The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-28 00:00:00

THE FRENCH WOUNDED.

(From yesterday's llosi(eyr )
PARIS, San. 26.

The Minister of War has received, from the In-
tendant-General of the Army in the East, the follow-
iog report:

SEBASTOPOL, 81,T. 11.
Monsieur le Pdarechal,—The glorious day of the Btb

caused to enter our ambulances 4,472 wounded French-
men, 212 of whom are officers. In addition to these
we have also received 1,664 wounded Russian,. It
has needed all the activity, experience, and devo-
tion of the staff placed under my orders, properly
to perform the duties which have devolved upon them in
this wholly exceptional cue. The removal of the wounded
was accomplished with all the promptitude it was possible
to use, in the cease of trenches ploughed up by a storm of
projectiles. Since the Bth about 3,000 men have been
brought in. At the left attacks, where the ground allowed
of our sending the litter•mules almost to the very place of
combat, the removal was most rapid ; It wu far more diffi.
cult in deep and almost inaccessible ravines on the
right. There the wounded had to be conveyed
oa stretclvn an enormous distance, and men to
bear them were wanting. When night fell, the
combat was still going on, and the last soldiers that fen
arrived at the ambulance at nine in the morning. By the
evening, notwithstanding their great numbers, the whole
of them had received their first dressing, and the most
urgent operations had leen performed. Our medical men
were everywhere; five of them, Mean. Didiot, Dags,
Huard, Darcy, and Ooinsrd, have been wounded.
We have at the present moment in our Crimean ambu.
lances 10,520 men, of whom 372 are officers. Our arrange.
mints are of the completeet description, and we send off our
drafts without harry, and with the utmost regularity. Fore.
Boeing the events that have taken place, I had caused the
number of the ambulances to be considerably increased by
bringing some from Kamiescb, where there had been in the
first instance en over supply. By means of these we were
enabled to remove 1,000 additional wounded after the cons
bat. These sick men amount at present to 1,600, who are
very comfortably lodged in barracks, where the service
will, I am sure, be properly provided for, thanks to the
viee•admiral commanding the squadron, who at my request
was so good as to send on shore and Voce at my disposal 12
naval surgeons before the battle took place.
Messrs. Bondurand and Le Cauchois-Feraud, intendants
of the let and 2nd army corps, lave admirably seconded me.
They had made the best arrangements. The health offieers,
the collective body of the intendants, the officers of adminis-
tration, the officers and soldiers of the baggage train, the
attendants on the sick—all have done their duty with the
most praiseworthy and perfect devotion ; and on this day,
so glorious for our army, the hospital and the administra-
tive service have worthily performed the task confided to
them.—l am, &a., BLANCHOT.

ITALY.

()YON OUR OWN

NAPLES, Si, 2e.
I have been frequently asked what are the role.
tions of Naples with Austria? They are of the wont
friendly—nay, rather of the most abject and sub.
emissive character. Every man here, of whom,
party he may be, holds this as an article of faith,
clear and indisputable ; hence nothing was men
obvious than to argue, from Naples to Vienne,
policy in its sentiments unfavourable teem*
the Western Powers ; and I have always in.
sisted on Austrian faithlessness simply from
the undisguised and hostile violation of net.
trality by this government. Where has the cop.
trary opinion ever been entertained except at Peril
and London? His Majesty is, moat undoubtedly,
counselled and directed by Austria, and for a long
time has accepted from her his programme regarding
his getters' and private policy. The too ostentation
coldness, the daily notes and messages between the
two courts, are to anyone in this kingdom a clew
proot of the desire which exists to conceal the jou.
many really binding them.
• As another evidence of this Austrian tendency, I
am informed that the deference, nay, almost the wee`
ship which is paid the Queen by his Majesty is hide.
scribable. It has happened that the council hubew
silenced in order to hear a sentiment of her Ma.
jesty's, and it is confidently affirmed that she arse.
cises a great and a peculiar influence over the police,
Campegna depending entirely on the Quell, ss
the director of police is supposed to depead
on his Majesty and his council. Evea in the hestof
politics what is due to the lady must not be forgotten,
and we therefore ab.tain from repeating much that
we hear, but it is generally admitted that such is the
irritation of her Majesty towards Neapolitans, that
she is impatient of a residence in the capital.
Another proof of entente cordiale is to be met with
in the removal of Signor Francesco Metzbourg, Owe.
seller of Legation in the Austrian Embassy atNaplee,
This young diplomatist was a great favourite
amongst the aristocracy of the country, and Ire.
quented the most distinguished families, where his
conversation was not always very favourable to the
acts of the government. By the court and his Ma.
jealy he was therefore looked upon with an unfriendly
eye, and the King complained to certain of the no.
bility that he had heard of phrases uttered by Sig.
Metzbourg of a reprehensible character. Immediately
on the arrival of the Archduke Maximilian, there
fore, Metzbourg received a hasty dismissal.
His Majesty, I think I informed you, has retired
to his palace—the Favorita—at Portici, where the
gardens will he opened in October for the public
games. An electric telegraph has been erected them.
The Count of Syracuse, who has always affected a
disgust at the policy of his royal brother, and played
the liberal,has lately formed the closest intimacy with
the King, and scarcely a day passes without their
spending some time together. The Hereditary Prince
made his appearerce at the fete of Piedigrotta, but his
weakly and suffering aspect produced a great impress
eon on the people.
The precautions of the police stem now to be cha.
racterised by another variety, and colours are iospented
with as lynx-eyed care as are beards. Special dine.
tions are given to all tee officials and servants of the
theatres to mark well not only the novelty and the
irregularity of the beard or moustache, but the color
of the cravat, it having been observed that many
persons wore cravats with the Italian colours. A
ridiculous fact, apropos of colours, happened on the
evening of the ith of September. A new cafe was
opened in the Vico Carminello, in the Toledo. Whilet
the people were taking their aorbettes an agent of the
police entered and ordered the cafe to be closed im-
mediately, threatening every one with imprisonment.
The motive for this despotic and oppressive act wM
a certain combination of colours on the walls and in
the furniture—a combination said to be democratic.
Even a woman's bonnet trimmed with red and green
ribbons has led to the imprisonment of several
persons.