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London, England, 1855-05-23 00:00:00

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RUSSIA.
A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 10th, in the
German Journal of Frankfort, says :
" The instructions of the central authority relative to
the recruitment of this year of 12 men out of 1,000 have

just been forwarded to the governors of the western por-
tion of the empire. The commissions of recruitment,
the number of which has been tripled, in virtue of decrees
issued at the commencement of the year, have received

orders to carry on their operations with the greatest
possible activity .• Neither of the last ,four levies made
under the Emperor Nicholas was so • considerable as
this, although the Jews are exempted from it, in con-
sequence of their having furnished to the preceding
army 3 men over and above the 10 demanded out of
el/try 1,000. The Public Treasury is using the most
strenuous efforts to collect the sums necevary for
these armaments, and even subscriptions have
been opened in different places for this object. The
governor, of Kursk has addressed a circular on the sub-
ject to the bourgeoise of that place, and a M. Tschumis-
chew, a contractor for supplying the army, has headed
the subscription list by putting down his name for
25,000 silver roubles."
We have received the St. Petersburg journals of
the 15th of May. The Invalide Busse publishes
the following report from Prince Gortschalioff,
dated 24th of April (6th of May)
"The enemy, making extraordinary efforts, and suf-
fering (according to the accounts received) considerable'
losses, pushes forward his approaches with obstivaey.
Having taken by assault the lodgment in front of Bats-
tion No. 5, he has approached his works' up to the for-
tifications of the place ; however, the new batteries erect-
ed by us, and which strengthen in an important manner
the def.mce of the point-attacked—the immediate repair
during the night of the damage done by the et.erny in
the day—the precision of the fire of our artillery, which
on the 23d and 24th of April (sth awl 6zh of May) blew
up three powder magazines,—and finally the complete
success of our mining operations, all united, ,give the
hope of delaying the advance of the works of the be-
" siegers, which are executed under a most heavy fire
within a very short range of the fortifications, and must
occasion them great loss.
Already,, to evade loss, the enemy has only occu-
pied the trench abandoned by us on the' 10th of April
(Ist of May) by a small number of riflemen, and has not
erected any works there. As regards his fire it is di-
rected chiefly ngainst,Eastions 4 and 5, and against the
Schwartz redoubt, situate between the two latter, as also
against the Selinghinsk and Volhynia redoubts, but does
not do us much harm."

To the above general summary Prince Gortscha-
koff adds the following details of the march of mili-
tary operations :
"On the 18th (30th April), at 2.30 p.m., we twice at-

tempted to smoke out the enemy in the entonnoir to
the left of Bastion 4. The effect of the explosion was
so great that from the fortress men were seen blown up
into,the air.
" In the night between the 18th and 19th (30th April
to Ist May), baying driven back a detachment of the
enemy, which had left the trenches to storm pur ap-
proaches, we made a small sortie in the direction of the
entonnoirs of the enemy, situate in front of Bastion 4,
to attract considerable forces to that point, where five
mines were ready for firing ; the operation was attended
with complete success. The works of the besiegers were
destroyed, and after the second explosion the cries of
the wounded were heard in the second entonnoir.
_ _

" On the 19th of April (Ist of May), at 10.30 p.m
the enemy, having assembled nearly 10,600 men, left
the trenches, preceded by about 600 volunteers, and with
hurrahs thre w themselves upon thelodgments in advance of
Bastion 5. Despite a heavy fire of musketry, and kcharge
with the bayonet by two battalions of the Ouglitch Chas-
seurs, the enemy occupied the lodgments, and then ad-
vanced aeainst the Schwartz redoubt, but were stopped
by a heavy fire of grape. Atdaybreak the enemy returned
to the trenches, leaving only a few volunteers and riflemen
in the lodgments they bad taken possession of.
"The loss of the assailants must have been very con-
siderable, for, according to the statements of prisoners,
their reserves came up within range of the grape of our
cannon ; the trenches were full of corpses of the enemy.
"On the 20th of April (2d of May), at 11 a.m., we
fired two mines, the explosion of which destroyed the
works of the besiegers meant to crown the entonnoirs
in front of Bastion 4.
"To make certain of the number of men the enemy bad
placed in the trenches evacuated by us on the 19th of
April (Ist of May), we made a strong reconnaissance at
3 p.m. ; 180 volunteers, supported by a battalion of the
Kolyvan Chasseurs, and by a battalion of the \Vladimir
regiinent, occupied the trench nearest to us, an I com-
pelled the French to leave it. This reconnaissance
made us aware, that the advanced trench was occupied
by a considerable force of the enemy, and consequently
the volunteers were recalled.
"Our losses in the combat on the night between the
19th and 20th of April (ht and 2d of May) consisted in
one superior officer, nine subaltern officers, and 283 men
killed ; two superior officers, 13 subalterns, and 540
men woundei.
"On the 21st of April (34 of May) a movement was
visible in the enemy's feet. At 6 Paul. different vessels