The Press.
London, England, 1856-04-26 00:00:00

MARSHAL I'ELISSIER'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF
PEACE.

Marshal Pelissier announced the conclusion o f
peace to the army under his command in the follow-
ing Ordre du Jour :

Soldiers !—The Emperor said but lately to your com-
rades, " You have deserved well of your country ; " you, I
am certain, will hear in your turn the same words from that
august mouth.

Soldiers!—By yoar energy, your resolution, your heroic
constancy, your indomitable courage, you, in common with
our brave and faithful allies, have conquered peace for the
world.
I have some right to say so at the sight of so many fields
of battle watered by your blood, witnesses of your calm
self-sacrifice, and from which your glory has each time
risen more radiant and beautiful and crowned your su•
blime efforts.
You are about to see once more your country, happy in
your return ; happy in a glorious peace--a peace signed at
the cradle of an Imperial child. Let us be penetrated by
this augury ; let us see here a new mark of the Divine
protection ; and, if it be necessary, one motive more for
the accomplishment of all our duties towards the Emperor
and the country.
At the General Quarters at Sebastopol, April '2, 1826.
The Marshal Commanding in Chief,
A. PELISSIER.

THE RUSSIANS IN CAMP.

The intercourse between the allied armies and the
Russians is being extended :

There have been some unlawful expeditions made by
sundry officers, from the rank of general downwards, across
the Tschernaya to Mackenzie'e Farm and the north forts.
It is stated that passes will not be required for officers, and
there has been a great deal of fraternising between the
Russians and English. General Codrington, accompanied
by Admiral Fremantle and Colonel Harding, Commandant
of lialaklava, proceeded to-day in a steamer towards Yalta,
to enjoy the beauties of the coast. M. Androffsky, Aide-
de Camp to General Ldders, paid a visit to head-quarters
to-day, anti rode into 13alsklava and back with General
Windham. On Sunday a high mass will be celebrated by
the Russians at Mackenzie, after which ther will be an
open air ball, and many English and French officers have
been invited to be present.
Already some officers have penetrated to Baktchi•Serai,
and have returned with alarming accounts of the price of
eatables, dritikables, and accommodation. Porter, 20
francs a bottle ; champagne, 35 francs a bottle; dinner and
bed a small fortune. There are some very hospitable fel-
lows among the Russian officers, and they give and take
invitations to lunch, dinner, anti supper very freely.--Times
tar., April U.

The Russians have at length come over in round
numbers to the allied camp, and fraternised in real
good unwholesome earnest. The men are a dirty,
greasy set, and appear to infallibly get very drunk in
honour of peace:—
The great objects of attraction here to-day were the
Russians, who crowded over the Tschernaya, and wandered
into every part of our camps, where they soon made out
the canteens. By one o'clock there were a good many of them
"as soldiers wish to be who love their grog." A navvy of
the most stolid kind, much bemused with beer, is a jolly,
lively, and intelligent being compared to an intoxicated
" Ruski." They are the image of the men in Noah's ark—
] mean that popular article constructed at Nuremberg for
Young Europe—stiff and angular, and when they full down
it is done with a jerk and a rigidity worthy of Richardson's.
Their drunken salute to passing officers is very ludicrous,
and one could laugh, only he is disgusted at the abject
cringe with which they remove their caps, and bow, bare-
headed, with horrid gravity in their bleary leaden eyes and
wooden faces, at the sight of a piece of gold lace. Some
of them seemed very much annoyed at the behaviour of
their• comrades, and endeavoured to drag them off from the
canteens, and others remained perfectly sober. Our
soldiers ran after them in crowds, and fraternised very
willingly with their late enemies ; but the Russian officers
seemed to hold with the French rather than with ourselves.
Towards evening the banks of the Ttsehernaya presented a
curious appearance at the fords. The boon companions,
French and, English, were shaking hands end bidding most
affe2tionate farewells to their Ruski comrades, who had to
cross over before the rappel. In places this was easier
said than done, for the only mode of crossing was on balks
of timber, which looked double to their vision, but in
reality were narrow enough for a sober man to find some
difficulty in crossing; so ever and anon the Ruski tumbled
off amid shouts of laughter, and was pulled out half
drowned. A grim guard, with fixed bayonets, envious
probably of the }savoy condition of their comrades, was
waiting for them at the other side, and the bank was
patrolled by Cossacks, with ropes, all ready to tie up any
" incapable " and take him homewards. Down they came,
staggering and roaring through the bones of their country-
men (which in common decency I hope they will bury as
soon as possible), and then, after elaborate leave-taking,
passed the fatal stream. General Codrington was down at
the ford, and did not seem to know whether to be amused
or scandalised at the scene, but I have no doubt he will
take steps to prevent any such exhibition on the part of
our men. The navvies have found their way across to the
caves, and some of them have established such friendly
relations with the Russians that they have been allowed to
see the chapel cut out of the rock, which they describe in
terms of great praise ; " It's sal gould and coot glass."
Some Russian engineers have gone over the allied works.
They will learn little from them. The French have filled
up all their trenches in front of the Malakoff. Our men
are removing the wood and gabions front the batteries and
the Redan, and these now constitute our principal articles
of fuel. They are placed in the divisional commissariat
stores, whence they are served out to the regiments.—
Times cur., April 6.