The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-20 00:00:00

THE WAR.

The ,ci-devant Soldier's Friend of Vienna, which
hu jut to ken the name of the Military Gazette, tad
has ;eceived from Odessa the following'
account of the
the t„dum ins. of which towards liumia are well
known,
movement of the Rushing in the
Crimea :
Is order to prevent a coup de main against Parektv, ea division
of General pemiet, the brigade of General pima,
gel, and four regiments of si'tagoons, were detached ea the
18th ult. towards Armgansk, and took oP I Position on the
road which commands the isthmus. Tits light division et
Kuhns' under General Korff, was still holding its winter
quarters nesrEnpatoria,its bead-rinarters being at Saki. ma
61st regiment of Cossacka of the Don had joined it,antlinee,
troops will in the early part of Jasunry, it is said, comfit
en offensive movement against Eupatorls. In the
m Y
time, in order to secure the communications with Perekw
reinforcements are being brought up from Odessa. TM
I total biros now at Perekop, in cavalry and infantry, moms
to 50,000 men. The Bth division, which arrived at Baittski.
get at on the 28th December, was immediately after reviewed
by 4. isneral Osten-Backen, who complimented it on its inn
arene,,, ranee, and said—. You have come by order of you
august sovereign to maintain the glory of your ancestors sat
the hon our of Russia, our sacred country, my children. It
is mum, -wary for me to tell you that the eyes of your Mm.,
reign, ne , cell as those of your follow-c,untryrnen, ere ea
defenders of the word of Joins Christ, our a,.
re are among you many whom I have already
vicar.ye: m thishe ‘
I commended 6„. .t fields of battle in Persia, Poland, and Han.
gary i Femme)
er the past, and continue to behave as In.
comes breve Re. Inane. The moment will soon finite when
hat
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1 line 'between Constantinople
you will leave no
captivity. Until t.
The French].
lidly. A number of stations
• ,thweifohrmnoerrthcietrynwanilldbewpestintlared
but they wets
cm. ployed in the service of
meleantdtentßrsoeficr:a Letlhe, gewrhaaeparbe
in direct comma:lit:alio',
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ever, being rebuilt.
A letter from Vienna, of the
not made the
Berlin, says:
The French ambassador presented to
11th a note from M. IYrowyn de Limp, otttioifiitth in pee.
cies terms the interpretistinn of the four, 'vim*, in a F: each
point of view. Lord Westmorelsod yest erdey presented a
similar note on the part of his governmen t. Prinee 00't.
chakoff pays almost daily visits to our Minh tar a Foreign
Affairs. As, however, our government has
slightest interruption of ins military prepares 'lone, we are
without any confirmation of the pacific hopes whisk have
recently sprung up. The conveyance of alum inion and
troops continues with the greatest activity. h'is Majesty
personally inspects the military convoys which lea ye for the
north-cut, however late or however early may be the hoer
of their departure.

A NEW BOND OF UNION BETWEEN ENG.
LAND AND THE UNITED STATES.

The following letter from our special correspon-
dent in Anatolia will, we trust, produce its proper
effects upon that section of the American public
which is disposed to fraternise with the Czar. The
Russian talk about an invasion of India is mere
nonsense: but the Russian attack upon the American
missionaries in Persia is a fait accoynpli.
MOSUL, DEC. 4.
A caravan has come in from Persia, which brings me
a letter from Tabriz, con taiu ing t wo or three paragraphs
that merit notice. My correspondent, who is intimately
acquainted with M. Khanikoff, the Russian Consul
at Tabriz, mentions that this gentleman has apprised
his of a proposed invasion of India ( !) by 500,000
easeacks,whoare to be concentrated during the present
winter on the Arrac. The Russian, says my in-
ferment, talks very grandly about the project, and
boasts of the ascertained readiness of the Shah to
'take part with the Czar, notwithstanding the oppoe-
iog influence of the Prime Minister, whose prep-
dices, as I mentioned in a former letter from Tabriz,
are strongly pro-Englisu. Thanks to the diplomatic
imbecility of oar own chargé, Russian influence has
culminated at Teheran, whilst ours has fallen pro-
portionately low ; and, but for his Grand Vizier,
the King would, months ago, have committed himself
to a Muscovite alliance. Onr new minister, Mr.
Murray, now on his way to Persia, will not reach his
post a day too soon, nor before his energies and
diplomatic ability are required to regain for Eng-
land the influence she has lost ; for, though the
Shah himself would dearly pay for it in the end, his
throwing himself into the present war on the Russian
side would add not a little to the Asiatic difficulties
of the allies when the war is carried hither in the
coming spring.
In connexion with a former letter from Persia, in
which I referred to the valuable and successful edu-
cational labours oft he American missionaries amongst
the Nestorian of and around Oroomiab, it may
.be
worth while to mention a recent result of Russian
influence, communicated in my correspondent's let-
ter, which will very seriously affect thec philan-
thropic labourers. For some time past it had been
well known that these enlightening achievements of
the missionaries were jealously watched by the Rus-
sian agents, who looked upon them with no favouring
eye. In more than one case the Russian Consul at
Tabriz had used his influence with the Prince Gover-
nor to their injury ; and they were not blow to confess
to myself that but for the energetic protection of Mr.
Stevens, our own Consul, they must long ago have
been compelled to withdraw from the field of their
labours. This jealousy has now borne fruit in a
more serious result than they have yet had to contend.
against. A few days before the date of my correspon-
dent's letter a firman bad been received by the Prince
Governor of Tabriz, which restricts missionary exertion
to limits that amount to virtual suppression. As it is
aimed against, and expressly mentions, the French
Lawarist missionaries as well as the Americans,
there is no ground for suspecting that the former
were in any way instrumental in procuring this in-
tolennt order ; and all parties affected by it agree in
attributing it to the Russian minister. M.Khanikoff
does not hesitate to confess that his chief has bad a
Anger in its procurement, and makes no attempt to
conceal his own gratification at the issuing of so
illiberal an edict. After stating that it has been re-
presented to the King that the " priests and bishops
of the Christian faith send teachers to every part to
make converts of the children, and teach freedom."
this new order repeats that the firman of 1257
(Hegira). which forbids proselytising, is still in force,
and directs that " the priests of America and France
shall give an iltizine (bond) not to send teachers
into the villages, and that a man be appointed to see
that no books or papers contrary to the regulations of
the country, or in any way opposed to the religion of
the native Christians, be printed. Also that
the Americans open no schools in other places ;
that only 150 children be under tuition at a time;
that no more than 30 schools be auvwhere esta-
blished; and that no precepts of, or 'books in any
way relatin t to, freedom, be taught." As this anti.
educational decree—so utterly subversive of the con-
cessions in favour of religious toleration procured by
Colonel Shiel a few years ago—had not yet been
officially communicated to our embassy at Teheran,
and consequently not to our consul at Tabriz—under
whose protection the Americans are—it had not, of
course, taken effect; and it may be hoped, therefore,
that Mr. Murray may. yet be in time to protest
against and ups 4 t so intolerant a measure. Mr.
Stevens, now consul at Teheran, will be able to place
before him the facts of what the missionaries have
done for both the religious and social improvement of
the Nestorian. in a light which can hardly fail to
enlist the hearty and energetic exercise of his influ-
ence on their behalf.—Doily Nam.