The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

It is said that both the English and French
fleets have been demanded by the Porte. They
are to cruise in the Black Sea to prevent the Rus-
sians drawing their provisions and stores from Se-
bastopol. The demand is occasioned —at least
such is the reason alleged—by the necessary reduc-
tion in the Bosphorus of the Turkish fleet, many
of the ships having been employed as transports
for the troops sent to the army of Abdi Pasha in
Asia. This, it is added, is the only thing in the
shape of a "force" which has been demanded for-
mally in the name of the Porte.
A private telegraph despatch from Trieste of the
19th containing Constantinople news of the 10th
inst., confirms the announcement already made,
that the Sultan has made a formal demand for
the entrance of the two fleets into the Dardanelles,
and that the Ambassadors of France and Great
Britain have promised that the fleets should come.
Mr. Marsh, 'United States Minister at Constan-

tinople, has been recalled, and replaced by Mr.
Carroll Spence.
From 'sienna, Oct. 16th, we learn that the dip-
lomatic conference on the Oriental question has
suspended its labours for some time past. Though
inactive it is not dissolved.
The following important news is condensed from
a Constantinople letter of the 6th, in the Wanderer.
Redschid's son, Massar Pasha, was the bearer of
the necessary papers to Omer Pasha. M. do la
Cour has declared that France does not consider
itself in any way pledged to assist Turkey, which
must itself care for the maintenance of the treaties.
M. de Bruck gave the Porte to understand that
Austria would not permit the possessions of Rus-
sia in Europe to be attacked. Lord Redcliffe con-
tinues to counsel the Porte to effect a compromise
if possible, but has promised the maritime support
of England in case of war.
Prince Gortschakoff has ordered 3,000 huts to be
erected on the left bank of the Danube, and the ,
Wallachian Government has to pay 30,000 ducats
for their construction. The commissariat of the
Russian army is so infamously managed that some-
times there is no bread. From 10,000 to 12,000
men are constantly in the hospital with dysentery
and typhus. General Gortschakoff and Dannen-
berg are also ill. A thing hitherto unheard of in
the Russian service has occurred : Generals Satler
and Kotzebue have written to St. Petersburg and
declared that, in consequence of the nonchalance
of Prince Gortschakoff, the army wi▪ ll be ruined
before the campaign begins. Prince Paskiewitch
is loudly demanded by the army. Thi▪
ngs are going
on well in the Turkish army.
A letter from Constantinople mentions that a
contract was made for the purchase of 6,000 horses
in the southern provinces of Persia for the use of
the Turkish army, and the horses were delivered
with the assent of the Court of Tehran.
A letter from Varna, of the 20th ult., says :
" Omer Pasha has organised a regiment of Pon-
tonniers, whose instruction was making rapid pro-
gress every day. He has nearly completed all the
materiel for throwing a bridge across the river, but
it is not expected that he will make any movement
until next spring.
The Pays has the following :—" It appears by
the last accounts from Constantinople that a portion
of the Turkish fleet had proceeded to cruise in the
Black Sea, for the purpose of protecting the move-
ment of Abdi Pasha's army, and to keep in check
the Russian ships which are supporting their army,
and are preventing any communication with the
Circasian tribes, always in a state of war. The cli-
mate being milder than on the banks of the Danube,
a winter campaign is possible. Should the Russian
army cross the Danube, and menace the provinces
adjoining Constantinople, the remainder of the
Turkish fleet will be commanded to proceed to the
Black Sea to prevent the Russian fleet from
sup-
plying the army of. Prince Paskiewitch with mili-
tary stores or provisions. It is believed that the
latter distinguished General will command the
Russian troops should they enter into campaign."