The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-19 00:00:00

THE WAR IN ASIA.

A letter in the Lloyd, from Batoum, brings in-
telligence from Asia Minor up to the 29th ult. Ferik
Pacha, who with 8000 men was on the Natauchta,
crossed into the Russian territory on the 27th, and
reconnoitred as far as Dschumat. The Russians
are concentrated at Kutais, and are collecting
reinforcements from the fortresses on the eastern
coast of the Euxine. The Kars army is being
reinforced and reorganised. Ismail Pacha was ex-
pected to join it within a few weeks. It may be
well, indeed it is necessary, to mention that there
are threelsmail Pachas, viz., the above-mentioned ;
a second, the governor of Erzeroum ; and the third
is the governor of Smyrna. The present governor
of Kars, Zary Pacha, remains inactive while the
Russians are preparing for future operations.
Schamyl sent messengers to inform the leaders of
the Turkish army at Kars of his intended descent
on the Russian territory, and expected they would
co-operate with him ; but their petty jealousies,
and the demoralised state of their army, pre-
vented Schamyl's anticipations being fulfilled ;
" and," as the Batoum correspondent says, " as he
(Schamyl) found himself unsupported by the Turks,
he has lately returned to his mountains, laden with
Russian booty." Ismail Pacha, the governor of
Erzeroum, was engaged in attempting to stop the
disorders of the Zeybecks in the interior of Anato-
lia, and has captured several of the leaders, and
restored quiet in the immediate neighbourhood of
his pachalik, " but not till the Zeybecks had mur-
dered several French officers on their journey to
Kars." The Russians have recently again with-
drawn from Bayazid, and the communication with
Persia is re-established. The cholera has broken
out again in the south of Anatolia.

THE BALTIC.
NYBORG, Oct. 18.—The Driver has arrived to
fetch pilots for Admiral Plumridge's squadron,
lying off Langeland. Passed northward to-day
the Lioness, Zawk, and Horse.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Oct. 15.—According to intelligence re-
ceived in Russian circles here, a St. Petersburg
despatch of yesterday's date has been received,
which states that active hostilities had not recom-
menced in the Crimea up to the 9th inst.
It is stated in this St. Petersburg despatch thn-
at
Prince Menschikoff has already received a rein-
Prince
forcement of 18,000 men.
The arrival here of General Baron Hess is nours-
w
likely to be postponed until Wednesday or Th
day next. Immediately afterwards the delibera-
tions spoken of in my letter two days since will at
once commence. The actual state of things is con-
sidered to be extremely serious. It is said that
the junction of the Allies, at present on the mos'
arduous service in the Crimea, with the Otter.
forces under Omer Paella in Bessarabia next month,
is much approved of by General Baron Hess,
who has already deemed it necessary to send addi-
tional troops to Cracow, owing to the large concen-
tration of Russian forces on the Polish-Galliciap.
frontier. There can be no doubt that Russia has
of late assumed an extremely threatening attitude
towards Austria.
Those who are necessarily well informed in mat-
ters of diplomacy state that the relations between
Austria and Russia are 07. the eve of an absolute
rupture. It is not thought possible that their re-
spective ambassadors at Vienna and St. Petersburc,
can remain much longer at their posts. Indeed
a war between Austria and Russia has become
inevitable. The Emperor Nicholas could never
be supposed to forgive the policy of the Em-
peror Francis Joseph. The latter's active sup-
port of the Sublime Porto, in virtue of the Austro-
Turkish convention of June 14, was at the time,
and has been ever since, regarded at St. Peters-
burg as a legitimate cosits belli, to be availed of
sooner or later. The Emperor of Austria
and his
a
enlightened Ministers have also long since
of resolved
- to pursue that policy which the int®
Europe,