The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-13 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The Journal de St. Petersbourg :has the follow-
ing :—" On the night between the 16th and 17th
of September a great calawity ec curred on the
Walkhow, opposite the town of N ovaia-Ladoga,
where, at the mouth of the Ladog ',a Canal, num-
bers of vessels lac'en with morchand ise and timber
assemble. Shortly after midnight a tempest arose,
and one of the vessels caught fire.. The flames,
fanned by the wind, spread to son ie other vessels
which had run ashore. The grestwit disorder pre-
vailed. The vessels were dashes d one against
another, and many of them sank. It was impos-
sible to give them any assistance, :and everything
in the direction of the wind near the island and
right shore was either burnt or suzik. The wind,
coming from the lake, kept along the right shore ;
this circumstance saved alt the verse is on the other
side. It is estimated that abouit 200 vessels of
different sizes were destroyed."
A Warsaw letter of the Bth says ::—" The Em-
peror and Empress arrived yesteirt lay evening at
the chateau of Skierniewice. An immense con-
' course of people from the city and environs were
assembled to welcome their majestii 's. The park
was brilliantly illuminated, and the Emperor and
the Empress drove slowly through • the vast alleys
of the park In an open carriage amide t the most en-
thusiasticy cheers. At ten o'clock this morning,
i
their Majesties made their public et ttry into
saw. All the streets through whiej 1 War-
th
were hung with garlands of flowers, dtheeyrapiaslwse4yd
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station was decorated with great a
el
doac
back
and, art
ficence. The Emperor wason ho rs
by the side of the carriage in which were her Ma
jesty and her children. Ti
cortegeproceeded at
first to the Greek cathedral, and,
t] lien to the L a
zienki palace.
majest:__
les with acclamation.

A letter from Conl
stantinopleNGßELlA o f the 30th ult.,
in the Gazette du Midi, says :
"Accounts from Tiflis gave reason t o suppose that of e
of those interventions of which England has so frequently
given an exam' le in India has just bet 3 effected by tl e
Russians. Alingrelia was lately under the rule of the
Princess Dalian, who exercised the reg aucy during the
minority of her son. This Princesi,, who • went to Moscow
at the time of the coronation of the Erupt ror, received 0(
most honourable welcome. About a mow th ago aoccouti4
reached Constautir.ople that a popular tut mult had broker
out in the States of the Princess, and fa oat the peasants
had refused to submit to the tribunals of the country
The Russian authorities of Tiflis did aic then take all)
part in what was going on at Z ;didi, the cap'.
tal of Mingrelia. According to the r accounts just re-
received it appears that the Russians.l have interfered,
and it was announced at Tiflis that, ,the princess had

been deprived of her sovereign rights. Th. Presse
d'Orient says When the princess was, in the month
of August, at her summer residence at Gordi, her palace
was searched and a great number of her papers seized.
It is thought that the princess reg►ent will be requested
to establish her residence either at St. Petersburg or
Moscow. The guardianship of the young prince has
been confided to a Russian general, and when he has
Attained the age or 21 the population of Mingrelia will,
it is said, be consulted on the subject of his assuming
government.' These facts will throw some little light on
;he titles given to Prince Bariatinaki, which is styled
!ieutenant of the Emperor in the Caucasus and governor
eneral of Georgia, Imeritia, the Couriel and Min-