The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-16 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, FRIDAY EVIININO.
The Prase, now an imperialist and catholic

journal, contains an entire programme for breaking

up Italy, which I have no doubt has been furnished,
cut and dried, by some member of the ultra-
montane section of the court, although it is put
1 forward in the form of a correspondence from Lou-

don, and as an embodiment of the opinion of the
Reform Club ! All the English M.P.s, we are told.
who have been recently travelling in Italy are
strongly of opinion that the "dissolution of Italian
unity is imminent ;" that grave military disasters
may be expected to precipitate the crisis ; but that
at all events bankruptcy must inevitably under-
mine and ruin the " artificial edifice." which
patience, good order, and economy could
alone have consolidated. Such a result, we
are assured, would not be " witnessed with
displeasure" in England. Enlarging upon the
idea the 'writer goes on to say—always
professing to record the opinions of English M.P.s
and the leading " whigs " at the Reform Club—
s kingdom composed of Piedmont, Lombardy,
Emilia, and " perhaps" Tuscany, would be quite
large and strong enough to be " really inde-
pendent." A federation of three or four states,
it is urged, would be a cheaper form of
government than a monarchy, and conse-
quently better for the creditors of Italy,
it having been demonstrated by experience that
the Italian is naturally "rebellious to taxation."
Austria would not object to Venice being a free
town, and then Venetia might be made a separate
state of the federation, according to the con-
vention of Villafranca. As to Naples, the
English M.P.s think its separation from the
present kingdom of Italy " inevitable ;" and
whether under the son of Bombs, " though
he is very incapable," whether under " a Bona-
parte or a Murat"—(a strange suggestion indeed
this to be fathered upon the Reform Club !)—or
whether, which the Reform Club thinks " leas
probable," under a prince of the house of Savoy, a
" schism must necessarily come." In order to
give a thoroughly English tone to this communi-
cation, which I suspect the Reform Club will be
somewhat startled at, in order that it may smack of
the terroir and be thought conformable to English
views and interests, it is stated in conclusion that
all English statesmen are now of opinion that a great
mistake was made in giving up the lonian islands,
that to retrieve the error nothing could be better
than to make Sicily a " republic " under the " pro-
tection " of England, a combination which the
authors of the project would handsomely consent to.
The canard about federal execution being post-
poned, which led to a rise at the Bourse yesterday,
is now explained. The fact is that the Diet has
done more than decree federal execution, regard-
ing the process as too tedious and not leading
soon enough to the war a rotstrance against
Prussia, which is desired. The mobilisation
of the federal army, carried by 9 to 6, with a view
to immediate action, is a much stronger measure.
That being-maw anderatood, Rents role 45c. for
cash and 40c. for account, closing at 63fr. 80c. and
631 t. 75c. Italian fell 90c., and Mobilier 6fr. 25c.

AMERICA.

THE FENIAN RAID INTO CANADA.
(RIRITI3I9B

The Royal Mail steamer Cuba, from Boston and
Halifax, arrived at Queenstown at 3.4.5 p.m. yes-
terday. She brings 246 passengers and 1,649,927
dollars in specie. She landed 100 sacks of mails
and 30 passengers, and proceeded immediately for
ILiverpool. All well.

NEW YORK, Just 5, Enamel.
The Fenians at Fort Erie being prevented from
receiving reinforcements by Federal picket boats,
evacuated that place before daylight on the morn-
ing of the 3rd inst., leaving 32 men on picket duty,
who were captured by the Canadians. 400 Fenians,
including O'Neil and a number of other officers,
were captured by the Federal boats, and are now
held prisoners at Blackrock under the guns of the
Federal steamer Michigan. General Meade arrived
at Buffalo on Sunday night, and ordered General
Sarny to seize all arms intended for the use of the
Fenians. The reports of the number of killed and
wounded in the fight at Ridgway are conflicting. Only
six Canadian's are positively reported killed. Five
Fenian' are reported to have been tried by drum-
head
court-martial at Fort Erie on Sunday, and
shot on Monday. The Fenians are stated to be
moving in large bodies towards the frontier.
They are concentrating opposite, and threatening
Montreal, Cornwall, Prescott, ani Kingston.
The Federal district attorney has ordered the
vessels guarding the St. Lawrence river to sink any
boat attempting to cross with Fenian on board. The
Fenian are in large force near St. Alban, Vermont.
Thirty of them seized arms in a private store at
Watertown, and carried them towards Potsdam.
General Meade sent troops to intercept them.
Armed Fenian vessels have left Chicago, Detroit,

and Erie. British regulars and volunteers are
arriving at all exposed points of the frontier in
large numbers. No further danger from raids is to
to be apprehended.

NEW YORK, JUNI 7.
Five thousand Fenians are reported to be on the
St. Lawrence, mostly at Malone, Potsdam, and
opposite Montreal and Edwardsburg. They
have no artillery, and are poorly armed.
Numbers were arriving yesterday, but to-day
it is said many are seeking to return.
1,000 left Fairfield, and 1,800 left Highgate yes-
terday, all going towards the border. The inhabi-
tants of St. Armando have removed their valuables
to Montreal. General Meade is at Ogdensburg.
Recruiting has progressed vigorously among the
Fenians in large cities. On Tuesday and Wed-
nesday 2,000 were enrolled at New York. Large
contributions have also been made to the Fenian
treasury. It is, however, generally considered
that the action of the Federal authorities will
cause a permanent and immediate abandonment
of the Fenian scheme for the invasion of Canada.
Stephens is in Washington.

NEW YORK, .Trsz 7, EVENING.
President Johnson has issued a proclamation
against the Fcnians. In this document he ad-
monishes all good citizens against aiding or coun-
tenancing the expedition being carried out by evil-
disposed persons from Federal territory against the
British colonies, in violation of the laws of the
United States and the law of nations. He expects
the national officials to employ all lawful power to
arrest and bringto justice all such persons, and has
empowered General Meade to employ the Federal
land and naval forces to prevent the carrying on of
the said expedition. General Sweeny was arrested
at St. Albans last night by the Federal authorities,
and Roberts, the president of the senate faction,
was arrested in New York to-day by the Federal
marshal. Warrants have been issued for the arrest
of other prominent Fenians. The Fenian prisoners
at Buffalo were released on Tuesday, the men on
their own recognisancea and the officers on bail,
to appear when required, and answer the
charge of a violation of the neutrality
laws. Various seizures of Fenian arms and
supplies by the Federal authorities are reported.
The Fenians who seized the arms at Watertown
were overtaken by the Federal troops at Rich-
ville, and the arms recovered. The Fenians were
retained prisoners.
The Richmond Circuit Court has adjourned
until the first Tuesday in October, until which time
the trial of Mr. Davis is postponed. His counsel
has gone to Washington to appeal for his release
on parole or bail.
The amount of the public debt on the Ist inst.
is officially stated at '2,800,000,000 dollars. The
coin in the Treasury amounts to 50,000,000 dollars.
The shipment of gold yesterday to Europe
amounted to 3,500.000 dollars.
The City of London, Hermann, Nova Scotian,
and Africa have arrived out.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, JUNE 7, EVENING.
Money easy. Gold, 142,7!. Exchange on Lon-
don, 157 ; on Paris, 360. Stocks quiet : New
York Centrals, 98 ; Illinois, 1171 ; Erie, 63i ;
5.20 Bonds, 1024. Cotton steady : middling
Upland, 38c. Receipts, three days, 6,000 ; sales,
two days, 3,500 ; stock, 115,000. Flour and
wheat dull. Corn and provisions quiet. Coffee
steady. Sugar and molasses firm. Petroleum
dull : crude, 261 ; refined, 42.
NEW ORLEANS, Jews 5.
Cotton dull : low middling, 33 to 35. Receipts,
four days, 3,750 ; exports, four days, 19,000 ;
'- 124000.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

SATURDAY. JUNI 16, 8 A.Y.

F. Extrema.
IL iT.I A. lit* W. IL tto
12 F.i D. 9.
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Aberdeen
2954 54 W. 2 2 W. cr 1
Ardroasan M 1.49 611 W. 6 6 W. r 0.1 6
GreeneaatJa 129.36 63: W. 6 2 N.W. rc 0.10 4
Valentla ;51.92.551 N.W. 3 4 W.N.W. fe 2
cape Clear I I—l - -
5:.. W.S.W. 4 5 W. oc 0.21 2
Holyhead 129.7353' W.S.W. 5 2 W.S.W. co 0.02 4
Penzance. 30.00 57 W N.W. 4 4 N.W. me 3
Brest llll.OO 57 N. N. W. 4 3 W. frill 4
LoMent 19: 59, W. 2 4 W.S.W. OC 2 2
Rochefort.. . 35.04 63, N.W. 4 4 W. ro 0.08 2
Plymouth :29.04 54 W.N.W. 3 6 W. Tel) 3
Weymouth 19.60 59 W.N.W. 4 8 W.S.W. ; reb
Portsmouth ' 29.54 59 W.N.W. 31 4 W. re 0.08 2
London -
Yarmouth
Scarborough. 20.,,,s 54 W. 2 2 N.W. 'be • 0.08 2
Shields 49.1:554 N.W. 2; 2 1 N.W. Ico ,
fielder

REMARKS,

The decrease of hnrometic presaure
and extended over the whole of the Brit
our coasts this mot-nine are chiefly went

as continued In the north
tish Isles. The winds on
erly and moderate.

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A YOUNG LADY BURNT TO DEATH.—An acci-
dent, which unhappily terminated fatally, and which has
thrown a gloom over a large circle of friends, occurred at
the house of the Very Rev. Dean Ramsay, 23, Ainslie-
place, Edinburgh, on Wednesday evening. Miss Lucy
Cochrane, niece of the venerable dean by his lady's side,
while sitting with him in his dressing-room, discovered that
her clothes were on fire. Miss Cochrane rushed to the
lobby staircase in the hope, it is supposed, of getting
assistance. One of the servants, attracted by her
screams, caught her at the foot of the stair, and threw
a piece of carpeting over her. Admiral Ramsay was like-
wise immediately at Miss Cochrane's side, snd assisted
in extinguishing the flames. Professor Henderson was
sent for, and he called in Professor Spence, who continued
with the suffering lady all night ; but she was so much
scorched, and her nervous system had received such a
severe shock, that she expired on Thursday forenoon. As
there was no fire in the room in which Miss Cochrane first
discovered that her dress was burning, and as she had been
a short time in the room before making the discovery, the
fire must have been smouldering in her dress for some time.
Miss Cochrane was about twenty-two years of age, was the
daughter of Mr. Rupert John Cochrane, New 'York, and
was on a visit to Dean Ramsay when the melancholy sod.
dent happened.—Seaman.
CRYSTAL PALACE. —At the opera concert this
afternoon Mdlle. Ilina de Muraka, Signor Gardoni, Ma-
i dame Arabella Goddard, and other arfixta will appear.
Besides the promenade in the palace otter the concert, the
gardens of itockhills will also be thrown open.