The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-08 00:00:00

OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.

THE BIRTH OF THE FRENCH PRINCE
CFLF.BRATED BY THE ENGLISH ARMY.
(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)
CAMP, SEBASTOPOL, Mane 25.
The mail due on Thursday, the 20th instant, did
not arrive till Sunday, the 23rd. The bags reached
heed-quarters at an early hour of the morning, and
no lag tints elapsed before it became known that the
report, which had been prevailing in camp the last
two days, of an imperial heir having been born to
the throne of France, was armed by authorised
intelligence from the British Embassy at Constanti-
nople to General Codrington, and by despatches to
Marshal Pelletier. Orders were sent, in conformity
with precoacerted arrangements, it was understoodel
to Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Dares to mead&
the whole of the Royal Artillery on the open Mak
ground near the Guards' err, he the popes of
firing a salute and underpins imp by the
Commander of the Forces. A dos* eillat was WI
rated. An opportunity was adored of passing 1$
review the whole of the artillery, which has not
been done shoo the grand review in &LaMar plain
in November last, and which was to take place
under any oironontances about this time, and a more
striking and imposing character was given to the
complimentary rote paid to the Hones of our Mos-
trims ally by the assembling of such a vast array of
artillery on the occasion. In the French amps the
salutes were fired, as usual, by repeated rounds from
one or two field betters. The adore for the parade
Were received at the stations of the various batteries
abet. 10 ohlook, and at noon they were all user
bled at the position indicated.
This position was in the right flank of the plateau,
on the summit of the high ground overlooking the
Balaclava and Tehersays plains with the Farris,
heights, and near to its extreme veep. Here were
drawn ap in line Inch en array of guns and sr
and all is such perfect writhe and order—nee,
heroes, guns, and all belonging to them—as it fele
to the lot of few to see crested at one spot. The
fora assembled consisted of thirteen batteries, sem-
rising eleven field betters', sad two bathers"' the
heavy briers; and also two and a half tarn of
bores artillery. Altogether ninety gags looked ever
the plain, mid were pointed towards the lire of hills
and non taus riming co the opposite side. The ran
was shining brilliantly, and the atmosphere was
clear, so that they must have been plainly visible to
the Russians in their amps glom the veep of the
Mareade ridge.
The salute first fired in the camps was a Fresh
salute of 101 guns. This took platy at a oommeall-
iag situation neer to the point whore red to be the
head.parten of Gourd Berate and test kr
from the Tiller of Isaidar, on the Wareescd
rend. 1f.,. Mural Ulric was seemblel with
an inhume dad and, maid waving of shaderdi,
among which the Eagle of France wee conereser
the first pa of a battery of brass pas was fired pee-
-1 rely at twelve o'clock. A few pas only bad been
fired from this spot, whim the reports of distaatc:
were had from the dined= of the Na.
were kat the fiesta at Xesatch and liuniesolt. By
a arms ellset of echo, aura were head also as if
' fres gar ea the north side of the harbour of Sebes-
tiptoe that many who were not manta the it
of the salute, concluded that the hada J
were Meg at the ease time as ourselves. Of me
the only amen event which could be 'appeal..
mesh to humsst the allied and the hostile ands%
was as Add driendlea of peas; and Ws woe
commas* hailer by many to be the ekiet of
the firing, aril its true ripen was discovered.
Titateral delivery a letters in the di-
✓ as camps only took shortly before
noon d to the part of the
tratian
e the But annoreement of any saner
dinary occarrenos having been commasiated
by the mail was the sound of the cannon booming is
the midst of them, sad the sight oldie white volumes
of smoke which rose from Bareet's Hill, sad
swept rapidly by toward' the plain, driven by the
westerly true, which was that blowing rather
After the salute had he.. fired from the stair
just menemed, Marshal Praia and his staff
descried la the Yforcesoff road to the valley la
rasa( the Adaddes amps. Here a large bay of
=as marbled with soca field batteries, and
gelato was fired.
The salute was fired rest half-poet twelve
dela& The let was very rimeive.es gen after
pa In .the /Bag row, ammasft lees the right
sad bEreting towards the left is mar time and
err ditherer its whim wide, reek end sent
its rear over the Freer amp Weer, is Tore itself
ameee gorges and mimes of the Evoke moun-
tains hood. General °odde might well be
roadhaving sash a fora arse his eommand.
Wiwi the rate had bee. ked—ead it required a
seamed kedarge from very few seas to complete it
-411 e met was given foe the whole of the artillery
to retire to ground at air two Medea reds die-
was to ramekins pea° This measmeat
aZd.by the Mara twee I. lime, esd was
oneanted. The gas were them wheeled
trod aid kneed up Ye betted 's. The cam-
el the forego. eemieured by ble 'tad and
• Mesa, having tree up a bearable Freida..
.the artillery Faiaruil to Earth past for impede&
LierateGerrel Si Bilker Dames rode at the head
of the troops, and, harts rid the customary salute,
fell out, and took up emelitlea at General Caring-
toe's side. At Bret the iniatioa appeared to be to
move I. distinct batteries. bet, at an eider fray the
Greer this was shark and ear and pen wont
by in single file, at a steady roe, so that an oppor-
tunity was given of making is most whets Wpm-
tioa of the whole. The keety fan Mr emir
batteries Wrested mesh setts from every
oar resat, each el thew poaderer isle beteg
draws by twelve hoar four abreast. Me beam
were in the finest writhe, and I. every regret the
whets keen, resented he roe or examieed I. detail,
mated to be all that a trawsweder weld derive,
• sew armies were inadesat. The French. who
halal 44_, serivamed their mudistice at the
iiheiplise • and Vematise of this Has lora In load
tonne. Thee were far Amgen prase, end cos-
paratively edema uneorected with the
ash
ressediags, esisquenai of the abort soda at
er=s
the weir wee pfrresseethit= beg
=serathe day, thi hum importer, of
wWLcan sesuely be admitted, parer, at rant,
neariebeated. as may be Wished, ia a marked
area in the Fresh aura Mem re celebrated
he the meries. sad a lb Dams rag st the various
=NM stations, when all the traps elf daty
A triple ratiosat wise was da-
te every Inhale I sack retiree being
den Aar inesuals of thee, to
filaardar resaldeg, as would probably have
Wihad the whoa hen VIM at era At
thdere were berg. Ii various pans of the
amps, sad bore sad there_ display' at fireworks.
The bonfires raised by the Metlamders above Be.
mar atoned general utile an repeat of their
elevated position, and from their large tine they sea•
tired to bar all e4ht. The doer= else led a
series of fires. whir appeared at a arm dr
a festive illuminati% aloeg the Meekest&
heights. and the pease of ibis. net
being supposed that they word ad &t adebetie.
et the art which Miura the ocagratelatleas lee
the Alike, sualaseihew esistonse—ena 6
subject of eerier small all Wha air theme
It was again either Set they themeeler
bad remised sews of peer sr that they ranted
He verbiage ef the Mew to- larbg Tessier ea
eassonesseset eel i. pear washedee a the One.
I:l2:kta.
fistsitadai War held yease4
is,, 24, is the alley. Theireer.
ea which •esemm eat era the most
—het solar tibia-intake tat the red aver sirs, as.
the isslarredblea With peetlephit.

POLAND.

WARSAW, MAscia 21.

The country awaits with anxiety the issue of the
Conferences. We have not yet last the hope that
after the English,Prenek, Turks, and Sardinians, our
tarn will also come. Doubtless, we shall no longer
fire great guns and hazard the little that remains to
us to plass. the foreign newsmen, as we did in
,1848 and in 1848; but if you will act frankly with vs,
we are all ready. If, on the contrary, you con-
dude peace without making say alteration in our
present position, I cannot answer for the ems-
gussets.
In the official world every order has for some lime
had • military tendency; dregs for 300,000 ma
have been ordered for the military stores et this
country alone. Is this& hoax, to make people balm
that we are ready for a nbsequent war P Tor
generally believed that everything that is dons here
rs immediately known abroad. There are no awake
troops at Warsaw, and very few in the kingdom of
Poland; the service is entirely performed by the
militia, whopeform it very unwillingly, their servile
having already exceeded the period for which they
considered they were engsgeci
The new recruiting Is going on with great rapi-
dity: it enemata, in our little kingdom alone, to
30,000 men
Seers Amen .1 distinction believe that it is not
thought he Roods that Cronstadt can resist the new
English eememeata. Russia laughs in its sleeve at
the kniel arlrappees and speculators cm the ex-
changes who nal he weakness sad impotence gene-
raft mid ffistateemesdassa Bohn Ref spe limy pat
OR the mak et megualmiteybefsre their enater
seen that of setneemes. my that they are
breaking up the. Aegle.Fromoh alliance for their own
interest, sad that they will join France eitlarasiest
Enema or, what is more likely, against Ae
There is nothing new here but a new est of officials.
Nothing in the system is changed. On the treatnry,
the Russian ice.,whisk bad formerly been
falling into aget, h mew beesming theafficsal Im-
mo in the samieL The &Whin inn elmeie, which
is the ennisesse of Resoles kghidiesi, and which
is not aratexasy in the kiosks of Poked, is moth
more evilest under Prime (iertchakoff than under
the Marshal (Paniewiteli), who, being himself a.
perverse, mesipasisted them. The Jews and
traders, a class so powerful here, are already dissatis-
fied with the sew state of things. There is, at pre-
sent, a little hue and cry after thieves : a very noro-
rice' min General Wikieski, Minister of the Interior,
has sheedy been dismissed. But they have appointed
in kin plan a Mr. Monebanoff, late Chief Inspector
of fleheele, who will 1111 both these situation, and
who h a mes
essatry inimical to the canons and literature
of the .
Oast Aadrew Zamoyekl has been charged to
superneeal the construction of a bridge at Warsaw.
The ether Polish governments sneezed to Russia are
Ghost to have their elections, and they propose to
imitate the demands of the government of Vilna,
within Wing discouraged at the unfavourable recep-
tion of the farmer petition..
The guidon of the bishops is still undecided.
There m be some insoluble difficulties at Rome.
We are expecting every moment the announce-
ment of the a arrival t the horses are ready ;
but it will probably depend on the vegan of the
oWe:ems.

THE UNITED STATES.

The weather was exesedingly favourable; the con-' slavery question in the fairest light it can
come of spectators immense; no accident of a serious possibly bear. But it is a foregone conde-
mners occurred; and the whole passed off under most sion—slavery can never exist in Kansas. The
auspicious circumstance. General Liiders did not ' spirit of the free North is roused. All through the
Goose down to the plain, nor did any of the Russian free States public assemblies are meeting day by day
officers or soldiers join in the throng on the south and night by night. Ministers of the gospel of all
aide of the river, as it was generally anticipated some denominations (except the catholic) are preaching a
of them would be permitted to do. But yet, quite crusade against this new and outrageous insult of the
'pert from the races themselves, which called it into slave power. " Sharpe's rifles and Bibles " are being
birth, this assemblage was one of the most remark- subscribed and voted for by the thousand. Ex-
able spectacles which has been witnessed in the' governors, judges, mayors, and eminent citizens—
Crimea since the commencement of the campaign. clergymen, scholars, teachers, lawyers, physicians,
It is generally understood that General Codnugton farmers, mechanics—all the producing and
tllamt-
wrote to General Luders, intimating to him that the sating classes of society are enlisting in these cohorts
noes were to take place, and that, in case his officers' of freemen; and now, while the chain with which
might like to take the opportunity of seeing this na- this more than Arctic winter has bound us is being
tionel pastime, the Allies would be glad to see them dissolved by the vernal sun, they are stirring from
at the meeting. It was stated that General Laden every portion of the free States, and before midsum-
replied that some would attend, bat either this state- mer has come thousands of these men will appear
meet was erroneous, or something occurred to change upon the fertile plains of Kansas. In fact this whole
the General's intention, as the result proved. movement, which has deeply stirred the nation, will
I enclose a mammas of the noes. The eironm- hereafter be known in the annals of liberty for all
stance of chief general interest connected with them, men es the second crusade of America. The first was
was thefaatof theprincipalraos—the two-mite steeple- for the freedom of the Anglo-Saxon—the second will
ohase—being won by a French officer, Viscount Talon. be known as the crusade for the freedom of the
t the race he exhibited great judgment, African.
Totilkliveravarious leaps in good style, and proved him- The struggle in the American Congress for free
self a gesd rider. He also carried off the handicap institutions for free soil has been a long and an *edit-
sweepstakes for ponies of fourteen hands and under, ons one, and it is not yet over. We cannot, indeed,
half a mile in the fiat. Viscount Talon is, I believe, forecast the future, but it seems more than probable
serving at present as a non-oomuus' sioned officer in that the North, grown tired of the aggressive spirit
the Obirneurs d'Afrique. He is a gentleman of good of the slavery propagandists, will no longer conciliate
tarter, has peened some time in England, and is very where they have hitherto obsequiously bent to
food of English sports. The horse which he rode in Southern dictation for the sake of union and the
the seemed Taos is Hagfish-bred. oonatitntion. The result will be, that the North will
have one candidate and the South another, and it will
end in the South being voted down.