The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEUTRALITY.

[The writer of the fallowing letter has transmitted his
name and address.]
to THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS.
SlB,—Will you favour me with space in your
paper for a few comments upon recent statements from
the Martin reference to American ships?
The story that the ship Samuel Appleton, of Boston,
had landed a cargo of fire-arms at Port Baltic, which
makes its appearance every few dam was flatly contradicted
by the highly respectable owners of the ship as soon as it
reached America. The ship was cleared at Boston for a
port in the Baltic last winter. She was loaded with cotton
only, and had no firearms or goods contraband of war on
board. Her owners, of course, timed her departure for
the Russian port to reach there and land her cargo, if pos-
sible, before the arrival of the blockading squadron, and
succeeded in this perfectly legitimate business operation.
As their ship had a legal cargo on board, the story of her
narrow escape from capture is, of course, bosh.
The statement that a powerful screw steam-ship is now
buildiog at New York for the Russian government is also
an error. It is true, as your Copenhagen correspondent
states, that the Rued= government contracted two years
ego with an eminent ship-builder of New York for a scree
ship capable of carrying 100 guns. She was to be built
after plans furnished by the builder, and would doubtless
have confirmed his well-earned reputation. Before the
' keel was laid war commenced, and the contract was can-
, celled, or suspended. At all events, nothing has been done
towards her construction since the opening of the war.—
Your obedient servant,

Lord RAGLAN'S despatch of the 12th inst.—pub-
lished last night in a Supplement to the Gazette—
contains no allusion to the state of health in our,
army before Sebastopol. This is to be regretted, as,
unfavourable accounts on this head have been re-
mised in private letters. A considerable amount of
mortality is alleged to prevail, especially among
the raw levies recently landed. The regiments
which are said to have suffered most are represented
as being quartered in the immediate vicinity of Bala.
klava. This would seem to indicate a persistence in
that neglect of due precautions to preserve the health
of the troops, which has characterised throughout the
MlSlBagement of the expedition to the East. It is well Replying to some friendly expressions from the
known that new comers, and more especially young new representative of the United States at Madrid, the
soldiers, are more liable to disease than veterans and Queen of Spain on receiving his credentials observed, " I
those who have been some time in the Crimea. It is thew also,
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between
also known that the valley of Selektive is at this mo- Spainll and the United States" drawn closer; and and I di:not
mint an enormous retort, in which deleterious and pis- doubt that you will, for your part, contribute to that result,
tilential gases are continually being developed while which is equally advantlgeoua to the two nations—thereby
the air on the uplands further island is salubrious. seconding the desire which my government has proved It
Common sense would have dictated in this case that entertains of removing all canoe of difficulty with the
all new arrivals of young soldiers should be pushed government of the United States."
It is now said that the Marquis d'Azeglio will not
on to the interior as aeon as possible; and yet—unless
the statements in the private letters, to which we obtained no tof
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have adverted, be greatly exaggerated—even this future conferences relative to the Eastern question.
simple precaution has been neglected. That it has Lieut.-General Trotti, who succeeds the late Gen.
in reality been neglected there is too much reason to Alexander la Marmora in the Sardinian army in the Crimea,
fear, seeing how the soldiers in the Kertch expedi- has embarked at Genoa.
tion were despatched without (galas dabri, and ac. The following appears as an advertisement (printed
coutred with their suffocating stocks. in English), in the Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 17th :
The official accounts from the expedition to the translation
ltahtleoporess.maithdowßill beiarenadoyi fo.,rTsale
lastin a hfoeuwrs doal stli the
Soh of Azar confirm the reports which had re Life of the Emperor Nicholas 1.," containing a detailed
viously reached this country of the panic struck into account, derived from the most authentic information, of
the Russians by that enterprise. The soldiers who his Majesty's decease, and circumstantial extract from the
evacuated Anapa, and retreated behind the Kuban, Emperor's last will and testament, written by him in the
breaking down the bridge by which they crossed year 1844. Part of the profits arising from the sale of it
relief wounded
behind them, are said by the Circassians to have familieswil lir nairpriatid
thou who havet4the
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se of the
amounted to seven or eight thousand men. The topol. This account of the last hours of the Life of the
powder magazines at Anapa were exploded and the Emperor Nicholas 1., now resting in God, will be sold in
barracks burnt by the Russians before evacuating the St. Petersburg at the printing. office of the second division
place, and the Circassian* are said to have since set of has Imperial Majesty's Private Chancery, and at its Cosy
fire to the town to prevent its being re-occupied by laililiallen% vie." Then follows a list of names.
the enemy. We regret to be compelled to add that A few evenings since, a public "reading of the
the Allied Commanders do not appear to have any news"
took place in the Assembly Room, Coniston,
to
account
w(Coheoe srheior ea)
by. ToluseMoussooloroocaupieddthe chair, andTh the papers
intention of following up and turning
the advantages they have gained in that quarter. crowds", and theg news listened to with Wilson.
t atteentiona. will
Lord Rieman writes that two of the English Mademoiselle Rachel, it is expected, will visit this
regiments have returned to %lulu& Are country on her way to the United States, and perform four
we to Wee from this that the Circassian, are to be of her principal characters at the St. James's Theatre.
left unsupported P It is known, from Russian M. Boyer has sent home some of his receipts for
entrees, that extensive levies are being made among bivouac cookery now in U6O in various parts of the camp
before Sebastopol. Some of these receipts were printed at
the Cossacks of the Don and the Black Sea; and,
:head-quarters, and.
fhissruhedshforort distribution. Mr. M. Boyer ha
des times are held in check by the presence of
Ensnlssna troops, the Caucasian tribes may neon be, civilian wet, "who understands time,
b order to
it'll° a
driven back to their mountain valleys. Again we hospitaL J

AN AMERICAN READER OF T:
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London, June 25. 1855.