The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-14 00:00:00

his letter, with the documents, to the chancellor on
Sunday, and they were laid before the court of Mon-
day. A report of these proceedings will be found in
another column.

Letters of the 29th alt., received from Rome by Le
&irk, corroborate the report of the intended abdica-
tion of the Pope, of the same date, which we quoted
yesterday from the Augsburg Gazette. Nevertheless,
the journals of Rome to the 3rd inst., which we have
received today, and other advice* of the same date,
contain not. which affords countenance to such a
report. Aing to the correspondent of the Siecle,
the Pope had already conferred with his brother,
Count Mutai, on the contemplated measure. Ac-
cording to the advice* of the 3rd, nothing of the kind
had transpired. The sentiments of the public were
manifested in a very significant manner on the subject
of the Jesuits, and other retro-active influences, on
several recent occasions. On the festival of St. Louis
1 de Gonzague, his holiness was received with the
utmost pomp by the reverend fathers. As he passed
to and from the church, the holy father was greeted
with cries of " Viva Pio' mono sole" and billets of
paper were flung into his carriage, bearing the
inscription : " Holy father ; have confidence in your
people, who love you sincerely, and distrust those by
whom you are surrounded." It will be remembered
that Clement XIV., according to common repute, was
poisoned by the jesuits. The portrait of this pontiff
was distributed gratis among the people, on the steps
of the church of the jesuits, on the occasion just
adverted to. This portrait is now in the hands of
every one at Rome. The insinuation of the public is
1 not to be misunderstood.

On the day of the festival of Peter and Paul a
grand dinner was given to the members of the sacred
college at the Austrian embassy. The populace,
judging that this was a meeting convened for
purposes hostile to reform, and to intimidate the
pontiff, assembled, in large numbers, in front
of the hotel, and made a register of the
names of the guests who were present on
the occasion. It seemed certain that some violence
would ensue, aad that the persons thus suspected
were not safe, when a man of the people, Ciceronachia,
by great courage and presence of mind interfered, and
showed the populace that the meeting was merely a
convivial one, having no political object; and thus re-
stored order. It is said that this event has spread a
wholesome terror among the cardinals, who, it ap-
pears, formed no estimate of the serious effects which
might attend the exasperation of a disappointed
People.
Cardinal Lambruschini leR Rome the same night,
and the place of his destination did not transpire.
The publication of the ordonnanoes for the forma-
tion of a national guard, the reform of the munici-
palities, the convocation of the delegates, the con-
e truction of railways, and other measures of progression
and reform, was expected on the 3rd inst., and all was
fien tranquil.

MADRID, JULY 7.

The competition for the Exchequer Bills repre-
senting 100 =Siena of reels, created by decree, will come off
in the Finance-office on July 16. The bidders will have to
deposit beforehand sir millions of real, in Three per Cent.
bonds, or two millions in effective money. The highest offer
will be taken without further test. But the houue of Smith
and Co., having already entered into negotiations with the
government, will, cateris paribus, have the preference.
Mears. Smith and Co. offer' to take the huh at 071
per cent. The payments will be made in bills at three
months' date.

The way in which this transaction has been conducted is
not very creditable to the government. A near date has
been fixcd for patting these bills up to auction, as if pur-
posely to exclude competition. The decree, the notification
of the government's conditional admission of an offer already
made, and the form of that offer, which is proposed as a
model to the other candidates, are all published in the same
Gazette.

From the known connection of the house with the govern-
ment, the competition is a farce, ten days notice not giving
time to native capitalists, much less foreign, to come forward.
The proceeding is as undignified uit is unfair. And, lastly,
the bargain is bul, at lout for the nation. The contractor
gets five per oent. ; the Exchequer Bills bear nine per cent.
per annum interest; and the bills of the loan will have to be
diacounted at a loss of two per cent. Therefore the government
will have to pay for this anticipation of the public revenue
16 per cent. interest! When one remembers that the budget
voted by the Corte expired on the 30th of Jane, and that
the government is not legally authorised to collect the taxes
after that date, it is no wonder that an anticipation of a
tenth part of the whole revenue for the coming year, realised
upon such exorbitant terms, should excite very general dis-
content. The Clamor state*, with mush confidence, that
General Serrano has been called upon to form a ministry.
The identity of the title of Marquis of Douro bestowed on
General Concha, with that of the duke's son, has been
noted by the Espanol, and disapproved of, as likely to be
the source of mistakes.
. . . . .

The band of insurgents that have been harassing the dis-
trict of Toledo for some time put were overtaken by Col.
Jose Santiago, at the head of the Bailen Chasseurs, on the
3rd, and completely routed. AU their hones remained in
the hands of the troop., and most of their arms. Two were
killed (the Cabecilla being one), rnd three wounded dan-
gerously. The left bank of the Tagus is now considered to
be cleared of these outlaws. The band of the Student has
suffered a second defeat, at the hands of Policia% who
attacked him on his retreat to the Sierra, killing two of his
followers and taking two prisoners and seven hones.
The five-franc pieces are entirely disappearing from circu-
lation ; and the most respectablebanks, in their cash pay-
ments, resort to the small, worn pesetas. Meantime a fearful
run is making on all the banks. The Three per Cents. are
down at 27, and paper of all sorts is a drug that cannot be
got off hands.

TRIAL OF GENERAL CUBIERES, M. TESTE,
AND M. PARMENTIER.

COURT or PEERS, JOLT 12.—At the opening of
the court the chancellor announced that he had received a
letter from Make. Pellapra, containing one from her hus-
band, and several documents. MO3O. Pellapra, in writing to
the chancellor, said she obeyed an imperious duty. M.
Pellapra fled in order to avoid the necessity of performing the
part of an accuser. But this effort has been useless, and Its
wife can no longer be cleat. M. PeUapra, in his letter,
declares that be has never done anything that could make an
honest man blush. He resisted for a long time, and exposed
himself to suspicions of every kind, rather than cause the
destruction of M. Teen. But he cannot allow the honour
of his name and the property of his wife and children to
suffer, and he has therefore furnished Mine. Pellapra with the
documents which contain his 'unification. These documents
were read in nun, the most important being five notes from
M. Testa to 38. Pellapra, which M. Teen admits having
written. These notes show the zeal with which the minister
entered into the interests of the company of Gonhenans.
The two last were written in ISO, and only speak
of a rendezvous between the minister and M. Pet.
lams. Amongst these notes, however, is the original of
the celebrated one of the 24th of June, written by the patron
to M. Pellapra, and informing him of the rooms of the
affair. To the letter of Mine. Pellapra were added two do-
cuments in Pellepra's hand,writing, one of which proves a
money trawaction to the profit of M. Tote.
General Cubidres, after hearing this, Mal protested his in-
nooenee. He said he believed in the het of corruption ; be
did not consider M. Pellapra as a swindler, but he had had
no personal communication on this matter with M. Testa.
Several witnenes were then examined, the first being a
M. Roquebert, notary of M. Pellapra, who deposed
as to documents, the oopy of which had been entrusted
to him ; and as to the regulation of the accounts be-
tween M. Pellapra and General Cubares, in 1844. In
that year, he adds, Mr. Pellapra lad dechind to him
that m order to have done with the general, be had
made the sacrifice of one third of the sum due to him,
which ensonnted to between 37,000 and 38,000 flaws. In
answer to questions from M. Detente, the yawn stated
that he knew M. Paws had relations with M. Tone.
M. Pellepra had told him, in 1844, that be had given to
M. Taste 100,000 franca. The testimony of the other
witnesses was unimportant.

trbe Court.
Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a
meeting of the Commission for Promoting the Pine Arts, in
the rebuilding the Palace of Weetminster. The Commis
sionen present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of
Lincoln, Lord Colborne, Viscount Mahon, the Right Hon.
t►e Speaker, and Sir Robert H. Inglis. The Secretary, Mr.
Eastlake, was in attendance.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the per-
krinssee at her Majesty's Theatre yesterday evening with
their presence.
The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe has succeeded
the Countess of Desert as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen.
The Earl of Morley has succeeded the Earl of Dude as the
Lord in Waiting to her Majesty. And Mr. R. Orm►by
Gore has succeeded Sir Edward Bowater as the Groom in
Waiting to the Queen.
Sir Warn C. Ross, R.A., had the honour of
taking the last sitting yesterday for a likeness of the Princess
Alice, painted by command of the Queen.

A deputation from the Great Western Railway,
consisting of Lord Barrington, Captain Malay, Mr. Alfred
Fowler, Mr. Henry Cook, Mr. J. Roberts, Mr. H. Darvill,
and Mr. W. 0. Henry, had an interview with Viscount
Morpeth yesterday, at the ales el her Majesty's Commis-
sioners of Woods end Forests, in Whitehall-plea. Mr.
D. 0. Reilly, Attorney-General of Jamaica, kad en inter-
view with Earl Gay yesterday, at the Colonial-oda.
(From last night's Owens.)
WAR-OFFICE, Jetv 13.
3rd Dna. Ode —R. C. Bourne to be analst..-eurp., Tied Mapleton,
prom. to 40th P.
9th It DlSlM—Lieut the llon. C. Powys to be mat, by per.
eke Welshes, prow. ; Cornet it. W. King to be heat, by pm.; IL A.
Peril to be coast, by par.