The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-28 00:00:00

GENOA, Di 20.

Whilst the first news of the nomination idilt;&beni
ministry and ita proclamation of the Italian Considerate
were celebrated here by a day of solemn quiet, the aim dry
(yesterday) was consecrated to pub.in joy. The sew Min s
ter of Commerce sod Agriculture, Signor Domenico Mk
who had arrived in this city as royal commissary, not
with the highest civil and military powers, held a Mite 4
the civic guards, who had assembled in unusually lugs
numbers. His first appearnace in pubic was hailed by a
immense concourse of the poplin, who saluted him with
tremendous shouts of " Byrne la Coniteente Inane'
In the evening the town waa very generally illnminired, sad
large bodies of the people psraded the meets win flyin
banner- and the most deafening cries of " Bniva a Min►
tare thoberii—Eniva la Costituentc Italians—Doers she
the infamous Intendnite Subalpino Down shit the
' butcher i la Wiadischgra.a." Although the excitement
was excessive and the noise incessant, no disaster occurred.

tax court.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Royal dinner=
this day will include, in addition to the Elul Hoe
Bepe Dunham of Kent, Lady Penny Howard, Barmaids
th, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl and County;
Grey, the Earl of Liverpool, and Viscount Cumin/.
Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Breadal.
bane, the /3 .r 1 Grey. Vunt Canning, the Hoc Coked
Phipps, iced Colonel Bowe ie , went out shooting is \Value
Park.
Mr. Faija has had the honour of completing his
sittings for a miniature of the Princess Helena, by comma
of her Majesty.
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Lord Ashley returned to town yesterday, and pm.
sided at a meeting of the Gmeral Board co Hahn d
Owydyr Bowe, Whitehall.
The Right Ron. the Secretary at War and the
Han. 1111. Yoe Mauls, left town yesterday for Saud
Lord and Lady John Ruseell arrived in town re.
terday, from Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire.

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MARRIAGE IN HIGH LITE.—The =fags ot
Duke de Quiche and Miss Emma Mackinnon, only dui
of Mr. W. A. Mackinnon, M.? , solemnised
at St. Marl's Church, Bryanstoneaquare, haring Mrit
vionely performed, according to the TINS of the home
catholic church, at the chapel of the Spanish embassy.

WORKING MEN'S ESSAYS ON THESABBATH.
Yesterday a meeting, very numerously altendsi,
was held in the large room, Exeter hail, for the annum.
merit of the adjudication and distribution of prizes to Ms
suocesful competitors for the best essays by working urea es
the temporal advantage' of the Sabbath to the labour*
classes. Lord Ashley breaded. The report stated that thee
were three prism of 251., 161., and 101., the gift of Isha
Henderson, of Glasgow ; and about 77 prizes of 51. For Am
1,045 competitors appeared, and amongst them a le
bonrer's daughter, who wrote the " Pearl of Days," of wkidi
16,000 copies have been sold. By the terms of the writ'
minary announcement however she could not receive a
The report stated that the essays ,generally displayed priss.soh
1 theological knowledge, elevated moral sentiment, and tra•
1 sigerable scientific attainments.
The Rev. E. BICIIIIIITITZ moved the first ?Nelsen:
That the report of the adjuditeMrs, presented to this a*
aloft a very gratifying view of the results of the attempt
Ws bees made to sin forth the energies and exertions of the Wests
log alarm in defence of their sebbath rights and pririlescr; Mottt
Awe results are evidences of a movement the moshatt that his yet um
Pcha 0. ll S
meting the better observance of the Lord's day
soda
In the course of his observations, the reverend genders
said that he attributed the freedom from anarchy which hi
country enjoyed as compared with the nations of that*
deist to the better ob
il servance on the part of the pegis
et le‘Lord's day. The government Waft) 1101? tit? ags
lismeed traders in the country. on the Lord's day. It las
OM that the money cyder busmen et the Poeteew tai
Mss, up, but they wanted a Post.ofilee liallah
the whole land.
The Rev. A. TROXISON, of Edinburgh, seconded*, Ism
HeWm. • objected to the statement that this ws pew
the few
left a SWIM movement. as was proved by e
el the mempetitors were Englishmen. It was impasse:le .
neemmt fee the fact of so many good essays bents iffittos
without arriving et the conclusion that the work* ems
were earnestly engaged on the subject. They displeyell„!
vigour of intellect eq tat to the Muscular power Mtn vim
they wielded sledge hammers, and many of them &Utast
=stomps-m-1n eloquence not of the schools, but of die
and which ensued to be as natural to the A as 110
to the eagle. He believed that if they allowed the Sabbath
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to be given %mild. two years to amusement, on the third X
would be bought up by commercial cupidity. The regalia
was carried unanimously.
The Rey,. Dr. CUNNINOBLIt moved the following war
Rem: the sge&f,
.„.-- Ts Tr atesgrintrmate conoclinntetems
''''' WS Ilmseeisi, *Wail, commercial. and loom
wsemeet easer" gib ggioltek with Krauts& is Ost,
thit 11" asglamsef were undagoing pester
idetithis *Mend sailbrweve workmen noel Yoe
teemiete their saldmilk; sodas, Mil this eircuesuince *IWO
linowsable te the peempests dee eawmay, while they ~..
te A men emphasis Mahe exalt lA* woad infrisro...
Mitt et OM working eassm, ce tamer who the earehres OM
Leers dey. lotion, w
The Rev. J. A. JAMB seconded the resohirl Ms
carried oninitnously. He believed that the sabbstitZli
main prop of christianity in every outlay. lie
that no other country in the world could have prwillede_,
same amount of religious mind. That was the ressltettleds
Sunday school teaching, of their tract and bible
Those were the true friends of the workiag classes, wbst
deavoured to preserve the sabbath for them, sod they t_
their traitors and destroyers who would take sway from Woe
under any pretext whatever, the Lord's day.
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awarded
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416asubynothacieu.d.lainwart.t:Dar.t:77.,,....
of Ipswich ; the second to John thirdshoemaker., eLer
BoewelPs, Rozburghahr• ; th te Dand IT:
quhar, mechanic, of Dundee. Amongst the _e2.•
prilemen • ere two or three labourers and en old sad, 1.•
was at present in the union workhouse, Cambridge. _.,„
In delivering Prince Albert's ten prizes, the Cr .art.,%"
said, that he was directed by hie Royal Uighur .";
Albert to deliver his ten prises, and at the same WM m,_,
Seer the deep satisfaction he felt, sod he (Lord Alefili
add the extreme satisfaction felt by her nod o.rir.
Ceti, on witnessing this movement which had OM
plane amongst the working-classes. Hs wee also Mwei!..s
to express the t.e: p interest they felt in the tempts, ir
✓eligious welfare of those worthy men. The 001'1'100M
hl eompetiters who were present were the canon tan
reealved the pr see in handsome Woe. The apps ;gl-1
)fiessed Fisher, of Wisbetek, • labourer in his
jeast, produced the moat lively applauae.
conThpeetißcrev: Dr. Luircuurr delivered as edam" 11"
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