The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-12 00:00:00

THE RUSSIAN ARMY.

The following communication, which we have re-
ceived from Dr. Lyell, possesses considerable interest,
at a moment when we daily hear of " rumours of warp
between► Persia and Russia, and between Russia and
Turkey. It is translated, almost verbatim, from a
paper entitled, " State of the Russian and Polish
Armies at the epoch of the death (f the Emperor
Alexander;" contained ►n the Idulktin Universel for
August, 1826, under the bead Administration, p.
385. The Bulletin confesses itself indebted for it,
to " Mauvillon's Militar. Bliitter, 1826." Chap. 1.
p. 136.

" The distribution of the Russian and Polish Armies
presents the picture of an army in order of battle. Front-
ing the West there is—
I. The Advanced Guard of this army, which is formed
by the Polish army and the corps of the army of Lithuania,
and presents a mass of 80,000 combatants, commanded,
and, it may be said, exercised, by the Grand Duke Con-
stantine. No European army can be compared to it in re-
spect of mechanical instruction (instruction mechanique).
Dispersed in cantonments of about 150 leagues in length
(prifondeur) from Lovitch to Minsk, and of 146 in
breadth, between Kovno and Dubno, it can be concen-
trated at Warsaw, or at Brest-Litovski, in less than three
weeks.

" 11. The Army of the Right, may be considered as
composed of a corps d'armee, cantoned in Courland and
in LivOnia, of the corps of the Guard, and of the first corps
of the cavalry of reserve. These different corps united,
likewise form a mass of 80,000 combatants. These troops
iare, perhaps, the only ones, which, in respect of mechanic
perfection, rival the army of the Grand Duke Constantine.
Their cantonments extend from Volangen to. Pleskof, about
132 leagues, and from Revel to Vilkornirsz. At the ut•
most eighteen days are necessary to assemble them upon
the Niemen.

111. The Army of the Left called the Second Army,
is also formed of a mass of 80,000 combatants, cantoned
in the Khersonesian Governments.* The greatest length
of its quarters, from Khokzym, upon the Pruth, to
Tcherkaaski, upon the Deeper, is about 106 leagues; and
the greatest breadth ISO leagues, between Maehnovka,
near the southern frontier of Volchinia and Simpherbole,
in the Krimea. Nearly three weeks are necessary to con-
centrate this army on the Pruth.

" IV. The Army of the Centre, the First, or the Grand
Army, presents a mass equivalent to the three preceding
armies, consequently of 240,000 combatants. The can-
tonments of this army extend, on one side, to more than
234 leagues, i. e. from Kazin, upon the frontier of the Go-
vernments of I'ver and of Yaroslaf, to Saratof, and, on the
other side, to more than 320 leagues, from Ostrog to
Murom, upon the frontier of the Governments of Vladimir
and of Nijui-Novgorod. Six weeks, at least are required
for concentrating the grand army in Volchinia.
" Besides these four armies, 480,000 men strong, Russia
has many detached corps, which amount to more than
267,000 men, The whole of the armed forces of Russia
are, therefore, included in the folloWing summary :
Max.
The four Armies
The detached Corps of Finland, of Oren-
burgh, and of Siberia
The Corps of the Caucasus
The Military Colonies
Garrison Troops

45,000
85,000
67,000
70,000

747,000
" To these, let us add the hordes of the Kbirkeeze nod
of the flashkeers, and we shall have an idea of the nuili-

tart' state of the Russian Empire."

IttAT AR

The above is one of the fairest, and, at all events, least
exagerated, estimates I 'have seen of the Russian army,
aged,' believe, is not far wide Of the truth in most of its
statements. The beterogenons composition of this army,
its wide. dissemination, and the difficulties of assembling
its various corps, (Which are much greater than the author
of the above estimate, who only takes time into the account,

imagines)--the want of the " sinews of war," the precious
metals—and the inherent weakness of the autocratic Go-
vernment, only, are some of the drawbacks froM its
nominal strength. It even seems doubtful whether• Russia
could, at the present moment, assemble 300,000 well-
disciplined troops on any enemy's frontier, within six
weeks; and it may be questioned whether 400,000 troops
of her whole army be properly organized.
Under the head " Corps the Caucasus," is to be un-
derstood the Caucus° Georgian army, which is cantoned
on both the north and the south sides of Mount Cau-
casus, and also partly scattered among its Alpine passes.
This army appears to be over-rated at 85,000 men. • The
latest intelligence I have received makes it only about

60,000.
There cannot be a doubt that the number of military
colonists was above 07,000 at the time of the death of the
Emperor Alexander. But a week ago, in an Evening
Paper, I estimated it at 160,000 or 160,000 souls. In
this number, however, I include the regular troops, which
were sent to train the peasants, and which are domiciled
among them—the reserve--the Cantonisis from 13 to 17
years of age, and the Boys froM 8 to 13 years of age.-
I?erhaps, in the German estimate, the peasants alone were
numbered. I expect very soon to be able to communi.
caw positive information on this subject, and respecting
the Persian invasion.---Morning Paper. It. L.
• The Governments of Khersou Kharkef, and the Tanrida, or
Krimea.....TRANSLATOR4

Mr. Nathaniel Everett, of Crockerton, near War-
minster, Wilts, failed as a clothier in the year 1815,
paying about ss. in the pound, and died shortly after,
leaving ti widow, two sons and a daughter ; very re-
cently, a Captain Chivers, of Clapham, the widow's
brother, died, and left the eldest eon 8,0001., the
second son 6,0001., and 6,0001. to the daughter, the
interest of the latter to be paid the mother during her
life : the two sons have paid their father's debts in
/iiil, leaving themselves only a few hundred pounds.

A HORRID CIRCUMSTANCE.—A discovery of the
most painful and revolting description was made on Monday last,
on hoard the ship /damn:, which had just been freighted, and
was about to sail from Liverpool to Leith. When the vessel was
on the point of leaving the former port, a most disagreeable
effinvium was perceived by the persons on board, but without the
cause being immediately known. The smell, however, became
more and more offensive, and, on endeavouring to trace whence it
proceeded, some of the crew suspected it to issue front three casks
which were on board, and had been shipped for Leith. A hole
was immediately bored into one of them, and no doubt then ex-
isted as to the cause; but such was the nature of the stench it
emitted, that it excited the most painful suspicions. The casks
were instantly opened, when the horrid discovery was made that
they contained several human bodies, some of them perfect, others
mutilated, and all in the most shocking state of decompos
No time was lost in inquiring from whence the casks had come,
and upon that circumstance being learned, information was in-
steutly awn to the police, who despatched several officers to the
premisiesl On their arrival they made strict search, and after break-
ingft open the doers of an underground cellar, a place well calculated
141:tralitropukiliiffutttetnti,elywserilecceAed
twin • description to those on board the Latmla all of which on
in finding eleven other casks of a
escrtbe ; some were perfect, others dissected,
humanito picki bodies,
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loan
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several sacks were discovered, containing
bodies thus fo," tto"tiins of the dead. The whole number of
161:441ty,utiravPrec.b,i,ave been taken from the silent tomb is • no
lees than
crlfitordinary diair .110fhe dittmsing sensations which this most
eittrgeixt:itet,ininr,Lf ttlitioesedrewvhoifuhlavaep
Tzecationed to the inhabitants of Liverpool
coma doerg,,,d.
a relative or friend it
that the corpse they bud tio recently consigned to the grave might
be among the .nlinlber *um
torn front it. We are not awapprehension
that
w. IQ have been so sacrilegiously
low this most strange event, buat'i.'" of:4lliit pr""dit'gs are to fa!'
will be innuwiady mumeeeed:ertmtay a very rigid investigation

No. M.
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