The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-08 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

THE AUSTRIAN ARMY PLACED ON
A PEACE FOOTING.
VIENNA, DEC. Ir.

The Austrian army, excepting the corps in the
Danubian Principalities, has been placed on a

peace footing.

The export of horses, lead, saltpetre, and sub
phur to Russia and to Turkey, with the excep-
tion of the Principalities, has been prohibited.
The Vienna funds are rising rapidly.

THE KING OF SARDINIA,
PARIS, DEC. 17

The King of Sardinia will leave France on

Sunday.

THE WAR IN ASIA.
We read in the Monitevr the two following
letters from Asia :

" ERZEROUIf, Nov. 14.
"Notwithstanding the great quantity of snow which
has already fallen, acd the excessive rigour of the tem-
perature, the Russian army has not abandoned its posi-
tion before Kars. General Mouravieff has detached a
division of 8,000 men, which is at this moment on the
Sohanly-Dagh, and is to march upon Erzeroum in the
event of the surrender of Kars. Last week the Russian
division encamped at Deli Baba, on the Bayazid road,
showed itself in the plain of Hassan-Kaleb, and carried
away all the barley and grain that could be gathered.
Selim Pasha, General-in-Chief of the second corps of
army, is to march from Erzeroum to-morrow with 10,000
men in the direction of Kars.
SOUICUM-KALEII, Nov. 18.
" Omer Pasha is now at Zougdidi, where he is await-
ing supplies to continue his operations. His troops have
occupied Si-naki, opened communications with Redout-
Kaleh and Anaklia, and advanced towards Kutais.
There is every reason to believe that another engagement
will take place on the barks of the river Zscanits-Kalub,
and the Russians will obstinately defend the passage of
the Rion, at Kutais, where they have no doubt concen-
trated the small force left disposable in Georgia, in con-
sequence of their operations against Kars. I have just
learnt that Ouzourguet, abandoned by them, has been
occupied by Mustapha Pasha. I endeavoured without
success to ascertain the number of Mingrelians who sup-
ported the Russians at the passage of the Ingour, and
how they had behaved in the affair. All I can tell you
is, that not one of their bodies was found among the
slain buried the next day by the Turks. Omer Pasha
maintains the strictest discipline among his troops.
Plunderers are severely punished. The town of Zoug-
didi and the palace and gardens of Prince Dadian
have been scrupulously respected. The inhabitants
have every confidence in him, and it is even said that the
Princess-Regent of Mingrelia and her family will shortly
return to their residences. Several Abasian horsemen,
having committed acts of depredation, were dismissed by
the Generalissimo, who rendered Prince Michael Hamid
Bey personally responsible for the damages occasioned
by those men."

The Constantinople correspondent of the COnSti-
tictionnel writes, on the 26th ult., that the Otto-
man Government had received accounts from Kars
of the 3d. On that day the garrison had success-
fully repelled an attack, commanded by General
Mouravieff in person, and directed against a village
situated close to the fort of Thomas Tabia. That
village was destroyed by the Russians, who set it
on fire before they were driven out of it, with a loss
of 30 killed and 50 wounded, i art of whom re-
mained on the field of battle. No witstanding this
new success, the garrison of Kars was in a most
deplorable condition on ace ,unt of the scarcity of
provisions, which was daily felt more and more.
'The Ottoman Government had sent transports to
Eupatoria to embark the troops of the Egyptian
Contingent and convey them to Batoum, whence
they were to be marched to Kars.