8 OCTOBER 1836, Page 2

It is generally believed in Germany and France, that Russia

is preparing to attack Turkey in the spring. An article in the Allgemeine Zeitung, directing attention to the armaments of Russia, and to the facility of invading Turkey from the Caucasus, is supposed to have reference to the projected war. The Porte having raised money to pay off the debt for which Silistria was pledged as security, the Russians have evacuated that province ; but, as the German journalist observes, that does not render Turkey even on the side of the Danube safe from Russian aggression. The Allgemeine Zeitung also mentions a revolt in Bulgaria, which it calls "a strange affair:" and so it was, if the following be a correct account of it— "A person in the service of Prince Milosch unexpectedly appeared there, and issued a proclamation to the inhabitants, announcing to them that the time was come, when, like the Servians, they might throw off the Turkish yoke ! that he was authorized to promis: them all assistance from See via for this purpose ; and that not only infantry but cavalry and artillery, would be sent. Hereupon about 10,000 men, withal kinds of arms, assembled, and under the command of the Servian officer immediately marched against Sarkoi (Scheherkoi), which has a Turkish garrison, and summoned it to surrender, threatening to take it by storm. Meantime the Servian Government had been informed of these events, and speedily interposed. It pretended, in fact, to be in favour of the insurrection. By this means, the insurgents were led to be inactive, and to retire from Sarkoi. The Prince's commissioner, when a few hundred cavalry and infantry arrived from Servia, ordered them to seize the leaders, who were invited to a conference; which entirely succeeded, and they were punished by whipping. The Servian officer, who caused the insurrection, is said to have been impaled. The insurgents made haste to return to their homes, and every trace of an insurrection disappeared."

That this insurrection was the fruit of Russian intrigues, is most credible.