The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

LA.TEST FOREIGN NEWS.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

The Nil arrived at Marseilles yesterday evening
vvith news from Constantinople.
She brings the intelligence that the steamers
Retribution and Mogador had left for Sinope, with
surgeons on board, to take care of the wounded.

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The Charlemagne and an English frigate were
also to enter the Black Sea.
The Hebe, au English merchantman, had been
fired into by the Russians, and then boarded, in
the vicinity of Trebisond.
On the demand of M. de Bruck, the delay ac-
corded to Russian merchantmen, before seizing
them as prizes, had been prolonged.
The second Egyptian expedition was ready.
Alexandropol was besieged by Aldi Pacha.
Intelligence had reached Constantinople on the
sth of a large corps of Circassians marching upon
Souchoum Kaleh.

It is again asserted that Prince Gortschakoff has
been instructed to hold himself in readiness to pass
the Danube.

The British Consul from. Bucharest arrived at
Cronstadt on the 3d instant.

The Austrian Correspondenz of yesterday pub-
lishes the following, dated Constantinople, Dec. 5 :
" Four vessels of the combined fleets have gone to
Sinope and Varna for information, but with pacific
intentions.

" They were saluted by the Russians on entering
the Black Sea.

"The Turks have not taken the fortress of Akal-
sik ; they only occupy the town.
" The Porte has prolonged the permission for
Russian trading vessels to pass the Black Sea and
Mediterranean for 45 days ; elsewhere for three
months."

The same journal, in a private despatch, states
that Persia has declared war to England.
Advices vied Lemberg from Odessa of the sth
December, state that an English merchantman was
burnt at Sinope. Osman Paella was severely
wounded. The town of Sinope was wholly de-
s royed.
Accounts from Tiflis state that Prince VT ,ronzoff
had quite recovered from his late indisposition.
The Turkish embassy at Vienna, yesterday, re-
ceived advices warra sting the conclusion that the
combined fleets have now entered the Black Sea,
to prevent further hostilities.
Official advices, received at Belgrade, state that
the Russians have attacked the Turkish entrench-
ments at Kalafat.

A conspiracy against the Vladika has been dis-
covered in Montenegro. The conspirators are
members of the Senate. Petrowitsch is one of
them. On the plot being discovered they took to
flight and sought refuge at Cattaro.
Intelligence has arrived from Constantinople of
a large corps of Circassia,hs marching upon Sou-
choum Kaleh.
It is asserted that Prince Gortschakoff has been
instructed to hold himself in readiness to pass the
Danube.

The British Consul from Bucharest arrived at
Cronstadt on the 3d inst.

Constantinople letters of the 3d state that the
news of.the heavy loss sustained at Sinope had
produced the greatest sensation, as the allied fleets
were just amusing the Turks with a variety of
mano3uvres and a sham fight on the 30th of
November. A Grand Divan was convoked—
it is not yet known whether on the 2d or 3d—
at which the foreign Ministers were present,
and the French and English Ambassadors were
urged to send the allied fleets at once into the
Black Sea. It is not clear whether Lord Strat-
ford and General Baraguay d'Hilliers made any
promise to the excited Divan ; but certain it is,
that they directly went to the Sultan, and it was
resolved to send four steamers into the Black Sea
to procure further intelligence. We have not yet
any details relative to the destruction of the fleet ;
but one or two trifling circumstances induce us
to think the Turkish squadron must have been
returning from its expedition to the east coast
of the Black Sea when it was attacked. We
know that it quitted Trebizond with military
stores on the 16th November, and the fact of its
being at Sinope, that is, further west, appears to
indicate that it was about to enter that part after
having landed the men and ammunition at their
destination: According to Odessa advices of the
sth, the loss of the Turks is estimated at 8,000,000
or 10,000,000 florins (800,000 g.) The seven frigates
are said to have had 336 guns on board, and a crew
of from 400 to 500 men in each vessel. The ready-
money which had been sent on board was 20,000,000
piastres; but, as before said, there is some little
reason for believing it had reached its destination
before the catastrophe took place. M. de Fonton,
who left for St. Petersburg yesterday, will, after
receiving the necessary instructions from his Go-
vernment, go to Prince Gortschakoff at Bucharest.
Fuad Effendi and Omer Pasha returned to Shumla
on the Ist, after a trip to Widdiu and Kalafat.