The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-16 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

THE WAR IN THE ENST.
The following (by Submarine and European
Telegraph) has been received from Vienna :
" VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
" The following is from an excellent source,
though its correctness cannot be vouched for im-
plicitly :
" ' The new propositions of Russia are based on
the maintenance of existing treaties between Rus-
sia and the Porte. If this be admitted, Russia
will quit the Principalities, provided that the com-
bined fleets quit the Black Sea and the Bosphorus.
" Negotiations will then be resumed in which
the propositions of Prince Menschikoff will form
the base of a new convention with the Porte, in
which the four Powers are to participate.
" It is asserted that Austria and Prussia were
willing to agree to these terms, and that Baron
BJurqueney, on the part of France, thought them
worthy of consideration, but that Lord Westmore-
land insisted on the revision of the existing trea-
ties.. It is also said that if the Western Powers
reject these terms Austria will consider herself free
from her engagement to them.'
" According to advices from Constantinople of
the 6th inst., the fleets were still at Beicos. Some
Egyptian troops were to be sent to Candia.
" Redschid Pasha had made use of menacing
language to M. Metaxa, the Greek Minister.
" According to ad vices from Athens of the 9th
inst., the Turks had made a second sortie from the
citael of Arta, and violated the Greek territory.
" This is not probable, but, if true, the insur-
gents must have been completely routed."
According to telegraphic despatches from Con-
stantinople of the sth and 6th of March, the Sultan
has decreed the formation of two new armies, each
of 30,000 regular troops, 15,000 irregular, and a
train of 45 guns to each pacha.
The officers of the Vulcan, which vessel had just
returned direct from Sebastopol, observed not less
than 10,000 men at work, throwing up fortifica-
tions.

The fleets were still at Beycos.
Egyptian troops had been ordered for Alex-
andria to Candia.
Reschid Paella had held threatening language to
the Greek Ambassador at Constantinople.
There were frequent desertions from the army on
the Danube.
Disturbances had broken out at Samos, attended
with a great massacre. The French steam-ship
Mercure had been despatched to the scene of con-
fusion and bloodshed, for the purpose of protecting
the European inhabitants ; and a Turkish steamer,
with troops on board, was to depart on the 6th for
the same place, in order to quell the riot.
Troubles had broken out at Kalolemli, on the
Sea of Marmora ; two Turks in the employment of
the Government had been killed. The Greeks
were worsted, and 40 of them fell. Much blood
was shed, for the Turks neither asked nor gave
quarter.
Disturbances had taken place at Jerusalem. The
Latin patriarch, Valerga, was expelled by the
Greeks, and the French consul, not having been
seconded by the authorities, feit it his duty to ac-
company him to Jaffa.
From Athens, March 9th, we learn that the in-
surgents of Arta have been vigorously repulsed by
the garrison of the citadel. In a second sortie the
Turks crossed the Greek frontier ; they were driven
back by Greek troops.
The insurrection has extended to South Albania.
A letter from St. Petersburg of the Bth, says—
" It was decided the day before yesterday that the
provinces of the Baltic and St. Petersburg are to be
declared in a state of war, and are to be placed
under the command of the Grand Duke, the heir-
presumptive to the throne. The state of war is to
be in like manner declared in the Chersonesus,
Taurida, and Bessarabia."
The Wallachian Monitor announces the appoint-
mand of Marshal Paskewitsch to the command of
the grand army of operations, and his arrival in
the Danubian provinces in the beginning of spring.
The Preussische Correspondenz of yesterday con-
tains an article directed against the organs of the
press which urge an alliance with the Western
Powers, and vindicates the independence of the
Ministerial policy, which has already silenced the
voices which clamoured for an alliance with
Russia.
The Patriotic Association of the Women of
Prussia, established in 1848 for the purpose of
building a man-of-war schooner, has completed the
work. The ship will be named the " Firman
Gabe," and she is about to be placed, fully armed,
at the disposal of the Admiralty. The association
will also create a fund fur pensions to the crew
and their widows.
A letter from Warsaw of the 9th says The
rumour that a courier has passed through this
place bearing an ultimatum from the Western
Powers, summoning Russia to evacuate the Prin-
cipalities within six days, under pain of being con-
strained by war, has excited profound indignation
amongst the Russians, and amongst the Poles, on
the contrary, a joy which they vainly attempt to
disguise. No party entertains any illusion as to
the reply which the Cabinet of St. Petersburg
will make ; still all are convinced that Russia will
not make any declaration of war, but will keep on
tke defensive."
It is stated in a letter from Hermanstadt, that
news had arrived there that the Russians had
passed the Danube near Brailow with large forces
(the date is not given), and that after an obstinate
combat, which lasted several hours, they had taken
the Turkish intrenchments by assault. It is stated,
also, that their fleet of small vessels on the Danube
which had several times been repulsed in attempts
to ascend from Reni to Galatz, had succeeded in
passing with a large convoy containing materiel.
The passage was effected in consequence of the
Russians having attacked the forts by land, and
thereby obliged the defenders to turn their atten-
tion from the river. The attack appears to have
been made solely to obtain this passage ; at the
moment the boats were out of reach of cannon it
ceased. The Russians did not even take the trouble
to destroy the fortifications or to spike the cannon.
The number of killed on both sides is said to be
very great.
We' read in the Cologne Gazette :—"By not as-
suming a decisive attitude on the Eastern question,
Prussia would cease to be a great power, and would
no longer be at the head of Germany. The conse-
quences are already beginning to be felt. Wurt-
emberg is negotiating directly at Pans, probably
with the view of gaining at the south. east of Ger-
many the position which she would not have under
the arbitrary neutrality of Prussia. Bavaria is
making military preparations, and it is known that
her ambassador has recently declared at Paris that
Bavaria will act in concert with the power which
shall join France. Austria besides has proclaimed
by the organs of the press that the interests of
Germany require an alliance with the Western
Powers, and her influence will preponderate over
the German cabinets. Prussia, therefore, could
mnly fall back upon national sympathy, which, by
f ler indecision, she is on the point of losing, for
Austria, in acting in her own interest, acts also in
the sense of the general interest ; Prussia, on the
contrary, is silent and temporises."
The following is a letter from Berlin of March 12:
—"The provinces of Pomerania and of Prussia
have addressed a petition to the King, in which
they manifest a desire that the relations between
Prussia and Russia should not be troubled. On
the other hand, a deputation from the provinces of
the Baltic has been received by M. Manteuffel, and
has requested him to prevent any intimate alliance
taking place with Russia, as in such a case the mer-
chants trading to the Baltic would run the chance
of losing a great number of vessels, now lying in
French and English ports, and containing valuable
cargoes. At all events, the Western powers would
lay an embargo on their vessels, and so destroy for
a length of time the maritime trade of Prussia."
In the sitting of the Second Prussian Chamber
on the 12th, the Count de Schwerin presented the
following interpellation, signed by him and other
members, which, he said, he intended to put to the
Government on the following day, and the answer
to which we have already given :--
" When the President of the Council opened the pre-
sent session of the Chambers by order of his Majesty,
he declared that their deliberations commenced at a
moment when there was reason to fear that the peace
which had been so happily and so long preserved in
Europe
would be disturbed by complications in the
East. lie added, that whatever turn events might take
Providence had placed the King, our generous master,
at the head of a people, warlike, full of patriotism, and
perfectly united. Be persuaded, gentlemen, he said,
that the Government of his Majesty will only take as
the guide of its acts and of its efforts, the real interest of
the country, which is inseparable from that of the Crown.
These patriotic expressions found an echo in the hearts
of all his hearers, and the confidence that the Government
of his Majesty will act with all the discretion necessary
In international questions, must be regarded as the mo-
tive why this important question has not been made
the object of more ample explanations. Neverthe-
less, the danger of a European war has become more
imminent. The negotiations which had for object the
preservation of peace appear to have failed, and all the
neighbouring countries are making considerable arma-
ments. The fleets of the Western Powers are on the
point of passing the Sound, and approaching the Prus-
sian coast on the Baltic. It cannot be denied that the
moment for decision by our country has arrived—a deci-
sion which will nave the most important consequences
for its future welfare. The undersigned, therefore, con-
sider they are only fulfilling their duty towards the court-
try in requesting the Government of his Majesty to give
to the Chamber the necessary explanations as to the state
of the relations of Prussia with foreign governments.
The manufacturing and commercial interests of the coma.