The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-31 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

According to a telegraphic despatch from Et.
Petersburg, all the inhabitants of Little Tchetschina,
in the Caucasus, from 12,000 to 16,000 in number,
are " emigrating into Russia under the protection of
Raritan troops," and all the villages had been burned.
TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO.

TRIESTE, MAY 28.

According to intelligence from Constantinople of
the 22nd, fourteen Ottoman battalions have been
despatched to Bosnia aid the Herzegovina.
The French line-of-battle ships Eylau and Alga-
liras are at anchor in the Bay of Oravoaa.

PERSIA.

The Paris paper of yesterday publish a state-
ment t►at Mr. Murray, Minister of England at
Teheran, has proposed as basis of a treaty to be eon-
eluded with the Shah, that Persia should cease to
occupy Merswrond. The Persian government hes
refound to yield to that pretension.

FRANCE.

ILUSEILLEB, May 29.

The Napoleon is victualling for three months at
Toulon, and will immediately put to sea. The
Kendra' of evolution is at the Isles of Hying. The
itessner from Constantinople has broken down, and
will Naar a delay of four days,

(nom ova owl/

PARIS, SUNDAY EVANING.
The Monikur announces that the interest on
Treasury Bonds, from the 31st inst., is fixed as
follows :—For those of from three to Ave months,
at 3 per cent., and those from six to twelve months
at 31 per cent. This is a redaction of per cent.
upon bills under six months' date, and of 1 per met.
upon bills with from six to twelve months to ran,
the object of the Finance Minister being to mien-
rage transactions at long dates. It is considered
probable that the Bank of France, whose cellars are
full to overflowing, will shortly reduce its discount,
which now stands at 4 per cent.
The Pays corrects as a mistake of English jour-
saki, the announcement that Lord Lyons has been
ordered to proceed to the Adriatic. It is certain
that despatches with this news were received by
the Preach government from its Consuls at Venice
and Trieste. How the error arose is not tacplained.•
It is reported that Feed Pacha has presented a
note to Count Walewski, in answer to that of
Prince Mireo, in which he amerts that the prince
he. given an incorrect account of the events in
Montenegro.
The Queen of Holland dined at the British em-
busy yesterday, and was present at Lead Cowley's
weakly reception in the evening.
Lord Howden will stay a fortnight in Perim before
proceeding to London.
There have been many conflicting assertions as to
whether the battle between the Turks and the Mon-
tenegrias, of May 13, was brought on by an attack
of the latter upon the Turks during an armistice.
A oarreeptadeses from Vienna states that IL De-
lano, the Frenchman in the service of Prince
Demise, who was falsely reported to have been killed,
sent the following letter to the Turkish camp on the
morning of the battle :

Brehm, /Ley 18, 1868.
Hill Ismlimey Hama Paths will secespsay me with
lib army, leawiag lb bats ea the Chathovo territory, until
the otacheita if the Wel= ea which I ate ma by hie
latekirat lb. Prime of Nauman le hie Ikagassay Kemal
Waal tad the coaade of brides powers. By order of the
prates, no one is to soled thee teats.

H. Diarzos.

This oorreepondenoe admits it to be highly ro-
bahle that the Turks considered this letter as a suffi-
cient pledge that the Montenegrins were not going
to attack them. This supposition would amount for
the President of the Senate, Mirk°, having surprised
the Turkish division which wee in the cot of re-
treating from the contacted territory. This mach
appears to be certain, that the Turkish army had not
the slightest suspicion Coat ell attack was probable.
They were marehiag loom, and were in no respect
in a state to Mead themselves, when the Monte-
negrins tame down upon them and cut off 2,000
heads. Of coarse, Ido not guarantee the truth of
l
this Vienna corrupondence. Thoroughly reliable
amounts are yet wanting.
The Newvelliste of Matueillee recounts that on
the 27th inst. a duel was fought with swords be-
tween two non-commiseioned alma of the 68th

Regiment. Or of the combatants was killedas
the spot, and the other was slightly wounded is di.
abdomen. After receiving surgical aid he was takes
to the military prison in custody.
In a new edition of the memoirs of the Duke de
Lanzun, just published, there is at p. 82 the follow-
iag note, which, sonaidering the alarming political
rumours which are current just now, is curious to
read, although I am quite sure that it was not
written
present