The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-29 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, Fn. 28.

The vote by sections of the congress on the last
ministerial bills is not favourable to the ministry.
It is believed that a decree will soon be pub-
lished ordering the closing of the session and fresh
elections.

NEW SPANISH MINISTRY.
MADRID, Fn. V.

Senor Man and the Marquis of Novalicbes have
been charged by the Queen to form a new ministry,
the members of which are all to be chosen from the
Liberal and Conservative fractions of the Cortex.

THE WEST INDIA, PACIFIC, AND MEXICAN
INIAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, FIB. 29.

The Royal Mail steamer Shannon, with the
above mails, arrived off the Needles at 11 a.m.
to-slay.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

SPEECHES AGAINST ENGLAND IN THE
SENATE.
(mom ora ow' coaaaaromarr.)
PARIS, SCYDAY Evema.

You will find in the Momitenr, in the midst of a
long and tedious discussion upon petitions, an
episode bearing upon the accusation against Maz-
zini, which cannot, I think, fail to provoke ex-
planations in the House of Commons. Nobody
looking through the marginal note of the proceed-
ings of the Senate on Saturday would ever expect
to find this subject under the heading of " Vivi-
section ;" and yet it is there that it appears.
Baron de Chapuys-Montlaville presented a report
upon • petition praying for an inquiry into the
alleged unnecessary cruelty practised in vivi-
section, and mentioned that attention bad
been directed to the matter by articles in the
English press, and ,publications of the London
Society for the Protection of Animals. The
reporter thought most of the accusations unfounded,
but was of opinion that sufficient doubt existed
upon the question whether all possible precautions
required by humanity were obierved in the vete-
rinary schools to make it desirable that the petition
should not be shelved by the order the day, but
referred to the consideration of the Minister of Agri-
culture and Commerce. The following scene then
occurred.
M. le Venrier—l bane but a few words to my : I confers
that I am weary of hewing England and her institutions
perpetually recommended to us as an example, and lam
mare disgusted still when London societies take upon them-
selves to lecture us in the name of humanity.

' Baron de Chapuys-Mootlaville—We hap said as much in
oar report.
11.1 e Verner —I am aware of that, sod I only want to
sensed your ide► I recommend England to tarn her at-
tentive to a much more serious matter, and ocie without •
parallel. It is only in England that members of parliament
are to be found who are liable to be accused, and that with
documentary evidence to support the accusation, of suborn-
ing aineasins. (Sensation, and cries of " Very good, very
good.")
The President—You do not ask for the order of the day.
M. Is Verner-1 beg your pardon. Ido ask for the
order of the day.
The Marquis de Boisay—l am sorry not to agree with
M. le Vernier as to the vote which he proposes, but I
quite agree with him in all that he has said about England.
'Why the order of the day' The question is whether the
recommendation of the report is good. If so, we ought to
adopt it ; not indeed bemuse it comes from England, for
we know that everything that emanates from that country
is, generally speaking, bad, perfidious, acid pristrlsntial—
(laughter)—hut because of its being intrinsically good. In
the prompt case there is perhaps something good in what
is said, not by England, but by certain English philan-
thropists. Although the neighbourisg country is • den o
assamins, although assassins are there maintained and com
forted, and fed se ferrets are fed in a tub to be prepared for
their hunting, I vote for the conclusions of the report. Let
it be semi that if a recommendation though epilog from
London is by chases a good one, we do not thmwfore re-