The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-20 00:00:00

THE BRITISH EXPEDITION.

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VARNA BAY, OFF VARNA, Sept. 4.—A commu-
nication from here, after dilating, at great length,
upon the sailing of the expedition, says—From all
we can hear, it is most probable that the Turks
will be placed in the centre, that the English will
take the left, and that the French will take the
right of the line of operations. However, even
the programme agreed upon is not to he received
as final and unalterable—nor, indeed, is anything
which may be said or written in anticipation of
actual proceedings to be regarded as conclusive, for
at the last moment changes may take place, and
we all know that the best laid schemes go often
astray. So far, however, up to a certain date, the
authorities at sea and land had determined to
arrange the carriage of the troops according to this
order, nor do I foresee that any material change
can be made in it.
The Himalaya, Capt. Kellock, which had been
left lying useless in the Golden Horn for three long
weeks, received orders to go to Varna last Wed-
nesday. The orders reached Scutari at three
o'clock—at 5.30 p.m. the magnificent vessel was
under weigh rushing through the opposing current
of the Bosphorus like a dolphin, and astonishing
the officers of the Caradoe as she flew past them at
Therapia. She anchored at 9.30 a.m. the follow.
bag -morning, and immediately proceeded to take

THE PRINCIPALITIES.
The subjoined is the speech which the Ottoman
Commissary, Dervish Pacha, addressed to the
members of the Administrative Council on the
occasion of the Ministerial modification :
"Gentlemen,—The occupation by the Russians, while
bringing all the evils of an iniquitous war, has arbitrarily
overthrown the state of things established in Wallachia,
and ever since then the country has been deprived of its
legal administration.
" At present such a situation could not be tolerated
without indifference to the benevolent intentions and
the sentiments of paternal solicitude of our gracious
Sovereign, who has deigned to specially charge me to
watch, above all, over the maintenance of public order
awl tranquillity.
"While waiting, therefore, for the ulterior provisions
of his Imperial Majesty, as to that which concerns the
restoration of a definitive administration, according to
the privileges and immunities of the country, I have
deemed it urgent and indispensable to form, in conjunc-
tion with his Highness the Generalissimo of the Otto-
man Imperial army, a provisional Administrative
Council, composed out of your number, gentlemen, as
follows :
" The Grand Vornik Constantin Cantacuzene, Presi-
dent of the Council and Minister of the Interior.
"The Batlo Constantin Cheresco, Chief of the Militia.
"The Grand Vornik Jean Philippesco, Minister of
ramie.
"The Logothete Jean Slatieano, Minister of Worship.
The Logothete Otdtetecheano, Comptroller.
" The Logothete Jean Philippesco, Secretary of State.
" The Cloutchar Jean Cantacuzene, Minister of Jus-
tice ad interim.
" You will appreciate, gentlemen, all the importance
of the duties which are thus intrusted to you.
" Called on to conduct provisionally the administra-
tive affairs of the Principality, while conforming to the
laws which govern it, you will have to join all your
efforts, to redouble your zeal and activity, so that
nothing, in your measures, can exceed the bounds of
justice and equity traced out by the spirit and letter of
the organic regulations.
" Actuated by feelings of devotedness to the Govern.
ment of his Imperial Majesty, and by a sincere and legi-
mate affection for your country, your duty is to take
care that an entire impartiality shall constantly preside
over your labours;

"By thus fulfilling your mission you will acquire,
gentlemen, claims to the gratitude of the country. You
will fully justify all the confidence which you deserve,
and you will strengthen in us the conviction of having
furnished our share, with his Highness the Generalissimo
of the Ottoman Imperial army, to a measure salutary
to the country, and one which, until a fresh order from
the Sublime Porte, will not render any modification ne-
cessary.

"Iu concluding, gentlemen, the communication which
I have the honour to submit to you, I think it incum-
bent on me to especially invite you to comply with
readiness and exactitude to all the orders which you
might receive from his Highness the Generalissimo of
the Ottoman Imperial army.
"Be pleased, gentlemen, to receive the renewed as-
surance of my high consideration.
" The Ottoman Imperial Commissary,
" DERVISH.

"Bucharest, 19th (31st), Aug., 1854."

OMER PACHA'S PRESENT TO THE
WALLACHIANS.
Omer Pacha has given the Wallachians 6 cannons
taken from the Russians, instead of those which
the latter stole when they left.

PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF AND HIS
TROOPS.

A letter from Jassy, Bth, in the Press of Vienna;
sa3 s

"It was at first intended that the Russian troops
should make a halt of five days in this place, but
this arrangement has now been changed, and they
will continue their march on the day following
their arrival. About 30,000 men have already ar-
rived. The district of Bakan has been completely
evacuated, and the camp at Mirezestie has been broken
up. Numerous columns are marching into Bessarabia,
by Berlud and Leova. In a general way the troops
which arrive encamp in the neighbourhood, as there is
not sufficient accommodation for them in the town. A
court-martial has been formed in order to try M. Philo-
peska, the officer of the Wallachian militia, who
was arrested on the occasion of the incorporation of
that militia in the Russian army. This court is com-
posed of a Russian colonel and two Wallachian offi-
cers devoted to the Russians, and one of whom has
just received a gratification of 350 ducats. The order
of General Budberg dismissing the Hetman Ilaurocor-
gat° is founded en that officer being incapable of com-
manding a militia which had already given proofs of in-
subordination. Theodoritza Balsch, Minister of Finance,
has been named provisional Hetinan. He is a man ge-
nerally esteemed. It is said that the Austrian troops
have been well received in Wallachia, but that sufficient
measures had not been adopted for their proper accom-
modation. This fact is attributed to the intrigues of a
foreign consul who was at Bucharest."

PRESENT TO SADYK PACHA.
The President of the Administrative Council
of Wallachia, M. Cantacuzene, wrote on the 29th
ultimo to Mehomed Sadyk Pacha, the Turkish com-
mander of Bucharest, to beg his acceptance of a
quantity of blue cloth, sufficient to clothe 100• so-
ldiers, of 300 shirts, 300 pairs of linen drawers, and
10 saddle-horses, as a testimony of gratitude for
the perfect discipline and order maintained by the
regiment of Cossacks of the Sultan, commanded by
Sadyk, since their entrance into the city. Mehmed
Sadyk Pacha wrote a suitable reply.

A letter from Vienna, of the 15th, says General
Hess is informed by Omer Paella of all the move-
ments of the Turkish troops, and Omer Pacha of
those of the Austrians; in fact not the slightest
change takes place in the position of the respec-
tive troops without a previous understanding be-
tween the two generals. The principal post at Bu-
charest is occupied alternatively by Austrian,
Turkish, and Wallachian troops. The Austrians
destined to form the garrison of Giurgevo left for
that place on the Bth. Baron Von Hess is shortly
expected at Bucharest. The head-quarters of the
Turks are about to be removed to Ibraila, which
with Galatz and Fockshani are already occupied
by the Turks. The cholera is disappearing from
Wallachia. All the roads which lead from the
Sereth to the Pruth are filled with Russian troops,
artillery, and baggage carts, and it is almost
impossible for travellers to .proceed along them.
The Russians destroy the bridges and roads
alter passing over them, and send agents from vil-
lage to village to endeavour to persuade the inha-
bitants, by brilliant promises, to emigrate with
them to Bessarabia. They carry off with them,
either after purchase or by violence, oxen and all
other live stock. The public treasuries of Mol-
davia have been emptied. The Austrian troops are
to enter Moldavia in the beginning of October."

We read in the DOnts :—" The following is
li doubtless the origin of the reports which have been
current relative to a disagreement which has arisen
between the Austrian and Turkish authorities in
Wailachia. in the proclamation by which Baron
de Hess announced the entrance of the Austrians,
it was said that application on every matter must
be made to the Austrian authorities. Omer Pacha
is said to have remonstrated against this expres-
sion, which appeared to him to be an encroachment
on the rights of the Sultan. On consulting the
German text, it was found that the error arose
either from the person who copied it, or from him
who translated it into Wallachian. The German
teat stated that application was to be made to the
Austrian military authorities on all matters
relating to the Austrian troops. It would, there.
fore, appear that there is no well founded ground
for the reports of a misunderstanding."
There seems to be now no doubt that the Turks
wili cross the Danube into Bessarabia, somewhere
in the neighbourhood of Ismael. According to our
last advices from Galatz, between that place and
Ibraila a great number of river boats were collect-
ing, which were to go further down the stream to
Isatchka, to be made use of in the passage of the
Turkish troops.

on board the Bth Royal Irish Hussars and the 17th (Stein) has been definitively. appointed Quartermas-
Lancers. Lord Cardigan commanding the Light ter-General in Anatolia, instead of Kourschid
Cavalry Brigade, and his staff, came on board on Pasha (Guyon).
Friday.
The Simla, which had, we hear, a narrow escape
of being burnt, came up from Constantinople later
in the day ; she takes the 4th Light Dragoons.
On Saturday the Columbo arrived from the Bos-
phorus with the 20th Regiment on board.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Sept. IG.—The Sebastopol fever is ex-
cessively violent here, and, as it must be still more
so in England, all the intelligence connected with
the great expedition which has reached this city
will be welcome. It is positively known that the '
whole fleet had quitted the Bulgarian coast on the
morning of the Bth ; and the Copirt. Zeitung's cor-
respondent has learnt from Galatz that the first
division of "the Armada"—a word displeasing to
British eyes and ears—had cast anchor near Ilan
Adassi (Serpents Island), between the Sulina and
Kilia mouths of the Danube, on the 9th. We
are further informed that the fleets will proceed
from Serpents Island to the isthmus of Perekop,
" which is now almost without troops ;" but
this is not likely, although Austrian engineers
have often expressed their astonishment that so
little notice has been taken of a point which is so
vulnerable. No good object could now be attained
by attacking Perekop, as the troops intended for
the defence of the Crimea must already been in the
peninsula, and some weeks must elapse before
reinforcements from Kherson and the Upper
Taurida can reach Sebastopol. No civilian who
saw the expedition start was inclined to doubt
that it would be successful. New fieldwork-s
have been constructed on the heights around
Sebastopol, and the Russians in Odessa do not
seem to feel any alarm for the fate of that fortress.
The troops are hurrying out of Moldavia with
such breathless haste, that it is evident reinforce-
ments are to be sent to the Crimea immediately.
Forced marches without a single day's rest
are ruinous to an army, and, even if the greatest
expedition is used, none of the troops now crossing
the Pruth can reach the Isthmus of Perekop in
less than three weeks or a month. One of the ver-
sions in circulation relative to 'the intended
operations of the allies is, that Kherson, a strongly
fortified place, with docks for shipbuilding, is to
be destroyed, but the person who conceived this
idea can have no knowledge whatever of the
situation of Kherson. Before the allies could get
to the place in question, which is at the em-
bouchure of the Dniester, they would have to
take the fortresses of Otzakoff and Kinburn. The
believers and disbelievers in the sincerity of
Austria are about equal in number, but if the
[ latter knew what a feverish longing there
is in our official circles for news of the
fall of Sebastopol many of them would be
' cured of their incredulity. My opinion in re-
spect to the policy of Austria is unchanged.
The idea that she is playing "booty" with Russia is
positively ridiculous, but that she is most anxious
to avoid coming to' blows with her neighbour is
most certain. A favourite phrase here is :—" The
Western Powers would willingly make a oat's-paw
of Austria," but it appears to me that Austria is
resolved to take every advantage of the exertions
of the allies. As she herself says, she has already
secured a " pledge," and she foresees that if Sebas-
, topol falls she will have nothing to fear from
Russia during the winter. On the other hand, if
the attack on the great fortress should fail, the
Emperor Nicholas will have leisure during the next
few months to pay particular attention to the
Austrians in Moldavia and Wallachia. It must
again be repeated that the Emperor Francis Joseph
is not likely to strike the first blow, but, if the
Russians should endeavour to recross the Pruth, a
war between the two empires is inevitable.
To-day the Lloyd has returned to Prussia, and
the Zeit, which paper has informed the politicians
on the Spree that the Austrian occupation of the
Principalities "is not only with the consent of
Russia, but also with that of the Porte." It is
notorious that Austria never demanded the per-
mission of Russia to enter Moldavia and Wallachia,
" but that her demand for their evacuation was
backed by a couple of hundred thousand bayonets."
The Vienna journalist, who in this matter probably
utters the opinions of persons high in office, ex-
presses his belief that the success of the Anglo-
French expedition would induce the Czar to accept
the " four conditions." It is, however, considered
questionable whether the Western Powers would
then be satisfied with the conditions alluded to.

Yesterday the Turkish Minister delivered a hatti
scheriff to the Hospodar Stirbey, who resides at
Baden. The Sultan orders the Hospodar to return
to his post, and Stirbey will leave Austria on the
25th.