The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-05 00:00:00

DENIVI A_RK.

The Hamburg Correspondent contains a despatch
from Copenhagen announcing that the Assembly
of Notables of the Danish Monarchy met on the
29th ult. in that capital, to deliberate on the new
Constitution which had been submitted to them,
and which is to replace the general Constitution
published on the 26th July, 1854, but abrogated
on the accession of the present Ministry. The fol-
lowing are the provisions of this Constitution :
"The Ministers are responsible ; all modifications
in the budget are authorised every two years ;
the President is named by the King ; the Chamber can-
not take the initiative in any measure ; the Chambers will
he convoked every two years, and during that period
they can only be dissolved twice ; any dispute between
the provincial assembly and the Council of State will be
decided by the King in the secret council. The Coun-
cil of State is to be formed according to the decree of
the 26th July with the addition of 20 members, of
whom Denmark elects 17 ; Schleswig 8, and Holstein 5.
Any man who has attained the age of 25, and who has
an income of 1,200 crowns a year, or who pays 200
crowns a year in taxes, may be elected. The King has
named Count Moltke, president, and Baron Brockdorff,
vice-president of the Assembly of Notables."

THE TURKISTI ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.

TURKISH UAMP AT .IS..OIITSKA, JUNE 18.
While the lownbardment has been raging with all its
fury towards Sebastopol, and while, perhaps, the fate of
the Malakhoff Tower and the Redan has been decided,
the Turkish and Sardinian troops have passed the Tcher-
naya and have advanced through the mountains on one
of the by-roads in the direction of Bakshi-Serai. If you
look at the map, you will see that the village of Koutska
is situated a little less than half-way between Balaklava
and Bakshi-Serai, at the top of a gorge formed by one
of the feeders of the Tchernaya, called Upu, which gives
its name to the village in the middle of the gorge.
Two days before the reopening of the bombardment
the Turkish troops had received the order to be in readi-
ness to march at a moment's notice. Tne day before
yesterday this order was specified. The troops were to
take several days' provisions, each battalion to have six
tents, and all were to start at 3 o'clock next morning.
At the time mentioned the troops were in motion,
and proceeded from the heights on which they were en-
camped—the same on which the Turkish redoubts taken
by the Russians in the Battle of Balaklava are situated
—towards the village of Katoara. The camp of the
Piedmontese, through which the troops had to pass, was
already alive, and the Sardinian troops destined to take
the left wing were under arms and under way.
TheTchernays, which in winter is an impetuous moun-
tain stream inundating the whole flat country on both
sides, is now an insignificant rivulet, which may be passed
nearly everywhere, so that at this time it can scarcely be
said to form a line of demarcation, and it is only the hills
on both sides which are of importance in a military point
of view.

The object of the movensert of the Turkish and Sardi-
nian armies seems to have been to make a diversion on
this side while the assault was being made against the
Malakhoff works and the Redan, and thus to draw off
the attention of the enemy from the town of Sebastopol.
It was just about sunrise when the troops began
crossing over the Tchernaya on two points. The Sar-
dinians, who formed the left, took the road to Upper
Tchourgoun, while the Turks passed over to that part
of Tchourgoun which the maps call Karlovka, but which
the Tartars call Lower Tchorgoun. After having
crossed the aqueduct and the river immediately beyond
it, the Sardinian troops formed on the high ground
which separates the low basin of Tchourgoun from the
plain beyond.
The Turks, who formed the right, went up as high as
Kamara, and then, skirting awhile the Woronzow-road,
they turned off to the left and followed a crossroad which
leads along the side of the mamelon in front down the
river. From this road, before it begins to descend, you
get an excellent view of the whole surrounding country.
On one of these plateaus, which rises immediately behind
Lower Tchorgoun, the rising sun discovered some glit-
tering bayonets in the thick brushwood. This was the
only trace of the enemy. Omer Pasha, who had come
up to this place nearly at the same time with the first
detachment of Chasseurs, sent down for a battery, which
maa plwood behind some intronchrncnbs which the 0(11
dinian Sappers were just constructing. At the same
time the Chasseurs received the order ti go down and
cross the river. While they were descending a few shots
were fired by the Russians hidden in the brushwood
at the edge of the plateau. They were, however, too far
off to do any harm. Some shells from the Turkish
guns placed on the height were sent over as an answer.
The Chasseurs were soon after followed by the rest of
the infantry, which gradually wound round the narrow
road. As usual, notwithstanding the manifest useless-
nesq, the Russians continued still to fire upon them.
When the first two brigades had arrived in the basin
below and formed, Omer Pasha himself went down and
gave the necessary orders. •
In the meantime a body of Sardinian troops had
climbed up the plateau nearest to the valley of the
Tchernaya, not far from the battery constructed by the
Russians, to guard the road leading up from the valley to
Mackenzie's Farm ; but, no sign of the enemy being
discovered, they descended again, leaving a small body
to protect the rear of the advancine. troops.
While the Sareinians proceeded in the valley of the
Tchouliou the Turks crossed over the numerous small
branches of the Tchernaya, the Tchouliou, and of the
small stream falling into the Tchernaya from the south,
a little above the Tchouliou, and reached Lower Tchor-
goun. Here they divided into two columns, one of
which, with the Chasseurs at its head, scaled in the most
gallant style the plateau occupied by the Russians, while
the other began to ascend the mountain road skirting
the Tchernaya and leading up to Aitodor.
The resistance opposed by the Russians was of the
most trifling nature. They were at the edge of the
plateau when the Turks began to ascend, and sent a
few random shots among them without wounding any
one ; but, as soon as they saw that this did not impede
the Turkish troops from advancing, they fell back and
formed a little higher up. In proportion, however, as
the Turks approached they retired, forming once more
on the highest crest, and then disappearing.
One of the meadows close to the roadside on the op-
posite side of the stream had been chosen by the Rus-
sians to fire some shells from their guns on the approach-
ing Turks. But they did not stand, and retired as soon
as they' saw the Turks descending to go over to the
other side of the stream ; and the little hamlet of
Koutska, lying close to the river side, was taken pos-
session of without any resistance.
Whoever saw the Turkish troops (Albanians) mount-
ing and descending the steep plateau must have come to
the conclusion that Turkey possesses in them a material

for ligh6 troops, or rather riflemen, such as no country
can boast of,

In the village of Kout,ka all the inhabitant Tartars
had remained, and saluted the Turkish troops as their
deliverers.

No Turkish troops were encamped in the village ;
they were not even allowed to go do down singly to
fetch water, in order to prevent exactions.

The troops took up the heights immediately above
Koutska for the night.
This morning about daybreak the Turkish troops
started again from their encampments. The Pieclnaon-
tese troops were on a parallel line with the Turkish
troops on the next plateau to the left, but they did not
move to-day.

On the left-hand side, looking up the gorge of Upu, a
terrace-like plateau runs all along to the village of
Uzumbash, dividing the heights from the river bed.
Although according to the account of the Tartars the
Russians had retired towards the Tchouliou, it was
thought prudent to march through the woods on the
height before venturing to the village of Uzumbash.
Accordingly, the troops left the plateau and entered the
woods above, while the cavalry got the ordor to occupy
the village of Upu, situated about half-way up the gorge.
The troops under Ali Pasha passed through the wood
on the height without meeting the enemy. Omer Pasha
himself and staff went on the heights overlooking the
Tchouliou river and the opposite heights of Aitodor.
The pass of Aitodor seems to be the position which
the Russians are determined to keep ; there are field
pieces and infantry there. It is a very important point,
for it forms the key to Bakshi-Serai. Besides the road
on which the Turks advanced, the road of the valley of
Tchouliou leads likewise through the defile of Aitodor.
Having' inspected the position, Omer Pasha himself,
as well as the troops, returned to the camping place of
yesterday.

TCHORGOTTN, JUNE 20.

This morning some troops of the 10th Hussars went
down to encamp and act together with the Sardinians.
They have pitched their tents in a beautiful open spot,
covered with large trees and situated about one and
a-half mile from Tchourgoun.
The Sardinians, as well as the Turks, keep the same
positions as yesterday ; but Omer Pasha, with his staff,
has returned to Tchorgoun.

MASKOMIA, JUNE 22

To-day the Turks made another military promenade in
the direction of Baidar. Yesterday Omar Pasha drove
over in his carriage-and-four to Lord Raglan's head-
quarters, and in the afternoo❑ the troops got the order
to be ready to march. The artillery came back from the
front and remained for the night on the heights above
Tchorgoun. The reserve ammunition was likwise com-
ing back in a long line during the early part of the
night, and this morning at daybreak the infantry was
seen descending from the plateau behind Tchorgoun,
and crossing the river to ascend again on the cress-road
leading to the Woronzow-road.
Tne avante-garde was pushed forward to the villa of
Count Pirawsky, which overlooks the valley of Baidar.
The villa had been evidently occupied by our gallant
allies, as the inscriptions, "Vive la France, le premier
pays du globe, et aussi l'Angleterre," " Vive le 6e de
Dragoons, Vive le 26,e de Ligne," &c., as well as pic-
torial representations of gallant dragoons, snuff-taking
intendants, &c., clearly show. Except these additional
ornaments and a few broken rails, nothing has been done
to the building, and with a little imagination one can
fancy this Ultima Thule of European civilisation towards
the East as onepf the last, so also one of the loveliest
country seats.