Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-07-22
FOREIGN NEWS


FOREIGN NEWS.
London papers to June IT, and Liverpool to June
To- have been received by the arrival of the packet
ship New-York, which sailed from Liverpool ON the
10th.
A London paper of June Is, says-The
arrivals during the week afford but little
positive intelligence. The Russians appear
to be very active, but owing to the difficulties
OF their station their progress is not very
rapid. Their agents are said to have de-
tached the Servians and BSsnians from the
Turkish interest, so as to deprive the left of
the Turkish armies of the resources and
support they relied upon. Count Witteen-
stein invested Brailow on the 18th ultirno,
and the trenches were to be opened on the
10th, when the Arch Duke was to appear
before the place in person. 1t was the in
tentlon OF the Russians to storm the place
Immediately after breach was made. We
must recollect that of all nations the Turks
are the most efficient in defending breaches
and walled Enclosures, when the resistance
requires only the desperate efforts of per-
sonal bravery. About 5000 Turks were
! supposed to be shut up in the town. The
danube was to be crossed at three places
lsInael, Galatz, Okeniza but the pontoons
had not been got ready by the engineers in
the time. In the mean time the Divan had
issued firman calling upon all the Turks
between the ages of twelve and sixty, to
arm; and it enjoined the troops not to modest
strangers, or violate the usages of war.
Austria, and France, England and the other
principal powers, have appointed ENJOYS to
repair to the Russian Head Quarters.
| The Emperor Nicholas, soon after his ar
rival at lsmael, went on the 2lst over the
bridge at Vadumi Issak (where the Russian
main body crossed the Pruth) and to the
camp near the village of Hodsehi Captain,
league and half from Ibrail, where his
Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael
arrived on the 18th.
1t was believed that his Imperial Highness
would go to Maximeni and Olteniza, to
which the right wing of the Russian army
extends.
All the necessary materials were collected
| to lay bridges over the Danulo IN three pla
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Ismall and Tomare-
wa, at Galatz, and at Olteniza, between
Rudshuck and Sillistria. Important military
operations were expected, and the more SO
as the delay of eleven days had expired,
which the Pacha of Ibrail, who declared he
had no orders whatever to commit hostilities,
had obtained for the purpose of procuring
instructions from Constantinople.
An account from Odessa, May %, says
we expect every moment the fleet from Sab
astopol, which has $4,000 regular troops on
board; the transports hired by the govern
ment have received orders to Join it. They
are laden with ammunition and provisions
for four months. The Empress is expected
to day.
Letters from Constantinople of Nav 10
say-The Porte received on the 18th the
Declaration of War by Russia, and on the
10Th the news of the passage of the Pruth.
commissioners of the Divan publickly an
nounced the Declaration of War in the mar
ket-places and the mosques. At the same
time an Ordinance was issued for general
armlng, strictly enjoining all the Mussul-
mans to unite for the defence of their relio-
ion and their country, and to go to the resi-
dence of the chiefs of the several quarters
to receive arms. 1t is by these measures
| that the Porte has answered the Declaration
of Russia, and is preparing to support the
contest. At the same time it has made the
European Ministers acquainted with its res
olutlon, requesting them to inform their re-
spective Courts that it was going to try the
fortune of arms in defence Of its incontesti-
BILE rights, and that it would rather perish
than suffer laws to be dictated SO lonG as il
had arms in its hands.
To the general surprise, the tranquility
of the capital has not been interrupted in
this critical moment. The standard of the
prophet, which is generally displayed on all
declarations ofwar, has not yet been hoisted
No fears of excuses are entertained at
Pera. M. d'Ottenfels, who was going to the
baths at Brussa, has resolved to remain at
his post. The troops that were still in the
capital have been ordered to assemble at
Boinouk Czekine several detachments of
regular troops are already gone thither.
The Aslatics, not trained to the European
discipline, have not hitherto made any pre-
parations for departure. On the whole. the
appearance of the city is no more military
than 1T was few days ago.
TURKS AND GREEKS. The SMYRNA Con-
rier of April 26, gives the following view of
the forces under the command of Ibrahim
Pacha In the Morea, at the beginning of that
month -
Seven regiments of regular troops, between
Modon and Navarin, together effective 18 ITO
SaPpeIs ana ARTILLERY $50
Irregulars, consisting of Turks Candiots,
niorlots and Alabanians, garrison in
the iortresses, $500
Cavalry, partly near Modon, and partly
about the other fortresses, 1000
! lrreguars at Patras, infantry and cavalry.
under the command Of Ahmet Pocha, I 200
Total, 1920
Inc garrison Of Nayarin is 500, Modon Co., and