The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-14 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

The statement that Prince Meachikoff is to su-
perintend the government of the Principalities rests
only upon an on die from Bucharest published in
the Breslau Gazelle. The announcement that Marshal
Paskiewitch is to ammo the command of the occu-
pying army is at present traceable to no better
authority.
A private letter from Constantinople states that
the Uhmas had offered to place 200,000,000 piastres
at the Sultan's disposal. His Majesty, in making
the declaration of war, requested the ambassadors to
assure their rappee tire sovereigns that his wish was
to settle his diffieenoes with the Emperor of Russia
amicably ; but be added that his monitors had cap-
tured Constantinople with sword in hand, and that
if fate ordained that it should fall to another master
the Turks would quit the country sword in hand, or
die ss soldiers for their national faith.
A correspondence from Jamey of the 96th, quoted
by the Paris Patrie, announces thel the reigning
prince of Moldavia laviag wising te feign in con-
sequence of the dillealtin 1 lanades, gravely
augmented by the eta demise he money,
Prince Gortahakelf had ehiseld Se hie retirement.
The Patois also aqs that prima lanes of the
Ist state that Resebid Pasha was going idasealf to
Prince Ontsehakcif to Mhem him of the determi-
nation of the Peete,asiere act Ulm whisk seems
very unlikely to be ce
One of our own consommlects writes :
CONSTANTINOPLE, Su?. 79.
After the BOLSI, which, as you are aware, was
held at the Seraglio on Saturday, 24th inst., the
Grand National Council, consisting of ministers and
At-ministers, naval and military authorities, the
Sheik Islam, the corps of UMmahs, and others, was
convoked on the 26th inst., and sat for two days in
anxious deliberation. The Triton, I may mention,
arrived here in the nick of time with despatches for
our embassy, at 11 p.m., after the first day's debate.
Lord Radcliffe early next morning had an interview
with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and made, it is
understood, some important communications.
The vote of the Council was such as you may have
anticipated from all my latest communications, and after
a long and laborious discussion, in the utter impossi-
bility of making any farthercoocessions to Russia was
decided on. Rescind Pacha made an eloquent speech,
which lasted three or four hours, and was followed
by Mehemet Muterdjim, the Sneakier, the Scheik ul
Islam, and several other influential members of the
Divan. The only dissenting member of the assembly
was Namik Pacha, who proposed, it in understood,
to accept the project without modification.
The vote of the Council has produced a reconcilia-
tion between all parties, and the utmost harmony
prevails at the present moment in the Sultan's
cabinet.

Popular excitement, which threatened, as before
mentioned, some serious disturbances and even the
overthrow of the government, has been completely
appeased—all seem animated with one spirit and one
dogged resolution to defend to the last the national
honour.

Hence, you perceive we are here as unsettled as
ever, and war, I fear, is inevitable, unless, indeed, the
mediating powers decide on adopting, at the eleventh
hour, far other means than those hitherto employed
—and which are a general object of ridicule and con-
tempt—to arrest the imperial aggressor in his ini-
quitous campaign. The upshot, depend upon it,
with all its awful and incalculable consequences,
will be the very reverse of what has been nuclei.
pated. The Sandjiac-cherif will soon wave is front
of the whole population of Islam, in courage and
numbers far different from the representations of your
well-known London contemporary. His
" non-intervention " effort in favour of his Ine
employers
was being expounded by an interpreter the other
day to a Turkish functionary, when I happened to
enter; and on owning to the item "three snillioas"