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that he did not attempt to dispute the pas
sage of the mountain, the highest elevation
of which was reached by the advance oil
the left column, on the goth. The right
was not so much in advance where the bull
letin of Gen. Diebitsch was dated. Since
then we have unofficial advices of the pos
session of Adios by the troops of General
Roth.
The .Allgemeine Zeitung states, under the
head of Semlin, July 90, that the most
alarming reports are in circulation at Bel
grade respecting the situation of the Turk
ish army, which is said to be near its disso-
luton that the troops of Hussein Pacha
have mu,ined; that there were also signs
ofmutiny among the garrison of Widden,
that the general levy proceeds slowly, the
people refusing to take arms unless there
were soldiers to compel them; that fire
arms begin to be scarce, and it has been
necessary to give pixies to the militia at
Sophia. Accounts from Odessa of the 9th
July, say, that the Russian army had en-
tirely crossed the Balkan on the Oath that
the advanced posts of General Debitsch
were at Cap Emin, near Burgas, and the
head quarters of General Roth at Aidos.
The Turks had lost thirty cannon in the
different engagements.
Letters from Warsaw of the 18th of July,
says that the Polish Diet is to open in the
month of October, and that the Emperor
will come from st. Petersburgh to open it
in person that some other Sovereigns will
he there at the same time, and that there
will he a Congress. Great efforts are
making in the interior of the Russian en-
pire. Very considerable reinforcements
are sent to the army. General Witt is
gone to the military colonies to exercise
the troops which are fit for service. They
amount to 60000 men.
The Journal Of Odessa, of July %, says,
"The news of the total defeat of the
Grand Vizier's army, as we learn 10y the ar
rival of the English brig Helen from Con-
stantinople, had spread CONSERVATION in the
Turkish capital. 1t was reported that the
Ottoman army had lost 5000 men, with all
their camp and artillery"
Letters from Orsowa announce that one
of the towers Of the citadel of Widdin had
been very much damaged by the explosion
Ct the powder magazine, which seems to
have been set on fire by design.
The news from the Turkish army is by
no means satisfactory, and every body fore
sees that the Porte will be obliged to ask
for peace, after having exhausted all its
means of resistance. The levy en- masSe
has produced 10000 men in the course of a
month. Meantime the Russian army is
marching towards Constantinople, the for
tihcations of which is by no means suffi-
Gent for the defence of so large city.
The reserve coming from Tultschin, &c
the number of $4,000 men, is to pass the
Pruth, in four columns, on the 18th anl
18th July, and 10th and Oath August. 49,
600 men will 60 to Giurgevo, and the re-
mainder by way of Karasch against Shum-
la and the Balkan. Immense supplies Of
provisions are expected from the interior o.
Russia. Letters from Varna say, that Gen
Roth has received reinforcement of 20, 00(
men from Odessa.
London, August Is. Dispatches were
received this morning at the Foreign Office
from Lord Heytesbury, dated st. Peters
burgh, the 9TH inst.
| Official advices had been received at st
! Petersturgh, of the capture, on the 27tn o.
June, of Erzerum, and the fortress of Has
san-Kale. At Erzerum the Seraskiel
himself and four other Pachas were made
prisoners, and $50 cannons had fallen into
! the hands Of the Russians, of which twenty
nine were taken at Hassan-Kale. Thi:
event was expected after the decisive VIC
( tories gained by that commander over the
armies of Hagki Pacha and the Seraskier
but yet it had caused great Joy at ST. Pc.
tershurgh, where Ie Deums had been sung
on the occasion. The capture of that i'm,
portant city, in fact, leaves all Asia open tc
the triumphant Russians.
Intelligence of another character, how.
ever, had also been received, which had
! damped the public exultation and created
general alarm. Il announced that the
plague was fast approaching Odessa, and
that decided cases of that tremendous dis.
order had occurred within three miles o.
that city. The inhabitants were full Of
/ CONSERVATION; all business was suspended
and. as it is customary IN visitations of this
nature, every family was provisioning them.
selves and making preparations for locking
themselves up in their houses till the de-
stroying scourge should have passed. Ar
idea may be formed of the Importance at.
tached to this intelligence by the Russian
government, when it is recolected thai
Odessa was the grand depot whence all the
magazines vi the army were supplied, and
that if it be reduced to desert for the
space of few months only, the legions
now beyond the Balkan may be stopped fol
want Of provisions in their victorious march
or delivered up helpless by famine into the
hands of their enemies.
Prince Chosrew Mira, the new Persian
Ambassador arrived at Moscow 25th July
and was received with the greatest honors
Upon the present condition of the affair.
of the East and the new relations between
the other powers of Europe, likely to b.
produced by it, the London Herald of the
18th ult. holds the following language L
is said, though we know not upon what au
thority, that the Turks have manifested a
decided inclination to open negotiation,