The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-02 00:00:00

to Italy, and so get Italy on her side
of on that of Prussia, and then
Prussia as the leader of the German
lerstion ! By getting rid of a cknoinoso hereditaa
would command the situation. Whereas she
Mainly be crushed if she undertakes to make
once against Prussia, Prance, and Italy.
all very well for the Conatitationseel to echo
tperial words about an attitude of reserve. It is
as day that if Austria and Prussia come to
,Venieeremainingenslaved,France—foraprice
Prussia cannot help paying—will put herself
the side of Prussia. The Emperor Napoleon
• precisely in the situation of Isgo when he
" Whether Cassio kill Roderigo, or Roderigo
him, either way makes my game."

ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN CANADA.

MONTREAL, MAIL% 19.

the 17th instant the St. Patrick and other
kindred societies walked is procession to church, where
MAPS was adebrated. About 2,000 persons took•part
procession, which win conducted in the best order.
leaving the church it marched to the St. Lawrence
, where the Governor-General is at present residing,
where the office bearers of the four societies of which
procession was composed paid. their respects
him. Ms lordship afterwards addressed the
crowd in the street from a window of the hotel,
follows :—" As the representative cd your move-
n, I thank you foe this exhibition of loyalty
to me. I have every reason to believe that the send.
de of my fellow-countrymen in Cons& towanis myself
of a kindly descripticer. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen,
not treat this magnificent demonstration as any mark
nvonal respect to myself. I swept this demonstration
An evidence en your part of loyalty to your sovereign
enthusiastic cheers)—of attachment to the institutions
our land, and as a protest on your part against the prin.
lee of wicked men who would disgrace the name of
hishmen—(cheers)—and desecrate, or threaten to dem-
trate, the festal day of our patron saint by a wanton
attack on a peaceful, prosperous, and happy
-entry. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the meaner in which
have reoeived these few observations convinces me
I do not =Watery:et your feelings. As I accept your
/mance hare to-day as an evidence of the existence of
these sentiments among you, so I consider the position
thick the president of St. Patrick's Society holds as the
commander of one of the finest volunteer battalions in our
sountry—(cheers)--proof that you will give to those prin-
ciples no mere barren assent, but that you will be ready,
' the necessity should arise, which God forbid, to back
four principles by your stout right arms." (Enthusiastic
cheers.)

GREAT FIRE AT BELFAST.

(ar Dairen Jam men mseravie TZLICIZAPH.)
BELFAST. SUNDAY Evisme.
linelair's provision store has been destroyed by
I ; estimated damage, £150,000.

REPORTED SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS IN MEXIOO.
--Saturday's number of the Memorial Diplereaticuse, the
Paris organ of the Emperor lfaxtmilisia, contabas the fol-
lowing announcement :—" By the same (Southampton)
mail packet we have received advises explanatory of a
decree of the Emperor Maximilian which has occasioned
much hostile discussion. That decree ordains the suspen-
Uon of the payment of the dividends on the foreign debt
nate the bonds therefor shall have been verified. It
was Monsieur Lineal, (just deceased) who mused the
adoption of that step, after he had ascertained that in the
foreign debt there were many bonds for which the Mexican
Treasury bad never received value."
The Nazione publishes the following character-
istic letter addressed by Garibaldi to Deputy Miceli with
reference to a speech he made on the two months' supplies
bill :—" Caprera, Feb. 26, 1866.—Dear Miceli,—ln the
name of Italy lam grateful to you for what yen have
freely and boldly said. The shameful servility of many
bas given the modern Gauls to understand that it is an
easy thing to pull the beard of the perms quirites of our
parliament. You have shown them that not even to-day
is Italy without a papirsua—bravo Miceli I Love me, and
feli-e-ve me ever yours, G. GARIEALDI."

The director of the Zoological Gardens in the
Bois de Boulogne, has received a present of a tiler cat
(fells jubsta) from Count Bentivoglio, French Consul-
General at Smyrna. This handsome animal comes from
Mecca, and is quite tame. He is fond of men's society,
and may be played with without danger, though his claws
are long. Like all animals of his species he hates dogs.
He feeds on flesh, of which he consumes from 61b to 81b.
weight a day. " Abou-Ali," to which name he answers,
belongs to that species which the Arabs of the Desert train
to hunt gazelles and ostriches.
The Times states that after the failure of the
attempt to launch the Northumberland on Saturday all the
government dockyard men at once, without exception,
came forward and through their officer' volunteered to give
up their Easter Monday holiday to assist at the effort.
When it is recollected that Easter Monday is the one
great dockyard holiday of the year, when the men receive
their day's pay as well as their day's leave, the generous
spirit with which they have acted in thus volunteering
will be appreciated as it deserves.
A DAY WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES'S H.ARRISSS.
—Saturday being the last day of the season with this cele-
brated pack, the meet was fixed at Mr. Aldridge's farm,
Chippenham Court. The Prince of Wales and the Prince
• Hohenlohe arrived on horseback, attended by Colonel
KeppeL The Princess of Wales arrived at the same time
in one of the pony carriages and pair, accompanied. by the
Hon. Mrs. F. Minor. Their royal highnesses arrived on
the ground shortly after 12, by which time was assembled
one of the largest and most fashionable fields of the season.
The famous deer, Lily, was turned out on a piece of wheat
on the other side of the Great Western line, toward Farn-
ham Royal, and was taken in a meadow near the canal
after two hours and three-quarters' run.
Wissrmissrgn ABBEY.—The special Sunday even-
big services in St. Paul's Cathedral having closed last night
(Easter Sunday evening), the Dean and Chapter of West-
minder have fixed that the special evening services in the
Abbey shall commence on Sunday next, the Bth of April.
The preachers will be :—On the Bth, the Very Rev. Dr.
Stanley, Dean of Westminster ; 15th, the Rev. Archibald
Boyd, M.A. incumbent of Paddington ; 22nd, his Grace
the Arehbiahop of York ; 29th, the Rev. James Moorhouse,
M.A., incumbent of St. John's, Fitzroy-wEare.
THE EASTER-DAY SERVICES. Yesterday the
services of the churches in the metropolis were well at-
tended, and many of the churches themselves were pro-
fusely decorated in honour of Easter-tide. At St. Albans,
Gray's-inn-read, the decorations were very superb, and the
mime may be said of those at All Saints, Margaret-street ;
St. Barnabas, Pimlico ; St. Philip's, Clerkenwell ; St.. Mat-
thias, Stoke Newington ; and St. Paul's, Lorrimer-square.
At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, the sermon was preached
11 the Bishop of Oxford, Lord High Almoner. At the
G'hapel Royal, Whitehall, the sermon was preached by the
Very Rev. Dr. W. Goode, dean of Ripon.. At the Chapel
Royal, Savoy, there was a splendid service at 11 o'clock,
the sermon being preached by the Rev. Henry White,
censor of King's Collage ; there was • second service at
7 o'clock. At St. Paul's Cathedral there was an immense
congregation, the sermon being preached by the dean. At
Westminster Abbey there were two services, the sermon on
each occasion being preached by the Very Rev. Dr. Stan-
ley, Dean of Westminster.
CITY OF LONDON WORKING CLASSES INDUSTRIAL
ETRIBITION.—On Saturday • meeting of the adjudicators
was held at the Guildhall, when the awards were made
known ; Mr. Edward Newman presided. Upwards of 1,500
articles have been adjudicated upon. Of these 510 were
sent in amateurs, 883 by workmen engaged in various
trades, 69 by
by employers who conformed to the rule
3, which required that the names of the actual workmen
should be afxed to the articles, and 32 by employers who
did not conform to this rule, and by persons who had lent
articles on loan, both of which are ineligible for prism.
The total number of exhildlon is 827. Among these 96
medals (of biome) have been awarded, and 94 certificates of
honourable mention.
SHOCKING OUTRAGE AT SHEFFIELD.—An Out-
rage of • horrible nature was committed at Sheffield
at an early hour on Saturday morning. Living in
a yard in Harvest-lane was • widow, named Mary Ann
Smith, aged 44 years with whom lived • man named
Joseph halcheed, • table-blade striker. At the beginning
of their intimacy he treated her with kindness, bat of late
she had suffered ggrereast cruelty at his hands, On Friday
night they quarrelled, and when Fieldeend went to bed
she laid herself down on chairs in frost of the fire in the
mane room. At half-past twelve o'clock she angle that
rieldsend set fire to her dress, and else ran into the yard
enveloped in tenses. When appealed to by peruses who
had been attracted by the cries of the woman to midst in
extinguishing the fire, be coolly replied, 'Lt the
karn ;it Mims bee right." The .rW.aa• as wawa* es-
Skid a few hours after her depositioa was taken. Field-
mend was appeehended ohm* after the outrage had bow
imeindtted, sad was hewed befit the magistrates en flo•
torday and impended.

THE ,VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT
BRIGHTON.--(THIS DAY.)

DEPARTURE FROM LONDON.
This morning, despite the coldness of the
weather, by 5 o'clock London-bridge and the
incline leading up to the Brighton Railway sta-
tion were crowded with spectators anxious to give
eclat to the departure of the volunteers. The first
train was advertised to leave the station at
5.20. As the clock struck 5 the Hon. Artillery
Company arrived at Landau-bridge, in full
marchingorder, and the regularity and pre-
cision of the marching of the men of this
crack corps, combined with their uniform, caused
them to be mistaken, by some of the uninitiated,
for a battalion of the Guards. The regiment
mustered 300 strong and was followed by the 3rd
Middlesex Artillery, 310; the 2nd London Rifles,
246; 3rd ditto, 421 ; 26th Middlesex, 450 ; 28th
ditto (London Triah, right wing) 369 ; 37th ditto,
202 ; and 39th ditto, 318—making a total of 2,626
men who were all duly and punctually despatched
by the above train. The second train was to leave
at 6.40, but the crowd by this time had become
so dense that it was with difficulty the various
regiments as they arrived could make their way up
to the station, and it was 6 o'clock before the last
corps got upon the platform. This train was di-
vided into two parts, and these conveyed no less
than 3,269 men, composed of the following corps
40th Middlesex, 330 ; Ist and 7th Surrey Rifles,
501 • 20th Middlesex, 262 ; Ist London Rifle
Brigade, 706 ; Ist Administrative Battalion Tower
Hamlets, 506 ; 2nd and Bth ditto, 374 ; 4th ditto,
350 ; 6th ditto, 600. The Tower Hamlets Corps
presented, as they always do, a clean and soldierly
appearance, and their neat and serviceable uniform
to be much admired. At half-past 6
aopcClried the third and fourth trains were an-
nounced as ready .by the officers whose duty
it was to superintend the departure, and
the following corps, who were in waiting
on the incline, were at once marched into the
station :—the 48th Middlesex, 395 ; 10th, 19th,
and 23rd Surrey, 612 ; lit Administrative Batta-
lion and 26th Kent Rifles, 620 ; 2nd Administra-
tive Battalion Essex Rifles, 550 ; 3rd ditto, 486 ;
2nd Administrative Battalion Middlesex Rifles,
466, in all 3,129 men. The Kent and Essex corps,
although they must have been in marching order
for some hours, did not appear to be in the least
fatigued. The last and fifth train left the station at
7 o'clock, containing the 9th and 14th Kent Artil-
lery, 197 ; 3rd Essex ditto, 200 ; 2nd Middlesex
ditto, 282 ; Ist London ditto, 230 ; Ist Tower
Hamlets Engineers, 164 ; Ist London ditto, 107 ;
or in all 1,090 men, besides laggards and stragglers
from the corps who bad departed at an earlier
hour.
The various trains were despatched with the
greatest regularity, no less than 10,000 men being
sent off without the slightest hitch in one hour and
three-quarters. Soon after the last train had de-
parted a smart shower of rain fell, lasting about ten
minutes, and the day threatened to be dull and
cloudy if not actually wet. Every corps, however,
seemed to be provided with great coats strapped
behind them should they unfortunately be required,
and an ample supply of " creature comforts."
The following corps started from Victoria
Station, the first train leaving at 5.20, and
the last at 6.30 ; there being five trains in all,
conveying about 5,000 troops :—The Ist Middlesex
Artilleo263, and Surrey ditto, 336 ; 15th Mid-
dlesex ndon Scottish), 340, 21st ditto (Civil
Service and 38th ditto, 370 ; 14th ditto, 19th
ditto, 264 ; 11th ditto, 374 ; 29th ditto, 400 ; 28th
ditto (London Irish, left wing), 256 ; 4th ditto,
353 ; 46th ditto, 235 ; 22nd ditto (Queen's
Westminster), 632, 2nd ditto, 230 ; Ist ditto
(Victories), and 36th ditto, 363 ; and Ist Mid-
dlesex Engineers, 342. The crowd assembled
to witness the departure at this station was not so
numerous as that at London-bridge, but it was
more select, and a great number of fashionably-
dressed ladies were present. The favourite corps,
such as the Victoria, Scottish, Queen's, and South
Middlesex, were loudly cheered in passing into the
stations.
Some few corps left London at the junction
stations of the Brighton line. A detachment of the
South Middlesex, 100, and ditto of the 3rd London,
100, left Kensington station; the 13th Middlesex,
100, from Kensington station ; the 2nd Administra-
tive Battalion Surrey Rifles, 423, from Clapham
Junction ; the Ist ditto, from East Croydon
station ; and the 3rd ditto, from Redhill station.
The weather, which at 8 o'clock this morning
bid fair for a wet day, has continued tolerably fine
during the morning.