The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-24 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1867.

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.' (azursa's TELEGRAMS.)
TVEMDAY, December 24, 1567. All the NEW CIIIIIST.
As INTIRTAINMENTS. surpmsdni in novelty and splendour RESIGNATION OF THE ITALIAN MINISTRY.
even the most succeddul efforts of former years, will be repro- FLORENCE, DEC. 23.
muted for the second time TOITIORT (Tuesday % December 24,
nad every evadug ,Chriatuumolay excepted during the week. I In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
General Menabrea announced that in consequence
ANEW COMIC BALLET, introducing peculiar of the adverse vote of yesterday the ministry had
*Recta, and supported by MM. Dsuban and Warde. from
the Theatre de la Porto St. Martha, and Mr. F. Evans, called placed their resignations in the hands of the King)
x E. x. or omiGini-srmi and THE HAPPY YISIIERs.
Dances by Milano. scenery by W. Callcott. and music by and they now awaited his Majesty's orders. In
Ririere. —TUESDAY, December 1047.—ROIAL ALHAMBRA the meanwhile the Cabinet would remain at their
PALACE.
posts in order to conduct the public administration
ANEW GRAND SPECTACULAR BALLET and to maintain public order.
and TRANSFORMATION SCENE, called the GOLDEN The King has not yet accepted the resignation
PLUMES. The scenery invented, plated, and constructed by
Mr William Calked, the Dances by Milano, the Music by Ririe" of the ministry. His Majesty held • consultation
sumorted by a double company id TUESDAY ngurantes. . .
ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, Dec. 24, Hid, morning with Signor Rattazzi and General

• Durando. It is stated that Signor Lanza, Baron
m~eßO(Managing Director. Mr. P. iltrange.l Three Pallets. too Riess°li, and General Cialdini have declined to
YAL ALIIAMBRA PALACE.
cersip litrentiaiststanter7s, Acrobat; Von Pic- undertake the task of
.forming a new ministry.
smoking-mom. Evening Paper ; 10 nigbaier Evir.; The Chamber of Deputies has been prorogued to
light. Open at watt-past Seven, beam at light.hke•—.l.. the ith, and the Senate to the 15th of January.
b., and ; Reasirrlod Sea* 4a.: hinge Boma, keen gl In
hoz-oMo' open from Menem ao lour. FLORENCE, Dec. 23, Emilio.
The King left for Turin this evening.
tfhe Nazione and Italia state that his Majesty
has charged General Manabres with the formation
of a new ministry.

ALL the CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES.
TUESDAY. Dee. 24, 1867.
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A review of the Pontifical troops took place thin
afternoon on the Piazza St. Pietro.

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In the sitting of the Legislative Body to-day the
request of M. Pelletan to interpellate the Govern-
ment was rejected by all the bureaux. The dis-
cuasion of the Army Bill was then resumed.
31. Jules Simon opposed the bill asking for the
suppression of a permanent standing army. He
advocated a general national armament, as in
Switzerland. He said that the project of
the Government was the organization of war.
• Marshal Niel opposed the system advocated
Iby M. Jules Simon, behind which he
• could foresee the disastrous Utopian folly of
general call to arms. He refuted the criticisms
' launched against the French army. It was not an
army of Praetorians, but there existed an intimate
union between it and the nation. The military
spirit which it was desired to destroy was the
foundation of the greatness of France. Referring
;to his efforts to complete the organization of the
army, Marshal Niel said that he believed that he
had worked for peace, and he hoped that it would
be maintained. Relative to the amount of the
proposed contingent, Marshal Niel said that the
ireal object of the bill was to create a normal contin-
gent in such guise that its effective strength should
never be leas than 760,000 men. The contingent of
this year will be 100,000 men. The result of the
bill will be to prevent anyone whomseever
attacking France with impunity. The difference
of opinion still existing between the Government
and the army commission were not important.
The Government, which had displayed a great
spirit of conciliation, will give explanations upon
these points still subjects of debate. M. Jules
c Simon explained that he had attacked the principle
of permanent armies, but not the army itself. M.
Jules Fevre maintained that the bill as it stood,
instead of being a guarantee of peace, would
be an instrument of war. If nations did
,• not settle their differences by common
agreement, but by war, it was because
they were not free. The Empire had startled
Europe, and had thus provoked foreign powers to
increase their armaments. The Empire had but
one friend—the clergy. M. Havrinoourt opposed
the amendment of M. Jules Simon. M. Emile
011ivier criticised the bill ; strength warn not to be
sought for in increased armaments, but in the sup-
' prelusion of the existing causes of weakness ; he ad-
vocated the suppression of the Imperial Guard.
M. 011ivier maintained that the bill was framed
with a view to a proximate war. Ho maintained
that the Prussian army was simply an army of
defence. He added that a constitutional liberal
government ought to be substituted for a personal
one. The Chamber rejected M. Jules Simon's
amendment.

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Decorations were distributed to the troops en-
gaged in the late campaign. General Kanzler re-
ceived the Grand Cordon of the Order of Pius 1%.
The Pope witnessed the ceremony from an apart-
ment in the Vatican.

THE DEBATE ON THE ARMY BILL IN
THE FRENCH CHAMBER.
PARIS, Mo. 23, EVINI24O.

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