Winchester Virginia Republican

War between Turkey and the allied powers.

A letter was received yesterday evening by a mercantile house in this city, (says the N. York Courier of Feb. 9) per brig Jane, dated Gibraltar, Dec. 22, 1827, which states, "Our news of this day gives information that the grand sultan has declared war against the allied powers."

The above letter is from a mercantile house of the utmost respectability in Gibraltar, who was so convinced of its truth that it entered into speculations as to the probable effect this news would have upon the market, and concluded in the opinion that it would produce no material alteration. Our own opinion, from the state of affairs in Europe, has been, that war was inevitable; yet we are willing to wait further advices, for confirmation that such an event was known in Gibraltar on the 22d of December: this is a concession, when we revert to the information contained in letters from Paris of 4th December, which state, "the grand sultan has absolutely refused all terms proposed by the allied powers and even gone so far as to make the most extravagant demands of them. The consequence is likely to be an immediate war. The bombardment of Constantinople by the combined fleets of the three powers, and the passing of the Pruth by the Russian army may soon be expected." Still as we have said before, "we bide our time."

Captain Proctor, of the Jane, informs us, the allied fleets of England, France and Russia, had sailed to intercept and drive back the Turkish squadron, which, it was said, was to have sailed from Constantinople.