The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-09 00:00:00

f
atthhe uPI tirut:
dissolution of the General Intendanctehee
the General Committee of the Intendancy of th
Fleet, and the Committee of Accounts. and of Nivel
Constructions of the division of St. Petersburg, and
has placed the Commissariat and the Naval Construe,
Lions under the direct control of the Minister of M.
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Petersburg,t. oof A d Admiralty,"
raltyo.';
tits Constitutionnel, says:
During the last five weeks the Emperor has reviewed th,
44k and Pith battalions, as well as the artillery ae aye re.
News, which goon after commenced their march. De sot.
however, imagine that this is the only movement that
aa";
taken place in the provinces of the Baltic. We know ha%
that a greater activity prevails in the preparations of defeat.
than last year. By temporising for nearly six months ,
negotiations, the Russians have been able to gain the No
necessary to withdraw their troops from the distant cantle,
menu, and to organise ree.rvel on the necessary poiit;
Moscow being the centre, so that they have this
been able to overcome one of the greatest obstadal
to defensive operations in Russia—the fill
utgee
distance that troops have to be brought in order at
concentrate them is the frontier provinces. Three der
ago, the Grand Duke Constantine went to Crenated%
bet
has since returned. Ile there inspected the retention of
the flotilla of row boats, formed last year for the menet et
the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Being indefatigable to
his wish to justify the confidence reposed in him by du
Sovereign, the Grand Duke every day fives proofs of that.
tivity, both in the council and in his own department. Re
has just concentrated and simplified the man ntentent of tf.
' fairs in the technical part of the naval service, and finals
maintains his resolution to oppose all conditions of peat;
tending to limit the naval forces of Russia. The meow,
which arrive from Sebastopol, far from being so satiefacin
as the 'sprats of General Gortehaknff, announce that hat.
withstanding all the genius of the Russian general., kit
particatuti of Genera.: dlvben, the besieger, every a.,
advance closer to the foetid:alone sf the elec., The a-4
L before yesterday a courier left this for the held quarters of
G 1 Luders, commander in-chief of the army of aye
South, ordering hint to accelerate the concentration of kit
troops, in order t s paralyse the active co operation gave
Iris. If we succeed in retarding the participation dim*
in the was until winter, we shall be stronger by a whole
army composed of the last levy of recruits.
A letter from Vienna of the 3rd, in the Boman.
hulk of Hamburg, says:—" The extensive prepart,
dons for war lately made by Austria have, it is
produced a strong impression on the Russian di flt
matiats. It is positively stated that Prince Gotta&
koff has received new powers from St. Petersbarg,g
as to be able to make the utmost possible concetsioti
when once Austria lays down her ultimatum."
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A holograph will--or to follow the endorsement,
"the lest wtshes"—of the late Emperor Nichol%
I written in 1844, hate been published at St. Peter,.
burg. The following are the principal points of the
document: . . . _
..

The first clause is a kind of address to his family, Len
enumerating the various kinds of property belonging to tit
Empress, his wife, the Emperor expreeses a wish that he
I.:Nasty shall retain for her life the we of her swum%
in the different palac. s, and the clause conclude' u fol.
lows " The legacy wl.ich I bequeath to my children a
to love and honour their mother; to do everyhieg to pm.
mote her tranquillity ; to an acipate all her wishes, sod a
endeavour to render her old age happy by their da
voted attentions. Never most they undertake sop if
importance without first asking her advice and dem '
her maternal benediction." In another clause the tee
tater bequeaths pensions of 15,000 silver roubles a yea
(the silver rouble is something over 4fr.), in add.
Lion to the pensions they already enjoy, to Adjuteet-fieteal
d'A.dlerberg and his daughter, Julie Banner, the lettuce
whom has brought up three of his (the testator's) &tighten,
and both of whom he calls his most devoted friends, le
other clauses, the Emperor expresses his thanks to a mien
of other petsons whom be names as being his devoted kids
and servants ; among them he mentions Prince Patin
witch,Geaerals Orloff, Tchenicheff, and Mem chikeff, sad it
de Nessalrode, and thanks them all in the warmest MUM
for the services they have rendered to him and to Oa
state. In one clause, which is particularly addrenel
to the Emperor Alexander, the will says:-"I sa
convinced that my son, the Emperor Almada,
will always remain a tender and affectionate son, a
he has always been to his parents; and this duty will
become still more sacred for him when hie mother is aloes.
, In his relations with hie brothers, my son must unite to
indulgence called for by their youth with the away
fitmnees of a father of a family. He must never suffer up
family quarrels which may be prejudicial to the service a
even to the state ; and should such circumstances tinhappili
arrive, he mast remember that be is Emperor, and thste:
other members of the family are by subjects." The
concludes by a clause in which the Emperor begs all these
whom he may have unintentionally offended to forgive his,
as he forgives all who may have off. nded him. Hee:perm
his regret that he has not been able to accomplish gins
gond that he could have wished, and begs all his triads m
; offer up their prayers for the repose of his soul.

AUSTRIA,

LEMBERG, L.

Perhaps no part of the Austrian dominionsuffers
so much from the present uncertain state of dein es
Galicia. Independently of the old taxes that have
been considerably raised and the new one. import
the prices of provisions of all descriptions have bee
driven up by short supplies and greater coosumptix
to almost famine height, whilst house rents bee
reached a figure hitherto unknown. This latter mg!
be ascribed principally to the great number of race
rior officers at present quartered in this city, whith,
contains the head-quarters of the army of °berate
on the Polish frontiers.
But it is not only private individuals who rode
from the uncertainty of affairs. The Austrian flaws'
are in such a deranged state that it will require si
the energy and capacity of Baron von Bruck to met
a general bankruptcy. At this present moment the
budget for the army is just as much as all the other
expenses of the state put together, and mousy is to
scarce in the imperial exchequer, that the civil eto.
ployea of government have not received their salve
for several months.

From Vienna we learn that in the letter of the
Emperor of Austria to the Emperor of the Froth,
congratulating him on his escape from assassionfol
he refers to the attempt on his own life, and adds
that "a close allianoe between France and Aniti
can alone put a stop to such revolutionary attempt,.
Every day brings fresh reinforcements for the
army in Galicia from Vienna. Yesterday a separate
train brought two battalions of Rifles and a &tub
meat of cavalry, together with several luggeems
filled with ammunition for the army. To-morros
another separate train will arrive with beep tad
more ammunition.

THE ALLIED ARMIES.
The Times hu obtained by telegraph the following,
from to-day's Moniteur :—" General Canrobert, b I
letter addressed to the Emperor, dated April
thus expresses himself:—' It is with plume tilt'
announce to your Majesty that the Englialt arl*
always so solid, has become as fine and healthy aq
was in the first days of its arrival in the Eat It 3,
receiving reinforcements in infantry, in cayalrY, lac
in means of transport. I continue to live on
most cordial terms with Lord Raglan, and thetw
armies continue to be closely united, and c'3ll°""
upon the other.' "

THE BALTIC.
The Tinies has received the following telegrslo
despatch from its Berlin correspondent:
" BERLIN, 111E00, MO 5
" Our Minister at Copenhagen has given notic!
the Danish Government that from the 28th of.
the entrance to the Galf of Finland is bloc
from Hango Udde to Dagerort."