The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25 1855

RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg of the 15th, in the
Constitutionnet, says :

" Unfavourable accounts succeed each other here
with such rapidity that the public mind is deeply
discouraged. Scarcely had we been informed that Ge-
neral Korff had been beaten near Enpatoria when the
telegraph announced the arrival of the allied fleets in
sight of Odessa. The anxiety which is visible in the
higher circles, and even among the members of the Im-
perial family, does not a little contribute to increase the
alarm of the people. A report has been current here
to-day that the Empress had given orders to General
Gezevitch to proceed in ail haste to Nicolaieff, to deliver
a letter to the Emperor, in which she conjures him to
return to St. Petersburg. The approach of the enemy
has excited the apprehension of the Empresses, as the
Czar no longer appeari to be safe at Nicolaieff, and
public prayers have been ordered to be offered up
in all the churches for the safety of his Majesty. I
was present yesterday at one of those services in
the church of Kasan, and the manner in which the
people crowded together before the images of the
saints, proved to me that every one begins to re-
gard the state of affairs as very serious. Preparations
are being made for the 14th levy of recruits. The dip-
lomatic news appears quite as unfavourable as the mili-
tary. The Russian political agents abroad are not at
all satisfied with the dispositions of the different cabi-
nets. To say nothing of the States which adjoin the
Russian Empire, it has been remarked that in Sweden
the King appears to be every day drawing nearer to the
policy of the Western Powers, and Count Nesseirode
has resolved on sending a special Envoy to Stockholm,
in order to counterbalance the increasing influence of the
representatives of France and England. Persia also in-
spires but little confidence. Notwithstanding the honours
rendered to General Broussiloff, the Russian Envoy to
Teheran, it is expected that, after the successes of the
Allies, the Shah will preserve a strict neutrality. Aus.
tria also considers that Russia cannot any longer flat-
ter herself that the Court of Vienna will maintain an
eternal neutrality. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg causes
it to be reported aoread that a disarmament is going on
in Poland, in order that it may be imagined that it
entertains no fears on the part of Austria, but nothing
is more incorrect; the army in Poland has not been de-
creased by a single regiment. As a proof that the
Russian Government is determined to continue the
struggle, I may mention that the Council of Ministers
has just decided on the formation of a militia reserve, to
be specially charged with the defence of the territory."
The Hamburg News states, on the authority of
a letter from St. Petersburg, that up to 31st
August, 22 convoys of wounded and sick had ar-
rived from Sebastopol or Siinpheropol at Nicolaieff,
and that each of these convoys consisted of above
200 men. Together there were 1,920 wounded
and sick up to the end of August in the hospitals of
Nicolaieff.

The Danube contains a letter from Warsaw, of
the 18th, which says :—" The Russian Grenadiers,
according to the last news from the south, are at
Perekop, and their advance-guard has already en-
tered the Crimea. As only two divisions of that
corps, forming four regiments of 3,000 men, have
been despatched to the seat of war, it may be stated
that the corps at Perekop, which consists, besides
the Grenadiers, of artillery, troops of reserve, Cos-
sacks, &c., amounts to about 30,000 strong."
The Austrian Gazette of the 20th, says :—" A
letter from Nicolaieff of the 10th states that the
Grand Duke Constantine has ordered the demoli-
tion of the greater part of the entrenchments for-
merly constructed, as the contractor for these
works had deceived, in the most shameful manner,
the confidence placed in him by the Emperor. The
Grand Duke has appointed a fortification commit-
tee, over which he himself presides, and which has
immediately set several thousands of men at work.
The new works are going en very rapidly. The
directors of the former ones have been summoned
before the tribunals. General Totleben has beau
sent for to Nicolaieff."