The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-22 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, J. IG.
In the present state of the press, which is as much
gagged as in France, the uewspaps•rs till their
columns with copious accounts from the statistics of
domestic crime, which seems to be fearfully on the
increase. Foreign politics also take up no small
part of public attention at present, so that home affairs
are scarcely permitted to be spoken on. The late mo-
difications on the duties of goods brought into towns
have not given general satisfaction; in several place'
in Andalusia the authorities have been obliged to
take precautions. Within these last few days the
police authorities have been unusually severe with
the ('arlist papers. While the apostle's of absolutism
attacked constitutional government in the abstract,
they were allowed to go on the tenor of their way
without any obstacle, but now that they talk
of tho application of their principles with refs).
rence to a change of dynasty, they are seized
without mercy. The opposition prints have stated
that General tortes, the sub-secretary at war, has
sent in his resignation, in consequence of the exile of
his cousin, Admiral Pinzad ; but 1 have good reason
to know that the report is without foundation. Nor
is there for the present any modification to lie made
in the ministry, though it is understood that, when
the state of affairs will permit it, the Nlinister of
War will take the lucrative gorentorship of Puerto
Rico.

(DY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)

TROW OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT.

PARTS, TII URSDAV.
The Minister of War Lersundi, in Madrid, is re.
placed by General Eacceleta.

RUSSIAN INSULT TO THE BRITISH CONSUL

AT BELGRADE.

The following is extracted from a letter dated
Vienna, January 13, 1%32
" You are aware that our consul-general in SC•fi2 is par-
tieularly obnoxious to the Austrian government, and that
his blustering Highness, l'rinee Schwarxenbcrg, ' regis-
tered • vow,' that both Mr. Fonblanque and his French
colleague (M. Limperani, a cousin of the President Louis
Buonaparte), should be driven out of Iklgraele. Hence
all the attacks upon the consular dwellings awl permns, and
the calumnies in the Austrian newspapers against the
honourable officers just named. The end of all this
is drawing near, fur I learn from Constantinople
that the Turkish government has resolved to sustain
the provincial representative* of the powers mod. closely
allied to the l'orte, and that ample satisfaction will be given
for the attack made upon Mr. Fonblanqua last autumn.
On the other hand, it may be supposed the Austrian and
the Russian consulates in Scrvia arc doing all they tan to
encourage and exasperate the aggressors, and ate unceas-
ingly urging the celebrated canon of • Servian primate—
The English, fleet cannot come up the Danube.'
"In a recent number of the Vienna Lloyd there has
appeared a notice to the following effect, dated Bel-
grade: Mr. Femblanque, the English Connal•Cieneral,
made—contrary to the usage of all other consuls
no personal visit to the Russian resident on the
Emperor Nicholas's birth-day, hut sent up his card
from the carriage, which he caused to drive to the
door of the house. The Russian consul sent back the card,
with the remark that on that particular day lie only received
personal visits. Mr. loublanque, highly incensed, tore
the card, and sent a note demanding satisfaction. Now
the visible intention of this statement—which is true to
far as it goes—is to create a belief that the British
agent attempted to put a slight on the Russian
agent on • national occasion, and hail eon...laced,
acted in an ill-bred and impolitic way. But a letter re-
ceived from Constantinople supplies the wippreasi.o reri of
Lloyd's Belgrade correspondent, and place* the matter
in a perfectly different light. It appears that the hotel
taken on lease for the British Consulatc.General was pre-
viously occupied by several tenants, all of whom received
long notices to quit at the expiration of the term. One of
the lodgers, however, said he would only go out when he
thought tit, that he was a Russian, and defied the Turks or
the English to eject him; so he locked himself in, abused
the police, and prepared to stand a siege. Mr. Fonblanque
of course addressed an official note to the Russian Coumd
()mural, but either through ignorance of diplomatic usage,
or unacquaintance with social proprieties, no answer wan
returned! This was at once a denial of justice, and a per-
sonal disrespect which (until atoned for) made it impossi-
ble for the aggrieved functionary to hold Mimed' ate inter-
course with the wanton offender, who (having only re-
cently arrived) win not even known to him by sight. So Mr.
Foublenque took the obviously correct course of repre-
senting the matter to the Foreignoinice and to the entheasy
at Constantinople. In order to save appearances without
compromising the national honour or his own —he went, in
uniform, to the Russian consulate, and gave in his card,
whirl, was insultingly rejected in the way elreadydescribed.
Sir Stratford Canning is reported to he highly indignant at
the affront, which is viewed by the Porte as part of an in-
tolerable system. The liritish ambassador Is supposed to
have left the question to the decision of the Secre-
tary of State, and there is a general impression
that the Russian functionary will he disavowed by his go-
vernment. If the Austro-Muscovite intrigue s and cabala;
are suffered to continuo much longer in the European pro-
vinces of Turkey, there will he no use in trying to check
them. The game will be up."

Tut: SOCIETY OF ARTS' MAIM. for the production
of the best colour box, cunt:aping the fereqty,t number of
best colours for general uw, to he sold retail at one
shilling," has, it is stated, been awarded to Joshua lingers,
of 133, Dunhill-row.

ilANDsttmt: I)oNATItIN To TIIE 117..%Ri Y-cf.l/iNa
As-oc IN With a view to relieve this soci,ty of an
old standing debt, amounting to nearly Mat Mr Hitch-
cock, the silk merver. of St. I`,nal*.-eharrhyard. 'wean?
1,141,1 111111 he would double any sum that the a•socistiotl
might raisi• M ithin a month from that date (•,th Nov. last).
Encouraged I.) the mitnificenee of this pciposil the mein-
hem at once commence a 16VMM canvass, which resulted
in their raising within the period opeeilied ioee. It is
stated that, although this sum I•Xeeelled what antici-
pated ....old he collected, Mr. Hitchcock rembly handed
over his cheque for the saute` amount, thus piscine :I halanCO
exceeding AY. at the disposal al the 1/1110C1111011,
defraying the expenses of na future operations.