The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-10 00:00:00

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

News from Odessa of the 14th ult. says that 800
Turkish prisoners of war are collected there, and that a
cartel for an exchange is spoken of. The camp within
five leagues of Odessa is raised on account of the incle:
mency of the Heather. The troops are distributed among
the towns nearest the Turkish frontier.

The corps under Sacken, destined to act in the Prin-
cipalities, is unable to advance, as the roads are absolutely
impassible.

An account from Galatz, dated Dec. 15th, gives the par-
ticulars of a Russian attack on Matschin, a Turkish town,
containing from 4,000 to 5,000 souls, and situate about
four leagues southeast of Ibraila, in the embouchure of
one of the arms of the Danube, at the foot of a range of
mountains, where a few small breastworki have been
thrown up. General Luders hiving resolved on a coup
de main, two Russian steamers were, on the night of the
12th ult., despatched with six gun-boats in tow, and the
next morning a heavy cannonade was opened on the town.
The fire was kept up briskly till the evening of the 13th.
A steamer then returned to Ibraila. On the 14th, the
combat recommenced. Two Russian battalions succeeded
in gaining the right bank, but they were obliged to retreat,
after having destroyed two Turkish batteries.
A Vienna letter of the 28th ult. says :—" General Aurep
has returned to Bucharest from his mission at Krajowa.
It is stated that he had conveyed to Gen; Fishbach new
instructions to maintain the defensive. It is added that
Prince Gortschakoff will not make any offensive move-
ment, and that he will retire with his troops behind the
Altfiys in the event of the Turks.advancing. The news is
confirmed that a part of the Turkish troops who had taken
.up a posithw at Kalafat have returned to Widdin. That
place'has:now. a garrison of 50,000. men under Sami Paella
The troops ,eateentrated at Kalafat are commanded by
Achmet,Pachn. Omer Paella:is .now.nt'Niclilin. On the

17th he was at Rustchnk, the garrison of which has been
doubled. On the 16th a report was current at Widdin
that the Turks proposed to cross the Danube at Rust-
chuk."

CoNsmismsopLEA:Dird: 25.—0 n the 22nd the resolu-
tion adopted on the 18th by the General Council convoked
to deliberate on the Note of Conference, and composed of
all the members of all the Ministries, Viziers, Ulemas,
Pashas, Ministers of the Army and Navy, and other dig-
nitaries of the empire, was notified. This resolution,
unanimously adopted, shows that the Sublime Porte
having chosen war to save order, her rights, and integrity,
will not reject peace if these conditions are guaranteed to
her for the future. This notification adds that commu-
nication of this decision has been made to the representa-
tives of they Four Powers, that the state of war still
continues, and that not even an armistice has been con-
cluded, and that despatches, announcing what had passed,
had been sent to the commanders of the armies in Europe
and Asia, that no stop should be put to the millitary
operations. This timely proclamation has calmed the
public mind. The insurrection of the previous day
had decided that Government would fetch from Beicos
three Turkish steam-frigates, and a division of the
united fleet. During the night of the 21st a Russian war
schooner, the Aloupka, driven by a gale into the Bospho-
rus, has been captured by Mustapha Bey, commander of
the fort of Anadoli Karak. M. Kenikoff, director of the
Political Chancellery at Teflis, has departed for Persia
and Affghanistan, as Ambassador Extraordinary of the
Czar ; he is accompanied by a General and Russian staff
officer. He was expected at Teheran on the 30th of Nov
Mr. Thompson, the British Charge d'Affaires in Persia.
has succeeded in terminating the difference which had ex-,
isted between that country and England. Ahmet Effendi,
Turkish Chargé d'Affaires, satisfied with the explanations
of the Persian Government, did not think it right to in-
terrupt his relations with the Shah.
VIENNA, FurDer.—The Turkish Council has declared
itself permanent. Eighty ringleaders in the late outbreak
have been sent to Canea, in the island of Candia, where
they arrived on the 27fit of December.

'the conditions on which the Porte will treat are, the
evacution of the principalities and the revision of the
treaties formerly existing between Turkey and Russia.
The rights and privileges of all Christian confessions are
to be fully confirmed.
On the occasion of the late disturbances, the Sultan de-
clared to the French ambassador that he would rather
abdicate than accept foreign assistance against his own
subjects.
The Russians have occupied the Austro-Wallachian
frontier from Orsova to the Torgburg-pass, near Cronstadt.
The Russians are also permitted to make purchases within
the Austrian frontier.

BUCHAREST, DEC. 26.—1 t is supposed that the Russian
army of invasion is being increased from 80,000 to 240,000
men; but the difficulties of recruiting and organisation are
such that it cannot attain that figure before the lapse of
several months.

CoNsTA srisoPLE, DEC. 26.—Harmony is re-established
in the cabinet. The Minister of War retains his portfolio.
The resignation of Redschid Pacha has not been accepted.
The war party is strengthened by the recent demonstra-
tion of the Softas.

ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 22.—The Pasha of Egypt, when
he heard of the disaster at Sinope, ordered the immediate
armament of six frigates, five corvettes, and three brigs,
destined to fill up the chasm which has been produced in
the materiel of the Turkish fleet.

VIENNA, SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Austria has demanded
whether the Russian Court would object to a European
protectorate over the Christians in Turkey. The reply, in
most positive langux.,,e, was that Russia would permit no
other Power to meddle in the matter of the Greek church.
Russia had treaties with the Porte, and would settle the
question with her alone.
M. Kaniloff, director of the diplomatic bureau at Teflis,
has gone on a special mission to Teheran, with four staff
and six subaltern officers.