd-ul-
Medjid, and formerly Councillor of Legation of
the Sublime Porte in Austria, has just been recalled
to Constantinople. M. Spitzer, who is an Austrian
by birth, has always been in great favour with the
Sultan, and also with the Sultana Valid& _

Constantinople advices of the 7th enable us to
lay before our readers some further account of
Schamyl's movements. Between the 26th of Au-
gust and the Ist of September the Circassian chief
entered the northern part •of Georgia with
18,000 men, and advanced to the Kour. The
centre, which he commanded in person, was
at Achalgori on the 28th of August ; the right
wing, under the Emir Hassan Emin, was at
Gun, on the Kour, at the same date ; and
the left wing, under Emir Chupli Emin, was at
Mycht, a little to the north of Teflis. The Rus-
sians were taken completely by surprise, and re-
treated, after a very feeble resistance, into the
mountains. An important result of the razzia was
that the Russians were immediately obliged to re-
linquish all idea of conquest in Turkish Armenia.
The Turkish Minister who has left Persia is said
" to have received leave of absence," but at such a
moment this is not probable. Fezhai

(Stein) has been definitively appointed Quartermas-
ter-General in Anatolia, instead of Koursehid
Pasha (Guyon).

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Sept. 16.—The Sebastopol fever is ex-
cessively violent here, and, as it must be still more
so in England, all the intelligence connected with
the great expedition which has reached this city
will be welcome. It is positively known that the
whole fleet had quitted the Bulgarian coast on the
morning of the Bth ; and the Copirt. Zeitung's cor-
respondent has learnt from Galatz that the first
division of " the Armada"—a word displeasing to
British eyes and ears—had cast anchor near Ilan
Adassi (Serpents Island), between the Sulina and
Kilia mouths of the Danube, on the 9th. We
are further informed that the fleets will proceed
from Serpents Island to the isthmus of Perekop,
" which is now almost without troops ;" but
this is not likely, although Austrian engineers
have often expressed their astonishment that so
little notice has been taken of a point which is so
vulnerable. No good object could now be attained
by attacking Perekop, as the troops intended for
the defence of the Crimea must already been iu the
peninsula, and some weeks must elapse before
reinforcements from Kherson and the Upper
Taurida can reach Sebastopol. No civilian who
saw the expedition start was inclined to doubt
that it would be successful. New fieldworks
have been constructed on the heights around
Sebastopol, and the Russians in Odessa do not
seem to feel any alarm for the fate of that fortress.
The troops are hurrying out of Moldavia with
such breathless haste, that it is evident reinforce-
ments are to be sent to the Crimea immediately.
Forced marches without a single day's rest
are ruinous to an army, and, even if the greatest
expedition is used, none of the troops now crossing
the Pruth can reach the Isthmus of Perekop in
less than three weeks or a month. One of the ver-
sions in circulation relative to the intended
operations of the allies is, that Kherson, a strongly
fortified place, with docks for shipbuilding, is to
be destroyed, but the person who conceived this
idea can have no knowledge whatever of the
situation of Kherson. Before the allies could get,
to the place in question, which is at the em-
bouchure of the Dniester, they would have to
take the fortresses of Otzakoff and Kinburn. The
believers and disbelievers in the sincerity of
Austria are about equal in number, but if the
latter knew what a feverish longing there
is in our official circles for news of the
fall of Sebastopol many of them would be
cured of their incredulity. My opinion in re-
• spect to the policy of Austria is unchanged.
The idea that she is playing "booty" with Russia, is
positively ridiculous, but that she is most anxious
to avoid coming to blows with her neighbour is
most certain. A favourite phrase here is :—" The
Western Powers would willingly make a cat's-paw
of Austria," but it appears to me that Austria is
resolved to take every advantage of the exertions
of the allies. As she herself says, she has already
secured a " pledge," and she foresees that if Sebas-
topol falls she will have nothing to fear from
Russia during the winter. On the other hand, if
the attack on the great fortress should fail, the
Emperor Nicholas will have leisure during the next
few months to pay particular attention to the
Austrians in Moldavia and Wallachia. It must
again be repeated that the Emperor Francis Joseph
is not likely to strike the first blow, but, if the
j Russians should endeavour to recross the Pruth, a
war between the two empires is inevitable.
To-day the Lloyd has returned to Prussia, and
the Zeit, which paper has informed the politicians
on the Spree that the Austrian occupation of the
, Principalities "is not only with the consent of
ti Russia, but also with that of the Porte." It is
notorious that Austria never demanded the per-
mission of Russia to enter Moldavia and Wallachia,
" but that her demand for their evacuation was
backed by a couple of hundred,thousand bayonets."
The Vienna journalist, who in this matter probably
utters the opinions of persons high in office, ex-
presses his belief that the success of the Anglo-
French expedition would induce the Czar to accept
the " four conditions." It is, however, considered
questionable whether the Western Powers would
then be satisfied with the conditions alluded to.

Yesterday the Turkish Minister delivered a hatti
solteriff to the Hospodar Stirbey, who resides at
Baden. The Sultan orders the Hospodar to return
to his post, and Stirbey will leave Austria on the
25th.