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

SPAIN.

MADRID, Dec. 5.

In the Senate to-day M. Ros de Olano has been
speaking on the railway question, and he has not
yet concluded. It is expected that the debate will
be closed to-morrow. The cabinet has been autho-
rised by the Queen to present to the Chambers bills
on the press and on the electoral law.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

Our correspondent writes from the Turkish
capital :

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 25.
I received the following letter yesterday by the
Trebizond steamer, wh►ch brought despatches to
the Seraskier on the same suhject.

"ERZROUM, Nov. H.
" Ali Yasidji enters this city to-morrow morning ;
and, moreover, the three regiments of cavalry of the
Arabian army are hourly expected from Karpout.
Their cannons have been left at Orfa in consequence
of the bad state of the roads, but they will find
plenty at Kars without men sufficient to work
them.

" A Russian division, consisting of 300 cavalry from
the camp at Voly Chair, surprised, on Nov. 3, the
village of Badela. The Turkish irregulars repulsed
them as far as the stream defining the frontier; but,
when least expecting it, encountered a body of 2,000
Russian infantry. The affray was conducted with
bayonets and ranias ' and the Russians, completely
routed, tied in the direction of Akiska, the Turks
returning to Badela.

" Next morning, at break of day, the Turks, from
the neighbouring villages, amounting to 3,000, be-
aides •IoU regular cavalry under the command of the
Circassian, Hassan Bey, crossed the frontier, and es-
tablished their camp at Voly-Chair on the Russian
territory. Arrived, their numbers increased by a
tbousaul itTe4ulars of the Cublian, Russian subjects.
trom the viilagl s 0 :::o:2ltpiid, the two In ntl
inismcn, liekasan, and others at pvcseut in the
hands of the Russians, but be:Gaging to Pascod pre-
vious to the delineation of the frontier,
" The commander Liva Mustapha Pacha. with
'oattal:aus azt;4. :1.: cannon. ?raveled f-an At-

dahan to Volv Chair, and was reinforced bv Terik
lai
Aly Paella and Lira Aly Pacha, with four battalions
of Nizam, and 2,200 irregulars, besides 13 pieces of
artillery, in the same locality. On NVVCOOYI 3,
1,500 Kurile irregulars, guarding the frontier of
Bayazrd, were attacked by a div.aion of a thousand
Russians, who, alter n lung sirti,;gle, were forced ts
retreat with
tha
nloumisst'r of BOprkiislokd neinend
, one a
wounded. L
qPn, and
Niue
a
heads were sent to llayazrd. On the same day,
Terik Selim Pacha, with three battalions, the Valy
of Van, and Etem Pacha, repaired from that town
with 8,000 irregulars to the scene of action.
"His Excellency the Ilushur is at Kars, with the
principal division of the army; Valy, also, with
the irregulars, the vanguard commanded by Reis
Pacha,lat Charnel."
The day before yesterday Kerins Pachi, of the
Arabian army, arrived here to take the command
of twelve battalions from Trebizond, with throe
regiments of cavalry, and one of artillery exacted
from Karpout. The health of the at my is to gum-
ral excellent. We hear that Selim Paella, of
Batouts, having taken Claketil, as you are swan,
marched on Crzughet, and after three limitless as-
saults, succeeded at length in occupying that post,
and routed 8,000 Russians defending it. The corn-
' mander now demands four battalions from Kars to
leave a sufficient garrison in Urzughet, and •:d:atice
on to Koutais, guarded by 10,000 Russians, whereof
the majority are Georgians, and promise to join the
Turks.

Should Selim Pacha succeed in this enterprise, art
unite his forces with the neighbouring eireassians,
which, it appears, is his object, it will become a
serious affair for Russia.

In the affray of Badela, the loss of the Tttrk' was
200 wounded and 300 killed ; that of the ItussiAns,
though great, is not accurately known. 'I he Itusataa
subjects who have remained here under Austrian
protection aro well treated by the population and
authorities. Provisions of all sorts are in great
abundance, and prices as heretofore. The I Uterdar
Bey acts as Caimacam till the return of our Vaiy
'tariff Mustapha Pacha.
The reply of the Sultan to M. Barn,guay &liners
I gave you in my last, from an uutieubteti authority.
The importance of this declaration is evident, from
the fact of its having been communicated per nerd,
and perhaps in a more regular form to the Freuch
ambassador on the following day, which is contrary
to the usual custom. By this decision, Tut key, it
appears, takes her stand, Russia must renounce her
pretensions and evacuate the Priacipalities," as a
preliminary to all further attempts at negotiation.
Lord Radcliffe had also a private audience with
the Sultan ou the 22nd inst., and intrcdueed Admiral
Dundas, who tact with a most cordial and gracious
reception. The Ambassador used all his efforts to
endeavour to obtain 11. M.'s assent to thu project
of arrangement, which, you are aware, ho had
lately communicated to the Porte. '1 Ile Sultan's
reply was the same again—declining all further me-
diation, except on the conditions epecificil in his
answer to the French Atnbastador, and an
explanatory note to this effect has been transmitted
to our embassy, and was telegraphed to London
yesterday evening.
Lastly, on the 23rd inst., a special messenger arrived
from Vienna, with a new and important proposal,
which was forthwith communicated by M. de Bruck
to the Minister for Foreign Altura. I subjoin a copy
of this document, on unquestionable authority, and
may mention, moreover, that up to this date it has
been only made known gfficiettsement to the represen-
tatives of the Great Powers :

The Emperor of Russia demands that the Greek rite and
clergy continue to enjoy their spiritual privileges ; and
this, it is expressly understood, under Cie :psis of the Sultan.
He declares, moreover, that there is no wish nn h.s part to
infringe on the independence and sovereign rights of the
Sultan, or to interfere iu the internal affairs of the Ottoman
empire. All that Russia desires is the awirance to mains
tam the strict religious shrtu qua relatively to the Greek
rite, viz., an entire equality of immunities between the
Greek and other Christian communions subject to the
Porte; and consequently the enjoyment is favour of the
Greek church of those advantages already accorded to
those communities, as well as the participatiw. c. Vic!,
which the Salton may hereafter grant.
It is on this basis that the cabinet of St. Petersburg is
ready to resume the negotiations iensuediately and il,rectiy
with the Ottoman empire—negotiations whereof, in its
opinion, the seat may be conveniently fixed at Bucharest.
Meanwhile, the Emperor of Russia, notwithstandiu; the
declaration of war by the Sublime Porte, has ai.nualitel
the i:itention of changing nothing in his present ottitu le,
and has given orders that his troops remain on the
defensive..

b'ul.y convinced that his Msjesty tae Sultan, on his side,
has nothing more at heart than to put an end as promptly
as po,sible to the effusion of blood which has unfortunately
already commenced, and that he is consequently deter-
mined to maintain the points conceded to Russis in former
manifestations of the Poste, the cabinet of Vienna, in con-
fronting these intentions with those of the Emperor of
Russia, expresses a hope that negotiations, preceded by an
armistice, will not fail to bring about a sincere reconcilia-
tion. (Signed) Etim LE S

The redifs are pouring in in all directions, and it
is really singular to see them marching rank and file
in multifarious peasant costume, and countenances
glowing with martial ardour. In the dis!rict of
Adrianople 30,000 were only demanded by the go-
vernment, but the seraskier received accounts that
70,000 are on their way—so that no provision having
been made for clothing so great a number, the defi-
ciency was supplied by voluntary subscription.

The Dactts, in giving a summary of the last news
from the East, says :
The situation of affairs in the East has not changed, and
the war continues in a series of petty combats, in which the
Turks have almost always had the advantage. The in-
formation which has arrived in Europe during the last two
months no longer allows of the fact being denied. The
Ruskin army, which bad been thought so forinii!able, it
found to be, for causes which are as yet unknown to us.
very inferior to what it was considered, and the Turkish
army, en the contrary, very superior to what even its very
friends dared to say. In Turkey in Europe there is nothing
new on the theatre of war. The Turks have spontaneously
evacuated their position at Oltenitza, which had
been rendered untenable by the snow and rain. They
did so, it is said, without luring a man or a gun,
and after destroying all the works which they hal
thrown up. It is difficult to in-. igine the cause that
prevented the Russians from harassing the enemy during
this operation. The stay; of the wither was not, perhaps,
the only cause which induced the Turks to remiss the Da-
nube. Their movement at Oitenitz t appears to have only
to en a diversion to call off the attention of the Russians to
that point, and to lessen the resistance which the Turks
expected to mutt with in establishing themselves at Kalafat,
which is a more important point, in a polit:csl and military
point of view. Kalalat is the tete de pont which would allow
Bucharest to be taken in the rear, and which cuts off the
communications of the Russian army with &rail, the situa-
tion of which inspired uneasiness ; and it was necessary ET:
them to establish themselves there at any cost. Now the
position is well secured ; respectable fortiticati..ns have been
raised with great activity; it is supported on the other side
of the Danube by the fortress of Widdiu, and it is towartD
that point that the efforts of both armies are now directed.
Oltenitsa is no longer anything.

The Journal de ConstantlnVe of Nov. 24 says
The Austrian steamer, the Europa, which arrived 1;1.*
morning from Trebisoud, brought very important de-
spatches relative to the military operations of the army 0:
Anatolia. OA the 10th of the month Ali Pacha, general of
brigade, and Colonel Hassan Bey, marched with their
troops against the fortress of Akhiska. The Russian troops
made a sortie, in which they were completely worsted .
they were forced to re-enter the fortress prempi.ately, after
having lost a considerable number of men. Ihe Turkish
troops, after this encounter. passed the night near the place.
at the village of Soklis. Three Russian battalions of the
fortress of Akhiska, with 4 pieces of cannon and 1,500 ca-
valry, advanced into the disteict of Losco as Cie as Badieh.
and encountered the imperial troops, commended by
Izzef Bey. The combat was a sharp owe, and the Rus-
sians had 3.33 men killed, of whom one was an officer, and
several were non-commissioned officers. Tae imperia:
troops, in addition, made a number of prisoners. The
Russians were obliged to retreat to Akhiska, the inhabitants
of which town shut tl.e gates against them, and fired on
them. The Russians were obliged in the end to use forte
to get into the town, and seized on several of the principal
inhabitants as hostages. One inhabitant, who had killed
tour Russians, was beheaded. On the night of the 17:h the
Russian troops again attacked the fort of Ctekvetil, but
were repulsed with consil cable loss. The Otionaan troops,
on their side, seized on the fortress Cl Saris, Si, thOt d nsar
tl.at of Cbekvetil. The troops of the mudit of Erdehan
likewise had an encounter with 1,000 Cossacks, who lest
50 men, the imperial troops taking several pris.me Zar!f
Moustepha Paella, the governor et Erz MUM, has set :o:-
ward with 4,000 men, cavairy and infantry, and has go:
into the neighbourhood of Erdehan.

The Constantirople Ourrnit, publish the slue&
Lord Strattor,i iit. dei:ffe t. 3 Sui•.: a.• prt•
seating to his Majesty the admirals and captains

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