The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-17 00:00:00

FRANCE

PARIS, Fn. 16,

The Mositeur of this morning states that the
Council of State has taken under consideration a
bill for establishing a supplementary tax of 10
franca per 100 kilogrammes upon all denomina-
tions of sugar delivered for consumption. The
same bill tiles at 20 francs per 100 kilogrammes
the consumption tax upon salt.

ITALY.

The &co di Bologna states that General Beignone
has received orders to leave Turin for the Ponti-
fical frontier, and take the) command of the
troops stationed there.
The Nationale of Naples mentions a Bourbonist
conspiracy lately discovered at Reggio, in Calabria.
It was organised by the committee at Malta, and
was to be the forerunner of an insurrection in
which many liberal families were to be massacred.
One of the chiefs, named Musitano had already
gone to Rome to come to an widen:tending with
the Bourboniat party there, when the police fortu-
nately discovered the plot. Many arrests have
been made in consequence.
The Opinions of Turin announces that Bosauth
has arrived in that city.
A letter from Mantua, in the Sentinel/a of
'Weida, states that the es-Duke of Modena's army
having been disbanded, some of the men have been
induced to enlist in the Austrian army, but the
majority have returned to their homes.
The (iazetla di Torino publiebee a letter from
Rome, which states that on the night of the 4th an
eximmrdinary consisteei was held at the Vatican,
at Bich not only the cardinals, but also the minis-
ters, and among them Mgr. de MiSrode, were con-
voked, in order to decide whether it would be more
dignified in the Pope to resist or not, in case the
Italian troops should advance. Mgr. de bbirode
alone spoke, declaring for resistance, a counsel
which was received with loud approval. The Pope
then announced that he would act according as he
might think best.
The Cornesponciana Baiienne states that Garibaldi
has addressed the following lines to the Workmen's
Society of Manduria, or Mandeure (Haut-Rhin),
who have named him their President :
Every city, every tows, pest or =IA should threw the
sword into the balance, and then tyrants will fall. At the
universal banquet, all our brethren, who are still
slaves now, will soon embrace with the joy of deliverance.
I accept with thanks the title of honorary president of
year society.

(nom OUR OWN coiteneroenerr.) -
PARIS, SAMOA! Eye inn. We have received the following correspondence
The war between theuT,yeernment and the Society for publication
of st. Vincent de Pa of which little has been
WESSIOL ALLAN BROTHELS, LIVWOOL.
lately heard, is likely to renewed in consequence Portland, Jan. 11.
of a startling revelation made by the Italian papers
pe Gentlemen,—Eocimed I send you copies of . telegraphic
of the 13th. When the Em roe, at M. de Per- .
signy's suggestion, dissolved the central council of . Stel in which,
edema with Hon. W. H. Seward, hecretary of
that ultramontnue association, he took extraordi- . was., and in consequence of the inclemency of the
difficulty of making communication with
nary pains to parry the charge that he was inter- . Hibernian outside the port should the weather be bad on her
fering with charity,and was prodigal of conciliatory arrival, with the concurrence of Mr. H. Allan, I applied
offers. Among other compromises, he proposed to i for her permission to come into port io Town ILrben. ,r,
which be at once conceded ; with a further permission, not
allow the council to exist on condition of their as
the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris for asked for, to land and transport all munition of war to
pre- ' Canada or elsewhere, which saved the necessity of asking
silent, but this was refused. Nothing short for the latter, which I should have dope at a subsequent
of an intperinin in iniperto would satisfy request of Mr. H. Allan, who hoped by means of it to arrange
the views of the leaders of a body which i 6 favourable conirritit* transporting militaryinsternit to
under the pretence of charity was an agglomeration : ik:inelit language I reg °sum., eeeekla'fc, althougha, tall him
of political malcontents systematically organised, . up despatch of the 10th, to eamotet• if it was intended to
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and disposing of large funds. The Jesuit journal , apply to any subsequent steamer of your line ; the reply to
of Turin, the Armenia, now publishes a letter, welch. " Yes, to al," I have just received, and oommuni-
dated Jan. 24, from M. Bandon, the president of , estod,„,_by telegraph
_„ taXstilavisi-
the dissolved society, in which he tells a friend that 1 haa' ameeeisen"urital.r.----,reiguntd' Ito;
g will t, dse
e ft'. ,Seim
in spits of the Emperor's pretensions to have broken ) eim, rO—y-omee ?. to tftagposs troops aid istssittoe of
up the society of St. Vincent de Paul he (M. Ban- war into Canada, sod the awn or estate of the
don) means to direct it as heretofore, and moreover British government are to have all proper facilities
that in ease of his death he has made arrangements from the United States eielherities here to neaspore the
which will ensure the government of the societ "1" to Canada ° r sbel6Ale without reatriation. The
according to its true principles in defiance of Franc collector of the pork and United States Marshall have
their instructions to carry the above out in every yar-
dmen:. The presidents at the society at Brussels, 1 Urals°. Neither yen nor your government officials need
the Hagne,and Cologne, are empowered, not only in have any far or hesitation in sending anything here to go
Cale el the death of M. Bandon, bat in aloe of to Canada. Nor do I think there would be the slightest
his incapacity, whether from illness or constraint, =at the present. or doubt that the troops could be
direct to the railway are, and transported direct to
to give all necessary orders to French branches of cooed. without loss of men.
the society until the restoration of their normal 1 Our people take this well, and are pleased that Mr.
state, now suspended by a via major. It may be iSe has so freely offered this facility and courtesy,
thought extraordinary that the above revelation sal 1 bone and tenet your. government will accept
should be made by • papal journal which would and avail of it. It wane gratifylog to us to have them
Froeivably have been inclined to keep the secret, ,
I do so, in the game spirit and good feeling exhibited by Mr.
t in all probability it knew that the thing was i both countries.
Seward. It will have a good offset on the public mind of
lown, and merely repeated at second hand. On the cart of our government it speaks in strong in.
Let us hope that the evidence afforded by the above ferential language ; their pude intention towards Eng-
anecdote of the rooted hostility of what is called the i land, and their confidence in peaceable relations continuing
between us.
religious party to the Emperor's liberal tendencies I have never felt during the recent 'ti g eve n 4 coo-
may have a good effect in the forthcoming debate emoted with the Treat affair that war woulde ea
x ;gle place if
on the address. As to what the Emperor =Ay de- the two peoples and governmental could but properly under-
termine to do at Rome, anything is upon the cards. stand each other. It has been quite unfortunate that the
Prince Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, the President to feeling `'n.b°l3lshould bay° been i
to • mutual misunderstandiug of each other's motions aid
of the Prussian Ministers, is at this moment se- feelings. Our people have felt most keenly the want of
riously ill at Hybres, and the Queen of Prussia sympathy with en in oar denite struggle with the rebels,
has sent her own physician to see him. as that feeling from our fathers is valued more by us than
that of all the rest of Europe.
I trust all difficulties are sow over, and that we shall have
no more disturbance.
I think it will he well to publish on receipt Mr. Seward's
telegraph dogcatcher in this matter of yours, sal it will
probably have as good au effect with the English public
as it has had with ours. It would seem to be due to Mr.
Seward that your people should see how generous he has
been to grant even whet was not asked for, thus show-
ing his good inteetkes towards England, end his confi-
dence in the future.—l am, gentlemen, truly years,
J. L. nine'.
P.S.—Mr. H. Allan is advised that I seed copy of
despatches to you. He telegraphs that Hibernian wM not
come into pert; have theiolnre arranged to meet her out-
side
with a Ammer for mails and pueeogers. I presume
she military authorities don't like to violate instructions,
but I am sorry that they do not like availing themselves of
Mr. Seward's offer on this occasion. 1

iecPY3
" Montreal, 13th January, 1862.
" Sir,—We have the honour to state, for the information
of the General Commanding, that having been asked to
bring from Halifax in one of our steamers to Portland, sad
thence by railroad to Montreal, some Game hew^ which
was taken ,away by the Persia whet she was obliged to
leave the river, we spelled to the Has. W. H. Seward,
Secretary of State for the United Staten, to get the miser
oar; !remit permission to do so.
" The reply of Mr. Seward wee prompt and liberal in
the highest degree ; it was that we or the military authod.
ties aught freely bring to Portland, and transport from
theses into Cann* all baggage. military stone, HMO.
ammunitions, and all munitions of war of every Mud,
without any euerce Of reservation whatsoever, sad in-
eluding troops also, and that the authorities of the
United States would be instructed to afford every facility
and protection in carrying out this order. A subsequent
communication from Mr. Seward states that this
is not confined to one vessel or cargo, but will include al
our seamen.
"We do not know to what extent the General may be
disposed to avail himself of this enlightened and friendly
act of the United States government, but so firmly are we
convinoed of the perfect sincerity and good faith in which
it is made, that we are willing to guarantee the gale de-
livery at Point St. Charles of all property which may be
entrusted to us to bring from Halifax or elsewhere under
this permission, and will pay the value of whatever may be
deficient or damaged in consequeoce of any violation of it.
—We have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servants,
(Signed) " EMIONSTONI, ALLAN, and CO.
" colonel the Hon. lt. Rolls, Military flearstary."
"HON. WK. H. AZWARD, RECUT/NT 07 BTATZ,
" WASHINGTON, he.

"Portland, Jan. 8, 1862.
"The Canadian mail steamer Hibernian, from Livool,
will arrive of this port. having British troops on board, to
be landed at St. John, New Brunswick.
" Will oar government allow her to mime into the lower
harbour to land her mail and Portland passengers, after
which she will proceed immediately to Bt. John ?
"If you will extend this courtesy sad facility to the
steamer, will you instruct the officials hen?
(Signed) "J. L. Faun."
"TO J. 1.. raglans, PORTLAND.
" Washiegtoo, Jan. 8, 1862.
"The authorities of the United States will permit the
British steamer, and the officer or agent of the British go-
vernment, to have all proper facilities for landing and trans-
porting to Canada, or elsewhere, troops and munitions of
war of every kind, without exception or reservation.
(Signed) " Wu. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State."
"TO THE MARSHAL, DTSTSICT ATTORNEY, UNITED SPATIM
PASSPORT AO:NT, COLLECTOR, AND OTHER OITICHRII OP
THZ UNIT= STATES.

" Washington, Jan. 8.
" The authorities of the United States will permit the
British steamers, cod the officers or agents of the British
government, to have all proper facilities for 'aiding and
transporting to Canada, or elsewhere, troops end maul-
tious of war of every kind without exception or reserva-
tion. (Signed)
" Wm. B. SIMARD, Secretary of State."
" HON. W. H. SIMARD. ANCRISTART OP STATE,
WARHUSGTOIL, &C.
"Portland. Jan. 10, 1862.
" Am f right in understanding the magnanimous permis-
sion in your despatch to apply also to any of the Canadian
steamers arriving here subsequent to the Hibernian, having
troops and munitions of war on hosed?
(Signed) "J. L. nu m."
"TO. J. L. PARWRIL PORTLAND.
" Washington, Jan. 10, 1862.
" Yes, to all.
(Signed) " Wi. H. SzwAsn."

QUEENSLAND.

BRISBANE, Dm. 18, 1861.

Parliament has just been summoned specially
for the Ath of January, to consider the beet means
of checking the ravages of pleuro-pneumonia, which
threatens to cross our southern border—large num-
bers of cattle having been sacrificed in New South
Wales and Victoria.

The second anniversary of the colony was cele-
brated on the 10th inst., when the regatta and other
entertainments went off with apirit.
An attempt is being made to obtain • visit in
February from the All. England Eleven.
The shearing is now over, and the wool coming
down for shipment. The clip is • good one.
The blacks have been severely puma' for the
massacre of seventeen white people on the Nora
river.

The Persia has arrived with over 400 immi-1
grants. There was much competition to obtain their
services, sad .11 were hired at good wages.
An aborie)in' native was hung on the 4th inst.,
for • criminal assault on a white woman under
circumstances of great barbarity.
The pastoral occupation of the country becomes
every day more extended, and the late discoveries
made by the lamented Burke are already attraot-
ing the attention of our pioneer settlers.
Several vessels from Engehburrawmar• expected to
arrive shortly.—Qweensiand

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Our letters and newspapers from Australia con-
tain evidence of the spirit and energy with which our colo-
nial fellownubjecta have entered into the plan of the ap-
proachlng Exhibition. The articles prepared by inhabi-
tants of Victoria were displayed at Melbourne in a con-
venient building, during the month of November, and con-
stituted a preliminary local exhibition of much interest.
Until lately a representation of the article. yielded to
industry in Australia would have included only
those natural products which reward the simplest kinds of
labour. These, of course, must still hold the most con-
spicuous place ; but the decreasing return of the mines has
had the effect of throwing a portion of the population
back upon the trades which they learned in Europe, and
the beginnings of manufactures already appear. One of the
most conspienotts objects in the Australian court will be a
gilded pyramid forty feet and a half high, and ten feet
square at the base, which has been designed to help us by
means of a sensible image to form some conception of the
• quantity of gold-800 tons—extracted from the Victo-
rian fields since 1851. The faces of the pyramid bear
statistical statements showing the progress of the colony,
one of the most remarkable of which is the value of the
' gold just mentioned-104,650,0001. The Clem. Company
send blocks of quarts, and a battery of twelve heed of stamps,
the latter heentltally coastrueled of native woods. Mr.
Knight is aonstreethe m artificial mine, showing the
character of the reefs, and also of the alluvial workings.
The capabilities of the finer kinds of colonial wood
will be shown in inlaid tables from the Yarn Bend
Asylum, and Penbridge ; Geelong sends a carved sideboard,
' and workboxes and writing-sleeks are to oome from Mount
ShadwelL The metals and minerals of the colony will
make a very good figure. The alluvial nuggets and mid-
terms quartz will attract the many; bet, besides them,
antimony, iron ore, Hein, coal, kaolin, rocksalt. limestone,
tin are, marble, granite, and blue and green car-
bonates of copper, will be thought worth the attention of
the man of memo. The show of mignon and leather
week is well spoken of. Precious stones will be sent, and
also ..real products and fruits of the earth, but the
amonner given of these two departments are un-
satisfactory. Wine and ale, casks of preserved
meats of various kinds, samples of fish, including the great
Murray cod weighing 631 M, are on the lief, also a few in-
' genious inveutions and curiosities, photographs, cases of
• snakes, baskets of sea-weeds. A lased map of Victoria is
being constructed in the Surveyor-General's department,
which will show the variety of the physical features of the
colony, and also remind the speculator how much land there
r is still unappropriated. The Loedoe commissioners of Vic-
. tont are Sir Redmond Barry and Mr. J. G. Knight.
The Auckland collection consists of 128 entries, the most
denim of which is a piece of hunters intended as • pre
-
I seat from the colony to her MASS the Queen, and which
is to show the richness of the New woods. One of the
I panels has for its ornament an inlaid map of New Zealand,
i the provinces being shown in different woods. The make-
: don also embraces gold-bearing earth from Coromandel,
coal, candles, soap, flax, copper, and ironstone, eight ape-
-1 einem of wool, and rope from New Massa flax.