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C1RcAssiA-.St Petersjurgh, Nov. 10.-Pri-
vatc accounts give information respecting some
sangunary actions which have lately taken place
between our troops and the Avarlans, a tribe OF
the ClrcaSsian mountalneers, which is making
attacks on the left of our line of operations
Avaria is not far from The west coast of the Cas-
plan Sea, and forms the northern quarter Of
Lesghistan. The Commissioners, Ditte and
Beresin, both belonging to the University of ka-
san. and at present on q mission, at the expense
Of the Government, which will comprehend "a
tour through European Turkey, ASIA Minor. Per-
sla, Syria and Egypt, have lately supplied US
with chart of Avaria-a Trans Caucasian dis
trict hitherto entirely unknown. The Avarlans
and the Lesghis are the most crne and rapacious
of the mountaincers. During the RAINY season
they made most violent attack on large vii
lage which holds relations Of peace with US
Colonel Wcseowsky hastcDed with his detach-
neut to the protection Of the people. he found,
however, an immensely superior number Of oppo-
nents, whom Schamil, the present leader OF the
mountaincers who has distinguished himself by
uncommon spirit and courage, personally com
mandcd. The force Of the enemy was estimated
at from 5000 to 10000 men. Weseowsky, not
withstandng he and his small party fought with
the heroic vaor peculiar only to Russians, tounc
himself obliged to give way to the opposing force
The loss on his side is said to have been 900 III
killed and prisoners. Among the names men
toned in the latter is that of Lieutenant Abasa,
the son of one of our richest spirit merchants
Colonel Wcseowsky is supposed to have either
been killed or taken prisoner, no further ac-
counts have yet been received here respecting
him.


The REAL Net REVENUE OF THE PosT-OFFlcE.
The ne, revenue. as stated in the annual finance
account prepared IN the Post Office, and issued
by the Treasury, is .E6O0oo0 a year; notwith-
standing which, return was made to Parliament
In April last, showing u loss Of fSO00O year.
MIR. Hill immediately denounced this return as
fallacious, but Mr.. Gouburn, prcierring the au-
thority Of the Post Office. enphatcally stated in


Parliament that the Post Office did not defray It's


expenses The validity of the return made
b the subject Of investigation before the Postage
VA Committee, IN the course OF which Col. Maherly,
81 who, by-thc-byc, signed the return in question,
admitted that II was an estimate, not, as 1t pur.


ported to be, return OF asccrtaned facts, anC


that ii was wrong in nearly every item; finally


he said, . As have stated over and over again


looking at it as regards the Post, Office Revenue
now, compared with what the Post-O Office Revc-
nue. was before the penny post, the surplus of in
crease over expenditure is somewhere about


f600,O00 London Globe