A correspondent of tho " Standard " h&5 telegraphed from St.. Petersburg the felloTOg account of & struggle with Nihilists h fel city:—" Apolioe officer inthaliiteina holding the rank of pomoshtmk, having heei that throe men and two women were living is a certain house under suspicious eiroumdMCj;, determined to effectga suspriao. On ifit&j morning, at two o'clock, aooompanied by as okolotochnik, or sub-officer, andaeyeralpolice* men, ibe proceeded to tho house in queetics. Having posted some of the men on the back staircane, he irent up to tha apartment alone, and knocked at the door. " Kto tarn ?" (t?ha ie there) was the answer. " A telegram," esid the officer. The door was opened, and the police being recognised, several ehots were fired. The officer closed the door instantly and held it with all bis might;, whilst a messenger waj despatched to Gendarmerie Barraoka for help. Meanwhile those inside reoogoieed their dangsr, end mask a desperate attempt to escape. They fired several ahote.'both through the door and mm a small window overlooking the staircase. The officer was etruok in the hand by a bullet whioh passed through the door j bufc tlioclond of smoke and the darkness obscured the poliw, and probably saved their lives. Upon help arriving the pomoshtnik took the offenaife, and dashed into the corridor, revolver in hani, followed by the gendarmes. Aβ the room ww full of emoke he groped round the walk, Kffl iucceeded in opening tho window. _ Tμ draught oleared the atmosphere, and in Ha centre of the room were seen two men end two girls, who, finding escape hopeless, asm their ammunition beiDg expended, evmreis , dered at discretion. Immediately ste wards a single shot was heard _ intra adjoining room, and, upon entering it, » third man was found dead'on the floor, h»«P{ blown out his brains. General Gourko,™ Governor, and M. Guroff, the Prefect at tm town, arrived shortly, when & search Wilis*, stiluted, whioh led to the diseorayolW presses, a quantity of " brochure*," pros* , matione, falsified documents, and a comma* issue of the revolutionary journal "Nerodwe- Yolya" (the "Will of the People:}; m poisons and explosives. The officer ot w police received at once the Order of _»■ Vladimir and a step in " promotion. ™®> Order of St. Vladimir is, after the C»M« St. 