The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

AUSTRIA OUTWITTED.

Letters from Vienna state that it was known
there that the forward movement of the Ottoman
army and that of the allies was resolved on and
commenced as soon as it became evident that the
Austrian Government did not mean honestly to
fulfil its treaty with the Porte and enter Wallachia
to turn out the Russians. It is stated that the
Minister of the. Sultan at Vienna has requested
that the Austrian Government will not, under the
circumstances, send its troops into any other pro-
vince of the Sultan's dominions, under the sup-
posed authority of the convention, or of the notes
which have been since exchanged.
Col. Manteuffel proceeded on Monday night on
a special mission from Berlin to Vienna.
The semi-official Zeit. of the 13th publishes an
article for the purpose of showing that the engage-
ments undertaken by Austria in her treaty with
Prussia are on no account to be understood as bind-
ing her to demand the unconditional and immediate
evacuation of the Turkish Principalities by Russia.
" If Russia declare she will continue merely to oc-
cupy
Moldavia, with perhaps a portion of Wal-
lachia, for a season, until the affair be peaceably
arranged," the casus belli will not have arisen.

CONSTANTINOPLE.
OBJECT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S

RETURN.
A letter from the Turkish capital, of July 5, says :
—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar-
rived here on Sunday,
2d inst. , on board the Retri-
bution, and returned to head-quarters at Varna on
the following day. The object of the Prince's short
visit to Constantinople was, it is understood, to con-
fer with M. de Bruck, and ascertain the final decision
and attitude of the
Austrian Government. This deli-
cate mission was undertaken by his Royal High-
ness at the express desire of Marshal St. Arnaud
and Lord
they call no longer rest under arms, and are fully.
Raglan, who declared, it appears, that
entitled to demand whether Austria may be con-
sidered a friend or foe in the coming struggle. The
Internuncio, in reply to the queries of the Prince,
protested, it is said, in the honourable intentions
of his Government' and that there was not, to the
best of his judgment, the smallest chance of a
deviation from that line of policy already traced
out, but that no advices had yet reached him re-
specting the final result, and the impression pro-
duced at St. Petersburg by the last proßositions of
the Austrian Government. Nothing, therefore,
was elicited to throw any light on this question
during the
Prince's interview, and his Royal
Highness had to return to the camp as wise as
he came, after having communicated the result
to Lord Redcliffe. What the effects of this an-
swer may be as regards the Commanders of the
allied forces, it is, of course, impossible to deter-
mine. However, the latest intelligence from the
Danube announces the expected arrival of Omer
Pacha at Varna, that the Turkish army is advan-
cing in four columns, 36 battalions each, to effect
a junction. with the Anglo-French force, and that
the Dobrudscha as well as all the enemy's positions
on the right bank have been completely abandoned,
and the whole country laid waste—a scene of ruin
and desolation. Such atrocious acts of these bar-
barous hordes merit prompt vengeance—and are,
it must be admitted, an awful requital for the
humanity and generosity displayed by the admirals
in sparing the town of Odessa. The Turkish fleet
entered the Bosphorus on Saturday last, Ist inst.,
with the exception of a small steam division under
the command of Ahmet Pacha, which has remained
with the allied squadrons. The cause of this inci-
dent is not generally known, but it is supposed
that Admirals Dundas and Hamelin consider the
force under their command quite sufficient for every
purpose in the Euxine, and that the Turkish squad-
ron, by pairuifir the pass of the i3oophozus, World

contribute best to the success of their present plans.
It is generally supposed that a contingent of the
British troops will be despatched without delay to
the Crimea, and that the destruction of the Russian
fleet and Sebastopol, if it can be effected this year,
is the great and absorbing object in contemplation.
The Turkish Government has sent in within the
last few days a note to the Hellenic Government,
offering to reopen its ports to Greek commercial
! enterprise, on condition, however, that within a
delay of two months, a public reparation be made
and an indemnity allowed for the losses and in-
juries resulting from the invasion of the Ottoman
territory by the subjects ofKing Otho. The Turkish
government is preparing a plan for the entire re-
organisation of the Danubian provinces. Although
nothing as yet has assumed a definite shape, there
was a question somedays ago of despatching a high
functionary on a special mission, for the purpose
of ascertaining all that is required for the new
order of things, and the entire reconstruction of the
administrative system. It cannot be too urgently
impressed on the Porte the absolute necessity of
discarding irrevocably the whole personnel
hitherto in employ, which has been invariably more
or less hostile to the interest of the Sultan, and the
indefatigable instrument of Russian intrigues.
There is no longer any question of the Hospodars
Stirbey and Ghika, but whether the Porte will at
length comprehend its true interest, by the rigour-
Gus exclusion of other not less dangerous notabili-
ties. Austria is very anxious for the reinstatement
of Stirbey and Gliika. On the Ist inst. some more
vessels, with Russian prisoners, arrived at Constan-
tinople. Thcirs) men having been questioned on
many points relating to the present condition of the
Russian army, declared, without hesitation, that
the losses and misfortunes sustained during the
seige of Silistria had produced such an affect, such
utter demoralisation in their ranks, that those di-
visions could no longer take the field without being
remodelled, and drafted into other regiments. The
poor fellows also frankly admitted that they had
been labouring under a gross delusion, and that
they were now fully convinced that the walls and
cupolas of the Holy City were not, as represented
to them, situated exactly behind the fortifications
of Silistria.