The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-04 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

A letter from St Petersburgh says that the pub-
lic baptism of the newly born son of the Emperor
and Empress of Russia, which had been originally
fixed for the 31st ult., has been postponed to the
Bth, in crd(r to enable the Grand Duke Constan-
tine to be present at it. It adds that the name of
Sergies has been selected for the prince in accom-
plishment of a vow made by their Majesties in their
visit to the conveiit of St. Sergius in September
last, after the coronation fetes.

The alas of Cracow of the 29th ult. recurs to tho
affair of the beating given to a general at Kiew,
and, far from admitting that its statement was un-
founded, confirms it in its main points, with addi-
tional particulars:—
" We Ipve to-day received some positive infor-
mation relative to the affair of the students at
Kiew, and it differs in many points from the ver-
sion which we published a few days ago. In the
month of February last, an officer, in a sate of. in-
toxication, killed a student in a quarrel which took
place at a ball, and that event produced a consi-
derable sensation, although the young man before
he died begged that his murderer should be par-
doned, as he was not in his senses when he com-
mitted the act. Since that time there have been
coast Int quarrels between the students and the of- •
ficers up to the last affair of General de Br—,
which occurred in the following manner :—A
student struck a dog which was attempi ing to bite
him; the owner of the dog, General de Br e---, well
known for his irritable temper, asked the student
why ho beat -the animal. 'Because he attempted
to bite me,' replied the student, at the same time

living it another blow. The General, greatly
annoyed, called the police, and had the student
arrested. On his being summoned to deliver up
his sword—for the students wear a uniform and a
sword—he put himself on his defence, and protested
against being arrested by any authority but that of
the university. Notwithstanding his resistance and
remonstrances, his sword was taken from him. At-
the same moment he managed to escape from the
hands of the police, and went to the rector of the
university, who referred bim to the council of that
body. The council only assembles once a week
(Friday), and as the general was to leave the
place on Wednesday, the students resolved to take
the matter into their own hands and wreak ven-
geance for the insult offered to their body. An
opportunity soon presented itself. On the even-
ing of the 29th the General went-, to the theatre,
and more than 300 students assembled and waitep
at the door for his coming out. The general, hav-
ing received notice of what was going on, left the
house before the close of the repres-ntation, accom-
panied by several officers. He did not, however,
escape, for the students who had been watching his
movements gave the signal, arid the moment he
reached the street he was surrounded, the officers
knocked down, and the general himself, being
thrown on the ground, received about sixty blows
with a stick. One of the gendarmes present drew
his sword,!but he was overpowered and received
several stabs from a poignard, of which he died
shortly after. A detachment of troops came up at
the moment, and the students took to flight. Oil
the following morning 64 of them were arrested,
and although none of them made any avowal, six
were condemned, probably as the assumed leaders,
to one year's service as simple soldiers."