The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-13 00:00:00

MONTENEGRO.

The Danubian Gazette has the following from
Trieste, under date of Sept. 7 :—" War has broken
out on the frontier. From our blockhouses we
distinctly hear the cannon thundering on the Scutari
lake. The Montenegrins] have boldly taken the
initiative and entered the Turkish territory near
Leoche. The moment is critical. It may decide
the destiny of the Illyrian peninsula, for it is hardly
credible that the Montenegrins would have en-
gaged in this contest without well-founded
expectations of aid.
" The Montenegrins have left Zabliac on their
Stu* and made a sudden attack on the island of
Bransina, which is now in their hands. Unless
considerable reinforcements come up, Liscudria
will not be able to hold out long. The plan of the
Montenegrins evidently is to cut off the enemy's
communication with Zabliac, whereby Pode,
Orissa, and Spuz would be equally endangered.
They would then extend their defences between
high and low Spizza (where the Garibaldian ex-
pedition was expected to land last year) and the
sea and threaten Antivari.”

(alum's riumamia.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, Bin. 13.

The Moniteur, in its bulletin of to-day, in con-
tradiction to the assertions of the Vienna journals,
affirms that no extraordinary credit has been
opened for naval armaments and the building of
ships, which, it says, are this year continued on
the usual scale and within the limits of the normal
budget.
The Moniteur of to-day publishes the usual
monthly return of the Bank of France, which
shows the following results as compared with the
August return :
DICPIASZ.

Cash in hand
Bills discounted, not yetdue 41 1-6 „
Bank notes
If
Treasury balance
Current accounts
Advances -5 „

HUNGARY.
MTH, 11Ism 13.
It is asserted that the visit of the Cardinal
Primate of Hungary to Vienna will result in the
early convocation of the Hungarian Diet, on the
same electoral basis as hitherto.

The government, it is said, will take the diploma
of Otdober last as the basis of future negotiations
with Hungary.

ITALY.

NAPLES, Sur. 11.
Chiavone having received reinforoements from
Rome, yesterday attacked Castelluccio, near Sora,
with 200 men. He was, however, repulsed with
great loss, and retreated into Roman territory.
Christen, whose arrest has already been announced,
was provided with a fable English passport.

POLAND.

WARSAW, Seer 11.

An official statement declares-Thai the
dis-
turbanoes which occurred at Kalisch on the anni-
versary of the Emperor's coronation have been
exattgerated, and says :
" The troops who interfered on account of the
people smashing the windows of illuminated houses
were without arms.

" Only 18 persons were arrested, 12 of whom
wore released on the following day. No citizen
was maltreatetl.!",

AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE, JULY 25.
Disturbances, resulting in a fatal collision with
the police, have taken place at Lunbing Flat
Diggings.
Most of Burke's exploring party have returned ;
but Mr. Burke himself and three companions are
A renewal of the war in New Zealand is immi-
nent. Peace with the natives is considered hope-
less.

General Cameron will await reinforcements before
taking the field.
All the men-of-war have been ordered to assemble
at Auckland.

The following are the departures of gold ships
since last mail :—The Bwiftsure, with 51,217 oz. ;
the James Wilson, with 19,058 us. ; and the Lin-
colnshire, with 51,778 os.
Business is dull at Melbourne.