HAszAaD's GAZETTE. APRIL 19.

( Losdos Correspondence of the Philadelphia Presbyterian )

Lo.\'nb.\', March 1854. pieces of interesting intelli-

gssioe gov and llllslonary world. ram: With re- renos to the British and Foreign Bible So- °l° u 1 Nil truly happy it inform our readers of, ruull of the ubilee collections. Tliese “W . _ l-Dill J ,000:and,as iftoshow how entirely this sum is to be considered as extra, 0. mar income, so far from sutferin by the lIb6l’Ill{, thus shown, is actually about ‘.000 larfir than it was last ear. But b_es_ides and _yond all this, the p on for pro- I the Chinese with a million New Testo- l°'3lli at an expense of $85,000, which at first '9! “Mg: I gipntie undertaking for one 3901'. has n I0®llI‘Blllll9d already at the close °fflUelIIeIIllis—-and one who have conducted the measure, feeling unwilling to relinquish their exertipns thus early, are now directing ir attention to the im rtanoe of inoreasin 3 _gupplv of missionaries to that wide and il|Vl9'l;5 field. These rticulars I have just reogi from one of thiisecretaries, and, as hell!" they are not

_ yet in rint, the will re- bably be quite_ fresh in Amllarica. There ngver ‘II I year, seems, so remarkable for the rnuniflecnee of the Christian public as the re- lint, and I trust we may conclude that this is onl_y_an earnest of what is et to be done by British Christians in the fish! of gospel labour and enter ise. Another most

on Tunfhy important piece of news has,

_ lhst, arrived from China, which, except it shall have been printed in time to "110 you one of the newspapers going in 0130 Ill!) w ch conveys this letter, must also 50; P0 iectly new to your readers. Mr. Med- hllfii. the Chinese missionary, writes tbate\'ery- thin promises great success to the gospel in the _and in whie he labours. From whatever motive. TIB Pin Wang, the insurgent chief, has declared hiinsel more unequivocally than ever in favour of the gospel.el{e has in his pay 300 men, whose do it is to distribute good books, and especial y (portions of the Bible, among his followers, an over the whole country w ere he has access, and the way is over here paved for the hearty reception of gospe truth.

IEWS BY THE ENGLISH IAIL. Wan nscaaasn BY ENGLAND.

some nghunfim the Danube.

The Royal Mail Steamer flincrica, arrived at Halifax on Friday last, 3 o'clock.

War was formally proclaimed at Lon- don Royal Exchange in presence of Ciiic Authorities.

Teneriffe and Cambria sailed with more Troops for the East.

No Letters of Marque will be issued by France or England.

e War will be carried on in strict accordance with Treaty between the Porto, England & France signed on 9th March.

On 23d, Russian Detachment under Gortchakoff, forced passage of Danube above Tulska, and captured ll guns and H00 prisoners and occupied Julska and several Forts on right bank of Danube.

Russians attempted to cross Danube at Oltcnitza when desperate battle ensued, Russians re ulsed with loss of Three Thou: en ! Turks were so badly cut up that they had to retire to their entrench- ments. Carnage dreadful.

Russians have succeeded in crossing Danube at three points.

Ikssi the European Times.)

The Mensa e o the Queen to both Houses of Par iament, and the formal Dec- larations of VVar both by England and France against Russia, have put an end to the protrocted state of uncertainty in which the nation'has been involved during many months past. England, atler nearly forty years’ peace, is now in a state of war, with all its incidents and calamities, and our united eflbrts must be directed so to carry on hostilities as to make future despots dread the terror of our arms. Our readers will perceive by the reports in the usual

lace in our columns that the Hon. Cap- tain. Blsckwood, the Queen's messenger, reached the metropolis on Saturday evening last, with the formal intelligence, conveyed through Count Nesselrodc, that the Czar refused to ive any reply to the ultimatum of the estern Powers, demanding the evacuation of the Pi-incipalities. On Mon- day evening the royal messngo was sent to both Houses of ‘Parliament; on the same day Louie Napoleon made a similar an- nouncement to the French Chambers, that the final resolve of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh has placed Russia in a state of war as regards France. he Emperor t_hrsw the whole responsibility of this rup- t upon the ssian Government. The 6301!! Declaration of War, issued on Tuesday, is an unimpeachabls document. It-wlll*be Ibundiaartcnso in another column, t her with the Orders in Council, usu- yprolhul atedu nsiichoccasions. The French a Eng ish Governments having r',ecai_ved from the Cabinet of Washington an assurance that the citizen of the United States shall not be rmittod to act as pri- vateers, both the estern Powers for the nt‘ have waived their undoubted bel- rent and it is not their intention missus latte,»-s of ion no for the commis- privateers. f the war continues jay leagt, of time we are not, however, only sanguine that this forbearance will be ’ ' ; there is, however, every on on the part or a and 9' ' '-to respect neutral rights; at the gas tinie friendly neutral were must take oaseptbat their sub'ects o not attempt to break bloslrodes

, e tively enforced, nor

pppsy the with cosuraband articles of'wlrli“7|.:Elsrstioa of War, by a sdsuiea

‘ ‘without our consent-

religion was used in vain to cover an cg-l gross-ion undertaken in disregard of its ho y ' spirit." We rejoice exceedingly to see it, blsssiiig of Providence, and the success of ‘ ‘ her brave and loyal people, to ro-cstab- lish peace upon IAFI sun sous FOUNDA- rioiis.” We are convinced that these words are not employed undesigncdly, and we are sure the Czar will bitterl rue his present unjustifiable conduct. is oven- ing oftho Black Sea, and the mouth o the river Danube; the loss of Ismael and Se- bastopol; the destruction of the Russian fleets in the Baltic and in the Black Sea; the demolition ofall the Russian forts on the coast of Circassia, from Trebizond to Anapa —the Russians being driven necessarily northward of the Kubon, or better still, the Don and Volga; some friendly visits, pre- concerted by Sir James Graham, by our men-of-war to Archangel and the Sea of Okhotsk, with the destruction of St. Peter and Paul Fort, and the capture of the stray men-of-war in the Chinese Seiis—all these troubles seem impending over the Czar, who will, we hope, find, after a ruinous war, his limits circumscribed to those of I770. The impossibility of saving the Russian forts on the coast of Carcassia is so evident to the Czar, that he appears to have abandoned them since advices have been received that Souchum Kale is actually in flames, and the Circassians were plunder- ’ it

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The Sampson brought the news, and the Furious was sent to gather further informa- tion. On the Dunubc war has commenced in serious earnest. As far as we can under- stand by the usual conflicting accounts from Vienna, the Russians have passed the Da- nube in several places. ‘rem Galatz and Brailoff at least 50,000 Russians have crossed the river, and invested Matschin. Oinnr Pachii’s right wing in the Dobrudska is about 40,000 men, and we hope he will be strong enough to keep his position until the allied troops can relieve him. At Oltenitza the Russians have also passed in great force, and o. snnguinnry battle has taken place at this spot, and also opposite Brailotf. VVe think it very likely that the Turks have been beaten at Brailolf, but are inclined to believe that the Russians have had the worst of it at Oltenitzn. We, how- ever, are sanguine that the entrance of Luder’s force in the Dobrudska (as that tract of country is called which is on the borders ot' the Black Sea, as far as the Trajan wall) will not have any great results. So long as Kalafat is hold by Omar Pnchu the Russians will not venture to advance into Bulgaria. The passage of the Danube may have the effect of demonstrating to the Austrians and Prussians the real character oftlie aggression, and it leaves those pow- ers no pictcncc for neutrality. However, ifthcy persevere in this policy, the presence of the Anglo-Frencli fleet in the altic, and a little pressure of the French on the Rhine will, we think, bring them to a due sense of their obvious interests. with which the Czar has treated both Prus- sia and Austria must reuse the feelings of independence ofthc Germans, ifthey really ave any at all. The Greek insurrection is foi- the moment spreading, but when the Greeks learn how resolute the Czar is not to allow them to become a great nation, and that all their schemes of a Byzantine king- dom at Constantinople are purely visionary it will probably cool their enthusiasm. they are not soon undeccived, the French and English troops must teach them to be quiet just now. King Otho must be got rid of. The greatest exertions are being made to send forward the reinforcements for the Baltic fleet. Almost every day some power- ful ship slips from her anchorage at Ports- mouth to join Sir Charles Napier. The Austerlitz, 100 guns, Frenc man-of-war, hus by this time reached Wingo Sound, and several other French vessels are fast follow- ing. Sir Charles Napier having arrived at Kiel, sailed from that port on Tuesday last, with an intention to anchor at Kjoge, south of Copenhagen, in order to he as near the future seat of action as possible. The Miranda had returned to Copenhagen, after having reconnoitered as far as Revel. B this time Sir Charles Napier will, no doubt, be near the Gulf of Finland, reinforced by Admiral Corry, and it is almost certain they will arrive in time before there is 0 water in the higher Russian ports. ro- vided Sir Charles arrives in time to prevent the Revel fleet from getting to Cronstadt or Sveabourg his temporary object will be achieved, and then we hope he will wait until all his fleet shall assemble before he strikes any blow at the ibrmillable forts with which he has to deal. The Russians are making the most stu cndous efforts to protect their coasts. elsingfors, Sven- bourg, Wyberg, and Cronstadt have been inspected, and all the powers of artillery are collected to give Sir Charles Napier a warm reception. The allant admiral has by far a harder task be ore him than any of the other coirmanders, and he will require the presence of his entire force before a commences operations. Some ortion of the French army has arrived at alts, and the French and English troops have frater- nised with enthusiasm. Every effort will now be made to push on the allied troops to Constantinople. The Sultan has signed the convention with the Allied Powers, the main conditions of which are that France and E laiid engage to on port Turkey by forces arms until the cone usion of a peace which shall secure the iiide ndenoe and idqrity of the 8u|taa’s nias. The Sultan will not e apoaee e proaiioe to eva- cuate those parts of the Turkish territory which we . ' 0'

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may dad itseooesary to oceupg war. This treaty bopn -nod. Prussiavto stibsuia, and-It

The contornptv

without distinction of creed, complete equa- lity before the law. This document etlec-

of the Czar to get a footing in Turkey.-

his own people and himself without troubling himself about protecting the subjects of other powers. . '

THE BALTIC. sin c. iurii-zit A1’ corcsilinzn.

Corcsniers, March ‘2'2.—The day be- fore yesterduy Sir Charles Napier arrived here in the steamer Valorous, Captain Buckle. The Dunes were excessively pleased with him for taking all‘ his hat on landing at the Custom-house stairs. Sir Charles then paid alvisit to Mr. Buchanan, our Minister, and with him proceeded to pay his respects to the Danish Minister foi- Foreign Affairs. It is said that the King of Denmark refused to see the alien! admiral, on a plea‘, of ill-liealth, but, in reality, from an indisposition to offend the Russian party, which is rather strong here. Yesterday morning Sir Charles Napier returned in the Valorous to \Vingo Sound.

Russiin rnsrianioxs IN run BAL'|’lC.—- The Austrian Lloyd contains information extracted from St. Petersburg letters of the l4th. The Russians appear to be fully convinced that, even if things go well with the allies, only a part of the fleet will be fit for service by the time it gets up to Cronstadt. The sand banks are number- less, and, in addition to these, the ships have all to contend with the Schecren flotilla, which is likely to be very destructive to single vessels. This flotilla is stationed behind the Schceren (the archipelago of islets and roofs or ri gcs of rocks which line the coast on both sides ofthc Baltic is so called), where there is not sufiicient depth of water for larger vessels. It is supposed that in the operations against Sweaborg, Oescl, and Revel, the allies will sutfer severely. The greater part of the

ussinn fleet is at Cronstadt, “which is being fortified so as to bid defiance to all attacks." The island is connected with the continent by means ofan artificial dam, which is covered with batteries. The sli-and batteries which command the channel leading up to the harbour have been dmibled, and before Cronstadt can be attacked these batteries, which contain 800 guns of the largest calibre, must be destroyed. There are three artillery parks in reserve. A private letter ofthc l5tli, from - Stockholm, also speaks of the fearful preparations of the Russians for defence. The Grand Duke Constantine had been awliole fort- night at Helsingfers supcrientending the works. It is generally believed the first hostile collision will take place at the island ofOcscl, which may be considered as the advanced post to Revel. Swuaborg is so protected by sand-banks, reefs, and strand batteries, that an attack is almost impos- sible. “The Russian fleet is perfectly secure at Swcaborg, an ' may render - ” at the allies when they return." AI amps have been removed from the ligli _ s, and the buoys taken up, so that the most experienced Russian pilots would be at a loss to find their wn up to Cronstadt;

‘run NEW rasur nsrwsrzrz runuizv, FRANCE, AND ENGLAND.

Letters have been received from Con- stantinople to the l5th ult. The treaty of alliance between the Ports, France, and England, which was signed in the night of the l2tb, the whole of which Lord Strntford do Redclifl'e and General Barnguay d’Hil- liers passed at the residence of Rcdscliid Paclia, not only relates to the military ne- cessities of the campaign which is about to open, but also definitively regulates the con- ditions of the emancipation oftlie Christian subjects of the Porto. The treaty, copies of which have reached Europe for the rati- fication ol the French and English Govern- ments, is composed of five articles. By the first France and England engii c to support Turkey by force ol arinr until the conclu- sion ofa peace which shall secure the inde- pendence of the Ottoman empire and the integrity of the rights of the Sultan. The two protecting Powers undertake not to de- rivc from the actual crisis, or from the negotiations which may terminate it, any exclusive advantage. By the second article the Ports, on its side, pledges itself not to make peace under any circumstances with- out having previously obtained the consent and solicited the participation of the two Powers, and nlqp to employ all its resources to carry on the war with vigour. In the third article t two Powers promise to evacuate imme tely after the conclusion war, the demand ofthc Porte, all the posts 0 c empire which their troo s shall have oc pied during the war. lily the fourth article the treaty remains open for the signature of the other Powers of Europe who may wish to become parties to it; and the fillh and last article guarantees to all the subjects of the Poi-te, without distinction or rci ion, equality in the eye of the law and admissibility into all em loy- ments. To this treaty are," attache , as integral parts of it, several protocols which regulate the essential points of the conven- 'on. e' relates to the institution of mixed tribunals throughout the whole em- pire; a second is relative to an advance of 20,000,000f. jointly by France and England; and a third relates to the collection of the taxes and the suppression of the haratcli or poll tax, which, having been considered for a long time past by the Turkish Govern- ment as only the,purehase of exem tion from military service, leads, by its abo itch, to the entrance of Christians into the army.

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Jras aasr. -« It is riniioussd ‘that, in-’ addition to the; late angmestdlllrroftlre ilnny‘-,~ uionris ‘to

A ‘secures to all the subjects of the Ports,

be a timber increase of H.000, and that

l the first division of the expeditionary ‘force i ut ;\lult« is now being rapidly moved on to

precepts and of its pure and beneficial - tually extinguishes the last remaining hopes Coiistantiimple.

An Admirglisy notice has been issued

recorded that her Majesty trusts, by the l The Autocrat must now look to rotecting inviting tenders for the conveyance to

Constantinople of I13 guns, weighing 342 tons, be-ides 59 tons of anchors and chain cab s.

it was finally decided on the 25th to send the entire cavalry force destined for the Ha.-t tlirougli France, einlinrking it on the Mediterranean at" Marseilles. No other portion ofthc British contingent proceeds by that route.

Wicoss his run SICK AND \V0|'NDED.—GOVel'll- meat, acting upon past experience. and in order to obviate the privatioiis and sufliirings to which the British army were sub',cted during former campaigns (especially in th late Puiijsub war), from the want of proper veliiclss in which to convey the wounded from the battle-tield. and the sick on lung marches, have ordered twenty wagons to be built for the use of the expedition- ary army in the East. ’l‘hcy are built on four wheels, having unusuall long springs, iind so contrived us to turn in t c least possible space. lliicli vehicle is divided into four compartments, each i-oinpurtuient being six feet and a half long, on two feet in breadth and depth. Vcnctiuii shutters will prevent the entrance 0 the sun's rays, and at the same time will give proper venti ation to the several compartments. In front of the wagon are several seats for those who are not so dangerously wounded us their less fortunate companions, who are placed inside, and the door so turns down as to make an ample operation table. From the roof are suspended sheets to form bandages, and other appliances to be ready at u moment‘s notice ; while it large locker in front contains the surgical instruments, medicines, Ike.

Gus-lloi-rs.—We believe that the want of

_ gun-boats has not been lost sight of, and that

it is prupisctl to send luilf-ii-dozcii of such vessels as shall unite the two desirable quali- ties of heavy gun-bouts and swift steamers, vessels probably ofiibout 160 feet long, and 400 to 500 tons, so armed as to be most formidable for the attack of anything, fixed or moveiiblc, and so swift that nothing that the cnem huscan catch them, with the means on hour ofdreadful destruction, and compara- tively little in bulk to present to the enemy's lire. lulf-a-dozen of such vessels would crush fifty ofthc old-fasliioncd gun-boats like so many egg shells. These boots will most likely be ready in the course of ii few weeks.

LATEST PARTICULARS.

Gallipoli appears to be the int on the Turkish coast which has been se ecled for the landing both of the French and British contin- gents. s vi ill be seen on reference to the ma , it is very convenientl situated for that pur- pose. It can be eusi y defended a inst an and attack, and troops stationed t ere could ' eat facility be marched to Adriauople, or eni rked on the Sea of Marmara. and landed ntany part of the Black Sea coast where their presence might be re uired. The regiments

ielonging to the expo itionary army, still in l-Zngliind will now, ol' course, proceed direct to Gullipoli without stogping at Malta. ‘

It is said that Sir . L. Evans will command the 5000 men destined for u “ special service."

The fleet of Sir Charles Na ier is again under weigh, and there is no doubt ut the first point of attack will be the island of Aland. The as ch: in the fleet nfiirrns that an oflioer hi ii in command ventured, in a conference wi Sir Charles Napier, to argue against attacking Aland, saying that great carnage must occur in such an attack by ships without troops. there being about seven thousand Russian soldiers in garrison on the island. The answer of Admiral Napier is stated to have been very characteris- tic. “ If you think so, you had better go home again.” The impression in the fleet is that Aland will be the scene oftheir first operations.

It is suited that the Russian squadron has left Revel, but it is not known where they have gone. iiu currcntopinieu in Stockholm is that the Russians will not mcetSir C. Napier's fleet. It is added that the Russian force of shipping is much over-rated.

All the crews of the ships to general quarters daily, and are practise at the rent gun exercise in firing at targets and in ricket tiring at any small rocks or islands they may be near.