The Express. — London, England, 1855-04-16 00:00:00

OUR ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL (711011 A 07 TRI DAILY imws.) CAMP ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, MARCI 31. The general bombardment of Eiebastopo 1 has not yet bees renewed. Its probable date is still a sub ject of rumour and speculation, but, judging from the rut stores of ammunition which have been ac cumulated, and are still being carried to the batteries, both of the French and English attacks, it is in tended to be undertaken very speedily. There is a prevailing impression that the opening has been de layed, pending some turn in the diplomatic negotia tions in progress at Vienna. In the mean time, the Russians continue to strengthen their position, es pecially in the neighbourhood of the Malakhoff Tower, and their new advanced works. They have com pleted an entrenchment from the Mansion Redoubt down to the valley near Careening Bay on one side, on the other to the middle or o:chakot ravine. This line nearly bisects the Mamelon-hill. The rifle pits close to the French line, have been connected and formed into a deep trench, and seven or eight other large ambuscades have been thrown up on either side, stretching back in a direction towards the new line of entrenchment .cross the hill. A new line of work has also been commenced intermediate between these two entrenchments. The new rifle pits on the right of the ItUdilllD position extend in a line nearly parallel with the direction of the middle ravine, atd are close to the verge of the hill above it. They nearly correspond in &fiction with oar new line on the opposite side of the ravine connected with the advanced work on Frenchman's-hill. A constant rifle fire is kept op between these two positions Much execution moat have been done against the enemy's riflemen by the fi rs of two field pietas which have been taken down to the advanced work and directed against the ambuscades. 'I here have been scarcely any casualties on our side. The new batteries on the Malakhoff Tower-bill are making progress. The enemy has lately con structed • two-mortar battery to the right of the Malakhoff works, the fire of which has been chiefi/ directed against the 21-gun battery on Frenchman s-bill. On our side, and on that of the Allies, great advance has been lately made; and when the general attack is renewed, the enemy will, in all probability, be as much surprised by the position as by the power of the new batteries. The firs from the Russian batteries has been much more active during the last taw days than it had been for a week or ten days previously. There is now com munication by electric telegraph between the right ot the British attack and the head quarters of the Com mander-in-Chief, and any important movement of the enemy is inrently announced by officers specially appointed to exercise constant observation over the works around &beat opol and the army on the northern heights. Semaphores have also been erected along the whole line of the French and English position, so that the speedy transmiarion ot intelligence is ensured on all sides. The health and condition of the troops in camp are now very favourable. Cases of fever are not unfrequent in the field hospitals, but they are not of a serious nature. Orders have been given to facilitate the observation and proceedings ot the gentlemen sent from England on the sanitary commission. The I state of the camp is everywhere much improved, I especially in respect to all the minute, details. Lime- I kilos have been made, and • supply of quicklime I thus ensured toe sanitary purposes. la some general matters more attention is still required than has hitherto been devoted to them. The supply of water is one of these; and now that the numbers of the army, and of those associated with it, are so greatly in- creased, it is more than ever a subject of importance. There cannot be • better example for illustrating the providence and care of our allies in the managements of general matters in the field as compared with our selves, than the attention paid by them to the econo mica preservation and cleanliness of the water em- ' ployed for drinking purposes. Immediately below the extensive farm buildings which were converted into the residence and head-quarters of the field marshal commanding, is a spring of very pure water. ' It issues from • rock in the side of the ravine, nod ' with the ezceptiou of a small pool near to the spring, there was no arrangement fur tanking the slater when the house was taken possession ot. No change was then made. The horses of the bead-quarter establishment, and all who sought water—no incon siderable number—went to the spring at its source, and much delay was caused by each waiting for his tarn to be supplied. But the French cavalry came into the neighbourhood, and the state of the water supply was soon altered: a conduit was carried from the spring, a series of wooden troughs placed across the ravine at a convenient height for horses to drink from, and the ground near was paved with round stoats to give the animals a secure footing, and obviate the accumulation of mud. The water was thus obtained limpid and pure, and u a sentry was always put over the troughs for some time before the horses were brought to water to prevent it from being used by those not entitled to it, a good supply was ensured, and a number of horses enabled to drink at the same time without confusion or unneoeuary delay. At other spots the French have sunk wells. I do not know any place about the English camp where similar precautions have been taken, although, as a sanitary measure, and for the sake of economy in time and labour, it might be naturally supposed that this would be one of the first objects wooded to by the proper depart ment. I will give another example, which has just occurred. There is a bountiful supply of good water in the maim (the "left muse") which divides the camps of the 4th and Light Divisions. The Wawa zoff-road to Sebastopol skirts the head of this ravine, on its out side, puma over the hill above by the ruined building commonly known as the Picket-house, and about a quarter of a mile further on descend., by a gradual slope into the ravine itself, to get into the town near the south harbour. Between the oun monument of the ravine, and that part where the Waren:off-road descends into it, the bottom is narrow, and for a considerable depth is filled with loose vege table mould. The water, which flows from five dis tinct springs, four of which rise near touch other, ham made a sinuous channel for itself, narrow at first and then widening to spread ovsfr the valley, until it again sinks below the superficial soil to find its way to the harbour water by an under-ground channel. I mention the nature of the soil to show how neces sary was some provision against its being mixed with the water used fee drinking purposes. The neighbourhood of a spin eosins to bare been one of the local circumstances which determined the settle- meat of the farms about the Chinaman plateau; there are some good wells in Balate's, but none on the plateau itself. When the army took possession of this position, the upper part of the lett ravine was oc cupied by a large vineyard, for which the rich mould and sheltered aspect seemed to be particularly fitted. The house, the remains of which have been turned in to a residence for Lieutenant-General Sir G. Brown, was close by, there were fields and gardens, and, moreover, the water of which we are speaking, wee prevented from tanning to waste by befog collected into two large ponds, roughly banked in by stones and mud walls, but no doubt sufficiently KM* for the limited demand of those days. Then was also a dyke made to carry it without spreading through the plan tation. The house soon disappeared for the sake of the timber, is place of the vine bashes are now rows of graves, the stow walls which separated the fields and gardens are nearly all levelled, and very early in the winter the protection made by the farmer for the . preservation of the water in a great measure disappeared. When not hardened by frost or embedded in snow, all the ground for a wide dis tance round wu a pool of mud. Hones and men making water, trod down the slight earth embank ment of the dyke below the ponds, and the water spread over the ground and was lost. Still no ar rangement was made for collecting or purifying the' water in reservoirs. The only chance of getting water fit for use was at the somas ; and even there it MY constantly muddy after rain, from passing through the alluvial soil. Much valuable time was lost. Things remained in this state until the last day of February, when a sentry was posted to keep distinct the water for making, and that for the horses, and to prevent washing except in the waste water below the ponds. Shortly afterwards, some Frehch regiments, forming part of the ninth diviales, tiaosiaped is roar of the British Fourth wad Light)i he Milian% asi tbsy had to oar Se die MIN foe of the plies INS IMM di O aaged, sod he Os Was Tbs, began by dude, oat the mei through villa the water from*, swags first and dna paved it deeply with largo l oose dunes. Wen this they carried a tunnel, likewise mend with detached fragments of slope to act as a i flame and intercept the passage of twigs and filth, OW covered it over with a roofing of large flat stones sad earth. This tunnel was made to con duct to the upper of the two °rights' reservoirs, this being not onli at • higher level than the second pond below, but also out of the direct route along the ravine, and more easily kept in repair in oneequenoe. They thoroughly cleaned out the reservoir, banked it up with a strong, high, and sub stantial wall of stone and clay, and at a proper level at the lower end made a channel for the exit of the water, by means of an iron pipe. The water as it flows eat is received into a simple wooden trough, placed at a convenient height on a atone wall. To complete the work, they have carried down to the trough a paved road, so that hones can drink pure water, re turn clean, and the accumulation of mud from the mutant passing to and fro of the animals is /in vented. Another tank is being excavated, to meet the increased demand, for in a short time the men and horses of nearly the whole of three British and one French Division, will depend upon these springs for their supply of water. Already two regiments of the 2nd Division, the 41st and 47th, have moved down from the right at Inkermann ; and the remain lag regiments will shortly follow, and occupy the ground formerly occupied by the Naval Brigade, between the right of the 4th, and left of the Light Divisions. Considerable care and method will then be required to abtain and dirnbute the necessary supply of water without confusion. Viers was no difficulty, no particular skill, not much labour, in what the French have already done in forming this reservoir and issue of clean water. All that was wanted was a directing head, and the same might have been done at the beginning of the winter. The only extraneous material was the iron pipe, and these pipes abound in the English camp, where they are chiefly employed foe chimneys f rom the tent fireplaces. They were formerly employed by the Russians for aqueduct purposes. The lower pond the French seem to have left to us. One spring flows into this ; but there is no paved way, no pre elution for filtration or cleanliness. It remains as it was four months ago. It is quite open at one end, where the hones enter, walk into the water, and drink. Three paths or gullies down the side of the ravine dip towards the pond, and down these gullies comes the mod and enters also. A never-failing supply of mud is ensured for the reservoir by the horses going in and out ; for the gullies lead upwards to part of the camp, so that some horses are continu ally supplying water front their dripping sides to make the mud, while others are as constantly carry ing it down to the water on their soled feet and legs. This pool might readily be converted into a rest rvoir of clean water, and provision be made for supplying men and horses with a fair proportion. Some per sons do not hesitate to say that the hones are none the worse for having water mode rately muddy--rather better, indeed, than otherwise— bet, however wholesome it may be, it is quite et, ident It is not sufficiently so to counteract the mune, whatever their nature, which have led to nearly all the horses being out of condition and affected with skin disease, while that clean water is not unwhole some is sufficiently proved by the contrary condition, as a general rule, of the French horses. Our allies are very particular about the pure quality of the water: the English opinion and practice have mani festly been in favour of muddy water for the horses. We have held Balaklava fur a long time now. A stream runs along the valley into the harbour, and there is a good spring by the roadside near the town. Hundreds of thirsty horses passed in and out of Balaklava every day during the winter; but who ever thought of putting up a trough or two for their accommodation P Truly, there are some lessons we may learn even from our Ottoman friends, and the care they take of their quadruped dependents is one. Instances of sanitary neglect such as I have men tioned can only be remedied by that portion of the Staff whose province it is to superintend the general camp arrangements. As a general rule, order and cleanliness prevail in the camps of the British regiments taken separately to an extent unknown, perhaps, in any other army. Even the French, superior as are their administrative gements, may with advantage visit the English encampments, and gather a lesson or two in sanitary details. In deed, it is altogether unaccountable, that, with such admitted superiority in everything connected with general management, there should yet co-exist so meek neglect of what common sense points out as to be necessary for salubrity, comfort, and decency in the domestic economy, as it may be term, d, of the several regiments of our allies. The atmosphere in the neighbourhood of a French regimental encamp meut becomes after a short time almost intolerable from want of common cleanliness in the habits of the men, and many matters are passed by unnoticed by the French officer which would be very offensive to the eye of an Englishman. This becomes a subject of importance in stationary camps such as that now be fore Sebastopol. (PROM TIN SPECIAL M ZWS )_ OP TUI DAILY lout its obortniseer.iliar Ms Adios% est wttila at times the gusts sweep ysa alms all legs, or oir your hone, they do not shill yea Thor tameable and evenings are misty, but the normity sun is oppreatively - hot, and gives as warning of the heat of the summer. Inch hour of March animbiatt (fully equal to the sunshine of May in Bulgaria) warns oaken to order out eavesoflannel coats and trousers, Irish poplins, breve hollands, glove -leather boots, and ether artimies of cloth ing, invented foe the cenvenisase of pass= exposed to extreme heat. A spesuledes amerst in the antlers' camp has sent house he large quantity of Wenham lake ace. and untold numbers of bottles of ginger -beer and soda-water ; but value the specu lator's ideas of the consumptive powers of the army are of the most extended description, I fear the sup ply will hardly meet the demand. Foe if the heats of March are a fair criterion of the heats of June, then will the army be subjected to a beat by far more intense, though certainty much less dangerous to health, than the heat of Dewna valley and hills. A fear has been expressed that the men will Dot be allowed to wear the white quilted ohako covers, which the Bulgarian climate forced upon the coy martinetism of the Peninsular veterans. I be lieve that is an idle fear. The absurd objec tors to this necessary head covering were con quered through the force of cucumatanoes, and, though they may still survive, they will not again dare to display their foolish faces to the light of day. The campaign, short as it has been, has jos arid all those reforms of costume and habits which KADIKOI, Weaca 28. Shall I again make your readers smile at the en thusiasm with which 1 must speak of the prove= of tharailroad ? They would not smile if they could but know what promises to um that railroad holds forth—how we rejoice in every foot of ground it conquers for itself. The transport within the lines— independent of mangy bit horses and halt-famished Orientals!—none but those who have passed the last six months in the camp an realise the luxury of that idea. Whenever the army moves out of the camp, it will be seen what the land transport corps can do for us. At prwnt I hear a measure ts in mitten. plation tending to give that valuable and untried corps plenty to do, and this measure I mention because it appears, to say the lean, precipitate, noscuonable, and precocious. It in intended to withdraw the forage granted to regimental officers for the mints- Innen of their bit horses, and entrust the transport of of baggage to the land transport corps. To deny the feasibility of this plan at a future period would be as hasty and premature u the approving it at the present time. Let the land transport corps first show what they can do ; let them get, into working order ; let them try their men and their Or 'annul/en before you meddle with an arrangement which has hitherto proved nuobjeetimaable, sad which, to all intents and purposes, has worked well. Union experience has shown that you are perfectly ebb to perinea the service, do not take the means of ==seat of this hands of those who have ae extremely well for themselves. The eximehmee of this campaign is not calculated to mesh confidence in the effectiveness, the and pemetnelity of public conveyance. Obli vious as son are in a °impair, very few have as yet forgotten the disorders, the delays, the lose of baggage, in the passage from Varna to Balaklava. If the forage for the bit hones of the regi mental officers is withdrawn, it is not optional whether or not or what part of their baggage they will confide to the land transport corps ler conveyance. Forage is hardly ever to be bought in a camp—it is perfectly unattainable when a detach meet is on the march. This is not said in disparage ment of the corps I have mentioned, which I find will in times to come extend its operations even beyond the limits of the ideas of those rash men who now seek to overburden its new and untried capacities. were so urgently demanded and so reluctantly con ceded at its commencement. The British soldier, emancipated from the trammels of the collar and stook, permitted to wear the beard God gave him, and to move about in his light and easy Russia lea ther boots, now that he is neither overworked nor underfed, looks a happy, strong, and prosperous creature. War is forming its own men, and the military education of the nation, so long neglected, is making rapid strides in that portion of Great Britain which at present colonises, builds huts, lays out gardens, and erects Vic'oria•terraoes and Quarantine-villas in the Tanrian Chersonebus. TURKEY. The telegraph has anuounord the arrival at Vienna of the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, and his reception by the Emperor. The following passage from a letter from Constantinople of the 29th nit., in the Courrier de Marseille, makes known the instruc tions of which he is the bearer : A grand couneil waa held here the day before yesterday, at the residence of Rifest Pacha, in order to decide on the instructions to be given to Ali Paella. The French, English, and Austrian ambassadors were present. The following are the principal points which were decided on, par ticularly Turkey. I. The Sultan does not admit, under any pretence, or under any form, the protectorate powers, wither will the Porte nutmeat, unless compelled so to do, to the common protectorate of the Danubian pro vinces.-2. Turkey is rtady to abandon her claim to an indemnity for the expenate of the war, if that point should be so obstacle to the conclusion of pease. Is ■ny other ease she maintains her right to claim en i ademnity.-3 Turkey is resolved not to give her consent to the establish ment of a European arsenal, on any pan whatever of her territory. Such are the instructions given. On every question agitated, Ali Paeha is to rater to his government, end the resolutions of Turkey will not become definitive until they have been approved of by the Sultan. The em bas►y of Ali will be on a mast princely scale. lie has in bis suite sic secretaries, a numerous staff of officers and ' in tondants, and eighteen versants. KADIHOI. MAnca 30. Mar* which came in as a lion, is not exactly going out as a lamb; but its exit certainly bars a resemblance to that of a very quiet animaL For the season the weather is splendid None of those drenching, flooding, deluging rains which were announced, and which at now appears existed may in the muddled brains of the natives and the orthodox hftrts of the Greeks, whose wish was father to the thought. March has been dry enough to siatis the moat Ms tidious taste, and oar roads are as hard and weapon as Arabiwees and lovers of laud gallops can desire. Storms of wind we have had, espeoally at night, and very cold winds too, more particularly in chi early part of the month. But almost each day has been an improvement on the petiole coo; the wind has THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENIio, - APRIL 16, 1855. THE RUSSIAN CAMP. Prince Gortchakoff, on arriving at Sebastopol on the 20th ult., issued the following order of the day : Bolden!—Hie Majesty the Emperor has deigood to order me to take personally the commend of the land and naval faces is the Crimea. Brave warriors, all Russia is proud of year hones courage, and our great Emperor Nicholas I when dying direeted his last looks with graU tads towards you. His worthy successor, the Emperor now regain', Alersader 11., has deigned to ewes. himself to these terms, to letters which he wrote to me on the 3rd and 7th : Bay in the name of oar immortal benefactor, to the brave defenders of Sebastopol that the Emperor Nicholas was proud of them, sad that he thought of them In the hear of dorah--seadieg them (through me) an so pression of his cordial gratitude. Tell oar bravo men that I now thank tram in his some, and that I am perfectly eamvissed that they were always worthy of hie paternal solkitude." &Idiots ! You have peered through the most difficult of what Ida have to support; the roads are better; transports oil different kinds are arriving without accident; and large reinforcements rent to your succour are on their march. In taking the enmesed of this army, I catenate the firmest conviction that, with the aid 01 G 4, definitive success will soots crown our efforts, sad that we shall certainly justify the hopes of our august sovereign. The Adjutant General Osten-Sackett, who has directed with so moot honour the detente of Sebes. topol, and the brave Vice-Admiral Nachimoff, will reissue from this day thew previous tholes. The Military Gazette of Vienna contains • letter from Odessa of the 30th tilt, which says: We learn here that Prince Gurtehekoff has left at Si. pheropol oily two divisions of cavalry and a brigade of infantry. All the rest of the troops, ansoustiag to 76.000 oleo, are so disposed oo the Belbeck, the heights of Baktchie sent, sad the upper part of the Tehersays, that they may be concestrated on any point required in an eitosed iogly brief space of time. It is in that politica that the prince will await the attack of the AIU s, being determined not to assume the offeseke, nukes in most favourable oircumetsnees. The prices, Sadie( lately that the left wing of his army of operation, posted at In. hormone and its neishbourbood, wee somewhat to danger from the largo reinforcements which the Allies had received, gave orders to have it immediately streagthesed by means of troops from the casks towards Baktelitssrai sad the right wing towards Siaspberopol. The delleit eo caused in the ranks of the centre sad right will be filled op with troops trout Peeekcip. In addressiog his troops, lately, Prism Gotta*. koff made use of an expression which bas been much talked of. " Work away children," be said to them, " work on for 20 days more, and then all will be over and you will return to your homes to repose from your fatigues." TSB POLES IN PRUSSIA. The following speech was delivered by Count Creeneweki, in the Second Chamber. et Berlin, the 22ed of March, fa order to ezylsia the nista why the Polish deputies withheld their sone ea the eosselosi of the Premien loan : " Oestlemen,—When last year the quells of the loan, whisk oesupies us to-day, was for the List Use laid before us, ail the Polish deputise abstained from gide, their votes, Stewed in this as such by the Endive of the lose itself u by the different aussudseats that were attached to it, sad whisk one might term projects of address la siclaturs This attitude elicited foe us at the time maeress praises from one side. Oa the other, it was a same of great sur prise; but after acme Use the prepristy of our sadust was generally aohnewledged, sot only is this Chamber, hat, also far end wide freS this spot. We sated thus, pestle; sen;:for though we did not wish, by the refusal of the mesas absolutely impossary to the State, to segment the enoberrass mut of the goveranieut, whisk hued itself Weedy an • very difilealt polies, still 'wither did we with, by a vote of approbadm to ensearup the policy of the gmennsent is any sus whatever; for it wage mey to foresee that this poliey pve us so osmoses of say eased and advestegeoss miaow. To-day, gestlestes. a year has me its eoune Shift that epoch, a year repeat with painful events and prodigious hopes ; sad it is therefore our duty to exasine carefully sad consciestiously if to-day we ought to ad as by the put, or if we we sot bound to profit by the mos sim, were it sally to east down ear votes from the height of this tribune Ste the balsam which metals' sew the desists of the world. Oeutlesen, w• are sever forgetful of our rights, see the duties of our siesies. Therefore, after a emseiestiessmandeatioe, we ' , Mewled/6 that our position led year has altered is *Shim, notwitbstandiag the Mew 'hangs that have talus place is the world. The time of war present debate le set a ✓eddens as., lasenuek as no psalm lan can have a fa nodes] eenvietion at this beer whether peace or war will be deeded ups& It is pets/tad to believe, however, that in este seem» a sett of basis has bees laid down, in a pro tocol regatta, to this question. Filially, gentlemen, I nut declare: that sot only circutustmess tend in the , highest degree to masks as act as we have resolved, but also we shall And as isdisalleas is the politioa whisk' die Ptak mike has 'festively kept with so ask dignity, Owlish Kaden we are aa Integral portiou, *se you, gestioesm, are a forties of the great Omani rant. Mims, geatlesen, has fM valve—cad Misses doe is eloquent Well ! the Polish sada* laid I eel its repeamostives are quiet also ! This tame i naiades& le =Foisted. I dare sax it is as re =dap= Se twists a the Neva IS it OM ef the os the Danube as as the Thames. Mould it be ealy as the Wawa of the Spree that sae Mews =Ma hew to ustheelsoi or &Amstrads' it ? lelbseetsy gams hem presoak =dirt the dimes of the Poles, wise deed set resell the words Odle great Roma enter, " Qinlak West, dames= ?" (Shand seemakne.) (1,1031 TIM FRANCE. DAILY IMF.) PARIS, SENDAI EVIIIIIIO. To-day, at half-past eleven, the Corps Legislatif, headed by the Count de Moray, President, waited upon the Emperor at the Tuileries. A few minutes atter their arrival his Majesty, preceded by the officers of his household, and accompanied by Prince Jerome, Prince Napoleon, some of the ministers, Marshal Magnin, and a number of general officers, entered the Salle des Mancha= The following is nearly verbatim the speech addressed by his Majesty to the deputies: "I am going to London, and there I shall occupy myself with Eastern affairs. We desire an honour able peace, sad none other will be made. Bat whe ther we are to have peace or war, I rely always upon your support." The deputise received this speech with cries of " Yes, yes. vista Empereur." His Majesty afterwards spoke grasiouly to several of the deputies. The audience lasted but a short time, the travelling carriages being in waiting to convey their Majesties and suite to the Northern Railway station on their way to England. At a quarter put one their Majesties left the Tuileries in an open carriage, escorted by a detach ment of twenty Cent Gerdes. They were received at the railway station by Baron James de Roths child and other directors of the railway, MM. Trop loog and de Morey, Presidents of the Senate and Corps Legislatif, and several ministers and officers of state. The Imperial train started at a quarter before two. The journey will not be very rapid, it being arranged that their Majesties will arrive at Calais at eight this evening. It was not announced to the railway officials until late yes terday afternoon, that Calais instead of Boulogne would be the port of embarkation. It is believed that their Majesties return by way of Boulogne on Saturday next. They are expected to stay a da► at Boulogne. I hive heard to-day, from a better source than that on the strength of which I made the announcement a few days ago, that the Emperor will decidedly start far the East on May 10. The Empress, lam told, will not stop short at Constantinople, but will go on with her Imperial husband to the Crimea. The Count Lectr Martinis, of her Majesty's household, has been ordered to take lessons in photography, in order to be able to bear away mementos of the striking scenes which the Empress expects to witness. . . According to the very latest official information, I have reason to believe that we cannot yet be sure of Austria. It is certain that she is at this moment plead ing for the Russian interpretation of the Third Point. At the Little Bourse there has been a considerable full, owing to the belief that all hopes of peace are at 'an end. The Rents opened at 68fr. 80c., fell to 68fr. 600., and was last quoted at 68fr. 6.5 c., being a definitive fall of 60c. The lioniteur announces that the Universal Exhi bition at the Palsis d'lndustrie will be opened on the lit of May ; and that no articles for exhibition can be received after the 20th inst. PARIS, SATURDAY Brunwo. The Municipal Council of Paris has resolved to send a deputation of four members to accompany the Prefect of the Seine to London. This resolution was taken to respond to an invitation from the Lord Mayor and corporation. It is unuerstood that an address has been drawn up expressive of the sympathy of the City of Paris with the City of London. The Prefect of the Seine and the deputation will request Queen Vio.oria, in case she should visit Paris on the occasion of the Great Exhibition, to accept a fete at the Hotel de Ville. The deputation *m ilieu; of the following eminent members of the Municipal Council :—M. Delangle, Senator, Chief President of the ,Imperial Court, and Presi-' dent of the Municipal Council; M. E. Thayer, Senator, formerly Postmaster-General; M. Pelouxe, a member of the Institute, President of the Coinage Commission, and a member of the Committee of the Universal Exhibition ; and M. Germain Thibault, a member of the Corps Legisl►tif and Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Seine. _ The Corps Legitlatif finished its session to-day, after having unanimously voted the budget. The members are invited to wait upon the Emperor at the Tuileries at half-pest 11 to-morrow morning. There is some expectation that his Majesty will pro nounce a speech on the occasion. At the Bourse the heavy fall of in Consols pro duced surprisingly little effect. There was an indis position to do business, and a consequent flatness in the mai ket, but there is a disposition to rise on the slightest pretext which discourages the bears. The Rent., after being down at 69.6, improved to 69.16, closing with a fall on the day of 20c. Bank of France fell 16f. The Orleans Railway fell 10f. In the other lino s bat little business was done, and quo tations did not vary more than from If. to 3f. The Austrian Railway fell 3.76. MADLLE. DOUDET'S APPEAL. Madlle. Doudees appeal, writee the Perim =re spondent of the Doily Ifessa, at I thought would be the sass, was adjourned, oa Friday, to April 24. The (*row ing is a ripen of what took plus la the Inapefal Court, U. Ziaagauni presiding : " Dr. Marsden and his daughters were not premise, but the Court was crowded. The is displayed mush more sonadesse than witea tried by the Correctiosal Tribunal, and instead of baring constant moms to a emelliag bottle took freeman notes during the proesedings. M. Demme appeared as hoe advocate, and M. ChM d'ilet Inge, as Mises Ike Tribmal. sated es manse! fee Dr. Mande.. After the sensed had , mimed the usual questions is to but name, age, sad mollusks, one of the judges made a Mg report is the Mee, is whisk all the facts were set forth with impartiality. The menesd was then interne gated by the Prmideat. she began by proustim that she was perfectly hutment, sad then west ea to say that the 'wigwam given by her dim bad been mismdenteod and adsremeseated, that her servants sad the sonderge of her house had been gained ova to speak *Oast her, that Aldan. Sedge and Other +haggles for the prosecution had depose is matters of which they were Ignorant, that the cuts md braises which had Men observed on the persoas of the girls bad beim iollisted after they bad left her, sad that the abildres bad spoken spinet her under the ialleenes of their tether. All. in fact, that the maid Mak was that the had bees very strict with the gbie, and she contended that each a mune of **admit bad bees necessary In the tees. After the interrogatory bad soaduded, the Court, on the application of IL Hamer, postponed the further bear.' lag of the ease So Tuesday, the 24th April." Oa the 24th of April this extraordinary owe will be resented with fresh rimer is both aides. M. Henry Collies a barrister, who took his seat yesterday by the side of M. Bunryer, has written a pamphlet (a Miseoire)in favour of the seamed. This lliesofra, IL Boma says, he intends to se for the defense, and the ground apes whisk the court en seated to postpone the trial was that the whets impaction wee net yet finished. Oa the ether band it to reported that the Advocate-Osumi will take advantage of the appeal to demand that the mimes of two years' impri sonment prononseed age** Mdlle. Doadet may be aug mented* ave. Wit road is Golipans's Meanger :—" Mr. Web- W oasespine lassilmeolhtlishit postpristor of tis. Adsiphi, is is Paris, la outosa. Iskas advaatigo of a kW bison to nu over to ass if *lre W &Whim' to up These is .area miaow of a diasa to Mos over timgaillphitoospramiautbelal hat is Ist settled sa an saliftaa Wo Isar Maki a farttoe lkb a m,. Indult, sitivalasier et the sane maim vat* AIN mamma arm Yes alas* lath. Isatioajoarastal" Ilails the samojoasall 2.-sg Tho Ail of Mit. BMW le 101 . 611 , oOsr thosamploas of Mr. Mambo% mossird mos tildo ai bask. maser to haw beat iiillasiasj al bast Midas isaflatsly bora oil au the be .. . . In ao ad tai that Millman, Shwa tar Olivine* limbo 0 my isto W liao Luisa paha, Sat Nash rofsly an= treesof th d a rkab at Psak aissly, iho actors sad , °na it smiths Waal,. John pap so via." THE INDIA MAIL. We (Daily News) havereceived en despatches by the Overland Mail, dated Calcutta, 10th ; Madras, 14tb; and Bombay, 18th March. The following is from the summary of the Bombay Mises: The excitement of the fortnight is the opening by &overnmtnt of a 5 per cent. loan of two mil lio ns ling, to be employed on public works. (Bee our eseunercial intelligence sebioined). From the class of the Punjab war in 1849 the Governor-General, as seeing the extreme necessity and enormous gainful- Bess of public works, has been bent on raising money for the ir construction , to any extent that might be desired, so long as he could borrow below six and Invest above ten per cent. And now for the first time he seems to this insignificant extent to have bees indulged. That public works would be infinitely batter managed by private enterprise than by govern ment is beyond question, and no wonder that it should, when we find three months required to answer the simplest letter not requiring the slightest consi deration or reference to any party, months or years the the explication of information for which a fort night should suffice, and an ignorance on the part of the authorities of the physical, moral, industrial, and financial condition of the country, which would seem incredible if it were not confessed. But India has been so governed heretofore that no temptation hitherto presented has been found sufficient to allure into it private capital or enterprise; and, as it is reful the work should be left t undone, it neves tlevolves on government when all other parties decline it.—A despatch of great ability, the pub lication of which is daily expected, has been written by the Governor- General on public works, for the promotion of which separate de partments are being arranged; and he has spe cially ordered that men should be placed in charge of these exclusively in consideration of qualification, and without regard to their position in or their belonging to the service; the first step towards securing for India the services of a great body of civil engineers, not as a separate and inde pendent corps, but on the ordinary terms on which they are engaged by European governmeuts or public (companies. Lord Harris has already obtained for Madras a liberal supply of these, who are now on their way out, and others are desired to be enter tained or trained on the spot, under arrangements of most praiseworthy liberality, and the system will, we hope, be worked out at all the presidencies. The Madras government, having succeeded in establish ing an excellent muteum at the Presidency, are now endeavouring to bring local museums into existent. up and down over the districts. The electric telegraph has just been carried as far north as Attok, and will be at Peshawur in three' month's time—a distance in direct line of a thousand miles from Calcutta, and the like from Bombay, and sixteen hundred from Madras ; so that the three presidencies could be communicated with simulta neously, and in a few minutes' time, by the Affghan frontier—the only point in the whole circuit of our dominions where serious trouble or annoyance can arise to no. Meanwhile, after having completed three thousand miles of telegraph with incredible economy and speed, instead of encouraging by the lowest pos sible scale of prices the public to resort to it, until they had found it a necessary of life, we have clapped en it a rate of charge so monstrously extravagant, that it is never employed unless by government, and is utterly useless to the eimmuoity at large, and this, h.% just after finding that by striking three-fourths off our posteger, the Poet-office revenue has been improved. We have still troubles on oar Peshawar frontier, sad a force of three thousand men was under orders te take the field on the hat, when it was found that the enemy had dispersed of their own accord, and the troops were countermanded. Oa the 27th of Feb. a successful foray was executed by a party under Captain James, when forty Hill-people were cap tured, three killed, and five wounded, and a hundred head of cattle secured. The statement formerly published, that a party of the 10th Cavalry had abandoned the cattle they were carrying to Fort Msekeson. proves to be incorrect ; the escort was from the 14th Irregulars, who carried off their booty in safety, and never saw the marauders before whom they were said to have fled. Operations have been ordered to be commenced in the Meeranzai country on the 20th of March. The proposed treaty with Lost Mahomed has greatly offended the Hill tribes, who have intercepted his son Hyder Khan on his way to Peshawur to meet Mr. Lawrence. The Umballa Chobhsm has been broken up, and amongst our general orders will be found Sir Wil liam Gosem's opinion of the efficient state of the several regiments of which it was composed. The Governor-General, after directing that promo tions in the Bengal Poet-office should be made through be the department, has arranged that the head ihell monopolised by a civil servant, of course at three or four times the pay at wlich a thoroughly trained postmaster from home might be wort d. Three deplorable murders have occurred in the morn of the past fortnight. A Mr. David Thom, assistant in the Agra Bank at Bengal, once a enr olment in Dundee, has, in a fit of drunkenness, Me ssily pounded his wife to death with a brickbat EE Sergeant Doyle, at Madras, hu nearly decapitated Ms wife through:jealowy ; and a native in the Bow in . a fit of suspicion, waylaid sad the suossppecccted paramour. The Glove eral reached Calicut by steam as the 2nd of March, and had ptvbibly arrived at Ootasamand by the Bth. Lord Blphinstone is at Bombay. Mr. Maki, our new member of Council, is expected a fortnight benee. The Commander of the Forces, Sir Henry Somerset, is now at Bombay, waiting to be sworn ins. Commander-is-Chief. Lord Harris is at Madras. The cavalry intended for the Crimea have now all left us, and a highly complimentary and =latently well-deserved letter from acv ..-- at, and eat order from the Comte- -' Indian haw .......ufaaaeran-Chiet of the envy, been published in reference to all those °cosseted with the dockyard engaged in hastening on the work. This is the second time within these three years that the marine department has been taxed to its utmost by emergencies, End on both they have shown that the zeal, perseverance, and expedition with which they could push on work could not be surpassed is any part of the world. CASUALTIES by death in India sines the departure of the ataal ea the feth March, 1886: Her Majesty's Troops.—Lieetsosnt•Colonsl Green, 84th Regiment, at Rangoon, on sheath Yebraery. litdrea—Major (brevet Liettssant.Ootosol) J. Back, Artillery, at ass, on the 11th February. Beasal—Major Camp.U, 68th Regiment Native Infantry, on board the Islam, at Meehan. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 'iissiiiiii;7lAzat 18. er "Ni -- i The prised* ere feat of isdar --t la t 1;• now saki stave ear kat report has Om the Keilleados lourdby las ffieworo. emend vi the 131 Instant, that the perstiosit al bait MI wefts izt es : ear sot lose for yelete to dr moist at IMINIAMI aftehteh eta its wail to risetvit at Ileshay. Its in Not pi la 1 peest like a the ten= at the lass .• bit very panel sonde Ma ban ended familel at the asaologamoree at bit viblelt dm rnemeet el 1:s /elm rep array situ thyyear, iy pt Ism ewes *NM of sad tsar pr mat. was she& as Iles osillassa rate dimmest as pasmoseet piper. It to sigiissidritho letrote larapaneltn mp my Wm, needy diened thee therein ail ft Is haws theme a Mom to. len to wlth winner alb awn le speed feV il a =Fry (abet boy lie tt to rig. on' tin the alle at Inn= for the entrantles ben that The tint of thle onflre ba of none ban • navy tea la ea of petrinwit seouldn. shish en am Is web ebb le per bwer an bet neoldbew— a navy bee le then holders it Pm yes Coot pw, Mom the 1 Sidi el the bin preernent Minn that Oen We than twelve ! Enna see le ate. hens Mir Inee porOnt ann. Mcaty Is ret. I lag more la fie, doll • IME, limalm Male far ems dose to eene—a ebb of imsbonqu Ifnib lien will ant M beined W Me as pmts. abet treenebe. Oar of neoritlas ea ws wesneat Paw per Gat, lan 11011-111, 116 per l us a re.; fltio..tatto, lid U In fli• i MOW 0.441 M —ii. $t per Mlles; ditto ebb. 1 el per lel re. fa Teneler Uwe. lee fat amok Oorperelleae = 10 nwebey irk If peen. Cletwitei e 0 prom Oenner Mali Non idle. Nanaable ant nom db. Ape aelaUtann sinus. The ell* Inprrioneet v wee wenn Is ear he sake at Lens el sr ria ementlei allies to doe the hinge, we tenet to um nen w il l: ea the maim Ye name re. oned,,thespeololies offsely Me& ewes el mow l net semi nen lea of the aloe and diner* wide abbe ben a beg oenrilei %nen 'Mien bewe out= pnwing oaf% dalable inent of tronablen Inn la seem pending the none hobos mile le eeppert ="l:=l=maire„Teittwihithe eanalr ea r ao s =Mat 111 es annionerer trorsTej la ear = thea lkettec beneen, by Ihn entawbe ark% sad tht cg arl i lih the admen germ to the pretest stole of beeimee eta he Weld for, we fire. , ainand eWnoW his Pr ia asem ar fit — m a ien talr asent as bow el eil e a the b tramedge repsetef, le4 g the I* Per idea?: fe bale yawn et I se Si lle. _prim ra whin i bandliaAn em In dr lbelaWitt• di , ellenneln the lat‘ Ude the nenr Yds en • in value. 43 Inch are nominelly the ease, and Meet* anythlbg ha been done in them. • OUT 1 4nazottaits.-36 lath 34 yards seder 3 lb. Ire very dull. but. support late ratee, end kw rim me reported. Our fence:mt.-10 loch 20 yam* el ell.qualltksl On a Mile melee in value sad heavy of male, tempt good quality 43 Wel, 'with told horder, winds is in lair request. Lord eters are T Cuss ant bath wretetedJy dell, and in the latter no sales are reported, whitens the teener they an verylimited. Domestics are still very Mikan to move, there beteg PI 1 • 1 14 1 7 from the Arab or Persian traders, wham tun imposair• wants. is feat owning round, and the few 'Cesare in none, oblimbir local ncaaeolin era FaveT llama—ln thine app the Burkett fa ern mace denrereed. realm Itin Goon are very difieult of mks Comm T r eas.—The better hello( which we bed wades te siting In oar Met le this branch of our market be., we regret to gay, thew. peered, and we hare again to notice a very (riling heiress, with a slight fall la price in some counts. Dyed Turkey ted and orange are likewise dull, aid cabin has been done ki them, but the latter le firmer and looking up la price. Wootuots.—There Is no improvement to notice in Win articlea slick wahines very dull. Maras.—The mita has undergone bat little change sleep bet mall, exempt that there has been lea inquiry or Iron, and most de reriptioxe are slightly lower In value. Copper has, on the other band, further advaneeo ha Woe. bat nothing has bees done. epelter, lin plates, and quicksilver are all on the decline and very quiet. beta.—Wenn bear of no move in this *Wee, though the seamele supply of Albin" end Bees are now beginning to arr.re„ the Isapmer of Om ems having brought the first tutioli of those brews. titroata—Cottoa wool: The market has bean vary du•l the pant fortnight, and few pus shams have been made, the traneacticee not annealing 1,000 bales, mostly on native account, at a slight eonesselma in prim to those ruling last mall; but, as the new ere. s le now begin. ging to ante., though in very small parcels as yet, more activity may he looked for es the wake aliveness, as an increased devike for ship. meat China la thoring there WW &CCM I 'em dipper vessels laid on the berth for that qoarter. The quality of what hoe as yet arrived 01 the new crop proves inferior In colour, being much stained, owing to the hatless of the rains. Texraox.—Notwitbstanding government have taken up several vessels of late for the eenveysuoe of Myelitis to England, and that our supply of teenage Is Ur from abundant, tats have gone down, and ha Oers Britain we quota there dull at U. IN. to 31, l3+. ed per ton measurement . seeds, 31. tle. td. ; per ton. To China, onetime to the list engagement, which was to a round sum, 6 re. per candy. Etcusion.—ltinee oar lest we have very lUDs alteration to report, the tinnitenall br.nging a moderate supply ot Chita drawn Indite, widen canted a slight advance, and the bovine.* done may be quoted le. I 11-Ititt. to es. l 5.104. fur credit, sad 2a. I 2.8 d. to Ls. lid. for documents. The tendency at the close is to slightly adiranted rates. Os Calcutta we sow quote fin roe, at eight, and test at eh days' sight: On Madras, 94 re. at au dap' bight ; and on China, 220 re. at IA dept. CALCUTTA, Man= S. Our produce market remains in the same inactive orate it has been in for some time past. Indigo is heir brisk, but the bulk of. the crop of good dereription is provited Ihr ; ties is still soles for ward, but everything elm is cud. We at last taco tee pleasure to =Donna a more healthy impure emit In the piece goods :market; advises from op-country assume • better colour ; the money markets are easier, and although. *ales are being made at • sacrifice on the east, mill goods ...re bailie moved at, and widow:us require lobe replenished at the lower at.. ruling hem we coorsequenky look tor sonsiderable activity in our import market,; alibi:ugh, except in same iew article,, at ne adverts In values; for the lower cost et seliklt goods me now being shipped at hums, eta cash et importers to sell tam off on arrival, so that no gavel tan result from holding off for higher prieem EXCIAANOW• A. one period there was an eapectation that our rates for the present read would have owing at an advance on last quota tions, but such did not prove to be the meet the supply of bills has' not been lards, and although present woe geode oollto. - one must purtly ge to repay the Musks for bills previously given out coerce:lit. still *large portion havailable for remittance; sad baribens, getting in they money mots truly, me enabled to discount for the merchant the sales now making; oureequently the demand far - lie Is fully equal to t°e supply; the state of the home m rke.a will not tend to increase our drawings for some time to come, end it is not thought that we shall have any large amount Irma China at the low rate of 4s. 70. last ruling; so that If the acivit; in imports shall con. lom. and our busy semen for the up-country mate is at hand, we con cm that we meteor in the opinion that lower rates must shortly be looked tor, mollies under any peculiar operattme or the banks which cannot be antleipsted. QuAltioes for the present mail may be capon as at 2.sj to Id. for credits, aid 2.1 to 2.1 i for &minuet bills. [he Otieutal think is drawing at 2-01, but bO , l-1) of the other basks have drawn at from 2Of to 2.0 at ail months' sight; at move fur this mail the rate is rather looking downward. Tressurland hank Poet Bills are quoted at 1 111 to I.llf. Eamonrs have shown a constmet dcwaward teotleney mace our last;but in the whole have been better supported than, under former Mime advice. and the a..moced rate of cachet's., mule have been sa tiety:red. The tendency of List new. is thought to be in favour of • rise, the demand for knees° or rice and teed. continuing. M. le. ed. all round has been offered an American hip to load to Lon. don. Rates may now he quoted ter London as follows:- sugar and saltpetre, 41. ; rtes, 41, IM. to Si.; see.* Si. 1%. to 61.; Jute, 41. ; Wes, Si.; al k and indigo, ail. to 71. ; other goods in like proportion. For Liverpool :—ltice. vl. lea. ; Jute, 31. , ; seeds, 1:1. 10*. ; other pools nominal. For Mauritius we now quote Its. 2.0 to 2.1 per ear. To America the rata ate from In doM. to 1111 dots., or It dole. all round. THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION. (THOlt THE Illt OP Till DAILY DZWIL) PARIS, APRIL 13. GENERAL have been casting about lately for additional space. Not writes' with a connecting gallery between the Palais de l'lndustrie and two galleries in the long machinery building, they have, I am credibly informed, bought up the Panorama building in the rear of the Palace, and are disposing it for the reception of goods. All this Additional space will, it is to be hoped, enable the manufacturers of Paris to present to the world a complete collection of those wondrous bronzes, clocks, boxes, and ttinkete of all kinds, known to everybody as the Article Paris. Already the authorities of the Gobelios have barri caded the north-east corner of the Palace, where they are doubtless preparing a surprise for the let of next month. In contact with the wondrous tapestries of this national establishment will figure English paper hangings and painted glass. Let us hope that we may be able to stand this contiguity with better advantage than our neighbours expect for us. The English committee ap pear determined to do their best to present the English contributions in the universal competition as gracefully and effectively as possible. With this view Mr. Cole has invited Mr. Rigby Wyatt to Paris. This gentleman is now occupied arranging the splen did Indian collection that is to occupy the south eastern corner of the galleries. I notice, also, that the English proprietors of stalls have largely availed themselves of stamped leather decorations, which, fixed in designs upon the wood-work, and palmed over, gives the effect of carving. The Glasgow and . Dunfermline stalls are particularly conspicuous for this imitation carving. Hunt and Roskell's gallery stall is also in this style. The Nottingham lace stalls are in imitation ebony, picked out with gold. The effect is very pleasing. It is hardly possible to say what other nations intend to do in the matter of sten decorations; but, up to the present time, those of England bid fair to equal any in the Exhibition. The Nottingham stalls were sent from England. There are a few stalls in the French gallery; but, with this exception, all the stalls actually fitted up in the building two days ago were English. Portugal and Spain were leisurely measuring out their Sardinia was desolate. In the German Z a prrtment, there were a few castings perceptible, and great activity prevailed hereabouta—bet in Ame rice,Tdelgium, Mexico, &c., there was no perceptible movement. I am told that the Americans have asked permission front the imperial commissioners to throw a gotta perches arch, of French design, over the principal entrance to their space. It is doubtful whether this permission will be accorded. It is, however, certain, that Elkington will have a grand stand conspicuous in the central ball. What the English will be allowed to place in the central space to add to the general effect, is not _yet known. A lighthouse w however, among the British contribu tions. The arrangement of the central hall has been delayed, probably, by the necessity of taking up the flooring. The builders had left no interstices, monist duet would have blinded ; the visitors and destroyed the goods, had not thief interstices been insisted OFC.• have a remarkable * fact to note. The conductors of the Great Exhibition of 1861 may remember that Erskine Beveridge and Co., of Dunfermline, were the first to send their contributions to Hyde-park. Their cases led the way into the Crystal Palace. Well, the same thing has happened in Paris. Their goods were the first received into the Palais de L'lndustrie. Really a firm so remarkably punctual deserve a re ward, and a notable reward, apart from all conside ration of the merits of their contributions. A point which should at once attract the attention of the English government is the working of the pass port system in connexion with the Exhibition. Crowds of working men, leaving Manchester, Glas gow, Birmingham, or Liverpool, to visit Paris for a week, will be seriously embarrassed by the complies- Aisne of the present passport system. It has been sug gested to me, by a very high authority, that an arrange meat might be made between the French and English iroveennients, so that passage cards could be issued to ' labibition visitors from England. These might is issued by the municipal authorities of the reeintfao llirggit4vwer to or " w dstal-21 7 oe a stamped ,recommendation ithteinliaiciiiargarl being their employers, or from any two known people in 'the town. These card. would be printed by the gge. , verament, and peas the borer freely m P. 44 and: back to England. Lord Cowiey . reiglit Bee to this at once ; for I am anti* it is a pout of very great ins ' postwar.. The passport system meet be ass prified for the moment, if hundreds of thOulanda of English people, unused to travel, are to be tempted from their manse places to Paris during the ensuing summer. 4 I