The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-23 00:00:00

'FORTIFICATIONS

OTCHAKOFF.

we have this ineeniag received the following com-
munication from the Admiralty:

•' ADMIRALTY, Oct. 23.

" The followiog telegraphic despatch has this day
Ilium: received at this ofilos from Rear-Admiral Sir B.
11
ILyme :

'" Orr TIII MOVIZ or TEE DlllllO3l, OCT. 18.

" , This morning the enemy blew up his fortifications
on Otehake Point, mounting twenty-Wee gnu,
1 which were assailable by our mortar vases.'

THE EXPRESS. TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 23, 1855.

" Bp annbialag this basis with that of the RatiousUtp
tbbleips, es that the eorapeesatiou to be paid to Dement
night be salseloted, fee the tree Sound dues, aosordiag to
the =miming the goods, wording to the direst imports.
dons or monodies of sash state, in seeds having pawed
the wafts of the Sound and the Belt, and ter the light-
house dose, soserdieg to the Bag, a more just and equitable
solution of the difilwalty would be arrived at."
Saab is substsatlslli the samoreadurn seseespaoyiag the
deepateh of Oet. 1. Of the two sneezed tables, one gives
the automat of the dues levied In the Sound and the Belts es
the vessels of each of the states is the years 1861, 1862, and
1863 ; the other the amount of the does levied on the goods
Imported into the Bale or exported from that ea.

The Austria's Gautie, after describing the emotion
caused at Odessa arrival of the allied fleets,
announces es that theconsular body had addressed the
following note to the admirals of the combined fleets :
" The presence of the allied fleet in the roadstead
of Odessa gives rise to the apprehension of a bom-
bardment. Consequently, the undersigned, consuls-
general and consuls, consider it a duty to direot the
attention of their excellencies the admirals to the
dangers to which a bombardment would expose the
lives and property of their respective fellow-country-
men. The undersigned take the liberty of reminding
their excellencies that the town of Odessa gives
shelter to a crowd of foreign families, subjects of their
sovereigns, and that the greatest part of the moveable
and immoveable property belongs to them. They
venture, therefore, to hope that their excellencies will
exempt the town from the disastrous effects of a
bombardment."

THE TURKISH CONTINGENT.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Ocr. 11.
On the Bth inst. a telegraphic despatch arrived at
the British embassy at Therapla, ordering the em-
barkation of the Turkish Contingent to be discon-
tinued. On the 9th inst. another telegraphic despatch
arrived, ordering that portion of the Contingent which
still remained in camp near Boyakdere to be held in
readiness to proceed to Hertch immediately. We
cannot say positively bow many contradictory tele-
graphic odes have been received by the commander
of the Anglo. Turkish force since the 9th inst.
Within the last month be must at least have received
fifty despatches from the Crimea or from London,no two
of which agree. The Contingent was at first ordered
to proceed to Bupatoria. The village of Buyukdere
was instantly thrown into the moat violent commo-
tion. Aides-de-camp galloped frantically up and
down the quay, and made their horses plunge and
curvet in a way that filled every bosom with delight.
Then there was an unearthly sound of trumpets
and rattling of drums, and bewildered detach-
ments of Turkish soldiers poured in from the camp.
On board the transports there was a heaving-up of
anchors, steam shrieked out of the funnels of steamers,
boats came dashing up to the beach, and hoarse voices
roared out " to stand by," and "give way with a
will." All wee commotion on land and sea. " Tell
the men to fall in," says the general to his side-dc-
csmp. " Dike a les homnses de Comber ;Wane,"
rays the aide-de•camp to the dragoman, who trans-
latcs the order literally to the Turks. The him-
Nimbi asks the dragoman in a tone of wrath if he
wants him to eat dirt, and speaks disrespectfully of
the female members of the Tergiman's family. Then
a fresh order is given, accompanied by expressive
pantomime, and the men fall in, after having fallen
out, arid the embarkation begins. When half of the
heavy work is done a despatch arrives to say it was
all a mistake, and that the Contingent is not to
embark at all, but that it will certainly go some-
where on a future day. The whole of the pageant
then dissolves. But the general and his aides-dc•
camp give two or three supplementary charges up
and down the quay, and then, gracefully waving
their hands to the ladies who throng the windows,
they too disappear, leaving the world to darkness and
itinerant venders of mauhalibee.
This atone took place for the first time about six
weeks ago. But it seemed as if the representation was
to have taken place at Intervals till further orders, for
since then the nobility, gentry, and public of Bur*.
dere have witnessed very nearly the same perform.
anos about three times every week. One day, how-
ever, the week before last, the performance was con-
tinued longer than usual. The whole of the First
Division was embarked, together with part of the
artillery, and they positively sailed for Kerwin.
had sanely sailed when the usual despatch arrived
to say it was all a mistake, and that the Contingent
was not to go to Berta. The counter-order arrived
too lets, at boast as far u the First Division was am-
caned. As is their wont, in all oases of emergency,
the general and his aides-de-camp charged up and
down the village with the utmost ferocity. In this
brilliant affair one of the aides-de-camp was wounded
in the shoulder. His horse shied, startled by the
sodden cheering of a group of Greek children, end
Ehe gallant aide-de-camp was thrown.
General Vivian then started for the Crimea, where
he had an interview with General Bimpoon. He
satnened last Monday,and announced that the whole of
tbe Clentingent was to proceed to Kedah, with the
exesgdes ef the cavalry t and he had scarcely given
this ease when he started for the Dardanelles, to
beald-basoulcs.
inureconeequisse of the positive order given to the
Coodspet to proceed to Berta, Commissary-General
Adams has very properly made arrangements to
snare for the troops at least six months' provisions.
A despatch was received the day before yesterday
from General Cunningham, who proceeded with the
First Divides of the Contingent to Kertch.
General Cunningham says, in his report, that be
found at Kertch 5,000 French, 4,000 Turks, and 2,000
/English troops. The town is almost entirely in mine.
All that remained of the wood used in the oonstrao-
GeM of the homes—such as rafters, doom, dos—had
bun used by the allied soldiers for firing. The ea-
dem he describes as decidedly hostile to us, anwill-
lag. think properly recompensed, to render the
smallest armee. All the supplies intended for the
Csa meat arrive at Katch before the sth of
, at the very latest, as after that date all
elemilidos by ma is impossible. No supplies
MA be expested hm the inhabitants. Hones and
web they refired to hire. The water fur some dis-
tance from the beach is shallow, and therefore large
boats must be provided for landing the troops.
Such is the substance of General Cunningham's
report. It coincides exactly, not only with the
opinion of all the merchants of Constantinople who
were logged in the corn trade with Hertel and
Taganrog, but also with our own personal expe-
rience.