The Express.
London, England, 1855-11-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19. 1855

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DESPATCH FROM LIEUT.-GENERAL

SIR W. CODRINGTON.

WAR-DIPAIMIIIIIT, Now. 19. 1865.. •

Lord Penranrsh;tirecet'ved the hdlowitig teirl
graphic despatch from General Sir William Codrlog-
too, dated 18th November:
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" A my heavy explosion of a store of powder at
the French siege train, took place about 3 p.m. yester-
day. It communicated firs to our siege train close to it
where then was no powder, but somas naval live
shells most of which were removed, bat the loss of
lib and damp done is considerable. Tbe
great explosion threw shell over the comp of
our siege train and huts of the lit Brigade,; being
entirely damaged, bat not by fire i all offioers and
msn were on the spot at once, end worked with good
will and energy, and I maw all Ws when I
quitted at 7 p.m. Killed—DeputrAisistant
a■missavy Yelloe, ILA., and 91 aon•commissioned
Ames sod men wounded. Lieut. Dawson, RA..I
lest his leg below ble knee. Lieut. Roberts
dangerously in the era'. Lieut. &oleo and
Amiable ' —An Road*, 2nd Battalion Rifle M-
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slightly; 118 brigade commissioned officers and
mos, of whom 47 slightly. Mitring 4 rank and file.

'The following telegraphic despatch (says the
Manilaw of this morning) has been received from
Marshal Pelissier, dated Sebastoyol, N0v.16, 6 p.m.:

"Oar park artillery (wiled Park of the Mill) near
lokermann, was partly destroyed yesterday at
4 o'cicck in the afternoon by the explosion of three
moveless, containing altogether 30,000 kilogrammes
of powder, 600,000 cartridges, 300 ohaved shells
and other projeetlles.
"The ignited materials, hurled to a distance,
mused a violent conflagration in the English park
next to oars and there also partial explosions kat
place.
"At 6 o'clock the English and French workmen
were masters of the fire.

*Ow lass easeiste of 30 killed, including 2
aloner and some hundred wounded, among whom
are 10 aims.

"However sad such an event is, we toast con-
'Waist* ourselves that the eousequesess have not
been more serious and disastrous.

"I am not able to state the louse of our Allies. I
believe they are abort the ease as our own.
. .

" As nearly always happens in similar eases, it is
dilliselt to rfflertaia the came of the first explosion.
"This is certainly a Top lamentable accident;
bat our stores are so considerable that the resources
of the army are sot is the slightest degrc 3 effected
by it.'

At haltiplet tea *Week is the erasing of Bentley (Nov.
4) lois MsOlt, defreed to residue the stately end anti
etitployis, oleo the body of the merekeeta et the cif, of
Odessa, who had thoespylsess of presestileg tem& 'seinen
to hie Majesty.lo Majesty the Emperor coadeserodoi to
Ihrosour with a giesioss reception all the penes, who mere
pretested Whim, aid expressed to the body of Merchants
his entire rellasee on the Most High that He will 014 a
happy issne to this war raised against us by nations whom
we hove mastaatly smiths' with . our bread, sad Iticcaa-
elation that after the cosension of au honourable peace the
commerce of 04110 pill femme is original importune.
At 11 o'clock leis Majesty the Emperor west to th
Ii no-
e ea-
**dill At the thsethald of the temple, Mossigsor
net, in presentieg the cross end the holy water, addressed
some words 101 l of usetica to his Majesty. Hie Majesty
assisted at the divine once celebrated by the Archbishop.
At one o'clock in the afternoon his Imperial Majesty
west out of the city upon the gnat plain, which formerly
served as a hippodrome, sad where the troops tattooed at
Odessa are now assembled, seder thecommand of Aide. de-
Camp-General Laden. There are sow under arms four
battalions of infantry, three regiments of cavalry, four ar-
tillery batteries, and eleven cohorts of moveable militia of
the (comments of Moscow and Smolensk. His Majesty
weed these troops in review, which defiled first in platens
arid they is columns.
The Emperor than visited the military hospital established
In the former natitete of the fivitoiwillis Nooks of (Meese;
also the Hoiyital of the City; the Emperor eesdaoseded
to kindly interrogate almost all the oaten and soldiers
can their wooed.; addressing to emh SOON words of ea-
engagement and seasolaties. His Majesty them visited the
Gout batteries from Pimples to the mole of the Quarestine.
His Majesty was desirous also of visiting the hospice of the
Sisters of Charity, where, ansospt others. the military
dangerously wounded ere surrounded by the matte of ,
a charity whisk le truly elided's; bet time, to the great,
regret of his Majesty, would sot sitar Alm to We this
wish.
At five o'clock is the aftersoos the priseipel authorities
were invited to his Imperial Majemem table.
In the sassing, two military beads assembled before the
house eampied by his Majesty, and performed acme beautiful
moreans, while the erowd thronged the walks of the beak-
verde. At nightfall the city was illeulaated.
At 8 (Nock la the morning of Monday, the 6th, hie Ma-
jesty, theonspelled by his Greed Ducal Highness the Duke
de MeeklenbergEtrelita, quitted Odessa, for Naolaieff, is
perfect health. Prayers for his Majesty's safe journey were
*fared by his Eminence the Archbishop Unmet, is the
Hie Majesty the Emperor kr, repressed 64 oomplete
eeksmdedgmeste to A.D.C. Lieut.-Gee. Strogesoff,
tea
maw illoosod of New Rivals end Bessa•shis, for the
wlm meemies taken dieing the presence of the
mareers Ames fa the road of Odessa, also his im-
perial satiatedlim to Llestasest-Geseral 'Dunstan (2),
Military Gleam of Gaya. Maim-General Shoottae, (1)
rOommandee of the City of Odessa ; to Von-Tobudy, for-
merly Impeder of the Quarantine of Odessa, and now
'Colossi of the X .atchatka regiment of Chessman ; oleo to
Amodio:sky, Muter of the Pollee of Odessa.

The following are the remarks addressed to the
Csar by the Archbishop in the cathedral, referred to
in the above
Pious someelga, thou bast mangy put on the mown of
thy eametors, whoa it km Flamed Provide's* to surround
it with *NM OW bodily eyes are not accustamed to tell such
ea Greenest sparkle of the head of kings, hut the oyes of
faith see in it, wits piety sad motet, a twaveetr of the
crown of Christ. Ilia it eat hem, is fare, seek crows' that
the most pious kazoo and prison ham worn slam David,
ehosaphat, Constantine, Vladimir the Great, until Dimitrii,
oar hero of the Doe, sad flashy thy patrea, Alameda
Newsky ?
" Have courage. and let not thy soul become week at the
eight of these maskieg breeds," said the prophet to to.
warrior king, Akeks, whet the two klegdoem of Israel
and Assyria united against him in an unjust Iwrir. How
closely do Oleo words of the prophet apply to us and our
enemies! This unhappy France ! Is she not is truth the
bread which for half a 'mutely km tarried ire throughout
1 the entire ! And the prated, bat today abased sad
jeopardised Brittle ! What is she, if cot the other brand,
1. which, after bong extiagaisbed for two °eateries, mean-
meets to smoke is the midst of 'yawning gulf ? And we alto
will say with the Prophet, " Let not thy soul grow weak at
tits sight of them two smoking breads loofas as !",:At a site
from the Most High the *Lade abate, sad the rate falls to
fertilise our fields. These breads depart, and Russia, pro-
tected by God, mows itself for the joy of her Mist, sad
for the well-heiag even dim sera armies.
Eater, them, 0 pima devereige, the temple where thy
signet father lately seam la the depth sit the eight to raise
towards Heaves his *oaks few baring escaped the tempest
and shipwreck. Eater, sad la thy tarn raise with us thy
prayers to the Icing of Map for Um caseation of the
tempest whist' now rape both epos sea and lead. May
Heaven great that this temple say pis see thee hassling
before God, tat them *sly to reader askaowledgmeets sad
to give thanks. Amen.

A cot respondent of Le Nord, writing from Odessa,
oomplains that the amount in the °Sold journal
gives& very imperfect idea of the enthaebient created
amongst the inhabitsets of the city by. the visit of
the Emperor. He adds that a Russian merchant
having observed to hie Imperial Majesty that the
restoration of an honourable peace—but only an
" honourable" peace—was all that was desired to
complete the prosperity of the city—the Emiworor
replied, " Who is there that does not desire such
poses P I more than anyone else.'

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

Vim ova owx 001111111PORDIST.)
PARIS, MIXDAT Evixxxo.
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Yesterday a dinner was given by the Prefect of
the Seine, at the Hotel de Ville, to the Prince Napo.
icon, the Imperial Commission of the Universal Ex-
hibition, the international jury, the foreign commis-
sioners, sad the exhibitors who bad obtained the
principal prises. Covers were laid for upwards of
450 guests. At dessert the Prince Napoleon, in pro-
posing as a toast " the City of Paris," said :
It is a high honour for me to have directed the Universal
Exhibition of 1866. sad thus to have fulfilled the mission
confided to see by the Beipsror. The relations which I have
formed with the szhibtters, the jury, end the foreign tier
saissionem will ever remain engraves on my bent, and I
shall think myself well rewarded if they, in return, feel for
me as I de towards them ; sad if all who have competed at
the Exhibition retain men resombroses of the part that I
have tali, s in the gvenadwo-k. The sity of Park has
received its foreign visitees with a sable hospitality. Ors
of the glories of the Govensseat of Napoleon 111. is to
have rendered our capital worthy of its guests. I always
feel a deep emotion whoa I fat myself is this Hotel de
Ville—this magnilleest. this imposing palms of edam.
associated with so many reselleation. I propose the City of
Paris—the heart of Frames, sad one of the mattes of the
latelleetual world.
After their dieser there was a concert in the

drawing•Tooms, where the guests joined an assem-
blage of ladies whose absence at the banquet bad
t :en regretted.
The Monitor states that the military concert
announced yesterday did not take place on account of
a " misunderstanding.' It seems that the manager
bad obtained the cosset of General Regnante de
Bt. Apply, the commandant of the Imperial Guarde,
that the band of the Guides should perform, but he
bad forgotten to apply to Colonel Fleury. the colonel
of the regiment. Re Mt "Heated. and &nag& as
be bad a right to Ash to take ossnisaass of a lam
gives by the gessesl, of which be bad no °facia
bowled..
home Polish yahoos resident is Paris lately formed
a project fee Wog* est a sew journal is the Fess&
lugs's% bet Oreursaest has refused the authorisa-
tion which the present law sequins, and the memo
le demential abearnereed.

The labsetudiead Assordetios, for the uniformity
of wsights, siosera, ant mosey, bald its third
dt-
tu yesterday, la one of the TOM of the Palate de
rfedwdrie. In the absence et M. Rothschild,' the
dude yrs talon by IL Arum (Portugal), IMaister of
State, sad kmacky Minister of Flamm Altar