The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-21 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENUIG, MARCH 21, 1856.

OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.

(FROM OUR OFICIAL
CAMP, 1M

MARGE' IL

The weather haa been more trying and severe
since the tut mail left than daring any week, perhaps.
since the cennesneement of the winter. We have
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had inatmoso of more intones cold, but nose of such
a rapid amiss of changes in toropsratars, togas and
elissoisa of wird, sad general atmospheric dieter-
, basso, as the list four days hays presented. Ws ap-
poso w bs now paying far the advantages enjoyed at
I the eassasnoweent of this winter OSSEO, for, as way

be neellested, the cold weather set in ;easily throe
weeks later than in the preceding peer. On the
other Mad, March, 1866, as compared with what
hen traespired et the present =oath, was narked by
warn sad Sae weather, and no heavy fall of miaow
occurred after Feterwery.

On the night of Monday lest, March 8.4, there
were beery squalls of wind, aesompeeisd by reimthe
wind blowing from a westerly direction. The fel-
lowiag rooming the wind changed to the northward,
and a very heavy fall of snow followed. The tempe-
rature fell greatly, and shortly after moat the
thermometer indicated only 18 deg. F. Snow
storms continued all algid, and on Wednesday,
the 6th, the whole suttee of the plateau and
neighbouring bills was heeled in deep mow.
The uniform whitemes, where no trees, no tracks,
nothing but the lines of wooden huts offered them-
selves to break the soceoteey of Gelber, was painful
to the eyes, more espeolsily when theses at intervals
broke through the low, misty deeds whisk swept
rapidly aloog, and threw a dazzling gime over the
sense. The unbroken whiteness wee ea the mere
striking by entreat with the used brown sober of
the seed which forms the surface of the soil, sad
which has seldom so wholly answered. The marks
of the roads were gone, frcm the ditches bevies been
filled up by the drift, so that law arts at-
tempted to sore oat ; and from the deep
holes is the ground whims stone hes been Tarried
laving become filled op in the same way, it woo a
matter requiring no right caution to go over the
plain on horseback. About a foot and a half of
mow seemed to have falLm, judging from the depth
in please protected from thorned. At 6 a.m. on the
6th, Fahrenheit's thermometer showed only 8 deg.

shove nen, bat the mercury rose as the day advanced.
BiW, the wind, which veered a little to the eastward,
remised very biting and severe. On Thursday, the
flit, the wind changed suddeuly to the south, the
temperature rose, and the snow began to met rapidly.
This day wee very stormy, the wind amoantiag at
intervals to a gale, and the sky being covered with
thick elude, while occasionally there fell showers
of rain mixed with snow. At sight the
wind grew more violent, and rain fell so
heavily that after a few hours the greater part
of the now on the plateau bad disappeared. The
ravines leading towards the roadstead of Sebastopol
became swollen rivers, the water rushing alas, with
eonsiderable force and a lend Dohs. Yesterday, the
7th instant, a change again eeaarredt the wind re-
sumed its old quarter in the north, and sere more
snow fell. The day continued frosty and sold, bat
the atmosphere has now amused a center and more
settled upset.
The savers character of the weather pat a stop to
all but the most nearary duties, and nothing has
canned I. the ups worthy of being chro-
nicled. The line of the aqueduct, as it
winds hone the eyeing at Tehargoes, along
the side of the Fediukine heights, and then
ander the cliffs on the Sebastopol side of the Wier.
mann valley, bar bees filed spa as the boundary
beyond whisk the British troops are not to Fees, and
strict measune are adopted tontine this moieties.
Before the snow fell the Bassin soldiers were taking
advantage of the unlade*, and employed themselves
very busily in collecting Asinine grass whisk grows
on the sheltered part of the Tcbernsya and laken
mann valleys near the river, but, as in our own
ups, the sharpness of the weather which shortly
followed sums to have driven thou to mak the
shelter of their hats, for very few have been seen
near the outposts.

CAMP,

MAIM 1.

It was last night managed to the army by pascal
order that all hostile firing was to seam oa oar side,
pending arrangements which were in progress for
oseehrling an emnistige until the end of the month.
At the manse time it was ordered that ore military or
other mamas In amp should attempt to pass beyond
the outposts of the allies. The Russian. had ceased
firing on the Ist lastant, sad both in the neighbour-
hood of the Teliermys, and about the tows and shores
of the harbour, perms gradually expend themeless
with impunity is places where a day or two before
their appearance maid certainly have drawn down a
hostile shot. No °Redd mks was given that any
understanding on the sabtest of aa amnesty had ben
entered tato, nor was a flag of trees exhibited,
and it was therefore net without some lingering
feelings of hinted= that use left the usual
safe &Masse from maket shot, or proximity
of shelter is one of fire being suddenly
opened. There was a story, gay holland in
the camps, that at the mein, at Tralair the eller
deputed by the Russian sommademin-chief bad
Said. in the course of emvereation, "Do you wish
orders to be given for the flee to once at ems from
our batteries?" To which the French shim' fof the
staff bad replied, " Jest as yes pleas' about that ; it
does no very little hares. We shall not fire while
the arranpments are cadet tossideratica." On the
following day, Sunday, the lad, it seemed to be
generally ooncloded that tie order to ones firing on
the north side and Inkermann heights had hen imbed,
and, as the day turned out magniflosatly bright and
fins` many visitors, military and ahem walked
about the town and south shores of the harbour. A
leg of trues was heisted in the morning, but was kept
flying oaly while a soesmniestion took plan between
the authorised boats in the roadstead. As soon as
the communications had be.. escaladed the white
fags were streak, bat is other respects the two sides
of the harbour pressated the isms sauna batons
as before. On the earth side the Remise 'Milian
mold be sees assembled io groups, looking idly over
the earthworks, or steadies on elevated spots about
Fort Sienna., watching what was pealing in the
old city sad Earabelealaseborb. mere were four or
Ave small boats, scattered at various &tames, out in
the medstesd, bet aces very for from shore, in which
Innise were employed in &biog. There was very
little movement Moog the roads on the north heights,
and very few horsemen showed themselves ; Weed.
it seemed as if seemly any persons wen presest, be
yead the amble of troops sorowsa to work laid