The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-29 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

• ST. PETERSBURG, Mae IS.
The short period that elapsed last year Mutt
the withdrawal of the Baltic fleet and the setting it
of the winter was made use of by the Russians far
effecting several changes in the stations of their Wel
forces. Thus five line-of-battle ships that had beta
stationed at Sweaborg were removed before thefts
to ,Cronatadt, and a large part of the gunboatsted
from Sweaborg to Rotahensalm. It was during tkii
manmuvre that an accident happened, occaustill
thqitotal loss of a war steamer, which has only sit
become generally known from the result of theme-
martial tieing published in the Karst Journal. it
appearp that on the 30th of October last year St
'two steam corvettes Diana and Lavizza (Lioaeu)kft
Sweaborg for Rotshensalm, having in tow the gill•
biiits of the first brigade of the rowing flotilla. Tes
hoar. atter their departure, whilst off the island d
Groacher, the Diana struck with such violence on
sunken rock that she immediately tilled, and welt
down.. in. deep water in less than ten minutes, TM
officers and crew had just time to save their fins
and take with them the books and papers of tko
steamer. All attempts to find the spot where sla
sank have hitherto proved fruitless. The cout-
martial which eat on the commanding officer lamb
hive bees fully convinced that the Diana struck at
a rock not laid down in the charts, and honourobil
acquitted him of all blame.
On Saturday lest Prince Metvchikoff arrived k
this city by the railroad from Moscow, and theta
da, had an audience of the Emperor.
In the present dearth of soldiers, which 4146'
sing to be most seusihly felt, the Emperor
favourably livened to a proposal made by the oorrt
seta benersl of Caucasus for embodying the irrtlidg
II seeps of Tartars and Bobyles• inhabiting the FP
vinous of Orenburg, Samara, Wiatka. and Pas
Count Peroffsky is empowered to organise audit
body the nomadic hordes of the Bashkirs and Tartar
of the Steppes into regular military colonies, et
each family thirty desastines of land belonging Wt
deniable of the crown.
Great complaints are made daily to the Minister 6
the Interior respecting the insecurity of therm'
which, in consequence of the blockade, aroused,.
more thee ever for the land carriage of natively"
duce for exportation from Prussian ports. lusa✓
strings of loaded waggons, several miles in kali',
are frequently met with on the road betweeu ic•
city and Koffnow ; and the facilities of parlciakl,
large quantities of the more valuable deacripticas
goods confided to their care is freely made the
of byt the carriers, so that the merchants have let
tioned the government to establish Dome kind
iI
trot, in order to prevent the recurrence of thimble
gularities in future.
Another party, consisting of eighteen sistersil
shanty, left this yesterday by the railroad to
Mar
sow, era rovte for the Crimea, where they have rot!
teered their services as nurses on the sick P.;
wounded in the hospitals. There are already 96 •
these ladies in the Crimea, no less than Go of trk#
we at Sebastopol alone.
The governors, and, military commanders of Pit
land and the Baltic provinces have received ories:.
declare the tistricti under their several commands P
a state of siege.
The Czar Alexander has caused the paMol
entitled" TlWllfit WISPS and Dying Words of t_,
Emperor Nichols." .td be translated into sew!,
Oriental lanjtuages and-rinted at the goveroloo'
alt
press.
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THE FRENCH AI ME OS. THE CILIMEA.-40111
to • mistime's% of somi.ollasiat /Ammeter, 182.000 tin
troopahaye been sent oat to the Crimea and Turkey!:
the ooninietteemint Oetlii2War. Of thus 120,000 On
&Venable ; the remainirgy zninsaer reprstents, bssidia
casualties and the &abit by ordinary mortality, tbo
and wounded now in kospiaaL

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FRANCE

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DINT ON 111 DAILY NMI.)
FARM, 1111011 DAT EVINIIII.

you will have WO in the Moniteur really glorious
aewe.—newsby far the most encouraging that we have
had since the commencement of the siege of Bebasto-
bey If General Pensisier goes on as he has begun he
will apaaaikp thiptip; pia immense reputation. Dee- I
pitches reporting !Rid and unexpected saocasse%
loch as the official j3emLoontuitts to-day, are jest
what am wanting to captivate the French mind. I'l4
eager public
.interest in the conduct of the ws&
It was not known here thlt----h NEN
expedition had been sent against K..rtch, and Wet
we know that the place is taken, and that we occupy
the Sea of Azof. Here is a grand result ; and if the
detailed accounts by the next mail report nothing to
aestraliss the favourable tenor of the telegraphic
despatches, the French will tot inquire why the Sea
of Asof was not occupied long ago, nor why the first
expedition to lit-rtch returned suddenly and inglo-
riously to Balaklava.
The Moniteur confirms in substance the news I
sent you no Saturday relative to the advance of the
Allied troops upon the Tchernaya. The despatch con-
veyisg this important intelligence is dated the 25th,
and has been kept hack for reasons which are not
apparent. It is the despatch which I told you on
Saturday bad then been received by the government.
The movement seems to be the commencement of the
new plan of campaign which I reported last week as
having been resolved upon. It is now reported that
& considerable force will be detached from the be-
sieging army to operate in the direction of Simphe-
topol. Each man will carry eight days' provisions
is his pack, and eight days' provision more will be
stored in the baggage waggons, so that the corp
detached on this special service may remain kr
severs' days isolated from its basis of operations.
I have reason to think that accounts have bees
received this very day of a new success in the preens
cation of the operations above indicated.
At the Bourse the Bente was not acrid upon to the
extent that might have been expected by the good
news from the theatre of war. The Bente, after open-
ing with a rise of only 45e., declined, and closed at
afire. 50e., with a rise of but 30c. The Lyons and
Mediterranean railway rose 271 r., and Eastern 20fr.
The other lines were very firm, but withciut any great
riot in quotations.

THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION.

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PARIS, MAY 27.
THE FIRST FREE DAY.

A cloudless d ty, Pentecote, and the attraction of
gratuitous admission, have produced a result which
Parisians have been anticipating throughout the week.
Under ordinary circumstances, the Champs Elysets
are crowded with shopkeepers, their wives, and chil-
dren, and with workpeople—all in the gay colours ot
Parisian holiday costume; but to-day these crowds
hays been strengthened be curious &nines, with their
noisy charges, drafted from the Tuileries, the Palen
Royal, and the Luxembourg; with hundreds and
tbouinds who usually partials* the Buis de Boa-
logo, or one of the Barrie,es ; and with a nrieoel-
laneous enactment of sightneers willing—at any
inconvenience—to take advantage of the Imperial
bounty. During the week various anticipations of
this tree day have been indulg-d in. People with
ufinished stalls have been anxious to strengthen
their barriers to keep crowds off. But these precau-
tions were not necessary, although the Exhibition
greatly needed a stimulant. The dreary, desolate
everts, under the five franc regime of the company,
17= d any visitor who wandered into them. This
was, I believe, remarked by the Emperor;
and on the beat occasion, when he inspected the pro-
ms& made, or rather the progress, that ought to have
been made, he was heard to say to one ot the autho-
rities, that if everything were not finished on a cer-
tain day he would turn them all out ot the building.
Both a move is expected by everybody —sod looked
forward to by most people who have watched the
wretched, shuffling, meanly commercial spirit by
which the representatives of the company have
baulked the liberal intentions of his Majesty. The
resignation of General Morin—considering the known
disagreement between him and the Prince. Pres-
ident—has surprised nobody. Other resignations
are believed to be impending, and are generally
said to be necessary. That of M. de Rouvilie would
be hailed on all sides with delight. He is said to
have shown energy; but only in making bargains for
his own profit. I am afraid to quote the figures
which are said to describe his Exhibition gains.
But to-day, while holiday folk hays been visit-
ing the building, he has probably been con-
sidering seriously the risk he now runic of losing the
sums he still expects. Everywhere you are informed
that the Emperor is &quoted with all the managers
of the palace and its dependencies—that the freedom
given to the people to enter to-day is only a foretaste
of a more liberal and permanent measure. Certainly,
die Emperor is not the man to let a tew jobberestaud
in the way of the national aucens which he had anti-
cipated from the Exhibition. I am now told that the
long machinery gallery will be thrown open on the
let of June; but, considering the state in which it is
at the present time, I can hardly believe in the peed
-
Nifty of admitting the public to it at so early a date.
The authorities have promised the English committee
to cover the roof with canvas before the end of the
month, but before that date I sin afraid we shall see
Madame Montanari's dolls running in a fluid state
about her cue, and the fine photographs by Thurston,
Thompson, and others singed to tinder.
This afternoon the hest in these galleries was be-
yield endurance. The Indian bazaars realised the
enchantment intended by the architect. At any rate
beat was not wanting. lam certain that more than
one visitor felt inclined to seek the shade of the
tempting umbrella in the central court.