The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-15 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

A private telegraphic dispatch from Vienna,
dated yesterday, has been received in Paris • it is
to this effect :—" The Russian Cabinet has definitely
refused to accept the modifications demanded by
the Porte. A new memorandum from Russia is ex-
pected." If the words " a new memorandum from.
Russia is expected" be not an interpolation or ad-
dition made here, the dispatch would show that
the periodof negotiation is not over, and that there
is no reason to suppose that hostilities are instantly
to commence between Russia and Turkey, unless
indeed Omer Pasha's army has followed the impulse
of enthusiasm, and disregarded everything except
the desire to attack the Russians. Indeed a rumour
to that effect is current, though in all probability it
is incorrect. The story goes that Omer Pasha, un-
able to restrain his men, was forced to lead them
on to combat ; that the anube was crossed ; that
an engagement ensued, in which the Russians, at
first, had the worst of it, but after five days' fight-
ing had got the upper hand ; and that at last an
armistice was concluded.
The Cologne Gazette under date of Constanti-
nople Ist inst., says :—" Mehemed Pacha, the new
Governor of Adrianople, having arrived in tint
city, summoned to him the notabilities of all reli-
gions, and addressing himself in the first place to
the Rayahs, said—' I hava to explain to you the
confidence with which you inspire the Government,'
and he afterwards said to the Mussulmans, 4 I refer
you to the precepts of your religion which say that
the life of the Rayahs is yours, their property
yours, and their honour yours. If, therefore, a
hair falls from the head of a Rayah, if he loses a
pin, if he has suffered from a word or a gesture,
we should have to render an account of it before
God.' Then turning towards the 'Enemas, he con-
tinued—' You, doctors of the law, say whether such
-are not the commands of our law, and the precepts
of our religion.' Yes,' replied they unanimously.
Thus,' continued the Mehemed, our duty is to
love and to protect the Rayahs. Our creed is dif-
ferent; but if in obeying the law we pray in the mos-
que, the Christians in the church, and the Jews in
the eynagogue, we are not the Jess all the faithful
subjects of the Sultan ; we are therefore brothers,
and we ought to love each other as such.'"
The Press of Vienna states that a very active
correspondence is being carried on on the subject
of Servia, between Prince Gortschakoff and the
Divan. "A courier, sent by the General to
Reschid Pacha, had been," says a correspondent of
the Press, " intercepted by the Turkish advanced
posts, and conducted to the camp of Omer Pacha.
He afterwards proceeded, and had for some dis•
tance a military escort. When near Varna, he
narrowly escaped being murdered by a troop of
fanatic soldiers."
A letter from Constantinople, of the Ist, an-
nounces the arrival there, from Odessa, of M.
Argyropulo, the first dragoman of the late Russian
Embassy in the Turkish capital. The return of
M. Argyropulo caused considerable sensation. On
Cie day of his arrival he visited the Turkish Mi-
nister, and afterwards went to Bujukdere, where
he had a long interview with the French Ambas-

sador, who is -stated to have immediately ordered
the Egyptus steamer, which was about to leave
the port, to wait for new and important dispatches
to his Government. Another letter of the same
date states that, on the night of the 30th, a paper,
exciting the Turks to war, was posted up in several
parts of the city. On the following morning it was
torn down by the police.
Further news from Constantinople of the same
date say :—The levy of 80,000 men of the second
class of the militia continues with groat activity,
and large detachments of recruits are on their
march to join the army of the Danube.
Orders have been issued for the formation of a
reserved corps at Adrianople, under the orders of
Mehemet Ruchdi Pasha, chief of the Imperial
Guard.

On the 30th of August the Sultan held a review
of the Egyptian troops. The members of the French
embassy were present.
On the special demand of the representatives of
the foreign Powers, the Sultan has adjourned the
publication of his manifesto, in which he appeals
in the most bellicose larguage to the nation. The
manifesto is, in fact, really and truly a declaration
of war.

Lord Carlisle has left Constantinople for Bagdad.
'lt is known that the Porto has expressed a de-
sire that the four Powers should guarantee that
Russia shall not be allowed at any future time to
take an improper advantage of the concessions that
may be made to her in the settlement of the
Eastern question. The Weser Gazette states
that the Cabinet of Vienna has refused to be a
party to any guarantee of this kind.
The Presse of Vienna has the following from Bu-
charest, 4th inst. :—" We have had a grand review
of troops, at which the Hospodar Prince Stir Bey
was invited to be present, but he excused himself
on the plea 'of indisposition. Prince Gortschakoff
passed the review, and afterwards issued an order
of the day in which he praised the conduct of the
troops, and called on them to persevere in their
oaths of fidelity towards the Emperor. The order
of the day concluded with these words :—' Russia
is called on to annihilate Paganism, and whoever
would stop her in that sacred mission will be an-
nihilated like the Pagans themselves. Long live
the Czar and the God the Russians.'
Some agitation was caused at Bucharest on the
2d inst. by the arrest of a Turkish merchant wt
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was suspected of being a spy. He turne
be a converted Greek, and had on him some papers
of a compromising character.
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governor of
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Pasha had offered to the noted bandit Jani Ka-
tersdschi a pension of 25/. sterling a month if he
would renounce his profession. Jani consented on
condition that the consuls would give him their
guarantees. The French consul indignantly r-
jected the proposition, and Jani embarked in a
small Greek vessel. A steamer has been dispatched
in pursuit of him.
Both the Ost. Deutsche Post and Wanderer have
letters of the Ist from Constantinople. A few days
after Redschid Pasha had sent off the modified
note to Vienna, M. de la Cour made another
attempt to induce the Porte to re consider the
matter, but in vain. As Lord Stratford had