The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-01 00:00:00

THE WAR.

A letter from Bucharest, of the 6th, in the pan
nays:
A sensation curious affair has
occurred her*, and has created so Fear persons wearing masks, but whose apply,
sate inaicated that they belonged to the hisher aim&
waited two days age os Mr. Colquhoun, the English
ocik'.
sal. Oa being introduced to his office they onot,,
dosed the door. Ile et first thought they were 444-i4
maskers ; but they produced a number of papers and pro.
seated them to him. Amongst them there was a complow,
drawn up in strong terms, against the adatinistratin of,
Prince Barbey. Mr. C3lqui.oun begged of them to Nis
of their make, but they refused. When they left be
4.
amined the papers and found that they contained some 4,7
curious details.
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The Danube of Vienna says :—" It is affirmed here to
well-informed quarters that the instructions of the Pone
for the intended conferences are of a very pacific character
The Porte demand. a war indemnity of 600 minima
of
piastres (about 125 :millions of francs), and renouttere
idea of en augmentation of territory. As to the gnelyee
of the guarantees, she haves the appreciation of them tattle
,
' A letter from St. Petersburg, 17th, in the Conti,
tutionnel, save :
The Grans-Duke Constantine has lately paid eeleril
visits to Cronstadt, where military works are in coon, of
execution, and several new batteries being congruent.
The Czar himself has also made several excursions there, is
order to satisfy himself that the armament of the forts to
and round St. Petersburg is being proceeded with. Those
forts are those of Peter-Paul and Schlipselbourg, to the welt
of St. Petersburg, and lambourg and Norgorod. Nothing
has been neglected on the side of Austria, between
Volhynia and Gallicia, in order to complete the
neceisary preparations. Among other works going anis the
arming of the fortress of blichalogrod, and the grimed
which will probably serve aa the theatre of war boa been
carefully yed and fortified with earth works. For thie
purpose, all the militia between Mobile* and Witepak bar
been provided with shovels and pickaxes, and set to work
the ground in those districts being clear and open. Thernoi
important fact, however, which I have to communicate, is
the decision came to that for the future the naval fora of
the country is not to be increased by new sallies vessels, bat
by steamers only. In order to realise this measure, the
Czar has ordered the organisation of two new corps of
sailors, constituted in a military manner, a!thongh they are
to be composed of civil engineers and workmen intended for
the service of steam engines. The eff.ctive strength of
these corps is not yet fixed, as that cir:umstance will be rep.
lated according to the number of steam vessels; but teem
formation, as well as their organisation, has been already
approved the Czar. One division of these men is to be
sent to the Black Sea, and the o:her to the Baltic; and the
whole wilt be under the orders of the Minister of the Nadu,
the Grand Duke Constantine.
Our correspondents have lately mentioned that new
and very heavy requisitions had been laid on Poland
in consequence of the war. A letter from Berlin, ie
the Constituttonel, gives the following details on the
subject :
It may be remembered that since the cammencement of
the war the Russian government hes ordered the landed
proprietors in Poland to supply considerable quantifier of
corn, meat, and other articles necessary for the support etas
troops stationed in that kingdum. These alts have been
repeated three different times, and in certain didriets of tha
country all articles of consumption have been literally
hunted. Notwithstanding this state of things, there
is said, been just transmitted Irons St. Peterahuig laths
Governor-General, Cawat Rudiger, a fresh requisitioe,
ing on the Polish landowners for further sappliet,
times more considerable than the former ones. A forced tom
nu also been ordered of 15 silver roubles a head (or all the
population of the kingdom. This news bas produced a
painful sensation among all classed of society in the coseby.