The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-06-27
THE NlAGARA'S NEWS.

Iris very difficult TO make OUT 'he "ae .a
..,,;,ns Of the acknowledgement powers, ~''n
..n.,a to the Turkish question. AMIDST Tue
ansc,;ug statements which reach us
torn The other side of the water. Part OF an
.a;,o,;.l article which appeared in the London
r.. ON Saturday, the 18th inst, appears in
~. N.w York papers Of Friday last. having
s..n autographed from Halifax, the substance
(Which is, that there is at present no reason to
h.,;eve that the combined French and English
fleets will proceed beyond the roads OF Tene'
dos or Beseka Bay, though in the event OF
hos,ilities, the Ambassadors would find them
.elves in a position to command the services
of the Admirals. Until the peace be actually
broken. the Straits are closed by TIE Conven.
t;on Of ls4I against the naval forces of all the
mowers, and il is Of importance that the signal
of war should not be given by a violation OF
the stipuations 10 that effect. Surprising the
Russian government TO adhere to the course il
has indicated in its communications TO other
powers, il would seem that some time must still
elapse before the occurrence of any decisive
event. The Goth of June is fixed by the
Times as the earliest period at which final or.
ders for the commencement of hostlilties could
be given, and in the meantime the Russian GO
' eminent would have received the strongest
remonstrances from the other powers against
the course it has thought proper to pursue -
The Times professes TO be at a loss to con-
ceive what reply the Russian government
could.give 10 representations so unanimous
90 forcible and so true" As to the Principal
ties, should the Russian forces enter them, it is
greatly to be desired that the Turks should
remain on the defensive, on the right bank OF
the Danube.
Such are the editorial statements of the
Times, journal VIGOROUSLY in the interest OF
Russia, and, therefore, very likely to prove, il
it can, that there is no danger Of war. The
facts Of the case, however, are, it must be ad
mitted, against the differences of the Times
The Russian army is certainly in motion fol
the Danube, and one account says that the
fourth division, stationed in Bessarabia, has
actually thrown a bridge across the Pruth, the
river which separates that province from Mol
davia. "Oh but" says the Times, SHAT is
nothing; ever since the treaties of1S26 and 1929
Russia has repeatedly occupied MoIdavia and
Wallachia." But at the very moment of thi
present threatened occupation, we have ru
mors that the Russian feet is about TO leave
Sebastpol for the Bosphorus, that the French
and English fleets are drawing within reach o.
the Dardanelles, that 10000 Egyptian troops
are ordered from Alexandra to assist the Sui
tan, that the forces of the Turkish Empire hav.
been augmented to half million Of men, that
at St. Petersburgh there was so much un sasi'
ness on Change as to cause uLwonted dull
ness in the market, that at Odessa freights
were ruinously high, and that the money marke,
both at London and Paris had been seriously
fected. If all these things mean nothing
then the world is governed very Different
from what we had supposed. To raise, sup
port, and move enormous armies, and pow.
erful fleets, must require, we should think, con
siderable expense, and if Russia, Turkey
France and England have all been engaged
in such operations, merely for pastime, we
Z must be allowed to regard the joke as yer,
dull one. 1t is indeed prodigiously like no joke
st all rs.