The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-20 00:00:00

THE WAR IN ASIA.

A supplement to the InvaUde Russe publishes
the following :

"Aide-de-Camp General Mouravieff announces, under
date of the sth (17th of July), that on the 30th of
June (12th of July) he transferred the main body of his
corps of operations to the village of Tikmd, on the left
bank of the Kars-Tchai, where he formed a junction
with Major-General Baklanoff's column.
" The position of Tikme, by placing our principal
forces on the rear of the army of Anatolia, has enabled
us to examine with greater facility and more minutely
the west side of the intrenched camp at Kars, by con-
tinual reconnaissances.

" One of these reconnaissances was made on the 30th
of Jun,. (12th of July), by Major-General Chodsko, and
another on the lst (13th of July), by Aide-de-Camp
General Mouravieff in person, to the west of the for-
tress as far as the rivulet Schakhmakh, which, to the
north, forms the boundary or the intrenched camp at
Kars. During these reconnaissances the enemy simply
sent out Bashi-Bazouks, who skirmished with our out-
posts.

"During these movements, the flying detachment of
Lieut.• Colonel Prince Dondoukoff-Korsakoff, which had
advanced on the village of Taganlong, continued to send
patrols beyond the Saganloug, but without meeting the
enemy anywhere. On the 29th of June (11th of July)
the Erivan detachment wa3 near the village of Kara-
kliss, on the Euphrates. Everything in that province
is tranquil. The Kurds continue to make their sub-
rniNsion, and Vely Pasha is strengthening himself in his
former position."

The Invalide Russe also publishes extracts from
Prince Gortschakoff's journal from the 26th July
to the 2d August, but they are devoid of interest.

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.

M. de Decker, the Minister of the Interior of
Belgium, and M. Mercer, the Minister of Finance,
have arrived in Paris.

On the 15th, M. Barrot, the French Minister at
Brussels, on occasion of the Emperor's fete, gave
a grand dinner, at which the Belgian Ministers,
the great officers of the Crown, and the heads of
all the diplomatic missions in that capital, with
the exception of that of Russia, were present. MM.
de Decker and Mercier, the Ministers of the In-
terior and Finance, who were to have come to
Paris a week ago, delayed their departure in order
to be present, and M. De Vilain X[V. also re-
mained at Brussels for the same purpose.
Count Vilain XIV., Minister of Eoreign Affairs
in Belgium, left Brussels on Thursday for Ger-
many, intending to visit Paris afterwards.
By a decree of the Emperor a retiring pension
of 6,060 fr. has been awarded to M. Bineau, lately
Minister of Finance. The pension is calculated
on the average of thesalary received by him during
the four last years that he was Minister, and on
account of upwards of 27 years' public; services,
during which time he contracted the infirmities
which compelled him to retire.
The Afoniteur, in announcing the arrival of Ge-
neral Canrobert in Paris, makes the following re-
marks :—" It required the formal orders of the
Emperor to determine the general to separate from
his companions in arms and to take that repose
which the fatigues of war rendered so necessary for
him. Full of the remembrance of the Alma and
Inkerman, the army of the East, which has been
able to appreciate, during the rude trials of the
siege, the unshrinking constancy of General Can-
robert, as well as his kindness and his devotedness
for the soldier, gave him on his departure the
strongest marks of regret and of affection. At
Constantinople, at Marseilles, and at Paris since
his arrival, the General everywhere has found the
expression of the same sentiments. The Emperor
has given to General Canrobert the distinguished
welcome which his rare qualities and his distin-
guished services have merited."

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