The Express.
London, England, 1860-01-06 00:00:00

SARDINIA.

A Turin letter contains the following:
I read the " Counsels of • Military Yea" fa the Diritto,
published here. They are said to be written by en officer of
high rank. This offioer demonstrates that, so soon as next
swing, Piedmont would be in • position to carry on war
alone ',siert Austria. The result of his calculations is as
follows:—Austria has 634,000 men under ernes, half of
which she might lead to Italy. As for the Italians,
they would be able next spring to entploy •
force of 240,000 men, which the author thinks quite
enough for • defensive war. The.. 260,008 would be com-
posed of 120,000 Piedneoutess and Lombards, 80,000 troops
of the line, sad the rest of free corps. These Mess ars very
germs] la this country, which, you know, Is quite of • mill-
tery temperament. At the same time the Beelimuttsee
Gaulle Wks compleeently of the mason of Akonsadris.
Instead of 100 the subscription has produced 128. The
Sardinian States subscribed 108,4691 r. ; the rest of Italy,
11,770 ft.; and foreign countries, 47,4646 r.

At the dinner to Garibaldi at Turin on New
Year's day, the gallant General proposed a toast to " Hun-
gary, the sister of Italy!" The Hungarian Colonel Tarr,
who responded, ezpreeeed In ea energetic manner his fervent
hope that they would " 240 Garibaldi at Pugh In the ap.
proaohlng spring."
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ANZTHISSIA.—The new method of producing
aaretheata by hypnotism wee Wed on the 26th alt. in this
Mauritian Hospital at 'furls, by Dr. Partneri°, with per-
fect success, upon a young woman agtd 18. The brilliant
object hold before her eyes was a gold osal-ring. After
the lapse of twelve minutes, the patient said that she
felt sleepy; she was then bid to shut her eyes,
which she immediately did. Aber some preliminary trials
bar state of perfect insensibility being at ^th senrtained,
that operation of extirpating a tumour tr she had was
proceeded with, the patient remade( 'mules, and not be-
traying the sl.ghteet symptom of pain. Nevertheless, she
continued to reply to the questions put to her, and even
commenced a convereatka hermit on matters quite foreign
to the operation. She wag amassed brblowing on her face
after the wound was dressed.—Oeliftesai.
Liman OF THE Bum= lii Suism—T'he
Prussiets Gazetif stye :—" An impertant trial has just
been terminated ht Bthieia, atter having rose through
the three stages of jurisdiction. 111. de Manbengs, the
possessor of it large property arrested and impri-
soned for half an hoar a labourer with whose work
and manners he was not satisfied. He Indicted
this punishment in his quality of chief of the local
police. The other lodged a oomplaint, but the regency of
Nelms would not allow a judicial lavertigation, as H. do
Maubsuge ha noted as the organ of the authoritka, sad the
othinary tribunal was deolarsi incompetent to take cogni-
sum of the 'Nth.. The king's proeurear, however, math-
tamed the charge of illegal imprisonment, and M. de Ken-
Image was condemned to three mouths' imprisonment in
first, second. and third Instance."

liAll,ll TO INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA.—The
time tables of the lodic Cnina, and Australian mail pickets
for 1860 have just been issued, under the 'section of the
Admiralty. Tatty suntan sums important alterations. The
contract time for the transit of the Marseilles portion of the
mail through Egypt will be 24 hours, end for the Southern!).
ton portion 48 hours. The voyage between Southamptoe
and Alexandria is to oocupy 18 days. The outward and
homeward Australian moil; which will leave Sydney and
Southampton respectively in March next, will touch at Potht
de Galls instead of Mauritius. The branch line Wiesen
Aden end Mau:inns will still be in mensaien with
the Australian packets. The contrast time fee the
voyage between Aden and Mauritius will be 13 days.
The Peninsular and Oriental packets will be due at
Southampton about the god, lOu,, 18th, and 25th of the
month; and the Marseilles portion of the Eastern mails will
reach London about all days before each of those dates. The
time of day for leaving Sydney and Southampton is fixed at
2 p.m.; for leaving Melbourne, at 6 cm., fur Marseilles at
7 cm. ; end for Bombay et 8 p.m. The peat between Sydney
and London eta Merreillete is to be 61 da and the e runnel
poet between those two places will be It. days. When the
Australian telegraph is extended to /Ling George's Sound,
and the ladle and Mediterranean telegraph system is CJI:11-
pleted, news will reach London from ?dew South Wales in
14 drys.
Akita or Do. AmiLLT.—A despatch from New
York hes announced the arrest of Rev. Dr. Achilli, the ex-
cetholic priest, at Hoboken. We learn by the New York
Fast that the arrest wee mode on complaint of Mr. Justus
Smith, of the Bergen Heights Water Care Betablithment.
Mr. Smith states that about three months ago Dr. Achilli
secured board at the Water Cure fora young lady whom he
=Ttid as Miss Mary Bogue, himself, and his son—the
act as governess to the son. Dr. Aohtllt and eon oc-
cupied a room adjoining that of Miss Bogus's. On the first
day of Deoemb r the lady gave birth to • child, and soon
atter some ddSculty arose between Dr. Achilli and Mr.
Smith, when the latter appeared before Justice O'Neil of
Hoboken, and preferred a change against Dr. Achilli and the
lady. They were arrested and taken before the justice on
Tuesday, when, there being no evidence against Miss Bogue
she was discharged. Dr. Achilli, however, was held to bail
is the sum of 100 dais., tad was committed to one of the
cells in the polio, statics. Dr. Achilll wents that the
woman Is his wife, and that eines their marriage she has
used her owe name, in compliance with his desire, &wording
to European custom, and teethes he did not wish the mar-
riage to hewn'e known among hie friends. Also, that when
the child wee born Smith demanded 600 dots. to keep the
matter motet, finally reducing the deemed to 100 doll., end
beams* he would nut pay brought the charge against hint.—
Boston Courier.

The landing stern at the Liverpool Docks, instead
of being called, es berstofdra, the North end South lending
Meese, we in future to be deelirnated Ike George'. end
Prteoe's
ere loomed leading stages, after the docks la in= of whiob
they .