The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-04 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The Austrian Gazette contains an Odessa letter
of the 19th February, stating that there is to be a
new levy of 23 men in 1,000 throughout the whole
Russian empire. The senate has approved of the
measure, and it is about to be sanctioned by the
Emperor. The Odessa correspondent observes
that the new levy is "a measure of precaution,
and not a menace."

STRENGTH OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY.
The following statement of the strength and dis-
tribution of the Russian army in the Crimea to-
wards the end of January, from a highly trust-
worthy source, has just been received, and is likely
to be correct in all important point-e. The divisions
are set down at the regulation number of 9,600
men each. It is more than probable that this is
considerably beyond their effective strength. In
fact, we may be well assured that it is, although
that effective strength has not been ascertained.
Taking, however, the nominal strength, we get a
total of 67,000 infantry, 19,000 cavalry and artil-
lery, and 300 guns, divided as follows :-
3D CORPS D'ARMEE, COMMANDED BY GENERAL
SOUICHoZANET.
Seventh Division (Reserve)—Stationed on the lippi-r
Belbek ; 9,060 infantry and 36 guns ; regiments of Sm..-
lensk, Mobiloff, Vitebsk, and Poiock.
Seventh Division (active), at Korales ; same strength,
same regiments.
Eighth Division, on Mackenzie's plateau ; sam,
strength ; regiments of Diebitz, Pultowa, Koenmien -
cuk, Alexopolsk.
Ninth Division, on the Inkerman Heights ; san,
strength ; reg meats of Yeleck, Stov,k, Bransk,
Erivao.
4TH CORPS D'ARIEEE, COMMANDED BY GENERAL OSTEN
SACIIEN.
Tenth Division!, on the Katcha ; 9,600 infantry ann
36 gua.l ; regiments of Rsaterinburg, ribolsk, Tomsk.
and Kola,vausk.
Revet,th Dk;ision, on Mackerz:e's High's ; earn
cies.v.h ; regiments of Selevigniwik, Yaku,sk, Okhotsk,
and Kainscliatka.
Twelfth Division, on the Jozoba ; same strength ;
regiments of Azoti, Dnieper, Ukraine, and o,lessa.
Every regitnent has four battalions of 600 men ea- h,
and of which one is a miiitia battalion. Tnis gives
67.000 inen.and 252 guns. Each field-piece has 15 men
and 15 horses, which gives in addition 3,780 men am,
3,780 horses.
The cavalry in the Crimea are about 15,000
sabres and lances, distributed as follows :
Light cava!ry, under Prince Radzivil, near Eupatoria
H urses.
Four regiment;, each 600 horses 2,400
Horse Artillery Battery, 8 guns
Dragoons, under General Moratresor, near
Perekop :
Three regiments, each 800 horses 2.4'10
Horse Artillery, 8 guns lOB

Dragoons under General Wrangel :-
Ist Regiment, near gipatoria
21 Regiment, Alinakertuan
31 Regiment, Kertch
Battery, 8 guns
Ten regiments of Don Coseacks 6,000
Three Clssack batteries 324
Two regiments of Hussars at Simp'neropol 1,200

15,048
Two divisions of Grenadiers are supposed to be
near Eupatoria. Also B!ack Sea Cossacks (In-
fantry) and Militia at Arabat, Kaffa, &-c. The
distribution of the whole Russian army out of the
Crime). has also been stated to me
Ist Corps d'Armee
2d ditto
sth ditt0......
6111 ditto
Guards and Grenadiers less the
two divisions of the latter sup. Poland and Army
posed to be at Eupatoria, if of the North.
they are there..

Ismail
Nicclaieff
-Ukraine
Nicolaieff

At Stavropol there are believed to be 22,000
men ; at Kutais, 24,000 under Beboutoff ; Moura-
vieff's army is estimated at 100,000 men. The
sources from which these statistics are derived being
within the Crimea, I am disposed to rely mote
upon that part of them which relates to the Crimean
army than to the Russian army in general, and I
doubt Mouravieff's having 109,000 men, although,
in that number are included all the Transcaucasian
garrisons and troops, regular and irregular. This.
however, does not pretend to be more than an ap
proximative estimate. Some of the troops stated
to be at Nicolaieff are probably at Odessa.