Washington sentinel., 1854-07-11
forfign gntelligenfs.
BY THE BALTIC.
Convention for the Occupation Of the Prin-
cipalities by Austria.

BY THE BALTIC.
Convention for the Occupation of the Prin-
cipalit1es by Austria.
The following, according to the Independence
of Brussels, are the essential points of the con-
vention signed on the l4th, at Constantinople,
for the occupation of the Danubian provinces
by Austrian troops:
If the reply Of the Russian cabinet be mega
tive, the Austrian army will be ready to i'm
mediately carry into execution the threat con-
tanned in the summons, by entering the prin-
cipalities by the left bank of the Danube. The
Porte permits it, and Austria engages to do it.
Such is the general spirit of the treaty. AS to
its special conditions, the Austrian cabinet
takes as its starting point the independent ex-
istence of the Ottoman territory and the balance
of power in Europe. 1t recapitulates the prin-
ciples laid down by the conference of Vienna,
with the common accord of the four powers
who took part in that conference, and declares
itself ready to use all the force at its disposal
to carry out the object of that concert. The
emperor of Austria, in consequence, pledges
himself towards the Sultan to employ the
troops necessary to obtain the evacuation of
the Danubian principalities by the Russsian
army, in the event of the summons addressed
to Russia to that effect remaining unattended
to.
"While reserving to himself the direction Of
the operations of his army for the common
good, the Austrian commander-in-chief will
nevertheless inform the Turkish general-in-
chief of his combinations and his movements.
On entering the principalities, the Austrian
army will reestablish the former government
within the limits of the rights accorded by the
Porte to the country. Austria will not treat
for peace with Russia, except the integrity of
the Ottoman empire be guaranteed, and the
sovereignty of the sultan placed beyond the
reach of attack. The Austrian troops are to
evacuate the principalities as soon as possible
after the conclusion of peace. Such are the
principal clauses OF the Austro- Turkish conven-
ton, and they are, in fact, conformable to the
engagements taken by the Austria in the last
protocols Of the conference of Vienna.
FROM THE BALrIc.-No new operations have
place. The disaster to the British force which
attempted to enter the harbor of Gamla-K Kar-
leby is confirmed. Fifty-four British we're
killed or taken prisoners. The Russians also
captured boat and one gun. We have further
details Of Admiral Plumridge's recent attacks
on Brabestadt, and other points of Finland,
but the main facts are already known to the
public.
In the mean time Napier's operations seem
to be limited to blockade, but it was reported
that the British cabinet had under considera-
ton proposal made by him for striking great
blow in the Baltic in Helsingfors perhaps.
Full Particulars Of the Siege of sIlistria.
From the London Times of 22d.
The Siege Of Silistria-THe Victory of the
Turks there, and its probable consequences.
The latest intelligence from the Danube con.
firms in the most striking manner the hopes
we ventured to express yesterday, and we now
learn with the greatest satisfaction the trium-
phant termination of the first great encounter
of this compaign by the raising of the siege of
Silistria. Something less than one month has
elapsed since Mussa Pasha rejected with con-
tempt the summons of Prince Paskiewitsch to
surrender the fortress The regular operations
of the seige began about the 18th Of May. Tho
attack and the defence were carried on with
equal vigor.
Repeated storming parties were directed
against the intrenchments mines and counter
mines overthrew the works and convulsed the
soil, frequently including in one common de.
struction the besieging party and the besieged
On the 18th of June ar assault was ordered on
a huge scale, under the command of Prince
Gortschakof and General Schilders, Prince
Paskiewitsch having already been compelled
to retire from the camp by confusion which
units him for active service, and will probably
terminate his life. Again the Turks were VIC
torious, and Turkish brigade from Shumla
succeeded in entering the fortress. The com
mander-in.chief and the chief engineer were
both wounded, and General Luders is also re-
ported to have suffered. Mussa Pasha, the
Turkish commander, was killed by shell which
exploded in his house on the I'd Of June, some
days before this attack but the defence of the
place was not the less manfully conducted, and
on the l5 Of June, allowing one day to inter
vene for the repose Of the troops, the garrison,
reinforced by detachment from Omar Pasha's
army, assumed the offensive with the greatest
energy, and with complete success.
Even the islet Hopa, on which the Russians
had constructed batteries to annoy the north
front Of the fortress, was retaken so as to ena-
BILE the Turks TO threaten the Russian commu-
ncation across the river. Accordingly, we
learn that on the 10th the Russians we're in full
retreat, and that the siege was raised, a cir
cumstance the less to be wondered at as they
must have learned about the same time that an
Anglo French division had landed at Varna,
and that the army which had just been defeated,
with the loss Of its generals, by the Turkish
garrison Of Siistria alone, might within week
be attacked by fresh division of the best
troops in Europe. These glorious results be-
long to the Turkish arms exclusively, and the
soldiers Of the Sultan never fought with more
devoted and successful bravery than on this
occasion. In St. Petersburg the intelligence
Of these events will be received with consterna.
ton, for already on the 18th instant, the EN-.
peror had dispatched his minister Of war TO the
scene Of action to learn the causes of the fail
ure Of the siece Before Prince Dolrorouki
reaches the Danube lie viii learn that the Rus.
sian army has recrossed it, and that its chiefs
are hors de comJat.