The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-13 00:00:00

THE MARRIAGE OP THE PRINCESS ALICE.

We (Morning Pool) can positively contradict a
paragraph, originating in a weekly paper, and copied int*
several of the daily journals, announcing that the muriap
of the Princess Alice with Prince Louis of Heese•Dermstadt
had been definitively settled to be solemnised in London
during the stunting season. The alliance will not take place
until 1862, when the Prince'. Alice will have attained the
age of 19 yearn.

The Duke of Atholl leaves town this morning on
• visit to her Majesty at Windsor Coati&
. .

Lord and Lady Aveland have been entertaining
a eneesseion oi dawn during the lest fortnight at Nor-
mentos Park. The company has included Maria Mar-
chioness of Ailesbury, his Ifixoelleacy the Minister for the
Netherlands, hie Excellency the Itaverbul Misiatar. the
Earl and Countess of Gamperdowa, Lord aad Lady Lyre-
dee, Lady Howard de Walden, Viscount Campden, Hoe.
Mr. Calthurpe, Hon. Mr. LIII., Hon. G. H. Heathoote,
M.P., ke. _ _

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Sir G. and Lady Broke Middleton have left
&radium! Park, where they have been enketalning a select
Arai of friends for several weeks, and have arrived at
Broke Hall for Christmas.

Miss Contra' dinner and evening party, announced
for this evening, is unavoidably postponed.

The gentlemen cadets belonging to the Royal
Military Academy at Woolwich have entered upon their
ball-yearly examination ditties, preparatory to closing the
establishment for the Chrlatmas holidays. The usual se-
sembling fur the distribution of prizes will take place on
Tuesday, the 18th inst., which the Duke of Cambridge, in
his capacity of President of the Council of Education, has
consented to preside over and also to inspect the company
underarms. The two new wings, situate at the extreme
angles of the budding, are programing towards completion,
and are expected to be reedy for the reception of the cadets
on the resumption of their duties after the Midsummer
vacation, when each student will be afforded the long desired
advantage of • separate sleeping-room ; and the inconve-
nience now experienced in Ws want of appropriate class and
lecture-rooms will be effeemelly remedied. The architectu-
ral appearance of the exterior will be also considerably im-
proved.
It is stated that the government of Prussia " has
commenced a state prosecution spinet eleven English gen-
tlemen, residents of Bonn, who drew up a protest against
the scamislows speech uttered by the Precursor du BM, and
inserted the same in the local paper." " Now, although
acoording to the internatiosal law," observes the new,
"an Engliahman residing in Prussia must yield obe-
disuce to the laws of the land, even though
they 'be unreasonable and severe, yet in this cue
we think the accused are milted to the consideration
of the British government. These who read the protest in
question will remember that it wee perfectly harmless in
character, and, though, perhaps diverging unnecessarily into
other matters, could give no legitimate cause of offence at
Berlin. The real offence has been the commute el the
English prase, which perhaps gave M. Stewards amines to
expos* the misdeeds of which the impneoruneut of Captain
Macdonald warn one of the last. Should the government
persist in this proceeding, it eta only he looked upon as •
deliberate attempt to enforce on the numerous English on
the continent the same gleam respecting what they see and
hear us already prevails among the well drilled !tumults."

LATEST

EVE:

INTELLIGENCE.
ITALY. •
GAETA (via ILirseillee),
The bombardment of Gaeta has recommenced.
During the night shells reached several buildings
and even the hospital.
The Queen hurried from one battery to another,
encouraging the soldiers. The King insisted on
her withdrawing to the casemates.
The fortress of Gaeta energetically returned the
fire of the Sardinian batteries.
NAPIAB (via. liarsofilea), DEo. A.

It is asserted that England, France, and Russia
have requested the King of Naples to cease his
fruitless defence.

It is announced that Victor Emmanuel has desig-
nated General Cialdini for occupying Rome in the
event of the departure of the Pope.
Au Englishman, formerly in the service of
Garibaldi, has been assassinated.

ROME (via Marseilles), Mac. &

Colonel Masi has evacuated Orvieto, which it is
said will be occupied by the French. The enlist-
ments for the new Papal army are being actively
carried on.

Half the Neapolitan army who had taken refuge
in Roman territory have quitted the country. Most

of them joined the insurrectionary bands in the
Abruzzi. Many of their officers have joined the
army of King Victor KmmanueL
Sixteen bishops of the Marches, five of whom are
cardinals, have protested against the presence and
the measures of the Sardinian commissary in
those provinces.

PERUGIA, Dec. 12.

The decree of the Marquis di Pepoli, suppress-
ing all the religions orders, makes an exception in
favour of some orders which have deserved well of
the country.
The same decree entrusts the government with
the charge of the religious treasury.
The convents of Umbria have been closed, with
the exception of several establishments to be con-
verted into hospitals and schools.
Pensions are granted to the members of the
religious orders which have been suppressed.
Rentes to the amount of 100,000 lire are assigned
in favour of some charitable institutions of Umbria;
the; surplus remaining in the religions treasury will
be applied to religious works and public iustrue-
tiou-

PALERMO (win, Marseilles), Die. 8.

The Lieutenancy Council has officially demanded
the maintenance of distinct laws for Sicily until
the assembling of the Italian parliament.

BERNE, WIDNIBDAY.

According to private advice. received here,
General Michel is to make the necessary arrange-
ments for disbanding the foreign battalions sent
from Gaeta to the Papal States by King Francis 11.

RUSSIA.

ST. rETILESSUBA WICDNISDAT.

The Russian mission in London having been
raised to an embassy, Baron Brunnow, minister
plenipotentiary of Russia at the Court of St.
James, hm been appointed ambassador to the same
court.

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.
SOUTHAstproN, THURSDAY.
The Royal Mail eteaa&er Atrato, Captain Woolly,
with the above wail', has arrived.
She brings 37 pasaengers, 1,475,978 dollars in specie, and
2,340 packages of cargo.

She left St. Thomas on the 29th ultimo.
The Shannon was to sad on the sth inst., under canvas,
accompanied by the Trent.
There are no mails from POl4O Rico, as in oonsequence of
the severe weather the Toilet was unable to communicate.
All was quiet at Chili.
The Copiapo silver mime continued to yield well.
News from Peru iudicatee an open rupture with Bolivar.
The United States Minister had not succeeded in arrang-
ing the difference with Peru, and had demanded his peas.
ports. Tranquillity had been established in GuayaquiL A
se►ere ohm* of earthquake had been felt.
The Pole Star, from Liverpool, ►od the Forest King, from
Swansea, had arrived at Valparaiso.
Her Majesty's steamer Vixen was to leave Callao for
England on the sth inst.
Santa Martha was still in possemion of the government
forcers.

The commander of her Majesty's ship Cadmus had
attempted to enter the city of Carthagena, but was refused
admission. The Governor thought that he intended to
attack the city, and ordered all the English residents to be
executed immediately the first English shot was fired.
Business was dull at Valparaiso. Specie scarce. A rise
in the rated interest wan anticipated. Silver bars pure
were quoted 10.871 dole. per mare. Exchange on London,
60 days, 43id. per dollar. Freights to England, Its.
The yellow fever had abated at Jamica. The weather
at Trinidad and Demerara was favourable for planters. At
Barbados the crops were promising.
Exchange, 30 days, 490 dole.

DECEMBER -18, 1880.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.
(nos an ow! ocausroxam.)

PAIUS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The Prase has reason to think that the position
of the newspapers liable to the consequences of
judicial condemnations has not escaped the atten-
tion of government, and that the shortcoming of
the amnesty, which has been so generally com-
plained of, will be remedied before New Year's Day.
The delay is attributed to legal formalities. It is
the Minister of Justice, and not the Minister of
the Interior who is concerned in this matter. It
has been pointedly remarked by the SiScle that
among the many harsh laws invented in 1852 to
harass the press and circumscribe its influence,
there is one especially the maintenance of which
will not be consistent with M. de Persigny's new
doctrine that the press is to be as free in France as
in England, save only in respect of attacks upon
the state—namely, the law which requires the
permission of the government to found a
journal. The opinions of the Minister of
the Interior upon this point are brought to
the test without loss of time, for I understand
that on Thursday last 31. Emile 011ivier, the de-
puty for Paris, lodged an application for leave to
start a new weekly paper, to be called either La
Liberii, Le Suffrage Universe!, or L'Electeur. He
has not yet received any answer.
There is an idea in the highest quarter of re-
organising the ministry of the interior, and dividing
it into four grand directions. It is suggested that,
under this new arrangement, M. dela Guerronniere
would be director of the press, M. Boitelle,
director of public safety, retaining at the same
time his present office of prefect of police, and that
two other directions, the duties of which
are yet to be defined, would be confided
to M. de Saint Marceau, prefect of the Seine and
Oise, and M. Thuiller, another prefect. lam even
told that the only hitch in the way of the comple-
tion of the scheme is that M. de Saint Marceau
stipulates that he must be made senator, and the
two existing vacancies are wanted for General de
Goyon and General Montauban. Senators, how-
ever, die off very fast, and I should think M. de
St. Marceau would be satisfied with a promise of
the next vacancy.
M. de Monnecove, government nominee, has
been elected to the Corps Legislatif for the Pas de
Calais by 17,000 votes against about half that num-
ber split between two independent candidates.
It is rumoured, but, I think, incorrectly, that
M. Thiers means to stand for the Corps Legialatif
at the next vacancy.
I have reason to think that the Chamber will be
convoked much before the usual time.

The Empress is expected at the Tuileries to-mor-
row. The &Lek amusingly enough states on its
front page that she passed the Rives station (near
Lille) on her way to Paris on December 9, and that
the Emperor and the Imperial Prince went there
incog. to meet her. As you are aware, she was in
England at the time.
The Bourse was heavy during the greater part of
the day, and although the Rente recovered from the
extreme point of 68fr. 60c., it left off with little
animation at a decline of 5c., the last prices being
68fr. 80c. for cash and 68fr. 85e. for account.
Mobilier fell sfr. The Orleans Railway fell
Sir. 75c., and the other lines about Mr. 25c.
M. Bare, the celebrated questor of the National
Assembly, who lately returned from exile under
the general amnesty, appeared in his robes at the
Palais de Justice this morning to defend the
Union, he having replaced M. Berryer, who was
originally retained. The cause was put off for a
week.

A very extraordinary and fatal accident occurred
on Sunday on the Northern Railway. The driver
of a luggage train, being behind time, and fearing
to be overtaken by the express which leaves Valen-
ciennes at 10 p.m., threw down several petards on
the line, in the hope of making the fast train pull
up. M. Delpouille, au army contractor, who was
travelling in the express train with his young wife,
being alarmed by the explosion of one of the pe-
tards, opened the carriage door, and either fell or
threw himself out. A train passing at the moment
on the other line of rails crushed him to death.
His wife slept on unoonsciously for a quarter of an
hour after the accident, and when she missed her
husband uttered piercing cries, which were heard
iu the neighbouring carriages. She learned the
fatal news at the Douai station.