The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-18 00:00:00

18, 1866 •

A fesilietonist of tie Epoque states as a fact that
when the body of the rich Aqua° Marquis de Las
)(origami, who lately died while on a visit to
Spain, was sent to France for interment, a custom-
house officer at Nantes, who saw the box contain-
ing the embalmed remains lying on the quay among
other packages, chalked upon it, un marquis on-

bautni, 200 kilogrommeA
According to my letters from Madrid the recent
bloodshed in the streets of that capital is attribnt-

able to the

of thoeellotostable instru-

mente of unscrupulous governments, described in
the French language by the term agents provocateurs.
The Spanish ministers knew that revolutionary ele-
ments existed in the city, and they endeavoured to
provoked a rising with a view to slaughter on a
large stale, in the hope of striking terror. Ilss
prudence of the population rendered this diabolical I
scheme abortive. lam seriously assured that a
revolution is imminent in Spain.
The Bourse, owing to the general holiday of
Easter Monday, was thinly attended, and little
business was done except in Mexican, which was in
demand. The success of the now loan is not
considered doubtfuL The confidence of the
substantial bankers who have undertaken to
negotiate it is founded, dot upon any belief in
the stability of the Emperor hiaximilian's dynasty,
but in the confidence which their experience gives
them in the gullibility of the public. The attrac-
tion of the immense interest offered is so great that
the bankers feel certain of getting rid of their
paper to small holders with profit to themselves.
The interest will no doubt be paid for a year or
two, and perhaps more, and when the smash comes
none of the bankers whose names now dazzle small
people will hold any of the stock.
M. Drouyn de Lhuya has consented to be presi-
dent of the Paris Cricket Club, vice the Duke de
Morny, deceased. The vice-presidents are Gray
of Gray, the Duke de Bassano, grand chamber-
lain ; Baron Hausman, senator, prefect of the
Seine ; Lord Huntingtield, the Hon. William
Grey, the Rev. E. Forbes, the Rev. Archer
IGurney, and the Rev. H. L Swale. Several
matches are being arranged, and among others the
following :—The All England Eleven, West of
Scotland Cricket Club, the Warwickshire Knicker-
booker, Doncaster Amateur Eleven, and the 73rd
Regiment from Shorucliffe. The Emperor has
given permission to the P.C.C. to present to the
Prince Imperial a complete set of bats, balls, and
wickets.
A singular custom, prevalent in Portugal, of
flogging on the Saturday of Holy Week an effigy
of Judas, was witnessed the day before yesterday
on board a ship from that country lying in the port
of Havre. Persons passing along the quay early
in the morning were surprised to see what appeared
to be a human figure suspended from the rigging,
and supposed that one of the seamen had hanged
himself. However, at about half-past 10, at the
moment when the church bells were set in motion,
the effigy was lowered. and the crew armed with
sticks commenced beating the unfortunate dummy,
and continued until the figure had lost its head,
arms, and legs, when, as a final punishment, it was
thrown into the water, the police regulations not
allowing it to be burnt at the stake, as is usual in
Portugal.
According to a shorthand writer, M. Thiers is,
with the exception of hi. Dupin, the most difficult
public man to take down, from his great rapidity.
The latter utters 24 lines of the Monikur per
minute, and the former 22, those quantities being
considered immense. After them comes M. Ronher
with 18 or 20 lines ; M. Jules Fevre 15, and M.
Jules Simon 14. Other speakers do not exceed 10

or 12.
" The French government," says the Bulletin de
Paris, " some time back met with annoyance on
account of a steam ram from the building yard of
Arman, of Bordeaux, and which, after having
been ordered for the Danish navy, became the pro-
perty of the Confederate States of America ; and,
in order that such cases may not occur again, the
government refused M. Armen permission to
deliver the ramChsiops, constructed for the Prussian
navy, before a perfect guarantee was given with
regard to its destination. An understanding I
having been come to on this subject between the
French and Prussian governments, a committee,
composed of two officers and a Prussian Engineer,
will repair to Bordeaux to take possession of the
Chi Sops."

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PAKDON Ali D RELEASE OP —Y ester- 11
day evening the sheriffs received a communication
from she Home-office, notifying that her Majesty
had been pleased to grant a pardon to the prisoner
Serafini Pelizzioni, and he was immediately after-
wards discharged from custody.
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