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 Gortschakoff
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 recently sent a reply to the I otter
written to him by Prince Woronzoff ; and in it he
expresses his regret that 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. Potent)
_ _

purg journal

of the 2d and 3d inst.
The Jou.? nal de St. Petersbourg of the 2d pub-
lishes a long list of promotions in the army.
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 Invalide lensse publishes the following,
under the heading " News from the Crimea" :
"The last report from Aide-de•Camp General Prince
Gortschakoff, dated 12th (24th) April, ebnt4ins the
news a:ready 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 N 9. 4; and on that
point as yet the intention of the enemy to convert his
five entonnoirs into a general place darmes 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•

The Queen will hold a levee (the last this season), to- port, contains the following details of operations
day, at St. James's Palace. In the evening, her Ma- which have taken place before Sebastopol, from the
jesty, accompanied by the illustrious visitors at present, 7th (19th) to the 12th (24th) of April :
enjoying the royal hospitality, will honour the amateur "On the 7th (19th) of April one of our batteries si-
performance at Drury-lane Theatre ,with their- presence. lanced two French batteries, the guns of which were dis-
.,
Her Royal Highness the_Duchess of Cambridge and mounted and the ernbrasuas destroyed.
the Princess Mary honoured the performances at the "On the same day 12 squadrons of the enemy's
Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening. cavalry (Chasseurs d'Afrique and English Dragoons) ap-
_ The Countess of Galloway and family have arrived in peared'before the advanced posts of the detachment of
Eaton-square, for the season. Lord Galloway is expected Tchorgonm, near the village of Komara, with 6 guns
from Scotland shortly, and about 10,000 Turkish infantry. After exchanging
The Earl and Countess of Listowel and family have a few shots with our Cossacks and Greek volunteers,
arrived at Kingston House, Knightsbridge, for the these troops returned to camp.
season.
" In the night between the 7th and Bth (19th and 20th)
The Countess of Abingdon was presented to her Ma- April, the besiegers twice attacked the lodgments
jesty, at the Drawing Room, on the 2d of May, by in advance of Bastions 3,5, and 6, but received with
Frances, Countess Waldegrave, the bayonet and grape, they were compelled to make a
The Earl Granville transacted business at the Council- hasty retreat.
office, yesterday. The noble earl a'so joined his col- "In the night between the Bth and 9th (20th and
leagues at the Cabinet Council, en Wednesday. 21st), the English, having left their trenches in three
Preparations are made at Dover to receive a first por- columns, again attacked the lodgments in front of Bas-
tion of the Foreign Legion, shortly expected in England. tion 3. The second company of the carabineers of the
A West-end tradesman is about to send to the Paris chasseur regiment of Okhotsk made a brilliant charge
Exhibition jewellery of the value of 120,0001., including with the bayonet,
a tiara which has cost 5,0001,
pelled them to snake a pnighrecip an itate retreat. .
The eamer Solent, for Brasil and Buenos "During the sameenemy's steam-frigate
t and having routed the enemy, coin-
Ayres has taken out 40,365/.
The dollars
mail steamer
dollars brought by the last Mexican steamer were alenfdt
sthtreeifletezeat
bay)(wli continuesaichndkeepng a
i att a distance anchisotrinee
of moreKamiesh
sold to-day at 594 d. per ounce, being an advance of d. than 1,000 sagenes from the batteries and forts of the
per ounce on the price realised for those by the previous coast, opened fire at different intervals ; this attempt
packet. This rate, however, and even a slightly higher was renewed with as little success the following night.
one, was paid for a limited quantity early last week. " Since then, up to the 12th (241 h), the enemy has
Mr. Truefitt, of the Burlington Arcade, has recently
opened a Balon in his establishment which justly merits a
done nothing of importance. On our side all the damage
done to our fortifications has been completely repaired,
passing notice, from the successful manner in which it
has been decorated by Mr. C. Broadbridge, the architect, flank of the Sellinghinsk redoubt and four large lodg-
I and we have constructed a new battery on the right
Rasesnisatiesdsabny ments, which have been immediately occupied by rifle-
ce,MarndWihreritarbietahuexarhtaisvte. reference to thethe
men.
events of
r" A report has been received from the detachment at
room affo
Eupasoria, announcing that on the 11th (23d April), 10
room
Ihse
the presentbest war.
possible Thelig lhatnftrhoomrn a bshovaepe for of
the
the
to 12 squadrons of the enemy's cavalry and 8 to 80 bat
not surpassed by any other apartment de:iglnfantry, . , .
talions of with field artillery, advanced by the
display of artistic effects, contributing to a tout
. ensemble
ne for
tongue of land towards the village of Saki, but on per
trade purposes in the world.
' ceiving our squadrons advancing. from Touzli the Turks
they were within four worsts of Saki."
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awma sb
as
to c .lebrate the happy escape of the Emperor of the
, The Invalide Busse also publishes the following:--
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sent the following telegraphic despatch via Kieff, dated
15th (27th) April :

" 'From the 12th to the evening of the 15th (24th-
27th) nothing of importance had taken place before
Sebastopol ; - the fire of the enemy is slack. We have
constructed, under their fire, on an eminence 100 sagenes
in advance of Bastion No. 5, a series of lodgments,
which have been converte,l into a continuous trench.
" Our loss during these days was not important.
" The approaches of the enemy do not a !vane° ;
their mininz operations are directed against the left Ewa
Of Bastion No. 4, but they are still at some distance.'"