The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-30 00:00:00

no chance of au honourable arrangement—the RUB-
slang will find that with equal forces they have not
the least superiority over the Turks."
Where Sinope once stood, there are now but ruins;
the fortifications, which were most inferior, are rased
' to the ground, and not a vestige of the eleven Turk-
ish vessels remain, but a solitary dismasted frigate
lon ground. The following are the official details of
the deplorable event in question : -The Turkish cap-1
tains fought with the greatest heroism against the'
vastly superior strength of the Russians, and blew
up their own vessels when all hope had vanished.
Hussein Pacha, the Egyptiaa Admiral, sustained the
honour of his country, and when crushed by the
overwhelming fire of a Russian three-decker moored
aside him, he gave orders for his crew and officers to
leave the vessel, which they obeyed; then remaining
alone, he sprang the powder magazine, sad perished
with his ship. On the 29th November, a Russian
fleet of twelve vessels appeared before Sinope,
and cast soundings. The 30th, at 10 in
the morning, three ships, three three-deckers, and
three two-deckers, entered the port, whilst four
frigates and two steamers guarded the entrance of
the gulf.
The Turks were not even in line of battle, so little
did they expect an attack. They fought bravely,
and not one ship surrendered or was captured. lie-
low I give a list of all the particulars. The conflict
tasted three hours. The Russians set fire to the
town, destroyed the fortifications, and left the day
after, towing away a three-decker in a sinking state.
Another of their three.deckers, The Twelve Apostles,
was sunk early in the actin by the cannon of the
fortress. She was the finest vessel in the P.ussian
navy, and formerly mounted 110 cannon, which had
been reduced to 120. The inhabitants of the town,
along with the sailors who had escaped the explo-
sions, fled to the interior of the country.
The following are the names and armaments of the
Turkish ships destroyed at Sinope :
I. Nevic, 52 runs; crew 500 ; ship blown up; Ali Pacha,
the captain, li,hed. This vessel was opposed by a Russian
two-decker. _

2. Vesir, is gun.; crew 500; ship destroyed; Hassan
Ili", the captain, killed. This vessel also was opposed by
a Russian two-decker.

• 3. Farsli-ittah. 38 guns; crew 400; ship destroyed. Ali
Slahir Bey. the captain, token prisoner.
4. Oul-Befit, 21 guns ; crew 200; ship destroyed ; the
fate of 8.11 Bey, the captain, is unknown.
5. Asmi-ifi ih, 36 guns; crew 400; shin destroyed;
Redshiol Bey, its captain, escaped, but Osman Pacha, the
admiral, who was on board, was t ken prisoner.
6. Damietta—(this and the two following vemiels belonged
to the Egyptian 14,et)-56 guns; crew 500; shipdestroyeil ;
the tate of the captain unknown.
7. Nedji.l4.han, 24 guns; crew 200: ship run attroundi
and 114esara Bey, its capt taken prisoner.
8. Kaid, 50 guns ; crew 500 ; blew up; Hussein Pacha,
the Egyptian Admiral, with Kull Bey, captain of the Kaid,
killed. . .

9. Nizemich, GO guns; crew GOO ; blew up ; the captain,
Ehdr Bey, escaped.
10. Haim Marhout, 22 guns ; crew 240 ; destroyed; fate
of captain, het Bey, unknown.
11. Eregli (,termer), 4 guns ; crew 130 ; destroyed;
captain's fate unknown.
12 Tait (steamer), 1G Runs; crew 300; escaped. Taish
' B-y is now under court-martial, fur having f 1.4 during the
action. _ _ .

...... .
The Turkish possessed 431 cannon, less those of
the Taif (16), which escaped without fighting, against
632 Russian of superior calibre.
The Turkish crews numbered 4,490 ; the number
of ltussian unknown. The following has been the
fate of the former:—Conveyed to Constantinople by
the Mogtdor, 62 ' • by the Retribution, 50-112
wounded. fly the Mogador, 57; by the Retribution,
34-91 not wounded. The Russians took 120 pri-
soners; the men who contrived to escape on shore,
1,000; crew of the Taif who escaped, 300-1,623 ;
which shows the number killed in the action to have
been 2,607 ; total, 4,490.
The loss of the Russians is of course unknown, but
must have been most severe from the severity of the
lighting. The steam-frigate which escaped is one of
the finest afloat, and was constructed at Liverpool, I
think, at a cost or 300,0001., and would have proved
a valuable prize could the Russians, as they at-
tempted, have been able to capture her. The Turkish
admiral fought with great courage against immense
odds, and his having been captured. Anuses great
concern here.
SMYRNA, DEC. 17.

Thousands of troops have been through here since
the beginning of the present difficulties with Russia,
and there has not been a single instance of their
having behaved improperly. Even the volunteers,
who were in past wars so refractory, and whe could
be tracked by marks of desolation, now behave with
the greatest propriety. The excitement, however, is
so great, that not a Nlussulman able to bear arms
will remain at his home, should this war continue.
!tussle has excited a brave people to the defence of
their religious and political existence, and energies
still lie dormant which will be roused against the
Czar, and which will ultimately thwart the ambi-
tious projects he may have in view.

Count Pourtales, formerly Prussian Ambassador at
Constantinople, is at present in London on a special
mission relative to the Eastern question.
A letter from Vienna of the 23rd, in the Augsburg
Gazette, says :—" Several foreign journals have pro-
pagated the intelligence that the Moldo-Wallachian
militia was to be incorporated in the Russian army.
We learn from a certain source that the general-in •
chief has given the two hospodars a formal assurance
that these troops should not be employed against the
enemy, avid that thy!" should be sent back to their
own towns if the Turks should make an incursion.
Up to the present titse these troops have only been
used as police. The Wallachian artillery, however,
hu not been kept in the Russian quarter-general,
but has been sent to Braila, where they are placed
under the orders of Russian officers."