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" l folly and impracticahiIity ofwhich we point

 ed cut when the subject was Erst mentioned.

 They aie to leave the fnrtresses of the Dan-

 ube, the entrenchments of ChOumla, and the passes nf the Balkan Un their left, and in-

 stead of prOfiting by the advantages which

 the possession of Varna presents for an ad- vance in that quarter. and to push ihrOngh l Servia and Bosnia into the interior of Fur key For this purpose, we are told. the corps I of Gen. Geismar. before Widdin, has been considerably reinforced, preparatory tO its becoming the grand army of operations, and those l,ich were actually engAg"d last au- tunln, are to rpnlain on the defensive and in observation. General Diehitsr, by whom 1 these new combinations have been made, is 1 said to have set off for St. Petersburgh tn in sure their adoption. Prince Me;ternich. it is added, has expressed much apprehension of a system 0f hostilities which would bring the war to the borders of Hungary and Tran syvana. Should these statements be cor rect, it is not likely that the Emperor Nich- OIas w0nid sanction d plan of operations which offers still less probability than the last and which, besides might involve him in differences with power whose neutrality is of such great advantage to him, The Sultan no sooner heard that tine war was likely to take pew course, than he caused the fortifi cations of Sophia to be put in q state of de- ftuce. and ordered camp of 50,O00 men, chiefly cavalry, tO be.estabIished before that city. At Constantinople itself, Notifications were forming of SD extensive a nature as to secure the possession of the wells and aque- ducts by which the city is supplied with Wa ter. and to cover a force of 20O,O0O men, should the Sultan be compelled, like the last of the Constantincs, 10 fight for empire and life under the walls of his capitol.

 Accounts from Constantinople of the l1th ult. say, that the Sultan has ordered public notice to be read ir all the mosques, calling on all the males from the age ofeleUen to sirty to take up arms. sas5s 8.s ..s We have in the Pnlssian State Gazette of l the 18th inst. which we received this morn ing, some intelligence from Varna of the esd of December, extracted from the supplement | of the Odessa Gazette. It mentions the arri- val of the Russian Rear Admiral, with two pieces of cannon, and 100 prisoners, taken in the little island opposite Siseboli. Sisebol is t" tn" snnfhward of Bourgas. se..t

 Two Greek Doctors have lately fled from Choumla to Varna, who, give an account of sickness prevailing among the troops in Choumla. Hussein Pacha commands the Turkish army at Aidos-and Halib Pacha the troops in Chonmla.

 France and England are using every effort Ito prevail upon the Porte to negotiate upon the bases of the Treaty of London.-Courier

 The military operations which are every day undertaken by the Turkish forces against the Russians. notwithstanding the obstacles of an indictment winter, proved the unabated resolution of the Sultan to carry on the con test to extremitics, and the Emperor Nicholas is said-we know mt how truly-to have de- clared. that he will admit no mediator of his dispute with the Turks. The advantage of bringing about some amicable arrangement ofa quarrel which may.if continued, ,embrace all ChristendOm, is too obvious to let us SUD- pose that it will not be attempted by Gov ernments which profess to be neutral, but which have substantial and permanent inte- rest in the illustration of those extensive pro- jects which are every where ascribed to the Russian Court. We take it for granted that at least England and the Court of Vienna and there seems no good reason for not inclu ding France also--will prevent the overthrow of Turkey: ifby diplomacy, well but, lfthat should fail, by stronger modes of persuasion. Here, then. is crisis for great skill and high spirit to display themselves. Two powerful, though unequal, Empires. fiercely bent on the prosecution of a war which neighboring na- tions of no inferior resources, have the most urgent motives for terminating. If England and. her cn-operating allles are as thoroughly resolved to maintain the pacific interests of the world, as the belligerent powers are to in dulge their mutual and resentful passions. the former will not permit their meda,ion. how ever unwished for by one ofthe eprincipals. to fail.or to be trifed with. If a mere peaceabe tender of good offices should be disappointed, there is another step--an armed neutrality, which would not be disappointed; and to that alternative it is possible that the grea, neutral states of Europe may, ere long, be driven by the obstinacy of those which have broken the general peace.-LOEd.1 Tunes. Fire at Demarcra.-The Guiana Chronicle of December S1st, states that the fire broke out in the house of MT. Maignot, by candle against the bed curtains. The building was situated in the upper end of Warren street, near the public market, and in the immediate vicinity of old buildings. It soon spread on the opposite side ofthe street, and destroyed MT. Mesah's premises, the stores of Messrs. Ross. Preston, Albany and Go. and Johnson and McCalmont. From these stores the flames spread to America street. the houses on both sides being destroyed. With the ex- ceptOn of two or three, the whole of that dis trict of the town was destroyed whict is bounded by the river on thc.west. High street

 