The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-05 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The Inva/ide Busse publishes the following ac-
count of the Emperor Alexander's visit to the
Crimea :
" His Majesty the Emperor deigned, on the 28th of
October (9th of November), to honour his army in the
Crimea with a visit.
" The Commander-in-Chief and all the civil and mili-
tary authorities who were at Bakshiserai had assembled
in the church ; at 2 o'clock the ringing of bells and
loud cheering announced the arrival of the Emperor
and of their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Dukes
Nicholas and Michael. At the porch the Emperor was
received by the Clergy with the cross and holy water.
After having heard prayers for the preservation of the

days of the adored Sovereign and of his illustrious house,
his Majesty proceeded -on foot to the residence of the
Commander-in-Chief, whom he deigned to honour with
his visit, and thence went to the house which had been
prepared for his reception, the Palace of Bakshiserai
having been turned into a temporary military hospital.
" At the doorway a deputation of the citizens had the
honour of presenting bread and salt to his Majesty ; at
the same time the Mayor of the Taitars of Bakshiserai
and the Rabbi of the Caraimes were presented to his
Majesty.

"Having entered his apartment., his Maje3ty deigned
to receive all the members of the staff of the Crimean
army, and expressed to them his gratitude for their
faithful services.

"During the journey from Simpheropol to Bakshi-
serai, his Majesty had already inspected, at the Alma
station, a portion of the troops of the 2d Infantry Corps
stationed there, and, on his arrival at Bakshiserai, his
Majesty proceeded to the Katcha, where, in front of the
camp, he reviewed a portion of the troops of the 4th in-
fantry corps, the artillery, and the militia. His Majesty
returned to town to dinner.

"At table the Emperor, who had invited the Aides-
de-Camp General, the Imperial Aides de-Camp, and the
Generals of the Head-quarters, proposed a toast in
honour of the army of the Crimea.
" In the evening the tortuous streets of Bakshiserai
and its elegant minarets were illuminated with coloured
lamps, and on the heights of the rocks which overhang
the narrow valley of Bakshiserai tar-barrels were lit.
The mixed population of the town thronged the streets
till night, admiring this unusual and picturesque scene.
A similar illumination took place on the subsequent
evenings.

" The next day, 29th of October (10th of November),
the Emperor, accompanied by their Imperial Highnesses
the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael, and by his
Highness Duke George of Mecklenbargh-Strelitz, and his
suite, proceeded in an open carriage at 8 a.m,, with
the Commander•in-Chief, to the Douvankioi station, and
thence, after changing horses, to the troops of the sth
Infantry Corps posted near the fortifications of the north
side of Sebastopol, to inspect, in front of their camp,
those troops that were not actually on duty. Thence
his Msjesty proceeded on horseback to the Volokhoff
Tower, from which he took a survey of the neighbour-
hood, the sea, and the city which had fallen after a glo-
rious struggle. His Majesty then visited the fortifica-
tiocs of the north side.

"His Majesty then reviewed the troops of the 4th
infantry corps, posted between Inkeratan and the Mac-
kenzie heights.

" In this excursion his Majesty accepted an invitation
to a breakfast prepared for him by Lieutenant-General
Pauloff, during which his Majesty again thanked every
one and proposed a toast in honour of the 11th Infantry
Division ; thence his Majesty returned to Bakshiserai.
" On Sunday the 30th of October (11th of November),
after hearing mass, his Majesty proceeded to the troops
of the 3d and sth infantry corps etationad on the Belbek,
and reviewed them ; his Majesty then inspected the po-
sitions at Youkary Karaleze and reviewed the troops of
the 3d corps of Infantry, which occupied them. After
visiting on horseback our most advanced Cossack posts
near the defile leading into the Baidar valley, his Ma-
jesty returned to Bakshi Serai.
" On the 31st of October (12th of November) his Ma-
jesty the Emperor inspected the troops of the 3d and 4th
infantry corps stationed on the Katcha and in the defile
of Tasch-Bastine.

" On his return to town his Majesty visited the palace
of Bakshi-Serai, conversed with the wounded and sick
officers and men, asked them respecting their services,
and expressed his gratitude. At 3 p.m. his Majesty,
accompanied by his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke
Michael, left for Simpheropol.
"At all these reviews his Majesty the Emperor
thanked the troops in the most gracious terms for their
faithful services and their courage, for the constancy
with which they supported so many hardships, and for
the self-denial they displayed in the heroic defence of
Sebastopol and in other encounters with the enemy.
On this occasion, his Majesty, assembling around Lim
the Generals, superior and subaltern officers, in-
quired, with paternal solicitude, respeeting their
wounds, and thanked them, all and each individu-
ally. Entering the ranks the Emperor conversed most
graciously with the soldiers decorated with the military
medal, questioned them respecting the battles or sorties
where they had earned that distinction, and listened to
their replies with the kindest interest.
"The troops, penetrated with sentiments of fidelity,
love, and most profound devotion for our august Sove-
reign, received the Emperor with enthusiastic cheers.
The officer.', by impulse, formed in groups round the
Monarch to express their unbounded love and their
readiness to die for him.

" We will do all that is in our power, Sire ! We
will not spare ourselves,' was the general exclamation
of the officers to the gracious and flattering expressions of
confidence of the Sovereign in the indomitable warlike
virtues of his soldiers.

On the Ist (13th) of November, the Commander-in-
Chief received from Simpheropol an order of the day
from his Majesty the Emperor addressed to the army of
the Crimea, conferring upon the heroic defenders of
Sebastopol a silver medal instituted in commemoration
of the nearly one year's siege of that town, to be worn at
the button-hole with the riband of the order of St.
George. His Majesty deigned to renew to the Crimean
army the expression of his gratitude and Imperial
goodwill.
"On the same day his Majesty deigned to honour
the Commander-in-Chief with an Imperial reeoript
couched in the most gracious and flattering terms."
A allnDiernPnt to the Invalide Bits°.
the following : .

" Aide-de- Camp General Prince Gortechakoff an•
nounces, under date of the 11th (23d) of November, at
3.30 p.m., that up to that moment nothing particular
had occurred in the Crimea.

•` Some days previously a French Colonel and a French
Captain, who had made a reconnoissance on horseback,
were captured at our advanced posts."

All correspondence from Russia that is spoken of
in Berlin, as coming from well-informed sources,
expresses astonishment at the rumours of pacific
overtures, &c., current in the press ; the only
facts the letters contain point to energetic pre-
parations for a renewal of the war in the spring.
They talk of the Crimea being supplied by that
time with a force of 300,000 men, and of the posi-
tion at Kertch being wrested from the Allies as
soon as the Sea of Azoff is frozen over sufficiently'
strong for the passage of troops ; this latter posi-
tion is looked upon as nearly as valuable as that
of the north side of Sebastopol.
Great efforts are being made to increase the
flotillas of row-boats at Cronstadt, Sweaborg, and
on Lake Ladoga ; a portion of the crews of the
Black Sea fleet is being draughted to the north for
the purpose of helping to this end, and it is ex-
pected that there will shortly be a second levy of
seafaring men with the same obiect in view.
Nicolaieff is described as having been put into a
state of defence very satisfactory to those interested
in its not being taken, and it is intended that the
winter shall be turned to good account in further
strengthening it as well as Cronstadt. It is to the
nobility of the Government of Cheraw.), as it ap-
pears, that the army in the Crimea owes the possi-
bility of maintaining itself in full force'in the Tau-
rian peninsula since the destruction of the Russian
communications by way of the Sea of Azoff.