The Express. — London, England, 1856-06-20 00:00:00

ti exZOreliii• TO COtiIIESPIJII VENTS. 400ettlarresc , 4 Weeded ter “The Reprete,^teedie Beetkipsyse. Nub be et the 0-lee. 10. lowterle. by Two Vela& ea tiro • et Palgiwilbeek mtvi wATzu AT LONDON BRIDGE. r, : , p B T—worslus. H. ..... lb. 1031. lo.ror,aos•—k.+rrwS. Ia 470........4ttem0ce. 14 111/16 LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 20. le we may judge of Italian intellect from Italian literature, it combioca the scrupulous love of troth and capacil for patio at research of the German with the pract eel tendencies and craving for artistic finish of the French. Viewed as men of action, the Patio., had, towards the close of last century, been rendered to the last degree frivolous and effemi nate by a c-ocoorse of adveree id:lances. But NA roLLOS resuscitated their warlike spirit, end forty years' training in the hard school of persecution has made of them practical, energetic, high-minded poli ticians. 01 all the peoples of the Continent we know note so ripe for freedom as the Italian—none of whom it may so confidently be predicated that they will turn their freedom to good account, using it without abusing it, It is impossible to contemplate without a feeling of indignant bitterness the actual condition of such a people. The population of Italy amounts to about twenty-five millions and a half of soul.. Ot these, f.v,: millions, inhabiting the Venetian and Lombard territories, are subjected to the direct tyranny of an alien race ; whilst the three millions who occupy the Tom, Mode name, and Parmesan dominions, and the three millions sub ect to the Court of Rome, are governed by mere puppets, of which Austria draws the strirge; and the seven millions abandoned to the tender mercies of the King of NAPLES are ruled upon Au•trion prit,ciples, with countenance and en couragement from Austria. In all the States we hive enumerated, to be an Italian, to entertain or avow the sentiments of au Italian, is a crime. Civil and ecelmiutical absolutism conspires to trample down every free thought, every generous aspiration ; and the cowardly oppremore seek for protection against their outraged su►jects by servilely obeying the behests of a foreign despot. It is not only the moral charac•er of the nation that is debased by such rule—property is immure, and the resources of this lied are left partially or entirely undeveloped. On the political chart of modern Italy there is only one soon) spot—the Subalpine Kingdom, with its five millions of Mimeos, continental and insular. In some respects Piedmont is at this mo ment an Italian counterpart of what Prussia wee under FIEDZIICII THE OILIAT. The great merit of that monarch consisted herein, that he was the head of the constitutional opposition in Germany to the bigeoed deepotim of Austria. He championed rho Protestant and constitutional interest of Germany by organising an effective army ; and he maintained his army by that tolerant policy which invited men of talent, whatever their opinions, to enter his service, and that discrimination which con ferred the highest honours and the meet important charges upon the men of greatest ability. In this manner be augmented the resources of his country, and enabled it to support an army apparently far too large for its means. In like manner, we ma at present the best intellects of the various Italian States warmly received in Piedmont, eater ralised, and promceed to high station. As for the army of Piedmont, the soldiers of all Europe are unanimous in its praise. There is, indeed, one material point in which the Sardinia of our dry differs from the Prussia of the time of FOIDZILICK SHE 011 LAT. FAIDERICL, with all hie high qualities as a warrior and a stateenian,was a self willed despot. He was the one active and influential will in his kingdom. Hence it came that the power of Prussia for good died with him, and has only manifested itself since, at long intervals, in an inter mittent spasmodic activity. Bat the Government of Sardinia iv emphatically a constitutional Government; its institutions are Wallet(' to train and form lOW Otseive generations of statesmen and military leaders —to give permanence to irs power for good. It is an instinctive sense of this truth that makes the beet Italian patriots turn their eyes at this mo ment, will a common consent, to Piedmont, as the foutitelu-head of Italian liberty, nationality, and in dependence. They do not eft clearly an yet how Piedmont is to accomplish its great task, but they feel an intuitive conviction that Piedmont is the nucleus on which is to be formed an Italian nation— that the statesmen end soldiers of Piedmont are the destined champions of Italian liberty and independ ence. Hence it comes that republicans and conga- tationalista--federslists and moment ready to rally round the standard of Pied mont if any opportunity for action offer. No doubt the respect for constitutional liberty which has hitherto characterised the government of Piedmont boo had much to do in conciliating this universal coot{. deuce. Bat we are confirmed that even though soma unlucky accident should transfer the reins of gover► merit in Piedmont to less liberal statesmen, they wield still maintain its ascendancy over the Italian mind by remaining true to the great canto of Italian nationality and independence. The fast majority of the sdeaded classes in Italy are passionately enamoured of liberty, but they know that an indispensable prorequisits of liberty is national unity, and the subversion of foreign domination. at this This is a seniitnest, a principle of action, which the English Government ought to foster. It is all very well to preach humanity to the Ling of NAPLES, and rational government to the Pore. But Italy can only be effectively aided IN its strug gles to avert revolution through the establishment of good government, by lending moralsuppoet to the only Italian Government which hoe shown itself capable°, appreciating and acting upon sound principles, and which is a teal military power. But to be of any avail this moral support mast be promptly and openly afforded. The struggle of Sardinia against Austria is a most unequal one, and the *ems of its inequality ex poses the Sardinian Government to constant temptation to yield to the insidious whimpers of the French EMPEROR. It will be a fatal event for Italy if ever the Cabinet at Turin is prevailed upon to adopt the policy of the Government which owes its power to the Corp cl Etat. 001111110111ENT AUDITS.—A parliamentary return (No. 215) gives so lull as exposers of the negligent* and inefficiency of the present system of audit, that we hops the select committee on public moseys now sitting will insist on knowing bow many of the 441 accounts which had not been audited on the 5 - h ult. belong to the present year, aed bow many to the pre eediug, as it would appear that the Nat fisaueC amounts were published without audit of say kind. The Post.office accounte have only been audited to 1851, sad the Customs to 1863; other ammo's are &pally behiadhaed, showing that the Audit-01am at repeat constituted is a mere excrescence. Gin's—At a Greets Coen of the %meson of this Hospital. bad as Übe lath Wit , lb. Htt.wi yt appeiro. Mille van made:—Dr. Owes Vera, of Albesarir-•treet, Pbrisiss ; Dr. Wilke. of 8.. Tiow.strear, Assisio s t Paralides • Mr. J. Calor !emir, et Williagtewstrest. Leadee-leidge, Animas arms. i~ Cbt Court. The Queen, attended by the Dacha. of Atholl and Lord Ch.rles F,t.voy, visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday acad.:sou at Gloucester Homo. Her Majesty aPerwardv took a drive with Prises Arthur sad one of the poem Pruscesen. The Prises Consort, with the Prince of Wiles end the Regret .f Baden end Prime Frederick William of Prussia, holstered the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland with a visit at Stafford House yesterday morale g. Prince Albert after wards went to the Industrie. Exhibition of Article* sad. in the 'miens Reformatories and Refuges of the United Kingdom, at Willis's Rona., King-etnet. His Royal Hiegel's, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Captain the Hoe. D. de It s left Buckingtism Patios soon after three o'clock in the *Bemoan, to preside at the annual meeting of the Wacker Royal Aesocistion In the Home Park and to distribute the pr:ses. The Prince travelled by the /loath Western Railway. Th• Regent of Baden paid visits to take leave yesterday to the Dueben of Rent, the Duchess of Gloucester, ill Deckle of C►mhidge, and the Duke of Cambridge, at their respective re s deuces. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Pace* Repeat at Buckingham Palace, and Count Berestorff, the Prustiee Minister, paid his rupees to his Roysl Highness. Primes Frederick Wain= of Prude, attended by Baron 31., like and Colonel Freers Seymour, visited the British lowitarion in Pall-mall, end also inspected the Gallery of w Society of Painters is Water-col me. The genre bad a dinner p arty in the evening. The arm posy ineleded the Priccese Royal, the Regent of Baden, the Prince Frederick William of Prussia, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marquis and Marchioness of Aber• emu, Lady &vire, M jre.o I Sir Willis.. Fermi& Williams, Oertersl Sir Hew de Rom, General Sir George Brow., Mej ur Or I Wylds, Lady Anna Marla Dem me, Herons's de Ppetb, and the Hon. Mortimer &Ovoids West. The Band of the Grenadier Guards was In attendaars, sad played daring dicers.. Her Majesty's private bead performed M •vialag the f•Iloaiog compo.rt•oas: Overton • HMS" Rearrlier. Hood°, "Zara" .. Bele:dos. " Ls Traviata", Mario" Herold. A deputatioa oa the 'abject of the Coal Whippers Act had an interview with Lord Bosley of Alderley yesterday at the Board of Trod.. The deputation Immolated of the Hon. H. G. Liddell, 11 P., Hr. Inithem, M.P., Mr. Ather toe, M.P., Mr .I , ha FAN or. M P , Mr. Mowbray, 11 P., Lord A. Vase Tempeat, Mr. Ridl,y, M.P., Mr. Besemont, It P., Mr. Shaft°, M.P., Mr. Ferrer, /i 1 P., Lord Onaleton, Si.?,. Mr. Fenwick, M P., Mr. D Joneseihn, Mr. ilia Wood, Iva., Mr. Was Page, Mr. William Milos', Mr J. T. Wawa (chairman of the filhipownen' society of South': Shields), wad Mr. J. T. Alc , ck (chairman of the Ship owners' Boeitty of guaderleed). A deputation, (0111iitiCIR of the following member, of the board of management of the Central Loodon District School, v.s., Mr. Whiteside (vies-ehairmani ; Mr. Thornton. Mr. Colder, Mr Lane, Mr. Finlay, Mr. add, and Mr. D.1 , 0a, together With Mr. Rowell, the Cierk, had an loterview with the Pros Low Board, le Whitehell, on the subject of the proposed DOW sot wl buildiage. The sommitte• • f the Lords of the Privy Council met yes terday toconsider .he report oo the Oaf, rd Statutes. Pre tent : the Right Hosoarable• Sir George Grey, T. Pember ton Leigh, M. T. Heine., Dr. L.shington, and knitter Walpole. A deputation from Ruabolate had an interview yesterday with the Richt Hon. Watt's Cooper, M.P., lathe race of the 0 lltomd of Health, Whitehall, with rasped to .he Public Heelth Act Amendment Bill. The deput.t , oo oon- • siated of Mr. W. Brows, 11 P., 11r. J C Ewan, M.P., 11r. Braaley-Moore, 11 P., and Mr. J. Burk Lloyd. The Jettlleisl Committee of the Peary C , uocil sat yester dsy. The hearing of the ;mama, Looginsid'a Patent (Aikal.)" was oraelnded ; and se appeal from the Prerogs lave C•iort, "Dm-6 v. 13,mee," was cornmeneed. Despatches were received from the Governor of Ceylon, yeattrday, at the C , lonial-t Mee. TEE Accustom or nu. Me.llBll.—This day befog the aaniversiry of her Mejscy's amnion to the throes, tho mornieg was ushored in by the bells of the metropolitan and suburban churches rigging forth merry peals. At eight rielock the royal standard was hoisted at the Tower, 8 'merest Hons., and on the town of the royal pstish charches of Bt. Martin-in-the-Fields, Bt. Margaret, Wootainstsr, and St. Mary Abbot, Kensington. An ia spectioa of the trove for this dati , s of the day, and the guard of honour, consisting of a squadron of the Life °lards, took place on the parade, at the Horn. Guards, 8?. Jamaes-park, and double royal salutes were fired from the Park and Tower guns. We boy that the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., though hotter in health, having bean eglin reent amended to take the German waters, bu you to Camila& —Ws!lsAire Independent The Bishop of Winchester has iostitnted the Rev. B. Carr, 111.41.. Otto rectory of Bonehereb, Isle of Wight. INDUSTRIAL XXIII& MN. Yerstraday morning them arse opened, in the pro ems* of hie Royal Highness Prince Alb it, at Rooms, King- trim. St. Jame.% an imbibition of tinkles manufasturod in savers' of the reftrmatnies and refuges of the United Eimgdom. It was highly gratifylog to • visitor pude( DOm ball to ball to observe the Dante of localities in the 'metropolis, formerly as minted with ideas of idlin- a , debauchery, and outrage, serving as Roger poets to guide, the visitors to • view of the led ' 1 labour of the sober and reclaimed. For instants, in the en• truce hall wee hang up the nuns of ono of the vilest haunts Is Illarylsbone— tt Orono-passage "—and nuderneath it were boys formerly street vagraute employed in the 'manufacture of door matting, and which material was masses and firm, equal, indeed, In quality t o soy tut weld be basest is the ant boss.-furoists.mg establishments is Linda,. Here 111/11 settee indu.try wonderfally vs trosting with the noisy idle crowd of thievish urchins that seed to congregate, d. Santo( capital:ou, round the entreats, to the Meryiebans PAW -court ; bat the contrast did not rut here ; fir clove by was • choice eollcetion of the moot fragrant ennuis from the Metrop .titan Reformatory at Brian:us, the perfume of which Wel far from being onus. unit with oar ri e illectioos of Orotto-panage, bat might he token u emblematic' of the moral improvement hnortht about I. the neighbourhood by the prelsew 'ray exertions of Mr. H. J. Maxwell, end the philaalhropic gentlemen who hue laboured with him is maintaining ragged and in dustrial colteole in the I,eality. In the principal loon, Ito, were to be sera working at venous trades, many lads, for• mud, eandidata for the balk.. The skill displayed by the boys faun the Westminster Refuge is working • mall hurt-press. wse particaluly worthy of notes. The articles of tailoring, dtewmakiog. iced sordwahlory exhibited were all excellent of their kind, while the °ablest work was, in beauty end finish, of a character that would not diegraes the apartments of the most splendid West-end =acetone. The exhibition, however, was sot confined to articles of hendcraft, but in. eluded some of the agricultural produce of the Philanthropie Society's Farm, !Whin, Reigate, nod a messiah:eat dia. mood brooch, which wee (cued in the e-Ilection plate after • late untie, at Ms Measles Hour. We may, fa a word, pronouns, the exhibitioa to be interesting from its Intrinsic nter:ts as well as from to peculiar eseociations. A oonversaz'ome is cannexion with the exhibition took piece last eight at Willies Rooms. under the patronage of the Earl of Chielserrar, Lord Palmeri. the Archbishop of Dahlia, gad the Reformatory and Refuge Union, end under the Immeetilate presidency of the Earl of Shaft's bery, who referred with satkfaction to the tit noontime, of the 'left of Prince Albert in the caste, of the morning to their Induetrial Ethihition, and distributed the Fund for Metropolitan Institution", • um of money raised fin the specific garpou of aubting and enceureging the various pirouettes and reformatory institutions ot the metropolie. The distribution was upon the following seal.:—F-r every inns.* over 16 years of age, 21.; far every other lamas, 11. 10'.; sad for aosommodatlon provided, bat not oven OW, per Wad. 10.. THE LAND TRANSPORT AND MEDICAL STATE Coin.—A detarbareet, contistieg of 300 artillery. sad 200 drivers of the Land Transport Corps, and 120 orderlies, with the requisite camber of subordinate officers, Wong ing to the Mediae! Staff Corps, is pieced seder orders for Immediate Itißberketlos. Their hiteeded deetinatioa understood:to be Clllll4lB. Teem of the merer•atsebea ier sad tradesmen satrap the artificers attached to the Lead Tyr/aspect Corp is I. be 7.. per dey, sod joureey. nee. Is. per day, besides rations. The pay of drivers and orderlies to the )(idled Bt.ff Corps will be the sane es fast I resolved in the Crimea. THZ STROH OE RAILWAY PORTERS AND ULM, AT LITIZIPOOL.—Thio morality a aa..nas WI of kb boarowo, plladpally disehartred nilitiassee, wise Lave bees eayagel by the Nardi Weston. Ratlety Cespeey, pre seeded le Livorrol, te supply the pleas of these eft* Use *Week. T►is le the used draft of 11071111011 hem Lesko, upwards of arty ►itieg preseeded to the sane plait by the mail Stela lest eight STROM OF UMBRELLA AND PARASOL &LI WILILY RAS IX SPITALTIRLDII.—III osseecesece of the . ester oak loirootte bevies pedalled the seals of prises to whisk t►e areefesterese et the Worts used Is *everts' umbrellas sed persoole use *added by ea eresseat **- tend late beteeee the wasters sad }minimal la 1863, the letter ban* termed eat. Gad ea early meeting of lb* trade is te be &led Is esessider the matter. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 20. 1856. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVAL OF THE GEORGE MARSHALL. (lIT 11110TRIC TIBLIOZAPI.) (111011 ors owl! coRaReroNDRRy.) PLYMOI7 ru, FRIDAY. The George Marshall, Captain Henry, has arrived and landed her pass tigers. She left Port Phillip on March 20. She brings 60,000 ounces of gold, and above 90,000 sovereigns, with a eargo of Wool CANADA. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADIAN. (sr itscraw TELsosAra.) (M ON 0011 OWN 00141SPONDINT.) LIVBRPOOL, FRIDAY. ThM morning the Montreal Ooesn Steam-ship Company's vessel the Canadian, Captain Sallanty cm, arrived in the river with the mails. She left Quebec on the 7th inst. with 133 passengers. The ministerial crisis in Canada still continues. The Canadian government is struggling against an overwhelming opposition, which calls for the imme diate cl , asolution of the provincial parliament. The arrival of the troops from the Crimean army is to be celebrated by popular demonstrations. The declaration of pace was celebrated at Quebec on the 4th inst Bread/tuffs were dell and prices nominal. Freights were steady. TURKEY. A Constlntinople letter of June 6, in the Paya, aye :—" The destruction of the fortifications of Kan, Ismail, and Reni, against the provisions of the treaty of March 30, is a fact no longer doub ed at Constan t nople. Explanations will certainly be demanded from Easels." ITALY. We read the following startling announcement in the Opinions of Turin of the 17th :—" If we are well informed, that dispute which had arisen io Parma between the Austrian commandant and the local authorities has received an unexpected solution. The Austrian military commandant insisted upon extending his inquiries and condemnations to teats anterior to those which had amused the state of siege; the local authorities, supported by the Duchess, refused their assent; whereupon Count Crenneville declared that he would not protect the government any longer, but would lams it to its own resources. He has been taken at his word, and the government his immediately opened the state prirons. What will be the result of this we do not know." The King of Strdinia gars a grand banquet on the 16th to the officers of the expeditionary army of Piedmont. The British, French, and Turkish ministers, and other distinguished iudividoals, were among the guests. The legislative session of the Piedmentese paella. meat was closet' on the 16th by a royal de:tree. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, THURSDAY. This afternoon Baron de Beurqueney was received in state by the Emperor, to present his credentials. The Grand Viziee Ali Packs has had his audience of the Emperor. The Emperor yesterday gave a parting audience to the council of Austrian bishops assembled at Vienna, to devise means for enforcing the provisiins of the Concordat. He promised them to guarantee the execution of the Concordat, and as much as pos sible to comply with their wishes. He expressed al hope, in conclusion, "that his subjects might enjoy all temcoral good without losing their eternal sal vation." BERLIN, Jusi 18. A general conference is about to b. 3 held in Prussia relative to the reduction of the duty levied on iron by the Zollverein ; and as in the lest confer ence, a medium duty will be discussed. The Prussian Mociteur announces the departure of the Prussian flotilla from Dantsio. It is comm►nded by Prince Adalbert, and part of it will proceed to the months of the Danube. The difficulties wnich stood in the way of the German monetary union have been overcome. RUSSIA. BERLIN, Jump It Adviers from St. Petersburg state that in cone.- guano' of the dearness of provisions in the Crimea, and the sickness which prevails there, a decree has Iron t•soed prohibiting all tasons not inhabitants from lending on the territory. The mercantile navy of Finland, which on the Ist of lane, 1862, numbered 330 vessels and 9 steamers with an aggregate heathen of 108 210 tons, has now not more than 197 mailing ships and 2 steamers, together 43,738 tons. Darioß the war 168 vessels of 51,798 tons were sold, 89 of 19,088 tons taken by the enemy, and 22 of 3,488 tons wrecked. PORTUGAL LISBON, JI7NI 11. Since the departure of the lest packet the Portu guese funds have risen 1 per cent., and it is supposed that the increase will be maintained. The closing quotations of yesterday were 43 to 43k, the demand being greater than the supply. The transactions, says the Jornal do Commereio, amounted yesterday to more than 600 wows of rein, including a sale of 230 contos negotiated by the Back of Portugal. The earn, authority prognosticates a further rim to-day, Inasmuch as the purchases yesterday were chiefly made for rc•sa!e. There is no political novelty since the departure of the Sultan. It is, perhaps, not generally known that the =Me of &bestial) Jamb de Carvelimo, the groat Marquis de Pombal, the builder of Lisbon after the ravages of the earthquake, and perhaps the greatest statesman Portugal has ever produced, has lain Moos hie death on a plain deal table is • corner of the Franciscan Church of Pomba!, in the province of Beira. The government has now Insisted upon the present mar. psis bestowing the rites of sepulture upon his great ancestor, and the body is being translated to Lisbon. At sight it is rested in the various churches on the route, where mass is sus; for the repose of the soul, and daring its course it la received by the civil go vernors of the different districts, who accompany the cavalcade to the madam of their jurisdiction. At the city gates it will remain in the cooventaal Marsh of Aerates, which, by the way, was founded by Queers Istherine, the consort of Charles IL, after her re turn to this country, end which still beers over the, door the royal arms of Ragland quartered with those of Portugal The body will dually be interred in a mansokum which has been mooted by the present , marquis in hie private chapel. The water of the Jordan, need for the baptism of du Imperial Mom, eat brought fr. Palatine by the Baron de Saimbislies, the etep-e m of M. Charles Dania. The Clews of Spain hen caned a thanksgiving emits I. be esisheated fee lb. raeover7 of the Janda stole& frost* easpel et the panes EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (ROY °I:MOWN PARIS, THOR/DAY ETINIIIO. This morning Cardinal Parrizi, accompanied by his suite and M. Feui'let de Coaches, the master of the ceremonies, left the Tuileries in two court car riages for St. Cloud, to present the Empress with the golden rose bleeped by the Pope, about which so much has bees already said. The rose, enclosed in a large ebony box, travelled in • separate carriage, and was guarded by offiaers of hie Eminence's household. It is • costly production, the stalk, the leaves, the buds, and the flowers being all covered with precious stones. Oa arriving in the Empress's presence, the cardinal legate spoke the speech, beginning " Accipe rosam de manibus nostris," which has already appeared in the Express. This speech the cardinal intended to have made in Notre Dame, but it was not in the pro gramme, and his voice was drowned by the music, to his great displeasure es the story goes. The Baum, which for several days has been in a drooping state, was worse than ever to-day. The thoroughly unsound state of the market is clueing alarm even among the optimists. The government jour nals generally contrive to give some plausible reason why a fall should be attributed to some accidental and temporary cause. Bat this evening's r aerie says in its financial article:—"The money market does not recover from its prostration. Profound dis eoursgemeot prevails among speculators, and many have altogether ceased to operate for the moment, fearing a fresh rise in tte rate of reports. The spec tacle which the Baum now presents is in no degree justified by actual circamatances. If the mass of capital would only turn away from its exclusive de votion to speculation and employ itself in legi timate business, it would speedily give a healthy tone to the market, and a salutary impetus to public credit." There is much virtue in this "if." Meanwhile, differences are heavy, and there is in many instances much difficulty in meet iog them. Several executions have again taken place to-day. The news of the reduction of 95,000 men had no effect upon the market. The Rents closed very heavily indeed at 701 r. 500. for cash, and 701 r. 75c. for account, the fall being 60c. and 40e. Credit Mobilier fell 4 5fr. The railway market wen exceedingly weak. Orleans fell 25fr., and Mediter ranean 16k., and most of the other lines dfr. Bt. 'Lambert, the only line that improved, rose 25fr. I lam from a good source that the attempt to este blish a Credit Mobilier society in St. Petersburg hes defini•ively failed. The latest news from Bordeaux confirms the fact of l th e Garonne having overflowed in several pls.**. The official despatches express considerable appre hension. There was a rumour this afternoon that the Emperor had left Paris for the batiks of the Garonne, but I hsve no reliable information on the subject. The weather here Is threatt sing, and although not much rain has fallen in Paris, the cold temperature and the accumulation of black clouds in the sky are but too probable signs of a prevalence of wet weather in the country. A letter from Foe, dated June 16, in the Journal de Toulouse, says it had rained for the last forty hours, and that the hill. were covered with snow. The snow was so deep that many villages were half buried in it. The weather was exceedingly cold. The thermometer (Reaumnr) had gone down to tour degrees below zero. The moment the tempera ture aesumed a more natural state the snow would melt all at once, and a fresh inundation was consi dered certain. _ Toe lkiessager de Bayonne of Jane 17 says:— " For the last thirty hours a terrible rain, heavier even than that which ceased the late inundations, has fallen without ceasing. The Gave and the Nies ha,. OVPrfiJWO ; the Adoar is enormously swollen." The Prefect of the Seine has received from the Lord Mayor of London another letter, which ou tman. :a that the subscriptions opened in the Briti►h capital in &vont of the inundated in France had amounted to not laaa than 300,000 fr. _ . The =yoga of the dvpartments, who came to Paris for the baptism, give a dinner to-marrow at the Trois Freres, to the Minister of the Interior, and the Prefect of the Seine. The Cardinal Legate has consented to prebido at evening wan at the church of Notre Dame des Victoiree, on Sunday next. Several bishops will be Present A sermon will be preached by the Abbe Lavigne. ITALY. PIEDMONT. (1101( ♦x ITALIAN MALL TURIN, Joss 15. This has been • great holiday for Turin. There has been, on the Piazza d'Armi, a solemn distribu tion of the medals and other marks of distinction awsrcici by the Allied Gavernments-to the P.edinon tee* soldiers of the Crimean expedition. You will not expect from me a very lengthy description of the show, for I am not over-partial to displays of any kind; and I think even free Piedmont has too much of the old Italian hankering after such thins,. You know that as early as 1848 the constitutional government here abolished all church festivals, excepting, be. sides Sundays, only four grand days. But you can not expect that the people can at once be weaned I from their spectacle', and the priests have tried all in their power to entice boobies to their eoclesiasticsl, entertainments by an extra display of tinsel and frippery. At Genoa, for instance, where I was at Easter, the whole week nearly was spent in merry making at the chnrchet. If we add now poli tical solemnities in too great a number, I feer we shall have no work done. What with the Cor pus Domini, the Santo Sudario (holy winding-sheet), Constitution-day (which lasted three days), and now Medal-day, we have been amusing ourselves day and night, till our legs ache from long rambling about. To satisfy the Romans, the Emperors supplied them with ponetn et eircentee, but modern Italians will go without bread if they only get the games. It takes, however, a more sour-minded man than I am to grumble at to-day's festivities. The Pied mottles* troops are a sight to do good to any man who wishes to keep ap a good heart for Italy. They marched in silence to the Place d'Armee in several corps from 4 o'clock in the morning till 8. Silently sod solemnly they marched, like the mast reeforres of Homer. They have the knack of hold ing their tongues, and looking manfully grave, so as no other nation looks on the continent. At 8 o'clock the whole little army, 16,000 to 18,000 strong, were assembled. The Place d'Armes, as well as all the to it, were gay with tri.colors, with flags of all friendly teatime, and with trophies and devices of a warlike character—gay and not gaudy—for the Italians have yet an ounce or so of good taste, and each matters are very cleverly and speedily managed In Turin. There were beautiful stands for state dig nitaries and for their ladies. It is important to observe that since 1848, whether you will believe it or not, the fair sex, which was proverbially plain in Turin, has very materially improved. The whole generation ' male and female, looks in fi nitely bett e r than it did, owing to better Ideas of physical no less than moral education. At 9 o'clock the Kiog came mounted on a splendid white charger, and followed by a numerous staff. Sir James Hudson, the Duke de °niche, and Maseru", the English, French, and Turkish Ministers, rode with him. By the King's side was the Prince of Carignano, and La Harcourt, with other Crimean generals in attendance. A little tri-colour chapel had been got up, and a bishop, attended by two others, said mass—it was low Mager soon over. At the elevation of the Haat the King and all hie " men" lifted up their hands to their temples, oat gave the sacrament a military salute. After the mass a Ti Deems was snug, with ea accompaniment of trumpet and cannon t it had • glorious effect. The naiional air, or Fanfare de Savoie, is • very isspiriting tuna, and far older than "God Some the Queen." I have seen old officers near me crying at the soak as heartily as the most loyal real old Eng. I lishman ander similar circumstances could do. The religious ceremony being over, the King re paired to the centre of the Place, whe n the &tribe- Lion of medals end crosses took place. There was then a defile along the main streets of the town and at the Piazza Castello, the main square before the King's palace. The troops returned to the Place d'Arates to breakfast. The cheering was as loud as heart can desire, and all the soldiers had on their way back bouquets of flowers thrown to them with very liberal hands by fair ones from the windows. This evening we shall have night turned into day by gas light and transparencies. The weather was most propitious. It had rained in the night, so we had no dust. It was cloudy, so we were not killed by the noontide glare. We had occasional showers, but nc thing to harm any man. The cheerful, good humoured, orderly, and sober behaviour of the Piedmontese on gala days is quite unrivalled. I have already seen many too many holi days in this town, but never saw a man drunk or disorderly, or any way uffeneive For temper I think them a model people. The King said a few words to 'he troop., which had a thrilling effect. I would gladly translate them for you here, but that I believe they will reach you this very evening by telegraph. Most assuredly nothing could have happened more fortunate for the present or future of Piedmont or of Italy than the share the Sardinians have taken in the Eastern war. Piedmont has now an army with a new spirit in it. La Marmora did not take whole regiments or squadrons with him, but only battalions or companies out of every carp. Each of these detachments will now go back to its own corps, and the spirit they bring back with them will have an electric effect on the whole Mlle/. As far as 50,000 or 60,000 men can do they may be relied upon for any desperate undertaking. They have great confi dence in each other, and in their chit ts. Cialdiai, Cacchieri, Fanti, &c., are all young generals, sad La Mermora and Giovanni Durando are hardly middle-axed. They all stand very high in the esteem and ,ove of their soldiers, and could lead them anywhere. What a contrast with the men amid officers of 1648! Aproplat to these—one of them. General Broglie, is off to St. Petersburg as an envoy extraordinary, acoompanied by Count Petitti, a very distinguished officer, known to many of your Crimean heroes, and other young gentlemen, all trona the army. It is sup posed Broglie will remain as resident minister in the north. Cavour, who has now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will send a minister plenipotentiary to Madrid—a useless expense, in my opinion —one to Frankfort, &e. They talk here of a ministerial crisis. Cavour, who is Me minister, is supposed to be inclined to tura about their business Messrs. Rattazzi and Diner. No reason is given for the change, so I believe the report is unfounded. Rattszzi, the home minister, is one of the democratic ministers of 1849 —an arocat, a keen debater iu the chambers, but very indolent and impassible in the cabinet—a faineant minister. Leon, the minister of public in struction, is, on the contrary, a man of great energy and strength of micd, bordering almost on teatineds. He is a well-meaning man, not wanting in intelli gence, but not fit perhaps for the place they /lave given him. He was a physician, and is a good finan cier, but he will have great trouble to s and the at tacks of two or three professors, members of the Chamber of Deputies—Berti, hlelegar, &c.—who are bent on thwarting him whatever he may do. They have already swamped two of his laws—quashed, I be lieve, is the word—one on the general administration of public instruction, the other on primary instruction. The whole matter at issue is that these gentlemen are for complete freedom of instruction, and the ministers wish for • thorough control b uh over public and over private education. Many of the liberal and even ultra-liberal party are strongly hostile to fret dom of instruction, b.-canes they dread the priests and Jesuits, who would be sure to have all the youth of the country in their hands, end shape them accord ing to their own views. I give you the facts, and do not comment upon them—it is the old story of the French UniversitCl and of the Swiss An•i.Sonderbund lesgate. In my own opinion it is not just to deprive by law even priests and Jesuits of the right of free comptition in the education of youth, and what is more, it will never be practiceble. For the present we are here in a etato of complete anarchy as to in. etroction, which, you will grant, comes near enough to freedom. I should wish yon to observe another thing. Latzt and Rattazzi are both of the middle classes of the people. Strange to say, no ministers ever had • shorter run of popularity than they; and I have re marked it here, and in other countries, that those who cry Ion& st against the mishit:racy are generally the most hostile to any upstart statesman who rises from their own ranks. The aristocracy, in a military country, are generally sound at the c re; and after the example of D'Az , glio, Civour, Lt Marrnora, Siccardi, &c., it iv very clear that it is to the titled men that we are to lock yet for a long while for our rulers. The only chance in the ministry that hen really taken place already is that of Ls Marmon, gone back to his old place. A new minister of the marine has been appointed. We have gloomy reports here from Parma, which I hope are the offsprin4 of 'termite exaggeration. It is hinted that five or six of the Parmesan prisoners, who have been hurried away to Mentos without trial or even identification, have been secretly despatched by the Austrians, after the moat flimsy show of a trial before a German court-martial. From the other parrs of Italy we have the same melancholy news. Brigands and bandits, in the Ho. man Legations, are carrying on their depredations under the very nose of the Austrians. A sentence, pro flounced in 1831 against Nerdoni, the Pope's minis ter of the police, condemning him to be branded sod pilloried, and to serve in the galleys for four y etre, for theft, has gone the round of all the Piedasontese papers, and bears all the marks of being genuine. The 'fuse in government is as incorrigible as ever. •The Tuscans, and espsc:ally the Florentines, are a thoughtless, frivolous, ener vated race, only to be roused to exertion by fits and starts. It is the only government in Itsly, Pi, dmont excepted, which can stand without the he'p of foreign troops, and nothing could be more wanton and inhuman than the c3nduct of the present Grand Duke, who had way made for his return by the moderate piety—the !,a'ant'unmirii. as the people called them—and who chess to come back at the tail of Austrian battalions, and to treat with the same harshness the repub'icene of Goerrazzi, and the liberals of the 'theme of Cepponi. Ridotti, et.c. He has not a man in his cabinet who enjoys the least credit with the people, not one who can give him any better advice than to keep friends with Austria and Rome and eschew all contact with Piedmont. A 0 n omelet with Rome on the model of the late Austrian 'agreement is looked forward to with curiosity. With all this, if there is a country that never will cause any uneasiness to her neiglihoure, it is certainly Tus cany. The people of the towns are idle, prodigal, and listless: in the country they are hard working, frugal, and thrifty. The former hare their pleasures to enjoy, the latter their labours to mind. They may fellow any movement from France' or other parts of Italy, but from their own impulse the Tuscans give no sign of life. There is a certain amount of musty literature, amateur science, parasitic art, going on in Florence; two or three oddities take up the Bible now and then, to get martyrised or turned ontof the country; butthereis very little think talking, or writing—very little swrious meaning in aught that is done in Florence. We pee many of their noblest-hearted men, who come to Piedmont to breathe a little free air. All they ever say about their country is quite disheartening. We have their j 1. too—the Spettalore and others. To look at the table of contents, to read the subjects they deal with, you would say they belong to this cen tury. There is, in Tuscany, all that material pros perity that long ;Tice never fails to create in an Italian land ; but for mental or moral progress, you may, I believe, set down polished and gifted Florence as the last country in Italy—after R me and Naples. SWITZERLAND. The Colapse Cia:etie says under date of Berne, Jane lb:- 0 The soldiers of the English foreiga legion, whose return through Switzerland has been permitted under certain conditions by the Federal Council, are beginning to make their appearance. Some of the others were men yesterday in the streets, and others are shortly expected. The men appear upon the whole to be in good oondition. and Sr. far more contented with them lot than the disbanded troops of the French legion" THE UNITED STATES. The New York journals are filled with the proceed. hags of the Cincinnati Democratic Sta'e Convention. That body, on the 6r13, nomiriared the Hon. James Buchanan. of Pennsylvania, President of the States, by a unanimous rote, alter 16 billotings. His oppo. nents were the present President (Pierce), Douglas, and Cass. The lollowing is the result of the balloting: Bailots. Buth..nen. Ihrra . Doue Calk 1 2 3 4 6 6 1 65 .... 1071 .... 28 .... 51 7 1471 .... 82 .... .... 51 o f First rote 142 .... 87 .... 4s .... 1 . 1 mew v.tt 16 11 86 ... ... 801 .... 501 .... 5 . 12 63 831 .... 6\ 1: 14 16 16 MG When the st ven•eenth ballot was tdien, the Con• vention rose to tho highest state of excitement al state after state gave a plumper for the nominee. The vote was then annootued ar 296 for Buchanan, upon which the cheering wag immense. Three fro. mendnue cneers we re then given for Buchanan, three equally en'husivitic once for Douglas, and three " moderate " once for Pierce. The Convention then prccee ded to rominato a vice. president, and the vote woe announced as unanimous for Breckenridge, he having rice i . .ed 29G votes. The announcement was received with immense applause. The New York Courier and Enquirer cbes not look favourably upon the choice of the convention. It says: Mr. Buchanan, in rya' julgairnt, is destined to be beaten. Ills amiable person.' qualities will go but a very short way toward. reconciling Ole A...rice's peep's to the principles and pnlicy with whi hhe is identified. TUG coming wiateit involves too I. rious politioat issues is b^ influes.c-d, to any imp= rtmst eaten% by in ra pent cal to isideNticrs. The vital interests of the country aro at stake. We ?fiord it as certain as may future can be, that the contir utvioa of iamb a domestic policy as that cirtiLls has been inaugurated under rtcs.dent Pierce, would u!timatrly produce civil wee, and that the carrying out ot the d. e•rines cud sena ! meats of the Chtced Report and of the C•ncinnati Corr, woul Outgo us int-, war with the psincipsl powers of Euroire. The .teat mw of the intaliste t r. of rile North, we hive nn does., will end main the same mask tisn. It is trilled that Mr. Mahan to will get the vote of In 'fp Southern telretiOn Of Mr. BreekegSdp , t'lip candidate fir the Vor—Pr. *Mosey. was made ex preuty to trews the write of Mo •sooky, which was regarded no the mnst doubtful •ftl • slavehuiding Etates. It *wan adroit expedient, sr d perbeps me, rfr ct its mimes so far as that psi/secular Bic:* is aunasrred ; bat it mill be of to anal!. Mr. Buchanan is to-lay a ve:ak candidate with tilt asejnr:ty of the American p' epic , and as Ls becomes better underao id, will rapidly grow weaker. The folbwicir brief sketch of Mr. Buchanan's lite appears in the New York journal. : Mr. B..entrisn ww b en in Franklin county, Pennsylva nia, on the 19 , 0 rf Aoril, 1791 He w elected to the Pennsylvania legalature in 1814 and 1815 In 1 4 30 he was sent to coi.gr.es, where he continued h.r ten yean. In 1831 he was lent s a minister t Russia ty Gecko nl Jack son. He returned hcme in 1834, and was imam diately elected 1 the United Swat senate, whore he remanied until 1842. Afrerw ado he was ap;inin•ed &ornery of B!ate by President Pvlk, whic4 he held t ,, r foam yern; and iron after the accession of Mr. Pierce to the presidency, he was teat se m 'voter to E3glsnd, from wheace he returned a few meths ago . _ _ ttio — ke , o York Journal of Commerce says : 'De appointment is well feet:Teri by the prblie erneraUy. Mr. Batten in's el , mint' will b• c nsi , ered a et arum, for domestic quiet on tire bailie of the Cot vitntien. and fox friendly relations with foreign towire. We think we can promise him a liberal anypirt from the commercial comas. nity ,f this c;:y. The papers entrain scarcely anything additional on the etihject of Mr. Crampton's &missal, or the stare of the relations between England and America. In tht Know Nothing National Council an &M. mated and prolonged debate occurred as to the pro priety of aboishing secrecy in their nemiogs, which was ultimately decided iu the affirmative by a large 'majority. The Acme Turk Times publishes a memorial from the people of K4allial to the Preardent ot the United States. The document is now at Washington, in the possrseion of the Executive. It it signed by men of the highest stand:erg and integrity, who vouch for the truth ot their atttementsab teen wi li•n their iersonal knowledge. From letter.; of corrcepor.d4nts we learn that the Free-state men and their families who fl.d from Lawrence when the attack was made have returned; nearly all have sutler( d more or less by the plunder of the mob. The aggregate amount of losses sus tained has been estimated et over 130,000 do!s., and, when the various claims have been collected they will be sent to Congress, with a petition for an appropria- I tion to recompense moats who have suffered. Governor Shannon fat s atiened hair cumptuies of United States Dragooes at Lawrence, as he says, to protect the town. In derpite of their rais , ortunes, the Frees state men are not dbeoteraged, but are preparing for future action. The correspondents state that a thorough organisation of the Free-state party is nearly canpleted, and with aid, in men and !Mann, now pouring in from the North, success is considered certain. The fellow g were some cf the rev:lotions adopted anauimouely at tie Cincinnati C. , nren ion on the Kenna outrage, and iho t x.ens:on id African slavery throughout all the domain of the republic: 3 It. iolved—That cla.nrod f, lion 'hip wito sad desiring the co- 'newton of all who r. g. n 1 tre 01 the Union, under toe c instiiutioe, se the p ireuieunt issue, sod ne t udioting ell sec' onset parties nod sl tf•ra, roccetciog domestic slavery, which seek to f vie Ste. end cite to tr.aecia end armed r. Motet:ice to live in the terWoriel, and whoa avowed purpasts, ceosamm tied, must cod in dial bi g o g e p e tl t hb s t . :l 4 e oten d p i rin t c h o t o t i ro ^d . e i is a ther; a r ai e c T l7w7 e t c ent ' n it s ' i . te 'n ud ° an i u sa .4 ta l aacTiettfNott. break., a s s a l s ave nn r; qu.stion upon which the great national ilea of toe people ut the whole country ran revue in ilia determined conser vatism of the Unioo—noseinterfsrence by Covets with slavery in States and ...Triton( a : ,hut •h is wars the basis of the compromiw I .. f 1650. coafirmed by tnnh the deasocratie and whig parties in Ns i 'eel C , nventions, rat•fied by the People in the election it 1852. and nplely applied to the organisation of trerito,ra iu Mt: that by tee uniform ape plicatioe of this dentocratiepriseiple t tbe oeganisatima of territories eau t•-e 11 , 1011111104 of nee states, with or without domestic cherry, .8 th • y may e'ect, the royal right' of all tra states will be preserved int .ci, the eriginal eimfaets of tie consiitetion maintained tort 'tee. sod be peri.ttaitioll and expel:oli in of tine n ecsurrd to tie utmost capacity of embracing in tie..ce and h many fat are AlilfeCili state that 133. y b-, etcetrutid of stalked with a republican rrrenf g tin ',mew. 4. Resolved—That in view of such cernmaneling inte rest the yocii , le ef ill- United Sktte cahoot but sympathise with the efforts which ate being made by the people oi Cute teal America to rag nerat• that porta• h of the tOotiLtat wh ch c.vera • famerce miti-ss the oreenie isthmus. 6 Resolved—That the diesuerstio party will expect of the neat adosihiotra , tos Wet every tif..rt he made to ensure so amends. ey in the Golf of M. nice—to maintain a maw sent protect on I f the grit - outlet* tarough which is etr Ord in'd Its eviler, the perdue!' raked upon our sod and the claim, - dities :rested by the industry of the people io nor western as icy and the Unhurt at We. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. VATriOik, JIM The &mond for tonics nohow.. lo very to de - ate, tot drawer* neva rioted , . [oche wee firm, limiters soundly refuted to draw on Loudon below 'l79f to IOsS, whir we eln I urn of no imported tittle shore the mods ilvu-s. God commerdal p per mat Ott rid at I.I.: to 0911. 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