The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-18 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Another morning entertainment was given on Wed-
nesday, at Drury-lane, the children of the Four idling
Hospital being present. They took the same sez ►te as
the boys of the Duke of York's School, but occupied
more of them. The girls, in their neat white caps, tight
in front and bulging out behind, with white tippet s, sat
demurely enough ; their enjoyment was quiet ; bi it the
boys behind them were in an eternal fidget, silo uting
and laughing in their delight.
The performances were of the usual character, en-
livened, however, by some new changing charactems . Mr.
Ryland personated the principal characters of Oliver Twist
in a "rapid act of horsemanship." Mr. New some
enacted the Rose, the Shamrock, and the Thistle— the first
being rather strangely represented by a sailior, the
second of course a tatterdemalion with a sbillela gh, and
the third by a Highlander. Besides the changiing cha-
racters, Mr. Leon performed a Zulu Chief, and looked
sufficiently savage. But perhaps the most successful! 49.qu es-
trian and vaulting performance of the morning was t hat of
Miss Ella, a girl of from twelve to fourteen yes trs of
age, who, at full gallop, leaped through twenty b.al loons
—four each round. Her next feat was leaping over
three strips of calico, which are generally about three
feet broad, but which on this occasion were full. y six.
Ten of these long leaps did Miss Ella take, aligh tii ig on
her knees, and, as it appeared, springing from tih,
both feats performed without the slightest swerve or
quiver, the young Amazone giving herself up hef t and
soul to the excitement of the gallop and the leap.
The clowns performed their usual tricks. Mr.. :Barry
gave his clever imitations of hustings oratory, a Jul Mr.
Weale amused the children, little and grown-upr b y his
quaint pranks, and especially by his personationt of a
frog,

LA i'EST FoREIGN

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated Bu-
charest, the 14th inst., says :
The Danube has been recrossed by the Turks at
Oltenitza, after having previously destroyed their
fortifications at that place.
They recrossed without molestation.
The Russians have concentrated 45,000 men at
or about Oltenitza.

Attempts are being made, both by the Russians
and the Turks, to occupy the island of Mokanon.

A brigade of the sth corps is advancing from
Ibrail on Gowrna Jalomnitza, under the command
of General Englehardt.
Part of the reserves of the 4th corps, which are
supposed to number about 12,000 men, and who
lately entered Moldavia, have replaced General
Englehardt's corps.
Servia refuses to permit the entrance of Turkish
troops.

The Austrian, Correspondenz of yesterday says':
—" On the 13th, the Turks blew up their works
at Oltenitza, and retired to Bulgaria."
It is officially declared that the corps of obser-
vation, which is to be conct.ntrated. at Tamesvar,
is for the purpose of securing the Austrian frontier
as well as to maintain the principle of neutrality.
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated yes-
terday morning, says :
" Telegraphic advices from Prince Gortschakoft
received last night, state that the Turks have
quitted all their positions on the left bank of the
Danube, except Kalafat, without battle, simply on
account of the concentration and development of
the Russian forces.

" The Turkish entrenchments have been razed.
"This is authentic."
Another telegraphic despatch from Vienna, yes-
terday evening, states : •
" The report of the Turks having abandoned
their positions on the left bank, except Kalafat,
officially confirmed from Hermannstadt.

" The Turks quitted Oltenitza on the 12th, de-
stroying their own entrenchments.

" The Turks attempted a passage near Kalarash,
and from an island opposite Giurgevo, but the
Russians repulsed them at both places with consi-
derable loss."

Private letters from Vienna, dated the evening
of the 14th, mention that it was positively asserted
that Galatz and Braila had been attacked by the
Turks. The former town is in Moldavia, on the
left bank of the Danube ; the latter in Wallachia,
on the same side of the river.

Private letters from Jassy, of the 6th, announce
that the Russians were sending their sick and
wounded to Kircheneau, a town in Bessarabia. The
number of sick was increasing every day, so much
so that the hospitals of Wallachia and Moldavia
were insufficient to contain them.

Letters from Servia of the 4th announce that the
Porte, in accord with the reigning Prince of that
province, is about to increase the garrison of Bel-

grade.

A letter from Constantinople of the 2d announces
that Abdi Pasha, who commands the army of Asia,
had entered the Imeretia, after having passed
through Erzeroum andliars, and that he bad been
received by the mountaineers with every demon-
stration of joy. A general attack was about to be
made on the Russian line, which being of great ex-
tent is vulnerable on several points.
A letter from Bucharest of the 6th, announces
the arrival there of 70 wounded Russians.
The success of the Turks at Oltenitza is in this
letter attributed to the circumstance that the Rus
sians had nearly all their heavy artillery at Plll'.
luta, ten miles from the Danube, and were there
fore unable to return the fire of the Turkish 24-
pounders.
The merchants and the corporation of Bucharest
have petitioned against the incorporation of the
Wallachian militia with the Russian troops.
Martial law, though not proclaimed, prevails cic
facto.

Young Philippesco, the son of the Minister of
Finance, has been ordered to leave the country.
Letters from the Russo-Polish frontier of tilt.
11th inst. state that reinforcements have been
ordered to proceed at once, and by forced marches,
to the Russian army in the Principalities.
The same letters state that Osten-Sacken's corps
crossed the Pruth on the 2d or 3d inst.
A telegraphic despatch from Berlin states that
the Turks have gained another victory at Oltenitza.
The despatch contains no date or other details.

A letter from St. Petersburg of the Bth says,
that all the troops in the vicinity of the capital
have been ordered to keep themselves in readiness
to march at a moment's notice. On the 3d the Em-
peror reviewed the regiments of the Imperial Guard,
18 battalions of infantry, 20 squadrons of cavalry,
and 6 batteries of artillery.

The Hamburgh, News mentions that the Empe-
ror of Russia has declared to the different courts
that no negotiation'or mediation can meet with
attention on his part until the Turks have re-
crossed the Danube, and the Sultan withdrawn his
declaration of war.

A Paris letter in a German journal states that
General Baraguay d'Hilliers, the new French Am-
bassador to Constantinople, has carried with him
to the capital a selection oisome of the finest arms
in the arsenals of France, and amongst them a
cannon on the system of the Emperor of the
French. These arms are to be presented to the
Sultan on the part of the Emperor.
A private letter from Odessa of the 3d announces
the arrival there of all the functionaries of the Rus-
sian Consulate at Constantinople.
We learn by a letter from Constantinople, of the
3d, that as soon as the news of the crossing of the
Danube was received in the Turkish capital, it was
cianmunicated by the Porte to the French and
English Ambassadors, who, on the same day, sent
off despatches to their repsective tiovernments.
In consequence of a conference between the
French and English admirals and their ambassa-
dors, twelve vessels of the combined fleet had come
up to Constantinople and entered the Bosphorus.
A Russian vessel of war, which had run on shore
on the coast of Eregri on the Asiatic side of the
Black Sea, was seen in that position by a Turkish
cruiser, and called on to surrender. On the com-
mander refusing, she was boarded by the Turks
and taken possession of with the crew.
The Sultan having decided on going to Adria-
nople in the spring, and making that city the Im-
perial head-quarters, his Highness went in person
to the Porte and officially announced his resolution
in the following terms :

" My faithful cannot sufficiently applaud the
zeal and enthusiasm of my troops, as well as the de-
votedness and fidelity which all my functionaries and
my subjects, in general, have constantly testified on the
occasion of the preparations which have been made since
the day when it became probable that the difference
which had arisen between my Government and the
Court of Russia would end in war. The state of war
being now a certain fact, I doubt not that every one
will for the future lend his co-operation with still greater
eagerness and fulfil his duty. The real cause of this war
consisting only in •the laudable resolution of pre-
serving the sacred rights and the in.lependenee
of my empire, supported by the Almighty power
of the Most High, and invoking the Holy Spirit
of our Prophet, I have decided, with God's as-
sistance, to be present at the accomplishment of
such a duty in the earliest days of spring. It will
consequently be proper to commence immediately the
preparations necessary for my Imperial cortdge, and as
rny head-quarters will be first fixed at Adrianople, it is
important that everything necessary for the men who
will be under my command be arranged beforehand.
You will, therefore, in accord with my other Ministers,
hasten to carry all the necessary measures into execu-
tion. May the Most High, through love for the Holy
Prophet, render our Empire victorious, and may all those
who shall contribute to the success of this task obtain
happiness in this world and in the next."

After the departure of the Sultan from the Sub-
lime Porte, the Ministers signed an address con-
gratulating his Highness on his resolution. It is
expected that the corps diplomatique, or at least
those who by their rank are accredited to the
Sultan, will accompany him to Adrianople.
We read in the Univers :—" A letter from Bu-
charest of the 31st ult. gives us information of facts
of which we can guarantee the authenticity. At
the time of the publication of the first manifesto of
the Emperor Nicholas, which ended with the words
'We will march in the defence of the orthodox
faith,' two Poles in a regiment in Bessarabia went
to their colonel, and said to him, 'We have just
read the manifesto of the Emperor, and as we wish
to act as good soldiers, we come to demand from
you our discharge, because, as Catholics, we cannot
fight for the Greek religion.' The colonel demanded
instructions from St. Petersburg, and received
orders to have them shot. Four others presented
themselves, and made a similar request, and they
were also shot in Moldavia. Before the Russian

facts.