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

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

A letter from Widdin, of the 6th, in the Moni-
teur, says :—" A French military intendant has
just arrived here from Varna. He has visited Kra-
jowa and the neighbouring towns, and is very well
satisfied with the resources of every kind which
the country offers, notwithstanding the heavy bur-
dens it has had to support. The appearance of
French uniforms on the left bank of the Danube
has produced an indescribable sensation. The in-
tendant and the officers who accompanied him were
the objects of continual ovations."
A letter from Rustchuk, is the Moniteur,
says :
" The following are some details on the subject of the
retreat of the Russians and the advance of the Turkish
army. On the 27th ult. the Russians abandoned their po-
sition at Daya. A. first reconnaissance was ordered on the
same day by Omer Paella, and led to the capture of a Rus-
sian officer and two soldiers. This reconnaissance was

pushed on as far as Frateschti and Daya. The Turks
found houses under ground, which were constructed last
autumn by the Ru-sians, and in which 20 battalions
might be quartered. There were also extensive stables,
and a large supply of hay which the enemy had kit
behind. On the following day, four regiments of

cavalry under the orders of I-lalim Pacha pushed on as
far as Komana, a small viliage on the banks of the
.Niajl.)u. The Russians had already crossed that river,
and afterwards the Argis, a little more to the northward,
in order, probably, to direct their march on Bondeschi
or Frceiniechti, and thus gain the extensive plain of
Bouzeo. After crossing these two rivers, the Russians

burnt the bridges. On the 28tb, eleven Russian
cavalry soldiers fell into the hands of the Turks. They
said that two days before their departure from Daya,
Prince Gortschakoff, in order to revive the drooping
courage of the soldiers, caused to be read in the camp a
manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas, in which the Czar
promised two roubles to each of the soldiers who had
taken part in the war beyond the Danube, and an-
nounced to them that they were about to recross the
Pruth in order to defend their country, which was
threatened by three powerful enemies, France, England,
and Austria."

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-
brudseha, not far from Babadagh, 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
flight was, in fact, so rapid that a regiment of
Zouaves, charged to support, if necessary, the
Bashi-bazouks, could not come up with them, not-
withstanding all the exertions that they made. In
the early part of this affair, Chef d'Escadron Du-
brenil, 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. His 'men, however, disen-
gaged him soon after, without much difficulty.
The Cossacks had forty men killed or wounded to
this encounter. Several Circassian chiefs arrived
on the 29th July at Constantinople from Varna,
where they had gone on a mission to the three
generals-in-chief of the allied forces. On thei
arrival at Constantinople they were received by the
principal Ministers of the Porte, and presented to
the Sultan, who received them most graciously.
r
They are soon to return home with arms, ammu-
nition, and military stores, placed at their disposal
by the 13• rte. Bou-Maza arrived at Constantinople
on August 5.
There appears to be no doubt, these letters. say;
yielded up
that the Anglo-French troops have determined to
take possession of all the bank of the Danube.
movement would have the effect of insuring
.the
destruction of the whole of the Russian flotilla,
with the exceion perhaps, of some boats, not
to Russia by the last treaties.. This
drawing muchwater, which could escape up the
Pruth. The object f the late visit of Marshal St.
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
the Crimea. The rumour in the Turkish capital
was that the combined fleets would be able, without
incurring much danger—as was proved by the ex-
periments made by the squadron under Admiral
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
the materiel and troops was to commence on the
6th, every necessary preparation having been made
there in advance ; and it 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 de Redcliffe, re-
lative to the beat means of insuring to the allied
fleets such resources as they might happen to need.

THE CAMP AT V.A.RNA 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 weeks 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 particu-
larly to_.those "accusto_ ined. to a hot climate,
that the worst thing possible is to remain for
any time on a single spot, The encampment ne-