The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-20 00:00:00

PRIVATE BILLS.

Mr. SOTHEROir;;veltEatiltriCard of Trade sltoild
present to the house a report on private bills for harbours,
dm., the same as with respect to railway talc—Agreed to
The holies adjourned at 20 minutes to 2 o'clock.

ARMY CLOTHING AT THE CALIISA.—On Thursday
Bereeford is to more is the Route of Comnone, for •
seam chewing the number sad description of articles of
Maim supplied by the government Knee the let of
Oelgher,lB64, for the troops serving inns Crimea ; by what
degettment sestracted for ; the pries of each article ; how
eseplllK, by pablie tender or otherwise ; the name. of the
peaks supplying the urns, whether completed within the
ens time or not; if not, whether the lucid Ike for new
pedmaumee or delay hasimen
EXTENSION OF THE TIME OP SERVICE IN THE
Azxv.—The sat, brought in by the present government, to
amend the act for limiting the time of service in the army,
has been printed. It provides that after the peeing sf the
act any person may be enlisted to serve her Majeety, sr Is
the forces of the But India Company, for any nth term,
not exceeding ten years in the infantry or 12 years in the
cavalry or artillery, or other ordnance corps, se may be pre.
scribed by her Majesty in Council; and say soldier may
remigap for snob tens as may se be authorised, provided
the teem for whisk be le so engaged with the tans of hie
nevi* under his int enlitnient, do tot exceed the period
et 21 yens in the infantry as artillery, or other ordnance
saps, or 24 years in the cavalry.
THE MEDICAL COMMISSION POE THE EABT.—Dr.
Sutherland (sot Dr. Southwood Smith, as stated yesterday
by the Times), and Dr. Gavin, proceed on Thursday next,
via Marseilles to the East, being the two medical unfair
grs one appointed—the former to superintend the sanitary
arrangements at Balaclava, the latter at &start. They
will be assompaided by the third commissioner, Mr. Robert
Rawlinem, civil engineer, long associated with the late
Board of Health, sad known by hie elaborate reports on the
hygienic eesilition of many of the principal towns in Fair
land. The sphere of his duties will extend over the whole
area of our firendras. including Smyrna se well u Con-
stantinople and the Crimea ; and he will chiefly devote
himself to the segadeation of the labour which
his brother sesiadeelesen will require in the hos-
pital, sad elsewhere, as well also as to the
supervision of everything connected with what may be
celled the ley sr seneedieal services of the oosantiseiesers.
Mr. Rawlins. wM take with him as his secretary Mr.
Taylor, • minor brother of Mr. Ton Taylor. The expo.
Ste entlinities of Liverpool have readily consented to place
M the titassel of the commission a large portion of their
waiter/ MA including the officer charged with the removal
st Weems, is that town, so that a brigade of skilled ece-
omen end the nenseary apparatus under kis control may
OM be expected to be at work wherever needed, whether
Is the imp, the harbour, or the vicinage of the hospitals.
Reis Admiral Clads, C. 8., Rear Admiral Plum-
ridge, and Rear Admiral Eden had interviews with the
First Lord yesterday, at the Admiralty.
The new Transport Board will be esesposed of a
naval officer ms chairman, and • mesehees mp a radonsa se
army officer as commissioners. CapiekLesei who
last twenty years has been at the Ina Ike
swine, and Commander Gilmore, on mid 11) as=
for the position of *grata.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tam Ette—lAtentag. 4h. Se Afternoon. eh. Stet.
To-nossow—MonnAg. Sh. Mt Afternoon, .412. »•

LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20.

LATEST
NEWS FROM ABROAD

A RUSSIAN FORCED LOAN.
(BY INTW(ATJONAL TILIGIAPH.)
WARSAW, Fin. 17.
An imperial nkate has appeared, decreeing a forced
loan.

All lauded property is to pay fifteen silver roubles
per acre.

Fresh contributions of provisions are also ordered,
four times larger than ,at first. —Daily News.

The Mon ii 4 sir of yesterday sontains the following :
CONSTANTINOPLE, Fan. 8.

The news from the Crimea is highly satisfactory.
The weather continued favourable. The Bier, works
were nearly finished, and it was positively asoer
tamed that the number of the reinforcements

received by the enemy had been greatly exag-
gerated.

The fine weather here continues; the winds are
southerly and all the vessels. that were in the Darda-
nelles are coming up. The Breslaw and Inflexible
have arrived here from Algiers, after a passage of
eleven days. The Louis XIV., coming from Toulon,
was two day. before them. The temperature is ex-
ceedingly mild.—Daily News.

1 VABNA, Fsa. 12.
Ismail Puha leaves today for the Crimea with a
contingent of Ottoman troops.

The Russians have tried in vain to disturb the
Allies at Eupatoria. The position of the Turks is
made stronger every day.—Daily News.