The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-27 00:00:00

TURKEY.

A letter from Constantinople says that the Porte
has informed the different foreign embassies that
it intends to draw up a series of general regula-
tions for settling mercantile disputes, and asking
for their opinions on the subject. The Govern-
ment, adds the letter, was constantly receiving
voluntary donations from different persons ; it had
just received from Mersine and Karatsch 113,000
kilogs. of oats for the army.
The Journal de Constantinople, of the 15th,
says :—" Three days ago, at about half-past nine
o'clock in the evening, Mr. Knight, correspondent
of the Morning Herald, who had only arrived in
the morning from the Crimea, and was returning
on board the Taurus, by which vessel he was going
back to the camp, was assaulted by four ruffians in
the open street, who robbed him of everything he
had about him. Notwithstanding his cries for
assistance, no one had the courage to go to his
assistance. We cannot too strongly call the atten-
tion of the police to such facts, which require a
severe repression. The kiosk of Haidar Pacha has
just been placed at the disposal of the English
army as an hospital for officers. Forty-five of dif-
ferent ranks are already installed there."
A letter from Jerusalem, of the 9th, announces
that on that day M. Botta, who has been residing
seven years in that city as French Consul, took
his departure for Tripoli in Africa, a more impor-
tant post, to which he has been promoted as a re-
ward for his services. Tho disturbances which had
distracted part of the adjacent country bad been
appeased, and the road between Nazareth and
Jerusalem had become safe for travellers.

RUSSIA.
THE WAR IN ASIA.

The Invalide Busse publishes the following :
" Aide-de-Camp General Mouravieff has sent the fol-
lowing details from Mougaradjik (situate to the south-
east, and about half a station from Kars), dated Bth and
13th (20th and 25th) June :
" 'On the 6th (18th) June, in view of the town of
Kars, and of the Turkish army shut up in it, I made a
flank march with all my troops and their baggage train
to the camp of Agdja-Kala, near the mountain of Maly-
Yagny, close to the village of Mougaradjik, from which
point I threaten the communication between Kars and
Erzeroum.

" ' The troops were formed in two marching columns,
being equivalent to two lines of battle and a reserve ; the
avant-garde marched in advance of the right column
under the orders of Major-General Baklanoff.
" It was followed by the main body, under Lieut.-
General Prince Gaaarin, Commander of the 18th divi-
sion of infantry. Each regiment marched in two lines,
the battalions were formed in order of battle, and the
batteries in the space between the first line.
" On a level with the main body, at 300 paces to its
left, marched the left column, under the orders of Major-
General de Maydell, temporary commander of the bri-
gade of the Grenadiers of the Caucasus. The infantry
marched by regiments in double line, its left flank
thrown forward, and the artillery formed a line per
battery, its left also thrown forward. These troops
were to form the reserve of the order of battle.

" Nearer Kars and on the right of these columns a
special corps of observation advanced under the orders
of Major-General Count Nirod, consisting of the Prince
Royal of Wurtemberg Dragoons, with batteries Nos. 6
and 7 of the Don Cossacks, and flanked by two sotnias
of cavalry volunteers, commanded by Colonel Loris
Melikoff, a sotnia of Karapapakhe Militia, and two
sotnias of Mountain Militia, which had only arrived the
day before at the camp of Agdja-Kala.
" The arriue.garde, under the command of Major-
General de Wasmund, was to follow in the rear of the
right column.
"'The baggage train of all the troops, accompanied
by a special escort, took a more oblique direction to the
left, following the road of the arabas, which runs by
Khalife-Oglou and Zizinkoff to Mougaradik. As regards
the hired transport convoys and moveable parks of
artillery they were sent round by Kuronk-Dar and Sou-
bahtan. The care of that column was entrusted to Ma-
jor-General Freytag de Lohringhoff, in command of the
Wilna Chasseurs.

" I commanded the main body in person, and
ordered Lieutenant-General de Brummer to march with
the rear-guard which first covered the direct route from
Kars to Agdja-Kala, and which, as the baggage train
gradually disappeared, in the given direction followed,
in the track of Prince Gn,,,orin.
" .fir, the troops bad to make a flank march from
.Agdja-Kala to Nog radjik over 27 vents of country
tot I,lly deAitute of water, the troops were ordered to fill
their v:,,itcc:ns 1P4,-,re starting.
The troops left the camp of Agdja-Kala at 5 a.m.
Count Nirod's column, which had taken- the lead of the
infantry, halted at seven versts from Kars, after crossing
the Xhallfe-Oglou road to that fortreao, and remained on

that point until all the baggage had passed him. Half
way the troops made halt of two hours, after which they
resumed their march on Mougaradjilc where, having
joined the baggage train, they encamped at six in the
evening.

" 'The garrison of Kars, which remained the whole
day under arms, did not venture outside the walls. A
detachment of Turkish cavalry followed the movements
of our columns, which marched across country, without
following the high road, and which approached, as stated
above, within seven versts of Kars.
" 'The order and threatening attitude maintained by
our troops throughout the whole of the march prevented
the Turks from attempting an atta,clc, althowTh a move-
ment of our troops so near the fortress, and a halt
two hours within seven versts, was a challenge to battle:

" After having taken up a position near the village
of Mougaradjik, taking advantage of the proximity of
the high road to Erzeroum, which offered the facility of
pursuing the Turkish army, which has shut itself up in
Kars, I at once ordered out detachments to intercept all
provisions or ammunition intended for the fortress, and
to cut off all communication of the enemy with Erze-
roum by the high road.
• " Thus, onthe morrow, that is to say on the 7th (19th)
of June, a company of volunteers, under Colonel Loris
Meiikoff, sent to make a reconnaissance in the village of
Begly-Akhniet, captured the quarter-master of the
artillery regiment of Arabistan, which had been sent
from Kars to procure barley in the villages.
" On the Bth (20th) June, at daybreak, a patrol of
Cossacks of the combined regiment No. 2 carried off
under the very walls of the fortress part of a caravan
proceeding there. The advanced posts of the enemy
who saw the seizure made a show of an intention to
rescue it, but the advance of two sotnias of reserve
stopped the Turks, and the Cossacks brought all their
booty unhindered into camp. It consisted of 168 sacks
of rice, 8 camels, 86 oxen, and 36 armed drivers in
charm• of the caravan.

" Information was at the same time acquired that
the Turks had collected a store of provisions for Kars in
the villages of Begly-Akhmet and Tchiblakhlou, on the
high road to Erzeroum, and consequently Major-General
Baklanoff was sent there with four squadrons of the
Prince of Wurtemberg dragoons, five sotnias of Cos-
sacks, and two sotnias of militia, with four field-pieces
and a rocket battery. General Baklanoff was instructed
to carry off as much as ho could, at ,d to destroy the
rest.
" On the same day, General Freytag de Lobring-
hoff's column, which had been sent by Kurouk-Dar and
Soubabtan. and a newly-formed regiment of Kurds, No.
2, numbering five sotnias, arrived in perfect order. The
horsemen are athletic, and well-armed and mounted.

" On the 9th (21st) June a detachment was sent from
the camp to support Major-General Baklanoff, who sent
back the following report On the Bth (20th) June he
reached the village of Begly-Akhmet, where be found
and seized 150 tchetwerts of barley, and 150 ponds of
biscuit. On the 9th (21st), at daybreak, Major-General
Baklanoffadvanced on the village of Tchiblakhlou, where
the Turks had collected 800 tchetwerts of barley, which
they had deposited in a mosque turned into a store-
house. Having carried away as much as he could in
arabas, Major-General Baklanoff set fire to the rest,
storehouse and all, and returned the same day to Begly
Akhmet.
"During the halt of our troops at Tchiblekhlou, the
mountaineer sotnias, who formed the outposts, seized
two mails, proceeding from Erzeroum to Kars, and cap-
tured the mail postman, with three men who accompa-
nied him.
" All this time the rain poured down in torrents,
making the roads almost impracticable. The waters of
the Kars-Tchai increased so considerably that the ferry
at the village of Tikma, was rendered very difficult.
Major-General Baklanoff crossed the river, ho,rever, on
the 10th (22d), without accident. He did not once see
the enemy during his expedition. He brought back a
portion of the provisions seized at Begly-Akhmet.
" Thus four days' sojourn at the camp of Mouga-
radjik have procured us, without the slightest loss on
our side, a certain number of prisoners (one of whom is
an officer), anc a considerable quantity of provisions,
whilst the Turks have been cut off from their chief com-
munication with Erzeroum.

" Since the return of General Baklanoff, small de-
tachments hare been sent in the direction of Saganloug,
which carry off and bring away Turkish deserters from
the g,rr.kon at Kar,-.
" 'From the position we occupy, the fortifications of
Kars, and the enemy's army shut up there, are visible.
The Turks continue to strengthen their works of defence,
and are throwing up new ones on different points. The
Turkish troops have not once left their entrenchments.
The cavalry pickets which they keep outside within can-
non range of the fortress are in saddle day and night.
At the least movement on our part reserves come out,
and only retire when the detachment that has alarmed

them returns to camp.
" 'Since the 3d (15th) of June the Erivan detach-
ment, which has crossed our frontiers under Major-
General Sous'off, is encamped at a place called Douty.
The Turkish troops are entrenched near the Monastery
of Sourb Oganes, and remain strictly on the defensive.
The news from the Erivan detachment reaches to the
9th (21st) of June.'

. .
A letter from Odessa, of the 14th, in a Vienna
paper, says :--
"As long as Austria preserved a menacing position
towards Russia, the Russian army which had returned
from the Principalities was obliged to watch the fron-
tiers of the Upper Pruth. and to maintain communica-
tions with the troops in Poland. For this reason Kis-
cheneff was chosen as the central basis of the army.
The situation having since changed, the Commander-in-
chief of the army of the south, General Luders, has re-
ceived orders to remove his bead-quarters from Kische-
neff to Odessa, in order to prevent the enemy from
seizing the territory between Ismail and Perekop, and
to support more efficaciously the operations which are
preparing in the Crimea. The staff of this army is
to arrive in this town on the 17th. The four regi-
ments of cavalry now here, two of them uhlans
and two hussars, and the eleventh division of re-
serve are about to leave for Nicolaieff ; they are to
be replaced by troops of the first corps. Travellers
from Bessarabia state that Ismail is perfectly fortified,
and that it has a garrison of 20,000 men. The troops
who are to leave for the Crimea are to be passed in re-
view to-morrow. The Archbishop Innocent of Kherson
has been to Sebastopol on the demand of Prince Gortscha-
koff to encourage the combatants and give them his
blessing. He was received with great enthusiasm and
he harangued the troops. Since the affair of the 18th
ult. all persons have Lean forbidden visiting the south
side of Sebastopol. All persons have also been inter-
dicted from passing the Isthmus of Perekop without
permission from Prince Gortschakoff or General Luders.
Since the death of General Todtleben it is General
Melukioff who is charged with the internal defence of
Sebastopol."