The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-14 00:00:00

Archipelago, have gonJ to declare to King Otho
that if the ninety thousand Greek mariners are to
be left without work and bread robbery and piracy
must necessarily ensue. Rather than be reduced
to such a state of anarchy; the greater part of the
isles, it is said, will hoist the French and English
flag and place themselves under the protection of
those two Governments. The bands who have in-
vaded Epirus and Thessaly, from the fact of their
not yet being regularly organised, are compelled to
live by pillage. By acting, however, in this man-
ner they have frightened and discouraged the very
people they have been pretending to deliver from
the Turkish yoke.

It was believed in Vienna yesterday that the
Austrians had that day entered Servia.
An Austrian Note has been forwarded to Athens
with strong remonstrances upon the conduct of the
Greek Government, which is held responsible for
whatever evil consequences may ensue.

M. Metaxa arrived at Athena on the 12th.

A despatch from Vienna, of April 10, says the
Prussian Government has sent back the draft of
the treaty of alliance, hampered with condition:
which, if accepted, would defeat its purpose, and
bind Austria to neutrality. The Austrian cabinet
has refused to agree to them.
A communication from Berlin, of April 11, says
Prince Barclay de Tolly proceeds to London on a
special mission.

The Cabinet of Vienna has rejected the conditions
which Prussia, with the object of confirming its
neutrality, desired to attach to the treaty of offen-
sive and defensive alliance with Austria.
A letter from Berlin of the 10th, in the Post
Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :
" No one here doubts that the leave of absence
given to the Chevalier Bunsen is only a form given
to his recal from London. It must not be forgot-
ten that the Chevalier some months back applied
to be replaced on account of the attacks made on
Prince Albert by the English journals, and in
which the Chevalier was represented as the confi-
dent of the Prince. His recal is, however, said to
he really caused by the fact of his having advanced
further than was desired in his negotiations with
the Cabinet of St. James's."

The same journal states that, on the occasion of
the marriage of the Emperor of Austria with the
Princess Elizabeth, all the political prosecutions
which have not yet been terminated will be sup-
pressed, and that 60 political prisoners will be set
at liberty.

The _Austrian Correspondence says :—" In con-
sequence of the state of war between France and
England, on the'one side, and Russia on the other,
the position of the two first-named powers at the Con-
ference of Vienna has undergone a modification
which has rendered itdesirable to state by a new pro-
tocol that the understanding of the Four Cabinets
reposing on bases decided on in common had not,
been at all changed. In this protocol, which was
signed to-day the principle of the integrity of the
Ottoman Empire, one of the essential conditions of
which is the evacuation of the Danubian principali-
ties, is again admitted, as well as the resolution of
the Four Powers to continue to discuss in common,
and to come to an understanding ou the subject of
the means of accomplishing the object they have in
view."

BUCHAREST, APRIL 9.—Marshal Paskiewitch is
expected on the 15th. Till now, no battle has been
fought either at Silistria or at Rassova in the
Dobrudicha.

The accounts from Bucharest, of the 2d, in the
Lloyd of Vienna, state that Gen. Schilder was pre-
paring to cross the Danube, and that he would even
do so before the arrival of Prince Paskiewitch.
There was at Kalarasch a large quantity of batter.
ing artillery, destined, it was said, to operate
against Silistria, which has a garrison of 10,000
men, amongst whom are two Egyptian regiments.
Ou the Ist, the Russian batteries opened a fire Oli
the Turkish batteries, erected between Rassova
and Silistria, on the banks of the river. The can
nonale was still going on at the date of the last
accounts, and from this perhaps had arisen th,
rumour of a battle in which the Russians were said
to have been defeated.

At Kalarasch, where the Russians are preparing
to cross into Bulgaria, the Turks succeeded on thf
Ist instant in totally destroying a bridge equipage,
which the Russians had brought up to throw
across the Danube. A letter from Bucharest, of
the 4th, states that the contest which has been
going on near Xalarasch ever since the 28th, was
not then decided. Omer Pacha had set out frow
Silistria to Rassova, whence he would go on to
rrajan's Wall, in order to conduct the operations
against the Russians in person. The Turks at the
date named had still garrisons in the Dobrudsclia,
and were stationed at Kusteudjee, Pullas, Kostelli,
Karassu, and Boghaskoi.
Below Silistria, but towards Rassova, the Turks
have thrown up several batteries, which for some
days past have answered the Russian batteries
opposite with a very hot fire. These guns must be
silenced before the Russians can set about effect-
ing the passage. In Silistria the garrison is fully
prepared for every event. Since the 28th ult. all
the gates have been kept shut and barricaded,
one gate alone excepted, through which, in case of
need, the guns planted along the strand can be
brought into the fortress.
The Wanderer, Ost. Deutsche Post, and Presse
journals contain important ad vices from the seat
of war, of which the following is a summary :
On the 29th and 30th of March the tete-du-Pont at
Czernavoda was continually bombarded by the
Russian gunboats, and the little redoubt which
is on the road leading to Hirsova. is said to be
already in the hands of the Russians. Czerna-
voda is known to be an untenable position,
and, indeed, there is some reason to fear that
General. Liiders has already broken through
the Turkish line of defence at the Wall of
Trajan. Until now we have no particulars
relative to the battle at Rassova on the 2d, but if
it really took place, it must have been the result
of a combined movement, as both General Chruleff
and General Engelhardt are said to have shared in
it. The former commands in Wallachia to the
north of Kalarasch, and the latter, as has already
been related, was"the-victor at Hirsova. At Bucha-
rest it is considered very singular that no official
mention has been made of the 5 days' battle at
Tultscha—from the 23d to the 27th. On the 25th
General Utschakoff almost despaired of being able
to take the place without a regular siege, and this
led to the report of his having been obliged to re-
tire to the opposite bank of the river. The corres-
pondent of the Wanderer writes, that after the
Russians on the 23d had succeeded in getting pos-
session of a battery " after a loss of more than
1,500 men,' the Turks, to the number of 2,000
retired into the citadel, which they maintained
until the afternoon of the 27th. During the five
lays the Turks made seven sallies and inflicted on
the Russians a loss of 3,000 men. The accounts
relative to the fate of the citadel and its brave
garrison vary much. There are three reports in
circulation-1. The garrison surrendered ; 2. The
Turks set the place on fire, and endeavoured to
escape during the confusion ; 3. The fort was blown
up by the Turks. The Bucharest writer adds—
" Something dreadful must have occurred, for the
Russians are as silent on the subject as they are about
t heir discomfitures on the 12th, 13th, 17th, and 23d at
Oltenitza." On the Ist the. Russiansopeued a heavy
fire on the Turkish strand batteries between Ras-
soya and Silistria, and it is possible enough that
the violent cannonade led to the prevalent report
of a battle having been foughtat Rassova, in which
the Russians were defeated. The reports that
General Schilder is preparing to pass the river at
Kalarasch are fully confirmed. A siege-train and
two rocket batteries are already opposite Silistria,
the gates of which are already closed on a garrison
of 10,000 men. The commander of the for
tress is the General of Ordnance, Musha ;
and the chief of the engineering department,
Mehemet Bey. . Before we take leave of the
eastern end of 'Mt:ale bf operations, it may be well
to state that the fleets cannot render any as-
sistance at Kostendjee, as there is only 7 feet of
water in the port. Proceeding up the river from
Silistria, we come to Turtukai, to which place the
Turks were forced to retreat on the 28th, after
having been continually engaged with the Russians
at Oltenitza from the 24th. The battles were
"murderous," and the Russians were obliged to
call up all their reserves before they could get rid
of their valorous assailants. It is now necessary to
return to Kalarasch (opposite Silistria), where the
Russians attempted to cross on the Ist. According
to a letter received by the Presse, a pontoon-bridge
employed on that occasion was completely destroyed
by the Turks. After the affair at Simnitza, 800
severely wounded Russians were conveyed to the
different hospitals.