The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-28 00:00:00

TURKEY.

No news has been received from Constantinople
of later date than the despatch quoted in the Er-
press of Saturday last. On Friday 'a telegraphic
despatch appeared in the Ifidnische Zeitung, dated
Constantinole, Feb. 12, stating that Count Leiningen
had refused the mediation of France and England,
and handed in an unimatum.
The steamer Croatia had her steam up, ready to
start. Business was at a standstill. Universal
consternation prevailed, and the exchange had risen
10 per cent.
The Journal des Debate states that intelligence re-
ceived from Constantinople, by way of Trieste, an-
nounces that the Porte not having accepted the
Austrian ultimatum, Count de Leiningenthad quitted
Constantinople, and that the Divan had then referred
the settlement of its differences with Austria to the
mediation of France and England.
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated Fri-
day. states that no fresh news had been received
from Constantinople.
Letters from Vienna, while attesting the readiness
of Austria to strain her relations with Turkey to the
utmost degree of tension, lay stress on the improba-
bility that the Emperor, in the unsettled state of his
dominions, will risk a war in the south, especially in
opposition to France and England.

MOLDAVIA.

A letter from Jassy, of 4, in the Frank-
furter Jourmai, nays :—" Prince Ghika, Hoepodar of
Moldavia, has abdicated. The country is La • state
of consternation."

MONTENEGRO.

The Vienna Gazette, of the 22nd, publishes, after
the Gest. Correspondent, some fragments of news
from Montenegro. The rain, which for some days
had impeded the movements of the Turks, at last
changed the table land of Grahovo, on which one of
the Turkish corps is encamped, into an immense
lake. In the night between the Bth and 9th there
was a terrible storm, and four of the Grahovians,
who were captured with the Woiwode Jacob, took
advantage of it to make their escape. They stole un-
observed out of the tents, boldly replied to the chal-
lenge of the different sentnes with the word
"patrol," and reached the Austrian territory, near
Dragal, in safety. They. gave sad accounts of
their sufferings while in the power of the
Turks, and related that there was such a
scarcity of provisions in the Turkish camp
that the prisoners were almost starved. Many
of the Turkish horses had died for want of food.
The Osservatore Datinato and the Triest Zeitatag in-
formed us that the captured Grahovians were heavily
chained, but it is evident that if the fugitives had
been in chains they could not have passed the sen-
tries without making a noise which would have at-
tracted attention.

Oa the sth, at 4 p.m., there was an encounter
between the Turke and Montenegrins, in which tho
former had 3 killed and 11 wounded. This was
near Gluhido, in the nahia Tzermnitzka. The Mon-
tenegrins display great courage and power of
endurance, but the undisciplined and less hardy

Turks suffer much from the inclemency of the
weather. Two Austrian officers, Major Kalich and
Captain Joannovich, who were the bearers of some
message to Omer Pomba, returned on the let to
Scutari, and reached Cattaro again on the 13th. Their
appearance in the camp much astonished both Turks
and Itayahs.
The Montenegrins have now formed a complete
though small army, and detached c wrps guard the
most important and vulnerable points. By a tele-
graphic despatch it appears that Prince Daniel is
advancing against Omer Pacha to Orlja Lake, and
it is expected that a decisive battle must shortly take
place.
The correspondent of the Lloyd states, from the
Narenta, that Omer Pacha's army, including the
irregular troops, amounts to no less than 55,000 or
60,900 men.
The Warsaw correspondent of the Hamburg
Nochrichtch writes that the Czar has sent several
officers, among thee► a colonel of the general staff, to
assist the Montenegrins.

INDIA AND THE CAPE.