The Press. — London, England, 1856-03-15 00:00:00

MARCH 15, 1856• brought in by the LORD CHANCELLOS to amend County Courts Act was read a first time. Commons did not " make a house." ;WART moved the second reading of the Municipal 'Scotland) Bill, but the measure being opposed by AnvocArk was withdrawn after a brief discussion. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill was read a second the motion of the Loan ADVOCATE. second reading of the Vaccination Bill was opposed BARROW and 1)r. Mictigm., and postponed until • Easter recess. THURSDAY. ; Lords, the Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, Isohdated Fund Bill, and the Drainage Act Advance ill were read a third time and passed. BROUGHAM moved four new resol i(ions, in addition be submitted last week, on judicial statistics. were laid on the table. kwended) Commons Inclosure Bill was agreed to. ossioners of Supply (Scotland) and Reformatory (Scotland) Bills passed through committee. __ second reading of the Draft on Bankers Bill was postponed to 2nd ApeiL _ MARC - 1 51 - tlus A Co l nut: The Col Mr. Ew , Reform (S the LORD The Ba time, on tt The see by Mr. BA after the I In the I the Consul meld, Bill Lord Br to those ii They were The (At Commis Schools (S The seci postponed THE Pre' upon at a 28th, bets of the 4th de Marti Petitti, Cl and Sardii and decide command. interview Tschernaj distance o as neutral The W the 28th I by one of A grant: army was A general upon its e The he reports ft.( are creatir Througho fered mut ing, and t' Crimea is of the Fre In an o Codringto correspon. various de in that po arrest Oil unless," & eludes wit their belts "Lord P. Codringto review on stating the his wound plosion on Omer I' has reach' Skender I thing in cavalry fi There is roam. The In an armist This art blockade o fished ; bu will receive against ou. The fl from Hat further p its visit ti the ice. blockade Intellii reached Fe ruar' between town, a r morning There v correspen ( bridge, A THE WAR. Preliminaries of an Armistice were agreed a conference, held at Tractir-bridge, on the tween General Timoieff, Chief of the Staff th Corps of the Russian army, and Generals artirnprey, Windham, and Colonel Count , Chiefs of the Staffs of the French, English, Sardinian armies. The proposals were discussed tided on, and, after transmission to the several landers-in-chief, would probably at another be definitively arranged. The line of the iayain all probability will be the limit, a short , on each side of the boundary being given in Ural ground. White-buildings were partially blown up on Feb. Major Ranken was accidentally killed of the explosions occurring prematurely. grand review of 25,000 infantry of the English held by General Codrington on the 24th. general order the next day congratulated the army •' efficient appearance. health of the English army is excellent, but from all quarters state that typhus and scurvy 'ing terrible ravages in the French divisions. tout the winter the French army have Emr ich from under-clothing and under - feed the severity of the climate just now in the is seriously affecting the health and efficiency rench army. order of the day of the 25th Sir William ington has severely reprimanded a newspaper ;pondent at Kertch,who incontinently wrote home details of the works and strength of the garrison position. General Vivian is authorised "to he individual, and send him away at once, &c. &c. The commander of the forces con ith a severe lecture to all correspondents on itaviour for the future. Panmure received a despatch from Sir W. ton on Monday, announcing the fact of the on the 24th, and two more on the 29th, that Major Nl‘Gowan of the 93rd had died of wounds ; and Major Ranken was killed in the ex on the 28th. Pacha left Redout-Kale on the 18th, and ;hed and taken up his quarters at Trebizond. Pasha, after destroying and burning every tho town, has retired with the Turkish from Sugdidi to Anaklea, on the coast. no intelligence of any moment from Erze- RUSSIAN OFFICIAL DESPATCH. Invalide Timm, of the 2nd inst., announces astice, as agreed on, and says : armistice is not to have any influence on the e of our coasts already established cr to be estab• but the commanders of the enemy's naval forces ive orders not to undertake any nct of hostility our riverine possessions pending its duration. THE BALTIC SQUADRON. flying squadron, according to intelligence :amburg oh' the 11th, has proceeded on to the part of the Baltic, and probably may extend to the Gulf of Finland, if not prevented by Her Majesty's ship Euryalus will notify the to the several Russian ports. THE ARMISTICE. .Iligence of the conclusion of an armistice the camp on the morning of the 28th of ruarv. Flags of truce were interchanged . the north forts and the French side of the and a meeting of officeis on the following ' to arrange the tluce was agreed on:— was a lively and novel scene (writes the Times correspondent) at ten o'clock this morning at Tractir- At its further end the white flag was hoisted, a 0 THE PRESS. just beyond it were halted some five and twenty Cossacks who had escorted thither the Russian general Timuieff and his staff. The generals, who had met to arrange the details of the armistice, occupied two tents, pitched on a strip of green sward in the rear of the bridge. At a few minutes past ten Creneral Barnard and some staff officers rode down through the ravine between the two hills on which the battle of the Tschernaya was chiefly fought, and crossed to the other side of the river. There were, perhaps, half a dozen other English officers, about as many French, and a much larger number of Sardinians. All these went over the bridge, and a sort of fraternisation ensued between them and some Russian officers—that is to say, there was a good deal of civility, and some ill treatment of the French and German languages; but as to carrying on much conversation with our Muscovite friends it was not an easy matter, for there seemed a mutual em barrassment as to what subject to pitch upon. Horses were a natural theme, and the Russians expressed much admira tion of some of those present, and were probably rather astonished at their good condition. But the great object of curiosity to us was the fur-capped Cossacks, around whom the allied officers assembled, examining their arms and equipments and entering into conversation, which, in most cases, was carried on by signs. They were slender, wiry men—ugly enough, most of them—mounted on small, rough, active horses, and carrying, besides sword and carbine, flagless lances, whose long black poles termi nated in a small but very sharp pointed steel head. Some more Sardinian and French officers came down, but, besides those attached to General Windham's staff, I do not think there were a dozen English officers on the ground. The general disposition of all seemed to be to move outwards in the direction of the Russian lines. People did not know how far they might go, and accordingly felt their way, cantering across a bit of level ground, and up a hill, and then pausing to look about them and reconnoitre the country and see whether there was any sign of obstacles to further pro gress. The soil was of It lighter and more sandy nature than it generally is found to be within our lines; in some places it was rather thickly sprinkled with bushes, sap lings, and tall weeds. Several brace of red-legged par- tridges were sprung, some of them so near our horses' feet that a hunting-wh►r would have reached them. As the morning advanced the field grew larger. By this time we were getting far on towards the Russian lines and batteries, when the field began to spread out, some taking to the right, and getting very near to a Cossack vidette, who seemed rather puzzled to account for the presence of so many strange horsemen within musket-shot of his post, and who, after once or twice beginning to circle in signal of an enemy's approach, received a reinforcement in the shape of another Cossack, who rode down the hill as if to warn the intruders off forbidden ground. Another party of gallopers went close up to the battery known as No. 49, and held communion with some videttes, with whom they smoked an amicable cigarette, until a Russian officer came up and politely informed them in French that his orders were to allow no one to come any further, and that he hoped they would retire, which they of course did. On reaching the bridge a halt was again called round the group of Cossacks, and all eyes were fixed on the two neat blue and white striped tents, with awnings over their en trances. Some of the generals were standing outside, and it was evident the conference was drawing to a close. Then cocked hats and feathers were seen moving among the horses near the tents; orderlies and escorts mounted; the Cossacks did the same, and presently English, French, Sardinian, and Russian generals and staff rode over the bridge and between a double line formed by the specta tors. General Timoieff, a soldierly-looking man of agree able physiognomy, rode first, and smilingly returned the salutes with which he was received. General Windham was close beside him, a little in rear. There was an es cort of French Chasseurs-i-Cheval and a small one of the 11th Hussars, end the big horses, and tall, well-fed men of the latter strikingly contrasted with the puny, although hardy steeds, and with the meagre frames of the Cossacks, who seemed to regard them with some wonderment, while the Hussars glanced at them as if they thought that one squadron of theirs would have an easy bargain of half a dozen sotnias of such antagonists. The cortege proceeded a short distance into the plain, end then the allied portion of it took leave of " nos amis les ennemis," and retraced their steps to the bridge.—Times cor., Feb. 29. A REVIEW IN CAMP. A grand review of 23,000 of the B►itish infantry took place on Telegraph.hill, on the 24th ult., by General Codrington, in thH presence of Marshal Pelissier, and a vast concourse of French and foreign officers and other spectators crowded on the ground : The inspection of the line completed, the Commander in•Chief took up his station in front, and to the right of the knoll where Marshal Pelissier was posted, and the troops marched past in open column, each general of divi sion posting himself beside General Codrington during its passage. As soon as the band of each brigade arrived opposite the general it faced to the left, cleared the line of march, fronted, and played until its brigade had com pletely gone by, when it followed in rear, and its place was taken by the next band. The Guards came by, of course with their own favorite tune, the " British Grenadiers " ; the pipes of the Highlanders squeaked, squealed, and droned forth that strange combination of sounds so dear to Scottish ears, and so discordant to those of Saxon or Gaul; and one brigade played " Parent pour la Syrie," in com pliment to Marshal Pelissier and the French present. The whole of the troops having marched past in open column, formed up st son►c distance to the north of Telegraph hill, on lower ground, nearer to the camp, and thither General Codrington now proceeded, followed, of course, by everybody present. The men looked remarkably well Of course there were differences and degrees, and some regiments which have suffered much in the war, and con sequently have very few old soldiers left, cannot be expected to look as well or to be as gond as others that either came out when the campaign was nearly over, or have had little fighting and no hardship since their arrival. The Guards looked as usual, military and imposing in their lofty bear skins. The Highlanders were magnificently picturesque, and reminded one, by their statue like immobility in the ranks, by their stern veteran aspect and lofty stature, of Vernet's pictures of "La Vieille Garde" on parade. They were the admiration of the foreigners present, and well they might be, for assuredly no finer troops ever fixed bayonet. The battalions of Rifles were also much praised by the foreign officers, their fashion of carrying their arms trailed instead of shouldered giving a graceful ease and suppleness to their march. Many were the tattered and shot•rent banners yesterday borne by. The colours of the Wird Fusiliers were like a sieve, pierced with countless bullets, and telling the eloquent and bloody tale of the Alma and of Inkermann. Those of the 77th and 97th were much riddled, and so were those of many other brave regiments, some of which were fain to keep their banners furled, their torn condition not allowing their display to the breeze.—lb. Officers and men off duty flocked in hundreds to see the review : There was every variety of French and Sardinian mili tary costume, and even the Spanish uniform was there to augment the motley of the gathering, four officers of that nation being attached to the French headquarters. Mar shal Pelissier came on the ground in his carriage-and-four, by which is not to be understood a handsome vehicle and showy team, with well-kept harness and neat postilions, but a very rough, nearly paintless, Crimean-looking drag, with harness partly of rope, horses that match the carriage as regards roughness, and soldiers in artillery saddles on the near wheeler and leader. The marshal is somewhat obese, and not much of an equestrian, and he rarely crosses a horse. His little escort of Chasseurs contrasted with the English Hussars who followed Sir William Codrington and kept the ground, and many of whom, as regarded both wen and horses, needed only some slight changes in uni form and equipment to become extremely heavy cavalry. Marshal Pelissier alighted from his carriage, and took his station at the foot of a hillock, opposite the centre of the line, of the whole of which ho then commanded a good THE TURKISH ARMY IN MINGRELIA. OMER PACHA IN WINTER. QUARTP.RS. Letters from Trebizond to the 23rd Feb. bring satisfactory intelligence of the state of health of the Turkish army. The men are well fed, well clothed, and in good health. Omer Pacha had left Redout- Kale and arrived at Trebizond. His manner of life at Redout Kale is agreeably sketched by a corre spondent: His Highness displays his practical philosophy by pass ing the present dull interval till the opening of his new Armenian campaign by adding to his harem, and by stag shooting in the woods around Redout•Kale. Besides the couple of houris whom he left caged at Saukhain, two other youthful Circassian beauties have been translated to his ambulatory paradise, and are now installed here on the banks of the Chopi. Report speaks highly of their personal charms, and alleges that one especially—a little budding Mingrelian, in her fourteenth year—would shake the reso lutions of St. Anthony himself, were the holy father now alive to be put to such a trial. For the safe keeping of this brace of harem•btrds, a small wooden wing has been added to the house occupied by his Highness himself, and through one of the little one•pane windows which light it I yesterday caught momentary sight of a pair of large lus- trous orbs gazing away over the sea Stamboul•wards, as their owner was doubtless revelling the while in a fancy feat of the luxuries that await her in that far•off glory-land of the Circassian girl. They were those of the little Min grelian in question, who, I since learn, was procured for his delicate Highness about a fortnight ago from Guriel, a Christian district beyond the Rhion. Her companion is also a Christian, but is said to possess, as her special source of attractiveness, more of the eisslionpotni maturity, in fulness of which true Turkish taste holds perfect wt manly physique to consist. Thus provided for within doors, the great chief finds, as I have said, his supplemental plea sures in stag hunting abroad ; and few fine days pass on which, with the aid of a half battalion of chasseurs to beat up the woods, he does not give proof of his ability as a rifle shot by bringing down one or more fat bucks. And so, while British newspapers are hurling their harmless thunderbolts at him for permitting the loss of Kars, and whilst his many enemies in Stamboul are possibly giving force to some adverse intrigue on the same real or pre tended ground of blame, like a practical philosopher he despises both, and, full of faith in his own genius, lives out the Horatian maxim, by enjoying life's pleasures as it flies.—D. News cur., Feb. 1. A Curious EVENT occurred a few days ago in the University of Leipsic. Dr. Reclam, professor of legal medicine, was lecturing on nicotine, and to show the deadly effects of the poison he administered a large dose of it to a big dog. The animal, which was lying on its back, was immediately seized with convulsions, and ejected a considerable portion of the poison with great violence; it struck the professor in the face, and some of it entered his mouth. The doctor was immediately seized with all the symptoms of poisoning, but antidotes were promptly applied, and he was soon placed out of danger ; but he suffered greatly, and had to be conveyed home.