The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-03 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The St. Petersburg correspondent of Le Nord
writes on the 23d :—" An impatient (!) desire of
measuring his strength with that of the enemy
hurried Prince Gortschakoff on beyond the dictates
of prudence, for in sooth he found the enemy's
force to be far greater than he had supposed."
PIEDMONT.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa publishes pri-
vate letters from the Crimea, giving full accounts
of the battle of the Tchernaya, generally coinciding
with those already received from other quarters.
We glean a few particulars which are not without
interest. General Montevecchio, whose recovery
is now certain, had a horse killed under him, and
was afterwards struck by a ball in the throat.
General de la Marmora was in the field as early as
half-past three, and it was owing to his energy and
foresight that the Piedmontese batteries were
ready to render the eminent service which they did
in the beginning of the engagement. The Pied-
ritontese brigades engaged were those of Savona,
Acqui, Cassale, Regina, and a battalion of riflemen,
who had three captains wounded. The Pied-
montese, in retaking their old outposts, found two
gun-carriages,
..and a limber, left behind by the
Russians. The carbines of the Russian Imperial
Guard are mentioned as being of beautiful work-
manship and high finish.

The Gazette of the Bourse of Vienna, of August
27th, says :—" In the course of the last week seve-
ral of the German Courts sent their reply to the
last circular of Count Buol. Bavaria and Saxony
have confined themselves to acknowledging its re-
ception, and have abstained from any declaration
relative to its contents. Prussia only replies very
briefly to the Austrian communication, and only in-
sists on the identity of the views of Prussia and the
Diet, as regards the Eastern question. This com-
munication has been made on the part of Prussia
under the form of a copy of instructions sent by M.
de Manteuffel to the Prussian ambassador. Much
has been said of the nomination of M. de Fonton,
as Russian ambassador at the Court of Hanover,
and of the influence which that appointment is
likely to exercise over the German Courts. An-
other nomination less important has just taken place
—that of M. de Balabine, who replaces M. de Fon-
ton at Vienna, who will arrive here in a few days.
M. de Balabine is known in diplomacy by his con-
ciliatory character and his desire to avoid eclat.

We read in the Augsburg Gazette that on the
18th June, M. Raess, Bishop of Strasburg, preached
in the Cathedral of Mentz. In the peroration of
his discourse he invited all good Catholics to pray
for the prompt conversion of the English to the
true faith, and of submission to the See of Saint
Peter, "as the English," he said, " now drunk
from a spring from which life eternal does not
flow." Afterwards, apostrophising the Queen of
England in person, the preacher called on her to
restore to the proper owner, that is to say, to the
Pope of Rome, the tiara which she unduly wears
on her head. " Such an outburst is certainly,"
remarks the above journal, " wanting in propriety
on the part of a French bishop."

A letter from Florence in the Constitutionnel
says :—" On the 20th August, there commenced
here before the Royal Court the trial of a secret
society, which had been detected in correspondence
with the Republican committee in London. Up
to this day the trial has not presented any features
worthy of particular remark ; it is throughout the
same history of dupers and duped. The most cu-
rious point that has come to my knowledge con-
nected with this secret society is the oath admi-
nistered to its members, which is as follows In
the name of God and of the people, I swear faith
to Italy, which is to form itself into one Republic ;
continual war against all its enemies, whether fo-
reigners or Italians, and, above all, against the
Pope-King.' "