The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-09 00:00:00

"ARMEE D'ORIENT.

" ETAT M AJOR-GENERAL.—ORDRE GENERAL. (NO. 100.)
" Soldats,—Vous venez do dormer de beaux exnmpies
de perseverance, de calrne, et d'energie, au milieu de
circonstances douleureusses qu'il faut oublier. L'heure
eat venue do combattre, et de vaincre.
"L'ennemi ne vous a pas attendu Bur le Danube.
Sea colonnes demoralises, detruites par 1u maladie, s'en
loignent peniblement, et c'est la Providence peut-etre
qui a voulu nou,, epargner l'epreuve de ces cow:6es mal-
,aines. C'est. elle, aussi, qui nous appelle en Crimea,
pays salubre corn me le notre, et h Sebastopol, siege de
la puissance Russet dans les mers, ou nous allons
chercher ensemble le gage de la paix et notre rkour
dans nos foyers.
"L'enterprise est grande, et digne de vous ; vous
realiserez l'aide du plus formidable appareil militaire et
maritime qui sa vit jaanais, les flottes &lido, avec leurs
trois mille canons, et leurs vingt-cinq mille braves mate-
lots vos emules et vos compagnons d'artues, phrteront
sur la terre du Crimea une arin6e Anglaise, dont vos
peres ont appris h respecter la haute vaieur, une division
choisie do ces soldats Ottomans qui viennent de faire
leurs preuves soua vos veux, une armee Francaise qui
j'ai la droit et l'orguoil d'appeller !'elite de notre armee
touter entibre.
"Je vois que des gages de succbs lui mdme,
Generaux, Chefs de Corps, Officers de toutes srmes.
vous partagerez, et VOU9 ferez passer dans t'ame de yes
suldats la confiance Bout la mienne est remplis. Bientot,
vous salverons ensemble les trois drapeaux reunir flottant
sur lea ramparts de Sebastopol de notre on nationale,
Vivo l'Empereur !'
"An Quartier-general da Varna, Aotit 25, 1354.
(Signee) "Le Marechal de France, Comm.-en-Chef
`• d'Armee. d'Orient,
"A. ST. ARNAUD."
Aug. 29.—This has been a busy day indeed. This
morning the brigade of Guards and the brigade of
Highlanders, moved down to the beach and were
embarked on board the Simoom, the Kangaroo, and
other large steamers, in beautiful order, and in a
very short period of time. Captain Goldsmith, of
the Sidon, deserves the, greatest praise for his
exertions, but indeed where all did their duty it is
invidious to praise individuals.- The plan of fitting

out the paddle-box boats to carry seven horses
each, is due to Lieutenant Roberts, command-
ing her Majesty's steamer Cyclops, who has also
worked very hard both hero and at Constan-
tinople in fitting up boats and pontoons. The
Highlanders and Guards seemed nearly as well
as when they landed. They marched down to the
pier and were taken off a thousand a time by the
steam-boats purchased byour Government from the
Austrian Lloyds', which were built for the naviga-
tion of the Danube, and have been found very use-
ful o'A ing to their speed, power, and light draught of
water. In the course of the day the 28th and 44th
Regiments embarked, and the Ist Brigade of the
Light Division is just moving down to the writer's
edge. The engineer staff is gettingon board also. Se-
veral transports have already started, laden, for Balt-
chik. The cholera still hangs around us. OnSunday
night, Mr. Shegog, surgeon of the 88th Regiment,
was seized with it, and expired in a few hours, to
the profound regret of every man in the regiment.
His exertions when the epidemic had been raging
were of the most extraordinary kind. He was by
the beds of his patients night and day, and by his
care, and skill, and kindness, he saved many a life.
Mild, unassuming, indefatigable, and amiable, he
added, to nobleness of heart, great decision and
energy. His remains were interred yesterday ;
they were followed to the grave by the regiment—
officers, men, and women.
The troops remain for the present in Varna Bay,
on board the ships. It is expectecLthat the expe-
dition will sail on Saturday next.
The weather is fine, though the sky is somewhat
overcast.

THE BLACK SEA.
THE EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEA.
The spectacle at Varna is desCribed as astonish-
ing, for fascines and gabions by thousands, sacks
of provisions heap upon heap, timber, bales of hay,
and barrels of stores, are accumulating upon a scale
such as the present generation has not known.
The superintendent of transports has guaranteed
to embark 2,000 infantry in 18 minutes.
The expeditionary force will be composed of
British, French, and Ottoman troops, who will be
sent in two divisions of transports upon the coast
of the Crimea. The first division will convey
14,000 men. belonging to the French army, and
between 400 and 500 horses, with seven batteries,
mounting 36 guns. The other will convey the
Ottoman army, of about 10,000 men and 800
horses. The British army, a part of which is
already on board the steamers which have come
direct from England, will also be thrown upon the
coasts of the Crimea, to the numbei of 21,000 men
and 1,000 horses, with 36 guns. Thus, the first
expeditionary army will land about 50,000 troops,
who, six or eight days afterwards, will be reinforced
by an additional number of from 25,000 to 30,000
French troops, and from 4,000 to 5,000 English
troops.

private letter from Varna of the 24th ult.
states that a council of war had been held there,
which was composed of Marshal St. Arnaud, Lord
Raglan, Admiral Dundas, and Hamelin. It was
called for the purpose of considering the expediency
of proceeding with the grand expedition. After a
long discussion, during which Admiral Hamelin re-
commended an adjournment in consequence of the
sickly state of the French navy from cholera and
the probability of stormy weather in the Black Sea
during the mouth of December, it was finally re-
solved that the expedition should proceed. Ad-
miral Hamelin then requested that a note should
be made of his objections.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.
The Ost Deutsch Post of Vienna contains a letter
from Jassy, of the 28th ult:, which says :
"The departure of the Russians is still spoken of, but
they do not go. It is said that Gen. Fealoff, who left
yesterday on a mission to Prince Gortschakoff, has
brought an order from the Czar to preserve Moldavia as
long as strategical necessities require. In addition, Gen.
Gortschakoff has received orders not to extend too much
the line of defence, and to establish strong detachments
on various pointseuf the Sereth. It is thus that detach.
ments of 3,000 infantry and 600 cavalry have been placed j
at Mianitz, Patra, Trotusch, Bakea, and Adschind. The
line of the Pruth is under the command of Gen. Osten
Sacken. Prince Gortschakoff is now on a tour of in-
spection. Gen. Osten Sacken went yesterday to Skaliani
to try a new bridge just constructed near that place."
The Augsburg Gazette gives some details relative
to the arrangements entered into between Omer
Pacha and General Hess for the occupation of the
Principalities by the Austrian troops. The Aus-
trians, it says, aro to place garrisons in 18 towns or
large villages of Lesser and Greater Wallachia, but
all the fords of the Danube, and all the fortified
points from Kalafat to Galatz 'and Ibrail, are to
receive Turkish garrisons. Omer Paella is to pass
Jalomnitza with 60,000 infantry, 24,000 cavalry,
ant 120 pieces of cannon, and to advance to the
river of Dusco, where he is to establish Ins head-
quarters. After the Russians shall have evacuated
Galatz and Ibrail, the Turks are to continue their
advance on both banks of the Lower Sereth, and
are to take up a position there.

OMER PACHA'S ATTACK.
It is rumoured that Omer Pacha intends to make
an attack upon the enemy simultaneously with the
offensive operations of the allies against the Crimea;
but the whereabouts of these contemplated attacks
is still matter of conjecture.

THE WAR IN ASIA.
A letter from Trebizond, received by the mail
which reached Constantinople on the 24th ult.,
announces that the Russians had recrossed the Ar-
pachai and abandoned Bayazid in consequence of
the advance of Atchemed _Redschid Pasha, Gover-
nor-General of Van. The Turkish army at Kars
remained in its iutrenchments, and had not been
molested by the Russians.
It was announced yesterday, in a private tele-
graph despatch, that General Guyon, who is styled
Kurschid Pacha, had been appointed to succeed
Mustapha Paella in the command of the Army of
Asia. This statement is contradicted by letters
from Constantinople of the 25th, which state his
successor is Ismail Pacha, who distinguished him-
self at Kalafat.

A letter from Beyrout, 19th ult., in the Monti-
teur, says :—" The Emir Bechir-Ahmet, the can-
didate proposed by the great powers for the func-
tions of Christian caitnacam of the Libanus, has
just been confirmed by the Sublime Porte, and the
muchir immediately gave him the investiture. This
nomination has been very favourably received by
the population of the Mountain."