The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-29 00:00:00

Penadel, in observation en the Douro. The bombardment
of Vienna began :on the 16th. The commander in the
castle is oie Major Solara, an artillery officer of reputation.
The eapelition of the Viscorote Se da Bandeira for the
Algarves end Alemtejo is yet delayed by the weather." Re.
ritcn 20, 6 vat.—The state of the bar is such as almost
to preclude all hope of being able to communicate with the
packet from the south when she makes her appearance. At
a hazard, however, I add a few lines to my letter of yester-
day to sate that Colonel Sausage, the Spanish commis-
sioner, arrived here at 2 p.m. accompanied by one of Count
dam Alstas's aides, and an orderly and trumpet, as escort,.
The colonel was received on his route from the suspension
bridge t. the Casa Pl*, by the Spanish cooled and his secre-
tary, and also the captain of the brig of war in the Douro,
Don Th ernes Alvear y Ward. Sahlanha remained at Oli-
viers d'Azemais yesterday, but was expected to proceed to
Lanstgio, on the bourn, where it is said the principal far-
mers of that district (whence the port wine comes) were
about to assemble in order to welcome him as the restorer
of peace and order in their troubled province. In this elute I
suspect the " wish is father to the thought," and that the
Douro Enners will remnin quite tranquil until they see which
in the winning side. In the meantime an inflammatory procla-
mation' uzporting to proceed from the Upper Douro, but which
I am told was concocted and printed in Oporto, has !seen pri-
vately circulated, calling on the Dourians to arm, Re., but,
in point of fact, utterly without meaning or importance,
save to those wee seek, by these mean., to create the impres-
sion the.t the district in question is prcpsred to declare fur the
queen. The latest news from Vianue reports the bombard-
ment on both aides to he proceeding. A gentleman who
passed through Suy on the 14th inst., states that the town
was filli.d with Spanish soldiery, whose numbers he estimated
at between 4,000 and 5,000. The Count do Vinhans is said
to be at Seldenha's head querters, Casal remaining at Villa
Real in command of the division. In the south, Count de
Mello woe making considerable progress, having compelled
Schwelback to retire to Elyn.s. When the expeditiou of
Viscount de 8a de Bandeira shall have joined the troops in
the Alemtejo. they will be strong enough to undertake
eperatione of importance.

• FRANCE.—Paurs, MARCH 27.—The funeral of
Mdlle. Mars, which took place on Friday, was attended by
all the theatrical, literary, and artistical celebrities iv the
French capital. Not lees than twenty thousand persons
were on the Boulevards to witness the cortege.
Gout; Mon.—The Court of Assizes of the de-
p.trtattat of Ille-et Vilaine kes been occupied during
three days with the trial of sixty-three persona, among
whom were several women, charged with having been
concerned in the corn riots that took place at Rennes
on the 9th and 10th January. The poor people of that town,
it appeared, were exceedingly irritated at seeing a boat being
laden with corn, and they endeavoured to prevent it. A
little later they assembled in the streets, and smashed
the windows of several individuals. They then went to
the boat and threw some racks of corn into the river,
and carried away others. They were eventually ail:
posed by the troops; but the next day they re-
assem ,ded, and took possession of the boat, and pillaged it
completely, notwithstanding the remonstrances of the autho•
titles and of many of the most respectable inhabitants. The
public force was not auficient to disperise them, and many of
the soldiers and police agents were cruelly ill treated and
pelted. There was a cry of "We must kill all these scoun-
drels—that is the way they do at Paris !" and at one time
the fury of the mob had risen to such a height that it was
feared live. would be lost. Eventually, new detachments of
troops arrived at Rennes, and succeeded in re-establishing
order. In the course of the disturbances most of the accused
were taken into custody, and the others were arrested subse-
quently. The jury returned a verdict of acquittal in favour
of for ty-nino of them. The remainder, who were declared
guilty, were condemned to periods of imprisonment varying
from three months to three years.
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A letter from Mr. Thompson, the British Vice-
Consul at St. Melo, has been roceived, contradicting in the
mast positive terms an account given in a letter from that
place by the Dames, and copied by us from that journal.
It was stated in the letter in question that Mr. Thompson
had created a disturbance in the corn market at St. Malo,
I by offering 35fr. fur a hundred weight of Sour, when the
' market prise was only 3'2fr. The truth appears to be that,
so far from Mr. Thompson's having raised the market
prior, he resisted an attempt by some of the dealers to make
him pay 351 r, solely as he says because he is an English.
man, and one of these persons, after an investigation by the
authorities, was arrested, and has been compelled to do.
liver over the flour to Mr. Thompson at the market pries of
30ft., and not 326. , so stated by our contemporary.
MURDER.—A dreadful crime has been committed at
Beaufort (Jura). A respectable man, named Claude Conte,
and his wife, both upwards of 60 years of age, and living on
a fortune of about 100,000 f., were found, on the 20th, mur.
derel in their dining room. It would seem that they had
hust sat down to dinner when the murderers entered the
ouse, as the food was found untasted on the table. A
heavy hammer and an iron bar belonging to the chimney
were found on the ground, close to the dead bodies; and it
was apparently with these instruments that the crime was
perpetrated. The drawers and cupboards were forced open,
and whatever portable articles of value they contained taken
off. Nothing has as yet been discovered of the murderers.

SPAIN.—A WOOD oft FIRE.—A letter from Ain-
hoe zives the following account of a disastrous conflagration
at Urdax, in Spain : On the 16th, the wood belonging to
the domains of the ancient convent, but now the property of
M. Fnguado. caught fire and, notwithstanding the most
strenuous efforts from the magistrates, military, fire com-
panim, and people from all the eurrouoding parts, continued
to flan till about 2,500 English acres were consumed. The
flak :s flew over to the village, which would also have been
in fi ones but for the energetic exertions of the inhabitants.
Soma persons attribute this great di aster to malevolence,
but the greater part of the people impute it to the impru-
dence of-the charcoal-burners.

BERNE, MARCH 22.—The
opeLiog of the first ordinary session of the Grand Council for
the year 1847 took place to-day. In the absence of M.
Tither, the president's chair was occupied by the Advocate
Higgeler.

GERMANY. —AUSTRIA.— Chekib-Effendi, the
Turkish ambassador to the court of Vienna. had the honour
of presenting his credentials to the Emperor on the 18th inst.
The accounts from Galicia aro mod deplorable.
The inhabitants have been compelled by hunger to feed
upon the dead bodies, and the population is decimated by
(Anna. and fever. Orders have been sent from Vienna to
put n stop provisionally to the execution of the ordonnance
concerning the redemption of the carries. This is owing to
the representations of the Galician nobility. After the Ist
April no French journals wars to be allowed into Galicia.
P SOCIETIES.—The Prus-
sian of Gazette publishes a royal decree declaring that
all the members of communist societies shell be prose-
cuted according to the existing laws against high treason, if
found to propagate doctrines subversive of those laws.

Letters from Breslau, of the 20th, state that at
Troppau, en the 1 lth and 12th, it was found necessary to
call out all the troops there to disperse the meetings of the
populace, who threatened to pillage the place. At Olden-
dort a large crowd assembled before the house of the mayor
with cries of Bread or work." He satisfied them by die.
tributing a large store of potatoes amongst them. Order has
since been restored.

BAVARIA.—A letter from Munich announces that
at the sitting of the Council of State of the 19th inst., the
new ministers, M. de Zenetti and Baron de Zu-Rhein, as
well as the new state councillor, M. de Volt; took the oaths
of office before Baron de Sehrenk, appointed by the king
for that purpose.

GREECE.—A letter from Munich states that
alarming intelligence has reached that capital from Athens.
King Otho, on the point of leaving for Patras, where he
was to meet the Prince Royal of Bavaria, because suddenly
iIL Athens was unusually agitated in consequence, and
fears vier! Gnfertsinea so to the onstino.:_co of tranquillity.

JAVA.—CoNVERSION OP THE SULTAN OP SAUNA
To Ca ELISTIANITY.—A letter inserted in the Diario di Roma,
front a Catholic inhabitant of Java, dated Dec. I, 1846,
states that the Sultan of the Island of Bauka had demanded
the rites of baptism for himself and all his family, from the
Catholic priest at Singapore. He offered to build a church
at his own expense in the principal town of Bauka. The
example of the sultan would probably be followed by all the
inhabitants of Basks, and of the adjacent Island of Bisaiton.
The population of th, two is about 60,000, most of them
Chinese.