The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-26 00:00:00

FEELING AT CONSTANTINOPLE.

The correspondent of the Independance Beige,
from Constantinople on the eleventh of November, gal
that General Ignatieff is expected there in the course of
the week. Many reports were circulated in Pera
respect to the instructions this ambassador had received;
but it was generally believed that they would
demand the revision of the Treaty of raxl,7l
z
It was understood that General Ignatieff Nirctc,
be authorised to renounce the Treaty with
the sublime Porte. Such rumours did not acord with the
assurances conveyed by the General to the Turkish
:
Ministers before his departure. One important fact,/'
stated, namely, that a petition has been addressed °
the Emperor of Russia by the commercial men of Odessa!
requesting that the Russian ports of the Black Sea, and thef
port of Odessa in particular, should be put into a state o.
defence, or that their security Should be otherwise CO
sidered. The petition adds that in the present staff 7
things the least chance might compromise the grey '
commercial interests of all the Russian slore;
of the Black Sea. The commercial men
Odessa believe that they are in danger from the Turku"
fleet, which consists of powerful monitors, whose larle
dimensions render them unfit for service in the .Archv
pelago. The question is—who framed the petition re
ferred to and laid such stress on the commerce of Odes``
at this moment ? The Turks do not know what to believe
between the alarming aspect of things on one side
and the friendly assurances of Russia on the other.
It was only the other day that. the Cabinet of St. Pete.l.l
burg endeavoured to reassure the Sublime Porte nth
respect to the report of Russia extending her armaments.
It was said that these rumours originated fr°lll
the fact that some movements of trooPo
were necessitated by the journey of the EmPre°
into the Crimea in order to give her an escort, and Place
troops along the route. This explanation, which was °el
asked for, was accepted with a good grace, but, for Al
that, so long as peace is not re-estab.ished in EuroPe'
the Turks will keep a vigilant watch.

OUR VETERAN WARRIORS.
A contemporary says : " Lord Strathnairn and 1,014
Napier of Magdala have been mentioned for the col'
mands of the British army in the event of hostilities nth
Russia. The former distinguished himself as diplomatis"i,
and combatant in the last Russian war. He also
played great energy and skill in Central India during t"b°
mutiny, and great forbearance 'b.s well as energy in the
Fenian rising in Ireland. Lord Napier has already served
in India under Lord Strathnairn, who is seven Yore
the senior of the former. The brilliant achievments ,
Lord Napier, in Abyssinia are well known. He would be
the first instance in the military history of our country
which an engineer officer was appointed commander-in;
chief of a British army engaged in a European war. Lord
Napier is not even a Briton by birth. He was born al
Ceylon just sixty years ago, and although he was educated
at Addiscombe, the whole of his military career, with the
exception of the Abyssinian campaign, has been passed in
India."

An influential correspondent of the Turin Gazette at St'
Petersburg says that the armaments of this Power are
most formidable by sea and land. They are working
with the greatest energy to complete some railway line°
which will transport the troops. The secret understand'
ing with Prussian is looked upon as certain. °nil lb
league between England, Austria, Italy, France, Turkei
and Spain can remove the extreme peril which threaten
Eastern Europe.