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London, England, 1829-07-06 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

VIENNA, JUNE 24.—The Wallachian Courier,
published at Bucharest, in the number of 15th
June, gives the following statement :
Official News from a Report of General Baron
Geismar, respecting the taking of the fortified
town of Rachova or Orivit, on the right bank of
the Danube, between Nicopolis and Widdin.
On the 9th June, N.S., 200 volunteers of dif-
ferent regiments, commanded by Colonel Count
Tolstoy, and a battalion of the 32d Regiment of
Jagers, crossed the Danube, opposite the town of
Rachova, under the protection of the fire of 22
pieces of cannon planted on the left bank of the
Danube. This handful of heroes, supported by a
battalion of the Regiment of Tobolsk, which came
to its aid during the engagement, which continued
till two o'clock in the afternoon, having driven the
enemy from the batteries, and their forces took the
town. The' enemy fought with great resolution,
but could not resist the boldness of our soldiers.

Nearly 500 prisoners, among whom is HusseiTi,
Pacha of Varna (Paella of two tails), five cannons,
and five standards, are the trophies of this victory.
Among the very considerable number of the killed
is Selim, Effendi Aga of Rachova. Our loss is
not known, but it is inconsiderable in comparison
with the enemy.—(Here follows a short official ac-
count of the battle of the 11th of June.)—Austrian
Observer, June 25.

KRAJOWA, JUNE 13.—General Geismar, who
commanded eight regiments in Little Wallachia,
crossed the Danube on the ninth instant, and,
having erected a battery before Rachova, took that
place by storm ; the Turks made a desperate resist-
ance, and their loss is said to be very great ; five
hundred of them were taken prisoners. The Rus-
sian loss is said to be several hundred men. This
successful operation, by which the campaign has
been so happily begun on this side, seems to be
connected with the plan of operations of General
Diebitsch; and General Geismar has ordered the
fortifications of Rachova to be strengthened, and
magazines to be formed there. This position may
prove of essential advantage to the main army, by
paralysing the efforts of the Pacha of Widdin, and
preventing him from offensive operations.—Nurem-
burgh Correspondent, June 29.
BUCHAREST, JUNE 13.—News has just been
received that the Baron Geismar, with 3 or 4,000
men, crossed the Danube on the ninth, near Rachova,
and made the Turkish garrison of 500 men prison-
ers. It is thought that this corps is only a van-
guard, which will be followed by the whole of
General Geismar's army, to act against Nicopolis
or the Pacha of Widdin.

We have no news from the neighbourhood of
Silistria.

VIENNA, JUNE 24.—:MetalliqUC3, 98 9-16; Bank
Shares, I,ll6i.—Alkemeine Zeitung, June 29.
ODEssn, JUNE 12.—We are very anxious for
news from the army in Bulgaria. According to the
last account the Grand Vizier was at Jenibazar,
with 30,000 men, opposed to him was General
Roth, with twenty battalions of infantry, and two
divisions of cavalry. Count Diebitsch, with a con-
siderable corps, had left the camp before Silistria ou
the 3d June, in order to reinforce General Roth,
and attack the Grand Vizier in flank; who it was
believed, however, would not risk a battle, but on
the approach of the above forces, would retreat to
his fortified camp at Shumla. The Commander-in-
Chief had left General Krasowsky to continue the
siege of Silistria during his absence.—Allgenieine
Zeitung, June 27.

WARSAW, JUNE 25.—The Emperor will leave us
to-night. The young Grand Duke Alexander left the
day before yesterday. The Grand. Duke Constantine
set out this morning,and, as we hear, will accompany
the Emperor to Tulczym. The Grand Duke and
Duchess of Saxe Weimar set out for Berlin the day
after to-morrow, where they will stop three days,
and reach Weimar on the 4th July.—Prussian Slate
Gazette, June 29.

BUCIUREST, JUNE 10.—All trade is put a stop
to here by the cordon which is drawn round the city
to prevent the propagation of the plague, in con-
sequence of which all the shops are shut. We hear
that serious measures of precaution are adopted at
Odessa also, because some persons in the port had
been seized with typhus fever. We have had no
summer yet; for these three weeks past cold rain
fell in torrents. On the Ist the Turks made an
inroad into Little Wallachia and took some cattle,
but were immediately driven back across the Danube.
Within these few days the passage of couriers to
and from the army in Bulgaria has been uncommonly
active.

FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, JUNE I.s.—The rise
of the Danube is said to have caused a suspension of
the operations before Silistria and Ghuergevo, and
to have damaged the works of the besiegers, which
were already far advanced. The fall of these for-
tresses, which was lately supposed to be near at
hand, is thereby delayed, and the war appears likely
to be protracted. In Russia they are fully aware of
this state of things, and measures are being adopted
which are indicative of a third campaign. The
longer the war continues the more does the Russian
nation appear to be confirmed in the opinion that
every effort must be made to compel the Porte to

yield, as theinterest of Russia suffers materially from
the present state of things.
According to a report in circulation, there was, at
the beginning of this month, another action near
Pravadi, in which the Turkish cavalry, after obtain-
ing some advantages, was afterwards defeated by
General Roth, who was with 15,000 men at Kos•
tudjeh, to cover the siege of Silistria. General
Roth is said to have left 10,000 men in Varna, .for
the defence of that fortress, and to have posted him-
self with 15,000 at * Kostudjeh, to observe the
movements of the main army under the Grand
Vizier. It should seem, therefore, that a column
which was destined to maintain the communication
between Varna and General Roth's corps, had been
attacked by a superior force of the Turks near Pra-
vadi, and relieved by the reinforcements sent to its
support.

VIENNA, JUNE 23.—The Emperor and Empress
have come to the capital, to give audiences. The
Crown Prince has already been out to take an airing,
but has not yet come to town. M. Bois le Comte
has arrived here express from Paris, on which the
French Legation despatched a courier to Constan-
tinople. A Russian courier has passed through, on
his way from Italy to Warsaw. The Giraffe, which
was brought here a year ago as a present from the
Paella of Egypt, died on Saturday at Schonbrunn,
after having been long ill.
Metalliques, 98 15-16ths; Bank Shares, 1,114
—Allgemeine Zeitung, June 28.

Otherwiseiwritten Kostidjeh, Courtidjoh, Cestiza, &c.

BRUSSELS PAPERS.

BRUSSELS, JULY 3.—Public notice has been given
at Amsterdam, that to the preceding loan of 18
millions florins at 5 per cent, interest, negociated by
Hope and Co. for the Emperor of Russia, there
will be added forti series of six millions each, to be
repaid in 37 years, so that the whole of the loan
will be 42 millions of florins. Messrs. Hope and
Co. announced that the first series of six millions of
the second part, would he open on the 29th of June,
and we hear that the whole was taken the same
day.

General Caucrin, the Russian Minister of Finance,
in the rescript respecting the loan, says, " That the
extensive resources possessed by the Treasury,
and the Emperor's constant desire of peace, excited
a hope that the small loan of 18 millions already ne-
gotiated would be sufficient, but that the obstinate
resistance of the enemy, and the hostilities which
are the consequence, render it necessary to take new
measures in order to complete the reserve fund,
which is diminished by the war."
His Majesty the King arrived at Brussels yester-
day afternoon. The Princess of Orange, with her
suite, sets out for Weimar to-morrow morning.