The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

LATEST FROM THE CONTINENT.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Barr. U.
Upon the representations of the Sheik-ul-Islam,
the Ulemas and Batas have made the amende kmo-
rabic. The procession of the Bairam paned off with
tranquillity. The city is quiet.

THE VIENNA

A Vienna letter of the 21st states that Lord West-
moreland had received instructions from his govern-
ment to insist that the proposed declaration, "the
Vienna note contains nothing dangerous to the
sovereignty of the Sultan," should be drawn up in
tho form of a protocol. After the interpretation

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given to the " note " by Russia, England might in-
vite, but could not oompel, the Sultan to adopt that
engagement.

THE LOWER DANUBE.
BUCHAREST, Barr. 13.
The Russians are leaving the camp in this neighs'
bourhood for the west. The camp at Foechany will
also be struck, preparatory to an advance upon
Giurgewo. Reinforcements continually arrive from
the south of Russia.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

We have letters from Constantinople of the 12th
instant.

The ambassadors, says a correspondent, have
spared no pains to prepare the Porte to accept fa-
vourably those observations of the allied cabinets re-
specting the rejected modification, which they are
expecting from one moment to another, but hitherto
without result. [At the date of this letter the Cur's
rejection of Reschid Pacha's amendments was not
certainly known.] Notwithstanding the excessive'
moderation which they have exhibited, and their de-
sire to have the approval of the friendly
powers on their side, the ministers cannot possibly
concede more than they have done. They are pressed
forward by public opinion, which is making a crime
of their long hesitation. To the placards have suc-
ceeded addresses presented directly to the government.
That of the Ulemas and Softss, or students of the
law, has produced a great sensation.
On the afternoon of the 10th, a hundred individuals
of this order, so much venerated by the people, re-
paired
to the Porte in procession, and presented to
the Grand Vizier an address to which a great num-
ber of signatures were attached, and in which
the government was strongly called on to
put an end to the state of uncertainty
in which the nation had remained for months
by immediately declaring war against Russia.
This demonstration caused a violent agitation among
the Turks. The ministers met the same evening to
deliberate on this extraordinary proceeding.
It is said that on the following day, the first day of
Courbam Bairam, a more serious manifestation was
to be made—that the people were to accompany the
imperial cortege when the Sultan went to masque,
and to clamour for war. Whatever truths there
may have been in these rumours, the troops formieg
the garrisons of the capital were reinforced, the
police guard was Nearly doubled, all the crews
of the Turkish vessels were ordered to be in readi-
ness on board, and it is even said that the ambassa-
dors of France and England have sent to Besika
Bay for a certain number of ships. I hope that all
may pass off tranquilly ; but great uneasiness is felt,
especially by parties best qualified to judge of the
sentiment of the people.
The government is every day taking out large
numbers of muskets from the arsenal of Saint Irene,
and sending them by steamers to' Varna. The num-
ber of muskets sent is said to be from fifteen to
twenty thousand. I have seen as many as a hun-
dred chests of them.

The usually cautious Paris correspondent of the
Augsburg Guayas writes to that journal:
The accord existing biomes. France and England pro•
vides for all eventualities I. the Bast. The Sultan will and
must concede the Remiss 111111111.08 are formalised is
the Vienna nom. At this sonment a sorrespon-
dance is taking plass with Bemis a onatemplated
occupation of ComMinatiaople by and Pram* troops
which tke fanathiona of the old 'MY party may render
necessary for the rotation of the lhottom The cabinet of
St. Petersburg would not wash on intervention, but
neither would it 11111111111114 0111 tithdsaw to forces from the
principalities while Constantinople was held by foreign
powers.
The Vienna Press* of the 22nd states that M. de
Bourqueocy, the French ambassador at the Austrian
court, had had a long interview with Count Buol, at
which the Russian ambassador was present. Upon
this occasion he is said to have given " the moat
ample and satisfactory explanations concerning the
policy of his cabinet on the Eastern question."
A letter from Malta of the 20th states that two
corvette., laden with provisions, had left for the fleet
at Besika, and that merchant hips were hired to
convey from Tunis to Constantinople the contingent,
amounting to 12,000 men, which the Be, had placed
at the dispneal of the Sultan. The convoy was to be
accompanied by the steam frigates Shaski-Thadi and
the :Sfedjidie—the former belonging to the Egyptian,
the latter to the Ottoman fleet.

The Itm;eror of Itussia;ru at Moscow on the
14th. There was a grand service at the church of
the Archangel Michael, at which he was present,
with the Grand Duke Nicholas. The Grand Greek
Cross was displayed, and great enthusiasm was mani-
fested by the populace.
An evening paper yesterday ventured the state-
ment that "the rumour which represented the Rus-
sian and Turkish forces as having respectively
shifted their positions along the banks of the Danube
is unfounded. The armies still remain in the same
positions." This is a mistake. We made the asser-
tion yesterday upon the faith of three letters from
the Lower Danube and one from St. Petersburg ;
and the news is confirmed, not contradicted, by later
intelligence from the scene of operations.
The Journal des Debate says:
The despatches from Vienna confirm the fact of the rap-
tut.; of We cJidcreaccs, ;aid :he is:Wpm:ea of the common