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

WALLACHIA.

A letter from Bucharest of the sth inst. sags that
the strength of the Russian army of occupation in
Wallachia is to be carried up to 40,000 men. The
Wallachian 'partisan 111AonErto has assembled a force
of 10,000 men near Plojeschtie, and is determined to
make a desperate resistance. AMER PACHA 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 Ryrnnik 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 previoualym king known their in-
tentions, entered the city waith fixedn bayonets,f and,
after having dispersed and trodden
groups of unarmed peasants, who had
cdoerm otoot several
congra-
tulate the Turkish Commissioners, preceded by their
clergy in sacerdotal robes, divided themselves into sepa-
rate detachments, in order to the .
occupy city military
style. Early in the morning, at the special request of
Fouad Effendi, the local authority took all the necssary
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, was arrested and imprisoned.
The troops had orders likprise to occupy the batracks
and other public establishments of the city.
"A detachment, under the .command of lierim Pacha,
presented itself before the baria,cks-of the '2d regiment,
garrisoned at the time by 300 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, Karim 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 aubsequently 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-
cuzene 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•
surancea 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 had 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 Dtmasser. 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. POUAD EFFENDI accuses DVIIAMEL 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 atop to all the
scenes of disorder which have taken place in the country
during the last three days.
" Your Commissioner, Found Effendi, came among
us accornpavied by our most, mortal enemy, and yours
Sire, the General Duhamel. He told us that it,
was the doire of your, Alsjesty that the detestable
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