The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1854.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

THE WAR.
MEETING OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA
AND THE CZAR.

Advices from Berlin of the 13th say that the
King set out on the previous day for the pro-
vinces.

It is considered almost certain that his Majesty
will have an interview with the Czar at the Prus-
sian frontier town of Stallupoenen.
The Prince of Prussia will rejoin the King at
Kcenigsburg, where they will arrive simultaneously,
and H.R.H. will then be present at the interview.
• , .

M. Manteuffel is not to accompany the King.
Horses for the cavalry are very scarce and very
dear. Orders have beengiven to draw up a state-
ment of the total number adapted for the service
at present existing in the kingdom.
A despatch from Vienna, dated yesterday, says
the Emperor Nicholas is shortly expected at Kiew.
The Austrian and Prussian joint note in reply
to the Bamberg Coalition was despatched from
Berlin yesterday (Friday).

THE RUSSIANS AGAIN DEFEATED AT
SILISTRIA .- PRINCE PASKIEWITSCH
WOUNDED.

Advices from Hermanstadt, of the 16th instant,
state that the Russians made another unsuccessful
attack upon Silistria on the 10th.
Prince Paskiewitsch received a very severe con-
tusion on the right leg, and consequently dele-
gated the command to Prince Gortschakoff, and
removed to Jassy.
Another account says he received a severe wound
in the side from a ball from the Turkish batteries.
A Turkish attack upon the Island of Mokan was
repulsed.

EXPECTED ENTRANCE OF AUSTRIAN
TROOPS INTO THE PRINCIPALITIES.

It was stated in Paris yesterday that the Em-
peror of Austria has announced to the Porte,
through his Ambassador at Constantinople, that,
under certain contingencies, his troops will enter
the Principalities very shortly.
Advices from Constantinople, of the Bth June,
announce that a Convention has been concluded
between the Ottoman Pcrte and Austria, autho-
rising the latter to occupy the Principalities when
the Russians evacuate them.

VARNA. •
A letter from Varna, of the Ist, states that
20,000 men of the French army had arrived, and
8,000 English were encamped in a strong position
six leagues from the town. The armies were before
long to be in full number, and would be directed,
it was said, to turn the Russian army, by the
Danube, with the support of the fleets, which are
close to,iVarna. The division ordered to set out to
reduce Anapa had not yet put to sea. Schamyl
had joined the Circassian troops on the plain.

CONSTANTINOPLt.
When Marshal St. Arnaud lately visited the
head-quarters of the Turkish army at Shumla, he
had, as is already known, and might have been ex-
pected, a long interview with Omer Pasha, in the
course of which the Ottoman General complained
bitterly of the manner in which he had been treated
by the Government, and particularly the Minis-
ters of War and Foreign Affairs, who not only did
not send him the supplies which the army stood so
much in need of, but did not even answer the nu-
merous letters he addressed to them ; that he had
completely exhausted his own resources for the
subsistence of his troops. Marshal St. Arnaud ex-
amined carefully the state of the army, and saw
sufficient to convince him that Omer Pasha's state-
ment was perfectly accurate. Soon after Marshal
St. Arnaud had an audience of the Sultan, and
spoke to his Highness of the condition of Omer
Pasha and his army, and of his complaints, so often
repeated and so often disregarded. The Sultan
felt indignant, summoned his Ministers, and, it is
added, lectured them very severely on the desti-
tution in which the army was left. Redschid
Pasha declared that he was overwhelmed with
business, and that it was too much to make him
responsible for the condition of the army. He soon
after tendered his resignation, which, as we have
seen, was accepted. Such, it is said, was the prin-
cipal and immediate cause of the retirement of the
Minister.

RUSSIAN VERSION OF THE ATTACK ON
REDOUT-KALEH, AND OF THE OPERA-

TIONS ON THE DANUBE.

The Russian Invalid, of June 6, publishes the
following intelligence from the Caucasus and
Danube

' " On the 18th May (N.S.), about noon, the Anglo-
French squadron, consisting of two steamers of 86 guns,
and three steam-frigates, coming from Suchum, ap-
peared off Redout-Kaleh. After taking soundings, the
squadron drew up in order of battle within oannon-shot,
and remained inactive until about three p.m., after
which it sailed in the direction of Batoum. In conse-
quence of the evacuation of the ports of the middle and
southern parts of the eastern coast of the Black Sea,
the Tschernomorsk (Black Sea) battalions, Nos. 9
and 12, were concentrated at this moment at Redout-
Kaleh, in order to convey as quickly as possible into the
interior the stores of provisions collected at this totally
defenceless port. Prince Andronikoff, commander of
the Gulls and Akaldzick troops, arrived on the 19th to
superintend this operation in person, and give final orders
for the definitive evacuation of Redout-Kaleh. On this
day, about two p.m., the enemy's squadron again ap-
peared. It had now about 30 boats in tow, and sent a
flag of truce ashore, with a letter in French, signed by
the enemy's commanders, Lyons and Chebannes. This
letter demanded that our troops should surrender as
prisoners within ten minutes. This insolence remained
unanswered, and consequently they commenced, about
four p.m., to bombard the insignificant buildings of
Redout-Kaleh. This trouble was vain, because they
had already been set on fire by order of Prince
Andronikoff, and the troops tranquilly marched towards
the post of Nadschiyeva, the appointed rendezvous
for all troops of the active army. Field Marshal Prince
Paskiewitch's journal of operations on the Danube, from
the 22d to the 27th of May (N.S.), has been received.
The siege operations against Silistria have been continued
notwiLlistanding the obstinate defence of the Turks. The
principal siege works are directed against the most ad-
vanced fort, and other detached defences on the east
side of the fortress. For this purpose the trenches on
the right Danube bank were pushed on to the front
selected by General Scbilder for erecting batteries
which might take the detached fort in reverse. Bat-
teries were simultaneously erected, and connecting
trenches thrown up on the heights on the left flank..
The enemy continued daily to impede the progress of
the works by heavy fire and sorties, but the well-regu-
lated arrangements for the working parties, and the skilful
fire of our rifles, frustrated all attempts of the Turks, who
were driven rapidly back after each sortie. In all these
skirmishes our loss has been insignificant.' We have
only had thirteen killed, with two field officers, and sixty-
eight men wounded, and fourteen contused. Since the
23d sundry redoubts and field entrenchments have been
constructed, under the immediate orders of the Field-
Marshal, to serve as points of support for drawing up
the besieging forces. On the 24th, Lieutenant-General
Pawloff ordered two sections of the Ocholski regiment
(21st light infantry, 11th division, 4th corps) to take
possession of the island close to Turtukai. On the
following morning Colonel Andropoff, commanding the
40th Don Cossack regiment, and the colonel of the
21st Regiment, crossed the Danube with detachments
of Cossacks and light infantry, and threw themselves upon
Tin tukai, which was abandoned by the enemy. Lieu-
tenant-General Pawloff, who was present in person, was
received (as a matter of course) by the inhabitants with
the holy emblems, bread and salt. They expressed with
delight hearty vows for the well-being of our Sovereign,
and begged protection against the Turkish robber bands
which infested the neighbouring woods. According to
the report of the inhabitants, the place had been occu-
pied by 3,000 Turks, who had retreated, partly to
Schumla and partly to Rutschuk. The General Field-
Marshal ordered Lieutenant-General Pawloff to occupy
Turtukai, and destroy the enemy's entrenchments. The
Turks left a considerable number of vessels behind, which
will serve to augment our communications between
both banks. On the 25th an extensive reconnois-
sance of Silistria was carried out, in order to divert the
attention of the enemy. Major-General Nepokophschitzki
(chief of staff to General Lidera sth corps) advanced
with four battalions, two squadrons, and six field pieces
towards Fort Abd-ul-IVledjid. The Turks opened a sharp
fire from these works, which (as a natural consequence
of invulnerability) did us scarcely any harm. On the
26th, a strong patrol, sent as far as Aflotur, on the road
leading to Schumla, could not discover any enemy, and
the inhabitants said they had seen no Turks in that di-
rection. In Little Wallachia all was quiet. The corps
of General Liprandi was at Slatina, and watched the
(left) bank of the Aluta, from Rimnik to Turnul, with
detachments. The Turks, to the number of 10,000, re-
main in Kalafat. They had an advanced guard at
Bailetschi, and cavalry troops at Radovan, but had not
occupied Krajowa (?) The camp by Nicopolis has been
broken up, and the enemy's troops stationed there had
retired to the mountains."

CRUELTIES OF THE RUSSIANS.
A letter from Bucharest, of the Ist (says the
Patrie), states that a considerable number of
fourgons had arrived in that city, loaded with pre-
cious articles taken by the Russians from the
churches and monasteries of Lesser Wallachia.
The country has been entirely devastated. The
Greek convents have not been spared more than
the others, and everything of any value was car-
ried away ; the general, colonels, officers, and sol-
diers—every one pillaged ; and the unfortunate
inhabitants, despoiled of all they possessed that
was precious, have been, in addition, subjected to
a war of contributions of the most, severe and an-
noyinc, character. The Russians everywhere car-
ried devastation into the districts which are near
the Olta; they fed their horses with the barley and
wheat destined for the inhabitants, whom they
have reduced to the most frightful misery ; and