The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-08 00:00:00

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THE REPORTED CONCENTRATION OF
TROOPS IN GALICIA.
• We find the following in the Nord:
A telegram from Pesth announces that considerable
purchases of horses are being made in Hungary.
For whom? The telegram does not say, but the move.
ments of Austrian troops spoken of in Galicia enable us to
imagine the destination of these horses, the purchase of
which is a curious commentary on the denial by the o
cious press of Vienna of the report that there is any con
centration of troops. It seems that Austria has very
quickly recovered her disasters in the late campaign, al
she already experiences the want of a new war.

THE SURRECTION IN CRETE.—THE
BLINOW ING-UP OF THE CONVENT.
The Setnaphore of &families publiahea the follow-
ing letter, dated Athens, Nov. 29 :
The Candian news comes up to the 27th. The loss of
the Turks in the affair of the Convent of Arcadium has
been enormous. The convent was defended by 197 Chris-
tians. There were also in it 343 women and children, whod
o
took refuge within its walls. Dloustapha Pacha attack
the convent with 12,000 men. The combat lasted two
wo
days and two nights, during which more than a thous
cannon shots were fired at the building. A breach
having been made, the Turks, after the loss of
many men, got within the walls of the convent, in
the court of which the battle was continued for
six hours longer. All at once a terrible explosion t
whom blew up the greater part of the vast building. The Chris-
tians had set fire to the powder. D3O Turks, amongs
were a great many officers, were killed. The number of
wounded is enormous. It appears from the official report
that more than a thousand wounded persons were conveyed
to Cases and Sonde., the hospital of Rethymno not
affording sufficient accommodation. hloustapha Pacha9o
retreated to the fortress of Rethymno, taking with him
of the women, children, and nuns, who were not killed
by the explosion. After the loss suatained atArcadium his
army is not in a condition speedily to undertake a new expe-
dition. He has therefore ordered the army of Heraclinin
to take the field, and to enter the province of Meows,
where the 'lnsurrection is in full vigour. The g t
overnmen
of lieracliutu has offered a reward of 500,000 piaatres for
Koroncos and 5001. for Koraku. The catholic burial
ground at Heraclium has been profaned by
the Mitsui-
mans : the gate and palings have been torn down, the
crosses torn from the tombs, and the Turkish horses
allow ed to feed over the ground. The catholic pastor has
made a report to the Archbishop of Constantinople to and
the French Consul at Canes.

(azerza's 'marmots.)
AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Dec. 5.
The official Gazette of to-day publishes a letter
of the Emperor, dated the 4th inst., and addressed
to the Minister of War. His Majesty takes note
of the resolutions of the supreme military tribunal,
according to which an inquiry should be instituted
into the conduct of Field-Marshal Benedek, and
Generals Henikstein and Krismanie, during the
late war. His Majesty, however, orders that all
further judicial proceedings against these generals
or any other general or officer of the staff on ac-
count of similar accusations should be entirely
dropped. -_
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THE VOTE IN NORTH-Sy
BERLIN, Dn. 8.
A deputation of inhabitants from the town of
Hadersleben waa received yesterday by Count Bis-
marck. In reply to their inquiries the minister stated
that the popular vote in North Schleswig, whether
those districts are to belong to Prussia or to Den-
mark, will be taken, but not until after the con-
solidation of the state of affairs generally in the
Elbe Duchies.