The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-23 00:00:00

LOMBARDY AND PIEDMONT.

The Indipeadenta gives the following u the plan
which would be adopted by the Piedmontese govern-
ment for the assimilation of Lombardy.
1. At present only the measure. of obvious and
undeniable urgency will be promulgated.
2. The Subalpine Chamber will vote the treaty;
if one should be drawn up.
3. After that vote it will be dissolved.

4. There will appear a new elootoral law on the
base of a deputy to thirty or thirty-fire thousand in-
habitants.

6. It is from this parliament representing all the
provisions of the state to the government will de-
mand the powers necessary for the laws of assimi-
lation.

PORTUGAL

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LISBONAracer 17.
The Count de Thomar left for the Brazils in the
Tyne, on the 13th inst., to fill the poet of minister
plenipotentiary on the part of Portugal at that
court. _ _ _ . _

The King and the rest of the royal family are still
sojourning at the Palace of Mafra.
The Spanish financier Salamanca has made the
deposit of 40,0001., required by the provisiosal con-
tract entered into between him and the Poltnguests
government. The concession is still open to compe-
tition for the space of forty day., but unless Sir S. M.
Peto enters again, and revises his proposals, which
is very unlikely the contracts of Salamanca will be
definitively adopted. Whether this gentleman will be
able to execute the extensive works contracted for at
so low a figure is matter for grave doubt ; the terms
are far more advantageous for the Portuguese
government than those of Peto's contract, and the
work draughted out is more costly and difficult.
Avow yarrow. _ _ . .

Public masses for the repose of the late Queen have
been said in many of the churches of the capital
and throughout the country, and I believe this week
a solemn dirge will be sung in the church of the
English College.
The accounts of the olives are very bad, and a
very short crop is expected. The vine disease is
worse than ever, and the loss in money to the
farmers and to the country generally will be very
great. From Oporto, letters in which every credence
can be placed describe the state of the vineyards as
most disastrous.

CRICKET IN CANADA.—A letter from Toronto
says:—" The manly game of cricket is now in full play all
over Canada. Last week eleven Upper Canada men played
the United States Eleven on the Torunto ground. The re-
sult was somewhat different from the trial of skill at the
game between the earns parties last year when Canada won,
with six or eight wickets to go down. Oa the present °cos-
olon the American party, most of whom, however, were
Begliebmen, were decidedly the better men, and Iron easily,
leaving flee wickets to go down. The scene on the ground
was really most animated end pleasing. Thoneand. of our
einem" were present, including the Governor-General end
Lady Head, and the tout ensemble, the surrounding scenery,
sad many handsome buildings In the vicinity, were mat
Imposing to the spectator. The All-England Eleven are to
visit no in the autumn, and the greatest animation prevails
ail over the cricketing localities in the United States and in
Canada. Our men are practising amidnonsly for the coming
matches; bat we can hardly expect to get together a twenty-
two who can by any poegibility beat the splendid eleven of
AU England. The love of the noble game is spreading all
over this continent, which may almost be looked nom' as a
guanuthre for the non.deterlorstion of the inhabitants.'
THE STREET BETTING NDISANCE.—The members
of the betting ring who tranasct their business in the public
thoronghfares hiving been expelled from the City by the
police authorities, now congregate In considerable number.
in Princes-sheet, Coventry-street, end in Bird.etreet, Os-
ford-aireet, where they ate almost daily to be seen, some with
betting books, and most of them evidently belonging to the
sporting fraternity, causing anobetruchon to respectable pas-
Naga% On Monday as Mr. Bartlett, former, of Bovingdon,
Bert., in conpony with his brother, was crossing Princes-
street, they were accosted by one of these speenhanrs in
future events, desiring so know "what horse they would
hack for the Doncaster St. Leger ;" and on extricating
themselves from the crowd the country gentleman found him-
melt minus his purse, containing between 14/. and 15/. in
gold and Over.
COTTAGES FOR LABOURERS ON ENTAILED Es-
rairms.—A tell bee been prepared and brought Into Pula-
mat by Mr. W. Ewell, Mr. Dunlop, and r. Biark, "to
facilitate the erection of cottages for labourers by the pro-
prietors of entailed estates to Scotland." The preamble of
the bill recites the Acta 10th George 111.. cap. 51; 11th and
12th Victoria, cap. 38; and 16th and 17th Victoria, cap,
04, which provide for We application and recovery of sums
expended on the permanent improvement of entailed estate.% as
follows :—" I. From and after the passing of this Act, all the
provisions of the recited Acts which relate or apply to
improvement. of entailed estates of the nature cotstem-
parted by the first-recited Act Phan be hell and construed es
including end applying to the erection of oatteges for
labourers, upon such estates, in the same manner in all mopeds
as if the erection of such cottages bad been /pacified in the
ninth section of the find-recited Act among the other im-
provements therein mentioned. 2. From and after the pass-
ing of this Act the erection of cottages for labourers upon
entailed agitates, or upon lands directed to be, invested with a
view to being entailed, Atha be held to be one of the perma-
nent Improvements of such estates or lends contemplated by
the mend and third recited Acts; and all the provisions of
those Arta which relate to permanent improvements of ouch
estates or lands shall be held and construed as including
and applying ro the erectien of such cottasee."
THE latex CONSTABCLARY.—It is announced that
the Lords Cemmisoioners of her Majesty's Treasury have
determined to recognise the long envie, of the superior
officers of the constattulary, and have sasented to the follow-
ing scale of remuneration to the county and cub-inspectors
of the time, proportionate to their length of service:—To
officers having reeved 2 years and under 7 yet., 121. per an-
num ; having revved 7 years and under 15, 241.; 15 years
and under 20, 301.; 20 years and upward., 481. The late
government, it appear., coniemptated banging in a bill 10
effect this Menem in the pay, but were compelled to ?vire
before bringing the matter under the consideration of the
legislature. The present ministry, however, bare carried
out the design of their predeceesors In conferring this sub-
stantlsl boon upon the offioers of the force,
, THE LATE MR. JACOB BELL.—A movement is at
pre-cut in program, under the auopic,s of the Pherwaceutical
Society of Great Britain, for the establishment of a memorial
, Ito the memory of the lee Mr. Jacob 8011, Mr. Bell bad
been president of the society, and his Inborn for promoting
the advancement of pherwaceutioalknowledge and furthering
, the interests of its members are weU known. Tee society,
at a remit special meeting, resolved " that no more appro-
. petits mode of accomplishing the object could be adopted
than the establishment, by suterription, of pharmaceutical
scholarships, to be called The Bell Memorial Pharmaeentl-
, cat Scholarahips,' which ~hall to. awarded, under suitable re-
, guletions, to industrioue, welloet nineted, and competent re.
gieured apprentices and areueisama of the Phermaceutield So-
, day." In Manobeeter a' Bell Memorial Committee" has
been formed, and we untleretand that a subscription Ilit has
been set on toot, and several very liberal sums appended by
the gentleman connected with the bnitneee in that =lt
Oldham the movement has also been initiated, and 1)-
tiara bare been obtained towards the purpose aimed at by
I A .
A correspondent at Southampton states that about
• two years nines Dr. Smethurst, now lying under sentence d
death for murder, had acme thoughts of prattling as e
medial man in that town. Ilia manners were (he says)
I considered gentlemanly. He need to laugh immoderately
1 while in gay, social convene. Persons who bad businem
, dealings with Mtn found him tricky and selfish, but, like
r I most secret poisoners, he was exempt from any suspicion that
I he was capable of murder.