The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-23 00:00:00

FLORENCE. liAlcur. Evzaim:

The debate upon the election of Signor Mantini
u deputy for Messina, which commenced yesterday,
was concluded in to-day's sitting of the Chamber of
Deputies. The election was annulled by 1.91 against
107, four members abstaining from voting.

INDIA.
(Via Alexandria.)
BOMBAY, Yrs. 28.
The Sultan of Muscat has been murdered by his
eldest eon.
The Arab tribes on the Persian Gulf are in a
state of revolt.
The Rheele in the Waiwa territory have broken
out in rebellion.
The Indian government bail appointed a commis-
sion to inquire into the working of the paper cur-
rency.
The budget is not expected to be brought for-
ward till the month of April.
Sir Robert Napier has been attacked with fever
at Neemnob, while on a tour of inspection.
Lady Lawrence and family have narrowly escaped
a serious accident, while driving in Calcutta. The
carriage horses took fright and ran away, but were
fortunately stopped without injury to any one.
Cotton dull and declining. Piece goods quiet.
Money easy. Shares nothing doing.

Tns HALVE ALIWTRALIIS MAIM —Sorra-
mares, Mama 92.-. The Peninsula: mad Oriental Glom-
many's staaarahip Tanjore, Captain Brooks, intb_ the Cal.
outta, China, and Australian malls, has arrived. She bring.
99 pileup::, 8 packages of specie, also 854 packages of
geseral marehandise. 679 bake of cotton, and 973 bales of
raw elk, mina 125,0004 stadia
THs Victims OF ma blirrna-Sueatrzna. —;24
impression is that those who fall victims to tkis dam of
man are genially self-conceited perms who have an
mosserated idea of their own intanem—an overoonedent
belief that they sonnet be imposed upon. " Yfaz men
from the osantr4ars fumes for this kind el
snorption, and are, of concur, the assist siry. 1":".
within the circle my own acquaintance, 1 knew a sensible
himself to brpAed"ilat bleb! In
ma nliaernd, London,
waswho standing
looking met ashes) window, when a stranger, of aboat bis
own age, eoftopeitan and piandida. *Auld ems -treed
into conversation, walked on with bin% and nosily sated
him if be had ever played at glades. The mosible young
man replied in the assaths. How gangue! The stranger
had never played damn. What fun it would be to see
what sort ri a gamest war. To be brief. they went to s
skatk-ground, for sews little time with varying
manse, the young maa ultimately losing the ins
or fifteen anon hid about him, and actually egreOrkg
to go, him to got soma more :teary. WidlaYs
meat of the seam Wed ha bad go reamleian be win Wire
robbed. • It was rot maid haldna.bogrii walking In Ala
flesh Mr had imenbat WOW kin 160 be loriplolt4l.
feet—Otscs a Week.

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Lou'S Hmscriow.—Yesterday the High Sheriff
mitered the Oeurt.house of Dundalk, sod the writ for the
election of a repronotative for Louth having bees reed, Sir
John Robinson, Bart., Rokeby lisp. proposed the itt,
Hon. Chichester Fortran. Toe nomiestion was seoosd
by the Hoe. Major Bellew, and there befog no other mo-
dulate, Kr. Netnews was declared duly elected. In re-
turniog thanks. Mr. Fortescos Weald M the Oaths Bill,
and the difficulty which the governs/et bad to meet ia
soppeassiog the Fenian conspiracy, which justified them in
suspending the Hahn. Corpus. He also said the govern.
moot bad a Tenant Bight Bill under coosidgration, and
that it was their intantios to give the catholic youth of
the middle amen in Imbed an opooetnnity of gettier
degrees without availing tismasslvend Trim* College, and
concluded a long bidets' by sayisg while he would attend
to the interests of Ireland g y, he would look after
the Woven of his malice comity particularly.
EIMER HOROLOGIOAL Irtatrrurt.—The annual ,
dieter of thin society was held at the Freemasons'Toyer's I
last costing ; Valentine Haight, the president. in the
choir. The object of the society is to improve the art and
Practice of horology. sod diffuse Ito tine principles by
worths of 01111101111 s, and essay and periodical Mentors. In
givieg the toast of " Scientific Institations." the Chairman
said sone of the salaams could move without borolop ;
Weed, "science was horology, and horology was .asses."
Professor Teacant responded to the toast, and bore testi-
nosy to the value of the society. The Chairman then pew
posed the treat of the evening, " Scones to the British
lifer 'logical lastitute." The society, he mid. had takes
deep root in the watchmaking trade. Various other toasts
were glees. Some eon's sod glees were sung by Miss Gress
Atrinytagn Kiss Emily Withers, Mr. H. C. Sanders, sad i
Master R. Baader,.
TAN ENGLISH OPERA CommeasT.—The whole of
the costly wardrobe of the late " legit& Opera Cosa-
pony," together with the orchestral library sad the copy-
rights held by the company. have jastbesa dispersed by
auction, by Keller.. Pontiac sod Simpson, at their rooms in
Inicesteroonare. The was a Urge &Madams. of both
Loodea end provincial theatrical mongers sod thrsir repro-
mutative', sad high proms wore radioed fce the versos'
lets if cannon though of cousin eta vest mantillas from
their original cont. The ornopury's copyrights did not mom
to alumna math attention except that el erebber's
114fricaise (the English vrities), which was vigorously
oseteeted. and was May knocked down to Madame Jemmy
Baser at 360 L

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