The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-05 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE NEW REFORMS IN PRUSSIA.

The Nord of to-day says that the imperial ukase
relative to corporal punishments completely exempts
women and some classes of individuals "among whom
civilisation is most extended," as, for example,
teachers of primary schools ; persons who have
finished their education in district colleges and other
schools; peasants exercising elective functions ; and
lastly. curates of parishes. The nobility and the
merchants of the two first guilds have for a
long time been exempt from corporal punishment.
The peasants and bourgeois who do not belong to
the categories thus enumerated, will only be
subject to the lighter corporal punishments
in certain cases specified by law. The knout
and the marque are definitively erased from
the penal code. The other punishments are
sensibly diminished. Analogous modifications are
introduced in the penal code of the army and navy.
The soldiers and the sailors newly incorporated
and those of old standing who have been dis-
tinguished up to this time by good conduct will
not be subject to corporal punishments except
under the decree of a tribunal, and the power of
the officers is sensibly limited in relation to the
punishments of soldiers and sailors. The punish-
ment of whipping with rods, and of the ;coach in
the marine, are definitively abolished.

THE TRIAL OF PROTESTANTS IN SPAIN.

RI Reino, an Ultramontane journal at Madrid,
publiahee the following letter from Grenada, dated
the 24th ult. :

Yesterday the tribunal judged the ear of the protutants
Albania, Matamoros, and Trigo—a canes rendered celebrated
by the zeal which the English and German co-religionists
of the prisoners have displayed on their behalf. Many
Eoglish tourists were present at the hearing. The
defender of Alhama and Matamoros forgot himself so far
that he had to bulled to order by the president. After the
pleadings Matamoros demanded permission to speak. He
manifested as much insolence as coolness, in terms which
prove all the contempt he has acquired for the religion of
his fathers, which he has sold for some pieces of gold. The
public heard with indignation this cynical apostasy. At the
conclusion of the hearing the English saluted the accused
affectionately ; the Spanish public regarded them with dis-
dain. Without the Bible Society, which puts some guineas
into their hands, these converts to prottetantiam would be
leas fervent.

(111771101 TILTIONAX S.
FRANCE.
THE RUSSIAN REPLIES.
PARIS, MAT 5.

The Moniteur of this morning publishes the text
of the three replies of Russia to France, England,
and Austria, and adds :
"It is easy to be convinced upon reading these
documents that they open a path to projects of
conciliation, and that they contain the bases of ne-
gotiations likely to lead to a common understand-
ing between the different courts now seeking the
means of upholding the legitimate interests of
Poland."

The Senator Baron Richmond has been appointed
governor of the " Compagnie Fonciere et Indus-
trial) " of Madagascar.

The Moniteur further denies the rumour that the
Prince of Wales is expected at Fontainebleau.

THE AUSTRIAN LOTTERY LOAN.
VIENNA, MAT 5.
The remaining 40,000,000 florins of the Austrian
lottery of 1860 were allotted yesterday.
The house of Messrs. Rothschild, having offered
102 j, was the highest bidder.