The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-22 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

The Mooiteur of this morning contains the follow-
big :-" The Emperor has received a letter from the
Emperor of Austria, announcing the death of the
Archduchess Marie Anne (aunt of the Emperor
Francis Joseph). The Emperor Napoleon has gone
into mourning for four days.
" A despatch from General Dermix announces
that Bi-Sadock and his family, all abettors in the
disturbances among the tribes of Aures in Algeria,
have been arrested."

(11011 OUR OWN

PARIS. FRIDAY R,wwo.

The only rumour of any importance to-day is one
which greatly disturbed the Bourse, and which I
have reason to think true, namely, that a treaty of
alliance between France and Sardinia has been posi-
tively signed. Ido not think that Russia is a party
to this treaty.

The Bourse opened with an upward tendency,
bat became very fiat in the afternoon. The Rente
fell 35c. for cash and 25c. for account, closing at
68fr. 95c. in each case. Mobilier fell 17fr. 50c. The
Orleans Railway fell 12fr. 50c. ; Lyons and South-
ern, 7fr. 500. each, and the other lines lfr. or 2fr.

It is not yet known when the marriage contract
between Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilda
will be executed. Count Cavour, u minister of
foreign affairs, is the crows notary, and it will be
his duty to sign the contract in that capacity. The
Monffeur has not yet pronounced the name of the
princess, and therefore the people speak jokingly of
the possibility of the young lady exercising a will
of her own, and rejecting her suitor. This idea of
course can be but a joke.

There is no authentic confirmation of the rumour
of the day that the King of Naples is dead. I learn
from an entirely private source that his illness is
acute rheumatism, with which he was attacked
while crossing the Calabrian mountains. That is a
disease which is not often suddenly mortal. He is
in a very irritable state, and the letter which I
have seen goes so far as to say that he lately struck
a prefect.

The Emperor taking advantage of the marvel-
lously beautiful weather (a fine soft spring day,
with a south wind) went to St. Germain to shoot to-
day. Lord Cowley was of the party.
Count de Morny has been seriously ill, but is
better.

Count de Lanememes-Breves, the independent
candidate at the late election in the Indre, has
lodged a protest with the prefect against the return,
on the ground of fraud and illegality on the part of
government agents. The Indre, you will remem-
ber, fe the department which boasts of Brother
Oaulthier, of Blanc, and M. Submit), the Mayor of
Dousdic, among its functionaries.

TOULON.

The following are extracts from a private letter,
dated Marseilles, 19th inst., received at Mr. Renter's
office :

The orders transmitted to the mllitery and naval authori-
ties at Toulon and Mantillas ere regarded as strong evidence
at approaching war.

Two betterise of artillery mounting guns on a new
oink, which have lately been submitted to proof at Vbs-
man, ware to have been despatched from Marseilles. One
battery wee Weeded for Algiers and the other one for Oran.
It wee on the occasion of proving these guns that General
Arden lost hie life. A ministerial order, however, has
diverted the batteries from their original destination, sad
they are now lodged in our arsenal, entry to which is strictly
forbidden. An enormous quantity of cartridge* has within
the last few days been reoelord here and deposited in the
forts St. Jean and St. Nicholas, bat It is unknown for what
quarter they are Intended._

The anivoye parsing through the streets of Marseilles,
moiled by infantry, afforded to the chinless ample proof
that warlike storm were arriving. large quantitke of gun-
powder have also been received, sad the commissariat here
is employed in accumulating stores of lint, bedding, and
necessary appliances for hospitals.

The keepers of the military provision stores have recom-
menced work in their bakehouses; 4,600 rations are daily
manufactured, and large quantities of fl,mr have been pur-
chued.

The direction of the Lyons and Mediterranean Railway
have stated their readiness to piece ell their materiel at the
disposal of government for the conveyance of troopa, storm,
&c., and the managers of the Mangan and Toulon Rail-
way have also placed oas of their Hoes of rail at the dispori-
don of government from the let of March next

At Tooke the Admiralty has °allotted large storm of
provisbas of ell drecriptions, and bare bought at public
sertlnn •ir hundred thawed litres of wine,

The armament is being curled on in all parts with activity,
and the French government is fortifying the docks of Mar-
seilles, in which incalculsble trearnres are amused.

At Toulon the building of transport ships is progressing
incessantly, and works go on even on Sundays. Reports
state that these vessels are intended for Algeria, for the pur-
pose of bringing from thence those troops who have seen
most service.

In our town works ere being carried on for the compres-
sion of hay, as was dace doting the Crime.. war. How-
ever, I em hewed es state that up to the present moment
there has been no nesemst of the troops.

The magnificent theatre of the Sultan at Con-
stantinople has just been inaugurated In presence of hie
Majesty, his family, and the principal dignitaries of the
empire, and orders were given for the performance, on the
14th, of the comic opera of the Searoaturse, at which all
the ladies of the harem, for the first time in their lives, were
to be present in the different boxes.
The Journal de Constantinople mentions that it
Is in contemplation to have a universal exhibition at Con-
stantinople in 1860. The proposition is said to have been
favourably received by the different embassies, and a com-
pany bid come 6:read to erect to. building for the
purpose.

A letter from Bombay of the 24th ult. says
We have had several sailing regatta here during the pre-
mise month. Although we have a nest little theatre, per-
formances very seldom take place, owing to the want of an
orgsaired band of pstformen. Sorb se we occasionally
have gramme amateur performanoss, but they are not mach
encouraged by the public. The natives have taken to thea-
trical performances it imitatint of their man ealighteeed
brethren, end it is not uncommon to we some of the leadiog
plays of Shakspere announced for performance in the G Lins-
rate language.••

ITALY.

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LOMBARDY AND VENICE.

The robjoined narrative of the facts which
preceded and mused the recent expulsion of the
students from the University of Padua is from the
pen of an eye witness. We are at no pains to
reconcile it with the statement on the same subject
published by an influential contemporary on Wed-
nesday, with which it so strongly contrasts ; it is
enough for us to know that it emanates from a
thoroughly trustworthy source. It is as follows

" The Professor of Physical Science, Sambre, died
the 7th inst.inTrevise,andexpressed the wiah of being
buried in Padua, where he had long been a teacher.
The evening of the 10th the coffin arrived at the
railway station, whence it was to be carried to the
cemetery. The students hastening in great numbers
to the station, asked for the dead body, which they
intended to carry into the town in order to perform
the funeral the next day. Leave was asked by tele-
graph of the Lieutenant of Venice, who granted it
immediately. The students, all uncovered, took and
accompanied in procession the coffin into the city,
and passing through the most populous streets in-
vited the passers by, and even the military of every
grade, to uncover themselves ; in this way, without
disturbance, they reached the church of St. Andrew's,
where the corpse was deposited.
"The following morning, the 11th inst., the stu-
dents—who did not find there the body, which had
been taken away and buried at night by the sol-
diery—not lees than a thousand in number, went in
procession to the cemetery to deposit some wreaths
on the tomb as a token of respect for the dead. This
sentiment is unknown to the Austrian', who nut
only forbid all solemn funerals, but, assimilating the
dead to animals, exact at the gates of towns the
game tax for the entrance of a dead man as for

a pig.
"The students, then, were shocked at the treat-
ment of their late professor, stolen from church and
put by stealth into the ground like an infections
beast, and agreed before parting to meet again in the
evening, and to make a demonstration. Till this
moment not a single voice was heard, and they se- ,
parated quietly as obeying superior orders. The new
meeting of the evening was not leas numerous than
the preceding ones; drawn up in files of four, they
traversed from the railway station the principal
'treats and squares to the Place of Bt. Antonio,
shouting from time to time " Viva l'ltalia!" " Viva
Vittorio Emmanuel.!" "Norte alle spie ! " and
there they parted, without any disturbance. It was
a demonstration without attempt at infringing on
order and existing laws.
*The next day, the 12th, a delegate from Venice
same, and caused a written advertisement to be
posted at the gates of the University, ordering all'
students to retire to their homes by nine in the even-
ing, and never to appear in the streets more than
two together; at the same time, numerous and fre-
quent troops of cavalry and infantry patrolled the
city.
" At a quarter to two in the afternoon a corporal of
the Hussars stopped with his patrol before the large
gate of the University,. where, as usual, students
were waiting for the beginning of the lectures, and
abruptly. ordered them to disperse, saying that he
had received instruction to disperse by force, if
necessary, any gathering in the streets. Elsa-
perated by so unreasonable a summons, some of the
students went to fetch the Rector Magnificus, who
was absent ; the other', and those who arrived after,
ignorant of what bad just happened, remained under
the portico of the school, where the number was
increased by those who came oat of finished
lectures. The corporal and his patrol returned with
a threatening countenance, and the students shouting
and hissing began to shut the large gate, but the
patrol, who had no right to pass the threshold,
came in cursing and firing their pistols in the
portico. The students having no arms to oppose
that treacherous, infamous aggression, yielded to the
persuasion of their professors, and withdrew by the
side doors ; but new troops arrived, and took up all
the gates, blocking them up till six o'clock. Then
a mixed commission of soldiery and police employee
examined the remainder one by one, arrested twenty-
three of them, besides some military students, who
had previously been permitted by their superiors to
attend the lectures.
"At the same time, evidently in order to excite a
serious revolt, the artillery began firing in the Prato
della Valle ; the Gaffe Pedroechi was invaded, and
every person driven away ; then it was left, then
' besieged again, and communications with the outside
prevented. All the surrounding streets were occu-
pied by troops, the shops shut up, the traffic inter-
cepted, the Caffe della Vittoria, although empty, was
invaded, and gleam and windows were broken with
swords by the intoxicated soldiery, who insulted any
of the citizens who had a pipe, or the looks, gesture,
, or air of students; persons found in coffee-houses
I frequented by students were arrested, and these
houses shut up.
"The same evening a printed edict of the police
I ordered within twenty-four hours the departure
of all the students not belonging to the city;
in another edict the same authority threatened to
proceed with the utmost rigour against the citizens
, if the disturbance should not cease. This last edict
ought to have been addressed to the soldiers, the
only real cause of disorder.
• Thote of the students who went with their lug-
gage to the station, in order to tranquillise thew
parents with their lusty presence, were arrested in
the waiting-rooms and brought to the police-office,
where many were kept prisoners, and the others,
under military eeoort, sent again to the station, to
wait several hours for another train. Tho number of
arrested persons is yet unknown.
r "In fine, the board of the municipality was ordered
to raze to the grow d at night a monumental column
, that had stood outside Ports Codaluoga three cen-
; tunes and a half in remembrance of a victory gained
on foreign invaders by the inhabitants of Padua. It
, had been repaired at the expense of Count Carlo
, Leoni, and bore the following inscription Here
was the bulwark where our own countrymen, with
their free blood, punished the infamy of Cambrd and
, the foreign invader, A.D. 1509, Sept. 29, memorable."
, The column was taken away and concealed behind a
wooden enclosure near the gate of Savonarola.
" On the 13th and 14th nothing new, except fee-
, pent and numerous patrols walking even in day-
time over the city. It is only by frequent musters;
r that Austria succeeds in holding the Italian poises-
, skim and provokes them; but the Italians, knowing
that their time is not yet arrived, remain calmly brew-
ing their hatred against their Austrian oppressors.
" Padua, Jan. 15. '