The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-15 00:00:00

ST. PETERSBURG.

The Wanderer states that it has received a letter
from St. Petersburg, which announces that the
Persian ambassador had demanded his passports.
No date is assigned to this news, nor are any par-
ticulars given. The same journal states that the
Grand Duke Michael of Russia was expected at
Wallachia.

The Journal de St. Petersbourg says the bat-
tery No. 6, gallantly defended by Ensign Stchego-
leff at Odessa, is, by the Emperor's assent, to be
named after its brave commander. It also men-
tions that Dr. Cottman, a physician and surgeon,
and subject of the United States, is admitted into
the Russian service, with the rank of Court Coun-
cillor (Hofrath), and is appointed superior adminis-
trator in the army medical department.
The Invalide Busse of the sth of May contains
the following veracious decree of the Emperor of
Russia, addressed to General Osten-Sacken
" On the day when the inhabitants of Odessa, united
in their orthodox temples, were celebrating the death of
the Son of God, crucified for the redemption of man-
kind, the allies of the enemies of His holy name at-
tempted a crime against that city of peace and commerce,
against that city where all Europe in her years of dearth
has always found open granaries. The fleets of France
and England bombarded for 12 hours our batteries and
the habitations of our peaceful citizens, as well as the
merchant shipping in the harbour. But our brave troops,
led by you in person and penetrated by a profound faith
in the supreme Protector of justice, gloriously repelled
the attack of the enemy against the soil which, in Apos-
tolic times, received the saintly precursor of the Chris-
tian religion in our holy country.
"The heroic firmness and devotion of our troops, in-
spired by your example, have been crowned with com-
plete success, the city has been saved from destruction,
and the enemies' fleets have disappeared. As a worthy
recompense for so brilliant an action we grant you the
Order of St. Andrew.

" NICHOLAS.

" St. Petersburg, April2l (May 3)."

THE BALTIC.

COPENHAGEN, May 13.—The whole English fleet
is under Gottska Sando, off Forth Oen, Gothland,
waiting for the French squadron.

The Moniteur contains the following semi-official
paragraph :—" The Cabinet of Stockholm having
asked for the kind consideration of France and
England in reference to the trade of the Norwe-
gian fishermen of Finmark with the Russians, the
two allied Governments have, in concert, adopted
the necessary measures to prevent any interference
with that trade, and in order to enable the poor
inhabitants of the stormy coasts in question to con-
tinue to exercise the commerce which forms their
only resource."
A letter from Memel, of the 4th, in the Corre-
spondent of Hamburg, says :—" The corvette Con-
flict, Captain Hore, and the corvette Cruizer, 17
guns, Captain Douglas, arrived yesterday. The
captains disembarked to obtain information and
supplies. Captain Kalling, of the Russian ship
Catherine Charlotte, who was a prisoner on board
the Cruizer leaped into the sea on the 28th ult.
Every possible effort was made to rescue him, but
when taken up he was dead. Yesterday the last
of the Russian prizes, the Catherine Charlotte, left
us under the English flag for Hull."
STOCKHOLM, May s.—The confirmation of the
intelligence of the bombardment of Odessa, of the
destruction of a battery, and of the firing of nine
Russian ships, reached this city in the course of
yesterday, and produced general satisfaction. All
last evening and this lamming it was the engrossing
topic of conversation, and on every side the hope is
expressed that Cronstadt may soon experience a
similar fate. The prestige of the Russian name
and power is already all but totally extinct' in
these parts, now that the Swedes and Find-
landers have proof before their eyes of the vast
might of England, and of the inability of the Czar
to free his own ports from a blockade, or afford
any protection to his mercantile navy. One grand
feat on the part of the admiral—whose name is
never mentioned in Swedish journals without the
adjunct " illustrious" or " heroic"—and all Swe-
den and all Norway are openly, resolutely, and
enthusiastically on our side. The fleet is still in
Elfsnabben Bay, and it is now positively stated
that nothing important will be done before the
French squadron comes up. You have pro-
bably already learned that English vessels
in Russian ports have been allowed a period of
six weeks, dating from the 7th inst., to quit
them ; but that two of those ships, the Anna
Macalister, now in Cronstradt, and the Wil-
liam Broderick, at present in Revel, will be de-
tained, " on account," as stated in the official noti-
fication, "of the circumstances of war," probably
in order to prevent their captains and crews com-
municating useful information to their countrymen
in the fleet. 'The notification adds that those ves-
sels will not be confiscated, and that as soon as
circumstances permit they will be set free. It
may be that one of those " circumstonces" will be
the bombardment of both those places. And,
apropos of Revel, it is stated in the Helsingfors
Allmanna Tidning—a high-sounding name for a
very small paper—that there are at present in the
former town six battalions of the first reserve in-
fantry division, three divisions of the Grenadier
Guards, two regiments of which are Polish, and
two divisions of mounted guards. Three squadrons
of Cossacks from the Ural Mountains and from
the Black Sea are shortly expected in Revel.
A letter from Archangel of the 20th ult. states
that the fortress of Novodwina is declared in
a state of siege. Mr. Bright's speech in the
House of Commons on the 31st of March last
has the equivocal honour of a translation in ex-
' tenso in recent numbers of the St. Petersburg
journals and iu certain Finnish ones, under the
immediate control of the Russian Government. It
is not necessary to make any comments. A biogra-
phy of Sir C. Napier, written in a friendly spirit,
appears in the Helsingfors Margonbladet of the
24th ult. On the 27th the harbour of that town
was quite free from ice, and vessels were moored
to the quays, ready for cargoes. The above journal
states, in its number of the latter date, that no ice
is to be seen either to the north or south of the
harbour, and that passengers boats are running as
in midsummer. Numerous Finnish officers have
of late received promotion in the Russian army.
The motive is obvious. Jabez Taylor, the marine
of the Royal George, for whose apprehension as a
deserters a reward of three pounds was offered, has
returned to his vessel. It appears that, during a
visit to one of the islands in Elfsnabben Bay, he
got completely intoxicated, and remained ill in bed
for two days. A lad from the Cressy is also re-
ported absent without leave. He, too, has returned
to his vessel, after being absent during a few days.