The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-08 00:00:00

(Stamped ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

with card to the termination of the Barabelnais
esis the flalakhoff and Roden hills, and
at a short &Mee from the Dockyard wall. The
are does is shore of the Bonk& are separated
from the sad of this ravine, where an worsens
amount of pater bad *alluded, and formed an
immense pea at ruarvcir, only by an artificial
causeway, esasbuted at an enormous exposes of
labour by the Rumbas during the formation of the
docks. and through this earth the water gradually
percolated. Under ordinary cirounietenties the water
of the middle or latabelnaia ravine would drain
through the soil aid AM he way to the Barabelnata
musk or harbour, mid in this direstion the
water sellseted la She slaps hes now had to be eon-
ducted, ohm tens Mew:, by pumping and other
amens of deolneips. It would have been son easy to
haw hid dr does through the great basin, into
whisk eke three deice open bat this would pro-
bably bow lei to fiesang a portion of the French
wain. Whom the thee gall antes for the Bestrew

tb etrs.fie will be se semplet; as that of
the Easel dock already domeibliedi, std if the three
are demelbbed at the same latest the east will
be proportiona stake.bam beard
stated that the flblyoor ofmore
I&
the desk Just Waged by the
FNMA emissary bee net been no elbetailly sod
completely begs. up as it was anticipated it mid
be by the exploit" bat hardly believe that this san
be asesetabied vitae it remains membered with the
raised ismarry at proems heaped ever its earbes.
The weather boa been met milder Mee the bat
mail left. Dative the daytimes there has bees aKm
utast thaw, and UM sal been after mitt that the
tam_ water, has reached the freezing point.
The Maio; mail, dm on the 13th mutant, was de-
livered yesterday, the 23rd. Then is now rely on.
mail dee, that whisk was expected to arrive as the
20th imam. A Masi Moms due to-day.
Groat premeds= ere being made in the English
camps to celebrsee Obrietaas with the meal festivi-
ties observed is Negirad, at last es fir as the table
iseressened. These methsate who have provided
stems of the matare asinhrts and lambs=
telly Midget in at Me mess have bees
by mismess he some doge pot No doubt, amid
the !oldie. many a Weil* will be turned towards
other rem us far away, awl many a esatiment of
gratitude hit, if set Mimi, for the present compa-
rative ailleenco, nod ter many other benefits, as well
as 'scopes, both of lib and limb, since bet Christ-
mas Day.
(FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRRSPONORNT.)

CAMP IWO= 811111ABTOPOL.
D/IT, 1865.
Every corps is going to commemorate this festival
by dinners or feasts. Each company of men will dine
in their but, at 1 o'clock, asking in most oases
atcasigiir rs. Whore there is an officers' nwes-hut
the Ames of the regiment dine together.
The scouniesariat have served out for to-day fresh
meat, consisting of beef and mutton, and in addition
to the ration of porter two quarts for every three
men. The commissariat °Moors in charge of some
of the divieioas will allow one quart (pay allow and
man) of Truman's porter for ocasumOoa to-day at
the sharp of one shilling per gal exclosave
of the cask, for which, if not Mined, oue
pound will be charged. AU thins arrangements
are ranch to be enosuraged. Nothing could exceed
the busy appearanes that Badikel and Balaclava
made yesterday. Every regiment is oar army
seemed to We a barge party of 100 or 200 sea
:t
iro e:sain=ag up to the front a bat, and every
bat pony and cart, stru2k one as
being :ssigist ia carrying up provisions and drink-
ableo of some sort. Unfortanatel the majority of
Aosta wlto have panels consigned to theca by the
Sardinian have not yet been able to obtain them,
owing to mooldielays and terribly bad management In
e:
the perish Aso at Baleklava. The
shown as to wiwither the parcels are lauded quickly
or slowly is mlsnlakiaj. The petty officials mom
quite to forget that the.. wools contain, in most
eases, comforts for the Christmas. The Osprey, with
Erris expected daily. This steam shi p I have
doubt will be freighted as heavily es the &r-
-eliable.

On Saturday the French blew in the West Dock
lot their bar of the town. In the samba anise
were given to post the garrison of Sebastopol es a
°hen of entries between the Waressoff-road aad the
Hamblin Ravine, to the south of the Redan. In
Caked Tamer's SIMON Captain Buchan., 47th,
orionsilnetwo munpaeles of sappers, through Major
Niebeime. nadir Lieutenant Graham, to porton this
duty, has as it was is the day—a quarter past 12.
Their erase were simply to allow so on to pan until
after the espision. I ought to mention that oar
gonna of cants at preesut of 160
:rlOO ' men, and between 300
411. 0 of the 16th Irish. This •
of Gomm dem not imbeds the Baba a Whit.
Belding. Guard, Fort Paul Picket, and Harabelnais
Guards. These mount every twenty-four hours, and
are finished from the Am divines-Ist, 2nd, 3d,
4th, and Light. At a quarter to one the French
commarideott sent mead weed for all windows of
barracks mad Tann tabs ensulomed a few siestas
afterwards the Freon
the apposes& to leo very
busy is
the bottom of the desk, mehieg asseseary
ts, and trying the powder him or
1;3=11 fuse. The day was be" and
at this time there was • slight drizzle—
all of whin. perhaps, led the Russians sot to
sone the abeam of workmen at the dacha, for the
prises had bees marehed out as early as half-past
6 a.m., at the engem of the French Sebastopol autho-
rities. in else the dock was to be blown up that
morning at half-pem 9. At about norm the enemy
enesseded is weaning two of our soldier.; awe a
poor fellow of the 2/othHft., was on guard below le
Harebell's* near the Dockyard wall, over an open-
in in the wall, when a shell came right through the
hole, and before bursting took both his lege clean off
Lma:: knee—a knife and sew would not have made
outs. Dr. Clarke, who happened to be close
by at the time, bad him carried into the engineer's
home, and shortly afterwards amputated both his legs
seem distsses above the knee. At 16 minutes and
20 seconds after 1, the sixteen charges, consisting
of about 17.000 lbs. of powder, ware fired by 16
men sad 1 °Meer of the Bogineers. Looking on at
the time from the Kerabslnsia suburb, and through
boles in the Dockyard wall. so that they saw the
desk itself, were about 100 French sappers or engi-
neers; Colossi Percy Herbert, Major Their",
Grainier Guards; Captain Bellaire, 49th; Colocel
Gordon, Maier Nicholson, and Limits. Brine, Gordon,
Camberasd, and Leann, of the Beginsers ; Captains
Buchanan and Coon. 61wit town tundorfol together
with Captain Jonas*, red alien of the guard.
There were also a few Freest eagbeer aliases, and
up by the Beam and Malakkaa leskieg don, about
200 nine sad ma. In fear mimes. mad some odd
seem& 14 at the shams west i almaltamossly,
sad s few semi; afterwards the math lag two.
Meth( math have sussedsd belt., As demelitisa
was sempleam The betels of the disk Milewski
there was her charges, wee set or sompletely blows
up so might ken bum expesead ; the sides, parties-
tarty the rigid bake towards the barbel', were
completely blows to by mem of the four charges
each side ; bat the sepias memo of red granite, aboat
aft. by Wt., with others, were not mach broken.
although blows into the don. Immediately after
the explosion the Amebae lined their parapets os
the mirth side, bat they only fired three shots
into the docks. Shortly after the explosion Sir
W. Codrington came to look at the demolition.
As WWI expected, the Fourth Division amateur
theatricals came off last Saturday evening. The
weather permitted all who had invitation to go, and
the moon ambled them to return without the fear of
say spills la the now drifts sad drains. I forward

ra me, which wu printed at headquarters by
ep • permission, and I annex an account of the
entertainment:
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DOOM open et lielt.pest I; peribmessee to somesess at Y puke.
At a little after the hoer named to bogie, the pew
fammeam yen "owed be Lied AlsBllllllth.alllllll..-
iteeseleg awry *aver, witty prologue, nor
himself, which brought ia oaths -ammo( itten by
the diffe-
rent amateur asters. Beth Mr. Lacy sod Mr. Har-
rington were Galled bine the curie* which, by
the bye, was meth of ofd white condemned bell tents.
Captain Nighties perfemmed the part of Mr. Charism
Markham tmemomonlywell, his swagger being inimi-
table. la sensetmenesof Captain Elakeney,4Bth Regi-
ment, late A.D.C. to Lieut.-Generalair J. Pennehther,
K.C.8., having injured his hand on the previous day
when wowbelling, the part of Joseph was taken by
Major Garrett (413th), Brigade Major, Fourth Divi-
sion. I mast sot :forget to allude to the admirable
manner in which Dr. Howard played his part. Be-
tween the pieces a bad version of "Billy Barlow"
was can by Mr. Lacy, who also had to sing one song
in "To Pads and Beek for 64" The song of " Billy
Barlow,' although admirably sang, was more suited
for the Cider C.Wre than for these theatrics/if. The
words were coarse, and it tended materially to give a
bad too, to the affair. In the second piece the acting
of Marrs. Hamad, &undersea, Lacy, and Captain
Earle, the let Brigade Major 4th Monica, was as
' perfect as could be expected. Mrs. Cox was a most
.pirgedmessers. slay. At the clan
was g
ilythe
the whpertialiel
com-
piny as a chorus, the undies— standing up uncovered.
The verses were sang alternately by Assistant-Cosa-
miseary-General Berle, and Lieutenant Neville, ILE.,
A.D.C. to General Barnard. Smoking was permitted
in the newly fitted up café, so that although at first
it was a great comfort, yet after about an hoar the
whole of the lookers on were nearly stifled. A ser-
geant of the Rifle Brigade took the gratis tickets at
the entrance, and amongst the audience present,
numbering about 150, 'ncipally of the Fourth Di-
vision salons, I noticed In the front row, Generals
Garrett, LH., Barnard, C. 8., and Bic William
Eyre, and a French Infantry sub-lieutenant, whom
rank wee a oount. It would be very advisable if in
future the performance did not commence before 8,
and a better style of song was selected, and no
smoking allowed. The scenery, painted by Mr.
Shaw, 21st Fusiliers, was very in fact every-
thing went off well. There were no blenders or
mistakes, and the whole, I hear, was a decided success.
It is to be repeated again shortly. air With=
Codrington was expected to have been present.
The wire from the Monastery of Bt. George to
Varna is not likely to be again ready for work till
the end of February or commencement of March.
The breakage be, been found to be about 25 mike
this aide of Yarns. la fact, the authorities have
tested this by means of the return current, and they
know almost the point of breakage within a certain
distance of five miles. For twenty miles this side of
Varna, and five miles Varna side of the Crimea, the
wire is encased in a rope; between these distances it
is simply covered with rata percha, altogether about
the size ef your little ftgen. It is reported not to
be worth while to fish up the line ; and even if it
was, the chances are that the straining would
injure it. The Monastery hospital now con-
tains as patients one °goer and seventy odd
men. Besides Dr. 'samosa! and his staff,

then are attending upon the sick Mies Weir, who iii
second to Miss Nightingale, with two servants.
Drunkenness is very common, I regret to say,
amongst the hospital orderlies; and, in order to be
able to opaline them, and also look after rho place, a
company of an is sadly wanted. In the summer
then used to be always at the Monastery, if I reed-
iest right, two ennipanies. The French have charge
of the monks, and they have always had a small
gendarmerie over them; still the place is very dirty,
and the range of buildings that our offioere occupy
leak terribly for want of felt. I feel perfectly cer-
tain that tying a man up and giving him fifty
lashes does not stop his getting drunk. In every 100
men it is about the same 10 that are constantly drank.
The 63. a day field "Mowed* will shortly only be
drawn by good men, as commanding officers have
lately been trying by court-martial all men drunk
four times within twelve months, or twice within six
mouths after a previous conviction. If tried by re-
gimental rourvmartial for habitual drunkenness, a
man can have his field allowance stopped for six
months, besides losing a penny a day ; and if by dis-
trict coart-eiartial he an loss 7d. a day for two years—
this is, of course, in addition to any other punishment.
such as flogging or insprisootnent with hard labour,
that the cent may award. The way to check a
drunkard is to touch his pocket; for the drink is too
great a temptation in 99 cans out of 100 to allow
him to save his mosey, or smd it in any other way.
It is high time that a well chosen committee sat upon
some of the old pesos regulation, for the purpose of
revising them. The Commissariat Department has
a mast abetted rale about not allowing bad forage to
be condemned in its own store or brig-de. No, it
meat be dragged to the camp for which it is served
oat, there maddened by a board of 3 officers, when
fresh will be issued. The powder mill, although
empty, hoe had a sew splinter roof put on, and the
doors repaired. With all the different styles of
architecture at present in the Crimea, still I don't
believe that there are 100 hats perfectly waterproof,
and whose chimneys do not smoke. No day is yet
fixed far the 4th Division, 2nd Brigade, pony
le Little Eansieseh, or French Bazaar, near the 2nd
and Light Divisions, on the Woronzoff road, the
Freoch authorities have fixed thirteen large oil
lamps; the same is to be done with the other ba-
sears ; and for this luxury 20 francs is paid by each
storekeeper or spirit-seller. By a late general order,
on amount of the irregularities committed, no
soldier is allowed to remain in the bazaar
after noon. On Sunday night "abaft took
place there—tickets ten shillings each. It was
attended by a few English officers. The French
were es grated. tome, and the 33th French Infantry
bead attended. Refreshments were very high, a
glamor sherry being charged ss. for. On the main
road, which was in a fearful state yesterday in some
parts, on account of the thaw, sign Feta ars being
pat up where two or more roads meet. The mile
poste have not ,et been marked.
The promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell,
C. 8., of the 90th Regiment, to full colonel has
given great satisfaction, foe no one can doubt
his bravery at the Quarries on the 7th
of June, and if he had not fought his own battle
afterwards himself, be never would have been made a
C. 8.; ma it was he yawned over, or left unrewarded,
for some time after the Qearries and 18th of Jane
brevet as oat. Captain Reps, of the Artillery, or
Lieutenant Rope, se your ooneepondent calls him,
when speaking of the gallant way in which he be-
haved, on the 15th November, at the explosion, was
by the Gordis of the 2nd November made a brevet
major for his services is the trenches. He left last
!Saturday ea leave for Ragland, having heard of his
promotion the day after the explosion. All the mails
have new arrived except the one due yesterday. The
mails due on the 13th and 20th arrived at the same
time, en the Merman of the 23rd.