The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1855.

The Piedmonts have been suffering severely from
cholera, and since their arrival have lost nearly eight
hundred men, notwithstanding every possible
sani-
tary are and precaution. The appearance of the
troops has produced a very favourable impression
upon everybody here, and I have no doubt, when
engaged, they will prove themselves companions in
arms of the heroes of Alma and Inkermano.
A. regard. the organisation and the commissariat
land transport arrangements, it is certainly one of the
first, if not the first army in the world. They have
profited by the Crimean experiences of the English
and French, and the result ts certainly creditable to
their skill and foresight. The thoroughly good pro-
fessional education of the officers was already known ;
they are now winning golden *pinions from every
one with whom they come in contact by their good
humour and politeness. General de la Marmon,
oommauding the second division, brother of the oom-
mander-in-ctiief, died of cholera a few days after his
arrival. The whole force is encamped at Camara, on
the Woronzoff road, towards Balder, some distance
beyond the scene of the famous Light Cavalry charge,
and in conjunction with the French they now keep
the whole line of the Tammy& About them more

The English are now ready to open fire once more.
They are waiting for the French, who are still hard
at work fortifying the Mamelon. A heavy can-
nonade and fire of musketry in their lines woke us
all up last night at midnight. The alarm was sound-
ing through their camp, and the whole sky was
lighted up by the flashes and the shells. It was all
over in half an hour or law I cannot ascertain the
particulars in time for the peat, but it is generally
suppoeed it was an attack on the Mamelon which

wiii repulsed. Very little doubt is entertained that
an assault will follow the approaching bombardment
—which is likely to be successful, from the fact that
the Russian means of resistance are considerably
diminished by their recent losses, and our means of
attack proportionately increased.

FRANCE.

IPONDINT OP TEI DAILY MS.)
PARIS, WITNESDLT BYININO.

There was a review to-day, held by the Emperor
in the Place Carrousel, of troops going to the
Crimes. lam told that reinforcements to the extent
of 50,000 men will be sent out shortly. It is re-
ported that General Niel, of the Engineers, and
many other superior officers, were opposed to the late
assault on the Malakoff Tower, because the troops
would be compelled to march 600 metres, exposed,
without any protection, to a crashing fire of cannon.
General Pelissier, it is said, took upon himself the
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responsibility of making the iumiult, against the
opinion of a council of war.
The Bombe was again inanimate, but gave way •
little. The Rents fell 15e., closing at 68(r. 45c. The
Lyons and Mediterranean Railway roes 17fr. 50c.
There was scarcely any variation in the other lines.
Prince Napoleon-Pierre Bonaparte, who landed at
Marseilles on the 25th from Conics, has arrived in
Paris.

The King of Portugal took his departure from
Toulon for Civita Veochia in the night of the 25th in
the Imperial yacht the Rein. Hortense.
The government journals, the Constitutionnel and
Pays, have articles defending Prince Albert against
the criticisms of the Debate, upon his Trinity House
speech. The habitual moderation of the Prince
ought tot, they say, to deprive him of the right
which belongs to the humblest citizens of expresszat
their convictions, and of saying that which they be.,
have may be useful to the public welfare. This line
of argument begs the whole question whether it it
desirable or decent that the husband of an irreapon•
sible sovereign who governs by responsible ministate
should make a public manifestation of his personal
opinions on political topics of great delicacy. If one
could be sure that his Royal Highness merely con-
descended to offer his opinion on the footing of that
of a "humble citizen, people might regret that her
Majesty's Consort should expose himself to the rough
criticism which Englishmen will deal out to those
who aspire to advise them on public affairs, but they
would feel no sense of danger. The cause of the
sensitiveness of the English people is truly stated by
the Debate to be the apprehension that the Prince
seeks to take advantage of his exalted position to put
himself at the head of an unconstitutional party.
Last night at the Italian Theatre, Madame Itistori
made her debut in Schiller's Mary Stuart (translated
into Italian), and achieved a triumph which throws
all her former successes into the shade. In the third
act in which occurs the grand scene between Queen
Elizabeth and her fair rival the audience was carried'
away by an enthusiasm which beggars description.
Some of the oldest critics—who thought they had
witnessed perfection in Mars and Duchesnois--ran
about the saloon, between the sots, like madmen,
proclaiming that such acting had never before been
-son in France.

MONS. SOYER IN THE CRIMEA.