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npHE last form of the intell % enee from Turkey JL is , that the Russian , * have mustered in increased strength ; have concentrated upon the chief poets , especially \ Oltenitza occupied by the Turks on the Danube , and have ? driven the army of the Sultan back across the riyer . This report wasimmediatelyprecededby another which represented the Turks as victorious everywhere - They crossed the Danube at Widin , Giubgevo , Oltenitza , Kalarache , and Hirsova , having thus cut off the Russians from Moldavia ; they had advanced to Bucharest , and driven the enemy
towards the Austrian frontier . This report came with as much authentication through Vienna as the new report <^ js , and when we remember that the Austrian Government is at the mercy of many stockjobbing schemes on account of its own necessities , and . that the Austrian capital has been the focus for many of the most contradictory rumours throughout the whole of these Turkish affairs , we may learn to receive telegraphic despatches by that route with the greatest distrust . The well ascertained fact appears to be , that the
Turks have crossed the Danube , whether they have recrossed it or not ; that they have mot the-Russians , and have achieved some victories , if they have sustained defeat ; and while the Russians boast of having driven the Turks back , the Turks may boast that they have loft tho deepest mark opon tho Russians , tho slaughter on that side being very great , especially amongst the officers . Wo havo no report of slaughter on the other side ; but whatever it may havo been , if ; is ^ manifest that the Mussulmans havo bohaveel with their usual gallantry and headlong dash .
Tho state of affairs before we como to this decisive chapter was such as to have no transitory effect . The £ Wkfl havo now made thoir capacity « nd condition better understood , and tho most distinguished of tho . journals recently employed in decrying tho © mpire , ' its men , and its policy , is now daily endeavouring to impart the impression produced by tho facts . Tho fortifications which Ontor Pasha constructed at Varna wore criticised an too extensive , and ho was blamed for attempting ho iirmcK with instruments ho iboblo : ho has now shown that he could design combinations fl till moro extensive , and that he possessed
instruments to attempt them at least with probabl success . His operations embraced the whole line of the Danube , from Widin to Kalarache , if not to Galatz . He attempted a crossing in several places , and with general success . At Oltenitza the success was the more remarkable from the fierce ordeal to which it was put . He effected a landing in spite of resistance ; on a second day he sustained a second attack , and was enabled to
push further on into the country ; on the third day the Russian general advanced with a strong reinforcement—a second army added to his own , and Was disgracefully driven from the field , leaving 600 men , and a large proportion of superior officers - These officers had been picked off by Minie rifles with conical balls , an improvement adopted by the " barbarians , " though we hear nothing of it on the side of the civilized Russians . The force which crossed at Kalarat seems to have
encountored General Fischback , who was repulsed . It does not appear that tho Russian soldiers refuse to fight ; but it docs appear that their Oenerals were out-manoouvi-ed , and were unequal to their sittiation . They had despised their enemy , and they found themselves suddenly attacked by him , while their army was enfeebled by sickness , crippled by a disgraceful commissariat , undermined by a mutinous spirit amongst tho Polos , and other non-Russians forcibly enlisted
in tho ranks . Tho Russians had forcibly enlisted Wallaehians , and tho Wallachians enrolled themselves in guerilla bands : a force which had probably been formed also in Hungary . In short , Russian arrogance had not been supported by tho supposed Russian ability . In other quarters tho position of Russia was not moro favourable . In Georgia , Prince Woronzoff was last roported at tho head of an army in a very uncomfortable situation . On his left lay the Caucasus , which ho had como to " turn , " and
by'whioh ho expected a rcinforcomont ; but tho Circassians appeared instead of tho reinforcoment , which they havo porhapa cut off ; , having taken possession of tho military approaches . On . Woronzoff ' s right lay a Persian army , — purpose unknown , but probably hostile to Russia . At his back lay tho Black Sea , whence ho oxpoctcd reinforcements from Bessarabia ; but thoy wore countermanded , in fear , itiB supposed , of cruisers , Turkish , French , or English . And while ho was waiting for his roinforcemontfl , arrived a Turkish reinforcement at Batoum ; ho that it looks very
much as if the Emperor Nicholas will have to say good bye to the faithful Woronzoff ! It was announced that Prince Paskiewich would supersede Prince GortscKakoff ; but the veteran has not gone j and it is now said that he reports Poland to be in a condition which would render it unsafe to send reinforcements from Warsaw for the Principalities ! Our own intelligence from India has some relation to the Russo-Turkish affairs . From
Affghanistan come two reports , exactly contradictory . One is that Dost Mohammed has been in negotiation with the Persians , recommending them to attack Russia ; and the other , that he ha » recommended them to aid Russia and attack Turkey . However that may be , the impression prevails in North Western India , that Russia is pursuing her customary intrigues , probably as a diversion against English support of Turkey . And while tho state of the North West Provinces , and of Peshawur in particular , coupled with ^ the now undisguised treachery of Burmah , attracts a natural attention in the direction of Russia , Lord
Dalhousie has at all events thought it necessary to remain in . person in tho capital . The Burmese have evidently continued the war against the British , their soldiers acting undor tho gm ' se of " robbers "—robbers , however , of such distinction that a Prince , brother and heir presumptive to tho King , habitually rides with the principal leader . The banquet given to Lord Elphinatone , as a farewell compliment on his departure to assume tho Government of Bombay , is more than a
formal ceremony , since it afforded tho opportunity for important declarations on tho part of the , new Governor . Ho enjoys a high repute amongst those who are well acquainted with public men ; although ho is not so generally known to tho public in this country . While he was President of Madras , wo believe ho obtained some reputation as a " saint , " by encouraging conversions to Christianity ; hut wo do not understand that Lord
Elphinstono is accused of neglecting other duties to indulge in that particular recreation . His intercourse with tho natives was certainly not of a proselytising kind alono . It waa remarked that when ho was riding out , he did not avoid objects of compassion , and that ho usually was provided with some rupees in his purso ; by theso and othor kinds of accessibility , Lord Elphinstono obtained somo practical information for himself upon tho condition of tho natives , and thoir stato
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 19, 1853, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19111853/page/1/
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