The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-18 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Another morning entertainment was given on Wed-
nesday, at Drury-lane, the children of the Foundling
Hospital being present. They took the same seats as
the boys of the Duke of York's School, but occupied
more of them. The girls, in their neat white caps, tight
in front and bulging out behind, with white tippets, sat
demurely enough ; their enjoyment was quiet ; but the
I boys behind them were in an eternal fidget, shouting
and laughing in their delight.
The performances were of the usual character, en-
livened, however, by some new changing characters. Mr.
Hyland personated the principal characters of Oliver Twist
in a "rapid act of horsemanship." Mr. Newsome
enacted the Rose, the Shamrock, and the Thistle—the first
being rather strangely represented by a sailor, the
second of course a tatterdemalion with a shillelagh, and
the third by a Highlander. Besides the changing cha-
racters, Mr. Leon performed a Zulu Chief, and looked
sufficiently savage. But perhaps the most successful eques-
trian and vaulting performance of the morning was that of
Miss Ella, a girl of from twelve to fourteen years of
age, who, at full gallop, leaped through twenty balloons
—four each round. Her next feat was leaping over
three strips of calico, which are g6nerally about three
feet broad, but which on this occasion were fully six.
Ten of these long leaps did Miss Ella take, alighting on
her knees, and, as it appeared, springing from them—
both feats performed without the slightest swerve or
quiver, the young Amazone giving herself up heart and
soul to the excitement of the gallop and the leap.

The clowns performed their usual tricks. Mr. Barry
gave his clever imitations of hustings oratory, and Mr.
Weale amused the children, little and grown-up, by his
quaint pranks, and especially by his personation of a
frog.

LATEST FOUEIek;N NEvir .

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated Bu-
charest, the 14th inst., says :
The Danube has been recrossed by the Turks at
Oltenitza, after having previously destroyed their
fortifications at that place.
They recrossed without molestation.
The Russians have concentrated 45,000 men at
or about Oltenitza.
Attempts are being made, both by the Russians
and the Turks, to occupy the island of Mokanon.
A brigade of the sth corps is advancing from
Ibrail on Gowrna Jalomnitza, under the command
of General Englehardt.
Part of the reserves of the 4th corps, which are
supposed to number about 12,000 men, and who
lately entered Moldavia, have replaced General
Englehardt's corps.
Servia refuses to permit the entrance of Turkish
troops.
The Austrian Correspondenz of yesterday says :
—" On the 13th, the Turks blew up their works
at Oltenitza, and retired to Bulgaria."
It is officially declared that the corps og obser-
vation, which is to be concbntrated. at Tamesvar,
is for the purpose of securing the Austrian frontier
as well as to maintain the principle of neutrality.
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated ye-
terday morning, says :
" Telegraphic advices from Prince Gortschakoff
received last night, state that the Turks have
quitted all their positions on the left bank of the
Danube, except Kalafat, without battle, simply on
account of the concentration and development of
the Russian forces.
" The Turkish entrenchments have been razed.
" This is authentic."
Another telegraphic despatch from Vienna, yes-
terday evening, states :
" The report of the Turks having abandoned
their positions on the left bank, except Kalafat, it;
officially confirmed from Hermannstadt.
" The Turks quitted Oltenitza on the 12th, de-
stroying their own entrenchments.
" The Turks attempted a passage near Kalarash,
and from an island opposite Giurgevo, but the
Russians repulsed them at both places with consi-
derable loss."
Private letters from Vienna, dated the evening
of the 14th, mention that it was positively asserted
that Galatz and Braila had been attacked by the
Turks. The former town is in Moldavia, on the
left bank of the Danube ; the latter in Wallachia,
on the same side of the river.
Private letters from Jassy, of the 6th, announce
that the Russians were sending their sick and
wounded to Kircheneau, a town in Bessarabia. The
number of sick was increasing every day, so much
so that the hospitals of Wallachia and Moldavia
were insufficient to contain them.
Letters from Servia of the 4th announce that the
Porte, in accord with the reigning Prince of that
province, is about to increase the garrison of. Bel-
grade.
A letter from Constantinople of the 2d announces
that Abdi Pasha, who commands the army of Asia,
had entered the Imeretia, after having passed
through Erzeroum andKars, and that he bad been
received by the mountaineers with every demon-
stration of joy. A general attack was about to be
made on the Russian line, which being of great ex-
tent is vulnerable on several points.
A letter from Bucharest of the 6th, announces
the arrival there of 70 wounded Russians.
The success of the Turks at Oltenitza is in this
letter attributed to the circumstance that the Rus-
sians had nearly all their heavy artillery at Pur.
luta, ten miles from the Danube, and were there-
fore unable to return the fire of the Turkish 24-
pounders.
The merchants and the corporation of Bucharest
have petitioned against the incorporation of the
Wallachian militia with the Russian troops.
Martial law, though not proclaimed, prevails de
facto.

Young Philippesco, the som of the Minister of
Finance, has been ordered to leave the country.
Letters from the Russo-Polish frontier of the
11th inst. state that reinforcements have been
ordered to proceed at once, and by forced marches)
to the Russian army in the Principalities.
' The same letters state that Osten-Sacken's corps
crossed the Pruth on the 2d or 3d inst.
A telegraphic despatch from Berlin states that
the Turks have gained another victory at Oltenitza.
The despatch contains no date or other details.
A letter from St. Petersburg of the Bth says,
that all the troops in the vicinity of the capital
have been ordered to keep themselves in, readiness
to march at a moment's notice. On the 3d the Em-
peror reviewed the regiments of the Imperial Guard,
18 battalions of infantry, 20 squadrons of cavalry,
and 6 batteries of artillery.
The Hamburgh News mentions that the Empe-
ror of Russia has declared to the different courts
that no negotiation or mediation can meet with
attention on his part until the Turks have re-
crossed the Danube, and the Sultan withdrawn his
declaration of war.
A Paris letter in a German journal states that
General Baraguay d'Haliers, the new French Am-
bassador to Constantinople, has carried with him
to the capital a selection olsome of the finest arms
in the arsenals of France, and amongst them a
cannon on the system of the Emperor of the
French. These arms are to be presented to the
Sultan on the part of the Emperor.
A private letter from Odessa of the 3d announces
the arrival there of all the functionaries of the Rus-
sian Consulate at Constantinople.
We learn by a letter from Constantinople, of the
3d, that as soon as the news of the crossing of the
Danube was received in the Turkish capital, it was
communicated by the Porte to the French and
English Ambassadors, who, on the same day, sent
off despatches to their repsective Uovernments.
In consequence of a conference between the
French and English admirals and their ambassa-
dors, twelve vessels of the combined fleet had come
up to Constantinople and entered the Bosphorus.
A Russian vessel of war, which had run on shore
on the coast of Eregri on the Asiatic side of the
Black Sea, was seen in that position by a Turkish
cruiser, and called on to surrender. On the com-
mander refusing, she was boarded by the Turks
and taken possession of with the crew.
The Sultan having decided on going to Adria-
nople in the spring, and making that city the Im-
perial head-quarters, his Highness went in person
to the Porte and officially announced his resolution
in the following terms :--
"My faithful Visir,—l cannot sufficiently applaud the
zeal and enthusiasm of my troops, as well as the de-
votedness and fidelity which all my functionaries and
my subjects, in general, have constantly testified on the
occasion of the preparations which have been made since
the day when it became probable that the difference
which had arisen between my Government and the
Court of Russia would end in war. The state of war
being now a certain fact, I doubt not that every one
will for the future lend his co-operation with still greater
eagerness and fulfil his duty. The real cause of this war
consisting only in the laudable resolution of pre-
serving the sacred rights and the independence
of my empire, supported by the Almighty power
of the Most High, and invoking the Holy Spirit
of our Prophet, I have decided, with God's as-
sistance, to be present at the accomplishment of
such a duty in the earliest days of spring. It will
consequently be proper to commence immediately the
preparations necessary for my Imperial cort6ge, and as
my head-quarters will be first fixed at Adrianople, it is
important that everything necessary for the men who
will be under my command be arranged beforehand.
You will, therefore, in accord with my other Ministers,
hasten to carry all the necessary measures into execu-
tion. May the Most High, through love for the Holy
Prophet, render our Empire victorious, and may all those
who shall contribute to the success of this task obtain
happiness in this world and in the next."

After the departure of the Sultan from the Sub-
lime Porte, the Ministers signed an address con-
gratulating his Highness on his resolution. It is
expected that the corps diplomatique, or at least
those who by their rank are accredited to the
Sultan, will accompany him to Adrianople.
We read in the Univers :—" A letter from Bu-
charest of the 31st ult. gives us information of facts
of which we can guarantee the authenticity. At
the time of the publication of the first manifesto of
the Emperor Nicholas, which ended with the words
' We will march in the defence of the orthodox
faith,' two Poles in a regiment in Bessarabia went
to their colonel, and said to him, ' We have just
read the manifesto of the Emperor, and as we wish
to act as good soldiers, we come to demand from
you our discharge, because, as Catholics, we cannot
fight for the Greek religion.' The colonel demanded
instructions from St. Petersburg, and received
orders to have them shot. Four others presented
themselves, and made a similar request, and they
were also shot in Moldavia. Before the Russian

officers the Polish soliliers are silent. .We repeat
that we can guarantee the exactitude. of these
facts."

FRANCE.

A report was current yesterday in Paris that the
English and French Governments had come to an
understanding as to the use to be made of their
fleets, now that they have found their way t°
Constantinople, and that they were determine,'
that they should be immediately sent into the Blackt
Saa to act with energy in behalf of the Turks. -0
would have been well for the world if that resole'
tion had been adopted months ago • but it is to be
apprehended that even now it is without foundation.
But besides this, the winter navigation of the
Black Sea is so difficult that it would be a service
of danger, to which it might be imprudent to e/c"
po-e the fleets without abs lute necessity.
The Bank of France, contrary
,to expectatioal
has not raised its rate of discount ; but it has de•
termined to limit its loans on railway shares from
GO millions of francs to 50 millions. The raising
of the discounts will probably depend on the sue'
cess of this measure.

Namik Pacha, charged to negotiate a loan,
Paris and London, arrived at Marseilles by the
Mentor. He was to leave next day for Paris. The
despatches brought by the Mentor confirm the
success of the Turks at The
combat in Asia. Us.
combat took place on the 28th ult., and the for"
wascarried by the Turks after four hours' fighting'
200 prisoners had already arrived at Constantinople
when the Mentor left. 260 vessels laden with
corn arrived at Constantinople from the Black SA
between the 18th of October and the Ist of .Noveav

Prince Stirbey's private secretary arrived at
Vienna, on the 11th, from Paris. The intention
which the Prince had manifested of proceeding t°
Paris appears not to be changed.
It appears from an official report that the yield
of the last harvest is about 10,000,000 hectolitres
below the average yield, and that up to the presen
time 3,600,000 hectolitres of corn have been
ported into France.
The Moniteur contains a decree appointing the
judges and supplementary judges of the Cizainbre
des Mises en Accusation for the High Court of Jtls-
- for the j udicial year 1853-54. Another decree'
on the proposition of the Minister of Marine, rend
the disciplinary and penal decree of the 24th Mardi,'
1852, relative to the mercantile marine, apilcab!
to Algeria, to which colony it did not previous?
apply. The Moniteur also contains a circular, 0,
dressed by the Minister of Public Instruction ,0
the architects appointed to examine the different
churches and ecclesiastical buildings of France'
ailing on them to report on their condition 911 A
on the repairs of which they stand in need, 03
also to ;forward him a plan for a presbytery our
for a school-house, which may serve as models z°
future buildings of that kind, and which plans are
to be accompanied by an approximative estinrl
for the expenses which the Minister desires nnv"
be based on the closest principle of economy. m
The Bourse yesterday remained in the same sts,"
of inaction as on Wednesday. The Three Per
Cents. opened at 73f. 40c., and closed at 73f. 5i
for the end of the month. The Fonr-and-a-0'",
per Cents. closed at 99f. 65c. ; Orleans Railw,3),
Shares, 1,145 f. ; Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Havre, 0,,
Great Northern, 848 f. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg'
308 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 892 f. 50c. ; Lyons t°
the Mediterranean, 720 f. ; Western of France;
682 f. 50c ; Bordeaux and Cette, 580 f. ; Gri,eosf,
Central, 507 f. tOc. ; Lyons and Geneva, 44
50c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier 6901.

ITALY.
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The Milan Gazette of the 12th publishes a list .d
72 political refugees whose property has been 131
under sequestration in the provinces of M113311'
Como, Mantua, Lodi, Pavia, Brescia, Creniet
Bergamo, and Sondrio. In this list we find TS
names of many distinguished persons, such
Count Arese, the two Counts Boromeo, Gene":"
Lechi, Duke Litta, Count Litta, Marquis Pallas'?
cini, Marquis Rosales, Princess Belgioioso, dsc.
The Minister of Finance of Parma has publish
a declaration to the effect that in consequence °
the Customs' Union stipulated with Austria, ac;
cording to which no restrictions can be laid °to
trade between the countries belonging to 010
Union, the late decree forbidding the exportati,,°
of corn from Parma is only applicable to tIlw"
countries that do not form a part of the Union.

SPAIN.
A letter from Madrid states that the publisher
of the Diario Espanol has been condemned to tig°
months' imprisonment, and a fine of 500 reals_, for
an article against the Ministerial measures relstiv-
to railroads.
Various measures, proposed by the
Minister of
War, were sanctioned by the Queen at the Cabinet
Council, held on the 11th, under the presidency 01
her Majesty.
The Ministry intend to submit to the Cortes,
series of projects of law, which will contain to
political, administrative, and economical POr
gramme of the Ministry.
M. Jose Joaquin de Mora had been appoin. Ofi
Consul at London.

The Gazette publishes a Royal decree, appoinOi
the Marquis de Beualua, former Minister of Sr 3,
at Berlin, Member of the Royal Council. PI
another Royal decree the Marquis de la Rive'
Miuister of Spain in Mexico, is named Envoy -r!,
traord »ary awl Minister Plenipotentiary in Belli':
and M. Miguel Tacon, Marquis del 8ay...e1:
Consul-General in London, is to succeed the
quis de la, Rivera as Minister in Mexico.
The Three per Cents. were done at 42g- ; the
New Three per Cents. at 22 7-16; the Debt of tP
First Class at 98, and that of the Second at 4i.

SWITZERLAND.
In Freiburg the Archbishop has excommunicated
the members of the Supreme Spiritual Court.
Private letters frem Geneva, of the 15th inst''
4
announce the fall of the Government of M. Jalll,ll
Fazy, who was defeated at the elections of the 4f
inst. by a small majority composed, it is said,
Conservatives, discontented Radicals, and Prot°
taut clergymen.