The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-28 00:00:00

THE WAR.

DESPATCH FROM LORD RAGLAN.

(FROM LAST MORT'S OASITI2.)

WAE DEPARTMENT, FIB. 27, MS..
Lord Penman has this day received a despatch
and its enclosures, of which the following are copies,
addressed to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, by
Field-Marshal the Lord _Raglan, G.C.B.
Before Bebutopol, Feb. 13,1855.
I My Lord Duke,---I mentioned to your Grace in
my despatch of the 10th instant, that there had been
a return of bad weather, and that the country wu
again saturated with wet.

On Sunday it rained or snowed from morning till
night, and the wind was very high, and though it
was fine yesterday, still the ground was in &worse
state than I had seen it for some time,
The enemy has made no movement.
Major-General Jones, Royal Engineers, arrived
a few days ago, and is busily' engaged in making
himself acquainted with the position occupied by
both Armies.

Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown has also
returned, and, I have great satisfaction in adding, in
excellent health. his wound is healed, and, with
the exception of not having entirely regained the
full use of his elbow, he no longer suffers any incon-
venience from it.

He will resume the commend of his division with-

it load time.

I enclose the return of the casualties to the 11th
instant. I have, &0., RAGLAN.
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c.

RETURN OF NON-COMNISSIONID OFFICIRS AND PRIVATES
KILL= AND IFOIasDED, FROM 9TM TO IITIL 1911311XANT,
1955. INCLUSIVE.
BI
Foot.

Joseph Godfrey, 47th Regiment of

11017NDED.—Privre Daniel McMahon, 88th Regiment
f Foot, 'evenly; Lance Corporal Joseph Mee, 55th Regi-
meat of Foot, slightly.

Prince Peter Gortchakoff, the elder brother of the
general and the diplomatist, has been appointed to
command the government of Czernoguw. The go-
vernments of Vorozege and Kourak have been placed
under martial law, in anticipation of invasion.
A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, Feb. 25,
given in the Independence, says:
- -

An Austrian circular despatch has been issued, dated
February 17. It declares that the rigorous execution of the,'
decision of the Frackfort Diet relative to the preparations cf
war of the Federal army is a question of honour for the
States of the Confederation. At the same time the circular.
criticises the grounds of the dietal resolution, and endea-
vours to prove that the demand of Prussia, that the Federal

contingents should be held exclusively upon the territory
of the Confederation, at the disposal of the Federal Assem-
bly, is impracticable.

TURKEY.

(PROM ii

'OI4DBAT OF TEE DAILY NIMBI
CONSTANTINOPLE, FIB. 15.

Within these last few days, a rumour has been
afloat in respect to the approaching retirement of
Lord Redcliffe ; and it has obtained some degree of
credit in consequence of an announcement to that
effect in a respectable London morning paper. Gene-
ral Rose, in this eventuality, is also reported as
destined to the succession. I merely allude to this '
matter as one of vital importance at the present mo-
ment, and with reference to the necessity imposed on
our government, in case even of Lord Itedeliffe's tem-
porary absence, to appoint some one whose skill,
tact, and ability, msy be equal to the exigencies
of the situation. We have, no doubt, many able diplo-
matists; but did 1 presume to offer an opinion on this
subject, it would be that there is not, perhaps, one
amongst them so well suited as General Rose to the
peculiar and exceptional duties of this post at the
present momentous crisis. The representative of
Great Britain, it is quite evident, were be no better
than Alexander's horse, will at all times panes his
weight and authority in the councils of the Porte; but
there is besides what is called personal influence, and
which in this country, more so perhaps than in any
other, is of very great importance in facilitating the
progress of diplomatic transactions. This ad-
vantage General Rose possesses in an eminent
degree. He has a dash of the Oamanlee a
sort of suaviter in ntodo ; and, u I have already
noticed, no representative of her Majesty has
been more deservedly popular at Constantinople.
All the great functionaries still speak of him with the
highest esteem and regard, and he has acquired,
moreover, the reputation of a great and skilful diplo.
matist, owing to the well-known tact of his having
foreseen and foretold, at the very outset, the whole
object of Prince Mentchikoff's miasma, and the whole
history. of the calamities impending over all Europe.
There is, besides, another circumstance not unworthy
of attention in respect to General Rose's aptitude for
the pat of ambassador at Constantinople. Having,
during his residence in Syria, acquired the Arabic
language, he was thus enabled, in a very short
time, to explain himself perfectly well in
the vernacular idiom of this country without the
incumbraace of a dragoman, and, I believe, to read
and comprehend all documents transmitted to our
embassy without much difficulty. Lastly, I may add,
that General Rose lived always on terms of friend-
ship and intimacy with the present French chargé
d'affaires, M. Benedetti, and with all his colleagues—
with every one, in fact—which excludes the pos-
sibility of factions opposition in the prosecution of
offidal duties. Let me not omit to mention also that
he is a soldier, and, according to the accounts of French
officers, a brave one, too • and coming fresh from the
camp,his opinion would necessarily have great weight,
and he adopted without hesitation by the government
in all matters relating to the vigorous prosecution of
the war. Under these circumstances, ihre be any
chance of Lord Redcliffe's retirement or absence, the
most experienced men with whom I have conversed
all concur in thinking that our government could not
possibly make a better choice than General Rose for
the post of ambassador at Constantinople.