The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-15 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

NEWS FROM KARS.

Refusal of the Terms of the Besieged, and

Sortie of the Garrison.

VIENNA, SATURDAY.

The Fremden Blatt contains a letter from a
British officer at Kars, dated Nov. 11, informing
us that the state of the besieged garrison was
hopeless.
They had offered to surrender if permitted to
retreat to Erzeromn, but these terms were refused
by General Mouravieff.
On the J oth the garrison made a sortie, but
were repulsed.

(From the Morning Post of this day.)

We pledge ourselves to the authenticity of the
intelligence respecting the capitulation of Kars,
which was published excusively in this journal on
Wednesday last.
We were perfectly correct in stating that
General Kmety, the commander of Kars, had,
with another officer, effected his escape through
the Russian outposts to Erzeroum, and that
thence intelligence has been received from him.
General Kmety states that before he left General
Williams had despatched a, flag of truce to General

Mouravieff offering capitulation.
That Kars is in possession of the Russians
there can be no doubt. That the brave Williams
and his noble comrades are prisoners there is
every reason to fear. If terms of capitulation
could not be agreed upon, General Williams's
only alternative was to cut his way through the
Russian force, and risk the extermination of his
troops. Beaten by disease and fatigue, their food
and ammunition at an end, relief hopeless, the
men who have made the name of Kars illustrious
could, by no human means, longer defend the
place for which they have sacrificed so much.
With this deplorable catastrophe we fear the
campaign in Asia will close for the winter.

(From the Journal des Debuts.)

The English journals continue to announce the
capture of the city of Kars by General Mouravieff.
We do not• wish to contradict this news, unhap-
pily but too probable ; we believe, however, that
no despatch has arrived at Paris officially confirm-
ing the intelligence. The letters received this
day (Thursday) from Constantinople speak of the
critical state of Kars, but not of its capitulation.
They tell us also that the city and its environs
were covered with a bed of snow more than six
feet deep, and which, without considering the
enemy, would be sufficient to prevent all attempts
to revictual it.

(From the Courrier dc Marseille, of the 13th inst.)
Accounts of the movements of the expedi-
tionary corps of Omer Pasha, on the banks of the
river Phasis, had been received at Constantinople.
The operations of Omer Pasha inspired much
confidence9.t Constantinople. Everybody was per-
suaded that he would soonreach Katais, and that an
encounter with the enemy must be favourable to
the Ottoman army, which is in a far better con-
dition than the forces opposed to it, who have to
cover and defend a great number of points. This
bold diversion of Omer Paella, however, had not
yet been attended with any satisfactory result for
Kars. Tho garrison was reduced to the greatest
straits, and although the constancy of the Turks
may still prolong the resistance, it is doubtful
that the heroic besieged can hold out many days,
unless efficient assistance be directly afforded
them. The position of Kars is consequently much
compromised, but nothing has been yet received to
confirm the report of its surrender.

BERLIN, DEC. 13.

The following is published by the Constitution-
nel :—" The /iodide Busse states that a san-
guinary affair took place on the 6th ult., between
the corps of General Koucheriuko and the rebel
tribe of the Tchefftchenieffs. The Russians at
first crossed the Kuban (between the Caucasus
and eircassia), but afterwards retiored behind that

river."

engages herself to co-operate with the
The Princess Dadian has signed a treaty by
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TRIESTE, DEC. 14.
Fifteen hundred men, forming part of the
Anglo-Swiss Legion, arrived on the sth.

VIENNA, DEC. 13.

The subscription to the shares of the Bank of
Commerce and Industry amount to 00 millions
of florins.

MADRID, DEC. 12.

The Government has refused the offer made to
it by the Credit Mobilier of Paris of 500 millions

of reals at 6 per cent.

The St. Petersburg correspondent of La Presse
writes under date Dec. 3 :

If you would form a conception of the losses
sustained by the Russian army in the Crimea,
read. the Invalide Busse. The official journal
coitains an order of the day by the Emperor,
issued after his inspection of the 4th and sth
infantry divisions, in which it is said that of eight
regiments seven only could show an effective of
more than two battalions.

The 4vgsburg Ga.:ctic publishe3 the following :
VIENNA, DEC.

Up to this time no ground has been gained upon
which negotiations for peace can be commenced.
The story of an Austrian ultimatum is a pure in-
vention.

We are expecting the arrival, within a few
days, of several eminent Russian diplomatists
accredited to foreign courts, among them Prince
Gortschakofl', Baron de Budberg, Baron de Kru-
dener, M. Sewerin, and M. de Fonton.

The Augsburg Gazette announces that the en-
tire army of the Austrian monarchy, the army
corps occupying Moldo-Wallachia alone excepted,
is to be reduced to a peace footing, as the 4th
army corps standing in Gallicia has already been.
The next corps for reduction is that commanded
by the Archduke Albert, stationed in Hungary
and Transylvania. The diminution is effected not
only by granting leave to a large number of in-
dividual soldiers, but by the disbanding of cer-
tain battalions. The civil corps attached to the
army, reinforced when this time last year its
eventual activity was contemplated, ate also re-
duced to their former footing. The Emperor of
Austria's order of the day, dated Nov. 2, 1854,
allowed two months for placing the army on the