The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-29 00:00:00

LATEST FROM ABROAD.

The foregoing announcement appeared yesterday
at an early hour in a second edition of the Daily
News.

PARIS. FRIDAY Evs.rtso.

Letters from Constantinople state that the Russian
agent, M. Argyropulo, has had ay interview with the
Austrian internuncio, and has formally placed the
Russians in Turkey under his protection.
The telegraphic despatch in the Moniteur, an-
nouncing the commencement of hostilities, has had
a depressing effect on the Bourse. The Three per
Cents. have fallen I per cent., and the Four-and-a.
Half per Cents. 40 centime', below yesterday's
prices.

Final quotatimui :—Three per Cents., 71.70 ; Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 98.75 ; Bank shares, 2,700.
It appears from private letters that the affair on
the Danube wee the result of a movement of the
Russian flotilla at Ismael, to place itself in commu-
nication with Ibraila, a port in Wallachia, situate on
the left bank of the river.

FIGHTING AT AMOY.
From a letter, dated Shanghae, the 27th ult., we
learn that " Shanghae and the country around are
now in a state of partial rebellion ; when it will be-
come open and general we know not." Since the
arrival at Peking of Taiping Wong's troops, news
has not reached us, but we expect to hear now very
soon that the capital hos fallen." The news from
Amoy is brought up to the let instant. The long-
threatened attack by the Imperialists commenced on
the 25th ultimo, but the patriots were still in posses-
sion of the town when the clipper schooner Ma-
zeppa left on the 2nd. The following is a report of
the most recent operations. At daylight of the 25th
of August, a fleet, consisting of 29 Canton
and 14 Amoy junks were seen entering
the harbour, and about noon ranged in
battle array before the long battery—a brisk can-
nonading continuing for several hours, when the
Imperialist fleet hauled off out of gunshot reach, and
anchored for the night. Wh:lst the firing was going
on, another fleet of some 50 junks came round the
west side of the island, landing their crews, and de-
stroying seven villages, said to have been occupied
principally by insurgent families. On the 26th but
very little was done on either side until about 3
p.m., when the Imperialist fleet, which had been
augmented in numbers during the night, weighed
and passed round the south side of Kolungsoo, ex-
changing shots on the way with the battens, both
the island and the main. The patriot fleet, said to be
TURIN, TarasnaY. greatly inferior in numbers and equipment, also
The King has replied to the attack upon Count weighed from the iuuer harbour, and kept up a

The following telegraphic despatch has been re-
ceived from Marseille.

" The French and English fleets weighed anchor
and quitted Besika Bay on the 17th inst.
."I'he Friedland, which quitted the port of Con-
stantinople after having been repaired, has gone to
join them at Gallipoli.
" The Sultan has reviewed a body of 26,000 men,
who set out immediately afterwards to reinforce the
army of Asia."
It is said that the lusicipal Council of the city
of Paris, becoming uneasy at the extraordinary ex-
pense entailed on it by the indemnity which it pays
the bakers for the bread sold at a reduced price by
the command of the government, is about to submit
a plan to the Emperor for the reduction of the public
works in Paris, and likewise for permission to con-
tract a now loan.
It appears that some of the Polish refugees in
Paris have applied at the foreign-office for passports
for Turkey, which have been granted, but on condi-
tion that the parties shall not return to France.

ITALY.