The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-19 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

Respecting the capture of Schefkatil, Nicholas
Krapowsky, Nicolai, or Cheykedy, all of which
names are given to one and the same place,
a correspondent writing from Constantinople,
says: —" 1,000 Russians were killed, and 80
made prisoners, among whom is a member of the
family of Gonrief. Seeing themselves forced in
their fortress, the Russians, in leaving it, set fire to
the fine new barracks, which were completely de-
stroyed in spite of the efforts of the Turks to extin-
guish the flames. The fortress was defended by 3,000
men. The Turks found 2,000 carbines, made on the
model of those used by the Chasseurs of Vincennes,
all bearing the mark of the double-headed Russian
eagle, and the mark of a manufacturer at Liege.
Three pieces of cannon were also taken. The combat
wasvery sanguinary. A battalion of t he Turkish guard
particularly distinguished itself. Five prisoners—a
captain and four soldiers—have been seat here; the
remainder will be detained at Carakissar."

A private letter from Vienna, of the 14th, says the
Patrie, affirms positively that Chintz and Ibraila had
been attacked by the Turks. A letter from Jassy, of
the 6th, announces that the Russians were sending
their sick and wounded to Kircheneau, in Bessarabia.
The number of sick was increasing every day, and
the hospitals in Wallachia and Moldavia were quite
inadequate to receive them.

Intelligence has been received in Vienna that
by way of reprisals for the conduct of Prince Gort-
schakoff in Moldavia and Wallachia, the Pacha of
Belgrade has forced the Hospodar to dismiss all the
Russians who were in Servia. The Turkish com-
mander of the fortress is said to have hinted to the
Russian consul that if he did not leave he would be
dismissed by force.

A despatch from Vienna announces the passage of
the Pruth by the Russian General Osten Sacken,
with an army of 50,000 men. All our advices, as
well as the experience of the present war, render it
improbable that anything like this number of men
has crossed the frontier.

Abdi Pacha, who commands the army of Asia,
has entered the Imeretia, after having passed through
I Erseroum and Bars, and has been received by the
mountaineers with every demonstration of joy. A
general attack was about to be made on the Russian
line, which, being of great extent, is vulnerable on
several points.
A letter from Constantinople of the 3rd states that
a Russian vessel of war, which had run on shore on
the coast of Eregri, on the Asiatic side of the Black
Sea, was seen in that position by a Tu•kish cruiser,
and called on to surrender. On the commander re-
fusing, she was boarded by the Turks, and taken
possession of with the crew.
The Independance Beige says, on the authority of
correspondence from Constantinople of Nov. 3, that
it was proposed by the Ambassadors that only a
small part of the fleets should come to Constanti-
nople, the main body remaining in the Sea of
Marmora. Admirals Hamelin and I)undas objected
to have their forces thus cut in two, and " in spite of
the opposition of Lord Stratford do Radcliffe," all
the ships were ultimately sent for.
A letter from St. Petersburg of the Bth states that
all the troops in the vicinity of the capital have been
ordered to keep themselves in readiness to march at
a moment's notice. Oa the 3rd the Emperor re•
viewed the regiments of the Imperial Guard, 18
battalions of infantry, 20 squadrons of cavalry, and
six batteries of artillery.

It is stated anew that the French government had
declared to that of Austria, that if it gave refuge to
Russian soldiers flying from the Torks, in the event
of the success of the latter, and did not disarm them
immediately, the French government would regard
such conduct as equivalent to a declaration of war.
But whether such an intimation has ur has not been
made, any harbour given by Austria to Russian
armed forces would of course be a departure from
that neutrality to which the Vienna cabinet had
pledged itself

- It was yesterday announced with some prominence
by a contemporary, that Berri* refuses to admit the
entrance of Turkish troops. It must have been for-
gotten that &reit, unlike the two Principalities
north of the Danube, is permanently occupied by
Turkish forces, and accounts from Belgrade of the
4th state that, with the full consent of the Prince
Alexander, the garrison of Belgrade was about to
receive a reinforcement. The Servians are naturally
disposed to make the most of the present crisis to ad-
vance the cause of their own independence, but their
leaders at present fully understand that their chief
danger does not lie on the side of Turkey.
The Berlin correspondent of the Cologne Gazette,
on the 15th instant, says:—While the Czar asserts
that no more negotiations can take place until the
'furks are on the other aide of the Danube, and the
Sultan will hear of none until the Russians have
crossed the Pruth, Russia is making new, and it may
almost be said furtive attempts at negotiation. The
' semi-official OM Cor. confirms the reports which
arrive from other quarters, that Russia has com-
missioned Count Buol and M. Bruck to use all their
iullutnce to induce the Porte to enter into direct nego-
tiations with the cabinet of St. Petereburg. The
game of the Czar is plain. lie would take advan-
tage of the trying moment when the pretentious
allies of Turkey have left her most scaudalously in
the lurch to play the magnanimous and to draw
Turkey into the sole power of Russia by a t-eitty like
that of 1633.