The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-01 00:00:00

RUSSIAN ENTERPRISE.

(From the Gazette de Petersbnury.)
During an engagement tinder the walls of Silis-
tria, a bomb with a burning match, thrown by the
enemy, fell into a redoubt. A bombadier, of the
name of Rudnitshenke, belonging to the first bat-
tery-company of the 16th Brigade of Artillery, be-
ing aware of the danger which this accident threat-
ened, seized hold of the bomb, and threw it so
cleverly over the parapet, that it did not explode
until it fell into the ditch, where it could occasion no
damage. The Commander-in-Chief rewarded this
gallant and daring action with a military decoration.
A few days after Rudnitschenke found another op-
portunity to give striking proof of his presence of
mind, by pitching an enemy's grenade of 20 pounds
weight out of the redoubt. On a report of this
being made, the Emperor condescended to promote
him to the rank of a- Pyrotechnist, and to order a
reward of 1,000 rubles to be paid to him, with
double pay hereafter. A Pyrotechnist, of the name
of Kirila Tschernowanow, of the I Ith Brigade of
Artillery, manifested a similar degree of of intre-
pidity before Shumla, when, seeing a grenade falling
into the midst of a redoubt, picked it up instantly,
and hurled it over the breastwork, after which it
burst harmlessly in the fosse.
When the enemy suddenly attacked our intrench•
ments before Shumla, during the night between
August 27 and 28, and had already, owiisg to the
superiority of his fQrCes, penetrated into the dttches,
the pyrotechnist, Fedor Wedernikoff, of the 1I th
brigade of artillery, took, by order Of stub,-Lieutenant
Merters, a grenade, with the utmost sang froid,
lighted it, and hurled it into the ditch, where it
caused the greatest havoc and destruction amongst
the storming party of the Turks. This daring sol-
dier was rewarded by the Commander-:n-Chief with
a miliiarc decoration.

At the commencement of winter, the weather
was very stormy and tempestuous, and moreover,
the drift lee had totally interrupted the oommunica-
dons with the opposite bank of the Danube, espe-
eially at a time when transports of provisions were
eXpecteo tit iiiisowa. The continuance of the un-
`avonrable weather had reduced the advanced poAtg
at Tsachernowody to great distress, for walit of
hread and biscuit. As SOOll NIcOI,II.S PiOtillke.3
citizen of Orlow, who foi.lo,wed the camp as a sutler,
to Hirsowa, wcs apprized of 065 circumstance, }%,
ve.if,hout kiss of tim% carried in conveyances of his
own '4,000145. of bread and 2,0901 W. of hiaektit to
T:,elternowody, and distributed the setae gratni.
tous!y to the troops stationo th;-.-.‘e. When his
Majesty the Emperor wns informed of this disinte-
rested action, Z►e deigned to give PlotinhofT a medal{
bearing the itiscriptton, " For zeal."

His Royal Hig11114!") tho .I)Uke of CLARENCE
4, we uuderstlnit extremely indispold. For the last
few day 4 kic, has been suffering from repeated spasmodic at-
tacks, which have, we are sotry to s::y, even paced the
life of his Royal fli4liness in imminent danger. The
Duke of WEve,ING-rotli is greatly alarmed by the violeneat
of this illness, and several consultations of ;be ittuotst het-
part trace have 1.),,-0 tiLe consequence.