The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-22 00:00:00

ITALY.

TURIN, Oar. 2L

By a royal decree published to-day, the squadron
of et olution hitherto composed of ►wo divisions is
reduced to one.
A declaration of Garibaldi, in which the General
declares himself opposed to the Franco-Italian con-
vention, appears in the Diritto of to-day.
The Italian journal& continue to discuss the con-
vention, and several protests from political associa-
tions against ►he measure, have been published.

THE AUSTRIAN REICHSRATH.
VIENNA. Oce. 21.

The opening of both Houses of the Reicharath
will take place on the 12th proximo, consequently
four days sooner than was at first intended.

THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.
MARSEILLES, OCT. 21. .
The Czar and Czarina arrived here yesterday.
Their Majesties passed through the streets and
along the port in a carriage, and left this morning
at 10.30. The strictest incognito was preserved.
PARIS, Ocr. 21, Evcsixa.
General Fleury bas returned to Paris.

It is considered certain that an interview between
the sovereigns of Russia and France will take place
very shortly at Bice.

THE BANK OF SPAIN.
MADRID, Oct. 21.

The shareholders of the Bank of Spoil have been
summoned to increase the capital of the bank by
75 millions of reels.

HOLLAND.

AMSTERDAM, Ocr. 21.

The minimum quotation of money is now 8
per cent., being one per cent. above the official
rate of discount.

GREECE.

The following is a copy of Earl Russell's de-
spatch to the Hon. K M. Erskine, her Majesty's
Minister at Athens :

" Foreign-office, Sept. 19, 1864.

" Sir,—ln reply to your despatch of the Ist inst.,
reporting the request of Count Sponneck that her
Majesty's government would exert their influence
with the National Assembly, and especially with
the so-called English party, to induce them to pro-
ceed with the discussion of the constitution with-
out unnecessary delay,
" You will state to Omit Sponneck that beg
Majesty's government have no relations with any
political party in Greece, and only wish to act in
concert with Fran*. and Russia' in the general
interests of Greece.

" But as regards the request made by Count
Sponneck for the exertion of English influence on
the National Assembly, you will say that although
her Majesty's government w3uld not object to leer
Majesty's representative expressing to any deputies
who may speak to him on public affairs an opinion
in favour of an early settlement of the con-
stitution, it would not be consistent with the
principles of her Majesty's government to attempt
to influence the decisions of the Assembly, while
to do so would be setting a bad example, and might
lead other powers to exert influence iu some other
and more objectionable direction.

"The less foreign powers interfere in the internal
affairs of Greece the better will be the prospect of
internal tranquillity and external peace for the'
kingdom.—l am, &0.,
(Signed)

"J. Russrai."

THE LOBB OF TIM ONTARIO.--GREAT YARMOUTH,
• FRIDAY.—Tbs crew of the Ontario, 68 in number, were
I landed here last night. The captain and six of the officers
refused to leave the steamer. There were two life boats in
the steamer, in one of which the crew left and got on board
of the steam tug Pilot, which conveyed them to Yarmouth.
The crew state that shoot 2 cm., yesterday, the ass was
so heavy that they feared the vessel would break up, and
blue lights and other signals of &strews ware exhibited.
j Had the wind been from the eastward instead of the north-
, west the vessel would speedily have gone to pieces, pad
pout would in all probability have periebed. The
steamer had settled down, and will no doubt become a total
wreck. She left the Tyne ou Saturday, on her first trip,
awl in less than 24 beers was a wreck. She is now full Of
water. At the police-court, yesterday, Mr. J. Clowes
called the attention of the magistrates to the conduct
of the crew of the Yarmouth ldebtets; be said he thought
that the magistrates in such emergencies could take
action, and order the suporiuteodent of the coast-guard of
the district to press steamers or a boat's crew to man the
lifeboat. The magistrates' clerk bald that, by the 441st
section of the Merchant Shipping Act, the receiver of
wreck, or the superintendent of the coarit-guard, had no
power to press a crew wile.' the ship was stranded on the
shore. The steamer wee ten miles (tont the shore. Ulti-
mately the mayor and inagiatratee proceeded to the beach,
it being determined to man the boat with volunteers which
the coroner said cold at mice be obtained out of the har-
hour, in the eveot of the lifeboat's crew continuing obdurate.
Mr. Butcher, local agent of the Royal National Lifeboat In-
stitution, affirms that ha shall recommend the removal of
the Yarmouth lifeboat to Winterton, its usefulness here
having almost invariably, in times of peril, been nullified
by petty jealousies and bickering' among the men.
DANGEROUs TRADE: AND MAN CFACTURES IN THR
Mrratirous.—The Metropolitan Board of Works have
caused a circular letter to be addressed to each of the
I vestries and district boards within their jurisdiction, call-
ing attention to the fact that the saving clause introduced
into the Metropolitan Building Act, 1644, by which the
rights of existiog trades and manufactures within the me-
tropolis were reserved for a period of 20 years has expired
tiers August last, and that therefore all such dangerous
trades or manufactures as are named in the act, namely, the
manufacture of gunpowder, or of detonating powder, or of
fireworks, or of matches, whether ignitable by friction or
otherwise, or any other manufacture the materials used in
which are liable to sudden exploinon, ignition, or ieflamma-
riot), are illegal, however long they may have been carried
00, and the parties carrying them on liable to heavy peoal.
ties to be recovered in due comae of law. The Metropolitan
Board point out no course of action to the boards and
vestries, but simply direct their attention to the existing
state of the law. In moat rases the letter has been referred
to a committee to determine what course of proceeding shall
be adopted.
QUIEZNSLL_ND EmIGRATION.—The ship Golden
City. 3,000 tons burden belonging to Messrs. T. M. Mackay
and Co., sailed oe the 18th inst., from Plymouth, for
Quesselatid ; Captain W. Brown, commander. The Golden
City is the forty-sixth vessel that has nailed on the land
order system of emigration, under the immediate direction
of the Queensland government. She contains 488 souls,
divided into paying, assisted, and free passengers, and WO-
misting of 218 members of families, 206 single men, and 64
single females.
JOKING AT TEL GALLOWS.—Our Melbourne tele-
' gram gives a horrible account of the levity and bravado of
the two primers who were executed yesterday for attempt-
ing to rob the Collingwood Beak. 000 of the poor wretches
sang a comic song, end the other, though pesitent, asked,
**When shall we three meet again!' Certainly the gal-
lows seems to have lest its terrors,—Adelaide Observer,
Levet 6.