The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1864

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR.

CONSTANTINOPLE.

CONSTAIMINOPLE, Aug. 24.--4Xarshal St. Ar-
naud will hold a council of war at Varna, to decide
upon the expediency of the great expedition, con-
sidering the state of the health of the troops.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived here on the 22d,
rather unwell.

Thirty gun-boats have arrived from Malta, and
15 others are expected.

Gnat excitement exists at Varna against the
Grzecu-Slavonic agents of Russia.

Discontent is increasing in the French army at
their long inactivity.
The cholera is decreasing.

THE BATTLE AT KARS.
Letters from Constantinople of the 21st confirm
the previous accounts of the battle at Kars. The
action lasted five hours ; the Turks lost 3,000 men,
and the Russians 1,600.

Not hioglwa,4 known there concerning the embarka-
tion of the allied troop.
Kars is in no danger.

THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
ALLIED ARMY.
Our letters of the 20th inst. state the panitary
condition of the allied army was rapidly improv-
ing ; the disease was everywhere on the decline, and
the moment was fast approaching when the Gene-
rals could attempt important operations without
compromising the health of the troops. The
preparations for the expedition were proceeding
with extraordinary activity, both at Constanti-
nople and at Varna. The Bosphorus was crowded
with steamers destined to carry troops, mum-
tions, and materiel of siege. The last corps of
the English army, which remained at Buyukdere,
had left for Varna. The real object of the expe-
dition was still a profound mystery. Public opi-
nion in the Turkish capital was still impressed with
a belief that an attack against Sebastopol and a
landing in the Crimea were contemplated. One of
our letters, however, observes that the events
which caused the departure of the army to be pAst-
polled would probably render so great a military
operation difficult t,efore the setting in of the had
- Many persons at Constantinople consi-
tiered it more prudent for the Allies to take a strong
!,osition on the Circassian coast opposite the '
Crimea, so as• to wa,ch and p, event all in. ivement
the Russian &et at Sebastopol and of the Rus-
sian army in Asia, at the saint, tine that a strong
•livision should remain at adtchik, to keep Odt ssa
in check and command the Black S a, by combin-
ing its operations with the naval division in Cir-
;assia. The writer adds that the prolongation
done of the blockade of 0 lessa, S tstopol, an lof
the other Russian ports of the Black Sea had in-
dicted greater injury on Russia than the loss of a
battle.

THE BRITISH EXPEDITION.
VARNA, Aug. 19. —The Duke's division has
marched iu from ..k.lalyn, and is now encamped to-
w trls the sortth-western side of the h:ty. It tsp-
pears that notwithstanding the exquisite beauty of
the country around. A'adyn it is a heft-heel of
fever and dysentery. Tice saue is true of Devna,
which is called by the Turks " the Valley of
Death ;" au I had we consulted the natives ere we
pitched our camps, we assuredly would never have'
gone either to Atadyn or Devna, notwithstanding
the charms of their position, and the temptations
offered by the abundant supply of water and by the
adjacent woods. So completely exhausted on last
Thursday was the Brigade of Guards, these
3,000 of the flower of England, that iey had
to make two marches in order to get over the
distance from .Aladyn to Varna, which is
not more than (not so much, many people say
as) ten miles. But that is not al. Their
packs were carried for them. Just think of this,
good people of England, who are sitting anxiously
in your homes, day after day, expecting every
morning to gladden your eyes with the sight of the
announcement, in large type, of ". Fall of Sebas-
topol," your Guards, your corps &elite, the
pride of your hearts, the delight of your eyes,
these Anakim whose stature, strength, and massive
bulk you exhibit to kingly visitors, as no
inapt symbols of your nation, have been so re-
duced by disease, and a depressing climate, that it
was judged inexpedient to allow them to carry their
own packs, or to permit them to march more than
five miles a day, even though these packs were
carried for them ! Think of this, and then judge
whether these men are fit in their present state to
go to Sebastopol, or to attempt any great operation
of war. The Highland brigade are in better con-
dition, but even the three noble regiments which
compose it are far from being in good health or in
the spirits in which they set out for Varna. The
Duke's division has lost 160 men, of these nearly
100 belonged to the Guards. In the Brigade of
Guards there were before the march to Varna up-
wards of 600 men sick. The Light Division has
lost 110 or 112 men. Sir D. Evans has lost 100
men or thereabouts.

THE BLACK SEA FLEET.
BALTCHIK BAY, Aug. 10.—Tile cholera, which
has long been hovering about, has at length visited
the fieet&in earnest. It attacked the French first,
and they suffered so severely in some of the large
ships that they put to sea in hopes of benefitting
by a change of air. A few days after this terrible
sickness fell on us. A few unmistakeable cases
occurred in several of the ship, and we put to sea
also. On Saturday, the 12th, our squadron sailed,
ofconsisting (Admiral Dundas),
Album, ra tfalgt, BVrieZneaiL3, Queen, Rodney,
London, Retribution, Furious, Tribune, and
mond. For two days we got on pretty well, the
Trafalgar only having suffered; but on Monday
Might (14th) the disease broke ont in all its awful
fury in several ship 4 situaltaw)ualy. In 20 hours
30 men died the in Britannia, and 30 in the next 20
hours. Those who have only witnessed the etricts
of this fatal post on land can hardly imagine the
additional horror which accompanies its progress
imaginethem
1,000 men narrowly
caatzseel in a
aL:it t
floatinghe m
b
to close all the ports, so that, notwithstanding all
the appliances of air-sails, &L t., the air at night be-
comes abominably tainted below. 50 or 60 that
poor fellow's fate ? A boat's crew go on shore to
put a few stones together as a sort of landing-place
on. the sand ; they move a stone, and underneath a
is festering corps again. But there is no use In
accumulating the-details of abenes like these, which
must ever be the terrible attendants on war and
pestilence.

- On the 15th, the English men-of-war at the
Golden Horn' and at Varna dressed in colours,
hoisted the tricolour to the main, and tired a R,)yal
salute in honour of the anniversary of the Em-
peror Napoleon's birthday. The Turkish fleet and
forts also fired a Royal
salute and the French
men.,of- war observed the day with every external
demonstration of enthusiasm.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.
A letter from Bucharest, 19th, in the Moniteur,
says :—" Ibraham Pacha sent four regiments of
cavalry on a reconnaissance as far as Bouzeo. On
arriving on the 17th near that place, the Turks
were informed that
a detachment of Cossacks still
remained there. Fifty men were immediately de-
t.tchec3, who attacked themin the town itself. The
Russians lost six menkilledandtwotaken prisoners;
the Turks had one killed and two wounded. The
Turks remained masters of the place. Omer Pacha
leas applied to the Wallachian administration,
demanding 93,000 rations of bread a-day to be
divided between Bucharest, Obilechti, and Oursit-
chem. A second bridge of boats is being con-
structed on the Danubeof the English army is shortly expected at
Obilechti." at Turtukai. A division