The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-01 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg of the 21st says :
"Three days ago, the ceremony of blessing the
waters of the Neva took place with all the usual
pomp in presence of the Emperor and the Imperial
family and all the troops of the garrieon. The
metropolitan officiated. The Emperer afterwards
passed the troopsin review, and was greeted
with enthusiastic acclamations by an immense
crowd. The Emperor a few days ago visited the
Law School, and was present at two lectures.
The students were overjoyed at the honour done
them. Erie Emperor has signed a rescript autho-
rising the nobles of Nijnii Novgorod to proceed to
the liberation of the peasants, and committees for
acting on it will soon be formed. In a great
numner of other provinces the nobles have met
to deliberate on the steps to be taken to meet the
wishes of the Emperor. In the province of Tarn-
bow, however, the nobles refused to do anything,
and gave information to the Minister of the Into
rior to that effect. But in consequence of obser-
vations from the Minster, and of the condemna-
tion passed on their conduct by the public,
they have sent the marshal t r St. Petersburg to
solicit authorisation to form a committee. The
government is devoting great attention to the
affairs of the Baltic provinces. In order that the
Government of those provinces shill be managed
with every possible care, the Ena,,eror has placed
under the orders of Prince Souwarow, grandson
of the celebrated general of that name, and go-
vernor-general of the Baltic provinces, vice-gover-
nors for each of the sub-divisions of his govern-
ment. Councillor of State de Coube, who has been
for some time attached to the erince on extra-
ordinary service, has been appointed vice-go-
vernor of Courland. It is, moreover, rumoured
that the prince will be called to high functions
about the person of the Emperor. As an excep-
tional measure, Russian vessels leaving the ports
of the Baltic, the White and Black seas, and the
sea of Azoff for foreign ports, will receive passports
valid unil 1863, in case such vessels are com-
manded by foreign captains, and have one-third of
their crew composed of foreigners.

The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the
province of Canterbury will not sit on Friday, the sth
of February, out wili be further prorogued to Wedues-
day. the 10th of February.

General Havelock, w-ei (Athenceunt) hear, has left
behind him valuable papers more or less autobiographical,
papers descriptive of his feelings as a religious man
engaged in war, of b s mode of (waling with his troops,
tosi ef his relations to vet' governing officials. We
rejoice to hear t. at these papers are in good hands, and
that ore lo •g they will be in everybody's hands.
THE CONSPIRATOR RIIDIO.—Tee last two numbers of
the Nottingham Journal have contained some particulars
relative to this person, from which it appears that about
two years ago he went to Nottingham, and there married
a young girl, only 16 years of age, who was engaged as
overlooker in the warehouse of Mr. Fisher, Short-hill.
At that time he was employed as translator to a French
newspaper, published in London, but that journal
being discontinued, he endeavoured to obtain a living as
teacher of languages, and was said to be a good
linguist. He stated to some of Lis friends that he
,had formerly served in the Italian 'Legion, and, having
become involved in several private quarrels, he was
compelled to make his escape from his own country.
His pupils at Nottingham, dropped off one by one,
and last December he decamped, leaving some small
debts behind him. On the 22(1 inst., according to the
paper just mentioned, Detective Henry of the metropo-
litan police force, arrived in Nottingham to make in-
cpairies respecting De la Sylva, alias Count Carlos de
Eudio. It seems that the wife of the Count, who had
hees living with her husband in London, suddenly left
her lodgings on the 18th inst., and the police were ap-
prehensive that she bad been murdered to prevent her
from revealing any particulars of the plot with which
she was acquainted, having been present at several of
the meetings of the conspirators. These suspicions,
however, were not verified, as the detective
succeeded, after some difficulty, in finding out
that the "countess" was staying with her grandfather,
a person named James Stewart, at the house
of Mrs. Chambers, in Bloomsgrove-street, New
Radford. He immediately proceeded thither, and suc-
ceeded in getting porsession of a number of papers be-
longing to the Ciunt. He communicated the fact of his
success on Wednesday night, by telegram despatched to
Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home
D. part ment. Detective Henry left Nottingham for
London by the 11 o'clock train on Thursday moreing,
accompanied by the Count's wife, who Seems not
unwilling to pot the police in full pesseesion of all she
knows respecting the plot. Amoeg the things seized by
the London detective am the waistcoat the
Count wore at the time he was slabbed by Fosehini,
in London, some .1039 ago. The cause of the quarrel
bstween Foechiui and the Count is eupposed to have been
some dispute respect lug who should take part in a simi-
lar plot to the one which has happily, in the present
instance, so signally failed,