The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-16 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

We have received the St. Petersburg journals of
the 6th of April.
The Invalide Busse publishes the following from
the Crimea, including the Russian version of the
sortie of the night of the 22d of March.

The Invalide says :
" Aide-de•Camp General Prince Gortschakoff reports,
under the date of the 13th (25th of March), that the
siege works of the enemy against Sebastopol make very
siow progress. The state of the ramparts of the fortress,
on the contrary, improves daily, notwithstanding the
almost incessant fire of the enemy. Their mines are
always destroyed by us with the same success.
"The Turkish troops which occupy Eupatoria are
strictly blockaded by the detachment under Lieutenant-
General Baron Wrangel.
" On the 9th (21st) of March the Turks, to the number
of 18 squadrons, and 12 field guns, with infantry and
foot artillery, left the town and attempted to cross the
stone bridge over an arm of Lake Gniloi, but, received
by otie horse artillery, they were compelled to retreat
before nightfall.
" With this report came also the following account
ffom Prince Gortschakoff of a sortie made by the gar.
rison of Nebastopol in the night between the 10th and
11th (22d and 23d) of March ;
" 'On the 27th of February last (11th of March) we
commenced constructing, on a tumulus situate at 290
sagenes in Advance of the Korniloff bastion and only 180
sagenes from the second advanced parallel of the enemy.
a lunette which received the name of Kamtschatka from
the regiment employed in its construction.
" "The object of this construction was, on the on,
hand, to prevent the enemy from gaining a footing, b)
means of rapid sap volante works, upon the hi;4ll grourn,
opposite the Korniloff Bastion ; and, on the other hand,
to form, in connection with our counter approaches, O.
Selinghinsk and Volhynia redoubts, an advanced line of
defences.

" 'On the 9th (21st) March the Ita...Ate was com-
pletely finished and armed, after which it became im-
possible for the enemy to continue his approaciies except
by regular mining (Bapie pleine), although still at a chs
tance of 470 say Med fruit' the principal dtfeoces of th,
fortress.

" Ou the 10;,11 (221) March the fire of the artillery
and riflemen of our lunette forced th,i enemy to interrupt
their works, but it was to be presumed that they would
make every effort the following night to repair the lost
time and advance rapidly a la sape volante.
To prevent thin a strong sortie RN DPde daring

tle night between the 10th and 11th (22d and 23d) of
Nlarch, from the Kamtschatka, lunette against the new
French approaches. -
. _ _

" This enterprise was entrust.--d to Lieutenant-
General Kbrouleff, with a detachment consisting of 11
battalions of the 44th Marines and a detachment of this
35th.*

" ' These triops formed in columns by companies on
each side of the lunette, and advanced boldly in front ;
overcoming the terrible fire of the enemy, 'they seized
upon the most advanced approaches, and despite an ob-
stinate resistance, forced their way into the principal
French trench All the works of the besiegers were im•
mpdiately destroyed by the sailors of the 33d and 44th
divis'ons.

" 'A sanguinary hand-to-hand fight laqtei during the
whole night, until the French, wile had defended their
trenches with great obstinacy, were driven back to their
first parallel.

" iLieutenant-General Khrouleff then gave the signal
to retreat, which was done in perfect order.
"'Simultaneously with this attack, and to divide the
forces of the enemy, two other sorties were made at
a greater distance to the right and left of the Kamt-
schtaka lunette : the first was entrusted to Capt. Bond
istcheff of the navy, with 4 companies of the Greek
volunteers of Prince Mourouzi, and 260 volunteers of
the 38th and 41st Marines, and of the 6th battalion of
the reserve of the Minsk Regiment of Infantry.'
" 'The other sortie, consisting of 475 volunteers of
the 30th and 45th Marines, of the Okhotsk Chasseurs.
and of the 6th battalion of the reserve of the Vollrynia
Regiment of Infantry, commanded by Lieut. Biruleff, of
the navy, entered the English trenches on the heights
in front of the southern bay, spiked a mortar, destroyed
a battery which the enemy had commenced constructing
on this point, and took an English captain of engineers
and 6 men prisoners.
" Our enterprise was thus crowned with success on
every point ; the enemy were driven from the trenches,
and all the works executed during the few previous days
destroyed. We took from the French 64 prisoners, of
whom two were officers, and from the English 11 pri-
soners, of whom two were officers, and we spiked three
mot tars.

" But this brilliant affair cost us dearly ; in the sor-
ties we had in all eight superior and subaltern officers
and 879 men killed, and 21 superior ani subaltern
officers and QB2 men wounded.

" According tJ declarations of prisoners it had been
the intention of the enemy to take, at aircost, during
the right of the 1001-11th (221.233) the Kamschatka
redoubt, and to execute important works, a la sope
volante.

" With this object six battalions bad been placed in
the advanced trenches.

"'This citcurnstance, which compelled General
Kbrouleff to call up the greater portion of his reserve,
explains our heavy loss.

The loss of the enemy must have greatly exceeded
onr own when we consider that whiht retreating the
French troops that had been repulsed were exposed to
the cross fire from the nearest batteries. Among the
slain the body was found of Lieutenant• Colonel Dumas,
of the Staff, who had the direction of the Freuuh
trenches.

"'During the whole time of the combat the town wag
briskly bombarded. Tne enemy threw nearly 2,000
shells during the night, which did very little damage to
the troops under shelter.
" 'ln rendering testimony to the heroic courage of all
the troops engaged, Aide-de-Camp General Prince Goa,.
cbakoff makes particular mention of the following as
having particularly di4ingui,•hed themselves ;—Lieu-
tenant-General lihrouleff, who'commanded the principal
sortie ; Lieutenant-Colonel Radumsky, who cmumanded
the. Dnieper Regiment ; Captain Bondisiclieff of the
Imperial Navy ; Lieutenant Biruleff, ditto ; the 'Chief
of the Greek Volunteers, Prince Alnurouzi, and the
Monk-Priest, Jnanzaki Savinoff, who during the whole.
combat was at the head of the troops with, cross in
hand, encouraging them on, and consoling the
wounded.'"

The Danube, an Austrian journal, publishes the
following order of the day, addressed by Prince
Gortschakoff to the garrison of Sebastopol un his
arrival there on the 20th of March :
"Soldiers !—His Majesty has deigned to appoint me
to the command of the sea and laud forces in the Crimea.
Brave warriors, all Rus-iia is proud of your heroic
courage, and our great Emperor Nicholas I. on his
death-bed turned his last looks towards you with grati-
tude. His worthy successor, his Majesty the reigning
Emperor, Alexander 11., has deigned to expre,s himself
as follows in letters addressed to me on the 3d and 7th'
of March :
" Tell the brave defenders of Sebastopol, in the
name of our immortal benefactor, that the Emperor
Nicholas was proud of them and that he thought of
them on his death-bed in sending them, through me; the,
expression of his last and cordial gratitude. Tell our
brave soldiers that I thank them in his name by these
letters, and that I am perfectly convinced that they were
always worthy of his paternal solicitude.'

" Soldiers I the mast difficult time is over. The
roads are better, transports of every description arrive
easily, and considerable reinforcements sent to your sup-
port are on the way. In taking the command of this
army I am sincerely convinced that, with God's bles-
sing, success will finally crown our efforts, and that we
will certainly justify the hopes of our august Sovereign.
Adjutant-General Osten Sack en, who directed the de-
fence of Sebastopol with so much honour, and his com-
panion the brave Admiral Nachimoff, resume to-day
their former functions."

The Czas, of Cracow, has a letter dated from St.
Petersburg, the writer of which alleges that the
authorities have destroyed the granite bridges over
the lower course of the Neva, in order to render
the stream unnavigable to large vessels.
Accounts from Odessa state that fresh detach-
ments of Greek volunteers are on their march to-
wards the Crimea.

A letter from Cracow of the Bth says :—Gene-
ral Paniutine has been summoned to Warsaw
from his bead-quarters at Lublin, in order to come
to an understanding with Prince Paskiewitch, pro-
bably as to the movement of the troops, which for
some months past have not left their winter quar-
ters. Gen. Rejtern, who commands the first divi-
sion in the government of Kielce, has arrived at
Warsaw. The Emperor has renewed all the orders
which had been given in the mouth of February,
last year, relative to the BAltic and to that coast.
The landmarks on the coasts of the Gulfs of Both-
nia, Finland, and Revel are to be immediately
removed, and the lighthouses have been all extin-
guished.
The Military Gazette of Vienna contains a letter
from Odessa of the 30th ult., which says :

" We learn here that Prince Gortscbakoff has left at
Simpherepol only two divisiois of cavalry and a brigade
of infantry. All the rest of the troops, amounting to
75,000 men, are so disposed on the Belbec, the heights
of Bakshi-Serai, and the upper part of the Tchernaya,
that they may be concentrated on any point r, quired
any exceedingly brief space of time. It is,in that poi•
tion that the prince will await the- attack of the Allies,
being determined not to assume the cffensive unless in
most favourable circumstances. The prince, finding
lately that the left wing of his army of operation, posted,
at Inkerrnan and its neighbourhood, vtas somewhat in
danger from the large reinforcments which the Allies
had received, gave orders to have it immediately strength-
ened by means of troops from the centre towards Bakshi-
Serai and the• right wing towards Simpheropol. The
deficit so caused in the ranks of the centre arid right will
be filled up with troops from Perekop."
In addressing his troops, lately, Prince Gortscha-
koff made use of an expression which has been much
talked of. "Work on, my children," he said to
them, " work on for twenty days more, and then
all will be over and your will return to your homes
to repose from your fatigues."

* There were four battalions of the Kamtschatka Chas-
seurs, two of our Ouglitch Chasseurs, three. battalions of
infautrypf the Dnieper Regiment, and two of the Volbynia
Regiment.

FRANCE.
(FRO3I OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, MONDAY.

The 11' oniteur publishes the following as the
words addressed yesterday by the Emperor to the
Deputies :
" Messieurs mes Deputes,—l wished to bid you
adieu before leaving, and to thank you for the sup-
port which you have given me in all the important
laws which I have presented to you during this
session. _ _ _

absence will be of short duration . I think
I shall Ibe your interpreter, by assuring the Go-
vernment of her Majesty the Queen of Great Bri-
tain that you appreciato, as I do, all the ad van-
tages of the alliance with England. (Yes, yes.)
We all desire peace, but on honourable condi-
tions, and only in such case. If we are to continue
the war I count upon your loyal support.' (Yes,
yes.) •

,
The Emperor and Empress left Paris yesterday.,
after hearing mass in the Chapel of the Tuileries.
Their Majesties arrived in an open carriage at the
station of the Northern Railway. The Emperor
was accompanied by Marshal Valliant, Minister of
War and Grand Marshal of the Palace ; the Duke
of Bassano, Grand Chamberlain ; General do Mon-
tebello, Colonel Fleury, and the Marquis de Tou-
longeon, his aides-de-camp. The Empress was ac-
companied by Princess d'Esling, Grand Mistress
of her household; Countess de Montebello and
Countess de Malaret, Ladies of the Palace ; and
Count Tascher de la Pagerie, First Chamberlain
to her Majesty. Fifty Cent Gardes and a detach-
ment of cavalry formed the escort. The 50 Cent
Gardes will follow their Majesties to London. All
the Ministers, the President of the Council of State,
and the President of the Corps Legislatif received
the Emperor and Empress at the station. Baror de
Rothschild took his seat in the Imperial train,
which left the station at 45 minutes past 1 o'clock,
under the direction DIM. Petiet, the chef enjneer.
A.n immense cro h a..a.,,eata!aid ;;he 6C,al
and enthusiastically cheer, d their Majesties.
We read in the Courrte7 de Marseille, of the 14ill
inst.—

" Yesterday, 600 men of the 80th regiment of the line
arrived here by the railway, and to-day a battalion of the
81st regiment and a company of the waggon train are
expected, To-morrow a detaciimout of the let regime:lo

of Hu,sars, and another of the sth, will arrive in our
on their way t,) Africa, where they are to rexhter-
Cnasseurs d'Afrique who have left fur the Criw's•

BELGI UM.
The following circular, dated Brussels, 31st ult.,
has been addressed by M. de Decker, the Beigil
Minister of the Interior, to the Governors 0
provinces :----
" I hasten to inform you of the formation of a Minist/
by
in which lam ca'led, the confidence of his MajesJ
to the honour of the functions of Minister
the Interior. The idea which presided over the
foimstion of this' Gthinet is openly avowed--a comPre'
nnte among all mo lende opinions. This comproutiset
effected with good faith, is in ace-xdance both vn,i.4l
the wishes and the interest of the nation. The
Ministry
,has a right to require that the Eat
conciliatory, views which will guide it
ainaircitx;
general direction of affairs shall also
those who, representing the Government and die'
posing of its influence, ought in their administration :0
reflect its spirit and second its action. I expect from
your patriotism a loyal and active' co-operation, car
lated to give to the internal government of the country
that harmony and unity without which it has neitheo
dignity nor force. On my side, I shall know ho°l it
recognise your devotedness, and I shall respond toti.
by au impartial appreciation of your acts and by se.n,_,
meats of ki,dness which, while rendering our _
more a;re,able, will facilitate the accomplishment of col;
common task. I beg you to acknowledge the receipt
of
the present circular, and to communicate the tenour
it to the commissaries of ariondissements• of your Pre:
vince. When the letters of acknowledgments shall 11111.1,1
been addressed to you by those functionaries, you
be kind enough to forward them to me without delal:
I eagerly avail myself of this first opportunity wbi%
offers itself to me, Monsieur le Gouverneur, to preseu
to you the expression of my best feelings.
"Dx DEMO.

• SPAIN.
, The Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived,
but they contain nothing of much importaneci
The Gazette announces that the Queen, as ceel,,,t
in Holy Week, had ordered that a man 11°4.';
sentence of death for murder should have
penalty commuted to imprisonment for 11,
and that five other men, about to be tried for
the same crime, should, in the event of cif.,,);
viction, have the sentence •of death, to
they would be liable, commuted to one of POss
petual imprisonment. The Pope's Nuncio
endeavouring to arrange the affair between
Bishop of Osma and the government, but it "d.
not considered likely that he would succeed°
Extensive military preparations had been 123 a
e.
to quell with rigour any attempt at disturba%,
The last two numbers of the Soberania • of
cional bad been seized for the publication be
seditiops articles, and the responsibleoditor is,tcr
prosecuted. It is stated in a letter that Lord -11..,e5s
'den had declared to the Governmen; that be "the
perfectly" willing that what he had done in „b,
affair of the Protestants at Seville should bet,.
miffed to Lord Clarendon. The Bth being Sullw
the Stools xchange was not open. -kr.dridt
It was stated in a letter from Lisbon, via
that-the Duke of Saldanha, has, on account oflnt
health, resigned the Ministry of War to Irisltbe
de Luz,. but that he retains the presidency 0-t
council and the command of the army.

TRE CAPE OF GOOD 110 P.

leog:s
PLYMOUTH,, IViconAr MoRNINch
The ship Royal Albert, Captain Norris, be
ing to Messrs. Wigram and Co., of London, wails
off Plymouth yesterday. She' is 126 days fr°o •
Calcutta, with a full cargo of seeds, sugar, rice, fthe
cotton, and has landed here Captain Clark of
24th Regiment.
The Royal Albert was several days at the C9',,Pheo
of Good Hope and left on the 17th February,.
same day ds tile Pride of the Sea. She conk
that ship's account of the pacific condition of
the
colony, which now bids fair to become one of
0.
most important appendages to the British Cri.°;hv
The new Governor, Sir George Grey, is his
popular.
he
The expected outbreak in December, when t the
Tope colonists
73d Regiment was sent from Cape
frontier, has entirely 'died away, and the coloonulti.,
are must actively and profitably emplor3d in of
or
vating the land and in continuing the
the copper mines. and the
All the bubble companies are exploded,
bona fide undertakings are prosperir;
miles A tram road from Namaqualand,
sea at Robber Bay, is in the cOurse of buffalo
to save the great cost of conveyance by u-
waggons. ly iii
The suspicious-lookindship off the Cape ear
February proved to be a black three-masted Vertre
to the
of 300 tons, from Liverpool for Melbourne ;
wards put into Table-bay.
The greatest anxiety is felt among the colonist",
Dutch as well as Engligh, to obtain intelligen
from England. The latest dates are to the 24th
November, brolight by the steam-ship Paoifie%
the 30th December. On her arrival, so great
the desire for information that upwards of 2,o°'
people were waiting ashore to receive the Port OW
tain on returning from his official visit.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY, APRIL 15' of
The Eclipse arrived yesterday from the Oa t° b,
Good Hope, whence she sailed on the 22d of reof
ruary. Her advices do not contain any newso
interest. The screw-steamer Antelope arrived. e
the Cape the day the Eclipse left. The EnterPtriti;
Captain Collinson, sailed for. England abou-
15th of February.

AY,
PORTSMOUTH, 5t311),,-, has
The Hotspur, Indianian, Captain Toyo7":jati.
pissed up Channel, with dates from Calcutta sge
17, and the Cape of Good Hope Feb. 28'
has had a good passage. yen
She reports affairs at the Cape as beilig
quiet.
yagerS'
A pilot-boat has brought id several passe—

THE OVERLAND IVO-11'.

Over
We have received our despatches by the job;
alandi3Momailb,ay, 18th h.
dated Calcutta,nrc 10th ; Madras)
and
13°11v
The following
is from the summary (400
bay Times : • bi
,ut:ltc,o,Trylielinerigeth:xcteointetbmeofenat of the fortnight is the oPeliiiiioo
InGieoenucegtslae,inoft
utlhneesPsstof f
employedl)aerbcwooanirlt
paluoinl
c9ofl.tvhote;
c4,°s
s
on seeing the extreme necessity an bee'
1
00
public works, has been t° an
on raising money for their construction,
,
extent that might be desired, so long as lie, 00'
b orrow below six and invest above ten 13„e*is in
And now for the first time he seems °ll- Tlll7
significant extent to have been indulge'. nage
iublic works would be infinitely better 11$0 be
by)'
private enterprise than by Government bold,
yond question, and no wonder that it \-seer
when we find three months required to ails' coP",
simplest letter not requiring the slightest_ „los°
Aeration or reference to any party, months ei-alfotti
for the expiscition of information for villiiellvart
night should suffice, and an ignorance on tneiletril
the authorities of the physical, moral, IDA vie:.
and financial condition of the country, t hie:.
d
seem incredible if it were not confessed. But
has been so governed heretofore that no tenir OW.;
hithertopresented has been found sufficient 'To it 1."
into it private capital or enterprise ; Inee"
disgraceful the work should be left undone,
oor P.
sarily devolves on Government when all oth tIYO
ties decline it. A despatch of great abiliTbeer
publication of which is daily expected, 119'blf
written by the Governor-General eu„te
works, for the promotion of which sel3t-gs 017,
partments are being arranged ; and be Pi,eed of
cially ordered that men should be P-tion s -
charge 'of these exclusively in considers
oyltlo
qualification, and without regard to their first
Ste t
in or their belonging to the service ;, the°f agref
towards securing for India the services jouc
body of civil engineers, not as a separate ".villie
9.11
pendent corps, but on the ordinary terms °tote 17,1
they are engaged by European Goverinnbtaitlei
public companies. Lord Harris has already
are
for Madras a liberal supply of these, Nvll° be
on their way out, and others are desired ''°ool3lP4
tertained or trained on the spot, undeqibe
ge
ments of most praiseworthy liberality, On e
Ltt M will, we hope, be worked out at all l'iceeeue;
deneies. The Madras Government, having 5? pros";
in establishing an excellent museum a,t, )asenfil
dency, are now endeavouring to bring lecnas. fgt
into existence up and down over the diebi:-a
a 8 e
carrle.o e
The electric telegraph has just been
north as Attok, and will be at Peshawnrri, th°tl'
months' time—a distance in direct line 0,131 0013;
sand miles from Calcutta, and the like thefr Or!.
bay, and 1,600 from Madras ; so that , usirno,ll..:
plesidencies could be communicated with Affgutif
neously, and in a few minutes time, by.tueit of 000
frontier—the only point in the whole efretloce cjio.
dominions where serious trouble or ann°,,Yoripllie
arise to us. Meanwhile, after having :o,recli
three thousand miles of telegraph with
.1, tft
..?.•
d, en .:010`'0" tog re V:}e,
I"`" s' -p. of prick the pub" of
'0 they had found it a netts. /310;,,
we have clapped on it a rate of chargever e. to 1
strously extravagant, that it is 'llloles-4o
ployed by Government, and is utterly 0.4
authedincogmmttbmatitybyat
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