The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, ElArossw.

The Moninewannouncesthat tleLegisiative Body
y
has agreed to the contingent of 100,000 men for
the present year, by 238 against 8 votes.

SARDINIA.
TURIN, Aria. 13.

It is officially settled that King Victor Em-
manuel, during his tour in Central Italy, will re-
pair from Florence to Bologna, and will visit the
Legations.

THE PAPAL STATES.
ROME, Pastier, Arm 13.
A great manifestation took place yesterday in
commemoration of the anniversary of the return of
the Pope in 1850.
In the morning, the Pope, accompanied by a
crowd of persons, went to the Church of St. Apes,
beyond the walls of Rome, where his Holiness
celebrated mass and gave the communion to 500
persons. On the return of his Holiness to the
Vatican he was received with applause. In the
evening the city was illuminated.

TURKEY.
00148TANTINOPLE., Area 4.
The Sultan, acting upon the advice of Capitan-
Paella, nos recalled Omer Pacha from exile, and in-
tends to appoint him to the command of the army
in Rotuuelia, with a view to the events which may
take place in the Slavonian provinces.
Numerous protests have arrived from the in-
habitants of Bulgaria, and from the Greek clergy.
The Representative Assembly of the Roumain
provinces is about to discuss proposals relating to
projected railways, to the Commercial Bank, and ,o
loans on landed property. The proposals referring
to the two latter questions have been favourably re-
ceived by the people.
It is certain that the trlemas have signed petitions
in favour of Morocco.

THE UNITED STATES.
QUEENSTOWN, FRIDAY.

The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Company's screw steamer City of Manchester, Captain
Cummings, from New York ea the 31st ult., has arrived.

GALWAY, SATURDAY.
The Atlantic Royal Mail Company's steamer,
Circaseien, from New York and St. John's, hes arrived
here.

LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO ST. JOHN'S.
NEW YORK, Amu. 1.
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The Bavaria hill arrived out.
The siege of Vera Cruz Lad been abandoned after six
days bombardment.
On Saturday the cotton market exhibited a declining
tendency. Sake an three days amounted to 2,000 hales.
riddling Uplands, I.lc. ; in other kinds the market eras
generally unchanged. Stocks active and higher.

The Cracow Gazette states that the Emperor re-
turned the following reply to a deputation of Jews, who re-
cently waited on his Majesty to return thanks for the ame•
liotstions in their social position recently accorded them :
" I rejoice to receive the deputation of Israelites from
Cracow and Itacarow. The Israelites in Cracow and Galicia
have preserved their faith and devotion to the throne in
the times of the greatest calamity, and I hope they will
continue in this course, the more so as I have now enlarged
their circle of operations. My legislative measures will
continue to make advances in the mine direction, and to
remove by degrees the disabilities yet maintained."
FrAulein Ludmilla Aesing, who, as it seems, is
dill exposed to attacks on account of the publication of
Humboldt's and Varuhagen's "Correspondence," has pub-
lished the following document of donation :—" Berlin, 7th
December, 18/IB.—To my dear niece, Ludmiha Assing, who
for many years has bestowed upon me most loving care and
attendance, I have in gratitude made present of all my books
and writings, of all my literary papers and collections, and
have delivered these thing. to her complete, with my hand still
warm, so that she may already now dispose of them accord.
Ms to her own hest judgment. If a few of these objects are
still in my own keeping, it is only for the purpose gradually
to arrange, select, and complete them better. This act of
donation I testify with my own hand. —KARL Ammer
Luowia PHILIP? VARNHAGEN vole Seel, Royal Privy
Councillor of Legation."