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with his forces, with the intention of coming to an crews of the Russian ships of war in that port have
_engagement with the superior force of the enemy, received orders to return home by land. The ships,
he would have been irretrievably lost ; since he it was rumoured, had been sold to the Greek Go-
Would either have been surprised on his march vernment.
by a collision in front with the Russian columns, The Divan, the Debats says, had in principle
Who were threatening, moreover, a passage at fixed ten days, the time accorded to M. Metaxa,
Mirsova ; or he wculd have been taken in the rear, • the Greek Ambassador, as the period within which
and thus annihilated. The peninsula of Dobrudscha all Greeks were to quit Constantinople, but at the
Was therefore rather quickly evacuated from stra- request of General Baraguay d'Hilliers the time
Legetical motives, and the march of the Russians had been extended to three weeks.
along
the Hirsova road and the heights of Babadagh A letter from Salonica, of March 24, says :—The
followed so rapidly that all the military stores col- accounts from Volo are very bad. The insurrection
lected in the strongholds and entrenchments fell is increasing. The rebels have taken the offensive
into the hands of the Russians. Even in his posi- iin Thessaly, and got possession of a small fort called
tion at Trajan's Wall Musts ha Pacha sees himself! the Fanar, near Mount Agrafa. The communica-
strongly
threatenedin his front by the Russian tions between Thessaly and Epirus are broken
main body, and on his left flank by the two divi- 1 off. Mescovo Pappacosta and another chief are
[lions near Kalarash. He will hence, most likely, 'at the head of 2,500 men, near Arviro, and_ have
make a timely retreat in good order toßassardshik. written to the mudir of that place to give up
Already he is causing every place that leads to it by the town in order to avoid bloodshed. Two
the road from Karassu and from Kustendjee to be thousand other Greeks had passed the frontiers
surrounded with rampart and palisades. At the near Domoro, to join Pappaforte. The Turkish
same time, the commandants of Rutschuk and Silis- commanders in Thessaly are not sufficiently united.
tria had orders sent them to act on the defensive. Zosinel Pacha only exasperates the population with
The disposable forces of the Danube, excepting the his Albanese troops, who show no mercy. If troops
fortress garrisons, are being made to converge on are not soon sent from Constantinople—that is to
Rasgrad, with Shumia for their pivot and Bassard- say, regular soldiers—even the Turks will have to
shik for their gravitating point. Prince Gortscha- give way, and open the door to the Greeks, for fear
koff, in the meantime, is marching with four strong of the irregular soldiers.
divisions of infantry, and two of cavalry, on Tra- The Bishop of Cricala and other primates have
fan's Wall; he will probably proceed at once to de- been brought to Volo, and will be sent to Constan-
Karassu Tshernavoda, and Kustendjee, and tinople to account for their conduct, which is con-
will then attack- Omer Pacha in the square so his- sidered suspicious by the authorities of Thessaly.
torically renowned in former Turkish wars. The
Turkish position, however, is so strong here that
the Prince will find it no easy task. The Adjutant-
General Schilder received orders to conduct the

MALTA.
MALTA, April 7.—The Indus, with the outward
India mail, has returned to alta with her ma-
chinery damaged.
The Vectis has gone on to Alexandria in her
place, after a few hours' delay.
The Himalaya, with the homeward India mail,
has arrived from Alexandria, and transhipped her
passengers, mails, and caargo, and will depart with
troops for the East to-morrow.
The 44th Regiment and three companies of the
50th were despatched for the East on the sth in
the Vulcan.
The 93d Highlanders, together with several offi-
cers of the commissariat and medical staff, left
yesterday in the Kangaroo.
The Ardent, towing the Georgiana, which has on
board the women of all the regiments, besides mules,
horses, and provisions, left this morning.
The Cyclops and the Vesuvius, with the 28th
Regiment and two companies of the 50th, are ready
to go to sea..
The Himalaya and Indus are also ready to sail,
and will transport the 4th and 33d Regiments with-
out loss of time.

---- Passage at— Kalarash, and to surround Silistria."

CONSTANTINOPLE.

Snow and rain are at an end, says a Constanti-
nople letter of 30th March, and the Bosphorus is
of a deeper blue under the cloudless heaven. The
hills behind Scutari are green with returning
spring, and Olympus stands out well-defined against
the sky. The population is abroad, eager to escape
from the dreary imprisonment of their dark and
narrow houses. Turkish women, childish and va-
cant, pursue their listless wanderings through the
streets, while Greeks and Catholics, in the prettiest
of bonnets, flock to the Lenten services, which seem
for the moment to replace the balls and concerts of
a less holy season. With such a sky and atmo-
sphere, thoughts of a dismal and uncertain future
an. find no place, and, if serious rumours are
abroad, and the faces of diplomatists are grave,
Buell things make little impression on the happy
spirits who, not unwisely, live in the present,
cheered by the returning sun, and breathing more
freely in a pure and balmy air.
Yet the damps of winter have not ceased in their
effects on the young and delicate. A great number
of children and young persons have lately died
through the excessive cold and humidity, in a city
where the houses are not constructed to meet the
necessities of a severe winter. The funeral chant
is heard hourly in the streets, and little corpses,
white and waxen, strewn with flowers, and borne
on a gaily-decked bier, are carried along to the
Christian burial-ground. Foreigners, and espe-
cially English, increase in numbers every day,—
Commissaries; engineers, speculators, and contrac-
tors, tourists who have nothing to do, and young
men anxious for employment, who, with hopes
destined to be blighted, look to a commission in
the Ottoman army as the first step in the ladder to
wealth and glory. Of the latter, some few have
been successful, if success be the acquisition of an
uncertain rank and an unknown destination. The
Turkish names which all receiveron 'their appoint-
ent ate a subject of much' amusement. • NO
• Christian appellation can appear on the Turkish
army list, and therefore when an appointment is
made, the European becomes " Pasha" or " Bey,"
Aith some distinctive name taken from his office,
3118 appearance, or even his dress. Sometimes the
volunteer has a little difficuity in remembering his
new appellation, and it is one of the chief duties
Of Dimitri or Dominic to be at hand to reply to his
Master's question of " What's my name ?"
Other accounts from Constantinople of the 30th
!lit-, state that one of the most important points
in the pending negotiations on the subject of the
religious emancipation of the Christians had just
been solved. A decree of the Government of the
28th ult: recognises the validity of the oath of a
Christian before the Ottoman tribunals. The Grand
ICrational Council assembled on the 27th. After
having approved of all the recent acts of the Divan,
and given to the Sultan the most entire adhesion
to his policy and to his plans of reform, the
Council, admitting the urgency of the sacrifices
which circumstances impose on Turkey, decided
that a national subscription should be opened, and
. the members immediately subscribed for more than
1,000,000 fr. There was no doubt that, in a few
days, the subscription will amount to from 20 to
25 millions. A Council of Ministers was held on
the 27th, at which the coercive measures to be
adopted towards Greece were decided on ; but, on
the representation of the French and English
ambassadors, a delay of eight weeks has been
granted to Greek subjects to quit the Turkish ter-
itory. M. Metaxa, the Greek ambassador, was
still at Constantinople on the 30th. The accounts
now received of the aggressions of the Russians on
English vessels at the mouth of the Danube do not
exactly tally with those published by the private
electric telegraph. It was the Bedlington English
merchant vessel which was sunk at the mouth of
the Danube by the Russian batteries, the captain
and crew, however, saved themselves in their boat.
The Anna, another English vessel, which in the
first accounts was stated to have been sunk, re-
ceived several balls in her hull, and the Crescent
Steamer which had her in tow received some in her
reaehinery and rigging.

THE ANBE.
A. letter from 'WiddiDn, ofU March 28, says, a
strong reconnaissance has been made in the direc-
tion of Pojana with 2,000 cavalry. Iskender Bey
at the head of' 200 irregulars rode into the village
at a gallop, but found there only two or three
selnadrons of Russians, who hastily retired. Four
Cossacks were made prisoners, and
.a few killed.
1a another direction 20 bashi buzuks wandered off
in search of plunder, fell in with a large party of
Russian cavalry, and were all killed' or made pri-
soners, It appears that the Russians have now
concentrated
411 their force in the villages of Ma-
glovitz, Golentze, and Citate, and have destroyed
the entrenchments they had made at Pojaala.
The appearance presented by the Cossacks, who
have been taken, is truly miserable, and if their
accounts be true, the treatment the soldiers expe-
ce from their officers is frightful. There is
which
a minute either of the day or night, in
"leh beating is not going on in every company.
Among the late arrivals at Widdin is an English
gentleman lately returned from St. Petersburg. He
states that there is not only a want of enthusiasm
11Itthat
1 Capital with regard to the war,. but abso-
a e a
great dislike to it. Even Russian officers
vo.3r expressed their feelings in the matter in a
Vlanner which must be somewhat dangerous in
foil " latitude& They said that it was the height of
to Y going to war with England ; that there was
possibility of gaining anything, and every pro-
bability of losing a great deal ; that they could un-
derstand their fighting for their faith, but, in the
Tsent instance, there was' very little question
a. put faith. They would all be ruined, to a cer-
ram,.
The secret of the voluntary contributions,
a: --11141ned, too, in a manner which will easily
fr,-eeunt for their great extent. -A governor of a
"11, for instance, informa a citizen by.a written
pa that
„ voluntary contributions are solicited by
Isfl3 that
in defence of Christianity against
This
rotoier,
Silver rcfliblaM that it is considered that 200
will not be too much for him to give.
and, thsueestion bears all the force of an order,
the goveern°ollre's3rhis paid instanter, sooner than be in
name.
quantities
--lack book, with a cross against his
Large
probably
Islidt les of
gabions are being made at
for the repair of the fortress,
° in many Places is in a state dilapadatiou.

THE WAR IN ASIA.
The Journal de Constantinople of the 29th ult.
Ys that flews fro
been receivedm Asia from a good source had
of another and important victory by
56411134 over the Russians, but that the details
were not known.

THE BLACK SEA.
(8a378 the
A letter from the Black Sea, of the 28th ult.
Patric), informs us that the combined
squadrons were anchored at Baldchi.k, n ear Kavarna.
Since their departure from Beycos Bay the weather
bad been constantly fine. The admirals had the
day before sent a division of frigates to KusteLdjee,
the point in -the Black Sea at which ends the forti-
fication' known by the name of Trajan's Wall. It
was said that this demonstration had for object to
support. the right of Omer Pacha. No vessel of
war had quitted Sebastopol, as had been errone-
ously stated, and it was still thought that the Rus-
sian fleet woula not leave the harbour.

GREECE.
The Trieste Gazette gives the following details of
the insurrection in Epirus :—‘!The Albanian troops
have beaten the insurgents at Pharsalia and Tri-
kala, and forced them to fly in disorder. The in-
surgents had 5,000 men at the former place and
2,000 at the latter, and still were worsted. They
have withdrawn to Agrafa. Puad Effendi was re-
ceived with the greatest enthresiasui by the popu-
lations."
The MO jeurng atateN that the ofacerii sad