The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-07 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The cavalry of the Contingent is gone up to
Silivria and Bujuk-Tcheckmedje, on the Sea of
Marmora. There is a report this morning that it is
to be sent to Bourgas, about two-thirds of the way
to Varna. If it should prove true General Shirley
will resign, and the services of a first-rate cavalry
officer, destined, doubtless, to command at no dis-
tant period the whole of our cavalry in the East,
will, for the present at least, be lost to the country.
The troops that arrived last week in the Simoom
are a battalion of the Light Infantry of the Ger-
man Legion. It is just a thousand strong, and
arrived in excellent health. It has been sent down
the Sea of Marmora to Silivria, until the cholera
shall have entirely left Scutari. Colonel Wool -
ridge, who commands the brigade, expects the
early arrival of the two other battalions that corn -
plete it. He has every reason to be satisfied with
the docility and good conduct of the Jagers, upon
whom, we are glad to say, the cholera seems to have
ceased its attacks since they were put under
canvass.

'The large barracks for the cavalry at Hyder
Pasha, near Scutari, are now complete, after seven
weeks' labour. They are of wood, roufed with zinc.

THE WAR IN ASIA.
The Military Gazette of Vienna of the Ist inst.
contains some account of the position of the Turks
in Asia clown to the 12th ult. Omer Pasha had
divided his army into three corps. He occupied
Soukum-Kaleh with themain body, and had detached
to Redout-Kaleh the corps of Ferhad and Osman
Pasha, composed of 12 battalions of infantry and
4 regiments of cavalry, and stationed at Batoum
the corps of Mustapha Pasha, with the Tunisian
Contingent, directing him to operate according to
circumstances. It was at first believed that those
three corps would simultaneously advance into
Mingrelia, Guria, and Imeritia. It was even re-
ported that Omer Pasha had penetrated 26 leagues
into the interior, on the road to Kutais. This,
however, has not yet been confirmed. On the 12th
Omer Pasha had not moved from the basis of his
operations. On hearing of the Turks having esta-
blished themselves at Soukum-Kaleh and Redout-
Kaleh, Prince Bebutoff sent two battalions of re-
gular infantry, four sotnias of Cossacks, 8 pieces of
artillery, and 8,000 irregulars to Abandria, on the
Ingour, and that corps of observation had inter-
cepted, by the position it had taken, all communi-
cation between Soukura-Kaleh and Redout-Kaleh.
The Sirdar wax naturally anxious to re-esta-
blish that communication, and he accordingly
advanced with his army, consisting of 26,000
men and 40 pieces of artillery, by the Altinglo-
road, and crossed the small branch of the Ingour
without encouatoring the enemy, Who awaited his
approach on the left bank of the principal branch.
The Turks crossed the latter, under the protection

of a few steamers, near Anaclea, and thereby ren-
dered the position of the Russians untenable. The
engagement on the 7th ensued, the result of which
enabled Omer Pacha to re-open the communica-
tions between his corps of army and that of Ferhad
Pasha ; but down to the 12th of November he had
not penetrated more than three leagues into the
interior of the country. Selim Pasha was still in
the same position on the Erzeroum-road, not hav-
ing advanced byond Hassan-Kaleh with his troops
and Convoy of provisions and ammunition, on the
10th of November. General Mouravieff was estab-
lishing a winter camp before Kars, and had sent
off the militias of Grusia and Georgia to tLe army
of Prince Bebutoff. As respects the corps of Mus-
tapha Pasha at Batotun, competent persons de-
clare that it was not yet in a condition to take
the field.

AUSTRIA.
A letter from Vienna, of the Ist, says :—" The
Empress of Austria is again in an interesting situa-
tion. Baron Prokesh left this morning for Trieste,
whence he will proceed to Constantinople. A trial
which has been going on for the last 18 months, of
certain persons charged with attempting to revolu-
tionise Hungary, has just ended in the condemna-
tion of the culprits to various periods of imprison-
ment. The chief, named Damaskin, was con-
demned to death, but the Emperor has commuted
his sentence into 12 years' imprisonment in the
fortress of Konigingratz."