The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-03 00:00:00

THE WAR ON THE DANUBE

A letter from Galatz of September 24, in the
Lloyd of Vienna, says :—" There appears not to be
any doubt that Omer Pacha intends to strike a
blow at the Russians concentrated at Ismail. He
will not, however, commence his march on Bessa-
rabia until he hears of the capture of Sebastopol.
The Turkish garrisons of Galatz, Isaktscha, and
Tultcha are being augmented. The fortifications
of this place areterminated ; the population, de-
lighted at having got rid of the Russians, aided the
Turks in their labours. The works on the right
bank of the Pruth are also approaching their ter-
mination. Turkish troops are continually being
advanced towards the Dobrudscha. Omer Pacha
only waits for the signal from Marshal de St.
Arnaud to begin his operations against Bessara-
bia, and all the military measures which are
taken indicate that a winter campaign is con-
templated. Intelligence from the Crimea an-
nounces that already the Tartars of Simpheropol
are negotiating with the allies, and that they
would have given in their submission had not
the Russian garrison prevented it. The com-
munication btween Simpheropol and Bashi-
Serai have been interrupted by the Anglo-French
troops. A flag of truce has come to Bashi
Serai to negotiate with the commandant on certain
points not made known."

His Excellency General Count Coronini has ad-
dressed the following note to the Provisional Ad-
ministrative Council of Wallachia :-
6, His Majesty the Emperor of Austria pledged him-
self in a treaty with his Imperial Majesty the Sultan,
concluded on the 14th of June in this year, to re-esta-
blish in Wallachia and Moldavia, in conjunction with the
Imperial Ottoman Government, the legal status accor-
dant with the privileges granted to this country by the
Sublime Porte. In order to arrive at this end, both
the Imperial Austrian Court and the Sublime Poke
have found it necessary to recall the legitimate princes
of the countries under question, and to put the
conduct of the administration in their hands again. In
accur•lauce with the commands of both Imperial Govern-
ments, and in pursuance of an understanding be-
tween the undersigned and the Division-General Der-
vish Pacha, commissioner of his Imperial Majesty the
Sultan, an invitation has been despatched to Prince
Stirbey, requesting him to leave Vienna, and to resume
his station in this town. In bringing the above to the
knowledge of the Provisional Administrative Council
the undersigned, &a.
(Signed)

" CORONINI,

" Bucharest, Sept.' 13."
A Bucharest correspondent says that the Rus-
sians, on their retreat into Moldavia, engaged 300
bullock-waggons, with their owners, for the carriage
of stores ; but after the lapse of some weeks the
waggon-owners returned without their property.
The. Moldavians were treated much in the same
manner.
A Turkish reconnoitring party from Tultscha
crossed the Danube on the 19th, and returned with
the intelligence that there were no Russians. on the
whole line of the river up to Tutschkow.

FRANCE.
(FROM 01.7 R OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
The guns of the Invalides have not yet been
fired for the surrender of Sebastopol, and until that
sound shall have reached our ears we should not
regard the news brought by the private telegraphic
despatches as true, however probable it may be. The
Constitutionnel and the Pays, however, comment on
these despatches as if no doubt could be entertained
of their authenticity. The fall of Sebastopol may
be regarded as a certainty ; but, remember-
ing how positively the fall of Bomarsund had
been announced by private telegraphic de-
spatch, even before a single shot had been fired
against the place, it would perhaps have been as
well if the Constitutiownel and the Pays had
waited a day or two to see the news of the fall of
Sebastopol confirmed by the Moniteur. The offi-
cial journal has not as yet anything of its own
announcing the surrender of that important fortress,
but gives, sous toute reserve, and as by private tele-
graphic despatch, two of the accounts which arrived
yesterday—one stating that the two forts had been
taken, the other that the garrison and fleet had
surrendered, and that the garrison, when offered
leave to quit the place preferred remaining as pri-
soners. Notwithstanding the reserve declared by
the Moniteur, it is evident that the Government
has reason to believe that these accounts are true,
otherwise it would not notice them at all.
ri•be Siecle announces the news without any re-
serve, under the heading " Taking of Sebastopol."
It says :—" There is nothing in the intelligence
which ought to surprise those who have coolly in-
vestdgated the real value of the Russian forces.
. • . This triumph, if we may
credit the information we have received, has cost
our army 1,400 men, and about an equal number
of killed and wounded in the English and Turkish
ranks will bring the total loss to three thousand.
That the casualties were (relatively speaking) so
small, is evidently to be attributed to the iinpetu-
osity of the attack, and the generous emulation
which animated the different corps of the allied
armies. This great result should not snake us lose
sight either of the events still possible in the Bal-
tic, or of German policy, which must necessarily
assume a more decided attitude in consequence of
what has happened."
The Government journals, the Pays and Consti-
tutioaitei, express not the least doubt. The Consti-