The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-07 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The following letter from St. Petersburg, 01
the 30th ult., appears in the Constitutionnel

" M. Baudin, chargi d'affaires in Russia, with the
Marquises do Saivas and de Piennes, has been received
by the Emperor at the winter palace, and at Peterhof
by the Empress. Among the numerous foreigners seen
here of late, there is one whose appearance has produced
a certain sensation. I allude to the famous Sir Charles
Napier. Various causes are assigned for his visit, and,
curiously enough, that which is most absurd is the most
credited ; namely, that Sir -Charles has come here to'
win a wager which, it is.declared, he had formerly made,
that he would breakfast at Cronstadt and dine at St.
Petersburg on the same day. It is further said that, as
these two pleasing operations have been eff,3cted by him
between sunrise and sunset, he has won his bet. What
I can, however, inform you of with certainty is, that the
Emperor despatched an invitation to him by an aide-de-
camp offering a suite of rooms in one of the crown
palaces. A last detachment of French prisoners,
composed of seven or eight men, has embarked for
France. These brave fellows speak highly of the at-
tention and care taken of them by the Russians. I
saw them during their passage through this city, and
they met every attention from both French and Rus-
sians. The Emperor presented each man with a gra.
tuity. The arrival of the Seine with the baggage of
Count de Moray has excited much attention. It is con-
sidered almost certain that the coronation will be post-
poned for a week or so. This is attributed in part to the
prolonged residence of the Empress Dswager at the
baths, and also to the intensity of the cholera at Mos-
cow. The latter reason does not appear well founded,
for a compromise of ten days with the terrible scourge
would be attended with no great result, Prince Eiter-
hazy, who is to represent the Emperor of Austria at the
coronation, arrived here yesterday. He has brought a
hi,toriographer with him, who is to draw up a faithful
account of the proceedings of that solemnity."
Another letter from St. Petersburg of the above
date says :—"lt results from a report addressed by
the Minister of War to the Emperor that the
militia is now everywhere dispersed throughout
the whole of the Russian empire. This important
operation only occupied three months. At the
period of the battle of Traktir the number of the
militia under arms was 350,000. They had never
been brought into action, but they did good service
in replacing the regular army in the interior ser-
vice of the country. Had the war continued the
militia would have been increased to 800,000 men."
The Emperor of Russia by a ukase of the 25th
has just modified the statutes of the military order
of St. George. The Emperor has just instituted
four new classes for sub-officers and soldiers, with
a gold cross for the Ist and-2d classes, and a silver
one for the 3d and 4th.

SPAIN.
A Madrid lettei• of the 2d, which has reached us
in advance of the usual post, says :—The Gazette,
in announcing the execution at Gracia of siXteen
insurgents—a fact of which you have been in-
formed by telegraph—says that the reason why
they were shot was that they murdered the mili-
tary commander Ravell and six officers who had
given themselves into their hands. The Gazette
also says that the escaped insurgents of Barcelona,'
although they proclaimed the
,Republic at the
barricades in that city, have placed themselves
under the orders of Carlist chiefs. It appears
that Marshal Espartero, on. learning the surren-
der of Saragossa, demanded passports for Le-
grono. The progressists are much displeased
at M. Olozaga continuing in the embassy at
Paris. Tho recent events having required the
removal of the civic guards from their different
stations, robberies have become extraordinarily_
numerous—in fact, such disorders were never be-
fore witnessed. Orders have been given to the
civic guards to return to their posts. A royal
commission has left for Marseilles, to receive Prince
Adalbert of Bavaria, who is to marry the Infanta
Dona Amalia. The marriage is to be celebrated
towards the 20th of this month."