The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-03 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1856.

aerobe's any changes in system air aeganisatioe, ee
there have been in ear military amnia. Their skids
one, therefore, be better spared.
Dee. 21.

Frost bu continued daring the past week, and
the cold has been intense. The lowest temperature
which has been met with daring the present winter
occurred during the night between the 18th and 19th
instant. Le effects were. felt the more severely ce
account of strong northerly isles prevailing at the
same time. At 7 am. of Wedosoday, the 19th, the
mercury stood at 6 degrees below zero in Fahreakitt's
thermometer. Doris( the night mentioned, and is
the coarse of the following day, many soldires sad
others were hat-bitten, but it would seem that, is
the 'majority of hostanen this was the reedit of im-
modest onligenee. In name iageness the men had
brought it on by lying out while in a elan of lateeiree
tin ; is some, the frost bite had occurred daft
sleep in iltsittored tents; in • fen seen
It took pine while the men Were mimed at target'
Ruda or employed Owlet/IP A The parte
frown were generally the fingers, fen, or ears. I
only beard of one death, and this was evideetly in
coosequence of exam in drinking, for the men was
fond lying in the snow, frown. but hewing owl-
&noes of previous intoxication. Noma wen frost-
bitten who were properly clothed, or whose mope-
ties admitted of their wearing gloves. The woollen
mite served out to the soldiers might be meek im-
proved : they are pat on and off with dillealty,
they shrink is washing, and the sharp wind. by
entering between the meshes of their news. ohne
the skin of the hands. The dark-celeesed dodo mite
of the Remise soldiers are meek more wiping ;
they reach higher, protecting the mist% anil are
Y easily removed Ypet on, while a Imp inp at-
tached to them admits of their Was
when not wore, to a convenient part et the muffins.
The four flaws are together in on spasm the thumb
hosing in a nosed. The texture is oleos, se that se
wind on pug through; at the mama thee the &do is
sufficiently pliable to admit of every mensary nen•
meat of the hand while the glove remain ea. Disk
cost most be comparatively tale', sapstielly when
their durability is taken into account. The keg
boots have this year proved a failure; is meet M-
emnon the mutual. sewing, and shape, all are bed;
and the troops are on mammonism& resorting to the
abort ammunition boots. which they had in wear
previously to the knee of the winter boots.
This day (21st) there is a sheer of wind to the
south•east, the temperature is slightly above the
freezing point, aid there an Window of • thaw
continuing until the wind shell rearm to the cold
quarter.
The transport animals are still suffertag severely
as many as sixty is the establishment, it is said, die
daily. The greater number of thong whisk are sick
appear to be disabled by gore boas, and the debility
malting from the exceuaive discharge from the worse.
Many are also said to be suffering from diseases of
the lange, sonsequent on exposer* daring the late
wet weather, and SOON also from glanders. In some
Division the Awe' private bit bores are beiin
employed for plumes of public transport, and this
is a *ablest of dieseeteet. The (Mom of the Land
at=say, however, that the stabling of all the
will son be completed. and that slier a
short rest the department will be in foll operation
Main.
Some detonations of the Legion of Honer have
been sent by the Emperor Napoleon to the Crimea
for diatribe:ion in the English army. A certain
number has been sent to the Genesi of each Divi•
▪ and mainsails, officers of regiments will
report and recommend the dews or soldiers whom
they say think most deserving of receiving sack •
mark of distinction. An opportunity will thee be
afforded of rewarding meritorious envie% under
other dreametaness than those of simple bravery in
scion. Three crosses of the Legion of Honour are
to be given is the regiments which have served
throughest the whole of the campaign, two in those
whisk haw arrived subagent to the eonneeseeesat
of the melee le the Crites&

wadslo mesompod in the plata and
Ito Misr are mid So les searing a good deal
Ikea diarrhoea and siker *harm The Bailbh
troops combos healthy. ANltaegh the Dumber of
sick hoe iscreased, the hue not begs rest,
sad des sees, liiiikulablo to the ohms.
able shames, of Unbosom sad its temperature, ban
sot boon of a serious okommfer. No smonaltios of mists
bare ocuarrod Is the Moviielt parties of iloboollegol.
although both me }Oils works sad in the velvets
sompatioa of Imaelft prowood sad other ommegisle,
ths slumber maiming tbsionledsola bamboos by se
somas • limits( mom There has loos se Intormireisa
is tbsowomyk ibis hos tbs moth slim They have
lately hums omploylas rod bat she, with • view of
settles so Ire some of the few buildings whisk re-
tais ask timber. hat have MUM, boss sassoommfal
la their attempt.
Many wild turkeys, it rather bustards, bare bees
shot sliest the plaim of &Wave, aid beyond
Imam They ars larger mad howls, than the
damsels
etzt7, mid am el excellent Worm whoa
PgrlY mail which was dm on the 17th instant,
arrived yesterday. The mail dos as the 13th instant
has set yet mashed sm. By the mail of yesterday we
had London sews of December 3.

(TROY • CORRESPONDENT.)
CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Deo U.
After oar allies the Freed% had pestpost d blow-
ing up ass of the docks of their ball perdue Mat
Monday, they gave out that the am** WWI he
demolition would take place the bliraisi Thranibq
but, much to the atmoyeese of the wit& may.
the Sniper% or oho the Cememederde•Chief,
Marshal Pelimier, agate peetpeasd tM greet.
and no further day for the sailed da-
mmed= is yet mistimed. Yesterday I hsaidoe
red autbori.y, that owing to the water pmesletieg
through the sod into the gelled. Is ream ammo
than bad been imparted. the Pm& were rather It a
fix, as they don't imps Is hem mile arrammmeab
like etc &gismo Whim smiled with peeps is
ease of margeecy- dstirwarae, together with
the severity of the wafter, set permitting the
promotions of the miheseeemi works at sight, will,
it is generally espeeted, prevent the satire demolition
et time tames sine demise being mapieted or ready
toe sempletke for sass days to ma. The &stem-
ties of these five dye deelm basin sad entrance, may
be considered by may as a great piece of bulimia's;
still, ashes Sebastopol is declared a free port, this
secrifiee of property, testament to about twisty
@Whoa", is a oseemery evil. The km rumour with
reference to the movemeate of generals ie. that La
Marmon, wham beeilleerters are at Hadikoi, I
✓im he Pads, and that Sir George Brown, 0 C. 8.,
le site aimed ben hies to that 'apical.
The ampluseb is mop are not very assesses
jut sews, Last eight the reheated for tonight's
amide& teak pines la the 4th Division restaurant
the whole of the amiume beim' to the 2nd Brigade
of that Divisiom the diem of this brigade Mee
usually held at this pryvery Saturdey befog a
met et Cyder Cellars,ied* singer as
eke, el the S Begirerst. who is fames in "Billy
Barlow' Mk mead= Is epee to the whale stay,
but not se the theetriesk, a metals maim et
strangely' ti kw being ghee away by the
sommitem Wee* b set for these =adage
the rest newt moot clues, am witheat them
then is sot aelleiset eaten to make it
mirth say Freedmaa's wbUe to keep the bandies
open. elm it can eely be frequented by Awe,
Clem to Catlitert's Hill b Mr. Stewertatiolate
mea t ler °probe'. sad Ow, at The
astual shop of this stale lies bops moved b• to
the best, towards SeSsainmi, d it WOW slob

Irg one quarter of the wooden building called
e:staff Club Holm ; She remaining three
quartets being occupied yee:s late billiard table
broken, and
broughtpe. U %
a WY. th• sktil
thetheCacarepositios, whisk some
artilbrymaa undertook that it should stem ass substi-
tute, does not harden, although the UPI is Ma.
Agelo; the new billiard cloth that w taming oat
or same out, has bass lost or stolen. All them detests
have earned the lot Battalion Bills Brigade to destine
their builds. The 90th 'fflght Is try billiard
table is now Ming pat sp opposite their mess hut in
se sissy's hat. Dula( the last week I have noticed
several single poesy sledges Wag drives abuse. They
are mods out of old Remise vehicles, and I Iran
softesd in them. amongst others, Major Haniltos,
47th, Assistant-Quartermaster-General; Lieutenant
Neville; R.IL, A.D.C.; Captain Fordo, 48th, A.D.C.
Lust Monday *varier the 7th Paellas had a gnat
ameet-balliog. Oar win of the minima bad
to smash and take a hastily thrown up redoubt from
awing. Rile pits sad ha/rindss were made
eedoe, and great deal of asaueemest was
the plucky sunset is which ens of the
besiegers' pits, forced of meow and barrels, was de-
stroyed by a sortie frees the gamma. At last, after
some heti fighting on both Air, the work was w-
iled by mesult. Susliershallesges have takes plass
ia venous regiments daring this week, ese sesPenY
attaekieg another, sad so forth; and is many
eases several oessaltiss have been ceased by
wounds in the face. For example—Major
Wallis. 7th Fusiliers, sad others. The Rusk=
have bikes lately to Mr a good dial from Fart Oss-
stasiuk sad also to throw rockets into the tows,
sad, oessegeenly, there have bees a greater weaker
of mashies than usual amongst the French and Bog-
, lish ring down to Sebastopol for bricks, cat stem,
and timber. Oar allies have so fuel served eat to
them as we have, in additios to which they are sot
warmly clothed, have no gloves or stockinp exaspt
what they themselves big at the stores A. they
walk akeg they appear half starred, and to be saf-
bring greatly from old. Their hands, from the
seventy of the weather sad hard diet, appear Ia wet
eases almost bleak. Yet they are very urdestriess,
hard-working, and fortunately have no pride. I have
some many pecking out bates and discarded sharps'
heeds from our ashpits or dunghills, and I has, also
leen others in camp selling paper which they perhaps
have bought tolerably cheap by going to Maultasch
or Hadskor. Every Freak soldier you meet, from a
Coamear-i-Pied to a Lewes, will tell you, if asked,
that a great many of his ferment are host-bitten in
the toes and fingers, and that a large proportion of
their new arrivals an dying from • kind of cholera
—jest as our men did last winter. Oa the eight
of the 18th and during the following day, $
large number of oar soldiers were frost-bittes.
Oee regimmt, the 90th, bad an Seer and eight men
frost-bitten when out ball firing The 66th and 34th
also suffered. One man—l think of the 33rd—is likely
to loss both hie hands; he moos sentry, and had no
mita on. The thermometer last Sunday, between
aunties and masa, stood at 11, 14, sad 18—rather
cold work to have to attend divine service cm such a
morning for threelauters of an hoar. On Tuesday
sight it was 6 below auk sod during Wednesday
nursing it stood at Siff., or 29 deg of frost. Since
then the weather has bees a little milder, bat so
thaw—jut the weather to suit se Eurliabuslis sad
keep oar army healthy. When • thaw don set in
the camps sad roods will be nab is a fearful suite,
oa seeoaat of ticrth of the frown meow. Forges
have bees 1111t1 is several of the Divisiou ;
these, together with the amistasee usually maimed
by the field batteries to each Division, have mailed
the infantry and staff Ames to get their chargers
sad bit ponies rough shod, a great boos sad luxury
es well as safety during this weather. Sentry-boxes
are sow being made oat of arattnisestiat barrels;
these porter or pork barrels, one on top of another, if
fixed. and cut away in front. suit capitally, but
two ram puoolitoss answer better. as they an jut the
right height for a min. These bungles= be easily
made to go on swivels to sail the whirl, wow, or rola.
There is some rum to fear that the Pena mail
steamer due here es Thursday, the 11th Melo his
been lost In the Black fiat. At laradquartess bat&
limos has been received that it left Coareistiseple
on the 12th. Ot eosins this mail is reported to have
°ordained a large brevet for the seniors, hat it really
is, if wrecked, a ggreeeaat lose, as it contained all the
reports, ts' letters, ike., of the expbsios
on the 15th, in addition to the monthly periodieds—
eot saying • word about the loss of lib and pro.
party. The mail due last Monday arrived on Thum
day. making on that day three ensile due; and the
mall du last Thursday has not yet (8 a.m.) arrived.
These °meant delays of the mails came many an
molded word to be said.

A hal/brat oar 13th Light 'Brainy &finest,
who was takes Omer at the battle of the Taber-
naya slab seenlieg *re limier. nesagod toecaps
the other img esi eine vier from the north side
serous tbs Ma usgsitstbst Reamiaas have
plenty of proneimas. sat that to wee sneenunealy
well feel wine awe there. Os the it was re-
ported through lamp that a Russian picket of 100
ntes sad 1 O&M had noon over from the aonh
aide, sad gives thearelves op bodily to the French.
This shave had more foaadation than mot have, for
it taros out that 120 Frenchmen, primoasrs of war,
with Ananias great-coats is, did eons over that daT,
sad wen manned through oar camp. The awn
read, as far se chokes hats, Lis very good order, list
Gee of the stabanknents was carried away by the
rata of the 12th. Blase that night we have had no
rain. Owing to the parcels aloe at %baklava being
too small, want of transport, and bad naaagniwat,
Lew officers in the front have as yet got
thole parcels that tune by the Sardialao.
By renal orders of yesterday, no working pay is
to be given in (stare to soldiers, *zees for skilled
labour aa artificers, polio duties, sod epeeist assn.
butlio digging trenches. is no
longer tabs ooaridueed extra work, bet a soldier'sdaty.

Thia is a move is the right direction. Whit
• pity that the order did solemn out before the siege
of Sebastopol, or eves before the inein-reed was own-
nieneed, as as isiniensity of drunkenness and • large
expenditure would have been saved to John Bull, and
the work would, I believe, have been caw miss sa
well and twice me willingly. Sir Riolatd Dawes has
hoard nothing Anal yet about the age train going
beim

Amougst the dicers going home "on urgent private
affairs" are Lieut. Colossi Storey. Coldatmem
Guards; Captain Dishy. Grenadier Ouargla; Pap
master Blake, 93rd Highlanders; Lieut. Bailor, 17th
Het; Assistant Commissary General Crookshaak.
On mediae! certificate: Quartennuter WO's, lot

ROl4 ; Captain Temple, glut Reg. ; Lieut. B. etian,
92ad Higlanders, whole (dog home to sellout; and
by yesterday's orders, Major 01 ye, Rifle Brigade,
A. A. 0., Light Divisiee ; and Major Rope. Royal
Artillery, have obtained lease till the 29th February.
Vienna loaissere, Lint. and (Septa', fleets Fusi-
lier °Sink bee Mn appointed A. D. C. to Major
Omelet Windham, C. 8., Chigoe the Btall The late
orderaloset Mt raise having to go to the iron lets
kr slum try Wiggle every other bier days hee owed
great grumbling me m thejueler rooks. The aeon
We Sid with Noe mom, "We did sot give 204 to
SOL far a petty to be made s transport aaimaleL Why
should we be med. to eaffer Memos the had
port bee failed through bed memmemeat sod wept
of ears P Oar Mt posies see pirate, sot
rhad property, we should set mid se mesh it we
wily to latch for the regiment, but Mniers
peeks OM beaks ler the brig* et
is too UV These has bees some shades hasty ea
the resseveir is Telreesayavalley, sad down the We-
, reeauli 0010100991, be those vb. Ml*
.bat... Bathe massisee permit our shooting duke
to mesh as porible is the valley. The death of
Make/ last Ms weed peat regret.