The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-24 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Milan Ga:ette, of the 18th, states that an
attempt had been made against the life of the D ske
of Modena. The Duke, on his way home from a
villa, had stepped out of his carriage on account of the
badness of the road, when a young man, of about 23
years of age, who was apparently walking in a field
hard by, levelled a two-barreded fowling-piece at him.
The first shot hung fire, but the second wounded the
hand and arm of Major Guerra, who, however, suc-

landed in capturing the culprit, who was immediately
sent to Rrison.
rue zpoca of Rome, of the 13th, states that the tri-
coloured ribbon, hitherto worn by the Pope's body
guard, bu been proscribed by the commandant of
that body. In the present state of the public mind,
this otherwise trifling circumstance has created an
immense sensation.

GERMANY.

A letter from Cologne, of the 22nd, says :
Asoweagg to intelligens. from Dusseldorf, that town was
this dec wed In a sate of siege. The civic guards were
ordorderedday to give up their arms before 2 p.m. Detachments
of troops occupy all the squaws. The town council of
Cologne have issued a proclamation, stating that they
will remain in their poets, notwithstanding the vote
of want of confidence passed yesterday at a public
metal. The members of the Left of the Frankfort Aliena-
ble have forwarded to this city, and probably to many other
plisse, numerous °apt.' of a manifesto to the people of Prus-
sia, urging them to stand by the National Assembly.
A nomad edition of the Cologne Gazette contains
the following address of the Arch-Duke Regent to the
people of Germany.
To vas GERMAN Pson.s.--Geraisaa,—l address you at
a most serious crisis as 'egad' the interested of our lather-
land. Listen to my weeds with confidence. A lamentable
whim hr occurred between the mown and the popular
= entatives of Pravda. The people of Germany have
part In this controversy to a considerable extent, and
they have, In doing so, maintained a peaceable and legal
attitude. The voice of passion, however, resounds through
the land, end extends with lafiaineastoey fury. A part
of the Prussia* deputise have resolved to withhold the
taxes. B so doing, they have loosened the bands of
political deeply @Wien the foundations of civil
society, and brought Prude, and with it the whole of Ga-
mow, to the verge clean war.—Prassians, the representa-
tive" of Germany at Frankfort assembled have, is this
nomentaie with, uttered the soothing wads of peon.
The Imperial Amenibly has expressed a wish that
the King of Praia should surround himself with
advisers who en the confidence of file country.
It has solemnly itself to maintain the rights
and liberties and insured to you ; it has
you protectioa against any attempt to violate them.
frklrhowever, at the mate, declared the reseietise of the
Prudes deputies to withhold the taxes wholly mallard void.
• —Parana t the Impala' Assembly at repreesats
• the German laden a die spiressio, sad its deehlea le ea.
puma law (aeries. leags) to all —Game= t I will set in
full IKONVIERIM with the ImperialAsanahly. I will not allow
the rawhide& which, by mealtime the levy of the taxes in
Prussia, endangers the prosperity of the whole of Germany, to ;
be carried into eine& I will, however, enforce the fulfilment
of the pIW given for the security of the rights and liber-
ties of the people ; they shall remain intact, as
well as those of all our German brothers. Prussians! I
rely upon you that you will stand by me—that you will avoid
all acts of illegality and violence, and show yourselves woe.
tby oftheblessingeof liberty. Keep the peace, and I will main-
tain it also. Germane ! I rely on you who stied by me, and I
will stand by you. The long wished-for object for which we
are striving le nearly attained. The labours of the German
Constitution will seen be completed, end our beautiful
Fatherland will then in unity and freedom be great and
towerfel.--(Bigned) Tun ARCHDUKE JOHN, Regent of the
Ati.ciTlTlV,tnebrrEntit Bea."th'
AUSTRIA.— Letters from Vienna, of the 19th
instant, are filled with accounts of a solemn military
man, which was performed, on the 18th instant, a
few miles from that capital, foe the repose of the
soul of the murdered Count Latour. A gigantic
catafalque was erected, surrounded by 15,000 men
under arms, while twelve batteries of artillery
fired 'akin every minute. Prince Windisokgrats,
accompanied by a brilliant staff, pained the
troops in review after the ceremony wee con-
cluded. According to advices from Hungary, a
great portion of the imperial army was encamped at
Kitteee, about four miles from Freeburg; that city
itself, as well as most of the strong positions in the
country, was occupied by Hungarian , who
are reported to have an abundant supply of artillery
and ammunition.

HOLLAND.-11Aolls, Nov. 22.—COXPOOITION OF
Ten New Misensv.—The Semis Courarat of this evening
givest the following definitive list of the new ministry :—By
a reeoluticm, under date the 21st of this month, his Majesty
the King has appointed : Minister of Marine and the Colo-
aim, Vice Admiral 11 Ryk; Minister of Justice, M. D.
Donkey Curtius; Minister of Foesign Affairs, L.A. Lighten-
veldt; Minister of the Interior. J. M. de Kempem .aer•
Minister of War MajovOeneral Yost ; Minister of Finance,
P. P. Van Boni; Minister of the Reformed Religion, Baron
Von Menem ; Minister of tha Colonies, L. Bared, former
Director of Agriculture in the Netherlands West Indies.
M. L. A. Lightenvelt Is charged, ad issterises, with the afikirs
of the Roman Catholic religioa.

SECESSION OF Till HON. AND REV. /3APTIB2 NOEL.
—Fran the inquiries we have made we Wave that the
rumour which has niched as respecting Mr. Noel's in-
tention to secede from the establishment is well founded.
We are informed that be has announced his resolution in a
letter to his chapel wardens, but states that ha shall con-
tinue to officiate at St. John's chapel for a short time
Jaeger. The public will no doubt mon receive an authenti-
cation of the statement from Mr. Noel himself, together
with his reasons for taking so important a step. We have
since beet informed, on trustworthy authority, that the
above rumour is strict'y correct, and that in a few days Mr.
Noel will probably make a public statement of his reasons
for seeoding from the church, but he will not resign his
pastorship until Midsummer next. We understand that the
church and state (petition is the only cause assigned for the
stop.—A'oriconforiniet
SUBSTITUTION OF CHURCH RATES FOB TFTHIS
TO lie Toll TSB VALOR ore I,MIIO —Yesterday, a
meeting of the parishioners of St. Muy's, Whitechapel, was
held in the body of the church, for the purpose of consider-
ing • statement from the rector on behalf of Brasenom Col-
lege, rel-tive to the income derived from the tithes and
Easter offerings of the parish, and a proposed plan of ar-
rangement in respect of the statement. The real object,
however, for convening the meeting was the making of a
church rate, in order to make up a deficiency in the church
revenue.—Mr. Churchwarden Morley haring taken the
chair, the Rev. Mr. Champneys, the rector, proceeded to
read as toilows The principals and fellows of Braveness
College, Oxford, who had the right of presenting to the in.
cumbency of this parish, desire to lay before the parishioners
of Whitecbapcl the following statement of the present in-
time of the rectory, and the arrangements which they
would propose for its amicable adjustment. The income
of the rectory immediately after the late rector's death
amounted to 8801. per annum. To this were subsequently
added WI. out of the 1001. paid to the Whitechapel Society
for Educatim of the Poor, and which was to be appro-
priated for the maintenance of divine worship in the school
of the society, making the total income 9301., 6001. of which
are received from the payment on bosses in lieu of tithes,
2601. from fees, 201. from rent of small house to sexton, the
remaining 501. from the society's grsnt. The total income
of the rectory at the present time is 6651., of which 4501. are
received from the payment of houses in lieu of tithes, 151
from rest of small home, and about 2001. from fees, though
this latter source of income is decreasing, and may be
expected to decrease still more, in consequence of the re-
moval of interments to cemeteries, end other causes. And
when from the same 6651. are deducted the stated end
necessary outgoings for one curate, rent of house, An,
the net income of the rectory is 4434 The college are in.
formed by counsel that if they saw good to enforce their ex-
isting claims to the house payments, they should in all pro-
bability sneered, and that much higher payments might be
obtained ; but desiring in every way to respect this feelings
of the parishioners, and wishing only such an arrangement
as is just and reasonable, they propose that a rate of 3d. in
the pound in the rateable rental be raised, which, as they
are informed, would produce 1.1001. Of this sum they pro-
pose that either six or seven pert. be assigned to the incum-
bent of the p- rb.h church, and the remaining three or four
parts in equal shares to the incumbents of the two chapels of
eam—St. Mark's and St. Jude's—and that this sum of 3d.
in the pound shall be taken instead of all existing payments
on 1 oases (in lieu of tithe), al ,Easter offerings, and every
other payment which may have been customarily paid here-
tofore, and in lien of all other payments to which any claim
might be hereafter set up by them as patrons. The college in-
form the parishioners that notice has been given by them of
thArintenuon toapply to parliament for an act to arrange the
income of the rectory on the above plan during the next ses-
sion."—Mr. G. Offer, a county magistrate, wished to know by
what right Brasenote College gave up church property or
exchanged it for a different @yet, m of profit ; and in the
event of the vestry meeting the application, what guarantee
had they that the arrangement would be final and not be
disturbed I—The Rector said that the college, in making
this proposition, intended it as a Real measure. There
would be no possibility of raising the question again.—Mr.
Black observed that, by the report of the Assistant Tithe
Commissioner, who was recently sent into the parish, it ap-
peared that th, re was really no titheable property in it. He
was, therefore, surprised at this elaim.—The Rector begged
to explain how the Assistant Tithe Commissioner had re-
ported that there was no titheable property in the parish.
The Tithe Commutation Act did not apply to parishes
, where :payments on houses were made in lieu of tither,
' and the Tithe Commissioners having, in the 61.4
instance, been improperly sent into the pariah, he found how
the church funds were made up, and hence arose the singu-
larity in his ieport.—Mr.Offer protested against the exaction
of tithes or any such insp,,ts for religious purposes, and
moved the appointment of a committee to investigate the
claims t hat Brass-nese College is alleged to pumas on the pro-
perty of the Parish.—The swine h log seconded, it was
almost unanimously adopted, and a committee was named.
—Mr. Clark then propo ed a resolution to the effect that in
the event of the college going to parliament, the vestry were
psition.—
repared tooaao‘ffuerr the bill every Tart ionntiodpir
that pro-
position wee carried it would perfectle stultify the proceed.
ings of the committee ; for the r solution prejudged the
matter.—The resolution was thin wi.hdrawn, and the vestry
adjourned.
enosica EXTENSION.—The Marquis of Westminster
ha granted the sans of 5,0005. towards the erection of the
new church of St. Gabriel, Pimlico; in addition to which
Mr. Cubitt, his lonihip's leotee, has given up his interest'
up in the land, eau. d, for balding purposes, at upwards of
2,000/. ',rational other donations h,v • been made ; and it is
1 raper ed that the erection of the edifice will be speedily
proceeded with.

SUDDEN DEATH OF 8m Joni BARROW, BART.—
We have to announce the sudden death of Sir John Barrow,
Bart. (the late Secretary to the Admiralty), which took place
yesterday. Sir John row at his customary hoar yesterday
morning, apparently in the enjoyment or his usual health,
and went on the parade in St. James's nark for his ordinary
walk. He returned to his residence in New-street, Spring-
gardene, between 12 and 1 o'clre k, and seated hinted( at the
luncheon table, when he complained of a san-atime of ap-
proaching death. Mks Barrow, perceiving a change,
Instantly cent for Dr. Rielly, who evades in the
same street, and on that gentleman's arrival immediately
afterwards. he found that Sir John was dead In his chair.
The deceased baronet was born on the 19th June, 1784, at
the obscure village of Dnigkyliack, near I.llverstoae, and woe
the only child of Roger and Mary Barrow. He was educated
at the Town Bank grammar-school, and after acting
and
superintendent in a mercantile house in Liverpool, and
makes a voyage to the Greenland &hely, he came to Lon-
don. ugh the influence of Si, George Staunton he so-
compenied the creamy of Lord Maeartney to China as
comptroller of the household, in 1792. On Lord Macsrtney
being appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hops in 1795,
he wee appointed one of his private secretaries, and while ia
that oolong rendered great civil services, having been selected
by Lord Nessertnay to go on a mission to the rebel Boers—a
duty which he discharged to the high satisfaction of his es-
celleney. While travelling with the expedition he employed
hie insure time in becoming acquainted with the natural
history of that part of Southern Africa. He returned to
England in 1804, when in consideration of the eminent ser-
vices he performed in the disbarge of his duties,
Viscount Melville, on his becoming First Lord of
the Admiralty, in May 1804, appointed him scen-
ery to the Admiralty. The deceased baronet die-
charged the arduous duties of official life for a period of forty
years, when in January, 1845, he retired from the public
service. In Feb., 1835, the deceased was crested a baronet 1/
Lis late Majesty William IV. He had been a Fellow of the
Royal Society since 1805, and was also a Fellow of the
Unclean Society. It is almost unnecessary to add that the
venerable baronet has left several able literary works.
He was a contributor to the " Quarterly" and " Edinburgh"
Reviews, and to the " Encyclopedia Britannka;" and was
the author of • " Life of Lan Macarthey," " Travels in
Southern Africa," "Travels in China," We of Lord
Anson," " Life of Lard Howe," Chronological History of
Arctic Voyages," and " Voyages of Discovery and Research
within the Antis Regions." Sr John leaves four sons and
two daughters. His re George, who succeeds to the ba-
ronetcy, was been ha 1002.