The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-11 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 30th ult.,
says :—" The Emperor has addressed the following
autograph letter to General Prince Gortsohakoff
111., commander of the 6th corps d'armee
In consideration of your excellent services, and es-
pecially of those which you rendered on the disembarka-
tion of the enemy in the Crimea, and as a testimony of
the bravery which you displayed in the affair of the
Alma, where you personally led regiments to the
combat, we deign to nominate you a member of the order
of Alexander Newski, the insignia of which we send
herewith, and we remain well disposed towards you.
April 22• ALEXANDER.'

" the Emperor re3ently sent a reply to the letter
written to him by T.3„:nce Woronzoff ; and in it he
expresses his regret riat the health of the prince
will not allow him to continue to serve the State,
and states that he hopes that he will soon recover
for the advantage of the throne and the country."
We have received the St. Petersburg journals
of the 2d and 3d inst.

The Jou) nal de St. Petersbourg of the 2d pub-.
lishes a long list of promotions in the array.
General Stroganoff 11. is appointed Governor-
General of New Russia, instead of General Annen-
koff 11., who is appointed Comptroller of the Em-
pire, maintaining his dignity as Member of the
Council of the Empire and Aide-de-Camp General.
The Invalikle Busse publishes the following,
under the heading " News from the Crimea" :
"The last report from Aide-de•Camp General Prince
Gortschakoff, dated 12th (24th) April, contains the
news already known by the last telegraphic despatch
from Kieff, viz., that the fire of the enemy against Sebas-
topol sensibly diminished, and that the damage done to
our works and the losses of the garrison decreased in,
proportion. _ _ _

`` The approaches which the enemy are pushing in dif-
ferent directions advance very slowly, impeded by the
well-directed fire of our artillery. In the fear of counter-
mines the enemy does not fire his mines at a distance
less than 30 sagenes from Bastion No. 4, and on that
point as yet the intention of the enemy to convert his
nve entonnutrs into a general place d'armes has not been
achieved, as the crowning of his two principal entonnoirs
has been destroyed by two mines which we fired."
The siege journal, which accompanied this re-
port, contains the following details of operations
which have taken place before Sebastopol, from the
7th (19th) to the 12th (24th) of April
_ _

• _
" On the 7th (19th) of April one of our batteries si-
lenced two French batteries-, the guns of whick were dis-
mounted and the embraiures destroyed. • - -
" On the same day 12 squadrons of the enemy's
cavalry (Chasseurs d'Afrique and English Dragoons) ap-
peared before the advanced posts of the detachment of
Tchorgoum, near the village of Komara, with 6 guns
and about 10,00) Turkish infantry. After exchanging
a few shots with our Cossacks and Greek volunteers,
these troops returned to camp.
" In the night between the 7th and Bth (19th and 20th)
April, the besiegers twice attacked the lodgments
in advance of Bastions 3,5, and 6, but received with
the bayonet and grape, they were compelled to make a
hasty retreat.
"In the night between the Bth and 9th (20th and
21st), the English, having left their trenches in three
columns, again attacked the lodgments in front of Bas-
tion 3. The second company of the carabineers of the
chasseur regiment of Okhotsk made a brilliant charge
with the bayonet, aid having rooted the enemy, com-
pelled them to sake a precipitate retreat.
" During the same night an enemy's steam-frigate
left the fleet (which continues at anchor in Kamiesh
and Streletza bay) and keeping at a distance of more
than 1,000 sagetes from the batteries and forts of the
coast, opened fire at different intervals ; this attempt
was renewed with as little success the following night.
" Since then, up to the 12th (24th), the enemy has
done nothing of importance. On our side all the damage
done to our fortifications has been completely repaired,
and we have cotstructed a new battery on the right
flank of the Selinghinsk redoubt and four large lodg-
ments, which base been immediately occupied by rifle-
men,

" A report hasbeen received from the detachment at
Eupatoria, announcing that on the 11th (23d April), 10
to 12 squadrons o' the enemy's cavalry and 8 to 80 bat-
talions of Infantry, with field artillery, advanced by the
tongue of land tovards the village of Saki, but on per-
ceiving our squadions advancing from Touzli the Turks
retreated before tlvy were within four worsts of SAL"

The Invatide livisse also publishes the followin is:—
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