The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-20 00:00:00

along the Baltic and iiirinland, with a foroa ,dilated 10
defend them. You may regard this intelligence as positive'
Every day Russia loses part of her prestige. The EuipernAr
Nicholas had foretold the dissolution of Turkey. He h 3".
been too hasty, or rather he had deceived himself. It was
the destruction of his own influence that was at bald'
Many political men, even among the most enlightened'
were, it is true, deceived like himself ; but it is no
longer permitted to-day to be blind to the result of pas'
ing events in progress, and not to see that the influence
of Russia has received a shock from which it (1111
never recover. Russian society appears to be aware of
Reasonable men in Russia are terrified at the situation in
which the obstinacy of their master has placed their eclat'
try, and the rest of the population, the small portion
which reflects, is beginning to waver in their high 0011011
of the Emperor, and cease to consider him as a denit-gad
since the signal defeats experienced by his armies. There
is at bottom a latent but general discontent, which mat
d
sooner or later manifest itself by an insurrection, and
bring about a catastrophe."

THE BRITISH LIGHT DIVISION IN
BULGARIA.

The following are copies of letters received froltt
an officer in the Light Division of the Expedi'
tionary Army, by his friends :
" ALADYN, June 26.—1 have received yours °I
the Bth inst. some days ago. I suppose the 0:17
' weather must at last have left you • if not, we coo'
spare some of our surplus heat with mutual advan'
tage. It is now between two and three in the
afternoon, and the thermometer in the shade, and
with a smart breeze passing over it, stands at °
degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature beconle;
very cool and pleasant towards evening. The part
of the day which appears hottest is between seven
and nine a.m., when the sun's rays are neall
horizontal, and before the breeze springs up, Till°.
hitherto it has generally done about nine or to
"

o'clock.
"As I supposed, the difficulty of procur,,il
transports has led to our being detained here. 1-,uth
night before last a courier passed through 11.1 s
news that the Russians had raised the siege of Siloid;
tria and suddenly retreated. Yesterday I r ,0.,
over to Dewina, about seven miles further on "„r
wards Schumla, where the greater part of °"ci
cavalry are encamped. On arriving there I learn,eo
that Lord Cardigan had received orders during t°
night to proceed with 300 troopers to reconnoit,
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and ascertain the direction in which the RUSsia r
army had moved, and the party was then away l°'
that purpose. The cavalry camp at Dewina (Pfeti;
nounced Devena) is on a broad sandy plain, irl.,
a small but rapid stream running through 1
which in its course, turns a considerable numbed
of mills. On either side of the plain are ranges .
hills which rise from 1,200 to 1,500 feet, and °,l;
the declivity of one of these is seen the brown roeS
of the long, straggling village of Dewina itsei.t,
Here d there vineyards and fields of barl,7l
present themselves, but the general effect of tPeo
scenery, from the sence of detached farm-hoes
ry
or houses of any kind, is that of a coal' 0
neglected and turned to little account. BetWeex,
Varna and Dewina no homes are to be seen ethe
cepting those congregated in villages. On ~...01
lower or southern bank of the two lakes, whiff
extend nearly the whole distance between o'o
two places, the ground rises with a gradual sleV
and from the trees frequently opening and showl,tr,
large patches of bright green grass, in contrast vri 0
the dark foliage of the wood, with here and Wild
solitary tree or clump of trees, almost as if arrangbe
expressly by art, the traveller might imagine for
was passing some extensive parks, were it no-bj,
the total absence of house or residence of any lc,l'ilo
It is impossible to avoid thinking, as fresh "lich
open on the road, to what excellent account °ie.
land would be turned at home. The roads are 00
famous, or rather there are no roads, properlY, it
called ; in the direction that one cart has found it
possible to go another has followed, and so on Iwo
a track is established. Such as I have seen Ire,
be altogether impassable after much rain. co;
quently the road diverges into three or four tr°, the
which, after fifty or sixty yards, again meet 'l4 to
main road, showing that it has been eas'eiiet
strike a new way through the bush than to fe'tf
the old route, in consequence of some terePercer
difficulty or obstruction. The carts and con
antes are as rough as the roads : they are -.oa
wholly of wood, the wheels without any tire%oo,
as they move slowly along, they creak and ter dies
and are only kept together by yielding and ben 00
with every bump and thump they meet wit eel,
the road. If the shaft, or a portion of the `%05r0
or any other part breaks, the driver, who is 9' re.
provided with tools, goes into the wood an hi
pairs the injury. The carts are usually dravfroe
oxen, or a couple of savage-looking buffaloes. 0 0
drivers are the most picturesque-looking fello
w7,oir
the world : from the looseness and bulk of ts'
attire, and, the variety of colours in the se/A eOB
parts of it, especially in the head-gear, an'iost
capacious wrappings round the waist, each -,iocl
seems to have a special costume of his 0vi119,70/
the jaunty air of independence which every fe'All
assumes is quite in keeping with his dress. a 0
are armed, carrying in addition to pistols 0,°,0( i
knife, the handles of which peep out of the f'utieit
their sash, not unfrequently a long gun across ore t
shoulder, which, however, by all accounts, j 5 33300
employed in procuring them a dinner when We i
halt comes than for any more serious purposeota,
met a train of upwards of a hundred of these ecro
or arabas, as they are called, returning from
Shumla yesterday. They had taken stores 1
Varna for Omer Pacha's army. WO
We are now all interested in conjecturing , 00
will be the effect of this move of the Russ' float.
our operations. All manner of rumours are ab7it i!
I suppose we shall immediately move on, ;11 al'
will really look as though we remained (111.'3-00
the time the enemy were battering Silistrial the
only advanced when they ran away. At lastii't di'
stock has been altogether discarded in the lig' the
vision, as for some time past it has been ill, the
Brigade of Guards, to the infinite comfort '7 the
men. We still want something lighter 0%04
shako, less confinement at the upper part of the e secl
a less heavy pack, and less shaving. The office/ oa
men have been suffering much from scorch' 000'
ulcerated lips. In the heat of the day the rae°,ooo
stautly carry a small piece of green leaf hever lip
their lips to keep them—especially their 1000
—from being blistered. lam going to try ,eb ap
my way to the advanced French camp, wril'e, ca
°
pears to be about seven miles from hence ; ; of 0
just se© a few of their tents on the suirania,
very high hill, in a north direction from Ver-teee°l
" The day before yesterday an amusing in°oo o'
of fraternising was seen at Varna. Two re iioef
our artillery, and two French soldiers of the„ ell
were rolling arm-in-arm through the stree"4oo
four considerably more than half seas overkte,
not particularly quiet. They made sundry atte cab
each impeding the other in his efforts, to get th'
the open door of a cafe, in which were several'
lish officers. Just at the time the piquet P here
to whose care the two drunken artillery[ne°/ the
committed. The annoyance and disgust %jot°
Frenchmen at having their English cornP° 04
thus removed were unequivocally manifested; bet
offered no resistance to the measure, however'thei
to testify their sympathy beyond all douhtYlool
insisted on being made prisoners too, and P 4
themselves by the side of their friends, they mar
to the guard-house together.
iv 3,
" CAMP DEWINA, se-, a tio
" I had written the preceding letter, but hts°lo'
safe opportunity of forwarding it. Our Pot seed:
rangements are so uncertain and bad that the eter
ing or receiving a letter becomes more or lessipra°,
dental. Days are fixed for the mail to leave letter:,
and Constantinople, but when we ask boy( goo,'
are to be sent, the reply is that an orderly dr el
goes into Varna daily, but that he cannot t9' TV
receive any letters that are not strictly officill'aallie
fact is there is so much discontent that it is gelic, cot'
believed the authorities do not wish for mu% the
respondence to take place. We arrived here 0" eiel
last day of June ; this is the 3d July, and %tea°
have had nothing but their hare rations 0%0.:
and meat ; no coffee, sugar, salt, or other neelf,/ Dri„
Their breakfast this morning consisted of dry file
cuit and water. The water is about haler, goo;
from the camp ; it is a small stream and TmthLee
at the source; but from the number of men v-it be'
and washing and a number of other causes,.. it
comes very indifferent for drinking. The reftici°
department throws the blame of the ins.° 00
supplies upon the commissariat—they, in rod
say the military men will give no means of co store
ing the supplies, of which there are plenty fore /1,,
at Varna or Constantinople. The day be•i°Oil t -
re
left Aladyn a commissariat officer told 1150 lye 0
could have had ale or porter all the time ''ooti°h
there, but that General Brown would not a irliic
the cost of the cartage—a mere trifle, an
en t°°.o
the different regiments would only have,u,;;bed ini
happy to pay. The general has now pnc.,ece -,1
orders that he did not forbid the conveYcjireeuteeo
porter to the troops, but that he„ d tP,Je
that the rations should first be suppnen:enaivie
groceries, and then porter. This is r°'-at ','
enough, if only due provision were mad° 00;
same time for the conveyance of the things' o el'
i ° of
ever, as matters have stood, we have 10,,,i0 e,O
portunities of getting beer, and very geld pay
sugar, rice, &c. The consequence is that the refiditiet
fallen off very much in appearance and e° e 61
and I am sure, from what I hear around I?l'sjoi3'
divi 0,
generally discontented, at least in this roteg
We hear that there have been different °villager
ments in other divisions. The Bulgarian twe Or
are small, ill supplied, and any things th°Tery 12.,4
get from them, such as eggs, milk, ,cte./ till'
certain, and in consequence of the nurnlys high
to purchase, the prices are extravagaTioJente.r.
You can imagine the effect of seven relfler of ra-0
infantry, a brigade of cavalry, and an,°,.., the
tillery, as we are here, sudden placea 'AIN; OP—
of two country villages, and all deloll"'