The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-18 00:00:00

RUSSIAN UKASES.

The following are extracts from three important
ukases recently published at St. Petersburgh. One bear-
ing date the 23d December, 0. S. (the 4th of January),
decrees the reduction of the army to the peace footing,
with the fidlowing dispositions :
"The fourth battalion of each regiment in the six
corps of infantry is to be reduced to the footing of the
reserve. The strength of the three other battalions is
to be maintained at 1,000 each, which is to be completed
from the disposable men of the reduced battalions. Spe-
cial orders will be issued tin• the destination of the re-
mainder. In consequence of the number of subaltern
officers rendered disposable by this measure, a double
number cf furloughs will be allowed in the army.
"In the cavalry all the reserve squadrons of the Cui-
rassier, Dragoon, and Milan divisions, as well as of the
seven divisions of Light Cavalry, which are now can-
toned in the military colonies, and form together 52
squadrons, are to be broken up, and the officers are to
return to their regiments. Soldiers of the reserve
squadrons who have served from 10 to 19 years to re-
ceive unlimited furlough, and the rest to be disposed of
as shall hereafter be prescribed. In place of the squa-
drons thus reduced, the 3d and 6th divisions of Cavalry
are to be sent into the military colonies of the cavalry.
In the gendarmerie the second division of the regiment
quartered at Kiew is reduced; the staff and reserve squa-
dron belonging to this division are united with the line ;
the cornet's rank is done away with ; the men of the 2d
division join the Ist division, or the reserve regiments of
the line, or are to be attached to the detachment_of gen-
darmes belonging to the other corps, or to the nearest
cavalry regiments.
" In the artillery all the reserve batteries of the artil-.
lery of the guard of the Grenadiers, and of the six
corps of Infantry, as well as the reserve batteries of the
horse Artillery, are reduced. The officers are to Abe
divided amongst the active batteries ; those artillery
men who have served from ten to nineteen years to
receive unlimited furlough, the remainder to be distri-
buted amongst the active batteries.
" The second reserve battalion of Sappers is to be
reduced, and the third to receive the name of the second.
The pontoon parks of the reduced corps to be divided
between the other reserve battalions, of which the first
is to receive one, and the third the other. In place of
three brigades of Sappers, there will be but two ; the
first containing the Ist, 2d, and 3(1 battalions, and the
let reserve battalions with the pontoon parks, 1,2, and
3 ; the second to be composed of the 4th, sth, and 6th
battalions, and the second reserved battalion with the
pontoon parks Nos. 4,5, and 6."

The ukase dated the 24th of December, O.S. (sth of
January), sets forth :
" In the desire to encourage trade and manufactures in
the western portions of Russia," especially in the Go-
vernments of Mohilew, Witepsk, Minsk, Grodno, Kiew,
Volhynia, .Podolia, and the province of Bialystock, and
thus to raise the prosperity of the towns, we ordain, in
accordance with the representation of our Council of
Slate, that, when tradesmen, citizens, and other freemen
of the Christian religion, not belonging to the Govern-
abovenamed, and who are entitled to enter corporations,
are desirous of settling permanently in the cities and
market towns of the western portion of Russia' (in the
towns of landed proprietors' only with their consent),
this shall be perm►tted, and nothing shall be required of
them but a certificate from the authorities of their for-
mer residence, stating that no impediment exists to their
change of domicile, that thoy have not suffered any cri-
minal punishment, and that they do not belong either to
the first or second class of recruits, in which case the
communities to which they remove are not to be asked
their assent to such new settlement."

The following ukase relates to the Church lands of
Poland. It is dated the 25th of December, O.S. (the 6th
of January):—
"In pursuance of the example of our great fore-
fathers, we have thought fit for the relief of the Ortho-
dox (Greek clergy) in the management of populous es-
tateA, to assign the management of these to the branch
of the Administration of the domains of the empire ;
and in a ukase addressed to the most Holy Directing
Synod, we have desired measures to be taken for carry-
ing this into effect ; and that at the same time a state-
ment be made to us of the provision required for the
maintenance of the clergy, and of the (Greek) religious
orders in the western provinces,' to be submitted for
our inspection and confirmation.
" In ordering the dispositions now in force in the other
parts of the empire, to be adopted in these provinces, we
likewise ordain that they be extended to embrace the
clergy of all other confessions in the western provinces,'
and decree,

" That all real property of the stranger creeds in the
' western provinces' be given over to the Administration
of Domains of the Empire, with the exceptions of
such lands as do not belong to the hierarchy or to the
present foundations and chapters ; further, that an
estimate be drawn up of the sums necessary for the
maintenance of the eparchal office,' of the chapters
and foundations according to their rank and degrees,
to be submitted for our inspection and confirmation."
",Considering the insufficiency of the present estates
in the Western Governments for the support of the
(Orthodox) clergy, and the foundations belonging to its
order, we decree, with the view of augmenting he funds
for their revenues, that the incomes of the estates con-
fiscated for participation in the late insurrections be
appropriated to this purpose, after the payment of the
debts and the fulfilment of the other obligations charge-
able upon them."