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4 FEELING IN TURKEY AND EGYPT.zThe Par
| is correspondent ofthe London Times wtites'-
4 Among the letters which have seen from Cor
stantinople of the 25th., several speak, If not
despondngly, at least not in the sanguinc tone
one might expect from the decided attitude a.
dopted by the maritime Powers, and the cruise
of the combined fleets in the Black Sea. Per
haps some allowance ought to be made.for the
Turks under the circumstances; and the dis
covery Of conspiracy in the very capital of
the Sultans dominions is sufficient to account
for this gloomy tone. 1t is still feared, that
the Russians will muster all their strength to
strike decisive blow on the Danube before
any force-French or English-0an render as
sistance, or even reach the spot, and that ST.
nultaneously with that apprehended calamity,
a renewed attempt will be made TO revolution
ise the Slavonian subjects of the Porte, which
would place the Sultan at the mercy of the
Gar and terrify him into any conditions he
might think proper: "The Czar," they say,
''has little or nothing to lose. He can keep
his Black Sea feet in port, though the impos
sbilitv of fvictualling his troops on the Asiatic
territory, or sending reinforcements is very in.
convenient to him, yet it is not such an evil as
would counterbalance his successes in another
direction.
The blow he meditates on the Danube, and
which we fear may be successful, would restore
the prestige his arms have lost, and he is ure
that at any period of the war he has only to
consent to the conditions proposed by the Pow
ers to arrest all further proceedings against
himself, and to allow him time to re-commence
on the first favorable occasion. If the Pow
ers made the Car understand that he would be
made responsible for the expense of the war,
not only to Turkey, but to France and Eng
land; that any part of his territory their forces
would occupy would henceforth cease to belong
to him. and that in fact Turkey viii not only be
supported on sea and land. but also indemnli
fed for her losses. the case would be different.
If not the advantage is all on the side of Rus
sia while even many partial successes only
exhaust Turkey" In fact, the greater part OF
the private letters allude to are more or less
in the same squerulous strain, for all antici-
pate some disaster on the Danube to the Turk
ish arms before a single French or English
soldier can set his foot on any part of Turkey.
They complain of delay now qnite as much as
they complained of the fleets while they werO
at anchor in the Bosphorus, previous to enter
ing the Black Sea. In Austria, as may be
expected, they profess no confidence, and say
that the open adherence to Russia of that Pow
er would notwithstanding her present engage
ments, at once follow victory gained by the
Russians. The discovery of the conspiracy
has, as have already mentioned, occasioned
much uneasiness in COnstantinOple. l am re-
quested not to place much confidence in what
the local papers say of the vigilance and aetiv-
itv of the Turkish police. 1t was, it appears,
less owing to their cleverness than to accident
that the letter was found which led to the dis
covery of the plot, if indeed, it has all been as
vet discovered; and that letter, it will be re-
membered, recommended the Russians to cross
the Danube, as they would be received by alf
Bulgaria risen in insurrectlon.
A letter from Alexandria of the 23d Janua-
ry gives some details which are not devoid OF
interest Everywhere in Egypt, as in Turkey
the inhabitants were making voluntary gifts to
the Sultan both in money and kind. At Alex
andria, Beyrout Cairo and other large towns,
the Europeans taking large part in these acts
of patriotic generosity. At Cairo, the women
of the harems of the principal Mussulman in
habitants had distinguished themselves by the
importance of their gifts. Amongst other
things they had given large quantity OF linen
and lint, for the surgeons at the seat of war,
and in many instances jewels were sold to buy
medicaments. The Egyptian officers who are
with the army of the Danube have written
home to their families, speaking in high terms
of the manner in which the Turkish govern
ment treated them.
The modification of the Turkish Ministry, of
which so much has been made, is simply the
retirement of Mehemet Ali and tie introduc.
ton Of Achmed Ria Pacha is an energetic
man, who for this quality was made Capudan
Pacha, after his predecessors neglect had been
placed in strong light by the catastrophe of
Sinope 1t is mistake to set him down as
one of the peace party. He is for carrying on
the war with energy, because, he sees that to
avoid it is impossible. He is now Searaskier,-
or Minister of war, and Achmed Pacha takes
his former post.