The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-17 00:00:00

THE WAR IN ASIA.

,The Corriere. Italian° of Vienna says :—" It
appears that Schamyl begins fo again give signs of
life. The Russians are concentrating Oleic troops
in the neighbourhood of Tiflis, in order to guard
against an imminent danger -with which they are
threatened by an unexpected movement of the
tribes. Vessels are also every day arriving from
Constantinople with arms and ammunition, which
Are distributed to'the inhabitants of Mingrelia and
Abasia." .
A letter from Trebisond, of the 16th ult., in the
Trieste Gazette, says :
" Accounts have been received from Erzeroum of the
real causes of the late rising in Kurdistan. They are '
partly attributable to the imprudent conduct and want
of good faith of the local authorities, but more particu-
larly to the oppression which they have exercised to-'
wards the inhabitants. A noted chief, named Eddin
Schir, who had been made prisoner by the Turks in a
former revolt, but who had ol,iained his pardon at the
commencement of the present war, was allowed to re-
turn to his country, on condition that he would raise's
corps of 1,000 infantry and 500' cavalry, to fir,ht in the
ranks of the Turkish army. He was-promised; as chief
of this corps,. the fixed pay of 3,500 piastres a month
(the piastre is not altogether five sous), and the
funds for the pay and supply of his corps. These men
were recruited principally in the mountainous dist Acts
of the Pachalik of Mossoul, and the Deflendar of that
district paid to Eddin Schir a sum of 200,000 piastres
on account, in an order on the treasury of Djesire'3.
When, however, Eddin Schir arrived at Djesireh he
found no money, and the chief of the district had fled
to Sacha, twelve leagues distant, in the direction of
Amadijeh. Eddin Schir, finding himself thus treated,
did not hesitate to take possession of the district of
Djesireh. He began by arresting the President and the
members of the •Medschli, and afterwards bastinadoed
seven of the principal inhabitants with-such cruelty that
four of them died under the infliction. He afterwards
addressed a letter, written in a tone half threatening,
half submissive, to the Governor-General of Kurdistan,
who resided at Diarbekir. The latter itinnediately sent
to Kars to obtain troops, but could not ,procure any.
In the meantima Osman Pacha, the Governor of Mar-
din, appeared before Djesireh with 5,000 men, but
he was completely defeated by the insurgents, and left
400 men dead on the field. - Previous to this victory
Eddin Schir had sent a second letter to the Gover-
nor at Diarbekir, which was very conciliatory, and
full of protestations of devotedness to the government of
the Sultan. The Governor-General of Kurdistan was
disposed to enter into negotiations, first, because he felt
that the bad conduct of the authorities had caused the
awl next, because he had not sufficient forces to
(ippwe the movement. Wishing, however, to satisfy
himself as to the'good faith of the insurgents, be bent a
person to ascertain the real state of things, and then found
that the only object of Eddie Schir was to gain time in
order to collect a larger force, which he had in the in-
terval done, and had commenced besieging Mardin, and
also Midiat, the chief town of a district between Diar-
bekir.and Djesireh."