The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-25 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, MAT 24.

A committee of the Senate has proposed to
authorise the Government to treat with, the Balik '
of Spain, in order to make arrangements for liqui-
dating all the deficits of the Treasury. The Bank
would issue hypothecated notes amounting to 342
aullion francs, bearing 6 per cent. interest from the
Ist of July, 1864.

DEATH OF MARSHAL PELISIIIER
(DUKE DR MALAKOFF).
A telegram from Algiers, dated May 22, annouaoss
the death of the Duke of Malakoff, or Marshal Patio-
slur, to call him by his earlier and better known title.
The deceased was born at Maromme, in the de- '
partment of the Lower Seine, on the 6th of Novem-
ber, 1794, and consequently at the tame of his
death was 70 years of age. He received
a military education at the Collage of ,
Saint-Cyr, and entered the army as sub-
hentenant in the Royal Guard on the 18th March,
1816, two days before the return of Napoleon to
Paris. Between the years 1820 and 1830 he serial
in Spain, in the Mores, and in Algeria ; and in
1839 be eturned toAlgeria with the rank of boate-
-1 nant-colon•L Appointed colonel in 1843, he die-
tinguished himself two years. afterwards by an
t:hehismemory ofs which will for ever
attach
Arab fugitives in the cavernstofsuffocating 600
The event excited much indignation throughout all'
Europe, and in France the Chambers took the
matter up, and Marshal Boult, who was than
Minister of War, expeermed his formal dwp-
probation of the occurrence. Marshal Bogotad,
however, took the responsibility on himself, and
Colonel Pelissier short aftervrards received fresh
promotion. Daring the remainder of his service in
Algeria he stiod in ovinvessing the ;rout:As-
sam tribes in Ksbylia, and =January, 1856, he .
was summoned to the Zest to take pin the
Crimean war. The chief command having been,
surrendered to him by Canrobert, be was elevated
to the rank of marshal of France upon the fall of
Sebastopol, and subsequently was created Duke of
Malakoff, with an annual pension of 4,0001. In
1268, after the Orsini attempt, he succeeded M. dal
Pexsigny as ambassador in Loudon. His last ap-
pointment was that of GovernorGeueral of,
Algeria, which be held at the time of his death.

THE AMNESTY TO M. F. PIILSZKY.

TO TO IDIIOit OF TO ICZPNLISS.

B[s,--You would oblige me by mentioning in
your valuable paper, that the widely-circulated,
news about an amnesty panted to me by Austria
is devoid of any foundation. I lave just as little
intention of asking an amnesty as the Austrian'
ministry of granting it : it roes againstpar
I am, .17c., FRANCIS I'_
Flotsam, Villa Petrovitt, Sells Costa,
May 20, .1864.

ORPHAN WORKING 13cHoOL, HAYMNYOOi-HILL:
—Tho 108th ininkenery %shed of *le isellention, et which
the Qum aid the Primes Wales are lib wee
held last night at the Leeks Tanya, the tresenrer. Ya H.
E. Gurney, in the chair. The Pruelest, Mr. J. R. 118l4'
M. P., sad about • hundred ladies and potions, we elan
wenn. la
_proposing the tort of the ewer& " Pron.,
peril, to the School," Yr. Gurney staled that the holies-
the wee origixelly fended fee twenty boys sad twain,
girls, bet that Yes present building woad sesseunedthei
400 children, two-thirds boy. and 7.14
present avenge number was however. Daly 108, and the
inane of the charity about 7,0001. To receive the full
ooesplemeet would require. revamp of shout 10,0001, the
average oust of each child Wag about 251. sync. Ik.
Gunny made in appeal to the public as behalf ofthe soh=
ressarking that if there was a ward in the i
could touch the bouts of Englishman. sod=goeore of
English women, it WS/ the word " orphan ;" for orphans
might be repsded se a legacy left to the oink and the
good feeling of society. He rejoiced to we so Beau ladiesin the room, sod he regarded their presence as • cheering
auguryfor the suers of an object which the ga
mash at been—{be filling of the entire beiidi. A large
number of the children were istrodund into the /00111. oorl
their appearance certainly did great credit to the liberality
of the housekeeping as Haveretock-hiU. Saner means
the Seri ISLOCWOO• amount of about 1,300 i. were aDDOSS/Sli
in the course of the evening. The musical portion of the
enterniament wee supplied by Mr. Modem Smith, Mr.
Abram Thane, Min Jane Walls, sad Mir Alice Golding,
nador the direction el Mr. James 1 rimer ; but an echo swig
and Dr. Hares anthem, •• Blessed is he that onesehrele the
poor," were sung very Wooly by the obildren. nadir war.
of Mr. Lee, tee nester of the boys' sobooL
MULTI! Or LONDON. —lt appears from the return
lined by the Registrar-Cenral there was ea increase of
more than shundrd in the deaths of the week that sided nth
Saturday over then of say of the three previous wean.
The number in last week was 1,421. The • number
of deaths Ia the sentinel' week of ten years, 186463, is,
with a correction for ISCZOSAW of population, 1,243. The
actual number is in none of the estimated amount by
178. The dunes of persons wider twenty yam of age TM
Goes 636 in the nevem week to 690 lest week ; and then
of porous sixty yens old and upwards rose from 240 to
. The Manse amongst perso is to • eon
siderabie extent aimed by the fatal ones et which
rose from 50 to 87. There were 65 deaths referred to typhus.
typhoid, and gastric fever, he. Scariness has ben very prb
vahut in Smith 's
-place, Peatinville, for sane line pee he
the subdistrict of Painesville arming thudded frees t=i
at 56, Soutteropeinstren; a girl from low (OM /116,
street ; a boy from scarlatina at 2, Smite's-pine ; sad a
boy and a gel tram tephos at 20, Ananrest. Out of 5
deaths in the south subdistrict of the CU; of Leeks, 4
were canoed by merles. There were 6 deaths from measles
1. the subdistrict of (befierell. Mein is also very preva-
lent is the sub-district of St. Mary, Et. Goorgo•io-the-East,
is which 5 children died hors it. There were 8 deaths
from lb* rum dimwit f. Isliogtoo ; 4 in the subdistrict of
Orsyrion•lom ; 7 in the subdistrict of Sc. Andrew Enema
Holborn); and 4in that of the Oiernad. Six deaths
from typhus were rehired by the registrar of Bow. Your
erns of murder were registered ie the week, 3 of which
owe istassisisbo lAA week the births of 918 boys sal
8116 Orb, is d 1,814 obibleso, were .41. t...& Is Loodos.
la the tea soirosposisag subs if Me yam VANS the
average amber *credal]) env Lill.