The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-28 00:00:00

ITALY AND ROME.

The Nord of yesterday says ;—" Signor Vegezzi
had a farewell audience of the Pope on Friday.
Does that audience put an end, for the moment to
the negotiations, or has the interview between the
Holy Father and Victor Emmanuel's envoy supplied
fresh starting points for their continuation ? We
do not know. It is certain, however, that we have
not yet received news of the departure of Signor
Vegerri from Rome. The correspondents of the
Debuts and the Temps do not yet believe in thefailure
of the negotiations, sad the Monde publishes in'
its last number an eulogium of Signor Vegezzi,
which in the columns of the ultramontane organ
appears to us significant as a symptom of the
desire of the Court of Rome for reconciliation with
the Kingdom of Italy."
The Florence correspondent of the A certif.
National, writing on the 24th, says :—" Public
opinion is more and more opposed to all under-
, standing with Rome ; an important fraction of the
moderate party distinctly declares itself in this
sense ; the liazione, the organ of Ricaaoli and his
friends, uses language which differs only in its
form from that of the Diritto, and meetings follow
each other almost daily. There will be one this
very evening at the Goldoni theatre."
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It is understood that the personal property
of the late Mr. Richard Thornton, of Lloyd% amounts I
on a rough estimate to 3,000,0001., of which he has
rpecificelly bequeathed nearly 2,000,000/., his nephews,
Mr. Thomas Thornton arid Mr. Richard Thornton West,
being residaity legatees. Mr. Thomas Thornton is
likewise to inherit the real estate. A liberal pro-
vision has been made for clerks aed servants, sod •
total of 90,0001. has hest willed to be distributed among
all the principal Loodon charities in amounts of 2,oool.eacb,
with the exception of Christ's Hospital, which is to have
15,0001. The sum of 10,0001. has also been left in trust for
the schools at Martoe, in Surrey, mid 10,0001. for them
at Burton, in Yorkshire, Mr. Thornton's birthplace.
There is likewise a tryst bequest of 1,0001. to the poor of the
former place, and of 500/. to those of the latter. The pro-
perty comprises very large mouths of various foreign
Mocks. The executors are Mr. Thomas Thornton, Mr.
Richard Thornton West, Mr. Pafford, and Mr. Lee. On
the 13th of September next, Mr. Thornton, hid he lived,
would have entered his 90th year.
On Monday the Marchioness of Ely appeared as
a petitioner in the Coast of Cheery, Dahlia. Thebtain MINI
for the petitioner was that in 1864, being anxious to o
palomino, on the part of her sou, still a minor, of Use leads
immediately adjoining the Ely demesne, she entered into an
agreement with the respondent, John Wilkie, to give a
lease for ever of the lead in questioa. Au menses coadition
was that the marchionsm was to be at liberty to pall down
the dwelling home and other houses on the lands. An ab. I
Mimi of title was famished by tke respondeat in accord- I
awe with the egiveasset, but eventaelly it was diseovered
that there was an outstanding lease for ever of the dwell-
lag house and 27 same of the lands which bad hest made by
Jos Wilkie to his brother James, and that the leaps
to the mirehipaess should be made subject to this loam.
The petitioner rejected this proposal as being in frastratioe
of the teems of the agreement, and presented the petition
sow before the court. The Lord Chancellor granted a
decree for specific performance as to the prenneas in the
possession of John Wilkio, and referred the other matters
to the Master for inquiry.
PRI/MING FOUNTAIN STATISIICS.—The following
is the number of persons who dank at the fountain erected
by the Melted Kingdom Temperance and Genre! Pr
deal histitatios, on Leedembridge, from 7 (Moak is the
morsieg of Jae 14, to 7 o'clock is the shorting of the 15th
lath r—Seessa to eight o'olock, 130; eight to aim o'clock,
130 ; nine to tat o'clock, 130 ; ten to eleven o'clock, 165 ;
eleven to twelve o'clock, 220 ; twelve to me o'clock. 240 ;
ate to tee Ala*, 235 ; Me to three dalath, 1751 Ulm
to four *Week, 280 ; fear to Ave o'clock, 940 ; live to six
o'clock, 205 ; six to seven ("dock, 183 ; elven to eight
o'clock, 150 ; eight to aim o'clock, 170 ; nice to ten o'clock,
130 ; tents eleven o'clock. 165 ; eleven to twelve clelook,
43 ; twelve to etc dale*, 17 ; owe to two ("cloth, 12 ;
two to three o'clock, 7 ; tine I. four echo*,
9 ; four to
Ave ("clock, 32 ; Ave to din o'clock, 48 ; eii to saves o.4aitk,
60—total, 3,176.