The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-18 00:00:00

AN EARTHQUAKE IN AUSTRIA.

A journal published at Laybach, in Styria, da!ed
the 10th of Nov., sass :—" We were visited, at 17 agoutis
peat 11 o'clock, yes•eraq evening, by a tolerably vehement
earthquake. The first shock seems dto Ise in a vertical di.
melon. We felt just as if the ground were swelling up into
an arch beneath our feet, and ourselves lited sin inches
higher. This continued oily for one second. Then we
heard a sullen roaring aolseorblch bore some resemblance
to the roll of distant thunder, and at the same time came
one after ani.tber quickly, several shaking movements in a
horizontal direction, two of which were especially vehement,
so that we were &true of being throws to the ground by
then, or burled oat of our bade. Altogether, perhaps 20 such
oscillations occurred in the course of about four 11C011,11.
These movements appeared to oe from southwest to
nortb•weet. The beams of the house roof wens bent in
some Instances; the walls were cracked, and the
plaster peeled off them, and same articles of (undue,
sub as vases and clocks, were thrown down and broken.
The earthquake seemed to be more violent on the left bank
of the river than on the right bank, but it was not equal
to the earthquake which was felt here on the 21st of D.--
umber, 1846. A few chimneys tell in different parts of
the town ; bat except these accidents, and evens 'Nadel
in the walls, to public edifies or private house was damaged
by the earthquake. The direction in which the shcck moved
was remarksoly shown is the pyramidal ornaments, f ,raed
each of three square stone pieces, erected along the wall in
front of the Irenciseen church. Tte topmost stone was
loosened and split hoesontally, so that part of its side
which had been turned towards the north was wrenched
round to the north.west. The terror which prevailed in the
town may be imagined, as it was fasted that the earthquake
would . Ti. barometer bad not varied gees two
o'clock in the afternoon ; the sky was clear. the tempera.
lure moderate, and there was no perceptible wind. This
morning, also, about hell put eight o'clock, nitre was a
vibration which made the glasses ring in the cunhosrd, but
wse insignificant compared with that of last night."

PARIS, Idouroav
It is consolatory to find that there are already a
great many open defections from the standard of
" Slavery of the press," which the Cbsailstionsel
proclaimed yesterday that a compact body of
36,000,000 Frenchmen was resolved to uphold. In-
deed, considering that just now the Consfitutionnel
has the law on its side, it is astonishing with what
spirit several of the Perin journals " pronounce
against its dc:tsine.
The Gazette do France says :
We an see but one unusable eenelution to be Brews
from Hite article, easel, that the regisse adopted with
regard to the press dose not is praotioe produce the advs.-
tape ezpectsd by thine who establiehed it. Although the
esprit dlr./rondo Ls sow reduced to show itself in other way.
than by publicity, it does sot the less, if we are to believe
the Conefiletionnel, energise as inflow:co upon opinion.
It Is now sawed of having imbued the muses with its
inventions and ellinnales, end having featured its venom
Into French society se well se into the foreign prus. It is
questionable' whether the system of liberty of the pet..., bad
it remained is fore. under a strong govertment, would have The shops of pastryoooks in Prussia have been
produced sub dangerous results ea these. It is OTOS off- ordered
r. henceforth to be elated on Swedes' dozing the eels-
. moth, „mice.
minable to think that the Minnows" of which the Cols- The Kress: Erittreg of Berlin informs its seeders
aritasjiann.ltomplahs,would have met with lew await it that a number of the German Legion, diebanded is this
it bad pawed through the ordeal of a free discussion country, esprereed their desire to remain is Engles& end
before rushing the ears of the public. merely torso doing were immediately thrust into prison ! We
The 84cle says: molly were not aware of this (act.
at the THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC.—STocHHOLH,
11l
The Constitsteontssi parte ever Is 'Renee the speech pro-
Nov. 10.—Since yesterday the weather has become wintry.
eteasell Tsiberiee, sad bestows its attention upon Wind, E end N. 8., with snow, and lest night 6clego. of
Ile theemead sumsuse allemdetlag is Paris, fates news. frost; to-diy, 63 aim Suydam, Nov. 10.—L .et night there
iffingsco osio iodeulikes egged the goveroment. It were leder. of frost, but the mouth of the river and the
wowsay b be dodo,* as argamnt from tbio in focoor of fairway to sea are still open. Ti', Bay is trozyn over, MOO
the chaen-I from the guard ship to the White Glarett
the
ith•rt, of the Mee and law1° prove that people W 96.7 alio from over. Several vessels outward bound are hams
wbbPoo loss If the ern, of the on the Polio, of Feb. lir to below the guard ship, but they will all be able 13 get le
1862, were relaxed; but the Coselituriovera is not be a sea to-day by means of steam tugs. Wind 6 doge. frost.
hawser to moult is farm of the press. See hew it fsb Rigs, Nov. 9.—Froet has suddenly set in here, and tads,
there was 7 deem. of cold. The Dens in leases over.
Ideate* naiad the Leads. journals. Decidedly the dio
Hemel, Nov. 13.—Up to jeered', morning, light frost
avowal billeted epos It has spelled Its temper. 4 dep. Weather since, mild, anti lee broken sp. To-day
The stumbles National*, speaking of that part of wind teak at ILW

NAVAL AND MILIIARY,
ROYAL WaratAXT.—Tbe following Royal warrant,
sagnwating the daily pay of aou.oneeniestened °Sun of
the lbw, kas base hued by sonentsad of bey Majesty
" Viseseia IL—Whereas, we have judged it expsdiut to
revise dot pinks of ear Revd warrant of the let of Jelly,
18411, whisk legulatee tha pay of regimental hospital est-
liellOG Our will sad pleasure therefore is that, from and
der the let of October, 1866, the daily pay of our infanta
of the line shall be u follows: Hospital sergeants, 21. per
Mao ; ditto after several yews aniaterr opted service as such,
2.. 6d. per diem.
thou at our Court at St. Jame's, this 6th day of No-
lumber. 1856, in the 20th year of oar reign.
61 By her Majesty's ssoutaad, 16 Pannuas."

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 17.—APPOINPMENT.—Assid-
sat Samson J. Sproule (18M), to As Victory, 101, fag
ship, at Portsmouth.

CHATHAM, Nov. 17.
Orders having been issued from the Hone Ouerde
fore considerable augmentation to be made in the strecptb
of the eorps of Royal Engineer, , by the formation of several
additional emnpenies, Co oriel Sandbars has received direc-
tions to select a number of the most intelligent non-commis-
sioned dams and mon, who are to be mat to various parts
of the country on the recruitiog service. It is undentood
that this corps will be lammed to 6,000 men.

HAMBURG, Nov. 13.
The orders given by the British government to
send home the rest of the German Legion by way of Ostend
have been countermanded, and yesterday cis hundred ot
them arrived naezpsetedly in the Elbe, from Harwich, by
the chartered steamer City of Boulogne, which landed
them at Gluehstadt, wbsem they were forwarded to this
elty by railroad. According to the statement of these
soldiers, the rest of their comrades may be expected here in
a few days in a government steamer. As the legionaries
have all received their pay and other silowasces Wore leav-
ing England, our polio* are in great sppreheasion of a num-
ber of teem relining through their money too freely whilst
hire, and then having none left to carry them to their
beam, in which case the enpenses will have to be defrayed
by this city. They are therefore very importunate in indite-
lag then to " move an."