The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-28 00:00:00

at 63-10. Bank of France shares rose 23f. Most of
the railways roes, but.not more than to recover from
the slight fall of yesterday.

SPAIN.

MADRID, JAR. 22.
M. Isturitz, ambassador to the court of Great
Britain, is to set out on his return to England on
February 1. The garrison of Madrid is 12,000 men
strong.
A letter dated Madrid, Jan. 22, says :
. . . _

Spain is to be in future divified into seven maritime dis-
tricts. The first comprises the coast of Gerona, Barcelona,
and Tarragona, and is commanded by Capt. Arcadio Cal-
dem', who has under his orders the steamer Lepanto, of
200-horse power, and right other ships of war, mounting 20
guns. The second is formed of the Balearic islands, and com-
manded by Capt. Federico Santiago, who dispose. of the
steamer Piles, of 160-horse power, four vessels, carry-
ing
seven guns, and several gun boats. The third a steads
along the coast of Castellon, Valencia, and Alieant, and is
commanded by Captain Jose Jaudenes, who has under his
orders the steamer Alerts, of 121-hurse power, and 7 other
vessels, mounting 20 pieces of artillery. he fourth ouiripriww
the roast of Murcia and Almeria, anal the naval barer, under
the direction of Capt. Francisco O. Guesada, consists of the
steamer Santa Isabel, a 192-horse power, and eight other
weasels, carrying 16 guns. The 6th us formed of the roast of
Grenada, :Malaga, and Algesirap, and also commanded by
Captain Francisco Garcia Queaada, who disposes of the
steamer Vigilante, of 120 bane power, and eight other
weasels, carrying eighteen guns. The sixth comprises
the coast of Cadiz, Huelva, and the Canary Is-
lands, and is commanded by Captain Francisco
Grandallana, who has under his orders the steamer Vol.
coon, of 200-horse power, anal right other vessels, carrying
24 guns. The 7th, finally, includes the coest of Cialliela
and Biscay, and is commanded by Captain Nicholas Chi-
charro, who has at his disposal nine sailing vessels, mount-
ing 36 guns. Those seven maritime circumscriptions
embrace 75 commanders and superior offers, 90 officers,
302 marines, 3,133 seamen, and 7.' engineers—in all 3,623
men.

ITALY.

LOMBARDY.

The Risoryintrnfo of Turin, of the 23rd, a ministe-
rial journal, gives the following sketch of the origin
of the misunderstanding which has arisen between
Austria and Sardinia respecting the navigation of
the Lago Maggiore :
It is well known that the hanks of the largo Maggiore be-
long to three different states, viz., to Lombardy, Piedmont,
and Switzerland. The navigation of the lake is extremely
active, on account of the large transit trade chiefly carried on
there. In 182.1 a company of capitalists, mostly Piedmon-
tese subjects, obtained a privilege from the three govern-
ments, granting them the exclusive right of plying with
steamers on the lake. They accordingly started one steamer,
and enjoyed their privilege until 1811, when it expired, and
a new contract became necessary, in which, however, the
Piedinontese government limited its own responsibility
to the prevention of Piedinonttse steamers being started
without any stipulation as to foreign ones. Neverthe-
less no competition was attempted against the corn•
pany until IS4O, when the Austrian iessermaeot started an
armed steamer, and then asked permission to touch with it
at the Piedmontcse side, which naturally was refused, and
Austria did not think herself entitled to press the demand.
But subsequently the Austrian government sold the said
steamer to a private company, who used it for the convey-
ance of passengers and goods. It was then that an Austrian
subject applied to the Piedmontese government for permis-
sion to touch at the Pisvimontese ports with the steamer in
elocution, and the answer was, that the steamer should be
admitted into the Piedmoutese ports, provided it was un-
armed, and did not convey Austrian soldiers. This
decision of our government, it seems, has been
overlooked or ignored, from the heedlessness of the
petitioner, who, not receiving an answer to his petition
(which is never sent), did not take the pains to inquire
what has been the result, and concluded that the prayer
was refused. This is the origin of the mistake which has
led to the prohibition contained in the decree of the 19th of
the Austrian government.