The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-24 00:00:00

THE CRIXTUL

The Xeisedei Je rdrwttge pulls/we a IsAtiv, dated
fres before Sebastopol, 3rd January, from whisk we
Mile the hileming interesting entracte :
A her ale* alas, when osespistely dark, sad daring a
Wade' eats. the seatinek oa duty saw adthecing toward.
the lowa a seen ef these intrepid volunteers who are dirsig-
nelled In the Trielik army by the name of nsfiresperdsis,
besawie they devote their lives to the west daagerele eater-
CaTwo marebed at the head, one behthdthe other, at
pon dishes hem seek ether_ , and tads la their rear
thnlethe rewaheise of the heed, presided by an diger,
seined Issuer, et the TO Regimes et the Line. Bat the
menteall they gat beyond the Wendt esatinels, their mode
of Methane Issue meet theible, es the whole of them
threw themsethee fiat en the' Visual, sad erawkd
aloes Mina, a weed big whoa Their chief,
ea lid Zeman, hod taught rheas w eilweese I. this
messes. As use. es they boa Isla dews, they
steel& rearward in frost of them their musket as
far as they ma relish ; they then dreg thewaeives along the
growth to a line with it, sad le ea repeating this move.
Intel until they reach len them of destisation, keeping
themselves always ready tested up and meek on any enemy
that may some within their Teeth. The Mute they had to
follow wee a 'rooked the fee 11011 bed se leave on their
eight a would of torch ore,
whilliteswo Ruggles, were
is ambush. It woe set theirebieet to bow anything to do
with this poet of the earthy ; it inn seeemary to turn it,
sad glide between it and the ditch la ceder to examine the
enemy's works, and return without beteg 'boned. Before
eatenil the narrow space which sepesehe the ditch from
the Rosana pest, the doer left there 10019 then half of his
awn, and it they were discovered they were to fall on the
pot. He, with five or six determtaed followers, noosed
this doggerels passers, sad went sling the edge
of the Mesh. He fated oa the edge of it eh
de fries, made up of palisades of wood; he tried with
his beads the strength of these defences, and found
them arm in the ground, and solidly bound together. The
ditch wmen feet deep, sad the ram-water lay deep at the'
bottom of it. To fill up the ditch appeared fathomable, to
tear up the palisade* would .soapy too long a time, to barn
them would be beam The elatewsz de fens were hinted
together with sheen, wed if the former were burnt the
latter would rowan. It would be better to carry them off.
The night varies dark se cam be eaneened. A man• was
seen at a few peep hem the leader. Astonished at his ap-
e', the ithimegewled gently swards him, and toned
rialsrst: be OW 0/16 ewe sea. The diem avatiened to ad-
visee* when suddenly be war stopped by a trench, sad be
headily* sound of shovels and manes, workmen talking,
sad guards walking with then feet la the water. What
were they doing ? They were preemie" a mine. He
marked the spot frees whoa it started, and the dietetic,* it
took. The rain .stinted falling, end the exploring
party could sot do 'myth's, feet g the dealt of a
cannon might betray them, sad the dicer gave the
sigaal foe retreat ; they followed the game route
which they afield readily discover by the marks of their
bodies on the muddy grated. They again passed ant the
poet of the limethe soldiers. The latter, hem the darkeses,
did sot see that death was at a few paces in their rear.
All of them might have been killed er taken prionen, but
the French party bad other parte of the works to incap-
acity', and the ethane of the *steepens was worth more
than the destruction of ten Russian molding. After having
finished their exploring, the officer and his party rejoined
the men they had left behind them,aad who rosined lying
in the mud. Nothing new, mes eats.. ?" whispers the
°herr. Nothing," was the reply. " Thea let us return."
and the twenty brave men repassed our sentieels in the
saute silence. Oa the following night them same men ad-
vanced and threw down the gabions, which ineoevegieneed
oar troops, made oae Russian prisoner, mad brought
away several bags of powder. One at them was
hit by • ball in the foot. . . . The other day
a Russian thither presented himself at the point
where our trench ends; a lag of tree* was hoisted, and
the works and the firing on that point were immediately
suspeaded. The Russian advanced, and the thither of the
guard went to meet him. and received from him • letter for
' the Oeneral-in Chief. The Ready+, who spoke very good
French, asked the latter how we tore the severe weather.
We care nothing about it," wee the reply. The Russian
ohne said, "For our parts we are much annoyed wi•h it."
• Everything was carried on with great courtesy. Bunnell
, the interview the vedettes of a Russian concealed pest, at
' 160 yards from our trenches, showed themselves to oar sot-
' dien, and stinted them very politely, which was as politely
, returned. Whoa the officer had takes his departure, and
the flag of truce was down, the firing recommenced, and in
' a few minutes after the mooches, such is the seas given to
I the balls by 091 men, whistled about the ears of the work-
men. In wee, at • liven signal, men salute each other;
at another, they kill each otter; such are military habits.
I . . . In pushing on the first parallel towards the suburb
of the Quartette* catacombs were discovered, separated one
from the other by partitions of rock ; they were taken to be
' the cells of a =mastery. One of them contained a quantity of
, bones and skulls—but only those of sheep ! Incase of need
, these places might be converted into depots for powder,
' which would be out ef danger of shells. The suburb of the
Quarantine, which was recently abandoned by the Russians,
, has hi en entered by our soldiers. The houses are clean and
whitewashed both outside and inside, but they have all an
implement smell, similar to the inside of Turkish bonne.'
; Reim the furniture is impregnated with it. All these houses
had been cleared out, and it was rare that we found a bed
or a chair. Then were kitchen gardens round the house*
where vegetables are still growing. In going through thial
fauboing it is necessary to carefully select one's road, as it
I. fully commanded by the Quarantine Battery, about 30
yards distant on the other side of the bay. Ae=
the most positive informatios,eledgieg cannot be
• fa the Crimea, or even on that part of the steppes bleed
Perekop, as a permanent sad regular mode of -thaveyeans,
, becalms the mow does not long retain the Deaconry degree
of solidity. The Russians cannot, therefore, rely cm
• sledging in the Crimea, and they can only make use of it for
a certain distance beyond Perekop. There is nothing to
is-
, theme the arrival of the two Remise divisions which have
' been recently directed towards the Crimea; they mast have'
met wish eseriderable obstacles on their march, in cons.-
; queasiest the seise. On the other heed, the country offer-
ing me eseseesse for feeding the hones, the greater part of
' the RAW= snaky appears to have Mired on Perekop.