The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-25 00:00:00

THE GARIBALDI FUND.

TO THI IDITOH OF THI ZIPHTAIS.

SIR,—In your impression of this-day I °burrs •
letter from Mazzini containing this passage—" I
'end 200 f. u my contribution to General Garibaldi's
fond, to which I feel sure that all who share my
political faith will hasten to subscribe."

To that appeal I for one respond at once, and beg
to enclose a cheque for 601.-1 am, Sm.,
City, October 24. P. A. TAYLOR.

The Courrier du Dimanche says :—" Several of
onr subscribers have written to ask whether the Archbishop
of Paris his published a pastoral letter in farm- of the tem-
poral power of the Pope f The only reply which we an
give is, that our correspondent at Rowe blared us some
time since that the Cardinal Archbishop had written in July
last a remarkable letter to the Pops on the political situatkm
of Italy, and that hat Eminence had received a reply from
the Sovereign Pontiff."

A communicatiog from Prague states that a reli-
gious movement appears to be arising in Bohemia. The In-
habitaate of whole villages, it states, are embrecing prover
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to amps the application of the came dat.

A communication from Path of the 18th says
" Much attention has been excited here by a petition which
the pupils of the University of this city intend to prang to
the government. Founding their daimon the rescript con-
cerning the gymnasiums, they declare that the lecture. being
given in the German language, do not allow them to make •
progress in their studies in proportion with their laboare and
their expense., sod they consequently pray that the Hun-
garian language shall be more generally used in instruction."

RACES AT ALGIERS.—The Ak Abar spays " The
autumn rinse which have just taken place at Algiers, al-
though deprived of some portion of their interest by the
deperture of the geoeraWn-chief and a number of the troops
of the garrison, wan not without animation; turfottnnately
the sport was not unattended a strange incident or two.
One ritraordlnery Weds took plaos in a public
tribune. Alter a warm discumion between a respect.
able inhabitant of Alibi° and the Spanish vice-consul,
the latter gave the former a slap in the face, and at
the eases time bit a lady in the hand who was near.
There woe a general outburst of indignation against him, and
had be not been taken into custody by the gendarmes, he
would have been very roughly handled. He was locked up
In Um police steno°, but was afterwards relegated, OR the
interference of the Spanish Consul. He wee not, however,
allowed to return to the tribune. After the lacer, the dif-
ferent Ooums of the province excited much animation by
their usual fantasia and representations of a share fight.
Numerous Arab beauties were on the ground in palanquins
placed on backs of camels and handsomely hung with
eriamon and white draperies, which concealed the inmates
from public gam."
CIIAMEAGNE.—The Rheims journals publish the
following statement:—lf the vintage of 1868 was not very
abundant it was compensated for by very superior quality.
By paying exceesively high prices, wine of undoubted supe-
riority can be obtained. This year we have not even that
oompennatioo, and the champagne vintage of 1869 will rank
among the most indifferent that we have had for many years;
it has (ailed both la quality sod quantity. The frosts in the
spring had injured the vines et the comment: meat; sod the
storms and torrential raise of the summer caused, notwith-
standios the extreme heat, irreparable injury ; the fogs and
' white frosts ia September did the rest. It wee in vain that
just at the moment of the vintage the weather became moist
beautiful, the greater part of the grapes were too far gone to
be benefited. A. to quality, therefore, we have suzette •
middling year, and as to quantity it is still wore/. A few
figures will speak more eloquently than w rda. The com-
mune of Ay—and everyone knows what • rank it holds
among oar first growths—comprises about 1,800 acres. Ice
• good year each acre produces from 28 to 30 hectolitres;
Ono yam the produce baa sot been one hectolitre per acre.
The evident consequence of all this la that the little wine
which has bow made will be sold excessively dear; that the
wines of the two preceding year-, the quality of which fs NO
remarkable, cannot fall to advance in price, particularly when
the increasing uonsumption of champagne wines is oonaidered,
sad also that, even at high prices, enough will not be ob-
bduable."_

—Mi. DARBY GRIFFITH, M.P.—The persevering
member for Devisee him, we hers, completed the tittle of
his Emotion travel, sad comae home freighted with the
fullest informision relative to the object. of his voluntary
, mia.ioo. At Parse be mot the dictator Facial, IL Occultist%
Gearral Fecti. ike., from whom he received marked atten-
tion. At Florence Count Hicasoli gore Mr. Griffith a cor-
dial welcome and a daily invitation to thane...afire re-idense,
where (sa at Modena and Bologna) hi found the leading
provisioaary fanctionarise antostrymilv communicative. At
Bologna the interviews of Mr. Griffito with M. Cipriani
were equally satiefectory on both sides, leading to a warmer
mnpatity, if poesible, on the former gentleman's part with
Romagna* In their straggle to tboiw off the Pupil
yoke than with the other nationalities of Central Italy. &-
aides the towns of the revolutioolard state; Mr. Griffith
*Mended his travel to Verasa sod Mantua, with a view of
fannies a dispaasionatajudgnmot of ohs misfire posture of
parties in anrevolationi-tad Austrimpltaly, and wee, by the
last report, on his way to Par* where the hon. gestlemas
wee to hold an interview, by appointment, with Lad
Cowley.—Herield.
HIOHLAIRD MART'. MONUMENT AT GREENOCK.—
Tbe Greelosek Advertiser states that this monument, in the
Wed Chureheard, ham lately bees thoroughly repaired sad
beautified ; wed that a fund is now being collected for the
purpose el iscleuieg it with a neat railing.