The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE.

We have received the following from our cones.
pondeut at Marseilles :
" According to accounts from Constantinople of
the 25th of August, the artillery had embarked at
Varna, and the troops were to embark on the 20th.
" The Spitfire and Sidon had destroyed the bar-
ricades raised by the Russians to impede the navi-
gation of the Danube at Sulina.
" Colonel Beatson had returned to Constanti-
nople, having failed in organising a corps of Bashi-
Bagouks.
" The 21st Fusiliers had arrived at Malta on the
21st, and sailed for the East." _ _

Telegraphic despatches from Constantinople of
the 24th ult. state that it was reported that a part
of the army of the Danube was to be sent Jut°
Asia.

On the 22d 30 new gun-boats arrived from Malta.
15 more boats of the same kindare expected. Accord-
ing to accounts from Varna, a part of the expedi-
tion had left. There is great excitement in the
camp. The exasperation of the men against the
Graeco-Slaves, who are the agents of Russia, is in-
creasing, as is the dissatisfaction of the French
troops at their prolonged inactivity. The. cholera
is no longer so violent.
On the 21st the Himalaya was getting up her
steam—it was supposed to re-embark the Scots
Greys, who are quartered at Kuleli, in the Bos-
phorus, and said to be ordered up to Varna, or
rather the Black Sea.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

MARCH OF THE TURKISH ARMY.

Our letters received by way of Vienna inform
us that the march of the Turkish army towards
Braila and Galatz continues withqut interruption.
As the troops advance from the Danube they do
not touch at Bucharest, but, leaving it to the west,
proceed towards the Jalomnitza. The communi-
cation between Bucharest and Buseo, Fokschani,
and Braila is completely interrupted, and no pass-
ports are granted for Galatz. On the 15th the
Turkish troops which were encamped near Silis-
tria left for the Dobrudscha. As a north-east
wind has been blowing lately, and the weather
is cool for the season, it is hoped the men will
suffer less from the miasma than the French
did a few weeki since. Whether the rapid ad-
vance of the Turkish army towards Braila
and Galatz is a consequence of some arrange-
ment with the Allies and General Baron Hess, or
whether it is an independent move on the part of
the Sirdar, is not clear, but certain it is that the
unexpected approach of the Turks "bothers" Prince
Gortschakoff. The official Russian papers have
repeatedly stated that the evacuation of the Prin-
cipalities was not a concession made to the Powers,
" but a strategic movement dependent on contin-
gencies." If Prince Gortschakoff does not quit
Moldavia, the Russian Government will break its
promise to Austria ; and, if he does, the wicked
world will say that he was forced to give up his
line of defence on the Sereth. A letter of the
23d, received by the Presse from the Lower
Danube, mentions the arrival of a courier, with
despatches of the 17th, from Marshal St. Arnaud.
The Turkish commander was informed " that,
owing to circumstanceswhich had recently occurred,
and to intelligence received from Southern Russia
and from Asia, some change would be made in the
original plan of operation." The writer adds that
it is not improbable the great expedition will now
be directed against a different point from that
originally fixed on. It is related at Bucharest that
the Hospodars will not be reinstated until the Aus-
trians have quitted the principalities, but this is
totally false. As the Turks advance towards the
Pruth the Austrians will occupy the positions which
they quit. For the moment the Imperialists will
garrison Tirgoshyl, Rimnik, Krajova, Karakal, and
Islass, on the right bank of the Aluta ; and Pite-
schti, Slatina, Rusvedi, Tergovist, Plajeschti, Turna,
and Bucharest, in Great Wallachia. On the 22d
the Turkish camp near Bucharest was raised,
and the troops advanced towards the Jalomniiza.
On the 20th a Turkish flying corps, under Fadik
Pasha, took possession of Matschin. The works
destroyed by the Russians will be reconstructed,
and three detached forts built. Hirsova, Isaktchi,
and Tultscha will be fortified in the same way.