The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-10 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

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THE AUSTRIAN REICHSRATH.
VIENNA. JAL 9.
The sittings of the Lower House of the Reichs-
rath were resumed to-day.

The finance committee presented its report on
the budget, in which it propoeed that the govern-
ment should state to the house every detail of the
public expenditure.

The house rejected this proposal, and empowered
the government to apply, according to its own judg-
ment, the funds granted for each department.

THE RECENT AMERICAN NEWS.

The &&le of yesterday writes se follows upon
the American news :

The het sews of the American war, which reaches vs via
London, aneoartoes the evacuation of Savannah. From the
commencemest of the struggle, the English press and its
corresposdenta have shown a very &image partiality for the
tiotith. A sitcom of the Northern armies must be confirmed
tea times over before the Mau ma make op its mind to
speak of it, cad the wildest rumours if they are adverse to
the store of the Wathlegtes govenunent are eagerly
welcomed. It was the Tinter which in the first
instance considered Sherman's expedition as a retreat.
sad predicted every day that the Federal Moore
would sever math the us shore. Fortunately events
give a perpetual oostradictios to the rash alleptions of the
British prem. The Itiamood papers say that the cams of
the Booth ought to be maistaised whatever happens. This
is an admissive that it will collapse eve bog.

The Libata has the following remarks in its
impression of Sunday evening :

We do not use prophecies, and we do not ones otter
them. Now, however, we mance refrain from predicting
the probably speedy lamed the American war. From the

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eommeacement of that war we have said that the South
would more and more toes all chance of • dean.
tire triumph if It did not triumph very quickly.
WOOS the war commenced tbe South hu can
*nay obtained some brilliant military suconses.
As the bulletins and proclamation' of • commander-in-chief
say, it ham covered itself with glary. Is addition to this
007. what positive advantage has it met with' What
real superiority hu it oonquered ? None. For an insurrec-
tion not to advance is to retrograde. If an established
government unstained in pretensions even without *draw-
Ina, it has already pined a victory. Now, the North,
though it has advanced slowly, has not ceased to advance.
While the South has made only flying inclusions upon
Northern territory, the North her planted itself upon
the rebel territory. It has not struck down the
Southern tree ; It has, however, lopped off first one
branch, then soother, then a third, and these
branobes once cat down have never been restored.
Just se the conquest of the Mississippi, the capture of New
Orleans, the blockade of the Southern ports, and the kers-
noe of Georgia, show the constant proven of the Federal
armies, so the re-elution of President Lincoln shows the
immovable will of the North. If the South bed immedi-
ately replied by brilliant victories to the defiance oast at is
by the North in renlecting Mr. Lincoln. perhaps the North
might have appeared more bold than wise. But Sherman's
march was the first military incident which inaugurated the
seeped presidency of Mr. Lincoln. and that march is as
unanswerable demonstration of the inferiority of the South.
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It may therefore be mid that the fall of tie South, aban-
doned to itself, appears to us mote than probable."

The Temps of yesterday says :—" The news
which reaches us from America is to the 28th Dec.
It announces an event already foreseen, but which
is none the leas of great importance. Savannah is
in the hands of the Federal& The capture of that
town worthily crowns the daring expedition which
has led Sherman from the north of Georgia to the
shores of the Atlantic."

A MAN AND HID W 1.72 COMMITTID 70R Mumma..
labouring man earned Thomas Prosser and his wife
Bliss have just been lodged in Worcester County Gaol on a
warrant by the magistrates of Baldric's, charging theta
with the wilful murder of the roe of the male primmer, a
boy aged six years, named Samuel Prosier, by a long con-
tinumies of ill treatment and starvatioo. The inquiry into
this deplorable mem bee occupied the coroner and magis-
trates for the last fortnight. and the evidence of the
neighbours and police as to the treatment of their children •
by the prisoners was very voluminous. It appeared that
when Prosser married his wife he bad two children—the
decayed Samuel Prosper, and a boy named Alfred, about a
year older, yd.. promo bee also two children ; and
the seirAboura all coincided in stating, that while
the two latter were well fed and treated, the de-
tained sad his brother were seaatily clothed and fed sad fro.
wrongly beaks in a cruel manner. Io consequeoce of what
abs bad Ness Mrs. Thurston, who lived near the Promisee.
gave information to the ma.ns employer, who eoramunicated ;
with the police, and the two children, Sensual and Alfred,
were Owed under medical cam but the deceased seek from
exhaustion, and died two days afterwards. When removed
from Prowler's oottags the children were dreadfully
emaciated, and bad sem& bruises on that pampas. The
deceseed'a arms and lop were contrasted, the expression of
the fare was wild sad idiotic, the surface of
the body covered with dirt. sod the haair full
of meals. Hie appeareaos whim stripped was that aily*
skeleton. The surgeon who made a post-mortem examinatiqn
of the body owe his *pinion that death molted from ex-
hanstioa produced by west of food and from cold. When
found by the police, the deceased was lying on a pellet, his
only cowrie' bang a piece el old rig,. A day or two balmy
Mrs. Thurston had head violist screams and what socuided
like blows, followed by a fall. Numerous sets of violence
committed on the deemed aad his brother by Bre. Presser
were deposed to, and she was frequently heard, amok* of
the deceased, to threaten to " kill the little deal," and to
"kick his lamina est, and get rid of him." Both Mahood
sad wife were committed for wilful murder.
CISTIITAL PALaCit, ONI Sarts.mo DAY.—
MONDAT, *IL 9.—Atbaladous on rayreent, 2,359 ;
ditto by maws tkkete, lells ; total, 3,474.