The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-29 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A ministerial crisis appears tube imminent Aus-
tria. The discord between the two parties in the
cabinet ban long beeu notorious, and the partisans
of the old political system have been so exasperated
by the recognition of Italy by Russia and
that they can no longer contain themselves. Aol
cording to the ladipendonce Beige matters came to
au open rupture in a cabinet council which was
held a week ago, and ministers separated without
being able to agree upon any point but this, that
the present cabinet cannot bold together, and that
the fact must be notified to the Emperor. His
Majesty was expected to return yesterday to Vienna
from Posenhofen.

MALTA AND THE MEDITMRANZLIT.

(nom ova OWN COILIMPONDINT.)

MALTA, JOLT 23

The bitter feeling existing at Malta between the
followers of the Pope and the few Italian liberals residing
here, far from having subsided, is, it is to be feared, on the
increase. On the 19th a ceremony in honour of the canoni-
zation of the 2.1 Japanese martyrs was going on in the
church Di Jam. The pla,-e was crowded to excess., there
being several thousands of persons present. It appears that
the liberal party, being offended at the numerous sonnets
distributed on the occasion of the " Fads del Carmine" in
favour of the Pope and his temporal power, composed a few
verses in honour of Garibaldi, nod of Pius IX. as Pope, not
King, and induced a lad named Anita to distribute
them whilst the ceremony was going on. Arena
served each person who was entering the holy place with
one of these sonnets, besides letting fall several of them in
the church itself. On this being discovered the mob imme-
diately chased him out of church, but, by some unaccount-
able manceurre, be got clear of the thousands that sur-
rounded him and disappeared. The police were very active
on this occasion, and scarcely had half an hour elapsed
before he was arrested and conveyed to prison, amidst the
hissing/ and hootings of the infuriated populace.
On the 20th he was brought up before the
magistrate, when, to clear himself, be gave the
names of those who gave him the sonnets to dis-
tribute. These are known to be strict adherents of Gari-
baldi, and have each been served with a summons to appear
before the magistrate on Friday next.
Some fourteen years ago the late Queen Adelaide pre.
tented the protestant community of Malta with sufficient
funds to build a church, but matters were so badly managed
that many of the original plans were never carried out ;
amongst others, no railings were ever erected round the
precincts, and the consequence has been that for many years
' the church has been subject to frequent acts of desecration.
Last year a subscription was set on foot to collect funds to
erect the railings and gates, and through the generous co-
operation of the celebrated engineers, Morn. Emmerson
and Murgatroyd, of Stockport, the long-deferred desine of
the protestant, of this island have been realised, Mesas. F..
and M. having supplied, at considerably below their in-
trinsic value, • handsome set of rails and gates, which are
now being placed, and which will greatly contribute towards
beautifying and protecting our church.
Her Majesty's ship Algiers lett for Corfu on the 19th ;
the Foxhound returned from Zante on the 21st; and the
Magicienne. Captain his Serene Highness the Prince of
Leiningen, arrived from Gibraltar yesterday. The Medina,
surveying vessel, proceeded to sea on the 21st, to inspect
the coral bed recently discovered by the Neapolitan, Mr.
Criscuolo. It is reported that the Magicienne will proofed
to Corfu on Thursday next. The Alacrity left for Corfu,
with mails and despatches for Admiral Martin, this day.

LORD RAMILAGH AND TER WAR 017DM—
The annual meetieg of the South Middlesex Rifles was
held on Saturday evening—Lord fluialagh in the chair.
In addrmaing the meeting, Lord Ranelagh referred to the
recent dispute between himself and the War Office, and
said be always bad advocated, and still would advocate,
the principle that volunteers should be left to themselves.
Previous to going to Pausbanger they never beard of •
government officer being sent to any of their field days to
**superintend;" and when Colonel Morris made us of that
expression, be might have said, " Report, sir, you mean,
not superintend." However, • correspondence had ensued,
and he (Lord Ranelagh) had incurred censure. On that
point be had to conaider whether be deserved the censure,
and, if so, frankly to acknowledge it, ache would have does
if he had been wrong—(cbeers)--or throw up the whole
affair—(no, no). There bad been • moment when be bad
thought of reeigning—(no, n. He had bad saucy rebuffs— I
more than they knew of—sod till sorts of difficulties ; bathe
thought of the South Middlesex, and how kindly sad gene-
rously they bad ever treated him, and he felt he ought
still to look after them. He, like many others, had learnt
a valuable lesson, and was upheld in the course he had
pursued by the Arm and implicit belief that he should be
supported by the volunteers. (Hear, beer.) And they
would not support him in dotes anything wrong. (Load
cheers). The accounts of the corps were passed, and the
committee and other officers having been appointed, the
proesedraga terminated.