The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-27 00:00:00

scandal and outrage. The nature of the negotiation
has been entirely misrepresented. The Queen's desire
has been from the beginning of the dissensions,
which followed upon this forced marriage, for a
divorce. But that measure did not snit the game of
Louis Philippe, and was, for reasons best known to
themselves, entirely scouted by the moderados.
I'acheco, a vacillating man, and at the head of a
government that had no party whatever in the coun-
try, and therefore lay at the mercy of the moderado
majority, neither dared nor was able to carry such a
measure. A thorough progresista ministry was the
only one that could have undertaken such a task
with any chance of success. Meantime, some of his
colleagues were doubtless interested in keeping
matters as they were. A portion of these were play-
ing into the hands of the French, and the others
were creatures of the favourite. When public opinion
challenged them, in avoice too loud to be trifled with,
to settle the palace question, the only settlement
which Pacheso could lean to was reconciliation. It
required great efforts and obstinate importunity to
bring the Queen to admit this solution of the situation.
However, she did yield at last, upon being told there
was no other possible—that the nation desired it with
their whole souls: and when Senor Benavides
brought such a flourishing account of his success in
his first negotiation with the King—that he was
anxious to throw himself at the feet of his royal wife,
and to be reunited to her without making any condi-
tions whatever, the Queen was moved to take the
preliminary step of coming to Madrid. The rest is
known. But what a cruel and humiliating position
has been assigned to the sovereign in all this trans-
action! She plays the part of one duped into a series
of concessions quite foreign to her character, to re-
ceive at the end in compensation of these sacrifices a
gross and unpardonable outrage.
The Clamor denounces the existence of a moderado
plot. Many agents, it says, have been sent to seduce
the army in favour of some ambitious min. They are
also to excite the minds of such people whose political
passions arc easily worked upon, with false demon-
strations of patriotism, provoking subversive cries and
alarming rumours, which may be construed into re-
volutionary symptoms, giving colour to a pretended
necessity for French intervention. I am assured, by
a high authority, that there is no doubt of the truth
of all this. The Queen appeared at the opera last
night, attended only by Count Santa-Colonna. The
ministers were all there in their separate boxes. The
Threes have fallen to 26.

ROME, Aro. 19.
It was a ludicrous sight to behold the crowd cla-
morous outside the office of the old Dlirio R4»nano
yesterday, the last place in Rome one would seek for
news of any kind, yet there they were in hundreds,
struggling for copies of that ancient paper, much to
the alarm of the venerable publisher, who had always
before plenty of room tor his customers.
" Qu' on rst awls i l' oleo aux sermons de Cotin C'
Official accounts from Ferrara were expected, in town,
and a vigorous " protest " of the bold legate Ciacchi
was the object of a general scramble. It must have
reached you by this time, but you can have no idea of
the exulting pride with which it was read at street
corners here to eager listeners who cannot read, but
know the drift of it right well.
Last evening the commotion in the various places
of public assembly was at its height, and the wrongs
of their countrymen, the Ferrarese, a theme of indig-
nant outpouring in the saloon of the palace, as in the
wine shop of the faccliini. It was known that the
youth of Bologna had proposed to advance on Fer-
rara, and, this morning, lists were opened for the en-
rolment of all who would volunteer to march in the
same direction. In three hours the state of the poll
at one booth (the Café Ruspoli) showed a muster of
3,000 citizens of every rank willing to quit their
homes to the rescue of their frontier town, or perish
in the doing. At this stage of the proceedings Car-
dinal Ferretti's carriage was announced, and in per-
son he came to entreat the committee to cease that
enrolment, for " strong in the dignity and justice of
the Pope's cause, he looked with scorn on the brutal
ferocity of his bullying adversaries, and would bide
the result." . . .

The mail from Perugia came in to-day, and brings
tidings of increased excitement in that industrious,
thriving, and impregnable outpost. The •' nationals"
were in full orgeminutloll, and a new feature in the
general enthusiasm is the attempt of the cowled
Capuchins to fall into the ranks and wield a firelock
for freedom. They have issued a proclamation, which
is a curiosity of its kind, and has not without diffi-
culty been copied by my man from a printed broadside
just affixed outside the Ruspoli. It is thronged with
men bent on its perusal :

MANIFESTO DEI CAPLIXINI.
Andre gli ordini reader( a AM we, ton, friars of Perugia.
Perugia eentono di mere side- feel that we are citieens, and
• e intendono hem 11 grave cognise the micron obligation to
debit,, the taro incombe dl erode aid the common eau, to the hest
U rneglin else possono alto parria of our ability. We lament that
commune. Che se a Toro non 4 we Mould he debarred from gird-
comesa eingere al nano, la daga, ing to oar bumble belt a blade,
e vestire it capo deli' elm, ecinno and changing our cowl Mr a het-
, the non 4 lore disdetto sabre met; but no power can prevent
all'Orebbo eomegere le braecia del us from taking our stand on
Gran Sacerdote, ore fame d'uopo Mount I torch, to hold up the en-
implorare ajuti del tido a titer- tended arm. of the high !iciest in
mink dei mid Amato ill she his prep r during the fight, while
maser° oontenckre la via al figli be implores help from the Lord ot
dladraeillo; rieordanoche preg- battles to emelt the modern AlM-
hiere generate e I crucified final- kkites who would oppose the on.
betel( dat Cappucini elk gran ward march or IsraeL We re.
glornata di Lepanto giovarono member no that the prayers and
a rink ludo la Musulmano fern- uplifted crucifixes of the Capu-
do, e non ignorano the il grand' chins, on board the fleet at Le-
merelto dei frail non fa di piocol panto, gave spirit to the men who
gloria al Paoli, e she a Lignano • there laid low Ottoman ferocity;
Genova Sider° molars e regoLare and we glory in the fact that Paoli,
non fu epettatere mica° in uelk in Can Ma, End an army of friars;
aegnalate vittorie ; aon Bride del and that in the victorks of Leg.
magnawmeo Pio non banana nano and Genoa, the clergy, EMl-
mono Portia e eoUocitl a salvors ter and regular, were nut mere
le belle contrade, eal inane del Idle spectators of the fight- Let
tamburro meaceranno U rintoero but a eurnmons go forth from the
ddle cumpane e conteranno in magnanimous Pio' and we shall
onore dells 'Mode mostrando st not chow le. alacrity in defence
mondo she fu ins eokune odun- of our beautiful land. The sound
rain U aospettargli poco amid di of the drum shall find echo in the
Pio e della Petrie. Die terra bold knelling of our belfrys, and
rosktazie roil zwe iuorno we will mingle in the antsem of
o victory, denouncing as • gross lie
nee per modrare the anoor ire. the rumour that we art not pat-
Kulari hanno cuore in petto, e the riots to the backbone. Clod will
patella per la gloria della fed', keep aloof the plague of war, we
della puma, di IM. ORO baste trust; bat we speak out thus to
it medico ulivo elo atringetei In show our sentiments about our
Santa Alliansa, ma perch 6 le country, our faith, and our Tin.
parole non ei mostrino merit' di To-day let the peaceful olive-
fatto, tittle le communnita reli- branch deck our hands, and a
giceic vogkono the dal loco denaro brotherly alliance unite us; but
sia proreduto in pane all' arrna- to show we are in earnest, we an-
mento della gloriosa guard* COD- sooner that our slender pittance
Mario the i Imo leali eenticaisti shall be forthcoming to arm and
pia ebb la teauc obblizione steno equip the glorious guard. Let It
rioevud some 0,601' Atm del be a pledge of our fraternisition
Toro boon votress, e del caldo aelo with the laity in our common
per l'ordine, c univertale tutela. strurgle for the general gaiety.
Meantime Pius, overwhelmed with the cares of his
new position, isolated, so to say, among the crowned
heads of Europe, has a heart and a confidence in the
God of justice, which nothing can daunt. He is fully
prepared for every emergency. Two days ago, in
conference with Dr. Wiseman, he spoke of beholding
in all likelihood his dominions soon bristling with
foreign bayonets; but " he derived courage and hope
for the ultimate result from the knowledge of a
British fleet being afloat under Napier." The citizens
scorn the notion of an Austrian force note crossing
the Appenines, now that the popular blood is up,
and the old Roman spirit evoked after the slumber of
centuries. Guerillas, more formidable than scourged
the armies of Napoleon out of the sierras, would an-
nihilate the whole Vandalry of Vienna. Bologna bids
fair to prove a second Saregotsa, should they advance
so far.
On Sunday last a grand review of natio/m/s took
place at half-past five In the morning outside the
Porta del Popolo, in the charming park of Villa Bur-
ghese. There was more hearty goodwill than pipe-
clay precision in their evolutions. The performance
was concluded by the announcement front the noble
proprietor of the grounds, that a 4160;ner for the
troops was laid out under the shade of a cypress
grove.
Here they did awful execution, and when
flasks of orrieto, numberless, had fallen " down
I among the dead men," the ladies were joined on the
lawn, and " dancing began." At eight they re-
entered the city in tine order.
Tradespeople have their fears that foreigners will
bti afraid to visit Rome this winter, apprehensive of
outbreak. There is great confidence in Morichini's
management of the Exchequer. This new official is
the author of a most intelligent and philosophic work
"On the Charitable Establishments and Public Insti-
tutions of oar City." I trust they have got a copy of
it at Somerset-house.

Grasselini, who had fled from Naples to his native
place, Palermo, has been mobbed there by his towns-
men, and is gone no one knows where. We have
waited in vain here for the coming of Lambruvehini,
who has pleaded various reasons in favour of the sea
coast. He may find all these dodges of no avail, and
of no ultimate benefit to his case.

➢ectiw vire, Licinl, neat* ahem
Seaver unread°, argue dom. ppeellas
C'outur horrescie roinstum ?mama°
Lifts asiyuune.
The framework for the fireworks to the Piazza del

Popolo has not yet been removed, and the people will
have it that this scaffolding is kept standing to form
a gibbet for those who shall be convicted, and are
thus deservedly to be " hoist by their own petard"
on the scene of their contemplated massacre. The
Tallade newspaper, in giving the list of new repre-
sentatives, prints the name of Simonetti, and some
other deputies, tainted with Gregorianism, in italics,
thus evading the laws of censorship, which are power-
less against a typographical inuendo. The sympathy
of our neighbours in the Florentine territory may be
understood from their having, without any concert
with the officiating clergy of the cathedral, wound
up the Sunday service by an extemporaneous "Te
Deum" of thanksgiving for Rome's deliverance; and
last week one of our horsemen of the guartbn mobile
having been sent there to purchase a white Arab mule
for the Pope's ceremonial riding, the lucky animal was
escorted from village to village amid the affectionate
blessings of the whole population to our frontier.
Dr. iViscman's chance of a cardinal's hat has not
been improved by his visit to Rome. His object and
that of Dr. Sharpies turns out to have been the promo-
tion of a scheme, exposed in my letter of April 15, for
transferring the whole temporalities and trusts of the
British Roman catholic body into the sole and irre.
sponsible hands of the " vicars.' This project has sig-
nally failed, and mainly because such a host of letters
came from England to Propaganda in denunciation of
the measure that its unpopularity and injustice were
demonstrated. It was hoped that by doing the
thing silently no opposition would be raised, but there
is such a thing as an intrepid press even in defence of
Roman catholic interests. For the present the
Pope seems inclined to allow the hat of the
late kind and worthy Acton to remain empty
—indeed it never was very full—and the defunct
pontiff knew the capacity of his eminence when he
placed him in an appropriate function, at the head of
the relic department. There is an old Scotch ditty
applicable out of the land o' cakes
it woo na the hat, but the head that waa in It,
Made a' body talk of Rob Itorpon's !menet.
Wiseman has brought an Irish row about his ears,
by a document similar to your Bishop Blomfield's
letter against allowing Hibernian parsons to officiate
in the London diocese. He has placed in the
hands of Propaganda a paper in which he describes
the education of the Irish priests as totally
deficient in the accomplishments suited to the
clerical character in England, however fitted they
may be for the half-savage people they were bred
among. They are good enough he says "pro
agreetibus et sylcestribus." I need not tell you how
violent is the clamour about this topic on the part of
those who represent Ireland in Rome, but Wiseman's
opinion would derive much corroboration from the
sayings and doings of a coarse and ignorant fanatic
here---one Kirby, of Waterford.
The rumour here is that a personage will be
shortly despatched to England in the capacity of
" Apostolic Visitor," to inquire into and arrange
church squabbles. On Tuesday, the Pope paid a
private visit to the Rev. Mr. Newman and his asso-
ciates, in their collegiate church of Santa Croce, near
the Lateran.

LISBON, Auo. 19.
An event of painful interest must take precedence
of the usual items of correspondence, and its announcement
in England will, to one English home at least, be fraught
with sadness. On the nigh; of the 11th inst., one of those
terrible fires, of so frequent occurrence in Lisbon, broke out
in the street of Bona Vista, and from the narrowness of the
streets and the density of population in that quarter, threat.
ened a devastation of more than ordinary severity. The
boats front our squadron were manned, and a strong force of
sailors were quickly on the spot to aid the authorities in
their endeavours to check the progress of the fire. Amongst
the officers so assisting, and who particularly distinguished
himself by the most daring efforts, was a fine youth not 17
years of age, of the name of Wilson, a midshipman from
the Jackal, who with a sailor remained for some time on the
first floor of one of the burning houses after all others had re-
tired, endeavouring to save the furniture of a poor family;
he was called to earnestly to come down ; but, with that
generous recklessness so characteristic of his profession and
his class, he disregarded all warnings, when, sad to relate,
the whole mass of the building fell suddenly inwards, end
the poor youth was seen no more. The sailor, much burnt
and injured, was extricated, and now lies in a dangerous
state. The day after, the body of poor Wilson was found,
and it would appear that he must have been struck by a
falling beam, and that death was instantaneous. His re-
mains were conveyed on board the Phamix, and next day
brought on chore and interred in the beautiful English
cemetery at Bona Vista. As the body left the vessel the
flags of the squadron, as well as of the French and Spanish
vessels in the Tagus, were lowered, and, after some little
hesitation the Portuguese commodore reluctantly . paid a
similar compliment. The funeral was most impressive, and
attended by a vast concourse of individuals of the highest
respectability, anxious to testify their sympathy at the me-
lancholy event. There were present, Admiral Sir William
Parker, and the superior officers of the British squadron, Sir
George Seymour, the English minister, the officers of the
French and Spanish vessels of war, besides a great portion of
the English mercantile residents of the city, but not one
l'ortuguese. The Viscount de Campanhaa, en equi rry of
the Queen's husband, endeavoured to prevail on the Prince,
and, equally upon her majesty, to order some one of the
royal household to attend the funeral, but neither Donna
Maria nor the Prince could bo prevailed upon to adopt an
act of common courtesy.
I now return to politics : About the time of closing the
last mail, the three ministers addressed a string. nt note to
the Queen's government, demanding the fulfilment of the
4th article of the protocol, the naming a new ministry; after
a couple of days' deliberation a reply was sent in, marked
by all the special pleading of trickery and all the evasions of
meanness. The government assumed, in the first place, that
the existing Tojal ministry was in fact a compliance with the
protocol, inasmuch as it was one formed after the events im-
mediately succeeding the conspiracy of Oct. 6 ; and secondly,
that if it were not, the country was beginning to calm down,
and that consequently it would be a pity to disturb the
existing state of things. But the foreign ministirs returned
to the charge, and in a manner which mould no longer ad-
mit of misapprehension, ins second note reiterating their
demands, they declared positively that without imwediste
compliance they would take down their arms and demand
their passports. Consequent upon this all has been confu-
sion at the palace, and the Queen has severally called upon
Jose Silva Camillo, upon Rodrigo du Fonseca Maghalaes,
and upon the Viscount of Lavradio, for the purpose of
forming a new administration, all of whom refused to make
the attempt, it being a positive stipulation on their part that
the Cabrslist battalions, composed of public employes and of
persona selected for their extreme opinions, should fiat be
disbanded and disarmed, and the country confided to the
regular troops of the line. This the Queen has positively
refused to do; consequently, no minister would be hardy
or foolish enough to peril his life by attempting to govern in
a constkutional spirit while the court and the Cabrals
would, by the retention of this assassin force, have
the power, at any hour of the night, to enact new revo-
lutions, new scenes of the 6th October. In the meanwhile
the present ministers have resigned, and only bold the seals
1 of office until their successors are appointed. The last official
act of these men is a meat appropriate close to a career of in-
famy and of peculation unparalleled. Out of the " monster
loan" they had raised, which I mentioned in my last, they
reserved sufficient to cover, and paid themselves, their official
salaries to the last hour. Surely we may say, " the force of
meanness could no further go."
It is since stated that the Queen, a little alarmed at the
' slate of things, has attempted a compromise with M. Rod-
' rigo ; and the following Raiff names was handed about the
clubs yesterday, as those of colleagues who, if the Queen
can be brought to terms, will probably, take office ;—Foreign
Office, Count Lanvin); War, Colonel Padua ; Marine, Lope'
Branco; while M. Rodrigo assumes the post of President of
the Council and ad interim of the Home Department.
Finance and Justice for the moment vacant—no inapt type
of the present position of Portugal; finance with nothing to
' administer, and justice only a dream,
A proclamation in the Royal Gazette summons the
Cortes of the kingdom to meet in January next, while the
elections are to take place in November. In the latter, few
persons place confidence, for as the decree states that every
recipient of the public money to the amount of 100 dole.
annually (about 20 guineas), whether the party be pensionist
or in active govenisnent employ, is eligible to vote, theism*
of greedy Cabralista will thus form a formidable body at the
pulling booths, particularly in the capital. A rupture, how-
ever, in the Court camp is confidently spoken of—a complete
Peochum and Loqtitt affair. Saldanha, a little dis
turbed at not being quite the lion he anticipated after
his brilliant Oporto campaign, has turned round upon
, the Cahrals, and is seeking to establish a little party
of his own, an unimportant matter in itself, were it not
that in the bitter squabble for places and the triunity
[ dollars, the inevitable breach between the friends may be
made available by the popular party. The accounts trom
, the provinces are of the most wretched character, 3411.160/1.
tiona in broad day, and in face of and connived at by the
authorities, of all who belonged to the Tarty of Creto• The
, details arc sickening and horrifying, and if you were to have
• you would reject the Ryer as an invention, an utter impos-
, furni;n44. 1-2.. a verbatim list of these murders and outrages,
1 sibility. In Algarve there se:ecely remains a decent pro-
prietor ; all have fled into Spain, or to the mountains. floe
' battalion of Algarve, driven by the three ministers front this
city for its atrocities, has been literally decimating the Rolm.
lation, and in some instances actually sacking the little
towns. The liberal party in the capital arc using their en•
deavoute to be prepared for the struggle at the elec-
toral urn. The central committee musters strong, not
alone in numbers, but in name. The president ta
the Marquis of Loule, the husband of the Infanta
Donna Anna, upon whose young son all eyes are bent
as the future King of Portugal. The Judge Otto-
lini, an ex-minister ; M. Caldeira ; H. Sampayo, the editor
. of the Rerolucoo; and Don Jose de Leneastre, are also on
the committee.
To write about commercial intelligence is impossible ; for
some time, at least, to come, the usual news of "nothing
doing " may be stereotyped for your columns. Every thing
is at a stand still, Portuguese bank notes are even at a
greater depreciation, the siloeda note 4,800 is now quoted at -