The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-16 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, MAY 14.

The reports of a change of ministry are denied.
A committee of the Chamber of Deputies is occu-
pied to-day in examining the arrangement of the
redeemable debt.

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
MADRID, MAT 15.
A council of ministers has been held at the Royal
Castle of Ars.njues to discuss the affairs of Mexico.
Letters received here from Lisbon state that the
military were dispersing all armed assemblages of
people in the provinces, and in so doing fired on
the people.

SYRIA.

THE PRINCE OF WALES' TOUR IN SYRIA.

Inai OUR OWN 001

BEYILOTTT, AtRU. 26..

Letters were received hereieeieitiiyfrom the
Prince of Wales' party, dated the 22nd inst., when!
his Royal Highness's camp was pitched between
BILIIIIIB and Jacob's Bridge, CA route from St. Jean
d'Aore to Damascus, at which latter place they ex- I
petted to arrive to-morrow or next day. It was
not yet known whether the Prince would decide •,
upon visiting Palmyra, a trip for which at least a
weele,must be allowed. If he does proesed there, it
will be impossible for him to arrive in Beyrout
until the 12th or 15th proximo ; bat if be merely
visits the various sights in Damascus, and then
proceeds hither via Balbec, he may be looked for
about the sth of May. Achmet Paella, the Gorse- I
nor of Beyront, and Daond Pacha,Governor-
General of Lebanon, are both preparing to go out
in great state to meet him, the former a few i
miles from the town, the latter at the confines
of the district he rules over—namely, beyond
the town of Zahlie, on the other side of Mount
Lebanon. The letters I have seen say that the
Prince is enjoying vastly the novelty of his eastern
tour, and likes greatly the sans Avon of camp life.
From Damascus to Beyrout there is now telegraphic
communication, so that by the Trieste steamer I I
shall be able to tell you the date of his Royal
Highness's arrival at the former place.
Throughout the Lebanon everything is perfectly
quiet. Daoud Pacha appears to gain the confidence
of all classes, and is fast putting his government in
something like order. The Christian population i
obey him because he is of their creed—he is an
lArmenian catholic—and the Druses and Moslems
approve of him because he is named by
the Sultan. For the first time since Syria
was made over to the Turkish government,
in 1840, the authority of the Porte is respected in
Lebanon, and the Christian population call them-
selves subjects of the Sultan, instead of looking to
foreign powers for protection. Very few years of 1
Daoud's rule will make the Mountain one of the
most orderly provinces in the empire. Also in
Beyrout a very different state of things is visible to
what existed two years ago. Ever since Cabooli
Effendi, the new Turkish commissioner, arrived
here, the various sects—or rather the Moslems and
the Christiana--are placed on the most perfect
equality. This year the leading Christians all paid
complimentary visits to their Moslem friends at
the Mthometan feast of Beiram, and the followers
of the Prophet returned the compliment at Easter.
In every direction about the town Achmet Pacha
is opening up roads, whilst Daoud Pacha is doing
the same in the Lebanon. There is at present quite
a fleet of English men-of-war authored in the Bey-
rout Roads, viz., the Mars, 91; Doris, 36 ; Malacca,
17 ; Gannet, 11 ; Firebrand, 9 ; and Foxhound, 4
Captain Strange, of the Mars, is senior offioer.
The Osborne is expected up to-day from the south.

CONTINILNYAL EVANOILICAL 80CIIST. The
annual !meeting of this impiety was bald last evening at
Exeter-hall, Mr. Samuel Morley in the chair. The Rev.
Mr. Sherlock read the report, which gave a meet cheering
account of the state of the Sucietis Brarvitliques on the
Continent, especially those iu Frame, Switzerland, and
Italy. In the latter country rapid progress was matte&
and the society had lately made grants of 501. in aid of the
evangelist miaairmaries at Milan, and one at Pesaro. As
3000 as the state of the funds would admit, evangelists
would be supplied to the principal cities of Italy. Those
continental societies had "leo been greath aided by the
British god Foreign Bible sod Religious Tract Societies.
One pleasing source of income had occurred during the year,
in the sum of 62/. received from the children in 115
of the London Sunday schools. Auxiliary societies were
now very common in the oouutry, and a large increase of
locums was to be hoped for. The total income foe the year
had been 1,7621.14 e. 4d., an Mermen over that of the previous
year, and the expenditure had been 1,7541. 4s. M., leaving
a balance of 781. 9a. Bd. On the motion of the Rev. F.
Tooke', the report was adopted, after which the meeting
wag addressed by Dr. Merle d'Aubigny, from Genoa ; M.
le Pressence, from Paris ; M. de Faye, from Lyons ; and M.
Auet, from Brussels. Tbeatatementa made by these gentle-
men appeared to give peat satisfaction to a rather large
audience. The customary vote to the chairman coocluded
the meeting.
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