The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-09 00:00:00

MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 28th ult.,
in the Constitutionnel, says :—" During the last
five weeks the Emperor has reviewed the 4th and
sth battalions, as well as the artillery of the re-
serve, which soon after commenced their march.
Do not, however, imagine that this is the only
movement that has taken place in the provinces of
the Baltic. We know here that a greater activity
prevails in the preparations of defence than last
year. By temporising for nearly six months in
negotiations, the Russians have been able to
gain the time necessary to withdraw their
troops from the different cantonments, and to
organise reserves on the necessary points, Mos-
cow being the centre, so that they have thus
been able to overcome one of the greatest obstacles
to defensive operations in Russia—the immense dis-
tance that troops have to be brought in order to
concentrate them in the frontier provinces. Three
days ago the Grand Duke Constantine went to Cron•
stadt, but has since returned. He there inspected
th• volunteers of the flotilla of row-boats formed
last year for the defence of the coast of the Gulf
of Finland. Being indefatigable in his wish to
justify the confidence reposed in him by the Sove-
reign, the Grand Duke every day gives proofs of
his activity both in the Council and in his own
department. He has just concentrated and simpli-
fied the management of affairs in the technical part
of the naval service, and firmly maintains his re-
solution to oppose all conditions of peace tending
to limit the naval forces of Russia. The accounts
which arrive from Sebastopol, far from being so
satisfactor y as the reports of General Gortschakoff,
announce that, notwithstanding all the genius of
the Russian generals, and particularly of General
Totleben, the besiegers every day advance closer
to the fortifications of the place. The day before
yesterday a courier left this for the head-quarters
of General Luders, conimaiier-in-chief of the army
of the south, ordering him to accelerate the con-
centration of his troops, in order to paralyso the
active co-operation of Austria. If we succeed in
retarding the participation of Austria in the war
until the winter, we shall be stronger by a whole
army composed of the last levy of recruits."

PRESENT STREXGTU OF RUSSIA IN

1111.1 CILLUE.A.

The military correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette
writes from the Polish frontier that the reinforcements
received by the Russian commanders in the west of the
Crimea since the hatt'e of Inkerman bear no proportios,
to these which have joined the Allies. He says, " Nume-
rically, Omer Paella's corps alone is almost equal to the
entire reinforcement of the Russians. The new Russian
troops which have entered the Crimea since the battle
just mentioned are the following :—The 2d brigade of
the 13th reserve infantry division, and the two brigades
of the 14th reserve infantry division, forming together
12 battalions, or at most 9,000 men ; further, the 9th in-
fantry division, at present near Perekop, and numbering
possibly 10,000 men. These and a Greek volunteer bat-
talion make up the reinforcements of the Russian infan-
try since the battle of Inkerman, for the troops of the
second infantry corps, represented by some journals as
having marched to the Crimea, and the division of Gene-
ral Wagner, said by the Austrian Military Gazette to be
in the Valley of Baidar, are not there; the second corps,
in fact, is still in Poland. Before the battle of Inker-
man the Russians had no more than 70,000 infantry in
the Crimea ; at the present moment they should have
about 90,000. The cavalry force which has joined the
Russian army since the battle of Inkerman consists of
six regular regiments. If we reckon the crews of the
ships at 8,000, and the Tchernornorskischen battalions
at 6,000 ; the rifles, sappers, engineers, and artillery at
15,000 ; and the cavalry, regular and irregular, at 20,000
—the Russian army at Perekop, Eupatoria, and near
Sebastppol will 'number about 140,000 men."

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, MAT 8.

THE NEW lIIISEIIM.

The museum delegacy having resolved that it is desi-
rable that the University should accept the tender of
Messrs. Lucas and Son, of London, amounting to 29,041/,
for the erection of a museum according to the plan of
Messrs. Dean and Woodward, approved by Convocation
on the Bth of December last, modified in some respects
with the approbation of the delegacy, it was propopercl is
convocation held on this afternoon, to affix th'e if 20
versity seal to a eontract with Messrs. Lucas for tnaboere
cution of the plans, thus modified, on the terms
stated. The convocation was numeroutslya
After the registrar had read the agreement, .e 'a
tz propo
was demanded, the result of which !,11!,vorleso the num.
sal was carrried by a majority ofello.
o cwtiotrh of Civil
berg being—placets, 123, non-Pr•
ree
In the same convocation a c
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acancyll2 einpo
wearsisnote:2t
Rhye.
Vice-Chancellor, during a v
/.iiinntacrtaei"pDsrevented front
oes
immediately afterwards, a
In a congregation holden
having for its object the
short statute was promulgated,tLPoraoewxfejois:dirniasoctfiboaliiteaiilontandLeeharoen
repeal of a3O days atter they have passed
taking effect till
.the
and providing
of Convocation,
House
in the body of
wise determined. the statute, they shallbe
immediately. Dr. Bliss, we
of forceunderstood, sub-
mitted an amendment. Mr. Marriott also add
clause
tfiP
addressed the
house.

PROFESSOR OF MUSIC.
This morning the Proctors (in whom the appointment
is vested) appointed the Rev. Sir Frederick A. G.
Ouseley, B
andart., M.A., a Doctor of Music, of Christ
Church ; Dr. Heathers to be Professor of Music in
room of the late Sir Henry Rowley Bishop.
In a convocation to be holden on Thursday next, the
10th inst., at 10 o'clock, the following decree will he
submitted for the approbation of the house :—Decrevit
..
Academia ut El quis vacante officio Professons June
Civilis Regii, vet Lecturis a Professore in locum
vacantem suffecto nondum habitis, ad Baccalaureatum
in Jure Chili promoveri cupiat, ad supplicanduni
Gratia adnaittatur, quamquam Lector's. prout tap_
re
a
(Tit. VI. sec. 2) rsquirunt, non interfu.ent.
R. L. COTTON', ICe-
h ocellor.

THE GREENLAND SEAL FISHERY.—The Lady Franklin,
Captain Penny, arrived at Aberdeen on Friday, from
Greenland, with 6,000 seals, yielding nearly 70 tons of
oil. She left the ice on Monday morning, and thus made
rptheeopiatss of
ie
Peterhead sealers bad killed above 100,000 seals, which
will boil above 10,000 tons of oil. The vaxious ships
theh ome
fisheryin four
o udro dwany s
to. Tthhee La(i
19thy Franklin brings
of April. The
fished as follows : Resolution, 9000; Magentheim,
900000; ;
Dublin,Co ur ;Columba, al 1 .
G
, 9000e ; Agostina, 10,000 ;
Gem,
1000 ; Gipsy and
Xanthus, sealing ; Victor, 3000 .
Traveller,
ctliz,
o,
Enterprise, 3000 ;
Alert, 1000 ; North of Scotland, 3000 ; Ranger, 1000.
The Melinka, of Fraserburg, had arrived full ship.. The
Lady Franklin sails again immediately for the *inter
whale fishery at Cumberlead Straits.