The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-23 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

It is probable, says the Paris correspondent of
the Times, that hostilities may have by this com-
menced in the Black Sea, between the French and
English on the one side, and the Russians on the
other. Such an event is most likely, if the follow-
ing extract of a private letter, just received from
Beycos, and dated the 12th, is exact ; and I have
reason to believe in its accuracy. It is to this
effect :

"The English sent yesterday, at three o'clock, the
fine steam-frigate the Retribution, with orders to force
the stockade which the Russians have established at the
mouth of the tlanube, and which completely prevents
the merchant ships from descending the river, which, for
commercial purposes only, they had ascended. If the
Russians oppose the destruction of that stockade, the
Retribution has orders to fire upon them. It is pro-
bable that the act will be the commencement of hostili-
ties. The French steam corvette, the Caton, left with
that frigate. We shall know in five or six days the
result."

The following letter, dated March 7th, has been
received from Bucharest :—" Major Totus, attache
to the Prince Schwartzenberg, on the staff of
Prince Gortschakoff, for the purpose of surveying
the movements of the Russians. has just been re-
called by his Government. This recall has pro-
duced a great sensation among the Russians. It
has been considered as a first step towards a rup-
ture between Austria and Russia. The Austrian
Consul has said at Bucharest that the day on which
the Russian army should pass the Danube the
Austrians should pass the Carpathians, for the
purpose of occupying Wallachia."
The Banshee steamer, whose arrival at Mar-
seilles is announced, left Malta in the afternoon of
the 17th. She is said to be the bearer of important
despatches from Constantinople. The contents of
those despatches have not transpired, but it is ge-
nerally believed here that they contain the accept-
ance by the Porte of the Anglo-French alliance,
and also the acceptance of the propositions recently
made by the AmbasSadors with reference to the re-
forms in the social and political condition of the
Christian subjects of the Sultan.

The Patric-announces that the Sultan intends to
place at the disposal of the expeditionary army, on
its lauding, 1,200 horses and 1,800 mules.
The Sultan has sent to Om er Pasha a splendid
sabre, ornamented with diamonds, and written to
him an autograph letter informing him that he had
appointed him Generalissimo of the 0 ttoman armies.
Oin er Pasha is to have the general direction of the
military operations both in Europe and Asia.
According to a letter from St. Petersburg, of the
10th inst., the Chief of the Staff of Prince Paske-
witch had left for the Danubian provinces. The
Prince himself was shortly to follow that officer,
and it was expected that the campaign would com-
mence in the first fortnight of April.

THE GREEK INSURRECTION.
A telegraphic despatch dated Vienna, yesterday,
says the insurgents have completely invested Ja-
nina. The Turks resist firmly, though short of
provisions. Zenos, Mylos, and Temeli, with 800
Greeks and 4 guns, have gone to Epirus ; 1,000
Moreots, under Kolocotroces, Pestimenzanis, and
Laputas, are gone to Patras. A. bulletin announces
that 1,400 Turks, who landed at Prevesa, have
been beaten.

Advices from Constantinople of the 13th March,
state that England demands that Gallipoli shall be
fortified, to serve as an English naval station, this
being a condition for the landing of the troops.
The fleets were at Beycos.
Advices from Athens of the 17th say that 200
English troops had disembarked at Prevesa, but
the Pacha ordered them to re-embark. This re-
quires confirmation.

- Letters from Corfu, of the 14th, state that the
Greek insurrection is subsiding. Fifty villages
have submitted. The Asmodee and Pomona,
French frigates, are at Corfu ; 1,600 Turks had
landed at Prevesa, marching on Arta. Grivas has
failed at Janina.

Letters from Constantinople represent the atti-
tude of the Greek population in the Ottoman domi-
nions as more and more tl_reatening as regards the
power of the Sultan. The conspiracy in favour of
Russia is not only flagrant, hut no attempt is made
to disguise it. Subscriptions are openly entered into
by the Greeks for the avowed purpose of aiding the
Czar, and men are publicly enrolled for the support
of the insurgents on the frontiers of the kingdom
of Greece. It is principally at Smyrna that these
reprehensible proceedings are carried on; but even
at Constantinople the Greeks do not conceal their
sentiments or their hopes. It is feared that ac
soon as the fine weather comes there will be a for-
midable explosion, which will embrace a large por-
tion of European Turkey.
Russia is pushing forward large bodies of troops
towards the Danube. Her object is to concentrate
a sufficient force to be able to strike a decisive blow
before the arrival of the English and French expe-
ditionary armies. If Omer Paella should suffer
any serious reverse, Turkey would find her best
military resources annihilated. These are the im-
pressions of a distinguished officer in the French
navy, from whose letter they are extracted.

The Cassel Gazette announces the return to
Berlin of Count Furstenberg-Staunhein, who had
been sent on a mission into the Western provinces
of Prussia. The Count has made to King
Frederic William, at a private audience, a Circum-
stantial report of the anti-Russian movement which
has manifested itself in these provinces.
The Emancipation of Brussels of the 19th
says :—"Yesterday Vely Pacha received, at the
Hotel de Bellevue, the members of the diplomatic
corps accredited to the Court of Brussels. The
Minister of the United Stateswas unable to attend.
It is almost unnecessary to say that the represen-
tative of Russia was not present. The various
diplomatic members appeared in their grand cos-
tumes of ceremony. The Turkish Ambassador oc-
cupies in the Hotel de Bellevue an apartment close
to those of M. de Kisselefl, the Princess Lieven,
and other Russian personages of rank.