The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-02 00:00:00

beitent, Lyra" who is a !Gilead power.
pel men, started sp, robed Mao :timelleiterariroPist
is betli hands the tbsesesolog bile, It it over
the parapet. What a osammt of seepsase I bat it
was goo. and all iistere was over. A mead
seared, elapsed Obit It selmbed the gonad ca the
opposite side when tits omission teak piles. The
men who saw the thing dos could hardly believe
their eyesight, and alai Mt snore after the shell
bed burst. Tom may basebe there was no want of
gratitude to their deliverer. An °Seer who also saw
the sereareses reported it to the geeleal, sad as an'
etanat of the traneactioo, with as names of the
witnesses, has been seat to Lord Raglan, I have
90 doubt the men will be rewarded. To
perform ea set of this kind requires the'
of many valuable soldier-like qualftiss
itoreclitt be courage, for the instant the shell is
it may explode, and the daring set would be
=l Immediately attended with the annihilation of the
perfonner. There must be presence of mind, for half
a minute's hesitation would destroy the chance of
noon& There must be an instinctive feeling for the
general good, for the man might better hope to secure
his individual preservation by other means. 1 trust
that some more lasting memorial than a U. gratuity
may be given to him. A short time ago a man of tie
19th Regiment received AL as a reward for brave and
distinguished conduct. The next morning he, and a
goodly number of other, were brought up primers
before the commanding ()filar. He had gone to the
canteen the night before, and 'treated' all about
him, until the five pounds were expended. The
gratuity only brought trouble on himself and
his friends, and what with the drunkenness and its
usual consequences, I should think, the reminimeenoes
of the emit were anything but pleasant. I could
not help contrasting the results of this man's bravery
with the feelings engendered by another kind of
encouragement in a Zouave, who was in our camp
yesterday. He bad been decorated for some act in
the field, and, pointing to his little cross, said, with
as amusing amount of rapture and attitudinizing,
▪ Ah ! I'd rather go back to Francs with that on my
breast than have the grade, even of captain, without
it. He had done something at the attack on the
Mameloa which led him to expect some further
decoration from the Emperor, and, moreover, the
poor fellow was under the pleasing delusion that he
was to get with it some sort of a cross of honour from
the Queen of England. I don't know what put this
idea into his head, and didn't ask him, a. I had no
wish to undeceive him respecting his prospects on
Rat score.
" I must tell you the reply of the soldier Lyons to
an dim who remarked, But didn't you teel the
weight, and think of the danger you were in from its
bursting before you got the shell ever P' ' The
weight!' said the man, wasn't conscious of feel-
ing any weight at all; and as to its bursting, I knew
I might as well be killed while I was throwing it
over as lying on the ground.' And I believe the man
s'lted what was perfectly true."

ST. PETERSBURG, Sings SO.
Prince Gortchakoff writes from the Crimea on June
27, that from the 19th to the evening of the 27th
nothing important had taken place. The fire of the
Allies spinet Sebastopol, he says, is weak. The
easel la making new approaches towards us, bat
we are preparing to defend our positions vigorously.

AT BIitYRNA.

(v.o •

SMYRiIA, Jolts 23.

When I closod my letter last Saturday, after giving
yes an assosat of the abduction of Dr. Maesaith, this gen-
Ileum was still in the hands of the beadittL Hs was
liberated, however, on Saturday afternoon, and arrived at
hems on Sunday, bat not until the robbers bad received a
neon of 60,000 piastres (*brut 4601.). His companion,
Mr. Maw' was also set at liberty, his ransom being only
601. He is ahorsedealer. Dr. Manaith's account of his week
with the banditti is • carious illustration of the state inn
shish misty may fall under a Turkish government, Weill.
Meat European osands, and • degenerate rice of European
settlers. A band of ten robbers is Haddad to carry off
respectable inhabitants from the outskirts of the city to the
sasuataies, defeat the Turkish force sent in their pursuit,
eaten • large ransom before their captive is gins up, and
Inman at lugs encouraged by success for renewed
enmities.
Dr. Manaith was carried off in the manner I before
described on Sunday evening. The band consisted of •
leader named Sinew, a well-known pinta named Moro,
and sight others. Oa Monday, when they gonad
they were pursued, they retreated into the moun-
tain, atter obtaining • donkey for the doctor, whisk the
.weer, ea old Turk, and his sou persisted in fellow's,. On
Tuesday morning they bead that the Turkish guards were
appending. Simon at ease appointed two of his band to
guard the captives, and advanced with the remaisieg seven,
closely emceeing %beanie's behind tress sad domes, until
within shot, when they gave • volley and wounded the
guard. The miserable hllows at case threw dew* their
arms sad led, end the robbers gathered up their ems sad
returned Hendon. The neat day, when coasealed near
• aping in • valley, the old Turk who prised
the donkey was discovered speaking to two vil-
lagers. Simon shot all three in cold blood, and
the others fired after the sou of the Turk, who escaped
during the confusion, bat mined him. The guards had
been withdrawn by this time, at the request of Dr.
Measith's family sad friends, sad after • series of aimed&
Eons • spot wee deed for receiving the ransom, and setting
him at liberty. This took plass at a small farmhouse, about
eight mile. distant from this town. The paella has ones
been roused up to offer 1001. for Simon's heed, end 301. for
the heads of any members of his band, sad a large body of
Turkish guards in pursuit, but it is thought that the
probabilities of sneer are not great. The reward is too
small, and the people have no faith that small as it it
would be paid if seised—for some years slam, when a very
large prise had been put upon the head of a robber, •mu
took tea compaaise, sad after a three weeks' hot ear
ended in destroying his prey. Oa his return, instead of the
reward, he was coolly paid eightenpeaes • day foe the time
be had been oat, end a similar sum foe each aids men.
It is to be hoped that the money faired by Dr. Meinsith
will be reclaimed from the Turkish goveramaat. The
French consul succeeded is a former sus in recovering the
largest ransom the robbers nee obtained, 3,6001. ; but our
iaterests hero are entrusted to • gouty septesgsaarian,whase
most energetic actin consists in seeding • report to
Lord Stratford at Constantisciple, who is far too high
ad mighty • person to tremble himself mush about
individual British interests. One thing oar countryman
has obtained for his 4601., and that is a map of me
signed by Simon and Moro, which will sorry him limbs
through ail the banditti of Asia Miner. Sulfa end Mae
bassadee. paella sad consul, guards end people are peouleak
bat simple of robbers and murderers eau give a esai mew
dust gees which is respected. Were it mot painful to capons
eaesessatrymea I might show how this state of things

has been euioureged by their awn pusillanimous send•ct
in yam gone by. They made themselves the aosompliose
of robbers, and must reap the bitter fruit' of their folly.
The British hospital hare is now nearly empty. Nearly
400 convalescents were sent to the Crimea this week, and a
large number of invalided men are waiting ter a ship to
take them to England. It k said that wooden buts are to
be seat for 600 more patients. Bow of the medical men
mesa to think this a good plan, and believe that Smyrna is
• good site for a winter hospital, bat the majority, as far as I
sea learn, brand it as an set of nanoe folly, mad ask, with
nisei reams, why, if huts are to be seat out, they en net
seat the other side of Ce•apatimeple. It is a•e guidon
whether a large building already earepied should be gives
up ; it is gaits another affair to enlarge it by b•ildings mat
from England, whisk might be Greeted in seam salubrious
spot wittin an easy disguise of the Crimea. Common tome
seems to have departed from the Wet-aloe.