The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-29 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The Russian Invalid, with a degree of cool
effrontery commensurate with the St. Petersburg
climate, already claims a sort of victory at Bomar-
sund, by publishing the following brief intelligence
from Aland :--
"Our last news from the islands comes down to the
10th inst. On the Bth, the enemy commenced landing
troops on the principal island, near the village of Mang.
felt and Tran wick. On the following day they landed
twelve guns from their ships, and erected a battery.
They attempted to take one of the towers of the Aland
fortifications by storm, but were driven back with loss."
To console the St. Petersburgers for the loss of
their 2,000 Dien, and their poesesacla of the jut"
. . .... • •

portant advanced position of Aland, the camp and
other colours, taken by General Wrangel from the
Turks, near Bayazid, were carried in great pomp
from the winter palace, to be deposited in the
church of St. Troitz ; and this on the 16th—that
is, on the day of surrender at Bomarsund.
We must not be surprised to hear of the Rus•
sian press ascribing the surrender to treachery—
that is, to the same process, whereby they noto-
riously obtained possession of Sweaborg in 1808,
and recently attempted to possess themselves of
Silistria. Indeed, according to a statement given
in a report from Stockholm, addressed to the
German Allgemeine, and quoted by the Russian,
Berlin organ, something of this kind is hinted at.
in regard to one of the towers, in these words :--
" They (clie assailants) directed their heaviest gull*
against the tower, where, it appears, it was be-
trayed' to them the Russians had amassed their
ammunition."

The misfortune of the brave men who have been
wantonly abandoned and exposed by the Emperor
to inevitable death or capture is quite sufficient,
without their being subjected even to a breath of
such detestable suspicion as that conveyed in the
above phrase.

The Invalid, by a strange posthumous act, pub-:
lishes on the 18th of August the Bucharest decree
of Baron Budberg, of the 19th of June, relative to:
neutral navigation on the Danube, and this under:
the head of " Intelligence from the Interior ;".lust
as if Wallachia were an internal and integral Pol7=
tion of all the Russias.

The Invalid, of the 18th inst., publishes a factf
however, of much greater importance and recent-
date, and this the capture of Bayazid
"A further copy of a report, addressed by Gene""
"
Wrangel to Prince Bebutoff," says the invalid. nal
this day been received, announcing the capture of BA •
zid. General Read (commanding-in-chief in the Caneseel/
has sent to his Majesty the keys of the two castles of ,
Bajazet, and a flag, left behind. by the Turks. The folk,:
lowing is a copy of the report of the commander or the
Erivan division of the active army on the Turkish Cat
casian frontier, dated August 1 I have the honour:7.-f
report to your Excellency that early on the 31st July, t.r..E
town of Bayazid, and both castles, were taken by the ,
troops under my orders, and that the whole' Sandjak?
Bayazid, on the Diadin side, is in our hands. We found is
Bayazid three cannon, one colour, large stores of powder
and artillery munitions, more than two and a half milliJ own..
cartridges, 1,800 stand of arms, sabres, ten largetrialn.&•
nition waggons filled, medical stores from English 101`•.
French depots, 1,000 chetwerts of wheat,' 150 of 1101%*:
300 of rice, 1,000 of groats, 160 of barley, 300 pads 0t
butter, 400 of salt, ox hides, and divers articles ofeleti
ing for body and feet. Besides this, large quantities
barley and wheat were taken in the camps near Ars", •
and Musun. In so far as I can collect from dootPle
ments that have fallen into my hands at Bayazid, frees
the declarations of the inhabitants, and other reportleei
it is evident that the Turkish corps bad been augal" the
to 15,000 men, and that 13,000 of these took part
battle on the heights of Tschengl. Of these only 2,vv,
escaped, and fled in complete confusion towards Van:11111%i
thousand fell in the battle, and the remainder dis-petlM
All the roads on the Sandjak of' Bayazid are strewn wlwf
dead, wounded, arms and ammunition thrown or*
broken-down carts and waggons laden with early!
and munitions. in Bayazid we found 300, and
sab about 120 wounded, who contrived to escape
the field of battle, but could drag themselves no further''
The The rout of the Turks is complete ; the Bayazid
no longer exists. Besides the capture of seven fit.;
pieces and twenty colours, prisoners, stores, and
town of Bayazid, the result of the battle has been 2:
submission of the whole Sandjak government.,
neighbouring Kurds have evinced their respect forte:
and have promised sheep for feeding our troops.
cording to reports, &Um Pacha, who commanded a°
fled, was plundered on the road to Van by his own
ple. The troops under my command are superabtutle
antly provided for from the stores captured from
Turks, and the ammunition expended in the battle re': .
plenished by the same means."

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PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, August 25.—The Deutsche Allg6:oe:7;f --
Zeitung gives a version of the Austrian 107,,,,/
the 10th inst., which forwarded and recomineeuro.
to Russia the views of England and France.
cording to this version, the Note recapitulate!
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events that preceded. the war, and energetically
refutes the statements made by Count Nesselroti.ne
in his answer to the Austrian sommation•
speaking of the Russian withdrawal from I'4l'
Principalities, the Austrian Government declare/it-
that it looks on it as a strategical necessitY::,
as a measure of defence, and by no mean
as a concession. The note recognises the conditions
of peace as put forward by the Western Powers as
the only possible terms, and designates them aalfr
" natural result" of the strategical advantages ,
gained by the adversaries of Russia. It is repro" •
sented to the Russian Government that, with the ,
compulsory retreat of the invading troops from the
Principalities, the protectorate over them, as welt ,
as over the Greek Christian subjects of the Sultan,
has de facto been forfeited, as it would be out of
the question to expect the victor to submit ail
portion of his territory or his subjects to the van-
quished party.