The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-26 00:00:00

ITALY.

TURIN, Jim 2L
The poet of envoy extraordinary to Constanti-
nople was offered last week to the Oommendatore
Minghetti, and ref used by him, because be saw is
the offer only a plausible pretext for gettbig hies
out of the way. His weight is the Obs.mber of
Deputies, as you are aware, ill very considerable.
The same post was then offered to the Marchese
Toucans, who likewise refused it ; and finally it
was aeopted bz the Marchese Camillo Bella

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upon
the temper and feeling of army an.. people.
The government comprehends the grave nature of
the present state of things, full of difficulties as it
' is, many of them caused by the government itself,
'but which it now wishes promptly to overcome.
ft expects mob from the moral effect of
the recognition by Russia, which is now
all but official. The same step was to
have been taken simultaneously by Prussia,
but now that the decisive moment is come,
'Prussia is seized with a fit of hesitation, that
old proverbial malady of hers which so much de-
tracts from her influence as one of the great
powers. The conditions upon which Russia offs:,
her recognition are not yet clearly known, but one
of the chief of them appears to be that the Hellen
government shall not form any military corps of
I Polish deserters ; that itshall not intervene, direedy
'or indirectly, in the affairs of Poland • and that it
shall afford uo aid to Hungary except in time of
actual war with Austria.
There is some talk of • modification of the mi-
nistry, with a view to increase its majority in the
Chamber, which is now a very uncertain one. I
cannot telte upon myself to say that the news 'is
true, or that ministers could by such means weft
to themselves a stable working majority. However,
we shall soon see.
We have in the environs of the capital, towards
the mountains, two gangs of half a score cf Neapo-
litan deserters, beaded by some escaped 4sol bird.
Four of them were arrested two days ago just after
the commiarion of highway robbery. Yestardky
the CostiMeione, a paper of little note, published
a narrative, which would have been alarming if. it
bad Dot been ridiculous, and in which figured 130
bandits, said to have been sent hither upon a poli-
tical mission on the part of the hostile powers.
Within an hour after the first numbers of the
journal bad been issued, this story had provoked
so mud laughter that the editor hurried back to
the office, stopped the press, exterminated 90 of the
banditti at one stroke, and kft only 40 of them alive,
thereby proportionately reducing the improbability
of his canard. I mention this absurd tale because
it may perchance be taken up and improved upon
by some clerical journal, which will not stick at
proclaiming that all Piedmont is in rebellion, and
that there are more brigands there than in the
southern provinces, whither the Pope is continually
sending them with a view to provide future Popes
with matter for new canonisations more numerous
than that of the Japanese martyrs.

Besinnwr AT Tin Tata= Howes—Lard evening
the Boa. Trinity Corporation gyve their annual entertain.
inewt at the TrWity Buse, Tower-101 Previous to the
dinner a mart of the elder brethren was held for the pur-
pose of swearing in Lord Pahneraton, the newly-elected
master, and the Duke of Argyll, who has recently been
nominated one of the elder brethren. The Premier, who
was attired in the uniform of the corporation and wore the
line ribaod, we. received in the vestibule by Captain
Pigott, the deputy master, and most of the elder brethren,
who coadaeted his lordship into the oourt•rooni, where he
was duly installed into the adios of muter. The distin.
"tithed company then retired to the IMOCW4IIOIIIID. where
the dinner wen served up. Lord Palmerston preelled, and
among the gusto were the Lord Chancellor, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Duke of Argyll, Right Ilea. Milner
Gibbon, President at the Board of Trade. Lord filialmol
Alderley, Right Bea. B. Cardwell, liarmal Camden.
Right Hon. Sir G. Grey. Right Boa. W. ntt,
Vice-Pr idiot of the Board of Tide, dc. The head of the
Grenadier Guards was in attendance.
-Tug MIDDLE LEvEL.—Tine dam which has at
lest been seoesssfully constructed is found to with effi-
ciently, the Bow of the tidal waters into the drain
having teen completely checked. Every day this
week the work has been further strengthened so
se derenable It to resist the pressure of the high tides
ta will again prevail to-marrow and Retards,. The
et the doodad country tad the relief of the
risainself is to be effected by 12 greet eyphem, each el
three feet diameter.

Caraooiolo. He is the etwond eon of Prince Torsi*
who was minister in Naples during the held con.
ditational tmogi-easegy 41 1861 The prams;
iikaisitsaid....l44s, Q 484141 Durandot woe tbe
last nabs* plesipottomuy 'at
It is not yet lf4sown preciselyCl/4111. wlblirek
Cialdini and Ysnti, knd several pretests,
Summoned hither by ministers • but it is sup
to have been for the purpose of consulting them
upon important military and civil affairs, and upon
the temper and feeling of the army and the people.