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

" The Ottoman Imperial Commissary,
4g DERVISH

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

PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF AND HIS
TROOPS.

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 sol-
.diers, of 300 shirts, '3OO pairs of linen drawers, and
10 saddle-horses, as a testimonfof 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 Pacha 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
after 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 Debits :-" The following is
doubtless the origin of the reports which have been
current relative to a disagreement which has arisen
between the Austrian and Turkish authorities in
Wallachia. ln 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
text 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
wilt 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.

THE BRITISH EXPEDITION.
VARNA BAY, OFF VARNA, Sept. 4.—A commu-
nication from here, after dilating, at great length, CONSTANTINOPLE.
upon the sailing of the expedition, says—From all Dr. Spitzer; ex-physician of the Sultan Abd-ul-
-we can hear, it is most probable that the Turks IV/edjid, and formerly Councillor of Legation ( f
will be placed in the centre, that the English will the Sublime Porte in Austria, has just been recalled
take the left, and that the French will take the to Constantinople. M. Spitzer, who is an Austrian
right of th© line of operations. However, even by birth, has always been in great favour with the
the programme agreed upon is not to be received Sultan, and also with the Sultana Valid&
as final and unalterable—nor, indeed, is anything Constantinople advices of the 7th enable us to
which may be said or written in anticipation of lay before our readers some further account of
actual proceedings to be regarded as conclusive, for Schamyl's movements. Between the 26th of Au-
at the last moment changes may take place, and gust and the Ist of September the Circassian chief
we all know that the best laid schemes go often entered the northern part of Georgia with
astray. So far, however, up to a certain date, the 18,000 men, and advanced to the Kour. The
authorities at sea and land had determined to centre, which he commanded in person, was
arrange the carriage of the troops according to this at Achalgori on the 28th of August ; the right
order, nor do I foresee that any material change
wing, under the Emir Hassan Emin, was at
Gun, can be made in it. on the. Kour, at the same date ; and
The Himalaya, Capt. Kellock, which had been the' left wing under Emir Chupli Eruin, was at
left lying useless in the Golden Horn for three lon Mycht, a little to the north of Teflis. The Rus-
weeks, received orders to go to Varna last Wed-° sirens were taken completely by surprise, and re-
nesday. The orders reached Scutari at three treated, after a very feeble resistance, into the
o'clock—at 5.30 p.m. the magnificent vessel was mountains. Au important result of the razzia was
nnder weigh rushing through the opposing current
that the
of the Bosphorus like a dolphin, and astonishing limplish all idea of conquest in Turkish Armenia.
the officers of the Caradic as she flew past them at Russians were immediately obliged to re-
The Turkish Minister who has left Persia is said
Tiierapia. She anchored at 9.30 a.m. the follow- "to have received leave of absence," but at such a
lug morning, and immediately proceeded to takP moment this is not probable.
"`ezhacl Pasha

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

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 oa 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 Mirerstie 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. Phile-
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 Iletman Maurocor-
dato is founded on that officer being incapable of com-
manding a militia which had already given proofs of in-
subordination. Theodoritza Balsch, Minister of Finance,
has liecm named provisional Ilettnan. 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-
tnodation. This fact is attributed to the intrigues of a
foreign consul who was at Bucharest."

(Stein) has been definitively appointed Quartermas-
ter-General in Anatolia, instead of Kourschid
Pasha (Guyon).

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Sept. 16.—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 Bulgariau 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;
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 lOnginz 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 cat'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
banked 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 indpce 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
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