The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-02 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Agra (Croatia) of the 23rd ult., in
the Augsburg GazaSe, says:—" The cholera, which
has for the last five mouths been ravaging the coast
of this country, is extending aces and more into the
interior, and incressing the misery which before pre-
vailed there. In certain parts of the military frontier
it has carried off nearly s fifth of the populatioar.
At Carlstadt, however, a fortified town, and ear-
-1 mended by water, only 20 came eat of a misled=
lof 10,000 have monmed. For some days pest the
towns of Agrees, Carlstadt, and Fiume have received
fesph garripma Two battalions of the minima of
Nem Calots axe in this plow. They have cone

, the Balseertas, and have been two months on
amarch. TO regiment which was here before
• gels tont:tweet, and the one which was at
liras to V
Ia the Vienualbereeptladenos of L. Nord, dated
Sept,. 27, we reail—"The reduction of our army,
already effected is s considerable extent, is going to
,be extended oa a large stale. Every battalion of
the regiments of infantry will henceforth comprise
only four companies, instead of six. This reduction
will not, however, (mimed to our army corps occupy-
ing the Danubian Principalities."
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A letter from St. Petersburg of the 22nd ult. says :
The official explanation penally gives of the journey of
the Oaar to *mow Iq very simple—he has gone to pray to
the God of Buda I. the first eapital of the empire, is
whis► he was bora, to bless his power and the holy combat
of the Orthodox Church le the But. The following is the
curious address which the Metropolitan of Moscow delivered
to the Cur at the momeat he entered the Cathedral of toe
Ascension I. that city :
"Most pions Emperor—Does the old metropolis of your
threes, to which was nursed by special degree the honour
of reosivieg you with a joyous presentiment on your ar-
rival in the werrtd. need to express to you its rentissents
when it sees in you the ascomplisbutent of its prayers and
Its presentiments, and the sores of sew devotion for the
coustry ? It feels profoundly the high Imperial grace
which you have shown as is empties the immense burden
of the empire, with the extraordinary inheritance of conti-
nuing the jut war in which we are engaged ; sad in Bod-
ing time, amidst the amorous wen patios. of the commence-
ment of a reige, to renal to mind your cradle Moscow, and
to accord to it the joy of your pressrun. But that is not all.
We understand with profound respect the lofty reason of
your arrival amongst as. You hasten to the hereditary
sanctuary of the coronation of the Curs to address your
Imperial prayer to Him who ' saws Kings,' and, with the
intercession of his saints, of Bishop Peter, who blessed the
commencement of this capital, and of Bishop Alexis, wha
blessed your birth, and in your holy baptism received you
in his stets—eo obtain that ' the Lora shall send thee from
Sion the sceptre' of power,' and that your firmness shall
triumph over the efforts, and your penetration over the
causing of the enemies of Ruuia. Ramie will understand
your prayer; millions of hearts will repeat it in all the
orthodox church and all the empire, is order to emu you
power, victory, peace, health, and salvation. We address
to the Lord another prayer; it is to ere you soon with the
sacred sign of the stints, the crown of your father end your
ancestors, amidst the Ibis ee ictiocs of H and of Russia."
The Northern Bee has lately published several
articles on a book on the war in 1812, in which it is
attempted to be shown that it was the fire a Moscow
and not cold and hunger, which destroyed the invad-
ing army. The object of this is to persuade the
Russian reader that the abandonment of Sebastopol
was premeditated, and will certainly turn to the ad-
vantage of Russia.