Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-29

placed partly In the Bosphorus opposite each other so thai
ship attempting the passage would DO exposed the
| the BosphorOs. the European side aud two ON ths
the Asatic Of the Black Sea Tho two batterir.
erected at the extremtes Of the points Of the Bo~phoru,
are provided with lighthouses ssers) and tina,
reason caled-that the Asauc side, "Anooh rener
and that In Europe, "Rumli Fener The Pasha at the
head OF artillery the Black Sea resides Rumi rener
and hi. house commands extensive view Of the sea-
In the Bosphorus ITSELF close TO entrance are eight
| batteries, four on each side Those the batteries
chiefly for defence They contain l6o guns OF the largest
szs They are placed In the part Of the strait
where the width does exceed yards The
OF the Black Sea rush through this passage with pet
osty, and It's navigation Is rendered still
by the shalowness OF the water In spot where the
vessels in order to avoid the shoals obliged TO ap.
proach within 200 yards OF the Asiac batteries so that
feet which should attempt TO force an entrance vond
| be literally riddled by shot
Further Ia in the strait this system Of batteries con.
unucs Some are placed on level with the ground 80
as to sweep the surface of the and Others
on the summit OF rocks punging their Ere the ships
The guns mounted platform in order TO OBJ.
viatc the nconvenicnces occaoned in them
by the changes in the temperature Above each battery
Is wooden tower of symmetrical construction, sur
mounted by long pole for the flags These poles serve
as telcgrsphs for tho transmission of orders along the
whole line Of the Bosphous When ship Of tho Otto
man navy passes the batteries salute her by hosting
nag bearing the crescent and the The Sultan
times breathe the air one of his palaces ON
the BosPhorus All the batteries then hoist large ban
ner bearing white sun q crimson ground
brigade Of artillery is specially charged with the ser
vice Of the batteries along Bophorus and Black Sea
and another ntruscd with the defence the Daran
ees Ii consists of two regiments of six companies of
$50 mon eaeh-in all $500 artilerymcn These art ery
men are well drilled and organized by the Prussan
Colonel kuczkowsky, assisted by number of non.com-
missoned officers he had brought with him.
IL will be seen by this summary description OF the for
uhcaons OF Constantnople that the capital Of the
Empire even II abandoned itself would not be so easily
conquered The elements the approach Bosphorus
on the side OF the Black Sea- the dangerous passage tho
straits the Publications constructed by the Turks the nu
merous batteries erected both sides of the and
tho i5l guns mounted them served good artillery
men, are means of resistance against which, in all proba
Oliiy, the Russian fleet would fail
We add to these the Turkish feet and in case Of need
the English and French fleets it will be easily believed
that Consantnope is not vet the of falling into
the hands ofthe Emperor Nicholas even though he should
ding away the mask and declare openly his secret designs
Inc Emperor himself has said have strong teeth
to crack such nuts and the question is does he believe
that he has the requisite set lie best can answer that
question: but my opinion now in the beginning OF this
question IS that so long England and France are uni.
ted to protect Turkey from aggression Russia will be
powerless to assai her. IL is not alone England and
france that interested in protecting Turkey from ruin
All Europe is equally in maintaining its equibri.
um The success Of that aggression would be followed by
general war, and Europe wishes for peace