The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-12 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

We have received the St. Petersburg journals of
the 4th December.

The Journal de St. Petersbourg publishes the
following :
"Under date of the 19th of November (let of Decem-
ber), 10 p.m., Aide•de-Camp-General Prince Gortscha-
koff has sent the following telegraphic message :
" Everything goes on well in the Crimea—there is
nothing new. An enemy's picket has been surprised
on the south side. On this occasion 10 Frenchmen
were captured.
" A Turkish captain has been made prisoner near
Eupatoria.' "

Under the heading " News from the East Coast
of the Black Sea," the Journal de St. Petersbourg
publishes the following :
" Major-General Prince Bagration-Moukhransky, en-
trusted with the command of the Guriel detachment,
announces from his position on the river Tsiva, under
date of the 31st of October and Ist of November (12th
and 13th of November), that the enemy, whose principal
forces occupy Zougdidi, has pushed forward a portion of
his troops to the village of lc,heti, and by the upper
Mingrelian-road, on Tchanis-Tekhal6. On the Redont-
Kaleh side the Turks continue to make roads on both
sides of the Khopi.

"The Turks have reinforced their Kohoul6ti detach.
ment by a landing of Nizams, and, after having occupied
Legvy and Otchkamour with regular troops, they com-
menced their offensive movement. On the 29th October
(10th November) about 400 men left the St. Nicholas
station, and took the direction of the Tchokhat bridge,
which had been destroyed by us, but, met on this point
by the Guriel militia, they withdrew with a small loss of
killed and wounded.
" On the 30th October (11th November) heavy masses
of the enemy's infantry and cavalry advanced on the
village of Likhaour (south of Usurgheti), but on this
point also, after an hour's combat, they fell back on the
river Tcholok.
" We had three militiamen killed and three wounded.
It is reported that the enemy's loss was considerable.
Before the 28th of October (9th of November) the Ko-
bouleti detachment bad received additional reinforce-
menta, and its effective strength now amounts to 15,000
regular infantry and 3,000 cavalry, with 14 pieces of
artillery, without counting a considerable number of
Bashi-Bazouks."
A letter from St. Petersburg of the Ist, in the
Cologne Gazette, says :—" All the fractions of the
Russian army which distinguished themselves in
the assault on Kars have received honourable re-
wards from the Emperor. Thus the Ist battalion
of the Riasan Regiment has received the standard
of St. George the Victorious, with the inscription,
For its distinguished conduct in the assault on
Rare, the 29th Sept., 1855.' The dearth of com-
manding officers has determined the Emperor to
appeiut 501119 of his own Psiddi7dtlagep and other

staff officers to regimental commands. Every day
general officers arrive at St. Petersburg with re-
ports on the condition and the strength of the va-
rious corps d'armee ; they remain here for the
meeting which is shortly to take place. It will be
opened on the arrival of the Grand Admiral and
of the Minister of War."

A letter from Berlin says :—" The Emperor of
Russia has charged General Vincent, Count
Krasinski, with the administration of the kingdom
of Poland during the illness of Prince Paskiewitch.
In the event of the death of the Prince, Count
Rudiger, it is said, is to succeed him, provided the
Grand Duke Nicholas ho not nominated Viceroy."

SWEDEN.
Tho Austrian Gazette contains the following ex-
tract of a letter from Stockholm :—" In this city
it is rumoured that preparations aro about to be
made to mobilise an army by the spring of 60,000
men. The news may appear doubtful, but it ex-
presses the public opinion on the subject. The
mission of General Canrobert still remains the sole
subject of conversation in the town and at court.
Prince Charles, who is known to be one of the moat
zealous supporters of the Western Powers, had a
private interview with General Canrobert during
his visit, at which no aide-de-camp or other per-
Fon was present. Thero does not seem to be a
doubt that Sweden will be compelled, in the event
of war continuing, to side actively with the Allies.
This circumstance may influence the pacific inten-
tions of Russia."