The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-10 00:00:00

of Tras-os-Montes, near Braga, and whichZi,
the direction of Montealegre. A party of tbs
of Chaves has marched against these pent
repulsed them with slight loss. It is said
forces are in march against them. Theis
announce their intention not to proclaim Dij
but Donna Maria da Gloria, with the govehi
Don Juan VI. Bands of robbers are formja
quarters, and anarchy reigns throughout
Montag, if not in many other parts."

ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 29.—1 have only
nounee by this opportunity the return of the Vsi
Constantinople—he arrived on the 21th instant,
same steamer av that in which he left, Led
nied 4:y Homed Bey, who came here as En,'
part of the Sultan. The whole of the town on this ocel
illuminated in a very superior manner—the houses oil
merchants in particular were lighted up a ith very I
and at a considerable outlay. The illumination
for three nights, the 24th, With, and 26th, me
to have afforded the old Pasha a good deal of plate
went out in his carriage on the two tint est..*
Highness left for Cairo on the morning of the 2
Hamed Bey, and will not return again to Alessa
this season, unless he find the heats of Cairo still to
ave for him.

ITALY.—THE PAPAL A3INEST
writes from Rome, 25th ult., in the Augsburg Gi
" Deputations are daily arriving from different pai
Roman states, with addresses of thanks to th pop
amnesty. The Bolognese have addressed a leap
Romans thanking them for their sympathy on this,
Copies of this letter, finely written on parchment h
distributed to the highest members of the clergy, th
Princes, and several sawn, and artists. Racal it
to compose the music of a hymn written by Count X
in commemoration of the amnesty."
ITALY.—ROPE, AUG. 25.-The project
to the pope on the 14th July last by Prince Con
name, and in that of the society he represents, is s
remark. It is relative to the construction of railm

Roman States, and of the means to be adopted for;
the necessary funds without having. recourse to a
According to his plan, the persona interested in tl
prise would have to contribute towards the constr
the rate of five and a half bajochi a day for the ten
years. At the expiration of thus° five years, shar
scudi each, bearing interest, would be distributed i
tion to the money paid in by the contributors. A
from Rome to Naples will, it is said, be the first cot
GERMANY.—HOLSTEIN.—According to the
Gazette the instructions of Prince Metternich to I
Bellinghausen, president of the diet at Frankfoi
only to the ties which biad Holstein to the Dermas
ration. The question of succession, the only one
in the letter patent of the king of7Denmark, is left
question. Prince Metternich does not think the di
petent judge in the matter, and that it must be d
the great powers, three of which at least are faro
Denmark.l

FRANKFORT, SEPTENIIIER 2.—The protest
Dukes of Augustenburg and Oldenburg against tl
patent of the King of Denmark have been laid b
chancery of the German Diet.
STATISTICS OF AUSTRlA.—According to i
tables just published, the hereditary states of the
dominions contain: 7,315 manufactories, 204 ha
tablishments, 1,278 large mercantile houses, 27,
chant: and commissioners for deposits of gouda
manufacturers (74,259 patent manufacturers,) I
785,122 persons employed it commercial transact
these must be added 77,028 commercial ebtablish
Transylvania, and on the military frontier. Bohes
hers most 136,266 ; Lombardy, 165,691 • 'Venice,
Dalmatia, 7,733, and the Coast Lands, 14,566. As
manufactories there are 1,073 for cast-iron, with
naces ; 789 iron manufactories; 592 spirit mane
505 cotton manufactories ' • 25.5,727 for articles of fo
number of advocates and law.officers is 5,482; I
4,639 ; surgeons 5,306 managers of theatres 57.
A SINGULAR 'AIANIAC.—SOtne COMMOti
caused at Berlin on the evening of the 28th ult.
crowd was assembled to witness • balloon ascent,
the Rue Royale, a man stepped out on the halm
third story of one of the houses, and began to ad
persons below, flinging out at the same time handfu
and some bank-notes. Whilst the persons below
deavouring to pick up the money, he drew out a p
fired on the moving mass. The shot wounded ayo
but not dangerously. He then drew out another p
was about to fire when the crowd gave way on
Some persons, however, entered the house to arrest
who, thus alike liberal of his gold and his lead, it
posed, must be mad, when, on seeing them appear,
himself into the street, and was so severely injure
I died shortly after. He turned out to be a breve
Krauss, whose brain had been turned by anxiety
on a law-suit. In his pocket was found a gold be
lid of which was scratched with a pin, or the point
knife, the words—" Died Aug. 28, 1846," which in
to intimate that he had for some time made up hu
commit suicide on that day.
STORMS IN AUSTRIA.—It is stated, from
under date the 31st of August, that the most d
details had been received there of the devastatic
stoned by the storms which had recently raged it
provinces of the empire. The losses incurred are
enormous. Lands, cultivated fields, and houses,
carried away by the floods, and in many localities
deplorable losses had occurred, people having faller
to the hurricane.

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FORESTALLING AND REGRATING.—The gov
of Hess,: Darmstadt has hit upon a notable cap
keeping the prices of alimentary substances low in
deficient harvests and short supplies. The simp
consists in a legal prohibition against the acctun
stocks, and is borrowed, apparently, from the long
economical legislation of the dark ages. A law
published or revived, against forestalling and
which forbids the storing up and monopolising of
provisions. The decree enacts that all mane
raise illicitly the prices of articles of subsistence
punished by imprisonment, which may be extende
months, or by fines from 50 to 3,000 florins. The
(of causing a rise of prices), is to be punished
severely, by imprisonment from three months to t
and by fines of from 1,000 to 6,000 florins.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE HAMBURG THE
On the morning pf the 31st ult., while the workmo
Hamburg Theatre were hoisting to its place a
bronze chandelier for gas lights, just brought from
and weighing above 10,8001ba., the rope broke,
enormous mass falling to the ground, was broken t
crushing two Englishmen who had come over to sui
its being suspended.

Abe Orin.

His Serene Highness Prince Edward
Weimar left town yesterday morning for Cashiob,
Herta, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dos

The Earl of Elgin had an interview wi
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey left t
Tuesday evening, on a visit to the Hon. Locke Kin
residence, Woburn, Chertsey.
DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF AILSA.—The
after a protracted illness of several months, expired
day, at St. Margaret's, his seat at Isleworth. Altb
noble marquis had gradually declined in health fo
three years, he, up to the close of July, remained
the same state, so as not to cause nny immediate ah
family. Since then his lordship has rapidly sunk,
approaching dissolution became apparent, and,
quence of anticipated danger, an express was desp
the Earl of Cassilis, who is abroad, to inform lu
alarming illness of his grandfather. The deceased,
Kennedy, MarouisofAilaa, of the Isle of Ailsa, count
Baron Ailsa, of Ailsa, in the peerage of the Uni
dom ; Earl of Cassilis, and Baron Kennedy, in tit
of Scotland ; and a baronet of Nova Scotia, was eld
Archibald, eleventh Earl of Cassilis. by his second
with Anne, daughter of Mr. John Watts. He ws
1770, and on the Ist of June, 1793, he married :
youngest daughter of Mr. Jobs Erskine. In Dec.
succeeded, on the death of his father, to the anciem
honours of the family. In 1806 he was created
the United Kingdom. In 1831, he was crested k
Allot. He is succeeded by his grandson, Archibald
Camille (now, of course, Marquis), eldest son of
Earl of Camille, son of the deceased Marquis and
only child of Mr. Alexander Allardice, who only
the death of her husband three months.

THE WEEKLY REPORT OP BIRTHS AND
REGISTERED IN TEE METROPOLIS, shows that SF
and 1310 births have been registered as having oo
the metropolis during the week which ended last S
DISCOVERY OF HUMAN SKULLS AND R
—ln the course; of yesterday and the previous d
some men were excavating the ground in Laurette
ncy-hill, for the formation of a sewer, they discover
with the earth, a large quantity of human remelt
were found outside a strong wall of Roman eon
about six inches in width, composed of Roman
Kentish rags strongly cemented together.
REPRIEVE OF THE CONVICT SMITIL—Wt
stand that her Majesty has been graciously pleased
J. Smith during pleasure. The convict is indebte
preservation of his life to the jury who tried hi
whom signed a memorial for mercy ; to the untirin
I of Mr. and Mrs. Walters and their family, whom
served for 17 years; to the members of the enrol
who signed the general petition ; to the magistrate
merchants, and others in London and in Norwich, vi
3,000 signatures, testifying their estimate of the
character under circumstances wherein such testint
can avail a prisoner; and above all, to the kindnes
remitting exertions of Mr. Alderman Sidney. It
that balushment from his native land, where his fa
nexions have always borne an irreproachable chart
the severest trials which must be the convict's just
the rest of his life, will be a warning to others
those bursts of passion which inevitably lead to so d
result —Globe.
CURIOUS IMPORTATIONS.—A new kind of
tion has recently arrived from Constantinople. I
of nearly 60,000 sheep-horns. Several hundred pa
sheep and lamb-skins were brought over in the s
The Great Western steamer conveyed on
.her lei
besides quantities of other provisions, 14 tierces a
hams. Amongst articles with the importation of
have been of late only made familiar, is the unusua
of 10,294 barrels of American flour by the Kappa,
pool, and front 160 to 200 tons of ice, ex Earl of
from Greenland.