The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-15 00:00:00

SORTIE OF THE GARRISON.

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VIENNA, SATURDAY.

The /1-enuks Blatt contains a letter from a British
offioer at Kars, dated Nov. 11, informing us that
the state of the besieged gamboge was hopeless.
They had offered to surrender the plate if perraitted
to retreat to EfiKo9lll, but these terms were refused
by General Mosravieff.

On the 10th the garrison made a sortie, bat were
repulsed.

JOURNAL.

The Invalid* Busse of Deo. 7 publishes the follow-
ing extracts hoot Prince Gortehakoff's Journal of
military operations, extending from Nov. 14 to
Nov. 22:
Since Nov. 14 the enemy has sestinas& to labour with
great activity on the south Nide of Sebeatepel. whither some
5,000 workmen are daily east. He has thickened and
heightanod the parapet of our old mortar battery, eoramencod
new works at Cape Chersonese, and a sew mortar bat-
tery, us the border of the bay, opposite Fort Constautim
He has also continued cutting a mesa upon Mount Ba-
pun, and has completed and Welled his appeeacies and
batteries against the bastions Noe. 4 and 6.
Oa account el this increased activity on the part of the
enemy, the gam of ,the sorthumforta have kept up a very
smart dm against the eity sad its environs. The adversary
bee responded bet feebly, and we have sustained no loss.
♦t half-put throe o'clock on the afternoon of Nov. 15, a
gnat powder 'Nagaoka* of Ike enemy blew up, and this az-
plosioa was followed by a mend, less severe. The mash of
the bunting projectiles lasted snore than a quarter of an
hour, and, judging by the violence of the explosion, we may
suppose that the quantity of powder was very great. At
noon on the 22d them was a third, bat a leas important
explosion, on Bulks No. 5. I

Upon oar left flank the essay has made reconnoissances
from time to dam At ten eiNilook ea the cosmos of No-
vember 16 the Allis., timbering four battalions and two
equadrens, left Bahama along the pass of the hills. The
skirmish which maned at this point between the advanced
lines lasted until three Wolock in the afternoon, and on our
side a Casa& sad a foot soldier of the Black Bea were

wounded. At halt put four the enemy withdrew, and

*guts ofeesseeketook up their seensiomml poets.
Oe Nov. 19 the Comet outposts of the regiment No. 22

Vslosieff took prisanus.

d; Brayer sad Capt. Frahm', both of the French army.
The regiment lath a the Lae, in whirl► these two Moors
served, wade part of tin ChaseelospLaabat division, which
salved from Yana about a math gam

At Began:trig the enemy shows himself from time to time
is emaiderable fens, bat without leaving the city more
shim half a day's merc►. The object of them movements is
to devastate the neatest villages.

Daring an day ea Nov. 19 ws remarked as actin nova
neat is the roadstead of Espaterle. Seventy lighten were
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passing backwards and forwards from the verse's to the
leading•place. Two Manua took some mem oa board,
bot they have sot pt left the roadstead.

THE WAR.

The Augsburg Gasetts publishes the following

VIENNA, Mc. 7.
ljp to Ws tine so gonad he Wee getout epos which
negotiations for pees sea be eolasoatood. The story of an
. .

Atietriatt sitlinsinnt is a pars invention.

The St. Petersburg correspondent of La Press*
writes under date Dec. 3:

If yen would form a conception of the loam sustained by
the Remiss army in the Crimea, read the /awn& Mare.
The canal Journal contains as order of the day by the
Emperor, Mend after his inspection of the 4th and 6th
infantry divines, is whin ft is said that of eight regiments
seven only *mid show as antis, of more than two
battalions.

We are meeting the arrival, within a few days, o
several miasma Bastian diplomatists aecretitsd to fordo
courts, smear; thus Priem Gortehakoff, Barest de Badbers,
Baron de Knauer, K. &weds, sad M. de Foams.

The Austektry Gautta announces that the entire
army of the Austrian monarchy, the army corps occu-
pying tioWo- Wallachia alone excepted, is to be
reduced to a peace footing, as the 4th army corps
standing in Gallica& hes already been. The next
corps for reduction is that commanded by the Arch-
duke Albert, stationed in Hungary and Transylvania.
The diminution is effected not only by granting leave
to a large number of individual soldiers, but by the
disbanding of certain battalions. The civil corps
attached to the army, reinforced when this time last
year its eventual activity was contemplated, are also
reduced to their former footing. The Emperor of
Austria's order of the day dated Nov. 2,1854, allowed
two months for placing the army on the war footing,
and this tens was found too short. This fact will help
us to judge how far the Emperor still preserves the
intention of becoming our active ally.

MALTA, Dee. 9.
The Culloden, transport, came in on the bth with
400 men sad 80 officers on board, 14 days from
England. On the same day the Wye left with drafts
for the Crimea. The Niger returned from Tripoli on
the Bth ; she landed the consul-general and lady
there. She found that the rebel Chourns, far from
having been subdued, was fortifying the mountain
pease, and was well supplied with artillery and am-
munition, which he had mewed from the Tunisian
troops. The new packs was very popular, and had
succeeded, by hie just and impartial measures, in
bringing several of the tribes over to his
side. The Niger, am soon as she had coaled, went off
to Tunis to render assistance, if possible, to the ships
sunk in the late water spout. On the Bth the Caradoo
tome in from Marseilles with Lord and Lady Can-
ning on board. His Excellency Sir W. Reid and
our worthy General Sir J. Pennyfather went on
board to welcome them. They left for Alexandria
the same evening. The Weep, Rodney. and London
are under orders to leave for England this morning.
The Algiers is just coming into the port. She
was in sight at daybreak.
Malta never was so attractive to visitors as at
present. On Wednesday the new prima donna,
Madame Lionti, is to have her benefit, and already
heavy premiums are offered on the prices of the
tickets. It is thought it will, if possible, exceed her
debut, and then officers in uniform were glad to go in
the gallery; certainly never since the English had
Malta was so full a hones seen. On Friday the °M-
oors of the Third Division give a large ball to tbe
Elite of Malta; 700 tickets have already been issued.
Oranges are a failure this year. Green peas have
just come in. The price of provisloas is very high,
although we are so sloes to Africa, where poultry
and meat is to be had for almost nothing.

SPAIN.

MADRID. Du. 12.
The raison of the re-apnea:sacs of the Cabecilla
Herne is the province of Burgos is not oostirmed.
The tovernasent has declared to the Cates that the
existing trustily dorm& is Mildest both for ow
sataption sad exportation.
Is the Coates the debate on the artfales of the
etastitatioa teetistees.