The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-08 00:00:00

THE WAR IN ASIA.

The news from Asia and the coast of Abasia is
very bad. Redout Kale and Cliefkotil (Fort St.
Nicholas) are said to have fallen again into the
hands of the Russians, and it is to be foreseen that
before the end of the winter all the forts along the
coast of the Black Sea will again be in their hands.
Tchuruk-Su is menaced by a strong Russian force ;
and as regards the Ottoman army i:i Asia*, it is next
to disappearing altogether from misery, want, and
sickness. The interest taken at the commencement
of the war in the Circassiaus seems somehow or
other to have totally flagged. Yet there we have a
people ready and willing to fight fur their indepen-
dence, as they have shown for the last 20 years in
their victorious encounters with the. Russians. A
stock of rifles, made purposely, were sent out in the
Prince steamer, which was unfortunately lost in
the late gale at Balaklava. This supply was to have
been taken to Circassia by a gentleman who had
come out expressly for tide purpose of making that
expedition, and who has now returned to England,
armed with truly British perseverance in the en-
deavour to obtain from the Government another
stock of arms and ammunition, in order to proceed
to Circassia in the spring, and to penetrate as far
as possible into the interior, and teach the natives
the use of that most perfect arm the Minie rifle.
There can be no doubt that the Minie Rifle in the
hands of those daring mountaineers would prove a
dreadful weapon, and that with it alone many of
the wooden forts and outposts of the Russians could
be taken. The Circassians are a natural ally, whom
to neglect under present circumstances is truly un-
pardonable.

FRAN CE.
PARIS, SUNDAY.
The following despatches have been received
here :

" FRANKFORT, sth.—By a military convention
dated April 20, 1854, annexed to the convention
of the 'same date, already published, Prussia en-
tered into an engagement with Austria to mobilise
100,000 men in six and thirty days, and 100,000
more three weeks later. An Austrian despatch,
dated Dec. 24, has notified to Prussia that if peace
should not be secured by Jan. 1, 1855, or very
shortly after, ,the moment would have arrived for
Prussia to fulfil her engagements. The same de-
spatch also declares that it is necessary to mobilise
half the federal contingents of the other German
States, and that comniunications to that effect have
already been.addressed by Austria to all the Con-
federate States and to the Diet."
" BERLIN, sth.—Austria demands that Prussia
shall put its army on a war footing; the ministe-

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' rial journal seems to express an opinion tlia
will refuse to accede to this request.
journals dispute the fact of the concentrt
Russian troops on the E Lie of Gallicia, Ou,o
has been announced by the Hamburg'
spoadent and other journals."
"BERLIN, 5th..---In yesterday's sitting the`,,
Chamber elected Count de Schwerin as P'32;
M. iteichensperger as first vice-presidentv
Eethman Hollweg as second vice-preideoboi
"VIENNA sth.—The Duchess of Bra
returned to-day from a visit to her sister t,
cess Elizabeth, at Pesth. The Duke of 9,
goes to Gratz the day after to-morrow! 0n
to the Archduke John. General Coro 's'
Bucharest for Jassy."
The Council of State assembled yesterdgi..
the Presidency of the Emperor. Pri'e°
Napoleon and all the Ministers were lire
tho sitting.
„
General Count de Schramm, Senator .11,
sident,of the Committee of InfAntry, has't
named by the King of Prussia ktnigtlttt
Cross, Ist class, of his Royal order
Eagle.

The members of the Legislative Corp
terclay in their bureaux to appoint conlin
the local bills presented since the opening
session, and on. the bills relating to the
,;
to be granted to the widows of Marshal'
Arnaud and. Bugeaud. The committee t 2,
last two measures is composed of the ,
members :—Generals Meslin, Lebreton, an
chappe, and MM. Deltheil, Dupont, de
and iligaud.
The number of troops who ensbarkei
seilles from the 12th November to the
was 11,290 infantry and 1,966 cavalrh lr
total of 13,256 men. 963 horses and mu
embarked during the same period.
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The Moniteur publishes the following -e
despatch addressed by the Governor 1,
Algeria td the Minister of War, dated
30th Dec.:—

"After several false appearances of subrailtyfr'
Baghla presented himself suddenly on the -`3..
the Burdj of Tarmalt, and attempted to gain.
yrr
of it. The Caid Lakaar, son of Mokrani,
Abe
repulsed the assailants, and Bou-Baghla fell is
jl
bat. His head was cut off on tine spot. The sn°,t?
obstructs the road from Aumale to the Arb4
the receipt of the report, but the fact is witballl
and well crowns the double defeat of Selman ay
hammed-ben-Abdallah, the capture of Tuggil`"
fortunate events of Ouargla." 1.4

It is said that the subscription to the
ready amounts to 300 millions francs.
The Patrie publishes the following te'
despatch :

" VIENNA, Saturday.—All the Russian v:
armee (in'antry, and regular and irregular ,si
are proceeding towards the Austrian foil
the Crimea. A ukase has appeared, ordear !
,
re-establishment of the bridges over the .1-')

BOURSE, JAN. 6.—CLOSING PRIC-r,S.
Cash. fr. c. End of Voo ,t"
41 per Cents 9l 40 91f. 503.
3 per Cents 65 45 65 80
Credit Mobilier(xd) 730 -- Roman .......... ....'
Credit Fonder 545 Austrian (xd) ••••(ii
Belgian Fives ...... - Spaniah Thrces (% '
Piedmontese B5 Home Debt ....... ..

RUSSIA.
06,
A letter from St. Petersburg of the
in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" Pronioti°V
army takes place at present so rapidlY tv.(4
are many lieutenants who have heenj,
months in the service. In times of Pe3,
remains usually three years in the saLo ,'"
e
that it requires twelve years to become
officer."
A letter from Warsaw, of the 27th
Wanderer, of Vienna, states that win'
of the cavalry of the guard have passed the
to join the corps of observation fornn'„f,
Prussian frontier. Regiments of the inli;il
artillery of the Guard are being sent WO
frontier,

MONTENEGRO.
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The
,Moniteur states that on the 13th
of December a tribe of Montenegrins, c 3,,
Piperi, made two attempts in a body of
t
to take possession of Podgoritza and Part,: t
towns on the frontier, occupied by Turicis„
In both cases the attacks were vigorously I'7 ,
and the Montenegrins left a dozen of their
dead on the field.

PRUSSIA.
, A letter received from Berlin, and dat °a
of January, says :
"The Baron de Budberg has informed tt-
dent of the Council that Russia would I'd-
the four points 'of guarantee as espl3iquoul
Western Powers, awl has requested tn„ant
line of conduct the Prussian Cabinet Iv- f orr`A
in the eventualities which might aYlsel
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refusal. M. de Manteuffel, it is said, reett-
ncr which was perfectly satisfactory to we - 115'13
voy, and assured him that Prussia would takex.
in the military operation directed against ftus6lol,!
refusal of our Cabinet to mobil se the Prussia/11l li
to send any troops to the Russian frontier, ''',.igrt
spatched to Vienna this evening. The officiaL the
Correspondence confirms the statement that `O3,
will not be mobilised. Prussia retires more ago,
from the union with the great Power',
more decidedly isolated attitude. M
leave London in a few days for Paris.' gig gel it
been modified in this sense. He is at the 11)31'
charged only to obtain the recognition of the
of Prussia."

AUSTRIA.
A letter from Vienna, 2d, in'the Cointi#
zette, says :
"It is clearly evident that Prance, voo
and Austria are very moderate in their oely
and are animated with a desire for peace; VI
tunately the same cannot be said of Russia' jet
Gortschakolf yesterday stated in a co% 0.,
circle, that the demands which had bather,,
municated to him could not accord with cif
damental idea of Russian policy, and that so'
quently, their acceptance at St. Peterab°f,go.
meet with great difficulties. He added tic
his opinion, the most that the Emperor 0.
would do, in order to spare Germany
horrors of a% war, would be to allow the P.,0;
withdraw freely from the Crimea.' Such
sion clearly shows that there is nothing to
on the part of Russia. It is said that l'eo
not far from giving her adhesion to the. t,filetL:
the 2d December. The interpretation of ,11
points, which is said to be very moderate, I°,,te3
less known to her, as it has been commullic"
Prince Gortschakoff."

GREECE.
A private letter from Athens mentions -Id
notice in the Times of the threatened revive:
Russian intrigue had produced a good effto";
principal party was spoken to on the subie°;e'o7l
after some inquiry, it was found that ernissar'eot't
been already despatched to Laconia to follilo
insurrection among the warlike population °tri
province, and had organised some ,petty
in the Chambers against the present Minis`ii;jel
family that is known. to possess consider 3, 4
fluence in Laconia has been informed by 00,0't
rities that it should be held responsible I,tli
tranquillity of the country. For the pres°'
Court intrigue is defeated.

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A letter from Florence of the 30th ultoi o 1;e!„
Moniteur, says :—" The 2,000 Austrians
garrison at Leghorn will leave that city 430.,00r1
January, and be replaced by 2,700 linscall,%olsl
The garrison will be composed of two battlo,l4
the line, one battalion of riflemen recently ftillowl,
one battery of artillery, a company of foot Aro
as coast• guard, and the gendarmery, who Icheo
ready at Leghorn. Colonel Rousselot, 17,1",11.
been raised to the rank of chief of briga,
command these troops. Colonel Bracel 10 11
commandant of the garrison. The neminA,..oo',ai
General Rousselot has given great satisfac'tlye,
Leghorn, and is considered as a certain Ple ;or
the 'energy with which any attempt at dista
will be repressed."
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The King of Piedmont, in receiving the t
Cons of the Legislative Corps and Senate
first of the year, said :—" We have just fi' Jr
year of severe trials. That which is opened voiefri
not present itself under better auspices,
haps we shall be called on to take part in Of 500,
affairs now going on in Europe ; but strong 'y /
constant support, I await the future with
deuce."

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A letter from Rome, in the Piedmonts of -
states that the cholera has broken out in Raved"
Tho roads in the Romagna are again infested froP'd
robbers. The same paper quotes a letter, oec
Leghorn, in which it is stated that several of
chants of the city had petitioned the Governor
to postpone the departure of the foreign is.
but that the petition bad been rejected.

The Ist being a Monday only one Madrid i°ury,
apprared—the Gautle, and it contains nothioiler?
cept a royal decree, which suppresses the Geolr
Direction of disputed matters relative to theitli.L,'
]ic finances, and transfers part of its affairs
General Direction of the Treasury, and the s'
part to special law officers.

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