The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-07 00:00:00

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

Accounts from the theatre of war in the Dan ü-
bian provinces, of the 19th ult., state that the
snow rendered the roads impassable. Neither of
the armies had changed their positions, although
there had been several skirmishes at the advanced
posts. The Redifs of Albania were quitting their
cantonments at Widdin to return home.

VARNA, FEB. 9.—Yesterday the steamers Ma-
gellan and Furious arrived here, escorting eight
Turkish ships laden with powder and stores. Varna
was also visited, a few days back, by a division
composed of French and English steamers—the
Sampson, Firebrand, Gomer, and Sane, on their
return from a cruise along the coast of the Crimea,
from Kaffa to Sebastopol.—Letters from Wallachia
inform us that the Russians have transported all
the materiel for pontoons to Giurgevo, where the
soldiers are busy day and night in preparing the
bridges which are intended to be thrown across
the Danube.—The Russians have been concen-
trating large forces at Brailow, and are fortifying
the town of Tokchani, upon the Moldo-Wallachian
frontier, where they will have, in case of reverse,
their parks and ammunition, their great magazines
of provisions, and their hospitals.
VIENNA, THURSDAY EVENING.—It is credibly
related that an Imperial manifesto is about to
appear, in which, though mention will be made of
the neutrality of this empire, His Majesty will
announce that, true to the policy of his house, he
will not permit insurrectionary movements near
his frontiers, and therefore his troops will enter
Bosnia and Servia.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 15.—The following
statement of the probable numbers and positions
of the Russian forces in the principalities at the
present moment has bden carefully compiled and
collated from various sources by a most intelligent
foreign officer now here :—The 10th division ex-
tends from Kalafat to opposite Rutschuk ; the 11th
division, the Valley of Argish to opposite Silistria
and Hirsova ; the 15th division occupies Ibraila
and Galatz, extending up the Danube to opposite
Hirsova—the above may be termed the first line.
The second line is probably as follows :-13th divi-
sion moved westward towards Krajova (one regiment
of it was, we believe, at Cetate), which, together
with the Bth and 9th division, must now form the
attacking force at Kalafat. Say, then, that two-
and-a-half divisions of infantry and one of cavalry
form the attacking force ; it should consist of
about 30,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry. The
total force is estimated at 91,950 infantry, 21,120
cavalry, 6,080 artillery—total, 119,150 304 guns.
In order not to overdo the thing each infantry bat-
talion has been calculated at 750 men, each cavalry
regiment at 960 men, and each Cossack regiment
at 600 men.

BERLIN, THIIRSDAY.—The St. Petersburg Jour-
nal of the 24th contains the following as the
substance of the answer sent by the Czar to the
Emperor Napoleon :--" If his Imperial Majesty
extends his hand to me as I extend mine, I am
ready to forget the mortification I have experienced,
harsh though it be. Then, but then only, can I
discuss the subject treated of in his letter, and may
perhaps arrive at an understanding. Let the
French fleet prevent the Turks frorntransporting
reinforcements to the theatre of war, and let the
Turks send me a plenipotentiary to negotiate, whom
I will receive as befits his character. The condi-

tions already made known to the Conference at
Vienna are the sole base on which I will consent
to treat."
CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 20.—Negotiations rela-
tive to the future position of the Christians in
Turkey have been opened between the representa-
tives of the four powers and the Porte.—On the
ith of February the port of Odessa was almost
free from ice.—Three fruitless attempts have been
made to take Arta by storm.
AMERICA.

The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, from
New York, arrived on Thursday with dates to the
18th ult. The Nebraska Bill continues to occupy
the attention of the Senate.
Twenty-five lives were lost by the explosion of
the Kate Kearney steamer at Louisville.
The Philadelphia correspondent of the Morning
Chronicle states that a mysterious and extensive
movement is afoot in that city, as well as in New
York, and, indeed, throughout the States, for the
purchase of old muskets. They are all forwarded,
as soon as bought and cleansed, to New York. Se-
veral reports or conjectures are current on the sub-
ject. That supposition which finds most favour is
that the weapons are intended for such parts of
Europe as may rise against Russia in the Eastern war