The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-05 00:00:00

FFICIAL DESPATCH FROM THE ALLIED

CAMP.

Marshal Vaillent, French Minister of War, has
received the following report, dated Dec. 22, 18.54,
from General Canrobert :

" Monsieur is Marchal,—The bad weather has
been prolonged until now, with rare and brief inter-
vale of improvement; nevertheless we continue as
much as possible the work of enclosing the place
with our trenches, and although the rains make the
movement of vehicles difficult, all the siege works
are growing to completeness and consolidation.
"The two armies reciprocally assist each other.
To the English army I am indebted for the convey-
ance, by water, of nearly all the cavalry at my dis-
posal in the Crimea, and on my part I have placed
at Lord Raglan's disposal sumpter horses for re-
moving his sick to Balaklava, and teams for the
conveyance of his supplies. These exchanges contri-
bute to keep up excellent relations and perfect
cordiality between the two armies.

"Hardly a night passes in which our advanced
works are not attacked in a sortie of the enemy.
These attempts generally cost the assailants dear.
Yesterday, at 2 o'clock in the morning, the Russians,
after making a sortie against the third parallel of
the English, who vigorously repulsed them, made a
similar demonstration against the centre and left of
our works. Received with a very lively and well-
directed fire, they retired before our soldiers, who
pursued them with the bayonet. The enemy left a
great number of dead upon the field.
" In order to render the protection of the trenches

more efficient, I have organised a carps of volunteers
whose peculiar duty it is to reconnoitre the approiches
to our works during the night. This institution
completes that of the sharpshooters (francs-
tireurs) organised at the commencement of the siege,
and who do duty by day in our trenches themselves.
They have already done a great deal of harm to the
enemy.

As I have already announced to you, our works
now extend to the bottom of the Quarantine bay.
The enemy shows that he is not inattentive to our
progress on that side, and his gnus hotly dispute the
ground with us, where we are obliged, as we are
nearly everywhere, to dig into the solid rock. But our
progress is not the less real, and we remain in pos-
session.

" I have already informed you that the enemy has
withdrawn his left, and evacuated those points in the
valley of Balaklava where we had previously -sen
him in large masses. The day before yesterday,
wishing to ascertain the situation he had taken op in
that direction, I sent out a force consisting of a cavalry
brigade, under the command of General d'Allonville,
to reconnoitre as far as the village of Tchourgouna.
Behind the villiage of Namara they fell in with a
few hundred sharpshooters, whom they drove back
into the ravines. Some groups of cavalry, accom-
panied by their artillery, and a few battalions of
infantry appeared on the flanks of the party making
the reconnaissance, but they did not attempt to offer
any opposition to the operation of the latter, which
was most successfully executed.
"At the same time, I,ooofoot soldiers, Highlanders
and Zouaves, left Balsklava to the right of our
positions, and explored the heights that extend
towards the valley of Beide:L. They only met a post
of Cossacks.

"In fine, I think that on the left bank of the
Tchernaya the enemy has only a few soldiers posted
to observe our positions at a distance. A movement
has evidently been produced in the Russian army.
the probable cause of which is the debarkation of the
Turkish troops still going on at Eupatoria. I shall
soon receive positive information on this head.
"Although the number of the sick has slightly
increased, in consequence of the constant dampness in
which we live, the sanitary state of the army is
satisfactory, and the moral spirit of the troops is
perfect.

"Although the soldiers have been heavily incon-
venienced by the rains, there has yet been no cold
weather; the snow, which for a long time past has
covered the tops of the mountains in the interior, has
not appeared on the hill-plain we occupy, and the
thermometer has not once fallen below zero. These
general conditions are improved by the care we take
of our soldiers; and, thanks to the prudent foresight
of the Emperor and his government, the army enjoys
a relative degree of comfort that makes it gaily
support with a light heart its fatigues.
"The number of the sick in our military hospitals
at Constantinople amounts to 3,794, of whom 1,337
are wounded. Out of this total, 266 are Russian,.
I have established a convalescent depot in the Crimea,
near the Bay of Laratch. Here the men who leave
the army ambulances, and who only require a little
repose before they return to their duty, will have
their recovery promoted. This measure will diminish
our draughts to Constantinople.
"H. L H. Prince Napoleon, still detained at Con-
stantinople by the illness that compelled him to leave
the Crimea, wished to come and rejoin us. I was
bound to oppose this return, which compromied the
health of the Prinos.
" Accept, Bco., The General-in•chief,
(Signed) " CANROBERT."

THE VIENNA

The ilimileur of yesterday says a recent event has
brought out into relief the intimate union that the
treaty of Deo. 2 has established between France,
England, and Austria.
Prises Gortechakoff having expressed a desire to
enter into negotiations on the basis of the four gua-
rantees, the three courts consulted together for the
purpose of addressing to the Russian plenipotentiary
an identical answer that proves the perfect unity of
their interests and the complete harmony of their
views.

TUMMY.

(MOW TIN 001122SPOODENT OP TWO DAILY 1113WO.)
cosrrezamorui, Dao. $5.
General Caambert and Field-Marshal Lord Rag-
lan had demanded, you are aware, of the
Porte that Omer Pasha should head the re-

inforoements conveyed to the seat of war, with
a view of operating a diversion on the right
flank of the Russian army. To this the Porte as-
seated neceusrily without hesitation, and transmitted
to the finder the requisite orders to this effect.
Omer Puha, however, to the utter astonishment of
all,refused to conform to the instructioesof his govern-
ment, founding his objections on positive information
from the camp respecting the critical position of the
allied amnia, and his reluctance to take part in an
enterprise likely to result in absolute failure, and
finally demanded permission to return to the capital
and confer with the Grand Vizier on this important
subject. On the receipt of this utounding intelli-
gence the Grand Council assembled at once, and, in
pursuance of a resolution unanimously adopted, or
ders have been transmitted requiring the Turkish
Generalissimo to proceed forthwith to Sebastopol at
the head of his ozmingsnt, and there to expose to
the oommanderrin-chief of the allied armies his mo-

Lives and opinions—the Porte being no longer in a
position to modify a resolution which had been
adopted in common with them. These stringent or
den were yesterday forwarded to Omer Puha, and
which, it is hoped, will finally terminate this painful
little episode.

General Montebello, despatched, you are aware,
by the French Emperor on a special minion to the
camp, returned home by the Pharamond mail steamer
on the 21st inst., with important despatches and
information from the seat of war. During that,
officer's stay at Constantinople Prince Napoleon
had kept his apartments; but on the day subsequent
to his departure felt sufficiently well to visit his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and join
also in the evening the dinner party at the French
Palace. The ultimate intentions of the Prince are
not yet known, nor whether, in compliance with
the solicitations of the French Emperor, his Im-
perial Highness may not feel disposed to return and
resume his functions at the seat of war. A monastery
at Balaklays, in this contingency, had been furnished
with every requisite, and destined for the recep-
tion of the Prince and his staff, by which he would
have been placed during the winter months alto-
gether beyond the reach of accidents. However, if
report says true, the Prince has again applied for
leave of absence, on the plea of ill health; and in
case of obtaining the Emperor's assent, is resolved
to return home. This determination, it is to be
hoped, will in nowise damp the ardour of our
brave and indefatigable allies, nor affect in the
least the issue of this glorious enterprise. Add
lustre to their arms, or speed their soaring eagles in
the flight, is impossible, and still Napoleon in the
camp—that name alone is a bulwark, the war-cry,
and watchword dear to every soldier—the sum of all
that is great and glorious in military traditions.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, it is
also reported, is about to return home in a few days.
Two of his aides-de-camp, Lord Paulet and Captain
Clifton, are still at Missiri'. hotel ; but the Prince
and Major Macdonald, in consequence of the Sul-
tan's visit having been announced, were under the
necessity of shifting their quarters to the British
Palace. This ceremony accordingly took place in
the afternoon of the 23rd inst. I have not yet learned
the full particulars, but all is said to have come off
precisely in the same manner as on the late occasion
of the Sultan's visit to the French prince.
His Majesty, moreover, according to my informa-
tion, complimented highly the royal duke on his
heroic valour displayed throughout the campaign,
and which had been the admiration of the whole
army, and expressed with great feeling his gratitude
to Divine Providence for the prince's miraculous
escape in the late action.
The huts destined for our army are daily passing
up in British transports. The engineers also
destined to construct the railway from Bahaism, to
Sebastopol have also begun to arrive. I saw one of
them, Mr. Campbell, who started for the Crimea the
day after his arrival here, and told me that they had
with them all the materials and requisites for spee-
dily effecting that object.
The cholera is happily on the decline, and seven
deaths during the week was the sum total of the re-
port at the last sitting, 20th inst., of the Council of
Health. Among the victims, lam sorry to say, is a
son of Mr. David Glavany, an old and opulent
French merchant of this city, esteemed and respected
by all cloves.