The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-18 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE.

The Presse has advices from Constantinople of the
10th, stating that the marriage of Princess Fatima
and Redschid Pash's son was celebrated with great
pomp on that day.
The armaments for Asia are continued with
great energy.
It is said that the departure of the expedition
from Varva will be delayed in consequence of the
intense violence of the cholera.

Letters have reached Paris from Constantinople,
to the sth, but their principal contents have been
anticipated by the electric telegraph. A serious
engagement took place on July 29, in the Do-
brudscha, not far from Bahadagh, between some
Cossacks and a party of Bashi-bazouks, lately or-
ganised by General Yussuf, of the French service.
The Cossacks, though far superior in number, were
put to flight, and pursued to some distance. Their
Zolflight
tave was,
Crgeashiand fact,
so rapid that a regiment of
to support, if necessary, the
Bashi-bazouks, could not come up with thorn, not-
withstanding all the exertions that they made. In
the early part of this affair, Chef d'Escadron Du-
breuil, who was at the head of the Bashi-bazouks,
dashed forward with such impetuosity that he got
into the midst of the enemy, and received a num-
ber of slight wounds. Efis men, however, disen-
gaged him soon after, without much difficulty.
The Cossacks had forty men killed or wounded in
this encounter. Several Circassian chiefs arrived
on the 29th July at Constantinople from Varna,
where they,-,liad gone on a mission to the,
generals-in-chief of the allied forces. On their
arrival at Constantinople they were received by the
principal Ministers of the Porte, and presented to
the Sultan, who received them most graciously.
They are soon to return home with arms, ammu-
nition, and military stores, placed at their disposal
by the Porte. Bou-Maza arrived at Constantinople
on August 5.

The—re appears to be no doubt, these letters say,
that the Anglo-French troops have determined to
take. possession of all the bank of the Danube.
yielded up to Russia by the last treaties. This
destruction. of the
movement would have the effect of insuring
.the
with
.the exception, perhaps, of some boats, not
drawing much water which could escape up the
Pruth. The object Of the late visit of Marshal St.
the Crimea. The rumour in t
whole of the Russian flotilla,
Arnaud. to Constantinople was to explain to. the
Sultan. in person the object of the great expedition
which
.was on the point of being despatched against.
made
was that the combined fleets would be able, without
incurring much danger—as was proved by the ex-
perimentshe Turkish capital
Bruat—to do the greatest damage to the fortifica-
tions. of Sebastopol, and even to destroy the. Rus-
sian fleet at anchor there. The embarkation of
by the squadron under Admiral
the materiel and troops was to commence on the
6th, every necessary preparation having been made
there in advance ; and ib was thought, these letters
say, that the expedition might set out on the 9th
or 10th. On the 2d of August, Admiral Sir E. .
Lyons arrived at Constantinople from Varna, in
the Agamemnon. He had immediately a number
of interviews with Lord Stratford do Redcliffe, re-
lative to the best means of insuring to the allied
fleets such resources as they
might happen to need.

THE CAMP AT VARNA AND THE EXPI-

DITION TO THE CRIMEA. •
According to the last intelligence from Varna,
says a Constantinople letter of the sth instant, the
sickness was much diminished. The army must
still be considered as in an unhealthy state, but
there is every reason to believe that the worst is
passed, and that the terrific heat and malaria
which seem to have overspread the country for
the last five or six M eeks will now pass away
with the declining summer. Proper means have
been taken for the restitution of the general
health. It is well known to officers, and pai ticu-
Lily to those accustomerl to a hot climate,
that the worst thing possible is to remain for
any time on a single spot, The encampment no.