The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-17 00:00:00

TURKEY.

OP Till DAILT MM.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 4.
The Duke of Cambridge, as mentioned in my last,
was to have quitted Constantinople by the French
packet of the let instant, but some obstacle having
intervened, it was not till the following day that his
Royal Highness was enabled to start on board the
Themur with the mail direct for Marseilles.

(THOM THB

On New Year's day, a great banquet was given
by his Excellency Lord de Redcliffe to the principal
members of the British colony. as well as several
officers of the army and navy. For the better accom-
modation of the company, the table was laid in the
ball-room, which, although still wanting lustre*, was
well lit up and set off to advantage by the new fur-
niture, massive plate, and candelabra lately sent out
by the government. The guests were altogether
about 42—the dinner excellent, consisting of the
choicest wines, and every delicacy of the season. In
a word, all that liberal hospitality and profusion was
displayed on this occasion which invariably distin-
guishes thefltes of our noble representative. And still
the gloom of the situation seemed to cloud every brow ;
mirth and Momus were far away, and each appeared
with difficulty to divert his thoughts from the
trenches, and from the sufferings and privations
which our heroic countrymen are doomed to endure
at this joyous reason. Lord Paulin and Marie Mac-
donald sat right and left, next the ambassador; and
one solitary toast, the name of our most gracious
Queen, having been proposed, it was greeted, I need
not say, as it ever is, with cheers and acclamations.
Jailer dinner, Lady de Itedcbffe received the flits of
the European society and the principal members of
the diplomatic corps and their families. There was
some music, but no dancing ; as already mentioned, a
certain degree of gloom seemed to pervade the
whole assembly.
H.A.H. the Duke of Cambridge did not appear
either at dinner or during the soiree; and Captain
Clifton, with his medical adviser, came over from
Missiri's Hotel, and passed the evening with the
Prins in his apartment.

THE MED]

(MOM THZ COl/11111PONDIXT OP THZ DAILY 31111161
MALTA, JAN. 11, 1865.
The 14th Regiment embarked yesterday morning
on board the Emu, and shortly alter she proceeded on
to the Crimes.
Sir George Brown and the Duke of Cambridge,
who are staying here, appear to be rapidly recover-
ing, and are walking about enjoying our beautiful
weather. It is wonderful to me .how rapidly the
invalids recover here.
Trafalgar and St. George arrived in our harbour
to-day. The harbour is looking quite gay again,
with four three-deckers in it. Admiral Stopford
arrived in H.M.S. Trafalgar; it is said to relieve
Admiral Houston Stewart, who is to go second in
command in the Black Sea. He will be • great loss
to Malta.
The Neptune, 120, sailed for England in the after-
noon, and she was soon to be followed by the Britannia,
whose crew are now on shore enjoying their holiday;
nit the Trafalgar will also leave for England next
Mall. The Trent will steam away tomorrow for the
Crimea, with some 300 mules and a few Spanish
. muleteers, and a variety of stores for the arm
The 91st, who came out passengers in the St.
Omit', have been landed, and the vessel is to return
4 to &gland.
In a letter from a very high placed general officer,
6111511 heavy 3, we reed that owing to our forces
' hildiavelawe as thinned by sickness fully half of our
U
M bleu necessarily relinquished, to be manned
..", by the French; and it was the writer's opinion that
the assault would not take place until February, and
that at least fifty other pieces of cannon were re-
%visite.

Colossi Galling, Royal Artillery, has gone up in
the Rea Se see his eon, who is minded, and in
Thospital at Scutari.
he new members for the Council of Government
were sworn in to-day, aid his Excellency, Sir W.
Reid, give an evening party on the occasion.
The cholera. is very bad at Scutari. Mr. and Mrs.
Lucas Ward were both at dinner with some friends
the last day of the year ; they all sat the old year
out and new year in, apparently in good health. In
a few hours Mr. Ward was seized with cholera; at
noon ha was a corpse. His wife died the next day.
Lord and Lady Guernsey have returned to Malta.
Her ladyship looks anything bet well after her hard
work at Scutari. Some who have nose down speak
in the highest terms of her kindness, not only with
her purse, but by personal attentions to the sick and
wounded.