The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-17
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PREPARATIONS FOR WAR-THE WAR IN THE EAST
COMING EvKNTs-RKP0RrED DEATH OF NJ. sOULE.
LONDON, Friday, Dsc. 80, 1858.
England is making active preparations for . war with
Ruasa-for the BE- st friends OF peace now say that
must come to that The Of snops the attack
upon Astchin-which ia the Turkish territory and
which . fragrant breach OF the promise made by
RsssiA not to commences aggressive war-have at last
opened the eyes o, the blind The crossing Of the
Pruth the 9th Of July last more than six smiths
SINCE should have been regarded INVASION and had
the combined est Of England and France then entered
he Dardanses the present which next mail may In
KIM rs . European one might have been avoided.
lurng those six months Russia has not been idle She
sfortfed herself strongly ia tie Prncpalties she hss
I'D time to concentrate her troops and raise
ber agents in Persia have induced the Shah Persia
lodeclare war TO Turkey; and if to trust very
crstAble sources she has positively organized army
In Central Asia Of 900 horssmsn OF the yosn and
Tartar tribes-msn we'll armed hardened to fatigue and
accustomed to traverse immense distances This army is
Isd against Khiva The English representative at the
Court of Persia has been obliged leave The Persian
Army has been placed der the orders Of Russian
erA and 1t is comic emily rumorsd that Russia will
back England in her Indian very com
mensement Of hosiiss.
mentioned In my last that the positive order
had been sent to the English and French admiras and
10 the English and French ambassadors nopc
10 aot with energy The RusAu feet is ordered to
keep within sebasopol Any attack upon the Turks viii
- resented by force Under these circumstances col
Msou Is inevitable.
You win see In all the London papers telegTaphic
sgss TO the effect that Turkey had consented to the pro-
posA Of England, France, Austria and Prussia the
conditions upon which bonorably treat for peace
This nothing Il is using the tslegraphic wires to
nurpose Turkey reusa tedly declared that the
evacuation OF the Principalites is sine qua Of all
nsrotation And do you think Russia after what she
has DONE will quietly Withdraw The idea is absurd
And yet there old sere called statesmen who
believe it Why do they not send Golden and two or
thres members OF the Peace Society to the Czar HIS
would probably hang them instead of listening to their
nonsense or send them to Siberia Il might the N.
Autographs despatch in the Times Of yesterday states
that freship sent By the Russians to set fire to the
combined feet had been stopped by the Turks near the
Bosphorus private letter from Csnsiantnople just
received in town in 3 confirms the aespatch
Here is the extract from the letter in question:
CovrAxnSorIR Dec Isl have just learned . very
,portan piece Of but have not time to fully VERT
,its truth. By next post sha be abs to telyou II
epears that last night the cannons from the Turkish
ittefies stationed the mouth OF the Black Sea
pppsa schooner which endeavoring to enter the
1sphorus by stealth This little vessel was detained
ID visited and crew Of forty ave found board
.her. Some papers OF susp aous character were like
be found, and the remains o. combustiole matters
These forty five supposed 10 be divers with the
issiou attaching certain nsmmablc matters to the
bottoms Of the Turkish and allied squAdrons now
In the Rsphorus have learnt this from pretty good
SOURCE but do not give 1t positive until fad 1t
roborated.
There have been very bad storms In the Black Sea
Ne than eighty trading vessels said to have been
lest The weather may Arded the entrance Of the
feets but next mail viii doubtless announce the fact
The feeling In France Ia streng for war with Russia
that Louis Napoleon, IL so inclined, would ind
hazardous oppose IT, In England the general feeling
IL % aAly strong In fact continually asked, When
% ssbasopo TO be bOmbarded2 The Turks anything
but oowed BY the recen, deser sinope On the
tary has given additional Stimulus 10 their energies
The public here is kept very we'll informed OF what Ia
going On. Tbs Times has correspondent at widdin
(KAlesa the Chronic CcntAntinopls (politicAD,
and one at omer PashGs camp (msry), the DAILY Nssw
one 1t vsrna. The Chronicle has organized correspon
dsnoes at semss Bucharest Belgrade Hsrmanstadt and
In Asia. In fact The public papers much better
'ormsd than the English government
There reports Of change OF ministry at Con,tant
nope Rsschd PAchs be Grand virer the Minister OF
Marine 70 be replaced by Kali Psohs. These are but
rumo and the change At any rate would not Affect the
general policy of the Porte
The Porte has contracted loan of f2oo 600 with thres
banking houses Of CoHstAntinople
From tbs Danube there In no news The ssysrs cold
prevents any operations
The reports OF the war In Ala must be taxen with
great caution. Those tnst have been recently pu bshsd
came nearly AL through Russian or what is the same
Austrian source The accounts received to-day from
pnstantiDople direct are much favorable to the
srks
The latest accounts received Direct (by lstter from
,nstsntinople are Of the 10th December
The following is the latest authentic nellssnc from
theatre Of war In ASIA
The two chief quarters Of the Turkish army in Asia
ut Baoum the Black Sci. in that portion OF Anatoa
TO the ancents under the sppelston OF Pontur
The other Army has its headquarters at ksrs The army
Mt BAtoum stand under the orders Of Sem PAchA tst
OF KArs 10 commanded BY ADD Pschs Selm Pscha sent
considerable force forv ard along the coast OF B.ck
Bea, through Guris ChipgreA aud kbAs'is, along the
thaxr ~ - ,sl ftus "A.