The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-04 00:00:00

TURKEY AND RUSSIA.

Dispatches from Constantinople to the 23d ult.
state that the project which left that city for
Vienna on the 19th stipulates the extension to all
Christian confessions of article 7 of the treaty of
Kainardschi, and contains some restrictions on the
requirements of Russia.
War is looked upon as inevitable. General Sir
Charles Campbell, who visited, on mission, the
several Turkish armies, has returned to Constanti-
nople, and partakes of the same opinion. Hostile
manifestations are on the increase, and the arma-
ments continue to be actively pursued.
The Minister of War and the Grand Vizier are
preparing to leave Constantinople for the Camp at
Shumla. They are expected to be replaced pro-
visionally by Riza
Menekli Pacha has 'been appointed Commander
of the 12,000 men of the, Egyptian auxiliary force.
The Berlin Zeist, in a semi-official communica-
tion, indicates among the worst difficulties of the
Oriental question, that nothing has been stipulated
concerning the probable claim of Russia on the
head of the costs of occupation. The Prussian
paper sees a danger of the difficulty being longer
prolonged than desirable by the general interests
of Europe, and more especially of Turkey, whose
resources are already exhausted by the extraordi-
nary efforts she has been compelled to make.
A despatch from Odessa, of the 17ch, announces
the arrival of the Grand )uke Constantine in that
port on his way to Sebastapol, to inspect the fleet
of which he is nominated Grand Admiral. He is
accompanied by a numerous staff.
The Patrie announces that the Hospodars of
Moldavia and Wallachia have been summoned to
Constantinople, in consequence of their refusal to
pay the ordinary tribute to the Porte, and that the
consuls of England and France in the provinces
have received orders to lower their flags.

A Constantinople letter, in the Independance of
Brussels, states that the French and English con-
suls at Jassy removed the official emblems of their
consulates on the day when Prince Ghika, in obe-
dience to the orders of Russia, broke off relations
with the Porte.

Letters from Jassy and Bucharest to the 14th
and 19th of July, give details respecting the
Russian forces, who are fortifying themselves in a
formidable manner in the principalities. Every
day there were arrivals of artillery intended for the
works of defence established in the strongest points
of the country. The Russians are forming three
entrenched camps, which are intended to protect all
their lines, and which are to be rendered impreg-
nable.

The Uni©n says :—" A letter from Paris, pub-
lished in the Nouvelliste, a Ministerial journal of
Rouen, states that the Russian ukase ordering a
considerable levy of men in all the Empire, is pre-
ceded by some observations published in the jour-
nals of St. Petersburg, the text of which has not
reached the French papers. The Nouvelliste cites
this latter phrase :—.'Russia fears nothing ; in spite
of calumnies she will continue her path in the in-
terest and for the greater glory of the orthodox
faith ; she will, in short, dissipate all her enemies
like dust.' The Ministerial journal of Rouen
takes care to remark that this manifesto being dated
the 20th July, was published after the arrival of
the propositions of arrangement of England and
France. To be exact, however, it must be said that
the phrase cited by the Nouvelliste does not appear
in the Russian ukase, but in an article of the
Abeille of St. Petersburg—where, as is known, all
the journals are subject to censorship."
A letter from Malta, of 21st ult., says :—" The
Leonidas steamer has left for Constantinople, with
120 chests, containing a large amount of specie."
A letter from Vienna says :—" We learn from.
Constantinople that on the 16th there was a con-
ference held on board the flag-ship of Admiral
Dundas between two admirals and an officer of the
Turkish navy, on the subject of finding a better
anchorage for the fleets than that at Besika. If
this conference has produced any result, ithere will
be probably a movement among the vessels, but
quite unconnected with politics.
The Wanderer of Vienna states that the Turkish
Government has prohibited the export of provi-
sions from Roumelia, as a scarcity begins to be felt.
A letter from Jassy, 17th ult., says :—" Prince
Gortschakoff arrived on the 12th at Tckatsch. It
is positively stated that only 6,000 men will re-
main in Moldavia ; the other troops will take u
their cantonments in Wallachia."