The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-21 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

SPAIN.
SALE OF THE ROYAL PATRIMONY.

MADRID, YU. 20._

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In the Congress to-day Ilarshal Narvass read a
bill, drawn up at the inatanoeof the Queen, whereby
the immense property formingthe royal patrimony,
with the exception of the royal residences and the
estates entailed upon the crown of Spain, are
offered for sale for the benefit of the nation.

Seventy-five per cent, of the proceeds will go to
the Public Treasury, and 25 per cent. to the Royal
Treasury.
The purchase money of these estates will be
payable in four instalments•
The bill was received with indescribable enthu-
siasm, and the Chamber unanimously agreed to a
proposal for an address expressive of gratitude to
the Queen. A committee was formed to draw up
the address immediately. _ .

The sale is estimated to produce 600 millions of
reels.

It is said that Senor Alejandro Castro has already
been appointed Minister of Finance.
MADRID, Faa. 20, Evstrilw.

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The whole Chamber aocoinpauied the Committee
to the Palace to present the address to the Queen,
expressing the gratitude of the country for the pro-
posed sale of the royal property.
They were received by the Queen at 6 p.m. to-
day. Her Majesty said, " That as she considered
herself the mother of the Spanish people, she wished
to be the first to sacrifice herself for their interests."

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, Fn. 2D.
ache A ligemeine Zeitung of to-day

The N(

says :—" After the resolutions passed by the com-
mittee of the Lower Balsa there is no prospect that
the majority will seek for the means of withdrawing
from the state of affairs, created in 1862 by the re-
presentatives of the country, by an endeavour to
come to an understanding with the government.
The present position of the government, without
a budget. voted by the Diet, will probably continue
for some time. The government can wait, despite
the attitude of the opposition:"

Tics FIANCE of biltim)o.—The Moats of yester-
day says :—" The official journal publisher despatches from
Mexico, while acquaint us with the state of the military
operations in that country. Marshal Bassin had proposed
to invest Gijon, and it appears that that undertaking has
mooted extraordinary difficulties, which our troops ear.
moulted with their customary energy and devotion. Thus
to approach the plans a road bad to be opened not less than
400 kilometres (230 miles) Leg. The inhabitants gave
eager anstanes to our soldiers. We conbt not that slur
sees will crown our effort. ; it will be remarked, however,
in reading these despatches that the end of our military
operations dose not appear so near se was generally hoped."
Tics TaLsossra tic BELolutt. The Brussels
corropoodeat of the Anti? National says :—" Oa iced
after the 20th of this month the use of a mast cypher will
be authorised is private telegraphic oconnounations
throughout the country. The overtone made by,the govern-
meat to extend this innovation with intonationi relation
were pot responded to either in Fresco or Germany"
CANADA.—The Alien Act has passed both houses
of the Oseadtan Legislature, and was to nog.* the royal
assent on the 6th. N. B. Davis, Barnett Young's
messa-
pr to Richmond, had been caught in Ohio, and sentenced
to be bused. He was the keeper of the military print at
McMinnville, in Georgia. where en many thoumnd Hattie
soldiers were confined. A telegram from Montreal, of the
4th, ends thus :—" Owing to frieudlinees with the States
the value of city property hu iscreased, thee!, to the
prompt calm of goverumeet."
A monument to the memory of Ls Farina,
weaned by the National Society, wee inaugurated in the
cemetery at Turin as the 16th inst. It omens of a Web+
marble edam% co which le pined the following inserip-
ties :—" Te Joseph La Farina, born in Messina as the 10th
July, 1811; died in Turin on the sth September. 1863.°
The Dirato says : " Mrs. Elliot, one of the most devoted
somber, el the female committee of the National Society,
reed a belie address, oonsieiog a life of the illesteleas
dissarad."
Corpse Boom( fir Armoire or Foor.—The
/owes el February 4th amnia. a further analysis exposing
the practise el colouring or greening with salts el
Copp
varies& violable wabstaaess wed as articles of food.r;'C
it appears, east altogether extant, for the public,
C awes,
11111014 WOW taw " poem "re the pore. The list of
names and repeat *bold be seed r it is well to know what
be set and what to avoid, asel the public could easily pre-
fect thoeselves in the matter. We believe, if the truth
nal be homy amid be fond that the public sae
aim be Ws= for adulterations than the suppliers, as they
tiregeselly insist span having that which is pleasing to the
en ottboat the slightest raped to its wbolierasaise ; it
is, bonne, istkilactory to lad that some at the most im-
putes. manalleetertei Gems decline to give way to the
dentord, and netwlthunding the proms brought
:stittrzn them, sheancesely refuse Soaped, bay bat
pen o

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Dasauer Btosessanum—Xsok surprise we maid-
tested yesterday that the clerk of the come hidlo.ll,ll PO
mesas to applies the public of the postpeamisent er this
mestiag. On our us=tree:hbse the wend he feud
that there wee ao pro 'Wm" al the events Wag
run off, owl's to the severe aid, ntereover, that very
few bones had anived for their engsgenseets About a
hundred posses thus visited Datchet en a trattlem errand,
'bee it wee coolly ensconced to than that the meeting was
postponed acid the 10th sad 11th of War* the two days
ausesediag Liverpool. We think that such "ptwaseney"
speculation might be abandoned with considerable 'dram-
two to the pabffe intents.