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THE Ciustris.—The intelligence from the camp reaches by:letter to the 20th, and via St. Petersburg to the 22d January. At the latter date; no- thing had occurred beyond those sorties in which the Russians meet with. small successes. The British sentries, overcome by cold, not unfrequently- go to sleep, and are thus surprised ; but the covering parties in the trenches effectually dispose of the enemy. The French army, now esti- mated at 68,000, has taken a great part of the duty on the right attack but no further movements had been made outside the lines. The troops. still suffer from the variable weather, now snowing, now thawing ; but the general health was better. The railway plant had arrived, and some- progress with the railway must have been made by this time.

[From a Supplement to the London Gazette, Jan. 26.] Lord _Raglan to the Duke of Newcastle. " Before Sebastopol, Jan. 18, 1855. "My Lord Duke—The weather continues very severe, and today it blows- a gale of wind, with drifting snow. "Although I have not received the official report from the officer corn- mauding the Fourth Division, the officer of the Quartermaster-General's de- partment, whose duty it is to visit the advanced posts at daylight, has. brought in an account of a sortie made by the Russians in the course of last night upon our right and left attack ; the enemy advancing, under protec- tion of a heavy cannonade, along the Woronzow road and the ravine on our extreme left. The enemy succeeded in driving in the troops in the advanced trench ; which was not reoccupied until the reserves were brought forward from the second parallel. A party in pits on the right of the advanced trench, consisting of 1 sergeant and 13 rank and file, are missing, and 1 offi- cer and 36 privates are stated to be wounded. The time for the despatch of the mail being at hand, I am very sorry that I shall not be able to send your Grace today a more accurate statement of this affair. "I enclose a return of casualties between the 8th and 11th.

"Great progress is making in disembarking and issuing to the troops vast quantities of warm clothing of all descriptions; and I believe I may assert that every man in this army has received a second blanket, a jersey frock, flannel drawers and soaks, and some kind of winter-coat in addition to the ordinary greatcoat. " The provision of fuel is still a great difficulty. "Every effort is making, and with tolerable success, in landing and put- ting up the huts : their great weight (2i tons each) is a serious obstacle to their conveyance to the camp with our limited transport. Each but requires three stripped artillery-waggons, with from 8 to 10 horses each, or 180 men. "Much sickness continues to prevail.

"I have, &c. RAGLAN." [From the London Gazette, Feb. 2.]

Lord Raglan to the Duke of Newcastle. " Before Sebastopol, Jan. 15.

"My Lord Duke—The fall of snow has been very great for the last three days, and it is now fully a foot deep, which, I am assured, is a very unusual occurrence in this part of the Crimea. "This circumstance adds materially to our difficulties in obtaining fuel ; but detachments of Turks are posted near the coast to bring up wood, which has been cut by parties of our own in the neighbourhood ,of the monastery of St. George, to the nearest divisions. "I am happy to say that the number of wounded in the sortie of the Russians on the night of the 12th instant was only 6, instead of 36, as I erroneously stated to your Grace in my despatch of the 13th ; and that it was altogether a less serious affair than was at first reported. "I enclose the return of casualties between the 12th and 14th inclusive.

"Last night the enemy attacked the French advanced trench in con- siderable force, but were repulsed after a sharp contest and some loss on both sides.

"I have, &o. RAGLAN." Return of Casualties from 8th to 11th January. 4th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file killed ; 2 rank and file wounded. 19th Regiment-1 rank and file wounded. 21st Regiment of Foot-1 ser- geant, 1 rank and file, killed ; 1 rank and file wounded. 23d Regiment-1 rank and file kiled. 30th Regiment-2 rank and file killed. 38th Regiment- 1 rank and file wounded. 44th Regiment-1 rank and file wounded. 46th Regiment-1 rank and file killed; 1 rank and file wounded. 49th Regiment —1 sergeant killed. 55th Regiment-1 rank and file wounded. 57th Regi- ment-1 rank and file wounded. 88th Regiment-1 rank and file killed ; 1 rank and file wounded. 90th Regiment-1 rank and file wounded. 97th Regiment-1 rank and file wounded. Total-2 sergeants, 7 rank and file, killed ; 12 rank and file wounded.

Casualties from the 12th to the 14th January. 21st Regiment of Foot-4 rank and file wounded. 44th Regiment-2 rank and Ste wounded. 57th Regiment-1 rank and file wounded, since dead. 68th Regiment-6 rank and file wounded ; 1 sergeant, 12 rank and file, missing. Total-13 rank and file wounded; 1 sergeant, 12 rank and file, missing.

TuaICEY.—On the 17th January, the Turkish army still remained at Varna. Omar Pasha reviewed them on the 15th ; when a firman from the Sultan was read, in great state, thanking the Generalissimo and the army for their services on the Danube, and hoping they would preserve and increase their reputation for skill and courage in the Crimea. Omar Pasha then addressed the troops himself ; telling those that were about to set out immediately that they were his advanced-guard, and that they would find themselves in a few days once more in presence of the enemy, when he hoped they would quit themselves like men. It is reported, but not confirmed, that Omar Pasha has tendered the resignation of his command.

The Times correspondent who has been intrusted with the administra- tion of the fund for the sick and wounded in the East is still greatly dis- satisfied with the state of the hospitals ; which he attributes mainly to the system, but in some measure to the "gross ignorance" and incompe- tency of Dr. Andrew Smith. The extraordinary powers given to the Am- bassador are a dead letter; the Commission has failed to effect anything; Lord William Paulet had "relapsed into the more depot-commandant" ; and only Miss Nightingale, Dr. M'Gregor, and the Times correspondent, had been able to effect any changes for the better. His remedy for the evils is a dictatorship.

GzumAwy.—The Austrian proposition for mobilizing the Federal con- tingent, brought forward in the Diet, was met by a proposal from the Bavarian envoy, that the army should be placed on a war footing. Prussia acceded to this ; the Austrian envoy withdrew his motion, and the Bavarian proposition was carried.

Count Buol has issued a " confidential" circular to the Ministers of the Austrian Government in Germany. Sincerely hoping that the differences between Prussia and Austria may be extinguished, the Aus- trian Government thinks it well to provide for the case where Prussia should persist in the policy of indecision, and even thwart the Austrian proposition in the Diet.

We do not hesitate," says Count Buol, "openly to ask our confederates if in that case they will grant sufficient confidence to Austria to join her destinies ; and if, in case all our endeavours to obtain a solid and sure peace should fail, Austria may in the most extreme eventuality equally count upon their active cooperation. The Imperial Court would, in such case, give the most solemn assurances to guarantee their territorial possessions and position against every eventuality, and moreover, to grant them their share of advantages resulting from the war in proportion to the number of troops employed."

On the 21st January, Baron Manteuffel issued a verbose Prussian cir- cular to the Cabinets of Paris and London. According to this document, the Western Powers have admitted that the way at first pointed out to Prussia for joining the treaty of the 2d December is impracticable. The term fixed by the fifth article has expired ; that which was eventual has become actual ; and the offensive tendency of the treaty is eclipsed before the expiration of the term, and thus fixing the true bearing of the stipulations Prussia was invited to contract. The Prussian Cabinet, pressing to be admitted not only to the cognizance of some document, but to a knowledge of the motives which presided at its birth, is deeply convinced that all negotiations in reference to his concurrence in eventual complications will be fruitless, unless preceded by the admission of the Prussian Minister to the Conferences at Vienna. That is "the ground- work for his future attitude."

Russia.— Odessa has been fortified on the land side with lines of a crescent shape, protected by twenty-seven batteries, armed by 120 guns. Troops continued to arrive in that town on their way to the Crimea; and large quantities of provisions were collected there and transported to the same destination.

ITALY.—The text of the military convention concluded by the Pied- montese Government, as a consequence of its adhesion to the treaty of the 10th April, has been published in the Paris Moniteur.

A detachment of a French regiment of dragoons on their way from Rome to France, entered Turin on the 28th. An attempt was made to get up a demonstration against them ; it failed, but there was no enthusiasm.

Bram—The third Minister of Finance, Senor Madoz, successor to Sevillano, appeared in the Cortes on the 24th January, to explain his position, and that of the finances of the kingdom. Senor Madoz was President of the Cortes when Espartero offered him the Ministry of Fi- nance. At first he thought of declining ; but when the Captain-General of New Castile and the Civil Governor of Madrid assured him that they had discovered a Carlist conspiracy, his hesitation ceased and he accepted the proffered post. He stated to the Cortes, that he had found only 400,000 reals (40001) in the treasury ; that the taxes yielded almost no- thing,—the salt-tax producing only 400 odd reels, instead of 50,000, per month; and that the floating debt was 500,000,000 and in a month would be 700,000,000 reals. With respect to his measures, Senor Madoz said, that although a Catalan, he should be found to go gip far as any one in the: path that leads to freedom of trade. But there was another question more important than that—the state of the ecclesiastical property in mortmain; , He should propose the immediate and unreserved sale of those estates. The Cortes saluted this with a prolonged burst of cheering. The .pro- perty, at present badly administered, is devoted to the support of -chap= Mrs and collegiate institutions.

Seiler Infante succeeds Senor Madoz as President of the Cortes.