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GAZETTE,

» l.l3l.tiIli'rEt§° rtltibilmlllihih, Amt GQMMEMZEAL AEDVEEEIEER.

New Series. No. 263?

msrorirciir. srrxiunv _ OF THE RUSSIAN W R.

ACTIVE E.\"I’R.\.‘ICE OF ENGLAND AND THE WAR.

cotrlitiori of the respective bclligerents, we may C011

are obli_r.;e.l to say tlisit, having landed the Englis‘. an 1 French cxpi.-diiioiiary forces in 'l‘ul‘'-:0V, 9114: 9" it were, set. the n do-.vn within reac ' we shall finl little to justify any their proczeliiig-: for the next f \\'.1l‘p2‘O3'§)lJl; airl, iirlc-ed, o _, part of the sti'.i;‘:lc-——'i truly n -—=.oon C1)_'_;.1f.“‘0'l the attentiono '11 E‘“‘°P33 bi‘ “'9 i miss, in the story of it, the ac °" Presence ’f ‘he Allied forces. 'l‘lioy were rfmd t°°k "° Parl- _',. In short, though ilispatelier 3P““.3'» tl1‘=.V ‘jere “Ol- destiiiel to eii'_rar,r..i the foe “‘""'m"- D”-'m‘I‘h9t

tion of ,, d,.V..,1f,,1 P race, not the larrlslrips or

,._._,m.,t,0,,h.3, of 3 $1 /is cainpaign. With the ex- ‘ c,p.,_;0., of one ,,;go,. _.Ho‘.v struck by the fieet,_oiir ,.3._,,._,,.ks appyy to t}, iieral attitude of both services. 0, the 0:1,” 3,4 i lurirope, however, soinethiiig

first), and the reai advetitures of t _ comempomneoii ‘ltli the occurrences which we now

pmc8c._i to men 1 in their order.

1- ‘rAiimii:s'r or ODESSA.

T,.ustw,.,,t inforrnsrtion having come that_ be- t.,v,,._,n 351,, l and the various Russian stations, Odessa, there was a constant. and ac-

to and fro of troops and stores, the issued forth and patrolled the whole 1?,‘ the Russian ships to take refuge in

,5e1,a5to after which, Admiral Dundas and Ad- n:_,.,,[ I iolin, with their squadrons, approached DJeS‘a the 22d of .\Iai‘ch. There, the sqiia.-lrons

, home r sail about three miles out to sea, sent a mar] fisel with a flag" of truce, to summon General 5:9 .ckcn to deliver up to them all the ships, _ mire l1‘l.I‘l)0‘r.l!‘, failing which, cliastisement ‘Jule forthwith be inflicted for the massacre of

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‘nap _ _ -n . « r . . Bear- anything was attempted against Olessir, jn(Sll0‘.S from the batteries had been aimed at an g_qis‘.i flag of truce (borne by ‘the Fur_i/_:) and it was jipensable to teach our b:i.ro_ii‘oiis eiicxiires, by a lessor). to respect tlielaivs of nations. .\cxt ’ -' -> ' -~- ' v ‘ f liotlr n'ition~' 3,, mg 2;], twelve \\.l.i‘.~t3."t.1L‘l‘a o _ . _ .. viii dcta;-lied fro:n the fleet, and sent witlnn range ‘shot; the order being to spare the. to\vn,if possililr-, t to ile-‘troy the b:itt.-rics, the iiizigazincs, and the the lrnrboiir. The order was scrr,ipiiloiisl_v in the first ptirtierilar, and executed Wllll. ant off_i:t in the s-scan-.,l. ‘The. dt‘:lfl‘llI1)0l)t of ,-tea-_nr_~rs zippi-oaclicrl, accompanied by rocket-boats; .h3se vcntrirt-tl further in, being a smaller iiiarlt for the l-.rri.l artillery, wliii-h drireil not besiiles waste its fire sliru-I of the c-overing frigat_es and stearirers, '1 he boatiliaving taken their station, the :ittai-l{irigilo- t.ichineiit be::in a lllU~b singular and bearitiful move- ment in file, trackiiig one the other's wake with ex- q-,.i;,1re precision. irlo-.r<_; an ever-i'cpcatcd 4‘.-niclc; alrpl as each vessel t0‘.l(‘llt.'Ll those points of ier or it which were nearest to the Rrissian batteries. she de- 'i'a;_cil her l)l‘0£1r.lSlil(.‘, passing onp'ards,]and inailci ty (for her successor in the revo ving ciain, iinti r ii turn slroirlrl come again. To l.))!'l'0\V ii. rno_st. rphic. airl sti'ikiri«_.~; expression. used by an eye-wit- Its, the (‘V-.‘l‘-1‘t*l1ll'llll)}_‘,‘ evolution of these graceful Inistcrs of a rneinorable act of vengeance seemed, 1n;he ilistzrnce, to be ierforming it sort of wild waltz together, in they l11l' low the fortifications of the P?‘;id llii-ishiii siaport. I the p‘,._.m.h gmgm:-rs, struck by I! fed-lI0!‘.~rll0t 4 ,,r_.‘,, an hull, ci.-i'__;ht tire, and returned tar it, , 5p‘'\,'_jQ to tilt.‘ flu.-t, " n isliing the llavnes. _ th: \VL)‘.1l1.lCIl f.ilt-on liastciiorl to take agaiii her striic ivo place in what niay be sir-tl to ll‘.i.\(:.):O- 4,5191 also the wlicclirig flight of some licaiititrrl .,.y._, 0; ,,.,,.y Q\.\’0Jpll)g at intcrvoals, each in its turn, up .3 the quarry.

'.l'.i~;-. il~.-llviice from the shore was at fir“ "99’ spit-1-cl. :i'.)Ll the Ruszizins are described as liavrrig stat) l well to their grins-_; but in_ range tires: were in- ferii)l‘l0 th: artillery ol the _ship3; deg,-C ., the tire of the garrison bL‘Cf\.Y‘T"l81.‘l0\\1'1O‘I;,‘Hi n

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1,13,, in in quick succession, while most of the bit- r

teries w-re rlimio;riited, the forts knocked to pieces, an-1 thug nine .~‘l.|‘(5r\’ll with the bo.lies of the artillery- m:-n. \\'lieri the defences were shattered into a sh-1r_)_)le5!\ ruin, and the resistance of the Russiaiis bu‘ e,,',l,_-,itly CE!:1'si)l in desp.rir, and when thirteen of an ,m,,,1y’g ships, laden with munitions of w.-ir hq,-1 bgjn c.i')tiir'c.l. the Allicil dctacliment drew olwl 08 will rejoined the fleets. Then‘ Commlles ho ad lfrou the vards of the distant men-of-war, ne§Q&t1]C actiih, descenderl now and welcoinerl rr 1; with slioiits that might have been hc_'irrl on lei What the Russian loss was in slain and dad we have not. of 001310. ll“ “‘°‘“' °‘ mm’

motrr irs coiiiinxceiinxr To run PR NT TIME xci-1 iuro With this brief but necessary glance the general

tintre 0‘lI‘ recoinl of the 1t’)l.tI3.l events. find here We

In the middle of the action, i

to have assistance in e:~:-‘ T his was very soon cflccterl; |

and, by sciisililo , At ‘

tainfng with exactitude. The o'iicers engaged have estinated the number of the enemy killel at about eigrit hundred or a thousand soldiers. The Allies h'l ten sailors wounded and five killed. Such was tlo bombardment of Odessa. on the 23d of March. Shortly afterwards the loss of the '1'i2'cr (I6 guns) recurred. She groiindei at the Cimpagna Costazzi, near Odessa, in such a position that she could not use her batteries afgainst the field artilliky on shore. After a s‘.iort fight she surrendered, and her crew (250) were all ma le prisoners, and carried to Odessa, where they were well treated. The Captain's (Gil"far.l's) wounds proved mortal ; and he told the oficers and sailors around with his last breath, that to his death they owed their own lives; for he was going to fire the ]')’)1V..lt-'22‘-ln'].3lZlll3 when he was struck down. The ltiissiaus blew up the Tiger.

PASSAGE OF THE DANUBFI BY LUDER5 AND GORTSClIAI{0FF.

It was about this epoch that Prince Dolgorouki, sent to Teheran to involve Persia in the Czar's

riarrpl. struck the Sedr Azim, or Prime Minister of t e S rah, with a cane to punish his reluctance. The most irnperative instructions had now come from St. POt'_‘I‘.il)lli'g to the Russian Generals in the Principrrlities, to effect some great exploit at wint- eizer ms/. The fTl"'lllflll sidniticance of this order delivered Prince Griihschakoganrl his coadjiitors from cor airi iiatriralseriiplesanrl hesitations. Long since, the Czar must have perused the report of General Schilders, announcing, so early as the month of J ariiiary, a lo rs of thirtv-five thou-rand Russian soldiers, altliough active hostilities had then lasted onl about ten weeks. There could be no illusion in the m rial mind, and yet this order is sertt) the Genlgials, enforcel by the awful addition, “at wlrate;-erco.s!." To hear was to obey.

We lmve seen how, on the l5ili of March, Prince Goi'tsi:li:ikntl' lrzirl been frrrsiriiic in loodv attempt to seize ilic island between Oltcniiza and 'l‘iiririkai, losing ZUUU men, and yet failing to storm the place. Lrrrlcrs Iizid five days before this crossed the D.iniibe at Galatz. He was in force, having 211 battalions. S sqriiidrons, ti soinias, and 61 guns. Gorisclialtoff, lcziriiriig the fact of the passage so far down the river to the rear of his own left, (l€l(.‘l'll)lllCil to abiirrloii for the present his disheart- ening operations agaiiist 'l'urtiikiii and Riistclrrik, and to fly to tliesiipport of Luders; thus imparting, he hoped, a decisive cliiiracter to the advance of that ciiierprisizig Ccircrnl. By a retrogade circuit, llJ|111SS".‘tl even beyond ilic rear of lrnders’ left flink, niirl llIl'C\V lurnself across ilic rivera little above 'l‘nltsclra, wiili l-l baiialioiis, 16 sqriadroiis, 6 soinias. and :11 grins. He brought with him mire c:ivalr_v than Luders though a smaller general force: and their niiiied colrimns amounted to near-l_v .')ll.tl1).l ll]f"ll. The reader is aivirn-, ilrattlnicr Paclia lrzrd (ll\.‘l?i\J\.‘il not to dispute possession of ilic Upper l;.rbi';irls::!i:i: and it is. therefore, nearly incompre- licasilrle. ilrorigli siaicd in all the. coriicniporary ac:-oriiiis ofilicse operniioiis, that Prince Lx‘orisclra- kolf slioiilil have there ialicn eleven guns and 1.30 prisoiicitr. llrs caprirrc of ilic grins is more linin- lClllf.Ill.)lt‘. than his capture of the prisoners, who iriiglit liavc been ilie iniarmcd or half-armed or-diiisrry iirliiil)iiants—foi' the guns must have belonged to 'l‘ultsclia. which the Turks still held as an oiiiposi. and wliicli was the only place they r'etaiiir::.l in all that rc-__rioii. 'l'nrs event took place (ll).Hll the 123d of .\l:ircli. the day of the bombard- rmiii of i)d->~s;i, and live days before the Llriipr-r'oi' N1l|i'lit‘t') 1. who, o:i the ‘id had, in person, opened at l’.rris lll(‘. Lcizisliriivc Session of l‘.‘.'i<l—-’oiricd Qiiccn \'icioria. in a cominoir dccl.'iraiioii,J prir- poriinj; that the rupture betivccn them and Russia, and ilriit ilicir alliiirrcc with Tl|l'ii€\' for the iirr ose ofiiciivc and direct operations of ‘war, wcie iiow rzr.cc,';!e.'Ifirr:!s. ltedscliid Pacha, Gericral Baragriay l)'l-lillicrs.;iiirl Lord Strntford dc Radcliffe, soon afrcrivzirds Slf..;|lCd the tripartite treaty to this effect, at Coiisiiiiiiiririplc; and, still later, it was solemnly ixiiificrl at Paris.

Uzi the same 23d of March, as we have seen, the l).-miilm was foi'r'cd b_\' ll)(‘ Qoiirriiirirrlei; iii,-Clircf of Ll!‘ lilixslilll iiririy of occrrpiiiioii: ilic toriil1c:ui...... of OJ;-xsir. wcrc l.rid in ashes, and this (ii0\'€l'|l|lIt‘.lll.\ of Biizliriiil and l“|“.1llCC agreed, that they would or ' lz1~;l iiiblisli in all form ilir.-ir ricceiiiriice of the l Ilrisslan cliirllr-mic. 'l'licsc are ziniorlg llli‘. animo- llll‘llT~X. and iliis is lint ilic niysiicisiii of history; we I will ilii-r‘cfci‘c add. at present, only one more Sll(‘lI I I

r-.orncirle.icc, or. as the Frericli term it, “rupprac/ie- mziul." li is not. indeed. in private life alone, iliat [hcsp so-misc jrixi;iposiiioirs of events may be olisc.'vctl wirrcii have siiggcsicrl ilirouglioui all coririirios ii Ii|l2iIli;'i' of wcll-kiioivii ivonder-breziiliiiig [)l‘l‘l\'L'l'lIS. 'l'lic \r-ry (lay on ivliicli llll‘ lr‘rii'_.’-|‘ri'L'pflr- L ed (li'ccl: C'.)l)Spll':‘t(‘_\.' cxploderl, ivirsilic iliiy \i'lrt‘|l-. at the other (‘Xll'(‘lIl!l\' of lirrropi-., by an c(_1Il'~|ll)'_ ‘ striking and ciirioris obiiimiifil the (l£‘(‘lal'r'llIOIl‘ of war. in prirxsiiiiiii-r: of the tripartite iriidcrsiandnig just nienrioned, was issued by the Maritime l’o\vcrs. ‘Dates are ilic chords and the discards iii the great music ofliriiiiaii annals. V _ _ The perilous success of the Russian divisions, ‘ who liad now burst iiiio the Northern Dobriidsclia, was soon corniirrlriilaiiccd by it misfortune, the news of \\'lllCll rciiclicd the ill-starred cominaurlers in the midst of their cxuliiiiion. Foksliani, wlicre Hwy |.;.ri pllvcl up the riclir.-si part of their labiirloiisly-accumulated mrrmrrorrs of war and , general stores, was burnt. _ Tao loss to a struggling

military treasury must have been extremely serious; though we cannot specify its amount.

The ‘divisions which had crossed the Danube continued their advance, taking Babadagh on_ the sea, and Hirsova on the river. All the Upper Dobrridscha, except Tultscha, was noiv ccupre by the invaders; and by April the 3d their Cossacks patrolled as far as Kustendjeh, which the Turks kept, and which was their grasp upon the sea, at the east of Trajan's Wall. On the north shore of the Danube, the Turks retained nothing except Kalafag, two hundred miles to the west.

Before we pursue the ltnssian enterprises of April, and their results, in the Daniibian war, it may be interesting to our readers to cast a glance over the general circumstances of that period. 'I‘he first object which strikes us is nrioilier of those curious historical coincidences already remarked. On the Ttli of that monih,ilre alliance defensive and offensive between Austria and Prussia was cori- cluded, the overtures (made too late? of Russia were rejected by the indignation of tie Maritime Powers; and our Baltic fleet had left Kloge Bay, and was patrolling every creek and inlet, not still frozen. of the Scandinavian seas. The two Princes of tire Blood Royal, who belonged respectively to the English and French expedition to the East, were among the latest who set forth. On the 9th of April Prince Napoleon left Paris, with Vely Piichn, the Ottoman Ambassador; and the Duke of Cainbridge, still more dilaiory, was on his road from that capiiiil nine days later-and then, not by so direct a line to their common destination, birt via Strasbourg: and, indeed, when the Daniibian campaigii had reiiclrcd its very crisis, be was at

ieima. But it was rli-stirred that the Allied powers ofilie West sliorrld be excluded from the triumphs, as they were cxclridcd from the heat and the

April, more thaicfivt “is after crossed the Donn I and, _ utter the second ' °°l,"nn 1.g:1ler$]1{,:e:in?,:2 Tultscha to his support. their ‘nitied div-,,;,,,,, "N taught a severe leuolI- . 9 T"ku, gt, that I", which is some five miles to t.he,°,,,_h of r .3! Wall——onee more Checked 9" Linien ndvgicéf and, in a s action. 1'9 “l'°d ii” ierny with con: siderable loss. On the V ole, the tween by which the Russians endeavoured 10 P‘ 9- from the Dobrudscha. were defended for obou9.‘Ven weeks; during which time, the inv kedup amid the marshes of the worst district_ Of be whole Turkish territory in E1“'°P°"'°“fl°'°d‘.m°°."'iI-to l more from agrie, fever. ¢l1°l°T&. Md P"'"“°“* than they suffered in the field. It must not 9“Pl~ that this advance along the C085‘ 38‘""“ 0‘¢l' Pacha’s right wing was an isolated movement. _x, the country, itwaa art ofa very l8!’8° °‘“'"b‘"“."°" which Marshal Paskiewitch, P""'°° °f ‘"8"’ was, on ilre 8th ofApril, siirninoiied from Poland l0 superiniend in person, and in which the famous General of Engineers, Schild_ers._ W33 '0 "‘l‘°_ 3“ eminent part. Marshal Piisk_iewrich had long since expressed an opinion, that Pr'inc_e_G0|’l$Ch3k°fr }‘ 3' C0ll(ll!ClllIgll'|e campaign lnjlldlclollsly; and, Just about ilie time of which we speak, there was an immense change in all the Russian dispositions. heir right was drawn back; their left. as we have related, occupied the Dobriidsclia, and was thunder- ing velremeiiily, at the north-east gates, so to say, of Bulgaria; while, now, the various Colllmlls which had been coiintermarched from beyond _ihe Aluiii, were massed in apparently irresistible strength all around Bucharestand Slobodzie, and in front of those towns, bearing fast upon the Danribe, beiiveeu Oltenitza and Czernavoda. _ With

General Luden

labours, ot'ilic Dniiribiari campaign. The troops, both Frencli and English, were all this time incessantly forwarded; and, on the 121/: of the month only iliree battalions ofoirr Guards, remained at Malia, awaiting their conveyance. 'l‘lie prid of the’ Czar amidst this clash of arms, was still un- bending; and, dating from the 19th of April, six weeks were by him proclaimed free for English and French vessels to clear out of the Russian ports. On the 20th of this memorable month, the Queen in Council ordered a Nrrtirmul “ Day of Humili'ulion;” and, to complete our preseiitiligressive and discursive glance at the more general, and sometirues very dis- tant, occurrences to which we should not wish to turn cgside in the riarrrrtion of the ensuing Danubian campaign—-it was in the midst of this warlike in- candescencc of all Europe, that Mr. Pease and the Otllvl‘ members of the “ Peace Conference” proceeded to St. Pctersburg, and (almost literally) requested the infuriated Aut0crat—to be a good boy. Gene- rals Canrobert, Bosqriet. and Mrirtiniprey, who had arrived on the :.‘d at Gallipoli, began, by their pre- sence. and evcn'by the noise of their very names, aniirl an Eastern population, to impart a new gravity to the “hole Western movement-—t.he character of a great Criisarle inrcrlul.

We may mention here-—for fear of omitting it—a circumstance which exemplifies the truth of the in- spircd intimation, that the utmost wisdom of man is only folly before Him who knows and foresees every- thing. ()f all the |Tl€tl.SllI‘£‘S adopted by the two leading Powers of Errrope in the beginning of this contest, that which united the most sirff'r-ages in praise of its wisrlom, was the Emperor Napoleon's expedient of scrirliiig‘,-' to the scene of action some of his Algvi°i;iir army; not only as starting from a nearer point of tlL‘li.',ll't‘.|l‘L', but, still iiiorré, as liiiving been tried in a siniiliar climate zrnrl in it not dissimilar war- fare. Aud again, of all the troops in his African de- pendency, I/ic Zoimi-cs were, in every sense, con- sidered to be the most eligible for srich a service-— Eriropcan in discipline. and to a great extent in blood, Malionietan in experie-nce—the very men. in short, to teach the rest of the mixed expedition how to avoid the ll1lpI'l1d(‘n(‘C.~‘ incidental to such an enter- prise, and how to secure its success. Now, of all the corps brought together by this great adventure, the

General Luders’ army, iliese conceiiirateduroofa maintained ilreir communications through Hrrsova; and his instrriciions were to press forward a,t whatever cost and to interpose betwrven Vania and Silisti-ia. It was evident that the recent peremp- tory and dreadful orders from St. Petersburg were impelling the Russians to their last and truly desperate exertions.

SIEGB OF SILISTRIA.

We approach the siege of Silisiria. In the history of that great. operation there is one mysterious and sombre particular, which the reader will notice. The subject is more than delicate; and we will not, in our present uncertainty. say auyihiiig beyond what the duties of a, historic narrative impgriously require. How is it that from the 1st. of May to the 15th of J une the beaiegers were allowed to press for- ward their scientific approaches, and their sanguinary assaults, unmoleslerl by any serious or regular at. tuck from iril/rout? A very great Anglo- French force was by this time mustered at Vama ; and, al- lowing for all the windings of the road, not. more

hat: seventy miles inte d between that maritime staiiori and the very we ls of Silistriu, while 9. much shorter march would have precipitated the irresistible soldiers of the West upon that army of many suffer- ings which beleaguered the gallant fortress. But. several replies may be given, even if unsatisfactory ones, on behalf of our own and the French troop-i We accorrliiigly repeat the uestion, with more di- rcct reference to the Turkish ost. which Omer Pacha. held at Schuinla. He had, at the least, seventy thorisaiirl men accumulated around that impregnable position, or within easy summons; and his march for the relief of Silistria would have becn still shorter _tl~.-.rn that of the Allies. It was the general opinion in Europe, it was the impression among our oflicers in Blllgitflil, and, we have reason and warranty for adding, tlml it was, for abm.t three weeks, Omen: Pac/ia's mrn conviction that Silistriu, iinassisted, must fall ; and when we say “ rina.ssisterl," we mean withorrt some strong and combined effort to assist it. It was, also, not for a moment denied, thi t the be- leaguering army would have to abandon their enter- prise if that ctlort were made, and they were thus ut- tackeil. It was, in the end, found that, although not

Zounves have sritlbrorl, beyond (‘0l\if‘t'll‘l.~‘0h. the most, i- "rf'*"in einlxi ess and in ‘rt-riernl ill-fortiine. Moralists or I.ll_\'Sl0l0gl>lS niaycpedhiiiic on rm: doubl- fril lesson : we have only to note the certain fact.

It was on the 16th, that Admiral Pluinridge sent home the /rI'uIlir08 of the war, the f rst Russian prizes, five vessels of coinuierco; and on the 17th four more such vessels followed. They were laden chiefly with salt. The first dii ision of our Baltic fleet —consisting wholly of steamers, 17 in nrimber, carrying nearly 10,000 men and 107 guns--was s eedily followed by the second ; this last brought 25 sliips of war, of which twelve were line-of-battle. 'l be united divisions constituted a noble fleet offorty- two vessels, 220 I grins, 16,030 horse ower, and 2t2,0r.0 sailors and mariiicst The only a ditions de- sirable to this splendid armament were a military force (which arrived too late for any biita partial and disproportionate exploit), and a suflicient. flotilla. of steam gun-boats drawing but little water, which were equipped too late altogether to be of service during the year 185»!-.

We ret.rim to the war on the Danube. The Bus- sians, having seized llirsova, spent. some time in pre- paring for a great attempt to pass Trajan’s Wall; but, though their Cossacks scoured the country down to the very ramparts of Kustendjeh, the found that they had selected a most difiicult rt 0 the Turkish line to force; and at Curnov A, on the uthot

externally nssiiled in the manner we have described, thpv were 10':-ol\god Cu 1-‘lo «Lo ' ' r en, be any doubt, what the result won] , if e. poiverful force had ilistiirbed their 0 ‘-6 We speak not of any wild advance orpiltfuonu advance, up the Dobriirlsclia; nor do we réfefmpt to manner to a ircral efiirt to carrv the W.'1'a.(‘I'(l)n aily Danube ; wb we say i. specific; it relates, tss t e and only to one, iii:rni.‘1~-ily practicable ino\.e° one which, it is |ckiirir\'le.lgi~.i, iiorrlil, if n-ale },m,me.M' livered the most important river-fortress iii ’1'urlrLve-. and without which, it Was siipposed, that fortre) ’ must surre er; and this movement new not mad: _We wish the reader to tix the trrie case in his mind-. it is well wortliy of his attention. This, then it iqf The general €‘Xpt’(‘l.']lIr)l) was that Silistria would fall. if the forces in Blllg.'rl‘l:t did i.ot niovc—Onier Pach ’ like the rest, enicrtaiiiiiig that expectation- on :1: other hand, it wastllt‘ rinairimoris ('0ll\’l(.‘tlOll of all concerned, that, by ii more of the troops in Bulgaria, Silistria could most certainly be saved. Anl with this expctation on the one hand, and this conviction 0D_ the other. the troops in Biilgiiria remained quiescent during the whole time of the (larger. The Very Itylo in irliiclr the progress of the siege was ad. vetted C0 by ihejriiirniils of Europe is most remark. lb e, cg. ',- :—-"Silistria had not fallen at the de- o the last advices" “It is rumoured, that