The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-26 00:00:00

THE BALTIC.

(771,0 N OUR OWN 001LOWIPONDINT.)
KIEL, JAx. 21
TM ise has now almost entirely disappeand from
this bay, and the steamer with the Copenhagen mail
cams direm into the karboarpstorday and returned
in the evening to CIN1100f,h&TIOg ON board the Danish
Pr ions sad Prineses who have lately been Mrs oo
a visit to their relatives at the palace. The *inter
to them, therefore, does not appear to present the
mat difficulties of navigating these waters ahieh
had iodised the English Admiralty and duds Alms
to withdraw the squadron which had been loft to
=bask OS blockade of the Auden ports. ;Soma
elss now be formed of the extent of the ma
sennsesses of that proeseding, as by the latest amounts
resolved from Revel it la ascertained that 36 fends
bed &say arrived at. that single port linos the
Rib. (litho blockade; and to show how scantily.' the
aleValimet has bees, tha mereennusemtion QUM* ports
from whence they had proceeded will be quit( nib
*eat Thum are Restock, Menial, Labe*, btoukhola,
Wisby, Parosound. Bornholm, Swimmunde, Wiesner,
Kiel, Bresnan, Boston U.S. Messina, Hdll, and
Dundee. The vessels from England and Scotland
were not wielcd with reaching a Russian post in
safety, Out afterwards proceeded to Helaingfors, u
did also a steamer from Lubeck, which had long been
watching such an opportunity, and many oCtheas
ousels had already 'been chartered to bad return
argon of Russian produce. It may appear. hew.
Sums now to refer to such circumstances, as tie
award peace will render any oonscquenoes that may
occur of little importance ; but it is nevertheless ne•
ciesasry that such s result of miensanagemant should
be recorded, that the most stringent measures-may,
en my future mansion, be adopted to peewit its
recurrence---more especially as the general idehats
still continues to be that, although the basis fat
• as to pesos may ham been seseptsd hy
Rua* these will be so mach difference slAWan
as to the details, that the negotiations animus.
badly be broken off, and that hostilities will be
resumed with the return of spring, both in the Black
Sea and the Baltic.

THE RECENT CAVALRY ENOAGEMEN2t-
ENCOUNTER AT ILIIRTCH.

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The following graphically written and shotatbre
intsressing lotto 3.. born received by Dr. Elkin..., has
his sea, Mr. John Elkingtoa, who is now wawa
is the Turkish Cavalry Cmtingrat, 'claimed at It=
" Haruki, Dec. 22, MK
" My dear lather,—We have bed • little rpm et lest, sal
I Inas you to send to are Birmingham, Journal Irbil
ezurous you may think fit, about the dilit end the Ike al
trace.

Om Commissariat bought a lugs quoatity of by at
mull hamlet celled • the Spanish Yam,' about sight mike
Gam Xerteh. The 4th and 6th Regiments of infenttleme
east to the farm to protect our foragers while ruing it
Os ilreday, the 100 a remostoitering party of 80 of the
Turkish Contiogent Cavalry under the command of lbjem
Maadonald, set out la the direction of Saltamosks, MOM
is about fifteen miles from X.rtch. They were eediedir
attacked after a long ride by a large party of CoMoin,
about 400 in comber. The Cossaeks charged four deep,
at the Turks repulsed them twice, charging again wad
win ; bat the little band of heroes wee at length am.
rounded. A Large number at Turks ant their way
sad somped, leaving Captain Sherwood sod 43 Tartrg
SOINIMA Major Macdonald stye the Turks Gould not ham
behaved with MOM gallantry. The major himself has dm
Yam holm in his vim ; bat wu not hart. Perhaps he
owes his escape to the imt of having wars a thick seal skis

" Nut day three gwas of the Hot,. Artillery were Mood
to the Spaniels Farm for Its further protection, sod Miami
I west with them. Os the way we met four or Pre imolai
is mabalaares, sad ware the eight of them gam se a
very implement sessatios.
" Neat morning I heard a dad of true was going oat to
the Hessian to iaquire altar the fate of Captain Sherwood
sad the other prisoners, sad that a medical °Seer was re-
quired to sooommay the leg and attend to the wants of the
weuseled. I get parsaiseion from my °marauding alter,
volunteered, gad was acesepted.
" We aet oat at 8 a.m. from the farm, oar party assisting
of Najaf Ooldamid, Adjatant-Geseral, aa interpreter, a
Tartar guide, Captain Sherwood's servant, six troopers, ass
of whom bore a lame white lag on his lanes, and air
self. There bad bees a heavy fall of snow • few days
before, whisk made it by so mesas an may task to get as
at any speed. It we. a most pictureique party • the flag
sad paid, rid sheet taa yards in advance, dies lesjor
Goldeseid, interpreter, and myself, and thee the
with their red lessee, which are certainly very=
head dresses. After riding half an hour we law a
ow a hill, wbo immediately galloped off, ao doubt
to take istellipace. We soon reached the road, *Hell is
very brood, and prectimble for goes the whole way. FA
sales further as we come to Sulu/weeks, where we watered
ear horses. This is about fifteen miles hoes Kertels. "We
sent came to Askar-ffesaks. ainisteea miles from lieetch.
(When I talk about them distances you mud not read ra•
meetly ea and so, as I could only gum from the time it took
as to ride.) Here there is a high embankment and trench
stretablag all across the country, and I could SA it mounting
ever the Milo to the extreme right and left. The road
pared thrash this, sad thou we saw on the hill to the
right amoral black spots, which approached with weaderfal
rapidity, Dad proved to be aim Cossacks, who galloped ap to
abut half a mile or so from se, and thee rode parallel
with se, as if they did sot know whether we want' lases
or war.'

" Major Goldemid halted his men, and rode on sem
distance with the flag, when the Cossacks same up and
escorted in in the most friendly mauler all the rest of the
way. Small parties of Coesacks kept galloping ap,opeeldeg
to our assort, Led this rode of In urines diluting. The
Condo rids up with • speed quite marvellous ; they seem
to Imo ups you abruptly, wad the country Is very fault-
ed. brads memmeem. We were Mien along • level
Pia Mel need blld Immti= ,Mlite=eilleer baled. Wo 01;4 unshod I
dio Tartars brought hay oar hones at the
ennemmi et tbe Cossacks. We waited here tor till a&
blll4 41111 ft which time several partial rode up and spoke
es ems morn At tenth • tine looking ma, mounted on is
SZitWeek horse, rode up ; this less Colonel Jallaskl, the
a mionsesed. He invited us into hie quartets, sad
gays uc rams diontr, which was very aoceptablin
" Major Chldeetid brought a letter from General Viviell
to °aural Wrangel, sad demanded permission to see
Captain Sherwood sad the prisoners. This could net he
grunted without a permit from General Wrangel, to whom
Jalleskl immediately seat a letter.
" Thos Busks union some and told us all about the
eases. He was • moat intelligent, gentlemanly perm.
about $0 pen old ; spoke French fluently. He was at the
bottle of the Alma aced others. He doe-ribs* the wounds
inflicted in the cavalry charge at Selektive u something
terrible. Oar cue be saw where the skull cap was cut off
by a assbee from jast above the eyebrows to the osciutt;
miter wee deft from the shoulder to the creator the Was,
rem/viol sot only the arm, but rib, viscera, do., with many
other woes& of a similar nature.
" We were eatertsiesd most hospitably this evening, end
had • met comfortable couch extending all along the room
In thus Turkish fashion, to deep es,—Major Goidsmid et
one and sad I at the other.
"The sent day, 'lrbil' we were still waiting for an
answer, we were crammed with all tba good things et)
could motor, the colonel having left an officer for that
perms. Directly we awoke there was • glees of raid to
mallow. (This rail teemed to be more • trait aid
stemesthic lbw* a stimulant; 11 WIN rather bitter, slight!
flavoured with aniseed.) Thee we bed hem, soft bread,
and a stew, ten served up la glass tumblers, end the tea
drinking was kept up all day. How happy *washerwomen
would have been! Then there was leach, aad soon alto
diaaer aad.aueb • dinned I have not had such grub elms
1 loft the William Aldus, when I landed at Yesikals.
Theft wets various mime, and just se I thought it heel
dm to Sash, they brought in some soutelet de pealsE—
(awl @beeped up like asesege-mear, glued together spin
with eggs, sad then fried is the form of cutlets;
dellaiews. After this they brought is ea immeses bap
mem, ememed and hoses hard. I never shall min
that along as I live; we ate It all. Verbs. sot.
. Aftil:see dinner rh seathate. i
„i thick carpetd pulledwa oar b.
s spreadfts olic wadi* db.,:
snub
smoked and drank tea with en eacasiessal ' go' of rail. The
often this asked if we should like to hear • loaf f •

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same sai Se west wasisally. ifs ahe they ser ws
an bar al paw ad mower es semi te
the Ma Pada,' ran they ai
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to Spews s. They cwt aim •as sad smut
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theas bealth—e HMOs easewela babb)--thes
they wag MS var sod I did klearbs assels'
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send se Wkly. He Ibis dasd a SIM dm Oa
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bad ea 11 swar The pease sea ho woad I. Med
with all Ms best dr I bed the ham tif maim
two Wm aws Os polose's sire sass. He bora •
beer a *Ors bat surer a sepias ; bat I bad re
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pus MOM tbe be. Ii is sae Ito Ms dibts I
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we &et get es ism tha aliads wdl be se bed se
Hobbs Onwe's.
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wadi be • wader II la did bas sat Mar, ha was se
say will Was I TI. wry IS Me be as day
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have of am IS lea were by Oa sal wad.
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lay hest fear Abe Law to yew alL—
wos AU. Mautters."

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