The Press.
London, England, 1855-01-13 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 13, 1855.

POSTSCRIPT.

ADHESION OF SARDINIA TO THE
ALLIANCE.

The Sardinian Government, it is said, has signed
the protocol of April last, and thereby joined the
alliance of the Western powers.
This important step is taken in virtue of the fifth
article of the Convention between her Majesty and
the Emperor of the French, signed at London on
the 10th of April, 1854. The fifth article runs as
follows :

Their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland and the Emperor of the French
will readily admit into their alliance, in order to co-operate
for the proposed chject, Finch of the other powers of
Europe as may be desirous of becoming parties to it.
General Dabormida has resigned, and Count
Cavour has accepted the office of Minister for
Foreign Affairs.

The French army in the East is about to undergo
a fresh organisation. It is in future to consist of
two corps d' arm4e and a corps of reserve. The two
former are to be commanded respectively by Gen.
Pelissier and Gen. Bosquet, the whole under the
Commander-in-Chief, General Canzobert.
Two battalions of the Imperial Guard left Paris
on Wednesday night for the Lyons railway, on their
way to the Crimea.
A number of private communications, according
to the Globe, were yesterday received in town from
the camp before Sebastopol. Their dates come down
to the 2tith ult., and at that time the condition of
the army was by no means of that hopeless charac-
ter which some journals appear to delight in describ-
ing. The weather was dry and frosty, which, added
to the arrival of a number of mules, had greatly
accelerated the transit of ammunition and provisions
from Balaklava to the camp. It was not expected,
however, than any decisive attack would be made
before the 10th or 12th of January.
The Paris correspondent of the Post writes on
Thursday evening :
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It is the in'ention of England, France, and Austria to
occupy Russian territory for a limited period after peace
has been concluded. This they can demand without
hesitation, as it was precisely the position of the army of
the Czar in the principalities before the announcement of
hostilities. There are two points which might be chosen
for this purpose—one of the latest Russian annexations,
Bessarabia, or the Crimea (at least that most important
portion of the Crimea the peninsula of Cherson, with the
town of Sebastopol). Another point on which the allies
will uncompromisingly insist is that of limiting the
number of Russian ships in the Black Sea, with constant
presence of a corresponding squadron of the allies.
A despatch from l3railow, of the 9th inst., which
requires confirmation, states:—
" The Russians have crossed the Danube, Invaded
the Dobrudscha, and taken both Tultscha and
Babadagh. Sadyk Paella defended Tultscha as long
as possible."
In another despatch received viA Vienna, we find
the announcement that a Turkish detachment
having crossed the Danube into Bessarabia has been
defeated by the Russians.
The Russian army of Asia has been recalled from
Redout Kale to Erivan.

A French patrol has been organised in Constanti-
nople, on account of the number of assassinations
perpetrated on the soldiers of the allied armies.