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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NO 14, 1853.

treaties, with insults that require to be avenged,
with having refused to comply with the urgent and
often repeated demands of the rest of the great
Powers of the Eastern hemisphere. Turkey accused
by Russia of violating treaties—after the passage of
the Pruth by the Cossacks and their formal occu-
pation of the Danubian Principalities ! Turkey
charged by Russia with insults—after the Notes of
NESSELRODE, and the mission of MENSCHIKOFF,
and the movements of GORTZCHAKOFF ! Turkey
taxed by Russia with refusing to comply with the
urgent and reiterated solicitations of the Four
Powers—after this last deplorable half-year of
(indeed !) blundering -negotiation !

Naturally, after the appearance of this Mani-
festo in the Journal de St. Petersburg, we may
look for some change, tardy, no doubt, but total,
in the policy pursued towards Russia by the French
and British Governments. Shall we be deceived
in any such reasonable anticipations ? GOD
knows It would be difficult to pronounce even
now, as far as the Coalition is concerned. It
would be difficult, because we can't possibly
forget so soon the miserable drivelling about
Peace with which the Prime Minister indulged the
civic functionaries in Guildhall, as recently as
this last past ninth of November. Neither can
we lose a remembrance that a precisely similar
pusillanimity has been revealed very recently by
so many of his motley colleagues in the Adminis-
tration, as by the President of the Board of Con-
trol, at Halifax, and by the Finance Minister, at
Manchester. Nevertheless, with Lord PALMER-
STON in the Cabinet, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM at the
Admiralty, and the Earl of CLARENDON as Foreign
Secretary, and the bare possibility still remaining
to us that one of those moments again may

tual, be fair to both parties, and get more money
for creditors than at present. It is to extend the
provision in the County Courts Act to all debts,
and not to permit execution to be issue,l, unless
under a well-founded apprehension of the debtor's
being about to depart from the jurisdiction until
after a judgment summons had been taken out,
and the debtor was required to attend a private
examination as to his estate and effects, and
means or prospects of payment, and to show cause,
if any he could, why a warrant should not be
issued for his arrest. On this investigation, which
might be conducted at a comparatively trifling ex-
pense, the presiding Judge might ascertain whe-
ther the case was one that ought to be sent to the
Insolvent Court, to which he might transmit it—
the imprisonment, however, not to commence un-
til after the adjudication. If there should
be no property, and the case should be deemed
worthy of punishment, imprisonment might be
authorised for a limited period, at the discretion
of the Judge. Any person who had property to
give up, might be authorised to petition the In-
solvent Court, and any creditor should likewise
be enabled to demand an investigation at the peril
of costs, if required, on insufficient grounds. We
believe that these propositions might, if judici-
ously carried out, provide a basis by which impri-
sonment for debt, the flagrant iniquity of the
19th century, might be abolished, without injury
to any of the parties concerned—nay, more, with
advantage to the creditors themselves—as well as
to the debtors.

A masterly article in reference to " The Reli-
gious and Political Relations of Russia" adorns
the current number of the North British Review,
and demands from us the meed of at least some
few eulogistic observations. It may be described
as a careful digest of the selecter truths contained
in the mass of volumes recently published in re-
gard to the question involved in the Eastern dif-
ficulty. Nevertheless it is something better than
a mere compilation. Its author is evidently one
who brings to the labour, of its composition the
advantages of an intimate acquaintance with his
subject—his knowledge being derived doubtless
from prolonged study and minute investigation.
It must be observed, moreover, that the article

displays throughout a perfect familiarity with the
remote as well as with the contemporary history
of the enormous dominions presided over by the
Russian AUTOCRAT. Commendation to this ex-
tent, it must be allowed, will be extorted from
even the more prejudiced of his readers by the
North British Reviewer. For within the limits of
his compact but ingeniously elaborated contribu-
tion will be found, compressed as already inti-
mated, the more valuable of the facts and data
discoverable in the productions of his predecessors
—in the different works, we mean, in relation to
Russia, which have latterly poured from the pint-
ing press, whether in London, in Paris, in Leipsic,
or in Edinburgh. From the " Lettres Slaves" of
CHRISTIAN OSTROWSKI, not less than from the
Travels of Dr. AITON in the " Land of the Mes-
siah "—from the elegant but crotchetty treatise
of Mr. EYRE CROWE in reference to " Prospects
in the Levant" from HOMMAIR DE HELL'S
"Journeys in the Steppes between the Euxine and
the Caspian"—from the " Religious Wanderings"
of the Abbe MICHON, and from the " Morning
Land" of FREDERICK BODENSTEDT—from Pou-
JOULAT'S "La France et la Russie k Constan-
tinople," and from the " Histoire de l'Empire
Russe," by KRamspr—from M. BouvET's "La
Turquie et les Cabinets de l'Europe," from
KUBALSKI'S " Recherches Historiques," from
SCHULESKA'S "Das Turkische Verhangnisz and die
Groszmachte," from Mr. URQUHART'S curious ac-
count of " Russian Progress," and from Mr. FIN-
LAY'S " Strictures upon Mediaeval Greece and Tre-
bizond."—from these and from a variety of other
sources (some of them anonymous), the writer of
this remarkable paper in the North British Review
for November has derived an extraordinary
amount of valuable and diversified information.
To another authority, however—an authority not
yet particularised—must the author be said to
have been most largely indebted both for the facts
advanced and for the arguments of which those
facts have been directly originative. Allusion is
heze made to the important annals of the Slavonic
population, submitted two years ago to the lettered
community by a publicist no less eminent than the
Count VALERIAN KRASINSKI; from that authority,
in particular, it is sufficiently obvious that the
writer in flue North British Review has drawn his
inspiration. His argument breathes throughout
the spirit of that already repeatedly advanced by
Count KRASINSKI in his more pretentious and ela-
borated publications.
According to the opinion here set forth
by the reviewer, " the tendency of Russia con-
tinually to advance towards Constantinople
is the necessary consequence of her geographical
position as well as of her past course of re-
ligious and political development." He considers
this course to be influenced by what he terms very
happily " the law of ethnical gravitation." No
less happily is it remarked by him a moment
afterwards that, situated midway between Europe
and the East, Russia " belongs by the nature of
her ecclesiastical and civil polity more to the latter
than to the former type of social development,"
and this in spite of PETER the Great having forced
upon her "the varnish of western civilisation."
At the present juncture we conceive it to be a
matter of duty with us, as conscientious journal-
ists, to direct attention in a very express and
earnest manner to an argument like that contained
in the current number of the North British Re-
view, a contribution especially honourable to the
writer and peculiarly creditable, in consequence,
to our esteemed contemporary.

MONEY MARK-ET

AND

111 MERU LI id INTELLIGENV
. _
CITY, TWO 3LQCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Sal ,urday were
estimated at 5,000 bales, all to tine 'trade. The
market was firm at previous rates. The sales com-
prised 4,500 American, 100 Egyptian at 62d. to
7-id., and 200 Surat at 22d. to 3-Id. per lb. Rail-
lway Shares were flat.
The ship Indian Queen arrived at Liverpool,
from Melbourne, brings advices a fe w days later in
the month of August. She has performed the voy-
age out and home in 5 months and 27 days. There
are no letters in town yet.

The Shanghai steamer, with the London mail of
July 8, arrived at King George's Sound on the Ist
September, and would leave that place on the 3d.
She was expected to reach S3-dney on the 18th,
and would leave with the retv,rn mail on the 21st.
Her mails, therefore, will probably reach London
by the end of this month.
The advices from New York report a dull and
depressed stock market. The Bank of the State of
New York had declared a dividend for the half year
of 4 per cent., and the Bank of Montreal of 3.1 per
cent. From the weekly returns of the City Banks
we find that there was a decrease in discounts, de-
posits, and circulation, while the specie was aug-
mented. For the month of October the total coinage
at the United States Mint is given at $3,011,926,
exclusive of $5,317,162 converted into bars. The
total deposits during the month amounted to
$5,052,000. The shipments of specie during the
week ending Oct. 29 were $502,963. United
States stocks to the extent of $573,850 had been
redeemed at the Treasury department. Bread-
stuffs were active and getting dearer. Cotton was
heavy, notwithstanding the unfavourable reports
respecting the crops.
The arrivals of bullion are large this morning.
The Asia has nearly a million of dollars on board,
and the Indian Queen is reported to bring 200,0001.
The English Stook market is firmer, with a fair
money business doing. Consols have been 944- I, and
since 941 a. The time bargains have been at 94
to 1. The foreign intelligence is of a chequered
character, and although the Turks appear to have
been successful, the reports current that they have
since been beaten in a great pitched battle occasion
uneasiness. The New 31- per Cents. have been
quoted 951- to 951, and the 3 per Cents. 93 to 1.
Bank Stock has been flatter at 216. Exchequer
Bills are 2s. to ss. premium, and India Bonds Is.
discount.

Foreign Stocks are very inactive. The Spanish
Committee's Certificate is at 5/. Mexican Bonds
have been steadier at 251. The Greek Deferred
stock is worth 71. Sardinian Bonds have realised
902 to 91. There has been a bargain in Belgian
41 per Cents., at 94i, and in the Swedish 4 per
Cents. at 92.

The Railway Share market has been dull, but
there has not been any change of importance in
the quotations. The foreign shares are very quiet
also, but firm.

The Gold Mines have been merely nominal.
The shares of the Land Companies are dull also,
and there is but little doing in the banks.
The railway meetings announced are the fol-
lowing :

Company. Date. Place, &c.
Hampstead Junction Nov. 15, Euston Station.
Killarney Junction Nov. 30, Dublin.
Limerick and Ennis Nov. 23, Limerick.
London & South-Western Nov. 15, 61, Waterloo-road.
Paris and Orleans Nov. 15, Paris.
Waterford and Kilkenny Nov. 30, London Tavern.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( Prom the Official List.)
Business done.
Bank Stock
... 216
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94g ?;
New 31 per Cent. Annuities 958 .11;
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
India Bonds, £lOOO .......
Ditto, under £lOOO 1 2 d
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, la.
£l000
2500 5 2 p
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
)lexicau 3 per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... 906 1
Spanish Committee Cei of Coup. not fun. Si p c
Swedish 4 per Cont....—. ............. ..... 92
Dividends on the shove payable in London.
Belgian Bonds 4 per Cent. ex. 25 fr
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols 944 :3
Ditto December Account ...

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS D AY.)

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 13.—Wind, S.E. ; thick fog. Ar-
rived—George Foster, Quebec ; Nova Giuseppe, Alexan-
dria, ; Neptune, do.; Asia (s), New York (left 2d Nov. ;
on freight 986,000 dollars in specie). Sailed—Celerity,
Paranagna ' • Eliza, Monte Video ; Rosalie, do. ; Fanny,
Azores ; Catherine Hodges, Lisbon ; David Harrison,
Bahia ; Shark, Maranham; Mary Miller, Jamaica ; Clara
Wheeler, New Orleans ; Amoy, Savannah • West Point,
New York ; Canada (s), Boston ; Susan Hills, do. ; Han-
nah Eastee, Cape Powis ; Portland, Grenada ; Pelican (s),
Lisbon ; Kerelaw, Buenos Ayres ; Familien Garnla,
Carleby.

iSGATE, Nov. 12.—Wind, E.S.E. ; ]3th, a.m. S. by
E., p.m. E.N.E. Sailed—President Van Buren, Odessa ;
Catharina Maria, Monte Video.
DEAL, Nov. 14.—Wind, N.W., moderate, and thick
fog. Arrived from the river and sailed—Abbeyland,
Sydney, N.S.W. ; Templar, do. ; Delta, Port Philip ;
Hornby, Barbadoes ; Jessy. Nevis ; Caroline, Jamaica ;
Yorktown, New York ; Magdalene, Odessa • Middles-
boro', Malta ; Redport, Oporto ; Ateo, Rotterdam.
FOLKESTONE.—Arrived—Wilhelm, Gottenburg.
NEWHAVEN, Nov. 13.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Heli-
gan Cronstadt.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 12 and 13.—Wind, E.N.E. Ar-
rived—Otto Gromebuz, Batavia for Hamburg; Christian
VIII., do. ; Soberano, Antwerp for Santander, leaky.
Sailed—Annie, Paltimore. Off Port—Handee, Vianna for
Riga. _ _ _

DARTMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Wind, E. Arrived—Etau,
Altea ; Cherub, Cephalonia; Jane, Palermo. Off Port.—
Arrived—Phcenix, Trieste.

CLYDE, Nov. 13.—Arrived—Sesostris Quebec ; Roger
Stuart, Bathurst. Sailed—Lord of the Isles, Sydney,
N.S.W.; Concord, Mobile ; Corra Linn, New York ; Ade-
rondceck, do.; Norval, Newfoundland.
LOWESTOFT, Nov. E.N.E. Arrived—Earl
Bathurtst, Stevenson, London for Hartlepool, with dam-
age to bowsprit, cutwater, &c., having been in contact
with the schooner Victoria, of Aberdeen.

FOLKSTONE, Nov. 13.- Two masts, apparently those of
a schooner, with outrigging, and three barrels of tar and
some small pieces of wreck, have been picked up and
brought in here.
HARWICH, Nov. 13.—The Elizabeth Lewis, of and from
Dundee for Melbourne, was assisted in here this morning,
having been ashore on the Long Sand on the 11th, and
thrown part of cargo overboard.
BELFAST, Nov. 12.- The Francisco brig has been
brought in, after being found abandoned on the rocks north
of Ballyferris Point. She is supposed to have been from
the Clyde to Genoa.
NEW Yoßr., Nov. 2—The Princess Charlotte, from Pa-
took harbour, Mosquito Territory to London has put in
leaky. Is supposed to have started a butt, but is not ex-
pected to be detained more than a day or two.

NEW HOTEL AT THE EUSTON STATlON.—Preparations
are now being made by the directors of the London and
North-Western Railway for the erection of an additional
hotel at the Euston station, for the use of second and
third class passengers travelling by that railway.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ROB THE LOMBARD-STREET
POST-OFFICE.—In consequence of the burglary at this
establishment last week, a number of men have been
employed in forming holes in the masonry of the window
sills, for the puopose of fixing strong gratings. On
Friday morning they found, on coming to their work,
that another attempt to break into the office had been
made during the previous night, and that the thieves
had almost succeeded in cutting out the entire casement.
FALL OF A HOUSE IN WEST SMITHFrELD.—On Satur-
day afternoon the inhabitants of West Smithfield and
Great Bartholomew-close were thrown into a state of
the greatest alarm by the falling of the house numbered
57, West Smithfield, injuring in the debris four men who
were employed on the roof, taking down a massive chim-
ney. About five weeks since the house above mentioned,
with the two adjoining, was completely gutted by fire,
and after having been surveyed were condemned. Since
then no precautionary measures were adopted to ensure
their stability. One poor fellow, named Charles Bow-
ness, was so injuriously injured that he was taken to
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he remains in a pre-
carious state. The houses above alluded to are very
ancient, being coeval with the dissolution of the Priory
of St. Bartholomew.

ORANGE AND LEMON DUTIES.—The Customs autho-
rities have had under consideration the course to be pur-
sued with reference to the 76th section of the act 16th
and 17th Viet., cap. 107, which excepts oranges from
any allowance for damage. Oranges and lemons are
charged with duty, whether sound or otherwise ; but
under the 105th section of the new act, on the request
of the importer or proprietor, those which are damaged
and unfit for consumption may be destroyed by order of
the Board, and the duty remitted thereon, and they have
issued directions that oranges and lemons are to be mea-
sured for duty agreeably to the mode hitherto observed
with regard to apples, &c., viz., measuring and charging
only such portion as in the opinion of the officers may
fairly be considered to be fit for consumption.

ODESSA TO CONSTANTINOPLE.

A MAP BY JAMES V YLD.

A sph.ndid pocket-foid ;lig map has, within the
last few hours, been issued from Mr. James Wyld's
establishment, displaying, with inimitable accuracy,
clearness, and exactitude, the country lying be-
tween Odessa and Cans aatinople. So minute in
its particularity are the details of this admirable
map, that it will be found to distinguish from each
other, by a most ingenious arrangement, four dif-
ferent kinds of roads intersecting those territories
—the great roads, the cross roads, the circuit roads,
and the roads for carriages. It indicates, more-
over, every spot marked by a fort or battery, a
khan or inu, a village, a small town, or a Greek
monastery—pointing out, of course, the more not-
able features in the landscape, such, for example, as
the chief cities of Sandjaks, or governments. Really
excellent as have been several of the maps recently
publislicd already of that " Cynosure of neighbour-
ing [and also of remote] eyes," the seat of war between
Russia and Turkey, not one has yet appeared in
any way comparable to the pocket-folding map
here particularised. It reflects new credit upon Mr.
Wyld's enterprise, will tend, we doubt not, mate-
rially to extend his reputation, and in doing so will
add another to the crowded honours of his great
geographic establishment. In what must have
been otherwise an unoccupied position on the map,
namely, in one part of the broad waters of the
Euxine, we observe introduced a " Plan of
Schounda"—another illustration of the chart's
completeness. In the south-east corner also, we
observe two yet more remarkable, and to the
majority, we feel satisfied, yet more welcome
additions—one being a minute delineation of the
" Bosphorus," and the other of the strait of the
" Dardanelles." Looking at the country as it is
here minutely displayed to our observation, we can
scarcely feel amazed that the Czar should have
found in the dream of a just possible acquisition of
European Turkey an altogether irresistible tempta-
tion. An examination of Mr. Wyld's masterly
map of the present seat of war, will, nevertheless,
tend only the more, on that account, to convince
every intelligent and impartial witness 'of events of
the necessity of obstructing, at all cost, the advance
of Russian ambition upon the golden city of Con-
stantinople.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

All the reports of a grand battle, and the taking
of Bucharest by the Turks, are till now unfounded.
On the 3d Prince Gortschakoff received orders to
assume the offensive, all projects of compromise
having proved unsuccessful.
The Austrian Correspondenz says :—" Prince
Gortschakoff, accompanied by his whole staff, ad-
vanced towards Oltenitza on the Bth. The Turks
have sent considerable masses of troops across to
Turtukai. A renewed attack from the Turks was
hourly expected."

Prince Gortschakoff has left Bucharest for Olte-
nitza with 24,000 men, to attack the Turks. The
Turkish force there is only 9,000 strong. A battle
was hourly expected
The Moniteur confirms the accounts published
yesterday of a victory gained by the Turks, on the
4th, near Oltenitza. The Turks numbered not
more than 9,000. General Dannenberg commanded
the Russians, who sustained a loss of 1,200 men
killed and wounded. Nearly all the Russian
officers in command and several colonels were
wounded.

It was in contemplation to attack the Turks this
day or to-morrow, with a force of 24,000 men.
The following is Count Nesselrode's circular,
dated St. Petersburg, Oct. 19 :

" The efforts which we have not ceased to make for
the last eight months for the arrangement a l'aimable
of our differences with the Ottoman Porte, have, un-
fortunately, been without effect to the present day.
Nay more, the situation seems to become more aggra-
vated each day. Whilst the Emperor offered, during
his interview with his intimate friend and ally, the
Emperor Francis Joseph, fresh facilities to the Austrian
Cabinet to explain the misunderstanding which attaches
to the motives stated by us for rejecting the modifica-
tions which the Porte desired to introduce in the note
drawn up at Vienna, the Porte yielding, notwith-
standing the counsels of the European Representa-
tives at Constantinople, to the warlike ideas and the
fanaticism of the Mussulmans, has, as you will have
learned, formally declared war against us. That rash
step has, however, in nowise changed the pacific dispo-
sition of the Emperor. Wo still do not abandon, on
that account, the resolutions announced from the be-
ginning in our circular of the 20th of June. At that
period his Imperial Majesty declared that in occupying
provisionally the Principalities as a material security for
the satisfaction he demands, he was unwilling to carry
any further the measures of coercion, but rather to avoid
an offensive war, so long as his dignity and his interests
permitted him to do so. At the present moment, and
notwithstanding the fresh provocation offered to him,
the intentions of my august master remain the same.
In possession of the material pledge which the occupation
of the Principalities gives us, though still ready, in
fulfilment of our promise, to evacuate them the mo-
ment that we obtain satisfaction, we shall content
ourselves with maintaining our position there, remain-
ing on the defensive so long as we are not forced to
abandon the limits within which we desire to confine our
action. We will await the attack of the Turks without
taking the initiative of hostilities. It will then
entirely depend on other Powers not to widen the
limits of the war, if the Turks persist in waging it against
us, and not to give to it any other character than that
which we mean to leave to it. That situation of expec-
tancy does not place any obstacle to the carrying on of
negotiations. After the declaration of war it is not to
Russia that it belongs to seek for new expedients, nor to
take the initiative in overtures of conciliation. But if,
when better'enlightened as to its interest, the Porte will
manifest a disposition to propose or to receive similar
overtures, it is not the Emperor who will place any ob-
stacles to their being taken into consideration. Such,
Monsieur, is all that, for the moment, it is permitted to
me to inform you of, in the uncertainty we are as to
the warlike project it has just adopted, Inform the
Cabinet to which you are accredited of our eventual in-
tentions. They furnish an additional proof of the desire
of our august master to limit as much as possible, the
circle of hostilities, if they should unhappily take place,
and to spare the consequences of them to the rest of
Europe. " Receive, &c.,
" NESSELRODE."

From Vienna we learn, though we have consid-
erable doubt with respect to it, that the victory of
the Turks, which was owing to treachery, was
more complete than is generally supposed. The
outposts nearest the river were poles, and they not
only permitted the Turks to cross without giving
notice of their approach, but assisted them in the
work of death. The cannonade, as at first stated,
actually lasted, with slight interruptions, 28 hours.
The date was a mistake : the affair began in the
night between the Ist and 2d, and lasted until
the 3d.

The chance of an arrangement between Turkey
and Russia may be gleaned from the following
statement which we have received from Vienna :

The Porte is resolved to treat only on the follow,
ing conditions--

" 1. All the strong places in the Principalities
to be given into the hands of the Turks.

" 2. Complete evacuation of the Principalities
in the shortest possible time.

" 3. The guarantee of all the Powers against a
similar invasion."

Letters of the 29th, from the Danube, mention
that all the forts and batteries established on the
right bank of the river were completely armed and
defended by numerous garrisons, and that two
corps de reserve were organised, one to prevent the
Russians from crossing in case they attempted any-
thing of the kind, and the other to second the
movements of the Turkish troops operating in
Wallachia.

The Journal de St. Petersburg contains an an-
nouncement of the Minister of Finance, from
which it appears that an embargo will he laid on
Turkish vessels in Russian harbours on the 22d of
Nov. After that date Turkish merchant vessels
will be declared lawful prizes, even though they
may have other than Turkish property on board.
Neutrals will enjoy complete freedom, even after
the commencement of hostilities.

The Patrie has a letter from Constantinople of
the 29th ult., stating that the Turkish fleet has
chased some Russian vessels, and driven them into
Sebastopol.
A. private letter from Vienna states that some
fresh details had been recently received by tele-
graph of the engagement which had taken place,
between the Turks and Russians. It appears that
in this rencontre, which was very warm, General
Pauloff was wounded in the thigh by a ball, and
Lieut.-Colonel Chereskoff killed. The names of
the other officers who have perished are not yet
known.

The Lloyd of Vienna publishes the following as
the text of the reply of Prince Gortschakoff to the
summons of Omer Pacha, of which so many con-
tradictory versions have been given :

:• Bucharest, Sept. 28 (Oct. 10.)
"Monsieur le Muchir,—l have the honour to inform
your Excellency that I yesterday morning received the
letter which you addressed to me under date of the 26th.
Without entering into an examination of that commu-
nication, I think it my duty to inform your Excellency
that I have no power from the Emperor, my master, to
treat for peace or war, or the evacuation of the Princi-
palities by the troops confided to my command. Re-
ceivd, Monsieur le Muchir, the assurance of my high
consideration,

"Prince GORTSCHAKOFF.
" To his Excellency Omer Pacha."
A letter from Bucharest of the 31st ult. says :
" The following is a copy of the letter addressed by
Prince Stirbey to the Extraordinary Council of Admin-
istration :

" 'The present state of things requires us to absent
ourselves temporarily from our Principality. We con-
fide, until new orders, the government of the country to
the Council of Administration. H. E the First Bo-
yard, Grand Ban Philippesco, President of the Council,
will come to an understanding with the states of the
departments, to prevent the interruption of business,
and to keep up activity. The most important affairs
shall be submitted to the Council of Administration for
its opinion,
(Signed) " 'BARBA DEMETRIUS STIRBEY.
(Countersigned) " JOHN Mow, Secretary of State.'"

The k.q„ecle says :—" If our information be cor-
rect, a letter of the 30th ult. has been received from
Constantinople announcing that the Turkish Go-
vernment had definitively set aside the project of
arr, ng3ment proposed by Lord Redcliffe. Reschid
Paella is said to have declared in the name of the
Ministry and of the Grand Council of the Empire,
that war having broken out in spite of the forbear-
ance shown by the Porte there was no longer any
question of the solution of a special point. A new
treaty must, Reschid Pacha is said to have ob-
served, now regulate the relations between Turkey
and Russia, and the Sultan hopes, with the aid
of God and of his allies, that the new treaty will
raise a solid barrier against the ambition which in-
cessantly endangers the peace of the world. The
arrival of the combined fleet in the Bosphorous is
said to have been the result of the state of affairs
created by the definitive commencement of hostilit
ties, and the final rejection of all arrangpmen-

having for its starting point the unfortunate Note
of Vienna."
The Cologne Gazette, under date of Berlin 9th,
says :—" The Prussian Moniteur of to-day gives
the news, by telegraphic despatch, that six Rus-
sian battalions had carried by assault the Turkish
position at Oltenitza, but we learn from a source
worthy of credit that the Russians were repulsed
with loss. Being supported by a well kept up fire
of artillery, the position is naturally very strong.
The left wing of the Turks is covered by the river
Aardzich, and the right by swamps. In its rear it
has Silistria and the fortified point of:Voturkhon.
It is the first point of passage of the Danube below-
Roustjouck. Omer Pacha having fixed the atten-
tion of the Russians by marching on Kalafat,
Giurgewo, Oltenitza, and Kalarasch, appears to
wish to advance with his main force towards Bu-
charest, passing. by Oltenitza. Bucharest is only
four days' march from the Danube.
The Nuremberg Correspondent, under date of
Constantinople, 27th ult., says :—" The news is
confirmed that a rencontre has taken place between
the Russians and Turks in the Caucasus. The
Russians were driven three leagues from their po-
sitions. The Turks now occupy the Russian fron-
tier. It is positively stated thst the Sultan has
sent 1,000 purses (135,000 f.) as a reward to his
victorious troops."