The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-12 00:00:00

RUSSIAN ARMY ON THE AUSTRIAN
FRONTIER.

The Post Gazette, of Frankfort, has the follow-
ing, dated Moldavia, the 29th ult. :—" A Russian
corps d'armee of 70,000 men is to take up a posi-
tion on the frontiers of Bukowina and Transylvania.
Within the last few days the local government has
sent to the authorities of districts, orders to make
in all haste the preparations necessary for these
troops. They will take up a position near Herza,
Barduscheni, and opposite Suczowa; Bocoscheni,
Tergul, Fromos, &c. The first portion of these
troops, consisting of two divisions of infantry and
some detachments of Cossacks of the 2d and 6th
corps d'annee, are to enter Moldavia on the sth ;
they are to be followed by six batteries each of 12
guns. The news of the Russians having sustained
some severe checks in the Dobrudscha, and that
they are in full retreat on the Danube, is con-
firmed ; but precise details have not yet been
obtained."

ALLIANCE OF SWEDEN WITH THE
WESTERN POWERS.

The negotiations for an alliance, defensive and
offensive, with Sweden and the allied Powers are
said to progress favourably—so favourably, indeed,
that they approach their termination. The Swedes
would very probably have no objection to regain
possession of Finland, which Russia took from them
in 1809 ; and, if we may believe what is stated,
the Finlanders themselves are most anxious to
throw off the Russian yoke. Spain would perhaps
very willin ly join the alliance, and if necessary
supply a contingent. It is said that such is the
case. Portugal also is spoken of, and Piedmont,
but more vaguely, as her position with respect to
Austria is of a more peculiar kind.

GREECE.

A letter from Athens, in the Moniteur, says :

"The insurrection, or rather the brigandage or-
ganised in Epirus and in Thessaly, is completely broken
up. Th. Grivas, beaten by 'the Turks, descended from
the strong position of Mezzovo to Cartagna, at one
hour's distance from the frontier, and sent to the go-
vernment ambassadors to say he was decided to lay down
his arms it Tsavellas, Tissamenos, etc., etc., were not
recalled, if he was not confirmed in the title which he
had already assumed, • of generalissimo of Epirus, and
if money and ammunition were not forwarded to him.
General Tsavellas, accused of treachery and robbery,
is alone with young Karaislaki at Petra, whereas
the Santiri-Strato, the Rango, the Isko, and the
Serva have already returned to Yaltos. On the side
of Thessaly, matters are still less brilliant ; Hadgi-
Petro, who happens to be in the environs of Tricala,
has written to his Hellenic Majesty to state, that as far
as he is concerned, he cannot keep the field unless he
receives assistance in money, ammunition, and stores,
and, above all, unless a certain gradation of ranks was
established amongst all the insurgent leaders. Colonel
Papa-Casta, beaten in all the encounters which be has
had with the Turks, has been obliged to retrograde to-
wards the frontier, as has the Athenian corps, the Thraco-
Bulgarian corps, etc. Deeply indignant at the dis-
asters which have been committed around him, Papa-
Costa came to blows on the matter with the troops of the
Greek General Panouria, and lost one of his sons in
that affair. There now remains in the field with Hadgi-
Petro only the famous Catarakia, a well-known brigand.
leader, who has assembled round him all the former oc-
cupants of the prison of Chalcis. There is not a single
horror that has not been committed by these pretended
heroes of the cross, for not having given up their money ;
women, in a state of pregnancy, ware cruelly slaugh-
tered, and their children cut in pieces. An Italian
refugee, who has returned alone out of eight comrades
who had accompanied him into Thessaly, relates on this
subject the most monstrous stories. The journal in
which he marked down all these facts was taken from
him by one of the confidants of the ministry. From all
points of Thessaly and Epirus, the Greek raias protest
against the Hellenic invasion. At Mezzovo, the Chris-
tian subjects of the Sultan were the first, to fire on Th.
Grivas. Well-disposed Greeks cover their faces, and
call for foreign intervention, to put an end to so many
horrors." _ _ _ _

A letter from Janina, in the Moniteur, says
"The inhabitants of several villages, which
were devastated, having taken refuge on the sum-
mit of Mount Tzloutza, the band of Tzami came, and
placed itself in the midst of these unfortunates, in
order to make a rampart of them against the Arnauts
who surrounded it. At the intelligence, the Con-
suls of England and France repaired with all speed
to the spot, and succeeded in preventing the com-
bat and the carnage which would have been its
consequence. On their observations, the Aruauts
withdrew, and the greatest number of the raias of
Tzami made their submission ; the leader and his
companions took to flight, and the consuls carried
back with them nearly 5,000 persons. The Greeks
only occupy at present in Epirus, the country of
the Souli, and the mountains of the Djoumerka
and of Radovitzi. In addition, several defections
are spoken of, which, if true, must be looked on as
a sign of a complete disorganisation of the body of
the rebels."