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Affairs in the East still occupy much attention; but no

addi- tional intelligence, to be depended upon, has been received during the week. It is certain that the news of an insurrection in Con- stantinople, the imprisonment or murder of the Sultan, and the march of the Russians as by treaty bound, to restore order and good government, would surprise no one. The replies of the British and French Governments to the official annunciation of the late treaty, are said to have been, and we trust that they really were, excessively disagreeable at Petersburg. ACHMET PACHA, the Ambassador deputed, as is surmised, to cede the absolute sove- reignty of Wallachia and Moldavia to the Czar, in lieu of arrears of the debt, has been received with a wonderful deal of respect by the Russian authorities.

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