The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-14 00:00:00

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

The combined squadrons were about to leave the
anchorage of Beycos, and to go again to sea on the 27th
or 28th. The new Turkish convoy, destined for the army
of Asia, was ready. Kourchid Pacha (General Guyon)
had wrought a great change in affairs in Asia, introducing
regularity and dicipline, and creating the best spirit
among the Turkish soldiers. Hostile operations were
suspended, owing to the state of the country, which was
covered with snow.

The Charlemagne screw line-of-battle ship, the Gomer
steam-frigate, and another French frigate, as well as an
English screw line-of-battle ship and two English steam-
frigates, left on the 25th for Varna.
A Constantinople despatch of the 30th ult. says :—The
Russians have attacked the redoubt called Sefo, held by
the Turks, about four miles from fort St. Nicholas, and
have been repulsed with loss. Schamyl has marched to
attack Zakatala, at the head of 16,000 men.
Telegraphic despatches have arrived, of the 30th Janu-
ary, which speak of changes in the ministry. The Se-
raskier and Capudan Pacha had been removed ; Riza Pacha
was appointed Seraskier, and Achmed Pacha was to be
Capudan Pacha. The position of affairs is now, however,
so plain and so decided, that any change of persons can
have but small influence on the policy of the Turkish
Government, which must continue eminently national.
The consequences of the entrance of the combined fleets
into the Black Sea are already showing themselves.
Fourteen thousand men have been landed at Holiburgas,
below Varna, from on board transports, which had previ-
ously been carefully watched by the Russians; now, the
Turks are completely at liberty in the Euxine. These
14,000 men are to move upon Varna, and reinforcements
from Constantinople and Adrianople are to take the same
direction. The Ottoman forces, from Pregona to Nico-
pohs, amount to 18,000 men, over and above a reserve of
36,000 at Sophia. The Russians have 41,000 infantry,
12,000 cavalry, and 120 guns, with a reserve of 16,000
men.

Accounts reached Vienna on Tuesday that a sanguinary
action had taken place near Giurgevo, with great loss on
both sides. Three thousand Turks crossed the Danube,
drove in the Russian advanced posts, attacked the town,
and then retired.

A conspiracy, with most dangerous ramifications, has
just been discovered. The plan was to overthrow the
Turkish empire by exciting the Greeks in Roumelia to
rebellion. The whole affair is kept secret by the Commis-
sion named to inquire into the plot.
A letter from Krajova, of the 29th ult., states that on
the 28th there was a sanguinary conflict between the
Turks and the Russians, near Bailestchi. After the affair
each party retired to their former positions. It was said
that General Dannenberg had been dangerously wounded
in one of the recent conflicts.

Letters from Trebizond state that Russian men-of-war
have again appeared off Batoum and Kisch, 20 leagues
from Trebizond, since the departure of the combined
fleets.

The Intendant or Commissionary-General of the Russian
army of the Danube, General Satler, has addressed a secret
report to the Commander-in-Chief, in which he depicts the
almost insurmountable difficulties he has experienced,
since the entrance of the combined squadrons into the
Black Sea, in organizing the due delivery of supplies. It
is asserted that this report necessitates the adoption of
new measures, which will complete the ruin of the country,
quite wretched enough already, and thereby make the
Russians more unpopular than ever.
CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 27.—1 n the letter addressed by
the Admirals to the Commandant of the port of Sebasto-
pol a term of fifteen days was fixed for Russian vessels of
war to return to their harbours in the Black Sea. A
corps of engineers is employed in marking out a camp at
Bouyouk-Tchekmeelesche, near the Sea of Marmora, for
40,000 men. This place is six miles from Constantinople.
We learn that Kurschid Pasha (General Guyon) has
resumed the offensive against the Russians in Asia, with
30,000 foot, 6,000 horse, and 140 guns.
BUCHAREST, FEB. I.—The Russians have now 65,000 men
before Kalafat. Before the arrival of General Schilders,
Prince Gortschakoff had resolved on removing his head-
quarters to Slatina, but the general had persuaded the
prince to change his plan, and had handed him an order
from the Emperor to use every effort to drive the Turks
out of Lesser Wallachia without further loss of time.
Both sides were anxiously expecting and preparing for a
decisive attack.