The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-20 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

St. Petersburg advices of the 18th state that up
to the 12th the enemy (the allies) bad not moved
from Bala,klava nor undertaken anything against
Sebastopol.
The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 14th con-
tains a telegraphic despatch from Vienna of the 4th
inst., stating that the commissioners of thelVestern
Powers and of Austria and Turkey had met at Con-
stantinople to arrange the question of the protec-
torate on the basis of the proposal made by the
Austrian Cabinet.
The National Gazette of Berlin has the following
letter from St. Petersburg, dated the 10th :--"
is stated that the troops who have withdrawn from
the Principalities are to occupy the governments ad-
joining the Austrian frontiers. They are the 3d,
4th, and sth corps-d'armee, under the command of
Prince Gortschakoff. The second division of the
guard has been sent to Byalestorck (formerly.
Prussian). Gen. Ofrosemon, who commands that
division, has also proceeded there. General
Schwarz has set out for the western governments,
in order to prepare cantonments there for the
troops. General Prince Leon Radziwill has gone
to Moscow. Gen. Reuberg has left for the station
of Okalow ; and Gen. Korsakow, head of the
artillery of the garrison of St. Petersburg, for
Karwa. The field-lazaretto left
styimmediatel after
the guards. The EMpSTOT inspected it Gtchina."

ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 29 (OcT. 11).
His Majesty the Emperor has deigned to address,
under date of Sept. 26 (Oct. 8), the following letter
to the General A.D.C. and Artillery-General Prince
Gortschakoff, commanding the troops of the 3d,
4th, and sth corps of infantry
“Prince Michael Demitriiivitch, by a ukase addressed
to the Directing Senate, and by an order of the day to
the army, we have named you commander-in-chief of our
army of the south, and we have conferred on you all the
privileges of the commander•in-chiefs in time of war, by
virtue of the regulation of Dec. 5 (17),1846. At the same
time have submitted to your jurisdiction,with the rights of
commander-in-chief : Lt. The Governments of Podolia,
Poltava, Kharkoff, Catherinoslaff, together with
the city and suburbs of Taganrog, Kherson, the northern
part of the Government of Taurida, as far as the isthmus
of Perekop, and the province of Bessarabia ; 2ndly, All
the troops stationed in these Governments and this pro-
vince, excepting the reserve and the depot of cavalry
and horse artillery, cantoned in the districts of the mi-
litary colonies, whioh will remain under the immediate
orders of the inspector of the cavalry of reserve. We
are assured that you will fully justify the confidence we
repose in you.
" We remain for ever your well-affected
(Signed) " NICHOLAS."
—St. Petersburg Journal.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, Oct. 17.—The Prussian reply to the
last communication of the Cabinet of 'Vienna only
contains two or three points worth mentioning. It
is declared that the explanations given by Aus-
tria leave no doubt that the question to know if the
Danubian principalities can, notwithstanding
the Austrian occupation, become again the theatre
of the war, depends entirely upon military mea-
sures, and that in taking those measures no
regard will be given to German interests. It
is, therefore, declared impossible to recognise
that the ulterior consequences of those measures
would fall under the dispositions of Article 2
of the convention of the 20th April. As regards
the four points, it is declared that the first two
corro,pond to Germ in interests ; it is :a-
-1 'flitted that the free navigation of the Danube im-
-I;es a German interest, and that 54 the Russian
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