The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-22 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

PIITERSBUSG. Juxi 12.
General Andrijanow, meting substitute of the
Hetman of the Don Callas, has published a procla-
station to the inhabitants of that populous district
(the banks of the Don) ordering the organisation of a
sort of Landsturm, and in which the following sig-
nificant passages are to be found:
Dear Coaradel,—Ths birer enemies of oar beloved

eaustry, ►fur e Meeting MI immense force in the Straits of
Kerteb, base taken poseessios of our fortifications there,
puled into the Sea of As ,ff, and threatea to tame our

Your.etiag liftman celled on Ica last year for your
assivance in repellicx the inveden. The time is now come
to ►how the enemy the invincibility of your arms. Collect,
then, friend', with all despatch, Item the furthest stations of
the province, and hasten to Nowa T►eherkeek, from whence,
united in one norm you can march to the defence of the
threatened coast. _ _ _

You, venerable eld men, oats the terror of the French
sad Talks, Ors* yourselvis at the heart of your cbildre•,
sad leAl them to the crouregeous defence of your native
ersentry. Was it ever known that a foreign enemy
tr umphed over Russia? No. Let us tben prepare to meet
biro in a manner worthy of the approbation of the Em-
peror, sod thereby ipso oar fellow-ciouatry men as elample
of our bravery sad self-denial.
Take . sib you, my friends, as many aims sod provisions
IN possible. Oa your arrival t ere, you will be provided
with ammunition, and find us ready to join yobr brave

corm
Same short instruc'ione are then given when and
how the columns are to form and march, and the
proclamation concludes with the words "Huten
hither, friends; hasten to take up arms for the de-
fence of your country and the glory of our beloved
Czar." _ _ _

Io singular opposition to this excited proclamation
recommending the greatest haste is the tenor of an
order of the day of the sth iost., published by General
Rtidiger to the corps of the Grenadiers and Guards,
in which he calls on his men to act with clumsier>.
Son, calmness, and prudence. "Caution, activity,
and quickness of action," he says, " are praiseworthy,
but precipitation is attended with danger. It bar-
realms the citizens needlessly, fatigues the troops
without any correepouding advantage, and brings
dues but half-formed into action, where they fall an
easy prey to the perhaps less numerous, but more
ealm and collected, forces of the enemy." The gene-
ral therefore enforces on the officers, on the first new.
of an advance of the hostile troops, the necessity of
first examining with coolness the position of the
enemy, his means, his possible object and intentions,
the advantages offered by the locality, to calculate
well the time and distance, and to take into consider-
ation the probable result of an action, before leading
their men to the attack. He then orders that the
reports of lesser moment are not to be carried to the
advanced posts, so as not to harass and alarm them
without necessity. Only in case of an interruption
of the telegraphic communication is an exception to
this rule to be allowed.
At all streets one thing is clearly demonstrated
both by the proclamation to the Cossacks of the Don
and the order of the day to the Guards and Grena-
diers, that the Ruining consider themselves nowhere
safe. In the south the attack has already taken
place, here in the north it is expected daily. The
necessity of being continually on the alert and keep-
ing a sharp look-out, as well as everywhere strength-
ening and improving the means of defence, is more
imperative on the authorities than ever, and it is pro-
bably for this reason that the Imperial Militia of this
province is being pot in fighting condition with the
utmost possible despatch. The first druschine or
legion of this corps, with its attendant baggage end
ammuniton train, were inspected on Friday lest by
the Emperor in person, who expressed himself satis-
fied with the progress the men had made, and gave
them a rouble each, at the same time publicly thank-
ing their colonel, Count Schachoffsky, for the trouble
he has taken, and the civil governor, Aide•de-camp
General Ignatieff, for the excellence of the uniforms
sad equipments of the corps.
Letters from Helsingfors of the 6th inst.describe the
panic of the inhabitants as continuing unabated.
Every one who had the means, had left or was pre-
paring to follow. Horses, carts, carriages, and wag-
was, were only to be had at almost fabulous prices.
A proclamation had been published, ordering that on
the approach of the enemy a red flag was to be
hoisted on the top of the centre tower of the °beer-
'Stacy, and on the watch-tower by day, and red lights
at night. A great many Finnish merchant vessels
having fallen into the enemy's hands, orders were
tto prohibit any more from going to sea. The
eatitants of the Shears, the small rooky islets along
the coast, were advised to remove for safety to the
main land, and enjoined not to go with their boats,
under any pretext, into the open roadstead. Those
found acting against this order were to be seized and
tent into the interior.
The latest accounts received here from Rostow,

die Don, state that at the mouth of that river a
leti:la of no leis than 27 sail of Russian ships of war
(probably gunborts, as the shallow water would pre-
vent any other description of vessel from floating),
were lying at anchor. The military hospitals at
Wosnessenok, Nioolayeff, and Cheroots, are described
as being in a very unsatisfactory state, and overflow-
ing with the sick and wounded, sent up in long cen-
voys of wagons from the Crimea.
Much stress does not seem to be laid on the route
of Arabat and Kertch being cut off, as the communi-
cation and transmission of food and stores can be not
only kept up by Perekop. but also by another route
where two headlands nearly meet, and a bridge has
been thrown across the Putrid Sea by the indefatiga-
ble Russians.

FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, Jens 15.
Private communications from Riga state that the
greatest fears were entertained in that city daring
the Russian Whitsuntide, owing to a report that
twelve line-of-battle ships and a large number of
gunbosts end mortar vessels were approaching, in
order to bombard the town, as well as the forts at
Duaamiinde. The Russian garrison of the fortress,
the coast, and the city, was under arms the whole
time. In the suburbs Banking the city on either side
formidable batteries were raised in a very short
time ; and all owners of mews and stables received
order. to hold two horns in readiness each, to
moist in the transport of ammunition or troops at
• moment's notice. But this it was nothing but
a false alarm, a large test having been telegraphed
as edvaneing from the south ; but it was Admiral
Dundee's list pasting on to its present anchorage off
Croustadt. Nobody doubts but that an attempt
against the latter place will be made, but all °occur
in the opinion that it is impregnable. It is be-
lieved here that several hundred gunboats, carry-
ing one and two gnu each, were built at Cronatadt
' last winter and that they will shortly be sent out to
try their hick.