The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 8, 1853.

disease has now arrived at such a pitch that
nothing but a Legislative remedy will prove
effectual, or restore the amicable relations that
should always exist between those who are mu-

tually dependent on each other, and "whose
interests are one and indivisible !"

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 7.
The Queen walked in the Home Park and Slopes this
morning.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting,
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Royal
children, took their usual exercise.

The Lord and Equerry in Waiting returned from
Dover yesterday afternoon.

The Earl of Aberdeen left the Castle this morning for
London.

His Excellency Shafee Khan, late Persian Minister
at this Court, took his departure for Teheran on Friday
night, via Paris and Vienna. All matters relative to
the Legation have been entrusted by his Excellency,
until the arrival of his successor, to Charles It Thomp-
son, Esq., of Winchester House, Old Broad-street.

The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town yesterday, from
a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester-
day, from the Governors of the American Provinces.

The Duke and Duchess of Wellington, who are stay-
ing in Upper Belgrave-street, will not occupy Apsley
House until late in the ensuing season, owing to the ex-
tensive embellishments and improvements in progress at
that mansion. The late duke's mews are being pulled
down, so as to make the facade on a line with Baron
Rothschild's mansion.

LYCEUM THEATRE.

Wright at Last, the sequel to the Commencement of a
Bad Farce, is now superseded by another bagatelle en-
titled How to make Home Happy.

It is Mr. Dabchick's misfortune to be united to a
jealous wife. Let him say what he may, or do what he
will, Mrs. Dabchick sees ground for suspicion. She is
especially on the qui vice when her bosom friend, Miss
Emily Snowden, pays her a visit ; for, although Emily
confides in her the secret of her attachment for Frederick
Eldon, a clerk of Mr. Dabchick, she only recognises it
as the cover for a clandestine correspondence with his
employer. The good woman worries her husband well
nigh to death with her groundless imputations. He
can, at last, stand it no longer, and he kicks fiercely ;
whereat the lady is alarmed, and she resorts to the
soothing system to appease him. But the same kind
of suspicion which haunted. her now haunts him ;
and as she read submission to he a proof of guilt,
he becomes liable to a similar impression. This con-
stitutes the substance of the farce.

Mr. Wright has certainly found in this little piece a
better vehicle than that of last week. His acting as the
unfortunate Dabchick, nervously afraid of his wife, and
resorting to all sorts of fidgetty contrivances to avert the
jealousy which, although she may caress him, he but too
well knows is as inflammable as a lucifer at the smallest
provocation, is very comic, and agreeably devoid of
exaggeration, notwithstanding the facilities the part af-
fords for broad and popular extravagance. Mrs. Frank
Matthews, as Mrs. Dabchick, perpetually vibrating be-
tween love and doubt, is never out of her element in
such personations ; and she bears the burden of the
farce very equally with Mr. Wright.
There was considerable applause last night when the
curtain fell ; and the piece will probably occupy a place
for some time to come in the bills of the house.

LIVERPOOL RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

TYRO HANDICAP.

Jealous One.

Eleven ran.

INDIA AND CHINA.

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(BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)
TRIESTE, Nov. 8, 8.30 A.M.
The steamer Calcutta has arrived, after a run
of 113 hours, from Alexandria.

The India mail had arrived at Alexandria, with
dates from Calcutta, October 3 ; Bombay, October
14 ; Burmah, September 17 ; and 'Hongkong,
September 27.

Our troops in Burmah are in a state of -siege, and
the country in possession of the followers of Meaton
and other chiefs of equal rank, who give out that
theyare acting under the authorities of the King of
Ava. Our steamers are fired upon in going up and
down the river, and the country is becoming a
desert.

M. James Thomason, the celebrated Governor of
the Agra Presidency, is dead. Reports are current
that a Russian army is invading Kiva, and Bochara ;
that Russia has entered into an alliance with Dost
Mahomed and with Persia, and that a large
Persian army has been collected in the valley of
Sooltania for the purpose of co-operating with
Russia against Turkey.

Trade in India fair. Exchange at Calcutta, 2-1.
Shanghai has been occupied since the 7th of
September by a band of insurgents. At Amoy,
on the 12th Sept., the rebels completely routed a
body of Government troops.

Mexican dollars are to be current in China.

Exchange on London, 7s. 2d. to 7s.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
(Sittings in Banco.)

CROUCH V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

This action was tried before Mr. Justice Erie at
York, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff on all
the pleas; with the exception of the 12th and 14th,
which were found for the defendants.

Mr. Atherton moved, by leave of the learned judge,
to set aside the findings on these two pleas, and to enter
them for the plaintiff. It appeared that the peti-
tioner is by business a carrier and undertaker, to de-
liver small parcels to different places in the pro-
vinces, at a rate lower than is charged by railway
companies. His mode of proceeding is to collect
these, and to make up such as are addressed to a parti-
cular destination into one large parcel familiarly called
"a packed parcel," and to transmit it by railway for the
cost of a single parcel to his agent, who opens it and
sends the contents to the parties to whom they are di-
rected. This practice was demurred to by the railway
company, who thought that it interfered with their le-
gitimate profits, and they augmented the scale of charges
for packages of the description mentioned. The ques-
tion involved in the 12th and 14th issues on which
the present case turns, has reference to the right of the
company to impose such additional sum, and has been
repeatedly decided by the courts at Westminster, both
for and against railway companies ; but in this instance
an additional ingredient has been introduced, inainmuch
as, in the private act of the company, power is given to
them to demand, in respect of certain small parcels of
great weight, any sum they may think fit to propose.
The Court granted a rule to show cause, intimating
that this particular clause had been "shamefully'•'
smuggled into the company's private act.
In the course of the argument of Mr. Atherton, it
was discovered that one of the volumes of the Exchequer
library was missing. This excited the displeasure of the
Lord Chief Baron, who observed that, a short time ago,
some books which had been lost for two years were re-
turned to the Court, having, in the interval, been in use
at the Westminster Sessions House, and who intimated
that, if the practice of taking books away from the library
continued, it would be necessary to treat the offence as a
contempt of court.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 6,000 bales, of 'which 1,500 American
were, taken for export and on speculation. The
market closed steadily, with but little change in
prices. The sales included 5,000 American, 300
Egyptian at Gd. to 71d., and 400 Surat at 2/d.
to 4g-d. per lb. The Railway Share Market opened
very firm at an advance of 1 to 2 per cent. but
closed rather fiat.
The state of the dried fruit trade in London, is
described by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson as
follows :

" This great falling off in the deliveries of currants
may be regarded either in a favourable or an unfavour-
able light. It is most unfavourable if we can bring our-
selves to the strange belief that the use of cumin is has
been suddenly given up by al! classes in this country, by
reason of the price to consumers being 3d. and 4d. per
lb. higher than during the last winter. If this were the
case the public must of necessity have taken more t aisins
that► usual in the autumn, whereas the London clear-
ances of that article in September and October have
been only 1,300 tons, against 1,800 tons in September
and October, 1852, when prices ruled higher than at
present. Nor do the trade, who for the most part hold
no stock, despair of currants being shortly required,
though, owing to various causes the demand will set in
later than usual. Although the deliveries of the last
three months of this year will not come up to the
5,000 tons cleared during that period in 1851, nor to
the 3,500 tons in 1852, yet if the quantfty taken for
consumption during the next four winter months be only
equal to that cleared during the summer months of May,
June, July and August last (2,600 tons) without any
reference to the 1,350 tons shipped in bond, the article
will probably have a very different aspect at the termi-
nation of that period. Holders, therefore, refrain gene-
rally from offering their goods whilst buyers shew so
little inclination to come forward. The market con-
tinues in a state of inaction, and no sales have been
made to cause any alteration in prices. The quality of
the New Cephalonia Fruit just landed is better than the
first arrivals of 1552, and 100 s. is demanded : the New
Patras is not better than that of 1852, and the total
yield of good and bad of all growths will be less than
half of that of 1852 crop."
Of raisins we still require 2,600 tons to reach
the total importation of last season until Christ-
mas.

To-morrow being Lord Mayor's-day, and the
procession passing down Mincing-lane, there will
be no public sales of colonial produce.
The Iron Market is lower. Scotch pigs are 735.
to 735. Gd. for mixed numbers. The very impor-
tant measure which the ,French Government is
shortly expected to take in respect to the admis-
sion of English iron at a comparatively low duty,
if not free of any impost, has been partly antici-
pated, having been known for some time to certain
parties having connections at Paris ; and it is be-
lieved that very influential personages there
have been large buyers on their own ac-
count. Not the least doubt exists, however,
but that there will be a great stimulus
given to the Iron trade in the United Kingdom by
this bold step of Louis Napoleon, and although the
immediate purpose is to facilitate the construction
of railways in France, there are indications of its
being the precursor of a more enlightened commer-
cial system, somewhat in the direction of free
trade, with corn admitted free, and iron to follow,
one great barrier is already removed.
The steamer from Southampton to Alexandria
took out a very large mail for India and Australia,
the newspapers filling an immense number of
boxes. By the mail via Marseilles, this evening,
there will no doubt be a greater quantity of letters.
The amount of bills drawn by the Hon. East
India Company here upon the three presidencies
lyas, during the fortnight ended last evening,
Silver is still rising in value, bars having been
sold at id. per oz., and dollars at Id. per ounce
advance.

The market for English Securities has been
buoy an.t again, but the principal business is for
money. The large "Bear" accounts seem to have
been mostly bought in, and it is the policy of the
dealers to keep the market as quiet as possible until
after the settlement. The options" will come
off to-morrow, and the " calls" will probably have
been already to a great extent operated against.
Consols hwe realised 95 to 95i for transfer,
94 to 951 fo.r the Account. The New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. have been 96 to 9N, and
the Three per Cents. 941 to K. Bank Stock is
firm at 217. _Exchequer Bills are at ss. premium,
and India Bond's at par.
_

In Foreign StoAis there has been a slight increase
of business. The. Three per Cents. have been
451 1, and the Defy lrred 22 to 4. Portuguese Four
per Cents. bring 42 to 1. Equador Stock is at si.
Brazilian Old Stock .is worth 971. Russian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents.• have been 98i to 99.
The Railway Share. Market has been rather
flatter, but with moderate transactions. French
Shares are quieter.
The Gold Mine Shares Lave been rather heavier,
and the Brazilian Imperial have receded.
The Land Companies' ,Shares are maintained.
Banks are dull.

The Metcalfe Mine shares are very depressed.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(Prom the o.Sciat List.)

Business done.
Bank Stock . .
i per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 951 5 -i-L
.
New 31 per Cent. Annuities 961 6 a /
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 5-16
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO
~.. . . . .
Ditto, under £lOOO
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 2d.
£l000
£5OO
Small 2 5 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per l 'eat .
Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent .
Cuba 7 per Ct. (Matanzas & Sabanilhe Bonds) 102 100
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent .
Ditto 5 per Cent . .
Equador Bonds
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 42 4 1i
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ IR
Ditto 4. per Cent 99 8A
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5l p c

Dividends on the above:payable in London.
French Relates, 3 per Cent.
Belgian Bonds .4 per Cont. ex. 25 fr ...... 95 i d
Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Guil --
Ditto for the Account..
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.....~.

THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols
Ditto December Account

AUSTRALIAN DEPARTURES.—The departures for the
Australian colonies from the port of London during the
week show a decrease. They have comprised altogether
ten vessels, four to Port Philip, with an aggregate bur-
den of 3,472 tons; three to Sydney, with an aggregate
burden of 1,553 tons ; one to Hobart Town, of 610 tons ;
one to New Zealand, of 533 tons ; and one to Adelaide,
of 477 tons. Their total capacity was consequently
6,645 tons. The rates of freight are steady, without
material alteration.
THE SHRINE OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR.—This
shrine, though now very much mutilated, still enabled us
to form an opinion of its former richness and beauty-
This shrine was erected by Henry 111. on the canonizing
of Edward, King of England, by Pope Alexander 111.,
who caused his name to be placed in the catalogue of
saints, and issued his bull to the Abbot Lawrence, and
convent of Westminster, enjoining that his body be
honoured here on earth, as his soul is glorified in heaven.
Before this shrine was formerly kept a lamp continually
burning, on one side of which stood a figure of the Vir-
gin, wrought in silver, which, with two jewels of im-
mense value, were presented as an offering by Queen
Eleanor. On the other side stood another image of the
Virgin, wrought in ivory, presented by Thos. A'Becket,
Archbishop of Canterbury. To this shrine Edward I.
offered the Scottish regalia and the coronation chair,
which is still preserved. Alphonso, about the year
1280, offered him the golden coronet of Llewellyn, Prince
of Wales, and other jewels. It is said that Henry IV.,
being on his knees here, was seized with apoplexy,
and for speedy relief removed to the abbot's house,
when, c•ouung to himself, he could not recollect
where lie was, but upon inquiring was told the
room bore the name of Jerusalem, to which he re-
plied, "The Lord have mercy upon me then, for here
I must di,?," having been formerly told by a magi-
cian that he should die at Jerusalem. It is painful
to witness the damage which has been done to this and
several of the surrounding monuments, which were ori-
ginally enricluhl with so much cost and art. Recent dis-
cussions as to their restoration will be remembered by
our readers. The stonework of the Confessor's shrine
is hollo w within, and now incloses a large chest, which
Mr. Keep, soon after the coronation of James 11., found
to contain the remains of St. Edward, for, being broken
(t is said) by accident, he discovered, upon turning up
the bones, a crucifix richly ornamented and enamelled.
laid a gold chain 20 inches long, both of which he pre-
Wilted to his Majesty, who ordered the bones to be re•
placed in the old coffin, and inclosed in a new one made
very atrog.—Ac Builder.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
HOSTILITIES ON THE DANUBE.

We learn by Electric Telegraph that on the 19th
of October Omer Pasha was at Rehubar, where he
had concentrated 200 gunboats, each carrying a
piece of heavy ordnance, and fit for the transpn-t
of troops. The Pasha was preparing to cross the
Danube at this point, where he had the centre of
the Russian army before him.
Prince Gortschakoff's head-quarters had been
removed to Slatina, whence the Russian Com-
mander in-Chief watched the movements of Omer
Pasha's corps.
Hostilities have commenced in Asia.
A special steamer, with despatches from Selim
Pasha for the Seraskier, arrived on the evening of
the 23rd from Batoum.
The contents of these despatches are known by
vague rumours only.
By electric telegraph, via Vienna yesterday, it

is stated that according to private news from Bu-
charest, Omer Pacha had received definite orders
to suspend hostilities, and direct negotiations of
peace had begun. A considerable rise took place
on 'Change on receipt of the above news, though
not yet authentic. Negotiations for an armistice
are certainly going on.
There is a rumour that a French force of 25,000
men will be sent to Constantinople.
The Cologne Gazette states from Vienna 2d inst.,
that Count Giulai will not proceed to Italy but re-
main in the Austrian capital. Count Fiquelmont
has been summoned to Vienna.
It is said that on the 20th of October Massa Bey
sent a reconnoitring party in the direction of Cirock-
dere. The Russians surprised and attacked this
detachment on its march. Selim Pasha, attracted
by the noise of the skirmish, advanced with rein-
forcements, and encountered a corps of 15,000
Russians from Redout Kale and other points. An
engagement took place ; the Russian forces were
route, and Selim Pasha established his head-
quarters at Orelly, at the distance of six leagues
from Cirock-dere.
Letters from the Persian frontier state that Mr.
Thompson, the British Charge d'Affaires, was pre-
sent at the manoeuvres in the camp of Sultanieh.
The Ambassadors of Russia and Turkey were not
in the camp.
The Affghans have sent an Ambassador to the
Schah, entreating him to take the part of Turkey,
and threatening, in case of non-compliance, to
march upon Hamadan. This news is confirmed by
despatches which have arrived from Shiraz.
The Ost Deutsche Post of Vienna, of the 3d,
says :—" News has just been received by an elec-
tric despatch that a Peace Congress is to meet in
London. In addition to the plenipotentiaries of
the five great powers, there will also be an Otto-
man one present. We have not read the despatch,
but place entire reliance on it."
The Lloyds of Vienna, of the 3d, says :—" Prince
Gortschakoff has established a government in Mol-
davia. There has not been any combat between.
the Russians and Turks near Kalafat. On Sun-
day last the Russian head-quarters were at Kra-
jowa. The Turks have not advanced beyond
Skripez. All the inhabitants have taken to flight
and seek refuge at Krajowa. It appears that the
Russians wish to fortify themselves there."
A letter from Vienna of the 3d, in the Post Ga-
zette of Frankfort gives a different version of the
affair of Isactcha to those heretofore published. Two
steamers, it says, the Pruth and the Ordonnance,
received orders to tow eight gunboats to Galatz and
Braila, but on reaching the fort they were fired on.
After a combat of several hours, they succeeded in
forcing the passage, and arrived at Galatz in the
night, though with five gunboats only. Two of the
boats were subsequently towed to Braila by the
Pruth. Those which remained at Galatz were
more or less damaged. The Russians had 25 killed,
one of whom was a colonel, and 70 wounded.
They left two of the gunboats at Keni with the
wounded. It is not said what became of the eighth
boat.

The Nuremberg Correspondent has the following
from Vienna, dated the Ist :—" The opinion is
gaining ground that the orders of the Sultan to
Omer Pacha not to begin hostilities arrived too
late, that General having authority to act without
applying to the Divan for instructions. Baron de
Meyendorff has, it is said, announced that he has
had orders to declare formally that the Empe-
ror Nicholas would not examine, any proposition of
mediation, from whatever side it should come.
He has added that the propositions sent some days
before by the Czar were the only pacific words that
would issue from his lips. In presence of that dis-
tinct declaration of Baron de Meyendorff, the pro-
position of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was put
aside."
A letter from Vienna, in the Breslau Gazette,
says :—" The Consul-General of France at Bucha-
rest, has left for Transylvania, but the consular
establishment has remained."
According to a letter from Bucharest of the
29th ult., in the Breslau Gazette, the Russian
troops on the Danube do not exceed 70,000 ; and
no more arriving from Besarabia.
A letter from the camp at Schumla, in the Journal
de Constantinople, gives the following proclamation
of Omer Pacha, addressed to the army
" Asiatic, African, and European officers and soldiers.
The blood of your ancestors has more than once red-
dened this soil which a powerful enemy wishes to ravish
from us. Confided by your fathers to your patriotic
honour it is still without a stain ; know that you cannot
make a step without a voice rising from the earth to say
to you : ' The dust under your feet is our ashes, the
ashes of your forefathers ; defend it. Soldiers, let us
swear to shed together the very'last drop of our blood
to maintain the integrity of the throne of our Emperor
and well-beloved Sovereign Sultan Abd-ul-Medjid
Khan.' "

The Grand Mufti then offered up a prayer, the
Amen to which was repeated by the whole army.
The drums then beat, and a prolonged shout of
" Long live the Sultan" was raised. Omer Pasha
refused to permit the troops to defile before him,
saying that he would not accept such a distinguished
honour until he had gained a victory over the Rus-
sians. Among the foreigners present were Mr.
Neale, the British Consul at Varna, a son of Baron
Bruck's, and General Prim, who received a splen-
did charger as a present from Omer Pasha.
Should hostilities continue between the Russians
and Turks, it is certain that the conduct of Austria
will be closely watched, and perhaps guarantees re-
quired for the maintenance of a neutrality which
will afford no material advantage to Russia. The
Austrian Government issued on the 17th ult. a
circular to the ministers at foreign Courts giving
assurances of its neutrality. The following ap-
pears to be the most important passage of that
document :

"His Imperial Majesty, faithful to his pacific sys-
tem, has not hesitated a moment as to the line of con-
duct which his duty pointed out in the new phase into
which the Eastern question has entered. As long as
the interests of his own empire shall not be directly
menaced by war, his Majesty will remain neutral, the
more so as the positive and reiterated declarations of the
Court of Russia give him the certainty that that Power
does not mean to infringe on the integrity of the Otto-
man Empire, nor on the sovereign rights of the Sultan."

Letters from Constantinople, of the 25th ult.,
state that Omer Pasha was at Rahova, nearly oppo-
site the spot where the Chyl falls into the Danube,
on the 19th. He had collected there 200 gun boats,
each armed with a heavy piece of ordnance, and
capable of embarking a considerable body of troops.
He was preparing to cross the Danube at that point
in front of the centre of the Russian army. Gorts-
chakoff had removed his head-quarters to Slatina,
whence he was observing the movements of the
Turkish troops. A steamer arrived in the afternoon
of the 23d at Constantinople from Batoum, with
despatches from Selim Pasha for the Seraskier.
They announced that on the 20th, Mastar Bey
having been despatched to make a reconnaissance
in the direction of Ciorock-Dere, was unexpect-
edly attacked by the Russians. Selim Pasha
advanced to his assistance, and found himself
in front of 15,000 of the enemy who had come up
from Redout-Kaleh and other places. An engage-
ment ensued, but the advantage was in favour of
Selim Pasha, who established his head-quarters the
same night at Orelli, about eight hours' march from
Ciorock-Dere. Letters had been received at Con-
stantinople from the frontiers of Persia, which
stated that Mr. Thompson, the British Charge
d'Affaires, was present at the mauceuvres at Sul-
tanieh. Neither the Russian nor Turkish Minister
was present.

Another letter from Constantinople, of the 27th,
states that Monsignor Anthimos, the new Pa-
triarch of Constantinople, had addressed a pastoral
letter to the members of the Synod and to the
Chiefs of the Greek community, announcing to
them the benevolent disposition of the Sultan,
who had condescended to be present at his inves-
titure, a favour which no Patriarch had obtained
since the reign of Mahomet 11. Monsignor An-
thimos concludes. his letter by repeating the words
used by the Sultan, who declared that he meant
to guarantee, of himself, and without any foreign
suggestion, the privileges and immunities grantd
by his august ancestors to the members of the dif-
ferent Greek communities. Those words produced
a great effect on all the Greeks.

Prince Gortschakoff has suspended the usual
Wallachian authorities, and formed an Extraordi-
nary Administrative Council. A short time ago
the Hospodar was invited by Prince Gortschakoff
to lay down the reins of government for a time and
to leave the principality. The " invitation" was
of course equivalent to a command, and the Prince
only demanded time for the arrangement of his

private affairs. On the 27th of October Prince
George, the Hospodar's eldest son, quitted Bu-
charest for Hermanstadt with the private treasury
of his father, and on the 30th the latter was to
follow him. The Chief of the Police, M. Plagino,
who is the Hospodar's brother-in-law, has also quit-
ted the service of his country. It appears that
there is a general emigration among the higher
classes, as apartments are ordered here for a great
number of the most influential and wealthy Boyards.
On the 24th a Russian steamer, with two gun-
boats in tow, passed up the river from • Galatz.
This is a new breach of treaty, as Russian vessels
of war have no right to go higher up the river than
Reni, which is on the Pruth. The Presse learns
by a letter of the 30th of October, from Orsova,
that a very smart affair has taken place be-
tween the Turkish vanguard and about 2,500
Russian Lancers. The conflict occurred at no
great distance from Karajova, on the road between
that place and Kalafat, and after two hours'
fighting the Russian vanguard fell back towards
Slatina. As this position on the Aluta would be
difficult to maintain, it is believed that the ad-
vanced posts of General Dannenberg's army corps
will join-"the main- body near Piteschti, a place on
this side of the river Ardshisch. Danuenberg, who
is said to be at the head of 45,000 regulars, 2,500
Cossacks, and 200 guns, has his head-quarters at
Piteschti.

A letter of the 24th from Jassy, in the Trieste
Zeitung, ;nduces the belief that the strength of
the Russian army in the Principalities has been
much exaggerated. That there are 75,000 men
in Wallachia, and of the 6,000 in Moldavia the
greater part is in the south, at :Berlad, Tekutsch,
and Fokshan. In Jassy and its environs are
about a thousand men, but none in the west.
About 20,000 men are concentrated at some few
English miles from Bucharest, and there Prince
Gortschakoff still has his head-quarters. Strong
Russian detachments have been sent to Islasch°,
opposite Nicopolis, and to Pojana to the east of
Kalafat. According to the Bucharest paper, which
is printed under the very eyes of the Russian mili-
tary authorities, the sick amount to about 12,000
men, most of whom are affected by a very singular
complaint, which carries off great numbers. A
bladder-like swelling appears on the chest, and in
a few days suppurates, " discharging a substance
like earth." The complaint is by some attributed
to insufficient and coarse food, by others to the
long and fatiguing marches in the summer.
The extraordinary Administrative Council at
Bucharest has made known that all Russian and
Moldo-Wallachian merchant vessels have to cease
to navigate the Danube from the 26th of October,
and to remain at the place where they may chance
to be. Under no pretence are wheat, salt, or any
other objects to be sold to the Turks. On the 18th
of last month the first snow fell in Bulgaria. tip
to Sunday last, October 30, 16,000 Turks had
landed at Kalafat. The Austrian Consul-General
at Bucharest has been recalled.