The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-17 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The following telegraphic dispatch, dated Constanti-
nople, 6th inst., received rid Trieste, says :
" The public mind is less excited, but the armaments
still continue. It is said that the last ultimatum of Russia
has been also rejected by the Porte. Exchange on London
is at 122."

Another dispatch from Trieste, 16th, says :
" Tha Greek and Armenians Patriarchs at Constanti-
nople give pacific assurances on the subject of the inten-
tions of their co-religionists. The Chargé d'Affaires of the
Afoldavia-Wallachian provinces had left Constantinople for
Vienna."

This dispatch makes no mention of the rejection of
the ultimatum by the Porte, but there can be no doubt
of the intention of the Porte on the subject.
Much stress is laid in Paris on the following from the
Frankfort Journal, a paper in the interests of Russia.
But the La Presse, it must be remarked, doubts that
mediation of Austria, as referred to had ever been
offered. The German Journal of Frankfort, under date
of Vienna 9th, says :
" The reception given by the Emperor and the Archduke
Francis to Baron de Meyendorf, at the Chateau de Schcen-
brunn, was of the most friendly kind. The Ambassador
was brought back to the capital in one of the Court car-
riages. To-morrow he will dine with the Emperor at
Shoebrunn. As far as regards the overtures made by the
Baron oa the Eastern question he has declared that he was
authorised to announce that his Sovereign earnestly desired
to terminate the differences between Russia and Turkey by
means of diplomatic negotiations, and that consequently
he was disposed to accept the offered mediation of Austria
to that effect. We learn that in the conference which took
place yesterday between Baron de Meyendorf and Count
Buol Schauenstein, the conditions on which Austria would
take on herself the part of mediating power at Constan-
tinople, were agreed on. It is added that the Russian
Ambassador pointed out the limits which the Czar
would consent to modify his demands, and ho declared that
Russia would consider as a casus Belli any authorisation
given by the Ottoman Porte for the English and French
vessels to enter the Dardanelles."

A letter from Warsaw of June 11, in the Ausburg
Gazette, says :

"Up to the present day the Russian journals have not
made any mention of the return of Prince Menschikoff
to St. Petersburgh ; but travellers, who have aizivecl from
that capital, state that he entered it privately, and that
the news of his failure had caused a painful and profound
sensation. Baron de Meyendorf had set out before the
Prince arrived. The armaments in Bosnia were being
continued. The greatest activity prevailed rom St. Peters-
burgh to the frontier of Poland. Since 1849 no such
movement has been witnessed. Three battalions of the
reserve of sappers have been directed towards the Pruthr
A telegraphic dispatch received from Vienna this
morning states that the good offices of Austria on the
Turkish question have been accepted by Russia.
The British fleet left Malta on Wednesday, the Bth of
the present month.

Dispatches from Athens, of the 10th inst., announce
the arrival of the Chaptal on the previous day, which
vessel left immediately for Constantinople. The French
squadron was expected to sail on the 11th.
The Turkish artillery has been created by the Prussian
Lieutenant-Colonel Von Kuczkowski, known in Turkey
under the name of Muchlis Bey, in the space of 12 years.
The most conclusive testimony to the excellence of this
arm of the Turkish force is to be four in a remark made
by the Emperor Nicholas lately to the Prussian General
of Cavalry, von Wrangel, upon the latter's taking leave
of the Emperor at St. Petersburgh, and setting off for
Turkey. "When you get to Constantinople," said the
Emperor, "mind you examine the artillery well, it's
one of the best in Europe. We have to thank you
Prussians for that. It will take hard teeth to crack that
nut." The report which General Wrangel gives of the
artillery corroborates the Emperor's opinion entirely.
The field artillery consists of six regiments, five of
whichh are attached to five Ordous, and the sixth is
a reserved regiment. Three regiments are stationed in
the immediate vicinity of Constantinople—the Guard
Regiment in Scutari, the regiment that belongs to the
Ordou in Roumelia in Daud Pa,schs, close outside the
old wall of Constantinople, and the reserve regiment in
Pera. The Ordous in Albania (Monastir), in Lower
Asia (Sivas), and in Syria (Damascus), have each of
them a regiment of artillery attached to them.
A regiment of artillery (park) consists of 12 batteries-
-4 8-pounder batteries on foot ; 2 12-pounder ditto ; 2 7-
pounder short howitzer ditto ; 3 flying batteries, 2 of 4-
pounder guns, and 1 of long 12-pounder howitzers, and
1 howitzer battery for mountain service.
A battery consists on the peace footing of 4 guns, on
the war footing of 6. The 6 batteries of the entire
regiment are served by 1,638 men, including a nume-
rous staff of officers, a Liwa Pasha (major-general),
2 obersten (colonels), 2 lieutenant-colonels, 6 majors, 6
kolasis (between a major and a captain), and to every
battery a captain and 3 lieutenants, who have under
them 6 subalterns and 30 privates.
The howitzers of the mountain battery have a 12-
pound calibre, and are loaded with fine powder;
they fire shells and canister shot : the canister contains
35 wrought-iron balls. Omer Pasha, a man who
has experience in such matters (a Hungarian by
birth), took a mountain battery with him on his late
expedition into Kurdistan, and spoke very well of
its efficiency on his return. Four men serve each
howitzer • for loading and unloading it on to the back
of the mule two more. It takes three mules to each
gun : one carries the gun itself and the sheels ; a second
the carriage and wheels ; a third the ammunition in two
chests. The gun lies lengthwise on the back of the
animal, with the mouth towards the tail, and seven
minutes suffice to get it down, mounted, and ready for
use. Iu warfare with the wild tribes of Asia, shells
have been found to produce much greater effect than
shot : the latter, the Kurds in the late expedition cared
very little about, but a few.of the former, "that came
flying along like pigeons, but spit fire like the devil
(Scheitan)," produced a speedy surrender.