The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

So little dOes the Russian Government conside,f
St. Petersburg secure from attack, in despite of its
almost impregnable bulwark at the mouth of W.,"
Neva, that extraordinary precautions are take'
almost as if an enemy menaced the place. San:
of the great barracks are so filled with troops
to necessitate the neighbouring houses being OA;
ployed for the purpose of billting soldiers. li*,„
Revel, where a bombardment is apprehended, the
governor, General Berg, has placed the fire brigau
under the command of General Vogt, and has di-
vided the city into seven districts, each furnished
with a fire brigade and requisite engines ; whilst the
attention of these brigades, and of the inhabitant'
is specially called to eighteen different spots which
are regarded as most exposed to danger from bes:
tile shot. There is no lack of patriotic donation'
for war purposes, or to the invalid funds. The
celebrated convent of the Holy Trinity, in the
diocese of Moscow, has sent 50,000 silver roubles'
through the Metropolitan, for the purpose of erect
ing Christian temples within the conquered Turkis'
territory ; and Count Seheremetieff, Chamberlain
to the Emperor, has handed over 150,000 silver
roubles, the interest of which is to be devoted to
the support of invalid soldiers.
The Russian journals announce that the Russit'll
Government has decided that all the storehouse*
magazines, and works of defence which had been
destroyed by the combined fleets, shall be recoil"
strutted at the expense of the town. These jonl.i
nals add, hypocritically, that the Government e
the Czar yields in this matter to the patriotic
wishes of the inhabitants of Odessa.
Several German journals announce that the BIZd. lish corvette, the Amphiou, had been taken by t"
Russians near Revel, and that all the crew lido
been sent prisoners of war to St. Petersburg.
last news from the Baltic allows a contradiction
be given to this report.
A letter from Cracow of the 9th, in the 0.5
Deutsche E ost, of Vienna, says :—" It is certain
that a Russian corps, about 2,000 strong, Well;
panied by artillery and stores, is marching toward
our frontier, and is on the road from WarsawA,o
11
Kielic. The vacancy in the see of Cracow, which
has existed since the death of the last bishop, 0
not yet been filled up. When Cracow was a freo
of
town, the three protecting Powers had the right 0
nominating and confirming the bishop ; but, sinc
Cracow has been a fort of the Austrian Enver°r 9
Austria claims the sole right of nomination:
Russia, however, protests against this, as a COnsi
derable part of the estates of the bishopric 11',
situated in Poland."
The Moniteur of yesterday publishes a let,theer
from the Russian frontier, which says that "
levies of troops have ceased throughout the ~e 133..;
pire ; they amount to 200,000 men." The Vrie
seems to have done all he can in this way. e
writer goes on to say :—" The principal armies tile
stationed in columns along the frontiers of e
south and the north-west. The different reserve
corps are concentrated around Moscow and Kiel'
There are 50,000 men now in Poland."

BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA.
ODESSA, April 30.—The damage done by the
bombardment to the Government property i 8 far
greater than is generally supposed.
The Invalide Busse, of May 3, publishes We
new reports from General Osten-Sacken, relative,
to t 1.0.; bombardment of Odessa. 1,11„y
follow :
" No. 1. .IZ,LPOiIT OE APRIL '7().—TO-day 1.10
and French fleets have not only undertaken any thl
against Odessa, but continue to look on at the w...0q.,
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to prevent them. This inaction is to me altogther in-
comprehensible ; hut, at :ill events, the benediction
which God extends over our arms and over the justice
of our cause, is evident. The resistance made with
such feeble means to an enemy disposing of a formidable
artillery, and twelve consecutive hours vainly employed
by it to destroy our shore-batteries, will not have failed
to make a strong impression on it, particularly when the
damage more or less serious, which its vessels have
suffered, is taken into con*ideration.
"No. 2. REPORT OF APRIL 26.-1 have the honour
of announcing to your Highness that the great English
and French squadrons have quitted Odessa, after having
done very little iujisry tc the town itself and his Majesty's
troops, and not daring to approach our batteries again,
after the resistance which they met with on the 22d
April, and the severe lesson which the steam-frigates
received on the 23d, when they came within the range
of our batteries to make a reconnoissance. This
morning, at eight o'clock, as well as could be seen,
the three frigates which had been damaged and the
line-of-battle-ship weighed anchor, and took their
departure to the south-west, and the remainder of
the fleet to the south-east. Admiral Dundas has sent
me, by an Austrian vessel which happened to be in the
waters of Odessa, forty officers and men, belonging to
merchant vessels, with a letter which I transmit to your
Highness. During the presence of the enemy before
Odessa the most perfect order never ceased to prevail in
the town ; and although many of the inhabitants left
their houses and these houses remained open, no cul-
pable act took place. The zeal of the population pre-
sented a most touching spectacle, and even under the
fire of the enemy's cannon, the inhabitants brought
provisions to the soldiers. During the night other troops
Provided with cannons procte.led to the shore to
repel the boats which were approaching it. All,
whatever was their nation or the class to which they
belonged, were filled with indignation against the allies
of the Crescent, come here to destroy the habitations of
the peaceful citizens—to attack inoffensive persons,
women, and children. The perfect devotedness of all
to the good cause was striking. A Tuscan subject,
Gigi, Mocehi, employed for 30 years at the quarantine,
a man universally loved and esteemed, constructed at
his own expense, without any authority, a battery,
armed with six 24-pounders, which he purchased from the
municipal body, and had the battery thus constructed
Served by his own men. He has become a Russian subject.
The officers and troops are animated with the greatestzeal,
baveshown the utmost intrepidity, and are penetrated with
the sentiment of duty. The artillery has covered itself
With additional glory. The absence of all precipitation,
the perfect coolness which it displayed, its fire so well
directed, the knowledge of their bu-mess which all the
others gave proof of (the most of them being young
met* who have lately left the military school-) ; in a
word, the unexampled feat of arms of Steliegoieff and his
Men—all have proved to the enemy that its ships of the
line, armeu as they were with cannons of large calibre,
could not with impunity approach our coasts. It is iei
Possible not to perceive in this result the will of Him
who undertakes to protect all honest hearts penetrated
with an ardent devotedness to their sovereign, the
anointed of the Lord, and with affection for their be-
loved country."