The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

'According to one of -them, Grahove had been taken
hy storm, and Cettinje, the capital of Montenegro,
was menaced. The regular correspondent of the
Vint Zei:esssis says, on the other hand On the
15thi the powerful Turkish army attacked the Monte-
negrins, but were repulsed. On the Fith the attack
was to hive been renewed, but with what success is
still unknown. The districts of Lnbine, Kulsasia,
Zupanis, Ikka, Luba', and Kruselvice, in the Herze-
gowina, have declared for the Montenegrins. Jacob
Viyatichi the•Volvede of Grahoro, replied to Omar
Pacha's commands to prepare quarters for Turkish
troops by making an inroad into the district of Ban-
jean at tho head of a thousand men."
Thus for the Vienna and Trieste Gazettes. There
seems no reason to doubt that a battle was fought
on the 15th, and private intelligence from Vienna
leads us to expect news of a battle fought on the
16th in the north-east of Montenegro. The report of
a revolt in the six southern districts of Herzegowina
is rendered improbable by the fact that the Moslems
are resident there in great force.
It was rumoured in Vienna on the 22nd that the
Ban Jellaehich, at the head of eight battalions and
artillery in proportion, had crossed the Turkish
frontier, near Cattaro. The Ban is just the man to
attempt an unlawful enterprise, relying for justifica-
tion upon his success; but the report is in all proba-
bility premature.
The ministerial Correspondenz contains a private
letter on the affairs of Montenegro, dated Cattaro,
Jan. 16. The writer states that on the 11th, four
large war steamers belonging to the Turkish block-
ading squadron were seen off tho. Albanian coast,
opposite the bay of Antivari. The day before, an
English steam-frigate cast anchor at the mouth of
the river Bojan, and remained there some hours,
while the: commander had a conference with the
Pasha of Scutari. When this was over, the frigate
returned to Corfu. According to this writer, Monte-
negro will be surrounded by a Turkish army of
30,000 men, and a concentrated attack made at seve-
ral different points. The border communes of Ban-
ni, Piva, Zopa, and I)robjnak, situated in the north,
beblonging to the Herzegowina, that were in the first
instance inclined to take part with the Montenegrins,
have declared for the Porte. The commune of Gra-
howo, with its Woivod Joker, alone stands faithful
to the cause of the Montenegrins, but as the latter
are in no condition to assist them against the Turks,
the people are greatly discouraged. The Monte-
negrine districts of Piperi, Moraine, Kulski,
and a part of Biclopalewich, are almost on the verge
of declaring for Turkey, having been visited by
the emissaries of that power. Great consternation
prevailed amongst the Montenegrins generally. I
Polish and Hungarian officers are said to be at the
head of Turkish divisions, sufficiently experienced in
war to conduct the troops of the Porte, and unscru-
pulous enough to fight against Christians. Ferik
Dacha (says the writer) impudently exclaimed, " Gra-
howo belongs as little to the Montenegrins as Krt.
Tanis does to the Austrians." However that may
be (the writer continues), there can be only one
opinion as to the duty of Austria to guard the sacred
inviolability of :her territory; and the sanguinary
struggle now approaching cannot be viewed with in-
difference by Austria. The frontier relations with
Montenegro have long been on a good footing, and
the Austrian borders respected by the inhabitants of
Montenegro, which is far from being the case with
the Bosnian'', whose Turkish population, some six
years ago, made exactions of a nature that the Ban
of Croatia was obliged to undertake a razzia for their
punishment.