The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-06 00:00:00

THE =EPA :—RUBELt/4 SOLDIERS,
NAVVIES, ke.

In a letter, dated Betakes. the 19th January, we
find the following passage The character of the
Res as soldier promote a serious study—at least it
dose so to me. Netwithstandleg the very strict eiders
which lifentchileff has issued to his soldiery, to
abstain from attacking or maltreating a fallen enemy,
the Buena private cannot refrain from inatinning to
set ue be was wont to do when fighting with the
Cirmadan. Bidden, the fiendish spirit within
him for the moment overcomes all scruples
about disobeying orders. and he cares only to satisfy
his &shags of revenge and bigoted fanaticism, which
the' work ' atoned him serves only to augment. On
the other hand, look at the Russia' prisoner. He
has become as quiet and docile as a lamb; he is
harmless, contented, and selhaerificiog, and fulfils
any little order or commission with faithfulness and
punctuality. This latter trait in the Russian prisoner
oar hospital authorities here appear to have detested,
as several of them have been and are still being
employed to attend the sick and wounded. What I
have said above refers to the Russian moldier generally
—of eourse, there are exception, as in every rule.
Different again from the postmen are the deserters.
These are all ran& of the worst description; they
are impudent, vulgar, and cunning, and great
thieves, pocketing with the greatest coolness any
small article that they thick they an lay hands
on without fear of detection, and denying
or accounting for the set in some lausible manner,
when detected. They cannot be employed in the
camp or in the trenches, either for heavy or for light
work, and are therefore generally pat into some
ship bound is ballast for some 'foetid' port, where
they are left to their own TIMOIVOIM Those navvies
who have arrived here, have not been able to set
about their work yet, for which they were sent out,
as the hard frost would very muck impede the laying
down the lines. They are at present down in the
trenches, shovelling out the snow, which in some
places has drifted to a depth of three to four feet.
Several sledges have been started, and their number
increases from day to day. They are a very simple
contrivance, and have generally been knocked
together by some of the Tartar population, or by some
of the prisoners.
, " The conveyance of the wooden huts is still
=tog very slowly, owing to the great want of

FRANCE.

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)arr OP 1111 DAILY DIMS)
PARIS, MONDAY EVIIIIIIIOI

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I am positively sewed today that the march of a
French army to the Rhine early in the spring is fully
resolved upon, and that the Emperor will take the
command in person. General Schram will command
the first division of this army, and Gemmel De Goyon
the second. Many other officers have already been
appointed to important commands.
It is currently reported that before going to the
Rhine the Emperor will pay his long expected visit
to London at the end of this month or the beginning
of March.

The following telegraphic despatch has been
received to-day :
Mazensuata, Faa. 6.—Two steamers, which left Con.
staatbsople, ens on Jae. 23, and the other ea Jan. 29. have
arrived here is the night and this morning. Veley-Pacha,
nominated Governor of Ermine, is replaced at the Embassy
et Paris by Mehemet-Bey, eon of Resebil-Pasha. The cur-
rents of water produced by the melting of the snow have
tine some injury to the earthworks before Sebastopol, but
the damage was promptly repaired. The whole of the third
division et the Frew& army have taken the place of the
English is the treaebee, and are eontinuing the work.. The
assalser &ebb now fit for duty before Sebastopol is from
IMOD ft 13,000, a vast number being in the hospitals and
matmlaafts. Lately, a thousand couvalsesent soldiers
ireach and English, left Constantinople to rejoin their
errs in the Crimea.
The Bourse today was very heavy, owing, so far
as I can learn, to rumours of the approaching march
of a French army to the Rhine. The Reote tell 76e.,
closing at the lowest price of the day, 87fr. 70e.
Orleans Railway fell 16fr.1 Lyons, 10!;.; and other
lines from 2fr. to 7fr.
The Univers announces the conversion to the
Roman catholic faith of the Rev. Edmund Ffoulkse,
of the University of Oxford, where he was nominated
Margaret professor of theology at Jesus College in
1853. The new convert, the Univers states, is about
to publish a pamphlet under the title of " One more
Return from Captivity, or my Submission to the
Catholic Church," in which he will explain bib
motives for leaving the church in which he had boss
brought up.
The Gazette de 11-asee relates a small miracle. In
a gammons of Dauphine a young man, on approach-
ing the urn to draw a number which was to decide
whether he should serve in the army or not, made
the sign of the cross. A burst of laughter from the
spectators was repressed by the sub-prefect and the
mayor, who both made speeches to the effect that
there was nothing laughable in the performance of a
religions ceremony at one of the most solemn mo-
ments of a man's life. They did not understand that
the object of the young man in making the holy
sign, was to obtain divine aid to put a number in his
hand which should exempt him from serving. Ile
did in fact draw the lowest number bat one. The
Steele observes that it is fortunate for France that
all inchoate recruits have not the same degree of
faith united to the same antipathy for military ser-
vice ea the youth in question.
The Siaete eulogises warmly the splendid and meet'
affecting spectacle presented in the British Rouse of
Commas on Friday last, on the occasion of the vote
of thanks awarded to General De Lacy Ryan". for
his brilliant services in the Crimea. Your content-
observes
Piriaorlig sad, Weak his a sight to be proud of the teas
who, entitled to sash imierge, receives it frogs lie klisee•
edemas is the fall pheitado of their esealitatianduesh=
pees. Osumi Immo wither gave way to a
estravapat geld., nor M espreesioes et mallellestisa sear
Oiled to himself. Covered with hamar himeelf, he vie&
cami the right of his division—tee seoseil—es a still
greater share of the wised gratitude, from the fast of its
having lest one-half of its number la mpaisieg
the Iturians in three different sagegosisats. Be
celled to the mosilestioa of the hoses that ea
iskaressaa this bents divieisa had ra&sorted dues it
several hours the visited ettaek of 60, at the seamy.
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so magailleent a mesh we would say that even is the mil.
imam is has sadeegenq the English assay has preyed
hssl as wonky ea ever le dime the crews of Mary wish the
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pleasure to as to see the lleiseaser who romlies la posses the
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allowed to the world *ma thee that the two gnat amens
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SPAIN.

MM. &Tinian and Means, at the sitting of the
Cortex on the 30th Inseam, gave an account of the
proceeding connected with the loan of 40 million
real. M. Rados, while declaring that the finances
were in a critical stain, declared that he necertheloes
hoped to triumph over all dielealties, with the help
of the Cartes and all pod cilium Nothing of
importance marred during thin sitting.

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