The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-25 00:00:00

TURKEY AND RUSSIA.

It does not appear that any intelligence has
reached the Ottoman Embassy in Paris confirming
the fact mentioned in a Vienna paper about the en-
trance of a portion of the fleet into the Dardanelles
and its advance to Silivre, near Constantinople, for
the alleged purpose of maintaining tranquillity
in that capital. It is observed with much truth
that the entrance of five ships of war would
be quite as much a rupture of the treaties between
Russia and Turkey as that of the entire fleet ; and as
it is certain that the representatives of the western
Powers advised the Divan not to consider the
passage of the Pruth as a fact to be immediately
followed by the entrance of the Dardanelles, it
would be strange if they counselled what would be
tantamount to a declaration of war, and only to
call a comparatively small portion of the fleet to
Constantinople.
The papers and letters which arrived at Stettin
from St. Petersburgh, up to the 15th instant, are
still devoid of any decisive intelligence on the one
great question ; nor can it be ascertained that any-
body professes even to be in possession of any posi-
tive news which would bear out the confident

assurances that are so lavishly made, chiefly at
Vienna, of a pacific solution of the difficulty having
been already arrived at. Amongst the passengers
was the Russian Minister of the Imperal.House,
Baron von Zesckau.
Count Gyulai is expected back from St. Peters-
burgh in the course of the next week.
From Odessa we learn that the British Govern-
ment has sent three steamers to tug the merchant-
men laden with corn out of the Sulina mouth of the
Danube. The opinion expressed yesterday relative
to the movement of troops towards the Servian
frontier will be found to be corrrect : their concen-
tration is merely a measure of precaution, and a
strong proof of this is, that all the battalions have
been left on a piece footing. None of the men on
furlough have been called in, although the batta-
lions are but 600 instead of 1,200 strong, and the
soldiers actually in service have their usual, and
not what is known here as "war augmentation" pay.
The Transylvanian Messenger also declares on au-
thority- that Government has neither recalled the
soldiers who are on leave of absence, nor ordered
military stores to be collected in the province.
The camp, of which mention was made about a
week since, will be pitched in the month of Sep-
tember, and probably in the province of Moravia.
About 40,000 foot and 10,000 horse will be col-
lected, and it is expected that this fraction of the
Austrian contingent to the Federal army will be
inspected by Prince William of Prussia. The full
contingent of Austria to the Bund is 73,501 foot,
13,546 horse, 7,775 artillerymen, and 192 guns.
We have letters from Jassy of the 4th. On the
3d the Russian sth corps d'arm6e passed the Pruth
at Leova. During the 4th 16,000 men passed by
Jassy on their route to Wallachia, of which 4,000
were cavalry. The 4th corps d'armee passed the
Pruth at Sculeni, and encamped during the night
above Jassy, at Sokola, and continued their route
on the following day. The three corps of which
the army of occupation is composed are under the
General-in-chief,Prince Gortschakoff, and the entire
number of all arms is said to amount to 180,000
men, which will form three camps on the Danube,
one at Kalafat, in little Wallachia, the second at
Tournou (Deli Ormen), and the third at Kalarash,
almost opposite Silistria. Three small steamers I
are expected to arrive in order to tow the flotilla,
which is at Ismael, as far up the river as Orsova.
M. Ozeroff, long while Charge d'Affaires for Russia
in Constantinople, has been appointed Chef de la
Chancellerie politique of Genera.: Gortschakoff. The
Prince Gargarin, M. Kalergi, and M. Timofeff,
attaches at the Russian Embassy at Constanti-
nople, have each received appointments in the
above Chancellerie.
The principal Turkish head-quarters in Euro-
pean Turkey is at Shumla, where about 20,000 men
are concentrated. It is said that the Turks may
be able to defend the four passes of the Balkan,
but that they had much better not attempt to de-
fend
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At Batoum 15,000 men are stationed, at Trebizond
the same number, and at Erzeromn. 40,000.

P aAd
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accountsfrom M
Our
M. Mo
yano was examining with as much care
as zeal the voluminous documents •
relative to the
railway concessions, and the different opinions ex-
pressed on the subject in the Royal Council. That
Council was occupied during three months in pre-
paring the materials, now submitted to the Minis-
ter, and which embrace 28 railway lines. M.
Moyano's report was expected to be ready in a few
days. It was believed that his opinion was favour-
able to the concessions, which he found perfectly
legal. The Cabinet will no doubt ratify it. So
confident was M. Salamanca that the concessions
would be validated by the Government, that lie
intended immediately to set out for Paris, without
awaiting its decision relative to the Northern Rail-
road.
The Three per Cents. were done at 43 ; the New
Three- per Cents., at 23 1-16th ; the Debt of the
First Class, at 10 ; and that of the Second, at 54-.