The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-22 00:00:00

the following them up was likely to prove &mastery i
to him or to the general character of the public
administration. Never was the dew cult perdere
more fully exemplified than in the demented conduct
of ThrrE.
Even at this moment, in Prance, TESTE is, perhaps,
as much the object of pity as of blame. CUBIERES
certainly far more pitied than blamed, if blamed he
be. The advantages of the example, or of the moral
lesson, are, therefore, we fear, very small. society
must purge itself of crimes like this. Private as well
as public opinion must learn to discountenance and
contemn, and not leave it to courts of justice to punish
1 that lack of honour which no fear of detection can
obviate, and no judicial sentence can crush.

The Paris journals of Tuesday have reached us. It
was rumoured and generally believed in Paris, that
Marshal Soult had again sent in his resignation; and
that in a couneil of ministers, which we announced
yesterday es having taken place, that resignation had
been accepted, and a courier sent off to Marshal
Bugeaud, bearing an offer of the portfolio of the war
department. The result is not known. It was also
settled that M. Guizot was to become president of the
council. M. Cunin-Gridaine has, it is said, expressed
his intention to withdraw, and ho is to be replaced by
M. Muret de nerd.
M. Pellapra has given himself up. The Moniteur
announces that his trial will commence on Friday
next, the 23rd inst.
The Union Monarehique says that the alarming
rumours that bad been current as to the state of
health of M. Teste are confirmed. His health is in-
jured to such an extent that his family begin to en-
tertain serious fears for his recovery. A demand in
separation de biens has just been formed by Mme.
Marie Catherine Teste, wife of M. Teste.
The French squadron, consisting of four vessels of
the line and four frigates, under the command of the
Prince de Joinville, arrived at Palermo on the 4th.
The debate on the Lyons Railway was still continu-
ing in the Chamber of Deputies.

The Madrid journals of the 14th and 15th have
come to hand, with our correspondent's letter of the
14th. The Queen, who, as already stated, had ap-
pointed the 17th for her journey to San Ildefonso, was
to be accompanied by the Minister of Commerce, and
her private secretary, M. Ventura de la Vega. In
consequence of the Queen's determination to erect a
monument to Arguelles, the Marquis de Foyer, says
the Herald°, has resigned his post of gentilhombre to
her Majesty, and refused to perform the service at
court, which devolves on him as a grandee of Spain.
The Duke de Sotomayor had addressed a letter
to the Her aide to confirm the statement made
by his colleagues in his late cabinet, in
reply to an article in the Caere°, to the
effect that they did not foment differences between
the Queen and the King, and did not side with the
King to the prejudice of the Queen. The duke adds'
that at no time during his ministry was the personal
support, either of Queen Christina or the King, soli-
cited, but that his ministry confided exclusively in
the sentiments of the Queen, and left her majesty
to the free exercise of her prerogative. The Faro
states that the ministerial crisis has ceased. Major-
General Fernando de Cordova has been appointed
Inspector-General of Infantry, but he is to con-
tinue to discharge the ditties of Captain-General of
New Castile until his successor, Lieutenant-General

Mendez Vigo, at present Captain-General of Galicia,
shall be able to take the post. The accounts from the
provinces represent that bands of Montemolinists had
reappeared in Gerona. The Eco del Comercio states
that the Captain General of Catalonia has determined
to piste troops on some parts of the public roads, in
order to prevent the destruction of the mails by the
insurgents. The Corm, the semi-official organ, an-
nounces that the plenipotentiaries of the three allied
powers had signed a new convention for the pacifica-
tion of Portugal, which declares, among other things,
that the fort of For shall be given up by the English
and occupied by the Spaniards.

Accounts received in Paris from Rome, under date of
the 10th, inform us that Cardinal Oizzi had resigned,
and that Cardinal Ferretti, Legate of Pesaro and Urbino,
had been appointed his summer. The holy father had
announced to him his nomination in au autograph
letter. Cardinal Ferretti, who belongs to a noble
family of Ancona, is 52 years of age. He was very
intimate with the Pope before hie election to the
pontifical chair, and has made himself remarked both
by his firmness and piety in the legation which he
governed. He is the brother of the Major Ferretti
who, in the time of Napoleon, was considered one of
the bravest officers of the Italian army, and who
lately refused the Grand Mastership of the Order of
Malta.

The Pope convoked on the Bth a congregation of
cardinals, to take into consideration the municipal
law, and other urgent measures.

MADRID, JULT 14.
The Correo denies that General Concha has applied
to the government to dismiss Senor Aylion from his post at
Lisbon. The arbitrary proceeding of ministers here, in pro-
hibiting a meeting of their opponents at the Bank of San
Fernando, which was to be held, in the intention of peti-
tioning the Queen to take some prompt measures for the
relief of the money market, has occasioned much clamour
against them from all parties.
The Gazette contains a decree, declaring the intention of
the Queen to have a monument erected to Arguelles, in
acknowledgment of the zeal, loyalty, and respectful affec-
tion with which he discharged the duties confided to him
by the Cortes, as guardian of the Queen and her " very dear
and beloved sister." The monument is to be erected in the
cemetery of St. Isidoro. A competition is to be opened at
the Fine Arts Academy of St. Fernando, when the models
of the monument will be submitted to the inspection of
judges.
Another decree aappresses tho present general direction of
the post, and unites that branch of administration to the
department of Senor Benavides, the government of the
kingdom.
The Queen intends shortly to visit the royal site of San
Ildefonso, but is notexpected to leave Madrid before the 17th.
It is said that only one of the ministers will accompany her
Majesty, which is not known. Another skirmish with the
rebels has taken place in the mountains ef Toledo, in which
the Cabecilla Rojo has been killed.
There is a good deal of news about the Carlini bands, and
more details are given touching the last brush of the troops
with the Students, and the burning of the mail near Igualada.
It seems that the Student presented himself on the morning
of the 10th, with thirteen men well erased and mounted, at
Pe,sactas, eight leagues from Burgos, on the road of Santan-
der. While he was burning the letters which had been
brought by the Santander mail, he was overtaken and at-
tacked by a column which had left Burgos on the night of
the 9th. Two of his troop were killed, one of whom was his
" secretary," and both he and his brother fled, slightly
wounded. The rebels had stopped the diligence of Bilbao
as well as the Santander mail ; but fortunately they had not
lime to plunder it, or to molest the passengers.
On the night of the 7th, at Barcelona, the brig Prueba,
arrived from Ilavannah, with 340 bales of cotton, took fire.
The lonia estimated at 40,000 dollars.

ASCENSION, Jung 21.
Her Majesty's brig Wanderer, Commander Mon-
tresor, has just arrived (2 p.m.) from Sierra Leone, with 18
men down in their hammocks with fever. As the yellow
flag was hoisted at the foremast head for some time after her
an ival, and the Ilindostan may take home exaggerated ac-
counts of her sickness, I think it right to inform you that
the fever is not of a malignant type ; that the Wanderer has
already received pratique ; and that her sick will be imme-
diately landed at the hospital. The vessel will be cleared
out, tune given to recruit here, and she will afterwards take
the best part of the station—the south coast. She was 25
days on her passage from Sierra Leone. The only fatal else
that has yet occurred on board was that of a man who died
two days after leaving Sierra Leone. This is the second out-
break of fever in the Wanderer; the first, from which the
crew had perfectly recovered, while stationed off the Cape
Verdes, was incurred at the Congoe. None of the officers
have suffered this time.
The Ilindostan arrived on the loth inst., and will sail this
day, after taking on board 209 tons of coals and seven or
eight turtle. Tne Oriental Company, it is said, are to make
Ascension one of their depots, and we are to be gratified
with a visit from one of their ships every month. We are
at present in good condition to be viewed by a vessel on an
experimental visit. Our monster ship, for Ascension is nothing
else than a large raan-ofiwar, is in the finest order and disci
pline, and in perfect health. The weather is beautifully
cool, the thermometer rearing from 75 deg. to 83 deg.
The squadron on the coast are perfectly healthy as far as
our accounts roach. Tho Mariner (12), Commander Mat-
Union, will be off this evening or to-morrow, for Sierra
Leone; she has been some time here awaiting the arrival of
the Wanderer. The Penelope steam-frigate, with the flag
of Sir Charles Hotham, which has also been waiting her
arrival, will. now that the commodore has received his des-
patches, sail immediately for St. Helena and the south coast.
Our noticeable events here are few. Of the gang are—
The celebration of her Majesty's accession to the throne,
which was duly celebrated yesterday. The French frigate
Belle Polite, from Bourbon to Brett, spoke in here on the
13th. She only remained long enough to allow two
draughtsmen to come on shore and finish a sketch of the for-
tifications. The French commodore also landed to pay his
respects to Sir Charles Hothatn. He was received by •
guard of marines and a salute of 13 guns, and was conductql
over the little establishment by the commandant, Captain
Frederick Hutton.
Our sad events have been funereal. Dr. Jones, surgeon