The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

The Fury steamer, whose arrival at Marseilles
on the Bth inst. was announced in The Sun yester-
day, brings news from Constantinople to the 2d
inst. •

The Divan had decided upon a declaration in
due form, requiring Russia immediately to evac-
uate the Principalities. If this demand was not
complied with, the war would commence.
It was reported that the Turkish and Egyptian
fleets had entered the Black Sea on the 3d inst.
The Fury had met her Majesty's ship Ardent,
carrying orders for the British fleet to enter the
Dardanelles.
The dispatches which the Tancrede brought from
Constantinople have been sent up to Paris from
Marseilles. They are of the 25th ult., and contain
some important details. M. de la Cour kept the
Tancrede waiting for seven hours, because he wished
to transmit the decision of the Extraordinary Coun-
cil of the 300 dignitaries of the Turkish empire.
The Council sat until midnight on the 25th of Sep-

tember. Their resolution, which upholds the modi-
fications of the Vienna note, was taken against the
advice of the Ambassadors of Great Britain and
France. After the Council, couriers were sent to
Omer Pasha and the chiefs of the various corps, in-
structing them to be in readiness and prepared for
all eventualities.
The steamer which was sent at the same time by
the British Ambassador, was compelled to put into
Syra. On the 29th she attempted to continue her
voyage, but, after suffering some damage, no
choice was left to her but to return into port.
Private letters have been received from.
Constantinople, dated the 27th ult. They pro-
ceed from a trustworthy source, and announce
that the Sultan had signed the declaration of
war against Russia as agreed to by the Grand
Council. The Sultan is said to have been in-
duced to adopt this extreme resolution by the
fact of the heads of the clergy having placed
their property at his disposal. It is added, that the
Sultan at once dispatched a confidential officer to
Omer Pasha with a large sum of money for the
troops, and at the same time with orders to com-
mence hostilities should the Danubian Provinces
not be evacuated in 11 days, and not four weeks
as stated in the private telegraphic dispatch, dated
Vienna, the 7th inst.
A telegraphic message, dated Vienna, the 6th
inst., says that letters from Constantinople of the
30th ult., state that the Sultan had not yet sanc-
tioned the declaration of war, but that the mani-
festo which was to precede it was being framed by
the Cabinet. _ _

The German Journal of Frankfort publishes the
following telegraphic dispatch from Vienna, dated
the Bth :—" The Austrian Correspondence of to-
day publishes an article calculated to tranquillise
the public mind. It is stated in it that the Porte
has not as yet made any declaration of war against
Russia, that the negotiations are still going on, and
that the news from Olmutz will not fail to produce
a happy effect at Constantinople."
The Voss Gazette of Berlin, under date of Vienna,
6th, says that Lord Westmoreland on his return
from Olmutz announced that the Emperor Nicholas
would make no further concessions on the subject
of the Turkish question. It is said that dispatches
have been received from M. de Bruck to the same
effect as regards the Turkish ministry.
Several Wallachian and Moldavian families have
arrived at Berlin, not being willing to await in
their own country the course of events.
The Journal de Constantinople of the 24th says:
—" Letters received from Wallachia by the steamer
from Galatz announce that the Duke de Nemours
and the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, his brother-in-law,
had arrived incognito at Bucharest, from whence
they are said to have proceeded to the camp at
Schulma."

Amongst the officers commanding the Egyptian
contingent now at Varna is one of Napoleon's ad-
jutants, Colonel Seves, who, after the disastrous
retreat from Russia, took service in Egypt, and,
having been distinguished by Mehemet Ali as a
brave and capable officer, received the Ist Regiment
of Egyptian Guards, became a Mussulman, and took
the name of Solinian Bey.
The Russians are represented to have so
thoroughly strengthened every spot at which the
Turks might be expected to cross, that any attempt
to do so would be an act of excessive rashness.
Letters from the East show that in some distant
parts of the Turkish Empire, no doubt without
the knowledge and against the will of the Govern-
ment, acts of violence have been committed against
the Christians.
The following is from the letter of the Paris
correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, published
in a second edition of that journal to-day :—" It is
reported in diplomatic circles here that a violent
scene has taken place in London between Lord
Clarendon and Baron Brunnow, the Russian
Minister. Lord Clarendon is said to have directly
charged the Russian diplomatist with bad faith,
and with having deceived the English Cabinet as to
the intentions of Russia with respect to the princi-
palities. He declared that it was on the faith of
the word of Baron Brunnow that the English and
French fleets did not pass the Dardanelles when
the Russians occupied the Danubian provinces ;
but that the two Cabinets were now on their guard,
and knew the value of Russian promises. M. de
Brunnow was not prepared for such an attack, and
felt greatly at a loss how to answer. The scene is
said to have affected the Baron de Brunnow so
seriously that he has been ill ever since—indeed,

_ .
political illness frequently attacks Russian diplo-
matists in moments of difficulty. M. de Kissoleff

has had nearly a repetition of the same ;scene With
M. Drouyn de Lhuys."

AUSTRIA.

A Vienna letter of the 6th says the Emperor of
Austria has returned from Warsaw. A new law
has been passed, which subjects the Jews to fresh
restrictions in the purchase of landed property, but
without affecting previously acquired rights.
A letter from Vienna of the 4th, in theAugsburg
Gazette, says that in financial circles a five per cent..
loan is looked on as concluded. It is said that tile
loan has been effected with the firm of Rothschild,
at the price of 89. It amounts to 7,000,000/. sta-
ling. There is a clause declaring the contract in-
valid in case of war.