The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-02 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The, Invalide kusse .emitinues to publish. Prince
Gortschakoff's account of the bombardment. It
says

"To complete his telegraphic despatch, published cn
the Bth (20th just.), relative to the operations before
Sebastopol, from the 30th March (11th April) to the. 3d
(15th) April, a report from Arde-de•camp General Prince
Gortschakoff, of this latter date, annouiices that tue
enemy continue to cannonade the fortress • with the
greatest vivacity during the day, and to bombard it
during the night. Notwithstanding the rapid fire and
the concentration of the fire of their batteries, which
mount circa 350 guns, of which 80 are nio,•tais, t'Ae loss
of our garris,n cannot comparatively be considered very
great ; we have not had many guns dismounted, owing
to our fortifications be4g cut by a sufficient number of
traverses and to our batteries being sheltered by poling's
(blindages).

" Dtiring the day the fire of our artillery is also inces-
sant ; thanks to the coolness and skill with which it is
served, many tif the enemy's guns have been dismounted,
an i the enibrasures of some of the batteries knocked in.
All our damage is actively repaired during the night.'
The dismounted guns are replaced by new ones, and the
losses of the garrison made good by nitiforcements that
arrive, so that on the 3d (15th) April SObastopol was as
strollg as before the bombardment."

To the above general statement of the heroic
deeds of the defenders of Sebastopol, Aide-de-
camp General Prince Gortschakoff , adds some
details on the siege works, and on the operations
which have taken placeduring the bombardment :
"On the 31st of March (12th April) the enemy, in
superior numbers, made an attack upon the position
(logenzent) in front ofbaslion No. 5, but their first at-
tack was repulsed by the 2d battalion of the Chassenrs
ue KelyVen, under the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel
Temiriazeff. To explai❑ the operations described below
it is indispensable to state that along the whole of our
line of defence small logemens (rifle pits) have been es-
tablished for our riflemen, situate nearer to the parallels
of the besiegers than to our own fortifications. The
enerny,fully appreciating the harm done by,these rapidly
constructed defences, are now exerting every possible
effort to make us abandon theme., but these attempt;
cost them dearly, for on different occasions our advanced
chain has defeated them at the point of the bayonet, or
has drawn them under the sharp firs of grape of our
nearest works.

"On the above-named day,.at 4 a.m., we managed An
explosion with the greatest success against the ene;ii y's
galleries, directed towards Ristion No. 4. ( „Vous fines
tauter un globe de compression.)
" In the night between the 31st of March and Ist of
April (12th to 13th April), the besiegers attempted to
i,arry the rifle pits situate in the ravine between Bastions
4 and 5. The riflemen of the Kolyv<in and Catherine-
regiments, who occupied them, charged them at
he point of the bayonet, and routed them.

" On the Ist (13ti.) April, our artillery silenced some
of the enemy' batterie-, ami blew up a powder magazine
in the great E,-iglish batttry, many of the embrasures of
which weie dctitroycd.

" All this time the Allied fleet, consisting of 20 ships,
frigates, tour corvettes, 22 steamers, and f ntr gun-
boAs, remanied inactive, anchored opposite Kliniesch
snd Streietza bays ; but on the Ist (13th) April three
steamers were detached, which, after firing a few shots
at our fortifications, again rejoined the fleet.
In'the night between the Ist and 2,1 (1311 and 14,,h)
April the garrison unler.ti-iok works for coneecting the
isolated rifle pits in front of bastions 5 and so as tri
take in fl ink and rear the trench duj by the besiegers
during the night bet Ween th‘e 30th and 31st March
(11th-12th. April),
" The enemy, perceiving this, twice attacked these
work., the seconl• time witi field artillery ; but after a
hand-to band if4lit and a discharge of grape they were
obliged to retire. •
" Prince G,.rtschakoff assures that these skirmishes
are quite to the taste of our volunteers, and offer them
opportunities for displaying their valour.
" On tha Caine night, the besiegers attempted to carry
•out a full sap, directed against the sa!ieitt angle of Bas-
tion No. 4, but our file prevented them.
" On the 24 (14: h) April, at daybreak, the enemy un-
masked two newiy-constructed bat%eries, but, at the end
of two hours, our fire silenced one of them. • •
" In the night between the 2d and 3d (14th and 15th)
of April, our secret post established in the ravine be-
tween bastions 5 and 6, perceiving that the enemy had
commenced works near the cemetery, sent information
thereof to bastion No. 5. _

"Five rounds of grape then silenced the works com-
menced, and, a'though they were resumed an hour
later, our grape again compelltd the enemy to retire,
leaving 30 killed upon. the groun-I. On the ioiine night
the bombardment of the fortniss was not so brisk.

" On the 3d (15th) April all the attempts of be-
siegers to clntinue their works of full sap, or to convert
into trenches the rifle-pits in front of bastion No, 5, were
stopped. by the well-directed fire of the artillery of the
place.
" The loss suffered by the .garrison; from the 30th
March to the 3,1 April-(11th to 15th April), consists in 7
subalterns and 436 men killed ; 6 superior officer, 34
subaltern officers, and 1,899 men wounded. Unliap-
pily, Lieut. rl`itoff, of the navy, Capt. Stehiegloff, d the
foholsk Regiment, Capt. Privatecheff, and Lieut. SAi-
kanh,:ff, of the Kolyvan • Regiment, all distinguished
officers, are among the shin. Among the officers
seriously wounded are Colonel Zagoskine, com-
mander of the 10th artillery hripade, and who
commanded the land troops of the 2d section (of the
line of defence), Lieutenant-Colonel Temiriazeff, corn-
mannr of the Koly van Chasseurslsince dead), and Col.
Louschkoff, commander of the Volhynia regiment, most
intelligent officers, distinguished for personal valour."

Prince Gortschakoff concludes his report as fol-
lows

"On beholding the intrepidity, it might be said even
the gaiety of the garrison of Sebastopol, in. the midst
of the most distressing works, ,executed almost without,
a moment's respite, under a terrible fire, which has con-
inued without interruption for the last six days, it is im-
possible cot to feel proud of bearing the name of Russian.'
An extraordinary supplement of the invedide'
.I?usse publishes the following despatch from, Prince
Gortschakoff, the substance of which we have
already published :
" Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff an-
nounces from Sebastopol, under date of the 7th (19th)
April, by telegraph from Kieff, that the fire of the enemy
was slacker during the 4th, sth, .and 6th (16th, 17th,
and 13th) April, than on the preceding days. Our hat-
teriea replied with success, especially by a very sharp
fire against the ground in front of Bastion 4, so as to
obstruct the works renewed with energy by the besiegers
on that point.

. _
" Our damage is repaired during the night.
"In the night between the 6th and 7th (I§th and
19th) of April a sortie was made by a battalion to de-
stroy the approaches nearest to the place. It was crowned
with complete success, and attended with little loss,
"In general the losses of the garrison during the last
few days have been less than on the preceding days."

RussrA.—Advices from St. Petersburg of the 214 of
April st.te that the weather was mild, and that the ice
in the Nova had broken up on the preceding day. Open
water was therefore expected in about a fortnight at
Cronatadt. From Riga the dates are to the 23d of April,
when the weather was fine; but cold. There was only
9 feet of water on the bar, and some dredging would be
required in order to get vessels lying at Bolderaa to sea,
"The British Admiralty," it is remat ked, "who at first
per, dtted them to proceed, now make some restrictions."

Tau, LATE REGENT'S-TART{ DIORAMA.--The splendiJ
building in Regent's-park, known as the Diorama, was
yesterday converted by solemn services into a Baptist
chapel, the principal. portion of the necessary funds hav-
ing been supplied, it is understood, by Sir Samuel Mor-
ton Peto, M.P. The Rev. Wth. Landells of Birming-
ham is to be the officiating minister of the newly-formed
place of worship.
BURANELLI, THE MURDERER.—A post nwrtent exami-
illation of the body was made ,on Monday ny the medical
superintendent of St. Luke's- Hospital, when the
brain and its membranes were found to be perfectly
healthy, thus confirming the opinion of the jury as to
tile sanity of the man, and his consequent responsibility
for•the CrilDAgi into which his vicious nature had ia3pelletl.
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