The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-16 00:00:00

GENERAL TOTLEBEN.

The following biographical notice of General
Totleben we take from the New Prussian
Gazette :
land, on the 20th of May, 1818. His fatiiearsiv.a:
SophiaJ
Francis Edward Totleben was born at .Mitan, is° -C.1.-r:
Totleben, and his mother's maiden name was A
after died.
Riga, took there his young sot], and
his education in the
Sander. His father having removed
show,
After receiving the first portion of
Totleben
was received
schools of Riga, the young Totin
St. Petersburg,
at the College of Enginetrsra
engraved in letters of gold,
where his name now shines,
"Sebastopol."en
he
t h e did
bt eo-
with the inscription,
distinguished himself under
he wa6second captain in the
Danubian campaign, and re-
General Schilder in
re-
paired to the Crimea.
of
paopen city Out an he succeeded in
longs to history.
enemy's fire, a
der the formidable fortress,
under raising,resisted for nearly a year the gigantic effort& of the
that
.e . In less than a year he passed through
corps l hoe fn fit eh led engineerswar brak
the
broke
t
allied artni s
grades of captain, lieutenant-colonel, full colonel,
, and received, amongst
the
other distinctions, the decoration of the 4th, and then
of the 31 class of the order of Saint George, which is
major-general., adjutant-general
only conferred for distinguished deeds. Seldom has a
mere general of brigade received this high distinction.
Besides himself, it was only conferred on his noble com-
panion in arms at Sebastopol, Prince Wassiltchikoff,
who, more fortunate than he, was able to remain at his
post to the last hour, whereas Totleben, having beon
wounded in the foot, had to be carried out of the be-
sieged city. Strange to say, so rapid a promotion has
not excited the least envy, but has been saluted with
acclamations, as being due to real merit—to courage
combined with genius.

BIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Tuesday evening last Mr.
James Pearson, corn miller, of Sams Mil!, Horton, near
Bradford, was attacked by three men, and rubbed
from
Bradford large sum of money, nearly 3001., while on bis wpayarison,
Bradford to his residence at Sams Mill.
who hal been attending Leeds c,,rn-marke3tg,i,
Bradford about 6 o'clock on Tuesday
evening,
direction
an hour afterwards he departed on ra'arnrdiCaebdouint
place called Brick lane, he obske.rve
-mg on the road aide, at
of his own residence. When he had got
three
eo
mtheene,nwdhoofase
a order to avoid coming
appearance he did not like, lurking
a short distance before him. I
and was in the act of
in contact with them he went by another route. He
had proceed, d some distance,
crossing a style in a field at a place called Waterside,
when he was suddenly attacked and knocked down by
the three men whom be had previously avoided, and
He was knocked
clown with
o;'aillrsensibility. On re-
owohothsper'ugtnbrgosuefnrvodernrailnbbelhaoiwn:staftrtehome a bludgeon, and was left
he discovered that he had been robbed of
mrmcy ho had, amounting
pockettrlo°isv,elt:io'u 11,1)10. k
Tathuel am'lotnheey
consisted chiefly of Bank
of En&and and other notes, and 701 in gold. The
place where the robbery Was committed was subsequently
examined, and two blegeons, stained with blood, were
found. Mr. Pearson was shockingly mangled, big head
and face having been violently beaten. He is now in a
precarious state. The police have apprehended three
notoricus characters, one of them a ticket-o.desave
on suspicion, and they stand remanded fur a week,
udi.
Pearson being in such a helpless and datverous co
tion that ho was unable to attend the cou4.