The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-26 00:00:00

THE LOSS OF THE CRIESUS.

The lees of the Crcomm, mentioned yesterday in the
Doily News, warred on Tuesday morning. The ship be-
longed to the General Screw Company, and is the third
I which they have lost within the last two months; the
Mauritius having bees desttoyed by fire, and the Natal
having been wrecked. The Cronus was one of the finest
ships the company possessed ; she was 2,500 tons burden,
sad was commanded by Capt. Hall, the commodore of the
fleet. Her loss is calonland at 99,0001., bet she is insured
oily for 57,0001., at Lloyd's and elsewhere. Borne of the
secants received state that sin soldiers and one sailor were
lost.

Coact Cavour, President of the Council of Ministers,
visited Genoa on the 20th, to witness the embarkation of the
troops. On the evening of the 20 b. the British cfficers
gave a banquet and ball on board the Jason to the officers of
the Piedmontese expedition.

The Scotsman, of yesterday, report, that " vegeta-
tion is making rapid promos, forest trees and shrubs
incepted ; the buds of the earliest of thee* are only now
beginning to swell ; and the corn crops are almost every-
where showing a vigorous braird. Field labour is now
nearly ea far advanced ss is usual at this period, sowing
being generally completed, and the planting of the potato
in all the earlier districts fully one-half accomplished,
while en occasional farms the whole planting has been
finished. Grass is still extremely scanty where the fields
a►e stocked with sheep."

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Further papers relating to the estimates, &c., for
civil services for the year ending March 31, 1856, show that
for espeasse connected with law and justice, the sum re.
quind for the period named will be—Boehm& 461,9541.
(being an increase over the previous year of 8,6861) ; Scot-
land, 124,7971. (au increase of 1,1921); and Ireland, 741,0871.
(a decrease of 16,7951) The estimates for colonisi, consu-
lar and other foreign services are 328,3441., being s derrease
as compared with 1854, of 13,1171.
Field-Marshal Radetsky is at present at Florenoe.

Among the strangers attracted to Genoa at the
present moment, by the embarkation of troops, ars Gen.
Pepe and Father Laoordeire. Rossini was daily expected.

For the forthoomiog flower show in the Chip.
Blysdss of the Paris Horticultural 8 misty, a large space of
ground in the Carts; de l'Elysle bas been transformed into
a garden to the Beglish style. Pier hothouses are to be
erected for tropical plants, sad Indian and Arab tents for
pleats and Gwen from those ommtries.
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The Post intimates that the telegraph from the
camp before Sebastopol to London is complete, and that
messages have passed to and fro. Head-gearters, Bala-
kites, are bat some few hours distant from the Wu-office,
in Whitehall. On the 13th the wire-301 miles long—
had been dropped between Cape Helium near Yates. and
Bt. Georges monastery, bat the wire from Hainan to
Yarns, a listanos of twenty miles, had not been quite com-
pleted. The completion of the latter line was expected in
the coarse of a week, sad that dabbed, messages front the
Allied head-quarters would reach Paris or, London in
something lees than a second l

The Crimean eoneepoodent of the Herald says
that the first telegraphic massage emit from Hallam to the
Moautery, was the important intelligence that ',Corporal
Somebody was sot well, and had Put takes a does of
castor ell." The reply was, " Hope it may do hiss good."

The Belgian Chamber of Representatives re-
ueseated on Tuesday, when a series of ezylanatione took
Sam, both on the part of the new ministry sad on that of
the representatives who had been salted upon by the King
to attempt the formation of a Cabinet.

I A proclamation from the Emperor of the Preach
I t the array is expected to appear Laa early amber of the
geositnr.