The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-05 00:00:00

THE WAR.

Advioes from Constantinople of the 22nd ultimo
state that the mortality at Scutari Hospital wag
diminishing.
A letter in the Perk/ay:la Maltese says :
Travellers arrlvirg from the Caucasus state that the
famous Naib Mohammed Emir Effendi is in Ahead, sag
keeping up a very active correapoudenee with Schamyl.
The plea of the two mountain chiefs for the nest campaign
will be to invade the Crimea on the side of !inapt tad the
Sea of Am.ff, and thus to co-operate with the allies is driv•
log the armies of the Czar from the Peniniula.

A letter from Vienna, the Augsburg Queue,
says :—The events which have lately taken place at
Odessa have attracted more attention than natal to
that port. It has now been traustormed into a for.
titled place. During the summer of 1854 it had beat
in contemplation by the allies to destroy Odessa—e
measure which, although severe, then appeared to be
called for by strategical reasons. Out of feelings of
humanity, however, Admiral. Hamelin and Dandy
wished to spare the property of so many mercantile
houses, which, during the scarcity of 1847 and 1853,
had preserved the half of Europe from famine. &hey
consequently confined their operations to the destrtt.
tion of a part of the military port and the establish-
ment of a blockade. What has since telt( n place at
Odessa? All the warehouses have been transformed
into military depots, and Odessa, which was the
centre of maritime commerce, has become the pivot
of the operations of Pi ince Gortchakoff and Prince
Menteliikoff. 'This is why hostile operations are now
about to be undertaken against that port from strate-
gical reasons, and if the Russians do not evacuate it
voluntarily, which is scarcely probable, Admiral
Lyons will imm, diately proceed to effect its dextrin:-
don. The allies also intend to bombard Theodosia—

an undeitakieg with which Admiral Bruat will be
charged. Grneral Luc!ma, who is now at Odessa, is
to have the command of all the forces concentrated
on that point."

FRANCE.

(THOM THE COI

INDENT OP THE DAILY NEWS.)
PARIS, SATUUDAY EVENING.

Since the coup delat of 1851, I have never known
'any event to produce such a marked effect upon the
public mind as the death of the Emperor Nichols.
The streets ring with his nume, and people openly
express their rejoicing as they walk along. Whether
rightly or otherwise, a very few days will probably
show—but at all events in fact—the present war was
generally attributed to the turbulent ambition of the
late Czar personally. It is the general impression
that his son Alexander (the new Emperor) was dia-
metrically opposed to his father's policy, and is sin.
cerely desirous of peace. Anxious fears were enter.
tained this morning lest the regular order of succesaion
should be set aside in favour of the Grand Duke
Constantine, aho is at the head of the ultra war
party. But when it became known that a telegraphia
despatch dated Berlin this day, announced trom St.
Petersburg that Prince Alexander had been pro-
claimed Emperor, and had been waited upon by all
the official authorities the public confidence knew
no bounds. Prussia, it was said at once by politi-
cians, must now necessarily join the Western
alli-
ance, and the way for a speedy and happy termi-
' nation of the V ieuna conferences is completely
smoothed. The tradesmen one and all look upon
the event as a providential occurrence just in time
for the Great I.xbibition.
At the Bourse the effect of the news was indeed
extraordinary. The Dente rose in the course of the
day to the enormous extent of 5f., and in spite of
continual realisations of profits gave way but five
centimes from that quotation. The last price was
71.85, being an ultimate rise of 4.90. Dank of France
rose 301., and Credit Mobilier 61.25. In railways
' the rise was enormous : Rouen rose 52.50 ; Lyons,
45; Northern, 30; Orleans, 40; and most of the
other lines from 20 to 25. The Austrian railways
, rose 501.

A telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dated this
morning, gives the ;ollowing details on the death of
the Emperor of Russia ;—" Early yesterday (Friday)
morning, the phyeiciane announced to the Emperor
that but stew hours of existence were left him. Hie
Majesty then summoned to his bed-side all the
members of his family, took leave of them and gave
them his blessing. Paralysis then gained the lunge,
and the Emperor breathed his last." The news of
the Czar', illness reached Berlin at 8 o'clock on
Thuraday evening; the intelligence ot his death was
conveyed in a despatch addressed to the King of
Prussia, which arrived at the Palace at noon on
Friday.
It is noticed that some of the accounts speak of
apoplexy, and others as a paralysis of the lungs se
the cause of death, and many people openly insinuate
that the Czar Nicholas has died the natural death of the
Emperors of all the Hussiaa—that is to say, that he
has been murdered. I know, however, from a certain
source, that he had a severe attack of bronchitis at the
beginning of Febr nary, and that he made himself
much worse by going out on horseback when the
weather was intensely cold. •
M. Emile de Girardin, who for a long time put
has abstained, for reasons which he has indirectly
made known, from signing any article in the Presse,
affixes his name this evening to the following curious
paragraph relative to the Brussels pamphlet which
has made so much noise :
The government which possesses so many and such puis-
sant means ot investigation, having complained to the cowrie
of law is Belgium respsctiog a pamphlet published in Isms-
eels, entitled, On the Conduct of the War in the But;
the Crimean Expedition—a Memorial addressed to the
Government of the Emperor Napoleon lll—by a General
Officer"—must by this time know who the autbur is. How,
then, can it be accounted for that the naked truth has
not yet been brought to light, and that the stupid rumours
which attribute to me some sort of participation it
the composition and publication of this pamphlet have not
thus been dispelled? All who know me must be certain
that no con.ideration whatever would have induced met
Ten in carnival time, to disguise myself as a General
Officer; and if the production which has been so much
talked of during the last ten days were really the work of a
general officer, it ie to be presumed that he would either
not have announced his rank or that he would have signed
his name. There are certain situations which do not bind
men by halves, is there are certain characters which
elude responsibility.
M. E. de Girardin is such a consummate master of
the art of speaking by the card that I will not
attempt to be wise beyond what is written, and will
not (to-day, at least) offer any comment upon the
above:

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.

The Emperor was to leave Boulogne at one to-day,
and is expected in Paris at half-past six this even-
ing. lam told that when the Emperor received the
sews of the Czar's death, he remained absorbed in
contemplation for some time, but that the first letter
he wrote to Paris commenced with these words," Ries
n'est change," and he went on to order that all the pre-
parations tor the continuance of the war, the formation
of the army of the East, and his departure to the
Crimea, should proceed as previously directed. On
the suggestion, however, of M. I)rouyn de Limy*
who thought the event likely to have a very favour.
able iallaeoce upon the negotiations at Berlin, the
lalkdal announcement of the transformation of the
army of Paris into the army of the East, which was
to have appeared in the liloniteur yesterday, was
postponed in order not to give Prussia a cause of
- The organisation of that - -- on not