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London, England, 1854-05-11 00:00:00

frontier, and that they continue to reside ins
Eubea, where some among them who were soft
ing men have already commenced acts of Pis.°
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and there is even strong suspicion that it was scc'eh,
them who massacred the crew of the English vessel 1,0
Henrietta, which was picked up abandoned, and Vol
her decks covered with blood. If it should happen it
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unfortunate volunteers, who have taken up inuske
order not to die of hunger, are confounded with piothi
on whom ought the responsibility to fall ? On those tae
would have averted the danger, or on those who ba •or
imprudently provoked it ? I repeat to you, l'ionslcef
le Ministre, that you will have to bear the consequeenct
of a state of things which has been created by ru'fnare,
all the dangers of which were Pointed out to you !Oro!
hand ; and I again express to you, in the name 0,:so
Government, the regrets of France that you ba'iich
constantly shown yourself deaf to its counsels,
have been as sincere as disinterested. Accept &c..„.
A letter from Epirus, in the Illonitenr, sals
"The peasants of the countries recently abandone+bef
the Greeks begin to appear in the towns, where
seek shelter under the protection of the Ottoman o'o
rities. In the country parts, the number of Pers.,
who allow themselves to be led away by the On
Russian propaganda is very small. When the Weieng
adventurers succeed in introducing and estahlish
themselves in the villages, their first care is to corn t•
depredations in the neighbourhood, which sooa ,
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tracts the Turks. Once in presence of the Ottovi,
forces, the insurgents compel all the inhabitants to tator
up arms ; whoever refuses is beaten, put to the ntli
ture, pillaged, and sometimes massacred. Frecluned is
the houses of such as refuse are set on fire, 8-
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many cases, under the very eyes of their fathers de
their husbands, the daughters and the wivesnis',.repey
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livered over to the brutality of the liberators. 141 r
sants yield to these acts of violence and take uP ..034
and when once compromised by a first combat, they cee
tinue to follow the adventurers. It is in this 11335:i1
that the world has been led to believe that the even„-de
the Epirus were an insurrection of the natives sece4i.
by the Greeks. Greece alone is responsible for a sa'•ol
aggression, against which the Ottoman Porte, deeelt,of
by assurances on the part of the Greek Governale:so
strict and sincere neutrality, did not think it neee
to put itself on its guard."
A letter from Corfu says :--cc The Lord ei
Commissioner has had the Russian arms rer°/0
from the cathedral of St. Spiridion. The GeLred
merit has suspended the journals which aPPrlviettit
in the lonian Isles, and interdicted the
journals."
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A letter from Athens, of the 27th lt
u •9 The
to of Vienna, says :—" A secret society si 03 The
to the old Vehme of Germany exists here.
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sion of it are obliged to swear on their aelfly,
sion that they will kill any enemy of the Nun 0,
whoever he may be, except the King and (Peep
Whoever is not for the insurgents is consietern hi
traitor. The King cannot act otherwise tut,'
does, for he would expose his life. That is niie
Prussian corvette is anchored at the Pirwils).ll3
expectation of certain eventualities." uTO
Advices from Athens, of the 2d May, ann-n -0,
that General Mamouria has issued a proclaalev; -01
calling upon all Greeks to rise in arras egirs
Turkey. Armaments are taking place at bog
for Thessalay. Piratical expeditions are
organised.
Another letter from Athens says that the
surrection in Epirus and Thessaly is cornpleteil
put down.

CONSTANTINOPLE. f the
According to advices from Constantinople ° that
Ist of May, Prince Napoleon had arrived is

city. Jr
The Duke of Cambridge, it is reported, 11',,A for
dined to avail himself of the palace prepare('
his use by the Sultan. The Duke is unwrjg.
place himself in any respect above his comro3ll—

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officer, Lord Raglan. °lot
All the Greeks not compromised in tue 0
who may be at Constantinople, are authorized

remain.
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_ioNSTANTINOPLE, April 30.—The differsoe
which had arisen between the ambassador of 'cro3o
and the Porte have been amicably arranged. coy
affair had spread the greatest alarm through s
stantinople ; and the Turkish Government w3eop•
great fear that the treaty concluded would ill hioli
sequence be broken, and that the money/vnjel
has just arrived from France would not be
.ey'd-asi
over to the Turkish Exchequer. General
d'Hilliers demanded an apology, and that ReSaid
Pacha should come to the French embassy' gel
make proper excuses for what had occurred. Si
however, sent the President of the Co-„tlie
(Nechib Pacha), in his stead, and his s°,ll' „,DO
future son-in-law of the Sultan. Half the -ire,
of Stamboul have been calling at the Frenoi`sir
bassy during the last few days. General P.„:io
guay d'Hilliers has returned the visit of :300
Pacha (the Minister of War). Reschid the
was present on that occasion, and 3'llo
differences were made up. To-day the dor.
Effendi paid a visit to the French =bassi' re'
Yesterday General Baraguay d'Hilliers was ,1348
sent at the dinner given by Lord Stratford ,18
Redcliffe to Lord Raglan and his staff, who eclif,
just arrived, and I am happy to say that all
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ferences have also been made up in that guar'
The Terrible, which was engaged at Odesnlis
lying in port, with eleven shots in her. ii
Vauban, which was more seriously damage'',y
expected here to get refitted. There is 3 01,
port that the fleets are bombarding Sebast°,l3be,
The Caradoc, having got damaged, rem:line', to
hind at Malta, and Lord Raglan came on bYbieli
Peninsular and Oriental steamer Emu, in. tbe
he arrived yesterday, with all his staf, anu,ocli•
following officers, attached to the British 01'01
tionary forces in the East :—Brigardier•Geeoe
Cator, commander of the artillery ; Brigadier
neral Lord de Ros, deputy quartermaster-gel:l'e'
Brigadier-General Estcourt, deputy adjutau,,,t-gSt
ral ; Lieutenant-Colonel Steele, Coldstreamure-0
military secretary to Lord Raglan ; Lienteljster
Colonel Paulett Somerset, assistant quarterroa'oy
general ; Major Wellesley, assistant quarterinssert,
general ; Dr. Burrel, chief of the medical del3r of
ment of the army ; Mr. Ward, chief purver
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hospitals ; Dr. Tycer, inspector of hospitals; bell
assistant-surgeons, and many other persons att3°or,
to the commander-in-chief's staff. Admiral P°
with his son, flag-lieutenant, has also arrived', je
is to be superintendent of the whole transport
partment. Rustem Pacha, major-general 0,,,c0yal
neers, will be accompanying officer to his -Pep,
Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Twefik Fad la
major-general on the staff, has been appointeweelg
a similar capacity to Prince Napoleon. Next five
seven Turkish sailing vessels, mostly 84's, and will
steamers, leave for the coast of Circassia. TheYficier
join the division of the combined squadrons of
Sir Edmund Lyons, now bound for the CO, a
Cireassia, and will and a force in order to form
junction with Schamyl.
The following very important intelligenceo,
been received from the Danube, dated Sob°
April 25 :
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" The Russians have all retired from before it
and are evacuating Lesser Wallachia, burning we
lages, and transporting the population with there.„,,,e to
" The Turkish cavalry penetrated en reconnaissa" All
eight hours' distance from Kalafat —to Boleschti. lap
this indicates an imminent concentration of the Ruse
forces.
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"The Russians have occupied for the last fell sills'
an island on the Danube, about 5,000 yards below ite!,
tria. The Turks occupy an island nearly 00°, of
which is slightly entrenched. The Russian &Woo
the Lower Danube has been seen in the vicinity Of t
islands. obe
" All this indicates an imminent passage of the D3lit/oP
in those parts, in order to form a junction with the
sian army stationed in the Dobrudscha, below Karasecir
Allow me to mention the following curious St
cumstance. Yesterday Omer Pacha found, ata,el3ol.
the letters he received from Transylvania, We
lowing note, in Russian : eati
" Omer Pacha—Sell yourself to Russia, and thus
cipate all calamities.
(Signed) " YoUR COMPATRI°Tvr* ell
An attempt to corrupt him ! You might 01:troot
have addressed yourself to the Queen of '-
Britain.
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The son of Abbas Pacha, viceroy of EgYl)',igh'
sent some most magnificent presents to the tta e
ter of the Sultan, Minure Sultana, to whom oty
just been betrothed. Two diadems of great bed
and worth are amongst them—one for the Stle
the other for his bride—and five splendid uesora
of
for the Sultan. He distributed 2,000 Purs„oion
gold amongst the Sultan's eunuchs. It is now -000.
for certain that the Sultan will not go to Adrian Ana
The last few days have been full of interest/ton
however much the benighted Turks may have to
astonished at the brio-ades that arrived 11Psson
the 26th, when the Guards came, and wereertial
marching to camp with their bearskins and Vioar
height, the Turk stood in amazement, all' burst
luntary expressions of surprise frequentlY
from him. I have never seen a Turk more„th the
betray his sentiments. On Thursday the 2,.1,,5i0n•
barracks at Scutari were all bustle and eonrrotal
A grand field-day was ordered by Major-ur.,:evers
Sir De Lacy Evans. The morning was, 11°;iasses
cloudy and overcast ; hosts of people of all f con'
were arriving at every moment in all sorts 0,,,t0f
veyances, from the fisherman's calque to theie;etic
six-oared caique of a high Pacha or a dip •°,,uds
functionary; whilst their horses, richly
awaited close around the landing-place
them to the scene of action, or rather of Li.% r, the
As the time drew nigh for the review to beg itruors
weather became more overcast • and as the
~ still
marched out heavy drops of rain began to fai_l_l,l eot,
all went on as usual. The regiments marc.nri_ery,
the gay young staff officers paraded in their J.,u.
and away they all went to the point assigne."_ full
eaparis
carry
the time the ground was reached the rain
of
pretty heavily. The Grand Seraskier (M 112,151 tin'
War) and General Sir de Lacy Evans stooa_,l
achingly side by Ride, whilst the troves