The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-23 00:00:00

BAVARIA.

Municn, OCT. 16.—The Minister of War has
ust issued the following military ordinance :7
" His Majesty has been graciously pleased, in pursu-
ance of his Royal letter of the 11th, to decree that
corporal punishment shall be henceforth abolished in the
army. This resolve is made known previous to the new
military regulations, which will speedily appear."
This afternoon Mr. ‘VELEKER and Colonel MOSLB
arrived here as delegates of the Central Parliament ;
they are on their road to Austria, in order to act as
mediators in the disturbances in that empire. This
highly difficult task is rendered yet more difficult by
the fact that at Frankfort itself there is no very clear in-
sight into the actual state of things in Austria, and that
consequently no decided line of policy has been adopted
by the central power on this important question. Here
at Munich, where our closer connexion with Austria
enables us to form a more accurate estimate of the
state of things in that empire, and where, in fact, far
greater impartiality prevails than at Frankfort in po-
litical party questions, and, consequently a more
unbiassed judgment can be formed, these two gentle-
men will, doubtless, receive much clearer views for
their important mission. We are informed that they
have already had several interviews with the Minister
for Foreign affairs, Count BRAY and other statesmen,
and have resolved, for the above mentioned reasons,
not to proceed immediately to the theatre of war. The
Minister of the Interior, VAN TMORE-DITTMER, will
return to-night from his visit to Regensburg, for which
he obtained five days' furlough. This fact probably
refutes yesterday's report, that he intended leaving
the Ministry.

WALLACHIA.

A letter from Bucharest of the sth inst. says that
the strength of the Russian army of occupation in
Wallachia is to be carried up to 40,000 men. The
Wallachian ;partisan MAGHE/t0 has assembled a force
of 10,000 men near Plojescbtie, and is determined to
make a desperate resistance. AMER PACIIA has sum-
moned him not to resist. Two couriers, who have
been sent to him with dispatches, have been retained
prisoners. He intercepts all the communications
between Rytnnik and Bucharest. Yesterday 2,000
Turkish troops were sent against him, and it is
thought he will be obliged to yield from want of
provisions and stores.
The foreign residents in Bucharest have drawn up
a collective protest against the occupation
_ of that city
by Turkish troops, and have forwarded it to their
respective consuls. The following is an extract from
this protest :
"On Monday, the 25th of September, the Ottoman
troops, who were encamped in the neighbourhood of
Bucharest, without preveiouyslywimthakfiinxgedkbnown their in-
tentions,d entered the it
after having dispersed and trodden under
bayonets, t s ,
severaland,
groups of unarmed peasants, who had come to congra-
tulate the Turkish Commissioners, preceded by their
clergy in sacerdotal robes, divided themselves into sepa-
rate detachments, in order to occupy the city in military
style. Early in the morning, at the special request of
Fouad Effendi, the local authority took all the necFsary
measures to prevent a collision or hostile manifestation
on the part of the inhabitants. A deputation, composed
of Boyards and merchants, had been summoned to the
camp, for the purpose of assisting at the perusal of the
Imperial firman. This deputation, treacherously sur-
rounded by the troops, WEB arrested and imprisoned.
The troops had orders likewise to occupy the barracks
and other public establishments of the city.
"A detachment, under the command of Kerim Pacha,
presented itself before the barracks of the 2d regiment,
garrisoned at the time by 800 men, and summoned the
commanding officer to surrender the place. On his re-
fusal to do so without the necessary order from the
local authority, Kerim Pacha opened the fire of his can-
non, carried the place by force, and massacred the Wal-
lachian soldiers, with the exception of 30 men, who were
permitted to depart, but were subsequently treacherously
shot while they were retreating.
" The same day, the very same hour, the garrison of
Georgeovo was massacred, and the governor of the dis-
trict incarcerated. In the evening of the 25th the disso-
lution of the lieutenancy-general, which but one month
back was recognised in the name of the Sultan by Suley-
man Pacha, was officially announced to the consuls, and,
at the same time, the nomination of Constantin Canta-
cuzeno as kaimakam, under the supreme control of Fouad
Effendi and General Duhamel.
"The very same day an edict appeared, signed by the
kaimakam, declaring the city militarily occupied by the
Turkish troops, under the command of Eumer Pacha.
"The scenes of violence and pillage continued during
the 26th and 27th, in the face of the most formal as-
surances made to the consuls by Fouad Effendi. Not
only the natives, but even foreigners, have suffered from
the violence of the licentious soldiery. An Austrian
was massacred in the very heart of the city. A French-
man hid his house forcibly entered into, his wife and
daughters exposed to the ferocious violence of —the
soldiers, and he himself stripped and robbed of his very
shirt.
"Still further, the Russian troops have received orders
to march on Bucharest ; their advanced guard is ex-
pected here on Saturday, and there is no doubt their
presence will be the signal for still further disorders."
In a proclamation, dated the 29th of September,
General DuitamEr, officially notifies to the Walla-
chians the anticipated arrival of 25,000 Russian
troops in the province, the expense of the maintenance
of whom will have to be supported by the Walla-
chians. FOUAD EFFENDI accuses DUIIAMEL and the
Russian agents of having excited disorders for the
purpose of making their existence the excuse for a
Russian invasion.
The following petition has been addressed by the
Wallachian nation to the SULTAN "
Sire,—Your most faithful subjects, inhabitants of
the city of Bucharest and of the whole of Wallachia, beg
your Majesty, in the name of humanity, in the name of
God, who is the same for all, to put a stop to all this
scenes of disorder which have taken place in the country
during the last three days.
" Your Commissioner, Fouad Effendi, came among
us accompanied by our most mortal enemy, and yours
Sire, the General Duhamel. Ile told us that it,
WWI the deair© Of your jgajesty that tho detestable

organic statute should be re-established, which
is contrary to the assurances we had received from
his predecessor, Suleyman racha, Notwithstanding
we could not conceive the sudden change in the tone
of the Divan, still we would have submitted had suf-
ficient time been allotted to us. In the mean time, we
have been treacherously betrayed and massacred by the
very same authority to which we had confided. Your
Commissioner orders us to send a deputation to the camp,
to be present at the perusal of the Imperial finnan. Our
deputies obey, proceed to the camp, are arrested and in-
carcerated, and General Duhamel threatens to exile
them to Siberia. They say to our Government—calm
the population, prevent a manifestation tehieh. surely
will be misconceived. And on this the Imperial army
enters our city as an enemy, massacres our soldiers,
!ages our houses, outrages our women and daughters,
and kills arid murders all such as do nut silently allow
themselves to be robbed. What have we done? What is
our crime, that our city should be carried by assault ?
Why have they dispersed and trodden under foot the
priests of our villages, who had proceeded to congratu-
late the Ottoman oflicers—preceded by the cross, which
is the symbol of our religion, and the emblem of peace?
"As if these evils were not enough for us, it is now
announced that the Russians will be here in three days,
to complete the work of misery and destruction.
"Sire,—The person who has committed and autho-
rised all these things has proclaimed that he comes in
your name. We refuse to believe it. It is a slander on
your paternal love. How is it possible that you can
command the massacre of unarmed soldiers, confiding
peasants, unprotected women, children, and old men.
This is the reason we call on you, Sire, and we place
ourselves under your personal guardianship, begging
you not to reduce to complete depair your subjects, who
have hitherto shown themselves so devoted and faithfnl
to your Government.
"Bucharest, Sept. 29, 1848."