The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

.TH,E SG Nk LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 22, 1856.

RUSSIA.

The Invalide Russe of the 12th contains a report,
announcing that at the beginning of September
some sharp skirmishes took place between
Schamyl's troops and the Russians, under General
Kosloffski, in the Upper Kouban, and that the re-
sult of them was that the Circassians were de-
feated. It is stated that at that time Schamyl cer-
tainly intended to support the operations of Omer
Pacha, but was prevented by the movements of
the Russian general.
A letter from Warsaw of the 10th, in the Ham-
burg Correspondent says :—" The arrangements
connected with the reforms to be introduced into
the kingdom of Poland, which bad been suspended
in consequence of the illness of Prince Paskiewitch,
have been resumed. It is said that Poland is to
be divided into three governments instead of five,
the chief towns being Warsaw, Lublin, and Radom.
The g )vernors are to unite the civil and military
powers, and are to remain subordinate to the Go-
vernor-General of the Kingdom. The finance
department is to depend altogether on that cf St.
Petersburg."

TURKEY.
A letter from Constantinople of the 7th, in the
Gazette dv, Midi, says :—" A deputation of Pro-
testants waited the other day on the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and after thanking him for the
liberty accorded to the exercise of their worship,
and for the kindness they have always received
from the Turkish authorities, complained that the
Turkish government did not allow sufficient facili-
ties for making proselytes amongst the population,
and they demanded that the Sultan should do some-
thing more for them, namely, issue a proclamation
recommending them to his subjects. If this step had
only been taken isolatedly by some fanatics it might
be laughed at, but it is part of a system which comes
from a higher soure,, and the deputation were only
simple machines in the matter. As may be supposed,
Fuad Pacha received them with his ordinary affa-
bility, but naturally without according them any-
thing. The order of the Sultan to send young
students to Europe has been published, and soon
the young men will leave. Divers decrees are
being prepared to extend the number of places to
which Christians can be admitted. One of them is
to admit Christians in common with Turks into
the military schools, where they will befed, clothed,
and instructed at the ooat of the governments and

on leaving will be admitted as officers of thel,.rmy.
To the medical school they have been admitted for
some years past, and a great portion of the military
surgeons of Turkey are Christians. The scheriff of
Mecca, Abdul Mouctalet, who is the cause of the
sanguinary disorders which have lately taken place
in that holy city, has been dismissed, and the
Scheriff Binvan nominated in his place. This latter
was a few days past conducted in great pomp to
the Porte to receive investiture. lle is said to
possess great influence over the Arabs."

KINBOUEN.
A letter from Kinbourn of the sth instant an-
nounces the arrival in that fortress of the French
General of Artillery Le Bceuf. The General had
visited the fortifications of the place and the means
of defence afforded by the flotilla, and pronounced
the place to be in a condition to repel successfully
any attack of the enemy. According to the re-
port of deserters, an attack was to be made on the
6th. The Russians, they stated, had concentrated
16,000 or 18,000 men at Oczakoff, and had as-
sembled another corps close to the isthmus of
Kinbourn, so as to attack simultaueously on two
points. The first was to cross over on the ice,
with twenty pieces of artillery, while the other
was to attack in front. In the night of the 3d two
English armed boats proceeded to reconnoitre the
coast of the Isthmus, on the Black Sea side, but
after exchanging a ew shots with the Cossacks,
they returned without having been able to ascer-
tain the position or force of the enemy. In the
morning of the sth, General Le Bceuf proceeded in
the Milan steamer on a reconnaissance in the game
direction, but without discovering any large body
of troops. On the 4th the Phleaeton explored the
coast of Oczakoff, and perceived no hostile move-
ment. The garrison and flotilla, however, were
on the qui vine, and well prepared, and determined
to give the assailants a warm reception. On the
sth a funeral service was celebrated in honour of
Admiral Bruat, on board the Vautour, on which
the Superior Commander of the Station, M. Paris,
had hoisted his flag.