The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-31 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1856.

view nearly at the same time. This wee on the north
side of the cross lies of bill, along which the Otto- '
man troops used to be encamped, and where they
held one or two redoubt', stretching from the Col di
&dale's at one end to the sea cliffs near the mono- '
tery at the other. This hilly ridge falls abruptly on
one side towards the valley of Karani, but has a gra-
dual slope, broken into several shallow ravines to-
ward the barren steppe which descends in a northerly
direction to the coast, between Cape Chersonese and
the bays near Sebastopol. It was across this slope
that the three divisions were formed up—the Guards
on the right, in a direction towards the English head-
quarters, the Fourth Division on the left, towards
the Monastery of Bt. George. Lieutenant-General
Barnard, C. 8., commanding the Second Division,
being the senior of the three division generals, was
in command of the corps era/114AI. General Codring-
ton inspected the troops on the ground, but, having
decided that the weather was too severe for further
operations, dismissed the divisions to their several
camps, where they arrived about 1 p.m. They had
marebed prepared for remaining throughout the day:
The situation where the inspection took place is
admirably adapted for the purpose : the whole British
army night be reviewed without inconvenience is
this position.
It will, no doubt, have been announced by tele-
graph that the armistice has been agreed upon and
signed by the generals in the Crimea. They met for
the purpose on Friday, the 14th. It was not gene.
rally known in the camps that the meeting was to
take plane, and very few spectators were present.
Two marquees were erected near the Traktir bridge,
one for the official business and signing the treaty,
the other for refreshment, and it was remarked that
the time passed in the latter was much longer than
what was spent in the other marquee. It is presumed
that all the preliminaries had been settled before the
meeting took place. General Laciere came escorted
by a body of cavalry, about three hundred in number.
They were regular troops, and appeared to be well
appointed and equipped. He was accompanied also
by a young lady in a phaeton, reported to be his
daughter.
There is a story going about the camps that after
the generals had parted from each other General
Codriogton rode for some distance over the plain, at-
tended only by an aide-de•amp and an orderly.
When at some distance from the lines of the Allies,
he was overtaken by a Russian cavalry soldier, who
attempted by signs and gesticulations to make him
comprehend a request on his part, the meaning of
which neither General Codrington nor his aide-de-
amp could for a long time understand. At last the
soldier practically explained his desire by taking
the General's whip, and, in exchange, giving
him his own. No opposition being made to the bar-
gain, the soldier soon afterwards went away with his
prise. Presently a Rogan officer came up, and a
few words being interchanged, General Codrington's
aide-de-camp mentioned the story of the whip, adding
that it was to be presumed the soldier little supposed
he had got the whip of the British Commander-in-
Chief. This announcement seemed to make no little

ml the Russian akar. sad as, on leaving,
he was seen to gallop atter the soldier alluded to in the
conversation, the whip, there is very little doubt, was
not long before it again changed its owner.

It was decided at the armistice that the river
Tcherneya was to form the line of demarcation be-
tween
the positions of the two hostile torus. This,
which is the natural line of separation, is more sully
preserved than was the course of the aqueduct. The
latter might in some places be passed over without ,
being observed, as in certain situations the conduit for
the water is arched in and covered over by earth, and
is scarcely to be distinguished from the ground on ,
either side. For some days past the boundary has
been more strictly kept, in consequence, it is said, of
a complaint of General Liiders on the subject, and a
line of Russian sentries on the north side, and of
French sentries on the south, have been posted near
the river at lakermann and the narrower part of the
valley of the Tchsrnaya. The Russian soldiers still
come down to the bank and throw over to
the French and English soldiers on the left bank
of the stream, crosses, amulets, and coins, for which
more than the value is usually exchanged in money.
To prevent the coins, or small erases', falling into
the water, they are usually enveloped in a ball
l of clay, or tied up with a stone in a piece of rag,' so
that they can be thrown more effectually, bat they act
infrequently fall into the river, when, to the disgust
of the speculators in this novel kind of traffic, they
are, of course, inevitably lost. Two affixes took a
fancy to exchanging swords in this way, and one
was dropped into the water. This, being a large
and conspicuous object, might be recovered. The
stream runs very rapidly, and appears deep in some
places. Notwithstanding the restrictions imposed,
to judge tram stories which are in circulation, it
would appear that persons still contrive to crass
from one side to the other of the river unobserved by
the respective authorities. Two or three Russian
o are are said to have been seen within oar lines.
walking with French companions. There es• ese-
tainly be very little information which as sway
could now gain by observation likely to be of ass le
bim. He would see on all sides in the British cusps
the evidences of strength and confidence, and as to
the works which exist to defend our naturally
almost impregnable position, they an be well ex-
amined from the heights already held by the Rus-
sians.

There to a stroeg belief that we shall hear
by the mail now due that telegraphic news has
been received at Constantinople of peace being
settled. It is stated that the question was asked at
the armistice meeting, on the 14th inst., if any in-
telligence had been received by the allies of a treaty
of peace having been signed. The Russian cam-
minder-in-chid naives his communications more
rapidly than the allied do, now that the telegraphic
communication with Varna is broken. A direct line
exists without any interruption from Paris to St.
Petereberg, and from .tha last-named city to
Simpberopol.
Colonel Wetherell, wbo has been doing the duty
for some time past of the Director-General of the
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Land Transport Corps, has left for London, to give
evidence before the military commission. When first
ant for, his duties were of such a nature that Gen.
Codringtoe, it was understood, objected to his leaving
his post in the Crimea. He was in the quarter-
master-general's department at headquarters during
part of the time General Airey was quartermaster-
general of the army in Turkey. Colonel M'Murdo is
expected to arrive shortly, to resume his position is
the direction of the Land Transport. This important
establishment is now in a very Anent mate fa

taking the field. It is a subject of much spectulatioe
what will become of the immense number of trans-
' port animals and stores of transport equipment, in
cane active operations should cease. The general
opinion is, that while the nucleus of the establish-
ment will be kept in England, the greater part will
be rendered available for service in the colonies.

The removal of gun. and heavy atoms from
Sebastopol continues. The railway branching to the
right, and terminating at the Woronzoff-road,
between the Second and Light Divisions, is now
turned to valuable account.

(FROM ANOTHER

CAMP, SEBASTOPOL, Mason 18.
Since the signature of the armistice on the after-
noon of the 14th, the Russians have flocked down
by hundreds to the banks of the Tchernaya. On
Friday last three carriages, crammed fall of ladies,
drove down to the chapel built in the rock opposite
the field of Inkermann, and on Sunday_ afternoon the
valley was like • fair—not only mop of the
Russian officers and soldiers cram to our aide of the
Tchernaya, although it is stated that their boundary
is the Mackenzie Heights and the north aide; bat
Ilour soldiers and the French actually invited them up
Ito our heights and showed them through Ca•robert's
Redoubt. One of these gentlemen, an officer of the
24th Regiment, stated that they had thrashed the
38th Regiment right well on the 18th of June, and
that he, although wounded by a bayonet in the
Bed= on the Bth of September, remembered per-
fectly well coming int* contact with the 90th Regi-
ment in that work. One of their priests, who was
droned much like a woman, and were long hair, had
an lib breast three medals. Their Silistria medal is
very similar to their Sebastopol one, and resembles
meth our Cape medal, only that the orange and blue
are equally divided. Leave has been leaked by the
Russian officers of their Commander-in-Chief to be
allowed to give a ball at Simpheropol to the allied
armies, and the French are actually going to construct
a ball-room 100 feet by 50 feet, where they hope to
get many Russian baits to attend. Orders hays al-
ready been•given to our engineers to provide as much
timber as possible for the purpose. Our allies are
expected to have a grand review shortly. The left
bank of the Tchernaya has been settled upon by
general order No. 2, March 15, as the line of demar-
cation for Britiah troops. The armistice of the day
previous was a good opportunity for rescinding the
first order on the subject ; and lam glad to say that
all those officers placed under arrest for breaking that
order, whether intentionally or unintentionally, are
set free again. Arrangements are being made for
granting the Crimean medal to those Engineers,
Sappers, and infantry, who were actually employed
on the destruction of the docks. The fire they were
wader was naturally very alight, it any; but still, ,if
ea exception is to be made to &general rale, I mew
to those who arrived after the 9th of Sophia*,
perhaps this exception is allowable, and.msny might
say is advisable. On Friday the Third Division was
marched out complete fora day's bivateching to the
°eerie,

Monastery of St. - al. under Sit WS %NU:
On their return put headquarters, Sir William
Cudrington thought it such a capital idea that
he ordered the First, Second, and Fourth Divisions,
late on Saturday evening, to parade the following
morning in their clamps, at a quarter put 7, with their
sappers, artillery, land transport, spare ammunition,
medicine chests, &c., in fact all complete, with their
day's rations, and to proceed to the Monastery for a
day's pic-nic. The weather was unfortunately, on ao-
count of the north wind, very cold ; so, after marching
past the commander-in-chief and getting out their ran
tions, the three divisions were ordered to return to their
several camps and cook their dinners at home. This
portion of the army arrived at the Monastery at
about 9; left again at 11, and were here by 1. On
Saturday, the Fusilier', 7th and 23rd, gave another
performanos in their theatre of the Light Division-
The following is the programme :
FUSILIER TER A"."

air DIVISION.
Ti. Evening, March 15th, will be pert rated,
MT /MIND IN SRI STRAP&
Mr. Nopkias Kr. Plemmsr, Royal Familiars.
Fraderlcit.
Major Copies"'
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O'lnsweey Lad K. Browns, ~
Oraeopy
Mre. Corinne
Caroliae

Tosmaclada with
Till TWO BONNICASTLIS.
Mr. Fattiness
Mr. J. J. Johastoa
Mr. Booryomtle
alias Major Bell, R. Welch Fusiliers.
Mr. Jeremiah Sorsa ..
Mrs. Boanycasee
Helios
Patty
Dom opts at 8 o'cicck. Pertcramass to commence at
halt-put precisely.
GOD DAYS Till QOZIX.
In the first piece, the acting of Lord Richard
Browne and Dr. Sheehy was capital. Grumpy was
by no means to be despised, but Frederick was a
terrible lad; both the women, particularly Mrs. Capsi-
tam, were too tall, although they were afterwards
called before the curtain with O'Blarney. In the
sewed piece, the inimitable acting of Major Bell was
very, highly praised, and Patty made a first-rate
malt-servant. Between the performances four sol-
diers of the 7th came before the audience as Ethio-
pians: they sang three songs, and some of their
riddles oeconandrums provoked loud laughter. The
weather for these theatricals is generally most an.
fortunately cold. On that night the thermometer
stood at 1 deg.; Sunday night it was zero; yester-
day earning, at nine, 12 deg. ; and last eveniog,
14 deg. This morning it is warmer, the wind having
shifud a little to the east. This month last year
was, comparatively speaking, warm; in short, the
two vinters cannot bear comparison as to length and
seventy ; but then, as you hear the soldiers say, we
have no " Matey "or "Gordon." One can scarcely
believe that in some cues the men who last year had
their feet wrapped round with pieces of blankets and
tramped it down to Balaklava and back for their
ratios, and went to the trenches the same night, are
the same who now look so robust and healthy.
Amoigst the company at the theatre I noticed, is the
frontrows, Lord William Paola and his brother,
Lord George, who lately commanded the Bellero-
phon, and is now out here amatenring ; Brigadier-
Geewal Strube:met, Col. Wilbraham and his brother,
and Colonels Wellesby and Banbury, several French
officers and two ladies—Mrs. Hill, lately arrived,
wife of Colonel Hill, of the Rifles, and Mrs. Brine.
I The noes, which are to come off on the 24th, are
likely to be well contested. For the first flat
race 39 ponies were entered by 8 o'clock last
night; for the steeplechase, 7 horses; pony steeple-