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on every pound sterling. A pasha at the head 0
a large department is thus enabled to make some-
thing considerable out of his subordinates, in addi-
tion to his gains from other sources.
The formation of a corps of Bashi-Bazouks, to
be paid by France, has been decided on. This
corps, which will at first be 4,600 strong-, and after-
wards increased to 6,000 if necessary, will be placed
under the command of General Yussuf haying un-
der him Commandant Maoman and Capt. Dupreuil.
It is said that the English have it in contemplation
to form a body of irregulars on the same plan. if,
as there is every reason to hope, this organisation
should succeed, the greatest advantages may be
ultimately derived from it ; the Bashi Bazouks
are almost 'all very brave, and accustomed to
every kind of privation and fatigue—all they
want want is discipline. Public attention is genera
directed towards Silistria. It is stated tba'
M. Grach, the Prussian officer who directs tbe,.
artillery, has just been decorated with the order of
Medjidie, as a reward for the talent with which be
has carried on the operations. It is not Omer
Pasha who is marching in person on Silistria. The
Turkish Generalissimo only went about five leagues
beyond Schumla. Beiram Pacha, at the head
34,000, continued his march on that place. Oreie.
Pacha, in pursuance of the plan of operations In
has laid down, has prescribed to that officer to avoid
a pitched battle with the Russians ; his object is
to make a strong reconnaisance in view of the be-
sieged place. The last accounts from thence all
nounce that Silistria may hold out for two month&
It is said that a corps of 4,000 regular troops, ccinl:
manded by Kiraly-Mehemet-Pasha, have entered,
Silistria, without the Russians being able to prevent
it. The Circassians, commanded by the Emir
Mehemet, are said to have obtained a great victory
over the Russians at Dariel, near Kiresch ;
the
latter have lost 2,000 men and three pieces (),
cannon. Schamyl was in full march on Tiflis With
25,000 men and 50 pieces of artillery.

DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN
CIRCASSIA.
KARS, May 15.—A severe defeat bas been OP
tained by the Russians in Circassia. Pursuant to
instructions received from St. Petersburg, the
strongholds of Redout-Kale, Anakria, Sokura-
Kale, and others situated in Abasia, on the Black
Sea, were abandoned by their garrisons, who with-
drew into the interior, and, having collected the
garrisons of the minor forts on their way, theY
advanced by the Diriel pass, in the direction
of Tiflis and Gumri. The Russian force,
15,000 strong, having entered the pass, we°
suddenly attacked in the van and the rear by"
a large army of mountaineers, under the com-
mand of Emir Bey, the second in command te,
Schamyl. Thus assailed the Russian advance
guard was cut to pieces, whilst the centre and the
rear were compelled to retreat with a severe loss.
The Russians lost three pieces of cannon, much am-
munition, and above 3,000 killed. Dariel lies on
the high road from Vladikaukas to Tiflis, and is Silt
days' march from the latter place. Had the Rus-
sians succeeded in forcing the pass they would have
at once entered Georgia ; whilst to the army of Kars
the accession of this force at Gumri would have
been most redoubtable. All the above forts are'
in the hands of the Circassians. The tool'
and fortress of Urzughetti, near Batoum, have
been abandoned by the enemy, and are now ocela"
pied by Selim Pacha. The possession of this placo
is of the greatest strategic importance to the Turks.
Whilst Urzughetti was in the hands of the enenly.;
the army at Batoum was prevented from moving 7
but now Selim Pacha is free to advance, and com-
bine his operations with those of the army of Kars'
An advance on either of these armies would expose,
the enemy to a flank attack, whilst, by a skilf,e'
manoeuvre, the road from Gumri to Tiflis might ue
intercepted, and the capital would fall. The rea:
son of the withdrawal of the garrison of Urzughetv.!
(8,000 strong) is unknown. There can be tore©
suppositions—each one very probable. Either th
Russians feared being cut off, and attacked by
have
combined movement of the Circassians ; or hav
advanced to the Dariel pass, to disengage the
troops lately defeated there ; or they have raarchi,
to reinforce the army at Gumri, and there coneew
trate their forces. At Tiflis there are but a felt
hundred men in garrison ; but at Gumri the enerels
is 25,000 strong. At the latter place the trop p
aso employed in establishing an entrenched cameo
commanded by the guns of the fortress, and at:
evidently anxious to attract this army to as
vance on their position. _Pas si Lae. The gun'
of the inhabitants of Gumri are evidently.nu:
easy, for they have removed all their valuables
into the citadel. This trepidation on their pa"
is perfectly unnecessary, for, so far from ac
preaching Gumri, all the efforts of this army Wl':
be directed to outflank 2 the formidable garrison ('-`
that fortress, and in capturing Tiflis. An emissari
of Schamyl has arrived here with communicatioT
from that heroic chieftain. He promises to mares
• with a ley een masse, 60,000 strong, the women
that this army passes the Arpatschai, but refuses!"
move unless the two movements be combinea •
Schamyl is perfectly correct in refusing to under
take a solitary movement, and we regret that sorcie
of his fiery courage and wild energy cannot 1
infused into the hearts of the Turkish col:111130;
ders here. Matters have greatly improved so
this place. Wheat in large quantities 1111,
arrived, and the chariots with their terms
of oxen, have been detained for r the use of the arialf.
Both baggage horses and mules are daily arrive
so that in :few days or a week the army will bo
a position to march. Money, the sinews of ware
continues to arrive ; and shoes, with clothing, l`ro
anxiously awaited. The troops which had be',3o
quartered on the villages surrounding Kars hag,
been recalled, and are now encamped on the Pl3lll
The whole army will go under tent to-morrow,
will remain on the plain until the site of a esnar
has been selected.

THE BALTIC. 111
COPENHAGEN, Tuesday, June 20.—The Leo a
and Valorous have destroyed the Crown wharf ail
small vessels at Itemi, in the Gulf of Bothnia.

They refrained from damaging Tornea.
Details have arrived respecting the affaiX
Gumla Kurleby.
The Odin and Vulture landed 150 men. Tl5l
were attacked by sharpshooters .in ambuscade, an
by a masked battery-of five guns.
Lieut. Barrington, a midshipman, a mate, ancle
three men fell; 2 officers and 14 men vierj.
wounded. One boat was lost. 28 men all
mate were taken by the Russians, whose come
der was killed.
The commander of Bomarzund has been di'v
missed.

All pilots have been sent into the interior.

ST. PETERSBURG. Ate
Advices from St. Petersburg of the 13th il.ree
that the Emperor Nicholas had ordered Pr'llate
Dolgorouki, Minister of War, to set out for 4.
Danubian Principalities, and to draw up an !?;ri
rate report of the position of affairs in a mil.",
point of view.
The operations before Silistria were esPedfall
recommended to his notice. tioo
This measure has produce,l a profound seng..,4o
at St. Petersburg, as the Emperor never iutr
his Minister of War with such a mission ever
occasions of serious importanc3.

RUMOURED ABDICATION OF THE alsfo'f
It is not strange, says the Paris correspondeltiit
the Times, writing yesterday, that such an inclu"-01
as the interview at Tetschen between the ICing „r
Prussia and Emperor of Austria should have "of
cited general attention, awakened the curiositl re
all, and given rise to many conjectures, all the Wail
that the greatest secrecy has been observed //"001.
respect to it. As yet it seems to have baffled alio.
ture, and all that has been safely said is that he_4o
suit was satisfactory, not onlyto the Sovereigns Tot
met on that occasion, but to the policy of ttit'os
Powers. Notwithstanding the mystery w.ble' of
covered these proceedings, it is believed by °Peed
two persons who have been found to be
accurately informed m, matters relating to Glrraof
politics, that nothing less than the abdicatioltihot
the Emperor Nicholas was on the tapis, and of
though it may not have been the only topic
deliberation, yet that it was the principal olleitlie
Private letters from St. Petersburg speak of the
great change that has taken place in the Era. Peuioa
both morally and physically. They describe,
as completely broken down in health and spiv

VARNA.—THE BRITISH EXPEDITIOX" t
The followhig is from the special correspond°

of the Times Broom
"VARNA, June I.—On Sunday' last Sir George in the
left the barracks at Scutari, and proceeded to Varntthat
Banshee, and before his departure orders wore issued coat'
the men belonging to the Light Division under we the
rn
wand should embark early the following moinFloclo
baggage to be on board at 6 o'clock, the men at 9 °Oaf
Similar orders for their embarkation on the 26th of bop
had been given, as I already-Informed you last weekLiefar
owing to some change of plans on the part of the ohthat
they were notcarried out, and fears were entertainea
the expedition might be delayed still longer at tiliatigl
However, the departuto of the General looked pre'-'tings°
and this time the hopes and impatience of those who -I°-01)10
or action wore to be satisfied. At daylight there eirfee
woke up the camp of the Light Division, and tilxYglit
•ments were ready for inspection at 5 o'clock. The 0100
Division, which is no doubt destined to play an imp4ll b°
part in this campaign, and whose highest glory it
to emulate the successes of the famous legion of the viregi.
sula whose name they bear, consists of the following 190
'flouts :—The 7th Fusiliers, the 23d Fusiliers, thevootp
Foot, the 33d or Wellington's Regiment, the 77th
es
the 88th Connaught Rangers, and the Rifle Brila
2d battalion, attached. Each regiment was 1315(34 tha
order of numbers by the side of its etgaliglea 441