The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-01 00:00:00

ITALY.

NAPLES.
Of TIN DAILY ITU.)
NAPLES, Duo. $5.
rwo or three days sines, on the 16th Week
had a grand field day in Noise. to sinking ‘gia
amnion of the powder milb aid mink. as*
reo. One enaequainted with Naps mid lbe
rte of Mars would be almost disposed he boiler.
1 we were on the eve here of OMNI seat blame
dr, such is the activity that has been hag die-
yid in provisioning fortresses, disciplining
i I now n providing the materials for war. rt,
neer, as regards the latter sign, nothing Is to be
red, as the Neapolitans are essentially a noisy
ple, and whether it be for the birthday of a
Ice or a saint, or whether at the practice of the
serous recruits, blue away no end of powder.
it powder mills and magazines are needed, and some
r ones on a very large scale were inaugurated on
16th. As is always the case here a very
try figs was got up on the occeiden. Bit
insets were present, and all the or&
r officers, whilst their bands played sordid
tic during the whole time. The beeediction and
re religious ceremonies were performed by about
oxen priests, who as soon as the military had left,
ow themselves with voracious eagerness an the
is of the feast—ices, champagne, and sweets,
ing been provided for the guests. The anneal
ediction of the troops took place a few days sines
he Campo Margo. The Archbishop of Naples per-
med the ceremony, in presence of half the men-
' and most of the English here.
most nefarious transaction, implicating many of
Custom-house officers of this city, has reeently
m place, and is now undergoing a thorough
rstigstion. The facts, as far as I can make them
are as follows :—Corn having been purchased at
into and Gallipoli for Naples, false bills of lading
e made out. Thus masters of vessels were enabled
take on board three times the quantity of
a declared, and the surplus on their
age to Naples was transferred to other vessels,
oh net them for the purpose of conveying it to
ign ports. The consequences might have been
es to compromise the pesos of the capital, for as
price of bread is fixed here at a certain rate,
oh may nix be exceeded, the supplies most be ge-
ntly ccesiderable to allow of its being sold at that
r. The low rats of exchange, still 633, forms a
satinet for grumbling, and with hopes and fears
r the future of Sebastopol completes the sus of
*nation. For the last twenty years such &pu-
ha@ not existed, and the effects are felt peon-
; by foreigners; for par being 570, it may be
y ociassived how great a loss they suffer when
receive only 633 grains for the pound sterling, and
this have yet to deduct the banker's discount of
r ant. In Paris the exchange is nearly at par.
kook Leghorn, and Rome, it was recently, I
told, good, whilst here it is at • ruinously
rate. Without attempting to offer an
entice of this state of things, I con.
mistienwith saying that Neapolitan gold is
t of four per cent., and even the Bank
not motive it unless at this depreciation—a
t hardship, considering that it has been issued
is Mint. The coosequenes is that a stoppage
men put to all speculation, and no foreign gold
it to the Mint for coining. We are all rejoicing
new anangenent by which a French liner will
*lnn Friday from Marseilles and every
kent At the present time gape-
rlt ia lambi with great satisfaction, so =r-
end senemed and obstructed, are the channels
Web dl iihrsation is received in Naples. OM
Mee:sere paltry than the decree p
at all Italian newspapers ? lan
y that ear fine fellows in the Eut are not
m, even in Naples, and lint and old lineman
contributed in peat quantities. English
in are beginning to one in a little more ra-
', and there are isaio_pes pects for the season.
open is now Cilia lei after Christmas.

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PIEDMONT.
TURIN. Dec. 27.
-day at the opening of the sittings of the
ober, M. Cadorna presented his report on the,
mei= of Convents Bill. Although it is not the
m of patliament in Piedmont to read reports or
mos the merits of a measure on their presents-
there was on this occasion a skirmish, which
hadowed the stormy debates likely to take place.
members, MM. de Viry and de Revel, asked the
rnment to publish all the documents relating to
übject, both the diplomatic correspondence with
court of Rome and the returns showing the
dal bearings of the question. To the first vise-
M. Cavour simply replied that the court of
o had nothing to do with the matter, that the
rnment wu as free to suppress religious
Is as it had been to make a more equitable
ibution of ecclesiastical property, and that as
had been no correspondence whatever with
o, there were no papers to produce. In the course
planation. given by M. Ratani, the Minister of
Interior, in answer to the second question, it
liscicsed that government expects a revenue of
26,0004 to 28,0001, from the tax on archbishop-
Ind chapters. The debate on the bill was fixed
Mary 4.

AMERICA.

e United States mail steamer Union arrived at
aon her way to Havre on Saturday ; she left
York on the 16th ult. • she brought specie to
slue of 40,000 dollars for France.
Adams had introduced his bill for regulating
naturalisation of foreigners throughout the re-
c. It extends the term requisite for net uralisa-
to 21 years. The bill was referred to a com-
e. In the senate a motion for leave to invite
'resident to offer his mediation in the affairs of
pe had been refused. A senator had proposed
ppoiutment of a committee to investigate Presi-,
Pierce's conduct in the Greytown affair, but the
in was rejected.
e municipal election at Boston has resulted in
oice of the Know-Nothing candidate for mayor
majority over all competitors of 1,253 votes.
Laow-Nothings of Worcester also elected their
ticket on Monday. Indeed, throughout the
state of New Yak, excepting Charlestown, the
.'s have been successful.

lotial3teploe- is to govern the Mormon state of
, in the room of Bngham Young.
the 16th the Cunard steamer Alps, now a
port of the British government at the East,
trly seised for smuggling, and bonded far
wu declared forfeited to the United

ws from San Francisco was of Nov. 24.

• speCialisiolii;ilOitieTniiii;tii;a; total of
'O7 dollars.

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