The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-09 00:00:00

TURKEY.

Letters from Vienna, of the lth December, report
a sanguinary collision between the Montenegroes
and the Turks on the Albanian frontier. The Turks
are reported to have attacked some villages of Mon-
tenegro, and driven off the herds; whereupon the
Prince of Montenegro headed a detachment of troops,
attacked the Turks, seized the fortresics of Spas and
Zabiak, and gave battle to them at magorizza. On
the departure of the steamer from Cattaro the issue
of the combat was not known.

The Turkish government (says a correspondent
writing from Berlin) is in the practice of supplying
itself with elementary sehuol•books from Prussia, and
its representative at this capital has standing orders
to send to Constantinople every educational work of
merit upon its appearance here. These orders are the
consequence of the travels in the west of Europe
accomplished a year or two ago by Kernel Effendi,
director of the Turkish schools. A number of
teachers with assistants were lately sent to Travnik,
Czurnick, Beche,Jeni-Bazar,Banialuka, Basna-Serai,
Hersek, and Mostar, in order to organise and conduct
elementary schools at those places. It is, however,
to be regretted that these schools are only for the
Turco-Arabic children, the Christian population
deriving uo benefit from them.

WEST INDIA MAILS.

ARRIVAL OF TILE MEDWAY.

SOUTHAMPTON, Tnslinky.
The Medway has arrived. She left St. Thomas's
on the 20th November. She has brought specie to
the value of 698,000 dollars, of which 88, sl are on
account of Mexican dividends.

She has had five fatal cases of {-else feveroa
board; two occurred since she left St. Thomass. The
last death was on the 29th. A midshipman, a quar-
ter-master, and three firemen have died from the
fever.

The Medway has been ordered to keep in the
river until Sir Wm. l'ym has been communicated
with.

TIILIt•MAT AFTVINJON.
The mails and passengers of the Midway have
been released from quarantine.

AFRICAN MAIL.
PLYMOUTH, WtI.NT,DAY.
The General Screw Steam Shipping Companv's
mail packet Hellespont, Captain Watts, chartered by
the Royal African Mail Company, arrived this
afternoon. She left Sierra Leone November Isth,
Bathurst, 22nd; Gorse, 23rd; and Madeira, be.
cember 2nd; and brings a large cargo of African
and other produce, viz. :—From Sierra Leone, 4,0001.
in gold-dust and specie, 15 tons cam wood, 50 soaks
palm oil, 129 cases and four bags of pepper, l 5 boxes
arrowroot, six casks bees'-wax, and six packagesof
sundries. From Bathurst, Gambia :-112 hales and
227 cakes bees'-wax, three packages of sundries, and
2501. specie. From Tencriffe 83 casks of wine, 471
bags of cochineal (the largest shipment ever made in
one vessel from the island), 24 baskets of fruit, and
6 packages of sundries. From Madeira, 72 bow of
oranges.
On the 11th of November her Majesty's steamer,
Polyphemus and Pluto. and brig Ferret, were a:
Sierra Leone. The Polyphemus left on the 13th,
Ferret on the 14th, and Pluto on the 18th of Nevem.
ber. Four French war steamers were lying in
Gores on tho 23rd of November. The French
war steamer Cadette entered Teneriffe on the
30th of November. A Ilrazilian sloop at
war, and a Portuguese brig of war, well
at anchor in Madeira, and the Prussian frigate
Gefion was off the island, waiting for the sloop el
war Amason. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Sharp.
shooter, from Plymouth, arrived at Madeira on the
Ist December, and when the Hellespont left was c
anchor there, bound for Rio Janeiro. Iler Majotys
steamer Dee, 17 days from Plymouth, far label?'
arrived at Madeira on the 111th, and left &gall
on the 23rd November. The Royal mail steamer
Magdalena, with the London mail of the 17th ma
vember, put into Madeira for coal on the 251 h Norcpa•
her, and left again same day for St. Thomas; s:i'
nailed off Madeira the barque Mid Lothian. :id,
lat. 40.39 north, lon. 8 :10 west, a schooner, Al:!,
blue flag, and two one tight.

TILE GORHAM MEMORIAL.—The report of !bf
committee states that they having at their disposal 003:
payment of the necessary expenses of advertisements, wa-
ists, and their report) a balance of V,6!. lfts. 101, Ina,b9
for the object with which they were entrusted—sail holt:
ascertained what would be most acceptable to Mr. Gerber
and his fimily, selected the following articles ,
silver salver, 25 inches by, 20 inches, with rich scroll b 4,1
and leafage. Within a broad engraved border Mr.
ham's arms and motto are introduced, followed by the It
inscription. 2. A 14-inch salver, of the same ellen.'"
3. AlO inch salver, to correspond. 4. A pair rat 11.1
richly ornamented silver table candlesticks, 13:rabeth
pattern, with removable electrotype•pleted branch"
three light. each. The plate was made by Smith
Nicholson, 12, Duke street, Lincoln's-inn field.. 5. A
watch, duplex escapement, with eompemation hallow. a
half cputittr rap ating movement, by Fital.ham
Arnold), 81, Strand. Articles 2,3, 4, and .1 mare ale,)
viated inscriptions, adapted to their size and pan.
6. Sixty-eight octavo volumes, relating to the Ilefol
or to the general history of the chnich of England,
comely bound in calf by Heyday (the two value."
Creamer, and the four volumes of Jewel, royal veloo,
hound in Russia extra, gilt leaves). The larger inscnrt.
(with a slight alteration) is inserted, in a primed t
before the title of each volume.
litittioNtsM,—We regret very much to ix, inform"
that Itibbonism is now prevalent inseam parts of l'ooktr.f,
arid that, consequently, it is rather sl.n.uerous to trA
night in that neighbourhood. ‘Ve enderstanil th..t
Rev. Mr. Egan has denounced from the altar the ts'.!`
sys*ent introduced into a portion of Lis parish, sod
we
that by his exertion., together wi.h these of the
Party of of police stationed in that quarter. the Proeceal44'
the misguided persons engaged its thin illegal coafesist
will be brought to a speedy close, and the society num
broken up. A single individual brought to minis
would soon scatter the lawless brotherh)ol—fir"
&Told.