The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

We have received the St. Petersburg journals of
the 19th inst.

The Invalide Busse publishes the following from
Asia :

"In a report dated the 11th (23d) of July, from the
camp at the village of Tikni4, Aide-de-Camp General
Mouravieff gives an account of two exploring expediti,ins
happily executed on the 3d (15th) and 9th (21st) July, by
the flying detachments of Major-General Baklanoff and
of Colonel Kamkoff. The object of these operations was
gradually to hem in more and, more the entrenched
campat Kars, and to cut off the army of Anatolia, shut
up in it from the provinces it has to defend, and from
which it draws its provisions.

" Major-General Baklainoff left the camp at Tikme on
the 3d (15th( of July ; took a direction west of Karp,
and suddenly appeared on the north side the same day ;
dispersed a body of foragers near the place where the
the small stream, the Berdyk, runs into the Kars-tchai.
In this encounter two Turkish officers and seven men
were made prisoners, and seven 'Curls were killed.
"Advancing then on the Ardahpi road, our detach-
ment, after a march of 50 verstes, arrived on the 4th
(16th) of July at the village of Blijny-Djdlaons, and on
the sth (17th) showed itself on the high road leading
from Kars to the Sandjak of Ghel, where it succeeded
in making some prisoners. On the 6th (18th) Major-
General Baklanoff rejoined our main body, having ex-
plored to a considerable distance all the roads north of
Kars, and spread alarm in the neighbouring districts,
without the slightest loss.
" Colonel Kamkoff obtained a similar success in his
excursion on the Ghel route, the only road of communi-
cation which the garrison of Kars had still open with
Erzeroum. During the movement the leaders of the
vagrant tribes offered bread and salt to our troops.
Colonel Kamkoff penetrated far into the unknown parts
of the Sandjak of Ghel, forced the enemy's convoys that
were follow►ng that road to disperse, and interrupted all
communication on the Ghel road, so important to the
army of Anatolia.

"-The precarious position of the latter is beginning to
show itself by desertion. Its soldiers not only seek a
refuge in the neighbouring villages, but even 'in our
camp. At Kars itself the price of bread has increased
threefold la one month." _ _

Under date of the sth (17th) of August, the
Military Governor of St. Petersburg has issued
the following notification :
" On the 4th (16th) of August, about noon, six of our
gun-boats, of Rear-Admiral Moffet's detachment, pro-
ceeded beyond the Tonlboukin Lighthouse to recon-
noitre the enemy, who sent a screw' frigate and two
floating steam batteries against them, whilst three screw
men-of-war got up their steam.
" Having let them approach within long range, Rear-
Admiral Moffat retired, firing all the time, under the
protection of the fortifications. A. 3 far as it was able to
be observed, one of the enemy's steamers received three
shots in her hull. Not one of our gun-boats was touched.
Before coining within range of the cannon of the forts
the enemy's vessels ported helm, and rejoined their fleet,
hi which no other movement was visible.

FORBES MACKENZIE'S ACT.—We have reason to be-
lieve, says the Edinburgh Courant, that things are going
on in this city, a description of which would bring dis-
may among the staunchest partisans of the new law.
Clubs, unless we are misinformed, are already formed
among the younger part of our population, and stores of
liquor laid in at private rooms taken for the purpose,
where scenes of profligacy occur such as could not take
place in an open public-house. We expect to submit
more information upon this subject to our readers before
long. As for the spy system, whic.th we find both avowed
and, to our amazement, justified, we trust public opinion
will suffice to put down that scandalous abuse• It should
no longer be said that the law first creates an offence, and
then employs agents to procure its commission.
Surveys have been made of lines of railway between
Boulogne and Calais by the coast; and between Boulogne
and St. Omer.