The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-05 00:00:00

81111-% as the Russians are in this sea in their forts par-
ticularly strong, and they have rendered Cronstadt im-
pregnable by the erection of adlitional heavy
and filling up all the approaches, so that our ativart,,
will be conducted with caution, and the forte must be
taken in detail. Sonic time ago it was proposed by an
officer that all the launches and sal ~11 steamers should
pass the Isle of Cronsta.,it on its nothern lace, and pro-
ceed to St. Petersburg (the lint-of-battle ship,: keeping
the forts and Russian 'flotilla ;n check) an,l bombard that
City ; but we now find that they have, whilst the ice is
covering those waters, filled the whole breadth of the
channel with massive piles and huge blocks of granite,
80 that no vessel can possibly pass without running close
under the range of their stupendous 'atteries. Yet I
,
think as soon as the French contingent join we shall
move on
and you may expect to hear soon of an attack
upon Revel or Sweaburg. The latter place is very
strong,being a series of detached forts—on five islands
—these islands form a small and secure harbour, where
all the men of war are moored. There is plenty of
water for any of our ships to approach these forts, but
the channel is very intricate, yet we are gradually be-
comingbetter acquainted with this sea, and ere long
,
quite conversant with its different coasts, rocks, and
shoals, of which there are multitudes."

ST. PETERSBURG.
MISERABLE ATTEMPT OF THE CZAR TO
ROUSE THE ENTHUSIASM OF HIS
PEOPLE.
We read in the Paris papers that the Emperor
Nicholas is about to bestow invulnerability on
ms chiefs with figure heads of saints. Under
Admiral Sir Alexander Nevsky and Admiral his
°lva namesake, not the wicked one, his squadrons
1,437 at least venture from behind the batteries of
Sebastopol and Sveaborg.
The autocratic journals (says the Presse) make a
great noise about the devotedness of a certain
has
Sievers, a Chamberlain of his Majesty, who
Lias placed his yacht, the Wiborg, himself, and the
crew at the disposal of the Grand Duke Con-
!i.!antine during the continuance of the war.
,4te Emperor Nicholas is said to have autho-
Vied the said Count to wear the uniform of the
acht Club of St. Petersburg, and named
him chief of the Finland flotilla, under the
superior command of Vice-Admiral Jepahtchin.
ve may observe en passant that the Wi-
borg is nothing more than a wretched little
Steamer, of 20 -horse-power, running during the
Summer, between Wiborg and Helsingtors, and
only carrying a crew of six men. At the-same time
that every exertion is being made to complete the
equipment of the Baltic fleet, nothing is neglected
which can tend to excite the religious enthusiasm
of the crews. In an enthusiastic order of the day,
Admiral Ricord makes known that M. Murascheff,
the burgomaster of Cronstadt, has just offered, in
the
name of the bourgeoisie of that place, to the
Grand Duke Constantine a magnificent image of
St. Nicholas, the worker of miracles, to be placed
at the prow of the admiral's vessels. The Empress
1404/also sent to General Bach, Military Governor-
General of Cronstadt, four images representing St.
Alexander Nevsky, St. Nicholas, St. Peter, and
St. Paul, to be given to the uarrisons of the forts
&lexander the First, Kronslo6tt, Peter the First,
and Paul the First—all of which Russian Empe-
rors and saints' namesakes are to be under the spe-
cial protection of Heaven, so far as the forts and
ships named after them are concerned !

tXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS AT ST.

PETERSBURG.

A letter from St. Petersburg of the 21st ult.,
In the Press of Vienna, says :—" All measures ne-
cessitated by a long and energetic war are being
taken here. Both sides of the mouth of the Neva
are being protected with strong defensive works.
Yesterday there appeared au order of the Minister
,of Police, prescribing what the inhabitants of St.
retersburg are to do in the event of siege, or
rather a blockade of that city. If Cronstadt should
fall into the power of the allied fleets, women,
Children, and old men are immediately to leave the
,Capital. The troops are to be removed from the
aouses, the streets are to be unpaved, and the bells
Of the holy churches and the images of the saints
are to be removed to Moscow. Notwithstanding
all these precautions, the order expresses the as-
surance that the enemy's fleet will perish on the
rooks, and under the cannon of Cronstadt."