The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-01 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The lette:a from Turkey brought by the Enrotas
contain no facts of importance with which the public
is not familiar. Indeed, their date, the 15th, is an-
tecedent to that of the accounts already published.
From the Danube no certain intelligence is to be
reported, although rumours are rife, and belligerent
operations are again positively announced by tele- ,
graph. According to calculations, based on the
assumption that the rejection of the Russian ulti-
matum would have to be reported to St. Petersburg,
and that the Czar would at once order the immediate
advance of troops, such order should have reached
the Russian commander in Bessarabia yesterday
or should come into his hands to-day. It is not,
however, certain that the commander had not re-
ceived instructions to act on the news from Constan-
tinople, supposing it to be unfavourable, in which
case the Pruth may have been crossed by this time.
The Lloyd has letters from Jassy, stating that the
Russians were expected there on the 19th,—a fact
which shows that those on the spot are not always
best informed.

From Malta wo have intelligence of the fleets in
Besika Bay. The English fleet, under Admiral Dun-
dalk, which left Malta at 8 a.m. on the Bth of June,
was carried by a fine westerly breeze until within 90
miles of Cape Matapan by noon on the 10th, when the
the steamers were employed to tow the sailing ves-
sels, and thus the fleet reached the anchorage at
Besika at eight a.m. on the 13th, exactly five days
from Malta. The French fleet, under the command
of Vice-Admiral de laSusse,joined it there on the 15th.
The ships of both fleets were allowed to ride at single
anchor, and officers going on shore on leave had
strict injunctions not to lose sight of their respective
ships, so that they could get under weigh at a
quarter of an hour's notice. It was rumoured
amongst the officers that the Caradoe which had just
arrived from Constantinople had brought the proper
firmans for the entry, in case of need, of the pubaage
of the Dardanelles.

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The naval forces united at Besika Bay are thus '
composed :
BlllllBll.—Ships of the line : Britannia, flagship of Vice-
Admiral Dundas, 120 guns ; Trafalgar, 120; Albion, 90;
Vengeance, 84 ; Bellerophon, 78. Frigate : Arethusa, 50
guns. Steam frigates: Retribution, 28 guns; Sampson,
16; Firebrand, 6; Tiger, 16. Steam corvettes: Niger, 16
guns; Furious, 16; Fury, 6; Inflexible, 6; Wasp, 14;
Modeste, 18. Steam packet Caradoc, 2 guns. Total, 18
vessels; 776 guns.
Fasscu.—Ships of the line : Ville de Paris, Bag-ship of
Vice-Admiral de la Stine, 112 guns; Valmy, 120. Steam
ships of the line : Montebello, 120 guns ; Henry I V., 100 ;
Napoleon, 90; Bayard, 90; Charlemagne, 80. Ship of the
line: Jupiter, 80 guns. Steam frigates: Mogador, 16
guns; Sane, 14; Magellan, 14. Steam corvette : Caton, 6
guns. Despatch steamer : Chaptal, 2 guns. Total, 13 ves-
sels ; 844 gnus.
The Turkish fleet is conceigrated at the northern
extremity of the Bosphorus, from Therapia to the
Black Sea. It is composed f 35 ships, two of them
three-deckers, three tw3-deckers, ten frigates, four
corvettes, eight brigs, and eight steamers, four of
which are of large dimensions. The most important
wt of the fleet is at anchor opposite the villages of
Buyukdere and Sari-yeri.
• The firman guaranteeing the rights and privileges
of the religious communities, was read on the 12th
inst. in each of the Patriarchates in Constantinople,
in the presence of the principal members of the con-
gregation.
On the following day, Monday, four Metropolitans
and four principal members of each of the Christian
communities, delivered to Reschid Pasha an address
to the Sultan, thanking him for his paternal protec-
tion of the Christiana under his government.

FRANCE.

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formerly a superior officer of the imperial armies, and
received the cross of officer from the hands of the
Emperor Napoleon I. on the field of battle of Mont-
mired.

Rear-Admiral Penaud has been appointed director
of the cabinet and chief of the staff of the Minister of
Marine and Colonies, in the room of Rear-Admiral
Charner, sent to sea. Captain Chopart, assistant
member of the board of works of the navy, has been
, named a member of the board, in the room of Cap..
tan Count de Gueydon nominated governor of Mar-
tinique; and Captain Paris has been named assistant
member of the board.
The final quotations of the Bourse show a fall of
70c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., and M 50e.
in the Three per Cents., both for money; whilst in
the quotations for the end of the month, both the
Three per Cents. and Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
declined 33c. Bank of Franco shares also receded
10f. Closing prices:—For cash: Three per Cents.
76.30; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 101.05. For the
account: Three per Cents., 76.25; Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 101.05. Bank stock, 2,675.
Northern, 882; Orleans, 1,053; Paris and Stras-
bourg, 885.50 ; Paris and Lyons, 898; l'aris and
Rouen, 1,030 ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 720.50 ;
Western of France, 720.50.._

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