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 Gth 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 Ns. a testimony of
the bravery which you displayed in the affair of the
Alma, where you personally led re,g invents to the
combat, we deign to nominate you a metu Lber 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 letter
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 wilt soon recover
for the advantage of the throne and the country."
We have received the St. Peterslburg journals
of the 2d and 3d inst.

The Journal de St. Petersbourg o:f the 2d pub-
lishes a long list of promotions irt the army.
General Stroganoff 11. is appointe d Governor-
General of :New Russia, instead of G e neral Annon-
koff 11., who is appointed Cornptroll4 ,r of the Em-
pire, maintaining his dignity as M ember of the
Council of the Empire and Aide-de-Camp General.
The Invalide _Busse publishes Übe following,
under the heading "News from the Crimea" :
"The last report from Aide-de•Camp General Prince
Gortschakoff, dated 12th (24th) Apriil, contains the
news already known by the last telegraphic despatch
from Kieff, viz., that the fire of the enem.:: ,r against Sebas-
topol sensibly diminished, and that the (damage done to
our works and the losses of the garri son decreased in
proportion.

" The approaches which the enemy are pushing in dif-
ferent directions advance very slowly, i r npeded by the
well-directed fire of our artillery. In the, fear of counter-
mines the enemy does not fire his min, es at a distance
less than 30 sagenes from Bastion N.Q. 4, and on that
point as yet the intention of the enemy to convert his
five entonnoirs into a general place d'arvm ;es has not been
achieved, as the crowning of his two pri.n cipal entonnoirs
has been destroyed by two mines which lye fired."
The siege journal, which accompa mied this re-
port, contains the following details• of operations
which have taken place before SebastA >poi, from the
7th (19th) to the 12th (24th) of April.:—
" On the 7th (19th) of April one of t .ur batteries si-
lenced two French batteries, the guns of which were dis-
mounted and the embrasures destroyed.
"On the same day 12 squadrons of the enemy's
cavalry (Chasseurs d'Afrique and Engli 0-1 Dragoons) ap-
peared before the advanced posts of the, detachment of
Tchorgoum, near the village of Komara , with 6 guns
and about 10,000 Turkish infantry. A fi,er exchanging
a few shots with our Cossacks and Geo iek volunteers,
these troops returned to camp.
" In the night between the 7th and Win (19th and 20th)
April, the besiegers twice attacked the lodgments
in advance of Bastions 3,5, and 6, Ltd received with
the bayonet and grape, they were corn' Jelled to make a
hasty retreat.

"In the night between the Bth ancil 9th (20th and
21st), the English, having left their to ,enehes in three
columns, again attacked the lodgments. in front of Bas-
tion 3. The second company of the ca; rabineers of the
chasseur regiment of Okhotsk made 'a. brilliant charge
with the bayonet, and having routed ti he enemy, com-
pelled them to make a precipitate retrero
" During the same night an enemy's steam-frigate
left the fleet (which continues at anti or in Kamiesh
and Streletza bay) and keeping at a cli 4tance of more
than 1,000 sagenes from the batteries s aid forts of the
coast, opened fire at different intervaiL s ; this attempt
was renewed with as little success the .6 illowing night.
" Since then, up to the 12th (24th), the enemy has
done nothing of importance. On our all the damage
done to our fortifications has been corn.rdetely repaired,
and we have constructed a new batter y on the right
flank of the Sellinghinsk redoubt and f our large lodg-
ments, which have been immediately occ :upied by rifle-
men.

" A report has been received from the, detachment at
Eupa'oria, announcing that on the 11th ,(23d April), 10
to 12 squadrons of the enemy's cavalry at id 8 to 80 bat-
talions of Tnfantry, with field artillery, ad vanced by the
tongue of land towards the village of Sal :i, but on per-
ceiving our squadrons advancing from I'o uzli the Turks
retreated before they were within four wo; rsts of Saki."
The Invalide Russe alsopublishes the following:—
" Aide-de-Camp General Prince Girt schakoff has