The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-24 00:00:00

are said to have threatened, that if the Teamois persistea
would
in
their present line of policy, none of the inhabitants
he allowed to enter, or be employed in, the Austrian donel-

niona.
ITALY.---The commission appointed by the Pope
to examine into the ;petitions counseled with a revision of
the civil and criminal laws has made its first report,
in
which it passes in review what it considers as the most urgent
reforms, the foremost of which is the inatitution of the jury.
According to the plan proposed by the commission, the j urymen
would be divided into two classes. Tho first would include
rich landowners, members of the nobility, and commercial
notabilities. The second would be composed of literary men,
such as doctors of law and medicine, the upper employe's of
the government, members of the academics, and professors of
the universities. One member of the commission proposed
that the judicial discussions should be public, but this reform
was considered by the others as premature
STORMS IS TIIE MEDITERRANEAN.—A letter from
Gen°a, of the 14th, says "The night before, last was
marked by some must deplorable events, both in the poet
and along the coast. At four hi the afternoon the com-
mander of the port, having remarked that the barometer
was below " tempest," and that the wind, which was right
north, had veered to south-west, advised the vessels in the
basin to seek a safer anchorage. The salutary ads ice had
scarcely been given when the squall came on with tremen-
dous fury. Waves of a terrible dimension swept over the
great and little Moto, leaping over the walls and entering
even some of the streets. A whirlwind, which came sea-
wards, struck the vessels ranged side by side inside the
port dashing them violently against each other, damaging
same of them considerably. Three vessels dragging their
anchor' were lost ; one, a Greek trader, was literally dashed
to pieces, and three men perished. A Sardinian three-
master, belonging to the house of Rem, got among the
breakers, but the crew escaped. A Sardinian schooner was
dashed up against a frigate, but the crew at aped by clinging
to the tackle of the frigate. The schooner was driven on the
rocks of St. Laxare and went to picot-is—lL R.H. Admiral
l'rince de Carignan directed the means of safety in per-
son. Large fires were made by his directions on
the dangerous points; the authorities end the sailors
acted most no:6'y. Au immense crowd assembled
ou the quays looked on in horrified wonder. The steamer
Dante ran the greatest risks in the port. It was only by
keeping up all her steam that she was enabled to weather
the tempest. The Telemaque mail-steamer, for the Levant,
coming from Marseilles, put in fur sheltie, and left the fol-
lowing day for Leghorn. Numerous vessels went down
along the coast ; thirteen lives were lost; and the extent of
damage done is immense. The tempest had all the features
of what sailors term a " sea-quake."
STEAM NAVIGATION AMONG THE SHORES OFITALY.
—The Capri and the Vesuvio are new steam-vessels, lately
built in the Thames, for the navigation of the Mediterranean,
and both are remarkable examples of what British art and
science can accomplish. They arc the property of the Nea-
politan Steam Navigation Company, end are intended to run
between Marseilles and Malta, calling at Genoa, Leghorn,
Civita Vecchia, Naples, Msasina, and Syracuse., ni con-
nexion with the Mongibello. Ercolano, iii.d Maria Christina,
which vessels have been well known for several ycars to all
the English tourists as the best appointed in the Mediter-
ranean. One of them leaves Marseilles and another Malta
every week, and they stay one nay at each of the inter-
mediate parts, giving the passengers an opportunity of see-
ing them, as well as insecting the classic shares of Italy,
and at the same time enjoying all the comforts and luxuries
which the best hotel can afford. The Capri and Vesuvio
are built of iron, by Ditchburn and Mare; they are 180 feet
long, 600 tons, and 220-horse power; the e..gmes, double-
cyiiader, are by Maudslsy and Field ; and the speed of these
vessels, 174 miles per hour, is beyond anything which had
hitherto been accomplished. The Vesuvio went from Fel
-mouth to Naples in seven days and IS hours, which is a less
time than the journey by land from Calais to Naples can be
performed; a passenger who went out with her remained
four days at Naples, one day at Marseilles. and was in Lon-
don on the twentieth day from his leaving Falmouth, which
WO believe unparalleled in the annals of travelling. These
yowls have sleeping accommodation for 180 passengers, and
am fitted up in the most elegant and commodious manner.
The saloon resembles a drawing-room more than a cabin on
ship-board; the panels arc of maple wood, and the mould-
ings arc all carved in mahogany ; the sofas are covered with
crimson-figured velvet • the other furniture is maple and
mahogany. This superbi apartment is used solely as a +rale d
manger. There are tee ladies' cabins, and a sleeping cabin
for gentlemen, fitted up in an equally elegant manner. Some
idea of the style in which these vessels are appainted may
be formed from knowing that each of them his five hundred
pounds' worth of plate. These vessels have been built
and fitted up under the superintendence of Mr. Virgil
Boni, the agent of the company, who superintended also
the Mongibello and Ercolano, and who his been engaged
in the Mediterranean Steam Navigation, since its introduc-

tion in 1825.
GIACOMO TOMMASINL—It is with regret that we
have to announce the death of this celebrated man, whose
loss is deplored by all men of science in Europe. Giacomo
Tommasini, the leader of the counter-irritants sys-
tem, died at Parma, on the 26th of November last, at the
age of sixty-eight 3 care. Apart from his medic-11
attainments, Tommasini acted a conspicuous part is the
administration of his country. When Parma fell to France
he was one of the twelve representatives of that capital,
and was latterly secretary-general of the prefecture of the
department of the Turo. At various times he was
delegated by his fellow-Citizens to treat on delicate
matters with Napoleon, and always succeeded to their
satisfaction. The Emperor wished hint to join the
corps-legislati f, when the fall of the empire rendered
him bark to his rcientific pursuits. In 1816, he was called
to till the chair of medical professor at Bologna, where he
remained fourteen years. On his return to Puma, Marie
Louise named him her private physician, and placed him at
the head of the sciences in the grand-duchy. Tommasini
attended Queen Caroline, and gave his evidence at her ts-i.. 1
before the Court of Peers. He was received with great
honours in England, especially at Oxford. His works have
been translated into most of the modern languages. A few
months previous to his death, he published a work on in-
termittent fevers, which attracted, and still attracts, great
attention in England. He was attended to his grave by all
the notabilities of Parma, and his coffin was born by the
students of the university.
GERMANY.—The consequences attending the act
of the incorporation of Cracow begin to cause great anxiety
to the secondary states of Germany. The rept esentativc of
Saxony will, it is said, at the coming session of the German
Diet, which meets in January, bring forward the question of
the incorporation. The King of Saxony is far from being
satisfied with this violation of the treaties of 1515, as he fears
that Prussia may, at some fusure day, feel inclined to seize
his dominions, which are guaranteed to him by the same
treaties. The other reigning houses of Germany will pro-
bably side with the King of Saxony.
The German journals contain daily long articles on
the incorporation of Cracow, but their comments, written in
a German spirit, contain no new fact, and are devoid of into.
rest to the English reader. We quote the following
from a long article in the Aug:Juni Gazette of
the 15th, headed " From the Rhine :" "The first
anger of the French journals, excited by the incor-
poration of Cracow, has gone off in smoke ; but it must not
be supposed, that the event is forgotten. It is natural
1 enough that the French and English were vexed at the tam
things had taken, without their ce-operation ; but how can
we explain the painful feeling which has manifested itself in
Germany on the act of incorporation ? This act cannot be
compared to the full of Warsaw. A nation fell with War-
saw, whilst the fall of Cracow is but a shadow of a state,
from the very onset incapable of asserting its independence;
passing away from the mass. More ridiculous still would it
be to compare the incorporation of Cracow to the par-
tition of Poland. Cracow has not such claims on pub-
lic feeling in Germany. Or is it the form in which the
suppression has taken place that has hurt the maternal
feeling ? This is a delicate point. Nevertheless, we can-
not conceive why the measure excited such discontent
in Germany, for the treaties of Vienna had often been
violated in vital points to the detriment of Germany with-
out the latter having ever remarked it. Certain personages
have eve% expressed their satisfaction that the German
powers had taken a bold political step without paying atten-
tion to the will of France or of England. But it is known
that in this circumstance Prussia and Austria ceded to neces-
sity. rather than acted spontaneously. Austria had the
choice of taking Cracow herself, or leaving it to Russia.
Austria has raised herself a host of enemies by the incorpo-
ration of Cracow. The commerce of Silesia will suffer
gnatly. The responsibility of the act will fall on Au-tria
and Prussia, Russia has nothing to fear as long as Austria
and Prussia stand between her -and the other powers ; the
serious point in this affair is, that Germany was made to bow
to a foreign policy."
A letter front Cracow, dated the 4th, says, that
although tranquillity prevails, collisions have taken place
between the citizens and the military, and the severe mea-
earn taken by the governor have alone prevented serious
disturbances. No one comes to Cracow for pleasure or cu-
riosity, but only if obliged to do so from urgent business, as
the annoyances strangers are subjected to are extreme. Woe
to the man whose passport is not in order. It is said that
the letters are opened at the post-otiice. Our commerce with
Prussia is brisk notwithstanding the severity. manifested.
Th • commerce with Russia has been decreasing since the
incorporation. The garrison at Podgorge is to be reinforced
as some movement among the nobles is feared, and the
peasants are far from tranquil. A letter of the 12th says
we hare now been ir.corporated a month with Galicia, s s I
yet we are as if scparated from that unfortunate cauntryi I
a wall of bronze. The nobles of Galicia who wish to proem
to Cracow have all sorts of annoyances to suffer regarding
their passports, &c.
A letter from Hamburg says that the senate of
that city has prohibited the booksellers from selling or pub-
fishing any work hostile to Austria, especially the works of
M. Chuselka, which severely criticise the Austrian govern-
ment, and this under the penalty of a fine of 20 rix-dollars.
This measure was taken at the request of Baron Pretis,
Austrian Consul-General at Hamburg, who notified that if
his request was not complied with, he should leave the city,
as was done same time previously by the Austrian residing
minister at Hamburg, Baron Rarsersfeld, who, it may be
raid en pa3sane, has not hem replaced. Baron Pretis at the
same time demanded the expulsion of 14. Chuselka front the
territory of Hamburg, as also that of M. Rouge, who has
formed a German Catholic Satiety at Hamburg. But this
socond demand was rejected in the senate by a large
mai .city.
SUICIDE OF M. F. SCTIILLER, OF BRESI.At.7.—We
mentioned a few days since that M. Schirer, of Breslau, had
stopped his payments, leaving a deficit to the amount of
SOO,OOO dollars. A few days since, a well-dressed gentleman
entered one of the warm bath establishments at Dresden.
As he remained an uunsual length of time• the door was
opened, and he was found to have opened the veins in his
arms and legs. He was immediately transported to the hos-
pital, but no hopes are entertained of his recovery. He has