The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-30 00:00:00

MARCH OF THE FRENCH ARMY TO

ADRIANOPLE.

We extract the following from an Adrianople
letter of June 14 :

" It may be doubted if in all Europe more beautiful
or more fertile territory is to be found, or a soil which,
though neglected, affords more abundant supplies of the
fruits of the earth, than the part of Turkey between
Gallipoli and Adrianople. Any one who sees the mag-
nificent valleys of the Carrack, the Erkeneh, and the
Maritza, will easily understand why the Russians are so
anxious to get possession of them, Neither the most
richly cultivated .counties of England, nor the richest
plains of Normandy, approach the valleys of Roumelia
in fertility and beauty; Wheat, vineyards, barley,
and oats, in profusion, cover the plains, while
the hills grow most magnificent timber, fit for all
uses. Wherever the French soldiers passed, and
in all the places where they halted or bivouacked,
the comforts of the troops were complete—perhaps too
complete. The peasantry arrived from all sides at the
camp, bringing bread, milk, eggs, poultry, and wine,
and all this at a price so excessively moderate that there
was not a soldier who might not, if he chose (and few
lost the opportunity), have his poule au pot several times
in the course of his eight days' march f, om Gallipoli to
Adrianople. The result of so much good feeding, and
so many over-abundant libations, might have been seri-
ous, had the commanders not taken timely precautions,
and reduced the orgies within sanitary limits. Never-
theless, it must be said that the discipline of the troops
was not for one moment relaxed, Nowhere was there
any outbreak of violence on the part of the troops, nor a
single act of pillage. The poor Turks, in fact, hearing
that an army was about to pass through their peaceful
country were at first disposed to They now re-
main in their towns and villages, and are open-mouthed
in their praises of the French, whose name was hitherto
almost as great a source of terror to them as that of the
Russians themselves,

"During the whole distance from Gallipoli stores of
provisions for the men and cavalry had been provided at
different points by the activity of the commissariat. At
all the halting places the iinuzdir' or mayor of the place,
waited upon the commander of the forces, to offer his
assistance in providing for the necessities of the troops.
The men encamp under Chouan tents, which every
soldier carries in his turn in his bag. The camp was
always pitched outside the tents and villages. No
sooner was the bivouac installed for the night than
clouds of Greek, Turk, and Jew vendors of all manner of
luxuries invaded the camp. " Bono vino" has already
passed into the language of the natives. Some of the
French soldiers speak a little Turkish ; the regular in-
terpreters assisted from time to time ; and amongst an
extraordinary jumble of tongues, the business of all parties
was managed a merveille.
"Adrianople is the second city of the Turkish empire,
of which it was at one time the capital. It is generally
reckoned to contain 100,000 inhabitants, but in reality it
contains only 80,000. Situated at the confluence of .the
Maritza, (the ancient Ebee) and the Todja, it is spread
out in the midst of pretty gardens and trees, partly on
the side of a pretty hill, and partly on the plain. Seen
from a certain distance, it appears to be nothing more
than a mass of verdure, from which the minarets of its
thirty mosques rise majestically. The minaret of Selim
111., built about the commencement of the 16th century,
is the principal work of architecture in the place. Its
immense cupola, supported by eight columns of 20 feet,
and 100 feet high, is of a boldness and grandeur almost
equalling the Pantheon. Towards evening, at the mo-
ment when more than 5,000 believers, kneeling under
the light of 900 lamps, invoke Allah, it presents a sight
of which no idea can be formed.'

"The arrival, at an interval of three days, of the first
French columns put the whole of the population in com-
motion on all the roads through which the Chasseurs-4-
pied, the Chasseurs d'Afrique, the Zouaves, the Turcos,
and the infantry of the line. passed. An immense crowd
of men, women, and children—Turks, Greeks, and Ar-
menians—in their holiday costumes, assembled to admire
the martial air of the French troops.
"General of Division Bosquet, commander of the
troops at Adrianople, arrived on the Bth, along with the
3d battalion of Chasseurs-a-pied and the 12th regiment
of General d'Allonville's cavalry. On the 13th General
Bouat's brigade of infantry arrived. The rest of the 2d
division will soon follow, along with the artillery. Be-
tween this and the 20th upwards of 15,000 French troops
will have assembled at Adrianople. The troops, after hav-
ing passed through Adrianople, of which the passage re-
Takeo more than an hour, enoaroped outdde
_the town,

on the road to Schumla, and on the borders of the Tod-
ja, precisely on the spot where the Russian army en
camped in 1829. General Bosquet, like General 'Die
bitsch, has his head-quarters in the old seraglio ; and
round him, in the island of the seraglio, bivouac the
infantry of the line. This land is a most beautiful
place, planted with trees, now a hundred years old,
the shade of which keeps up a delicious coolne,s and
freshness. The cavalry is, encamped on the great plain
of Hadji Dossun, separated from the island of the Wa'
lio by the Todja. A wooden bridge will unite these
two parts of the camp. The Greek who has undertaken
the construction is the sune who, twenty-five years ago,
made a similar bridge, precisely at the same place, Pr
the Russians. Strange destiny ! Perhaps the very
same timbers are employed."

APPREHENSIONS AS TO THE CONDra

OF AUSTRIA.

The Paris correspondent of the Times, writing
yesterday, says—l mentioned yesterday that ,what
ever may have been the ground of the apprehew
sions entertained in some quarters as to the firm-
ness and perseverance of Austria in the conduct
traced by the four Powers, there were symptoms
of these apprehensions subsiding. Whether this
change has been the result of explanations with the
Cabinet of Vienna, rendered necessary by the 0,11"
riouncement of the evacuation of the Danubian
Principalities, and the reasons assigned, but not
confirmed, for that evacuation, it is evident that
in the same quarters a different and more favour-
able view is now taken of things in general.
Indeed, it is remembered that no act of Austria
has occurred to justify suspicions of her truth
and honour, or which-would indicate that she bas
any thought of profiting by her present or future
position to do what would place her under the
ban of Europe, and render her name a by-Werci
—desert the cause to which she is bound by 0° -
many solemn engagements. It is represented Oat
her occupation of the Principalities is in virtue?'
a Convention with the Turkish Government, witu-
out pressure of any kind being exercised on them'
and with the advice and consent of the representw
tives of the Powers who have already taker
ed
arms for the Sultan. The object of those who sign,
the Quadruple Treaty was to protect the integrity
of the Ottoman territory and compel the evacuation
of that part of it which was occupied by the invader'
If the Russians refused to quit they would be COW
pelled to do so by Austria ; and if they quit befbr.e_
the application of force becomes necessary, Austria'
is to take care that the invasion shall not be r.„43;
peated. This she is perfectly prepared to do, if sll
has not done so already. But the treaty to wilier
she is a party does not oblige her to carry the war
acros the frontier with England and France, incir
to attack the Russians on their own territory. lijh
occupation of Wallachia is to protect the Tur,sa
territory against the enemy of the Sultan, and of
therefore, an act of hostility against Russia, 81%,
sympathy and aid towards the allies. IG is i Lato;
cordance with her obligations to the German Dhe
the
former to the rest of Europe. In the interest of
former it opens up the navigation of the Danube, from
and it relieves the Turks and their allies free.
the necessity of defending that important
Her double obligation to Europe and to Geringe../
seems, therefore, to be so far fulfilled by the ralho
ment in Wallachia ; and if Russia, fer
purpose of exciting suspicions of her good fel. „
chooses to assign a pretence for mere evacuato.;
of the invaded territory, it is unfair that Austrita
should be suspected of duplicity on that accelll.l6o
With an Austrian army holding the Principali,tibe
against the Russians, England and Franco
at liberty to carry out the object for which tu 0.1
have taken up arms. The interest of Burclii:
which places Austrian troops in Wallachia, ca;
the maritime Powers to another quarter and to
different element. No treaty obliges AustriTed
send a squadron to the Euxine with the al lat
fleetg, but she does an act which leaves therabo;
liberty to proceed thither. She opens the DO rs
their duty is to free the Black Sea, and she renu% ed
quite as good service by occupying the attention t,
the enemy in one quarter, while the fleets are aos,
tacking him in another. The giant is nearly Prop
trate ; Austria holds him to the ground, while,„ch
others may despatch him at their leisure. qat
seems to be the view- taken now, and I repeat tilts
on due reflection it is not thought that there 011
any good reason to doubt the rectitude of Austria'

FRANCE. ef
The Emperor, on the report of the Milliel-the
Marine, has decreed that " independently 0'
commands reserved to them, in service at setsi,
article 5 of the decree of the 15th August) I,lvted,
captains of frigates may in time of war be apPo'n a
to the command of sailing and steam frigates all
of first class sailing corvettes." stet
The Moniteur says :—" The Marshal i „ niel.
of War has received from the General corar°3„ ci"
ing at Algiers in the absence of the Govetil,l„r‘
General the following telegraphic despatch he
The delay in the arrival of despatches from the
expeditionary corps has given rise to rule°l/4
which are absurd as they are inexact. lam b3131„V
to be able to tell you that the situation of the ar';l,
is excellent. The expeditionary column,, chciest
minded by the Governor-General, is in the "
conditions for obtaining the submission of the eoilbes
try, and already, have the most turbulent trker,
come to pay the war tax, whilst others are
ing their submission.' "

SPAIN. that
The Madrid Gazette of the 25th announces,a—i4
the Spanish Government has received an °wc-ria
notification that the allied fleets of England aOl
France have established an effective blockade,,b6
the mouths of the Danube. The President of
Council and the Minister of Marine had left for tm
Escurial to await the arrival of the Queen. fieg
Colonel Atmeller, one of the political adverned
of the existing Government, who was lately el,Jere
from Madrid, has disappeared from Ibiza, w7bat
he had been ordered to reside ; it is supposed
he has escaped into Portugal. IvAS
The 25th being Sunday, the Stock Exchange -
not open.
We read in the Boletino del Pueblo
" The Oriente, Tribuno, and Mensagero have 0/.3.
to appear, the Madrid press is now reduced to the
lowing journals :—Moderados—La Espano, El goat La
El Diario Espanol, and La Epoca. Absolutist -10
Laperanza. Liberal or Progresistas .El Cla"-nct
Publico, La Nacion, Las Novedades, La Iberia,
LZ Boletino dcl Pueblo. La Epoca alone et' the
Moderado journals follows the old banner re.
that name. El Diario Espanol and La Epoca' rAegfee.
sent the men of the Conservative party, whose late
Lion, egotism, and arbitrary tendency have been of —O,
years so instructive. The Beraldo has by degrees alio-
cloned his former friends to form a school, which roe, get
scribe on its banner, 'Reaction or Death !' In the Pr„.ies-to
sad plight of the Progresista press it is almost imposEfo';%.
appreciate with any degree of accuracy the differen,oes;r.
isting between the principles of its five organs. •It'aerr
theless, we believe that although they all profess is
tinily the same doctrines, they do not all understand theolo,
the same manner, and differ among themselves a° ~0
gards their application. The men of 1840, the cpest
wea
of the national militia, and many others, are not vie:, 4.
alike by the Clamor Publico, La Nacion, Las 'The
dades, La -Ibc7 la, and El Boletino del Pueblo. the
oldest Madrid journal is El Clamor Publico, and
most recent in origin La Iberia."

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ODESSA.— Advices from Odessa state that in the -L- ictTh t
Sea and the Sea of Azoff business still goes on, and
the quantity of produce being sent off is large. ing,
SUDDEN DEATH IN THE STREET.—This 1110111—,jj.
about 12 o'clock, a person named Elliott fell down 6-to
denly in St. Paul's Church-yard, and on being takenefe
the surgery of Mr. Bass, in St. Martin's-le-Grand, Aed
was pronounced to be extinct. The deceased was stated
to be a weaver in Spitalfields. The body iras 0111'J
to St. Bartholomew's Hpspital.
DETERMINED SUICIDE PROM WATERLOO-8R1D.." a
This morning the Thames police issued notice that_,
respectable female committed self-destruction by threwno
ing herself off Waterloo-bidge. Although every Ineilliej
was used to save her, she sank before the boats reanK ft,
her. She is described to be about 30 years of age,,'„dy
5 in., dark hair, and dressed in black satin. The u"
has not been found.
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MR. BUCKSTONE'S BENtrlT.—This evening Mr.
stone takes his benefit at the Hay Market Theatre. -`„i,
successful manner in which this gentleman has COn,"'„
buted to the amusement of the public in the triple 00-e
ratter of author, actor, and manager, entitle him slonn
to expect that he will be liberally supported on such ad,
occasion ; but he has resolved to give his friends and
wirers a series of entertainments of a very attractive n:
ture. A new farce, As like as Two Peas, is to be Pr o•
duced for the first time, and The Knights of the Root
Table, a ballet, and a farce, introducing Mr. copPin'
the Australian actor, will be among the other perforny
epees. A crowded house and a well-replenished treasuri_
will no doubt bear testimony to the general appreciatinuo
of the laudable efforts of our inimitable comedian

sustain the high reputation of this establishment. „q.t.
NEW GRANADA.—Advices from Bogota, ffew ""3.
nada, by the steamer to-day, reach to the 27th of Wl',
and give very unfavourable accounts of the proceediotg
of the revolutionists, by whom, with 'General blelo 11.
their head, the legal President was deposed on the 1
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Apia last. Since their occupation of the city, lieb-0
exactions in goods or money had been forced from "
inhabitants, and many of the most respectable had bees
thrown into prison for non-compliance. All basinesbl
'was suspended, and rumours prevailed that in caseof 511
reverse the revolutionary party would be likely to F3c
s.
s
the town. Thus far, however, they had been succe- t
ful, and had defeated Generals Herera and Franco
Zi/Aguira on the 20th of May, killing the former alro
wounding the latter, who was believed, nevertheless,
have made good his retreat with 2,000 men, and to hay
effected a junction with others who were advancirgir°o
the province of Mariquita. At the latest date a deaf of
battle was considered imminent in the neighbourhood
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