The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1858.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE NEGOTIATIONS.

The plenipotentiaries mot on Saturday for He oath
time.

"We persist," says Le Nord, "in believing that
the negotiations are nearly at an end; France and
Russia sincerely desire peace; Turkey and Piedmont
are not opposed to it ; the subtleties of Austria and
the obstinacy of England may somewhat retard, but
will not prevent it."
We read in the Gasette de Silosio—"lt will be re-
membered that the noblesse of Silesia lately presented
lan address to the Emperor Alexander IL thanking
him for the readiness he had manifested to effect a
peace. Each of the signers of this document has
received a copy of the following letter, with the fao-
simile of his Majesty's signature :
"'I thank you, Messieurs, for the sentiments and
wishes which your address contains, expressed both
in your name and in the name of all Prussians to
whom the Christian and pacific sentiments of their
eovereign are dear and snored. I also hope that Ood
will favourably hear the prayers which I and those
who share my sentiments unceasingly offer to Him
for the success of this attempt.
"'Receive, messieurs, dre.,
"'St. Petersburg, Feb. 4, 18313.' "

TliE EAST.

SUNDAY.

The Alexander has arrived, with Constantinople
letters of Feb. N. The frigate Radetzky had brought
as Austrian envoy, with propositions relative to
the Principalities. The Patriarchs have been con-
voked by the Divan, which has enjoined them to
carry the reforms into effect immediately. 'the Fi-
anna* Minister has made an appeal to the merchants
to take measures to remedy the present crisis. The
Danube being reopened, Lloyd's has resumed its
steam navigation. Omer Pacha, who has ar-
rived at Trebisond, is about to return to Con-
stantinople to give an account of his conduct. The
Freese d' Orient says that the conduct of Barre
Tecoo has been fully approved of at Turin. The
Salton has conferred the Order of Medjidie upon the
Sardinian Minister Cibrario and Admiral Albini.
The Allies continue to make barracks on the two
meets of Constantinople. The English are survey-
iag for a camp in Asia.

BATI7SDAT.

There is a financial crisis at Constantinople. The
exchange on London he, risen to 137; that on
Vienna to 620. The twenty-franc piece is worth
111 piastres, and the 11. sterling 140 piastres. An
order to suspend hostilities has been sent to Omer
Pasha and Ulm Pasha. Oa the 20th Omer Naha
had arrived at Trebizond. deli= Puha had been
mailed. The Prone d'Orind has news from IlAis
of the 17th. It pretends that seventeen Turkish
generals had been sent to Moscow.

OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.

GRAND MILITARY REVIEW.
(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)
CAMP, SEBASTOPOL, Pis. 26.
_ . _

The review of a large portion of the British in-
fantry, which had been expected for some weeks put,
but which had been postponed on account of nnfavour-
j able weather, took plane on the 24th instant, and
offered a magnificent sight to a Tait concourse of
French and Sardinian officers and soldiers, and per-
haps among other spectators to not a few Russians.
The site chosen for the parade and inspection was the
brow of a hill behind the Guards' camp, and must
hays been plainly visible from the Mackenzie heights.
All the six divisions of the army were represented
on the occasion, but many of the troops of each must
have been absent on duty and in camp. Only
one brigade of the Highland Division was pre-
sent, the other being required to guard the
position beyond Namara, in conjunction with our
Wheat. The regiments at Balaklava were not required
to attend. Without these, however, there could not
have been less than 25,000 men on the ground, all
in the most effective condition of health and strengtb.l
The Commander of the Forces, Sir William Codriog-
ton, arrived about one o'clock, with a large staff, and
was received by the divisions in line. The troops
subsequently marched put in half distance column,
each division being headed by is general and staff.
Bach brigade, in like manner, was preceded by its
brigadier•general and staff, who, after saluting,
wheeled round and fell out to swell the brilli►t cor-
tege which surrounded the Commander of the Forces.
The bands of the several regiments forming each
brigade were massed together, and played under one
leader, while the brigade was marching r at.
This combination produced a fine and pow-
erful effect, and prevented the confusion of sounds
which would have arisen from the band of each mo-
ot/ding battalion playing Its own march. The ap-
pearance of the troops as they moved past was as
favourable as could well be imagined, and the whole
scene was remarkably brilliant and exciting. The
vigorous frames, healthy countenances, and elastic
tread of the soldiers, could not fail to strike the at-
tention as the gay uniforms attracted the eyes of the
spectators. The officers and men of the French and
Sardinian armies who were present, evidently looked
on with admiration. The Guards brigade, and the
Highlanders in their picturesque costume, only the
kilted regiment being present, especially attracted
notice ; and the Light Division, which marched
past with trailed arms as light troops, to-
gether with the two battalions of the Rifle Bri-
gade, while the rest carried their arms
with bayonets fixed, came in for its share of atten-
tion. Marshal 13/limier was preterit in his carriage,
and seemed to examine each regiment as it went by
with scrutinising closeness. There were also several
French general officers on the field; among others
General Fspinasse, who had only arrivea a few days
before in the Crimea, and a very large body of other
officers, both on horseback and foot, who manifested
great interest in the proceedings. The Sardinian
officers attended numerously, though not appearing
very conspicuous among the crowd of French and
other. who formed the lines of spectators. After the
d' . 'ono had marched past the first time General
Codrington took up a position lower down, and the
troops again marched past, in the same order as be-
fore, but in quarter distance column. General Sir
Cohn Campbell was on the ground, wearing the new
general officer's sash across the shoulder instead of
around the waist.

The whether was, on the whole, very favourable
for the review. The atmosphere was clear and dry,
and, although the sky was overcast with cloudy, the
sun broke out from time to time with great bril-
liancy. The wind came from the north, but was at no
time high, and the cold was agreeably tempered by
the sun's warmth. Had the day been warmer and
I more constantly resplendent, it is doubtful whether
the review would have passed off so well. There was
just cold enough to give alacrity of movement, in
addition to the regular and measured step of the
troops, and to mike the exercise a source of pleasure;
while the clouds made the brightness of the display,
when the sun lit up the scene, all the more striking
by centrast ; at such intervals, indeed, the spectacle
became very dazzling; the glittering lines of bayo-
nets row after row—the brightness of tbe scarlet
uniforms—, the waving colours, some showing by
their tattered condition the rough usage they were @ob-
jected to at the Alma—the martial tousle-4h, large
eoncourse of staff and incanted officers in attendance
on the games, or present u spectators—the variety
of foreign uniforms—combined to form a picture
which few, certainly no Englishman, could look on
without emotion.

A general order appeared lut night in which
General fits William Codrington animadverts very
strongly oo the conduct of some correspondent of
the London press, who has described the fortifications
at Kartoh with unguarded minutemen. The COlll.
mender of the Forms also alludes to the remarks
which have appeared from time to time in the Lon-
don journals from correspondents in the Crimes, re-,
spscung the siege works, sickness, and other matters'
connected with the operations or condition of the
army. It is scarcely credible that any Englishman
would knowingly communicate for publication any
observation or intelligence which could be of
nee to the enemy and detrimental to the
Gaon of his own country, or that any is
peotable journalist would publish information
of such a nature, even if furnished. Incidents men-
tioned to Enslish and French primoners by the enemy,
and other otronnestances, hays proved that so WS.
plots were the means of intelligence possessed
by the Russians as to what was paean, in
the camps of the Allies, that comparatively
trifling eircumstances became known to them,
almost as soon u they occurred, long before
any letters from the clamp could have reached
England; and it really seems doubtful whether they
ever acquired a knowledge of one fact of importance
from this latter source. It le possible that the enemy
might not have known to the fill extent the amount
of sickness which existed at one time in the British
army, had it not been foe the repeated communica-
tions to the press; but it is very doubtful whether
the congratulations which were announced in the
first general order of last night, on the present health
and admirable condition of the troops, could have been
now offered excepting for the communications which
were then made.