The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-20 00:00:00

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at. F,r St. Ni,;()l.li, r 811.fka,i1. IT '!ppe,irs that
a body of RusAians had secretly moved from Alex-
andropol,
Crumri with the intention of attacking
Selim, but r.„e Pasha, being advised of their pur-.
pose, pushed forward a force to Osergeth, a small
fortress in advance of Shefkatil, ana. took possession
of it before the Russians could collie up to save it;
-nothing more had occurred when thei aide-de-camp
let. Both Slrefkatil, or St. Nicolai; and 04ergeth
are within the Russo-Georgian territory, and are
not far from Batourn ; the t . o places- axe' distinctly
=AA. in Wyld's map of the Ottoman Empire.
Asa means of trying to check the mortality among
the men stowed in the over-crowded and
tilated barracks and khans of this place, two
battalions of the healthiest and strongest men have
vacated their quarters and . marched to Hassan-
Kaleh, a village 18 miles north-east of Erzeroum,
on the road, or track, towards Kars. We are all
anxiously on the look out for a change iu the wea-
ther, but the -snow still continues to fall it is;
however, watery. This new feature and the ther-
mometer marking several; -degrees higher than it
did last week, indicate an approaching thaw.
MARCH 2L—N-Othing has occurred since my last,
of the 17th inst., except that the new Governor;
Feizoollah Pasha, has been actively employed in
forwarding cannon, ammunition, and stores to the
head-quarters, and vigorous measures are at
length taken by all parties to be ready to oPen
the Campaign the middle or- end of next monthi
weather ppermitting.. The lieavY. battery can-
non; so long lying --idle here, have been dis-
mounted, and placed upon sledges composed of two
heavy logs of wood attached to each other in the
form of an acute triangle, with the base behind and
the apex at the yoke, the muzzle of the gun being
fixed in front. They are dragged by oxen, as are
also the light field pieces; but these latter are not
dismounted. Ahmed Pasha, the ex-Mushir of the
Army, arrived here a few days ago, with two other
Pashas, Ferik Alee and Mustapha, and several
colt nos and other officers. They have been under-
going examination, and evidence has been taken of
their cowardly conduct at Akiska. On their arrival
at Constantinople, it is said, they will be tried by
a court-martial. They have since departed, and
are all under' strict surveillance. By a letter from
Kars, received last night, it appears that, in
consequence of the judicious measures taken
and followed -up by the new Mushir, Zarif
Mustapha, under :the advice of Kurschicl
Pasha (General Guyon);'-sickness is rapidly dimin-
ishing, the men having been relieved from their
over-crowded state by distributing a portion of
them in the neighbouring villages, also by giving
them better rations (particularly bread) and cloth-
ing, and otherwise attending to their wants and
comforts ; they needed this attention, poor fellows,
after the infamous way in which they were neglected

IT the deposed Muihir. An Armenian spy has
been caught in the act of taking a list of the cannon,
their weight of metal, number of balls, &c. Hav-
ing been subjected to the punishment of the stick,
he confessed having been sent by the Russian officer
commanding at Gumri to Kars for that purpose,
and also implicated several Armenian' in. the town,
who were in the habit of sending information to the
enemy.