The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-19 00:00:00

of humanity which the Gbvernm,snt had proposed to
itself!' until now achievcd.
At present, the circumstances under which these posts
had been built having changed, it became necessary to
consider that in consequence of their position they had
no land communication with each other, and that their
garrisons, therefore, left completely isolated from the
main body of cur forces, could not be of any service in
the general system of our future operations.
On these ground., the Aide-de-Camp General Prince
Menschikoff was ordered to suppress these posts, after
having withdrawn the garrisons.
Prince Menschikoff has accomplished this service with
the success which accompanies all the operations of the
fleet in the Black Sea.
On the 3d of March he despatched from Ghelendjik
the steamer Molodets, under the flag of Vice-Admiral
Serelniatioff, towing rowboats ; the Crimea, under the
flag of Rear-Admiral Panfiloff, towing the Mamai tran-
sport ship; the Odessa, towing the Bzyd ; the Cherso-
nese, towing the Gostogal ; the Boi6ts, towing the Ko-
dos the Mugoutch, towing the Tsdrnes ; and the Argo-
naute, towing rowboats.
In ccasting along the shores of Circassia, and when-
ever they arrived opposite a post, they left the vessels
necessary for the embarkation of the garrisons ; but on
approaching Navaglunsk two steamers, the one French,
the other English. were signalled. The embarkation
was suspendwl, and measures were taken to prepare
for action ; however, the enemy's ships remained in the
..tfing, passed before ours, and the embarkatiOn was re-
sumed.

In the meantime, opposite the post Veliaminoff, these
two steamers stopped the hired transport Dzyb ; two
officers hailed her and addressed to her commander,
Lieutenant Tchebysclieff, the following questions
" What steamers have you seen near the post of Na-
vaghinsk ?" Answer—" Some Russian steamers of war."
" What are they doing at that point ?" Answer--
" There is an Admiral there, and he has not told me
his instructions.
" Who is burning the posts, you,or the Circassians ?'
Answer—" We."

•" Because

" Why do you burn them ?" Answer
such is the order given."
" Where is your. fleet ?" Answer—"l don't, know,
but I believe it to be at sea, and very near."
After having received these answers, the two steamers
departed, having described themselves as the Mogador
and the Sampson.
On the sth the whole expedition anchored at Novo-
rosslisk, where it disembarked the garrison of the posts
of Navaghinsk, Golovine, Lazareff, Veliaminoff, Ten-
ghinsk, and Novotroitsk.
Storms bad prevented the squadron of Rear-Admiral
Voukotitch embarking the garrison of the post of St.
Esprit. The removal of the garrison took place between
the 9th and 10th by means of the steamer Gromonosseis,
aboard which was sent Colonel.Skulkoff, aide-de-camp
of the Emperor.
From all these posts, besiiles the garrisons, which
make up an effective force of 5,000 men, they embarked
all the families of the soldiers, the workmen, and a great
part of the stores of the Crown. The rest, as well as
the buildings, were burnt, and the fortifications were
blown up.
Our military resources have thus been augmented by
an important body of picked troops, accustomed to war
by lon► service in the centre of an unsublued country.
This confirms the news brought by telegraph to
London some time ago, that the Russians had suc-
ceeded, while the combined fleets remained at
Beycos, in removing their troops from the posts
established on the Circassian coast of the Black Sea.
It will be recollected that Earl Clarendon contra-
dicted, in the House of Lords, the accuracy of all
the reports circulated to this effect.