The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-13 00:00:00

RESTITUTION OF KA.RS.

( From the Invalide Busse.)
On August 15 Aide-do-camp General Mouravieff trans-
mitted the following details respecting the evacuation of
Kars by our troops, and the re-establishment of friendly
relations with Turkey.
In the course of the month of July the details to be
observed in surrendering the fortress of Kars to the
Turkish Government had been arranged at Erzeroum
between our plenipotentiary, the Colonel of the Guards
Loris-Melikoff, then governing the province, and Ismail
Pacha, the Muchir of Anatolia. On that occasion
Ismail Pacha expressed his wish to repair to the Russian
camp, that be might have an interview with Lieut. -
General Khrouleff, the commanding officer of the active
corps.

Notwithstanding the malevolent insinuations of cer-
tain persons about him, the Muchir, who fully appre-
ciated the upright conduct of the Russian Government,
and who knew Colonel Loris-Melikoff by the reputation
he had acquired in his administration of the country dur-
ing nine months, arrived on the 6th of August, in order
to have a personal interview with Lieut.-General Khrou-
leff, and was received a la cou,cltie, twenty versts from
Kars, by Colonel Loris-Melikoff and the chief of the staff
of the Anatolian army, Hussein Pacha, who bad arrived
at the fortress before him.

On the morning of the 7th of August the Muchir set
out for Kars, accompanied by the new va/y of Kars,
Ismail Pacha, with his suite, and an escort consisting of
one squadron of regular cavalry and 300 Kurds of rank,
who performed fantastic evolutions whilst marching
ahead of the cortege.
The Muchir was met half way by the members of our
administration of Kars ; and at five versts from the town
he was complimented in the name of the commander-in.
chief of the active corps by the aides-de-camp of Lieut.-
General Khrouleff, accompanied by a platoon of Cos.
sacks of the Line and a platoon of the Don Coseacks.
On his entrance into the town the Turkish troops
which had previously arrived, and were drawn up in
array along the streets, paid military honours to the
Muchir, who was saluted at the same time by the artillery.
In presenting themselves to the Muchir at the house
prepared for him the medjlis of the province and the prin-
cipal persons of Kars unanimously expressed to the Colo-
nel of the Guards, Loris-Melikoff, lately in authority over
the province of Kars, their gratitude for the care he had
bestowed on the welfare of the country, and requested of
the Muchir permission to present to the Colonel an ad-
' dress of thanks. Fully partaking of these septiments,
the Muchir addressed, in the name of his Government,
his cordial expression of thanks to Col. Loris Melikoff
for the care he had bestowed on the administration of
the country.
At three o'clock in the afternoon Ismail Pacha, in
full uniform, left Kars with his suite, to proceed to our
camp, and was received at the gates of the town by
Major Generaf Chodzko, and the aides-de-camp of the
commandant of the corps Lieut.-General Khrouleff with
his staff, and the combined regiment, Ne. 1, of the Cos-
sacks of the line, met the Muchir on the further side of
Mount Kara-dagh, where the Cossacks drawn up in line
of battle received him with military honours.
The 2,1 and 4th battalions of the Infantry Regiment
of Beleff—the light battery, No. 7, of the 18th brigade
• of Artillery—the Ist and 3d battalions of the Tonle Re-
giment of Infantry—the Regiment No. 4, of Don Cos-
sacks, and the combined regiment, No. 2, of the Cos-
sacks of the line, were drawn up in battle array before
the army.
Having passed down the front of the lines and the
camp, Ismail Pacha expressed a most flattering opinion
of our troops, and asked permission to thank them for
the honours that had been paid to him. The Cossacks
of the line pleased him especially,
At six in the afternoon, Lieut.-General Khronleff in-
vited his honourable visitor to dinner, together with his
suite and three English officers attached to the army of
Anatolia. The toast of the health of the Sultan, pro-
posed by the commandant of the corps, was responded
to by the Muchir, who gave the health of the Emperor
of Russia ; and then General Khrouleff proposed the
health of the Muchir himself, who replied with toasts to
the health of General Mouravieff and of the command-
ant of the corps.
After dinner, at nine o'clock, the Muchir was in-
vited to see a display of fireworks prepared in honour
of himself. In taking leave afterwards of Lieut.-Gen.
Khrouleff the Muchir expressed to him the profound
respect which he felt for the Emperor of Russia, and.
his sincere gratitude to General Mouravieff for his
beneficent and careful administration of the province
through Count Loris-Melikoff. On this occasion
the Muchir evinced a most frank and friendly
disposition, and a desire for the establishment of cordial.
relations between the two powers.
In his conversations with LientaGeneral Khrouleff be
had repeatedly testified his satisfaction at having visited
our camp, where he found in the person of that general
a soldier who loyally and honestly performed the duty
with which he had been entrusted. General Khrouleff
had, upon his side, told the Muchir in reply that his aim
was to confirm the friendly relations between the two
Powers, and that it was far more agreeable to his Ma-
jesty the Emperor to see an entente cordiale between the
military governors of the bordering provinces than to
see them contending with each other on the field of
battle. In conclusion; the Muchir begged General
Khrouleff to assure General Mouravieff of his desire to
meet General Mouravieff in person if he should come to
Alexandropol, and to thank 11;m for the care which had
been taken of the Turkish prisoners, as well as for having
appointed so worthy an officer as Colonel Loris-Melikoff
to take charge of the province of Kars. When he left
General Khrouleff, Ismail Pacha invited him to dinner
for the next day.
On the 27th July (the Bth of Auguit) all our trop
struck their camp, and began their march to Alexan-
dropol.
The same day, at eleven o'clock in the morning, Gen.
Khrouleff went to Kars, accompanied by his staff. At
a distance of several wersts from the town he was re-
ceived by the Muchir of Anatolia, with his whole staff,
attired in full dress uniform. Near the town the Turkish
troops were drawn up in line, along the road, to receive
the visitors with military honours, and with a salute of
artillery.
General Khrouleff passed in front of -the Turkish
troops, who then filed past him ; a battalion of sharp-
shooters manoeuvred afterwards, and performed some
gymnastic feats, as well as bayonet and rifle practice.
After the review a guard of honour escorted the com-
mandant of the corps to the town of Kars. At six
o'clock the Muchir called upon General Khrouleff, and
invited him to come to dinner: The table was elegantly
adorned with flowers, and displayed a silver service and,
crystal vessels, brought expressly from Erzerouni. Dur-
ing the repast the Muchir proposed a toast to the pros-
perity of the Emperor of Russia ; and the commandant
of the corps replied with a toast to the health of his
Majesty the Sultan.
The health of General Mouravieff, that of the come
mandant of the carps, that of the Muchir of the army of
Anatolia, and that of the late governor of the province
of Kars, were also duly honoured.
The dinner was concluded with a speech from the
Muchir, who again expressed his " veneration " for the
Emperor of all the Russias, and his sincere desire for
the establishment of a solid friendship between the two
Powers.
On the 28th of July (the 9th of August) Colonel Loris-
Melik off completed the final transference of the govern-
ment of the province, and in the presence of the com-
mandant of the corps received a complimentary address
from the Muchir of Anatolia.
On the departure of General Khrouleff from Kars, the
Muchir accompanied him out of the town; he was saluted
again by the artillery, and the Turkish troops, which
awaited him, drawn up in line-of-battle, on the road,
rendered him the same honours as before.
Ismail Paella, who was not content with having ver-
bally expressed his gratitude, charged his son-in-law,
Assakh Bey, to send to General Mouravieff a letter
which contained a complete and sincere acknowledgment
of the friendly welcome he had received, and of the truly
paternal manner in which the conquered country had
been administered.
On the 29th of July (August the 10th) all our troops
which had been quartered in the province of Kars re-
entered the Russian territory, and encamped upon the
left bank of the Arpathai, in the neighbourhood of Alex- andropol.

TUE LATE MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT BETHNAL-GREEN.
-----ALLEGED MURDER.— Yesterday afternoon the ad-
journed inquest was resumed at the Bricklayers' Arms
Tavern, Charles-street, Hackney-road, Bethnal-green,
respecting the death of Philip Darwin, aged 41 years,
who was found dead with his throat cut, under very
suspicious and mysterious circumstances. The jury re-
turned a verdict, " That the deceased had destroyed
himself while in a state of insanity, caused by his wife
having deserted him."

BRUTAL ASSAULT.—On Monday, Wm. Mills, tailor,
Worsliro', was brought up at the Barnsley Court-house,
on a charge of committing a most brutal assault upon
Charles Butler, a gatekeeper on the South Yorkshire
Railway, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.
Butler lives at a lodge on the line, and one of his duties
is to keep the line clear of trespassers. On the 21st
July Mills was trespassing upon the railway, when But-
ler went up to him and requested him to get off the line.
He refused to do so, when some words ensued between
them, and Mills threw come stones at Butler. On the
25th ult. Butler again met the prisoner on the line, when
the latter said to him, " Nov order me off again."
Butler replied, "I'll have nothing to do with you ; you
behaved so cowardly before ;" when, without any pro-
vocation, Mills pulled out of his pocket a life-preserver,
and struck him a heavy blow over the head, which felled
hint to the ground. He was taken home in a state of
inse4sibiiity, and the surgeon called in, after examining
the injuries, pronounced him to be in a very dangerous
state, in which he continued for above a week. The
bench said that the case was one of the most brutal that
had ever been brought before that court, and one which
might have resulted in death ; and, as it had been com-
mitted without provocation, they should commit tho
prisoner to take his trial at the next York Manchesterassizes.--
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