The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-28 00:00:00

(azurite's MIZORAM& ) (FROX A CORRESPONDENT.)
PRUSSIA. FLORENCE, Nov. 24.
BERLIN, Nov. 27.
The King has returned, and as far as outward
The semi-official North German Gazette of this show went was well received. But the attitude of
the motley crowd which assembled to meet him
evening says :—" We are able to affirm most posi-
certain was grave and undemonstrative, very far indeed
tively, that the rumours published by
from being in harmony with the festive pre-
journals relative to the illness and the alleged dis-
grace and resignation of Count Bismarck are parations for which the nation had expended
300,000 francs, in order, to satisfy the " municipal "
totally devoid of foundation."
cravings for a fete. Many people, indeed, regret
The same journal says :—" We expect, from the
that in times of penury throughout Italy so much
general tone of public opinion with reference to
good money should be uselessly and causelessly
the Dotation Fund, that this question will be
thrown away. The King is said to have shared
speedily and suitably settled by the Chamber of
this regret. He felt that all such expenditure and
Deputies, without discussion of the names of the
such outward manifestations, at this particular
persons to whom the money is to be accorded, or
moment, were out of place, and he endeavoured to
the amounts they are severally to receive." I
dissuade the municipal authorities of this, his
AUSTRIA. . present capital, from giving ',him this pompous
VIENNA, Nov. 27. welcome. Contrasted with the overwhelming

enthusiasm and heartfelt sincerity of the reception
which the King and royal party met with at Venice
and throughout the Venetian provinces, Floren-
tine coldness must have been painful enough. Al
no moment was a heartfelt shout of welcome heard
running through the crowd, neither on the King's
arrival, nor when he :missed among the dense
mass of people in the streets, nor when, as is
the usual custom, he showed himself on the bal-
cony of the Pitti palace. A few, a very few
cheers, andthe waving of some handkerchiefs, were
the only manifestations of popular feeling.
Early on the morning of his return there were to
be seen placarded in every direction along the
Via Maggio, close by the Pitti palace, the fatal
words " Lissa and Custoza," in large letters. They
were of course intended as an insult, or at least as
a reproach, to the King. The police, however, had
time to erase the unseemly words long before the
royal personages traversed the street just named.
General Floury was closeted with the King
during the morning of the 22nd for two hours.
The general afterwards engaged in close and inti-
mate conversation with Baron Ricasoli. He is
THE RUSSIANS IN CENTRAL ASIA. going to prolong his stay till after the 15th De-
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 27. I oember, the time at which the convention between
According to advices received here from Oren- France and Italy, regarding the occupation of
burg, dated yesterday, complete tranquillity pre- Rome, expires.
wills in Turkestan, and the Russian troops are re- I The circular note of Ricasoli to the prefects and
turning home. royal commissioners of Italy (which may be looked
In Bukhara the war is at an end. The friendly upon as the political programme of the future go-
relations with Khokand have been strengthened, vernment of Italy) has given the most unqualified
and the commercial regulations everywhere re- satisfaction. It embodies the principles of a wise,
stored. • moderate, and liberal policy, kindling in its text on
THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES, every department of importance in the political
BUCHAREST, Nov. 27. I and administrative government of the kingdom.
Prince Charles opened the chambers to-day in Its language with regard to the Roman question
shows the Italian government to be animated by
person. In the speech from the throne he an-
the most conciliatory feelings, and fully determined
pounced that the suzerainty of the Porte would be
respected within the limits of the treaty of Paris. to put down any violent movements against the
Papal government that may be attempted, no
He also announced that the relations with
neighbouring countries were of a peaceful cha• matter by whom.
raster. That the political relations of the Princi- New regulations have just been issued with re
gard to the much required reform in the home
palities were satisfactory was proved by the recog.
department of administrative affairs. Competitive
nition of his dynasty on the part of the Porte and
guaranteeing Powers. All contracts entered examinations-have been decided on as the sine
e q
the
into government would be carried out at any nom of admittance to every department in the State
sacri by the
fice in order to preserve the credit of the offices. These offices are divided into three classes
—upper, middle, and lower. Those who, being
lalready in office, are desirous of further pro-
THE BRAZILS. I motion within the higher official spheres, must, ere
Or TELEGRAPH FROII LIsBON.) I they quit their present position, submit to a strict
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nor. 9. : examination. A thorough, and in time a radical,
Intelligence received here from the seat of war
reform will, it is hoped, by this means, be made in
announces that on the 18th ult. the Paraguayans
the poi-Bmnd of the Italian administrative body—a
bombarded the Brazilian entrenched camp, placed - incredible
reform much required, as ignorance and
under the command of Baron Porto-Alegre. • remissness in duty have too often characterised the
conduct
The Republic of Bolivia, which protested against• public •
of the functionaries of the country,
the triple alliance formed against Paraguay, has
many of whom area legacy from previous-govern-
concentrated an army upon the frontier of the
meats'
Argentine province of Jujuy, and threatens to
invade the Argentine Confederation.

In to-day's sitting of the Lower Austrian Diet
the debate was commenced on the proposed address
to the Emperor. During the debate Herr Kuranta,
one of the members, declared that the exclusion of
Austria from Germany could not possibly prove a
permanent realitr. - -

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Nov. 27.

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A royal decree has been issued, ordering that
from the 30th inst. martial law shall cease to be in
force in the province of Palermo.
Prince Umberto has issued a circular urging the
Italians to take an active part in the approaching
Paris Exhibition of 1807.

FLORENCE, Nov. 27, Ey=No.
The elections in Venetia for deputies to the
Italian parliament took place to-day. Candidates
have been definitively returned for thirty electoral
districts. In the remaining districts a second bal-
loting will have to take place. Nearly all the suc-
cessful candidates belong to the moderate party.
King Victor Emmanuel has conferred the order ,
of the annunciada upon General Menabrea.

country.

THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

INDIA.
I By the arrival of the above mails we have ad.
(sr DIRECT OVERLAND TELEGRAPH.)
16, 3.44 vices from Calcutta to Oct. 22 ; Madras, Oct. 29 ;
BOMBAY, Nov.
irlb. shirtings, 7r. 2a. Cotton dill; Dho P.M. P.Y.llerah, Colombo, Oct. 31 ; Singapore, Oct. 22 ; Hung
Kong, Oct. 15, &c.
26Zir. \ Shipments of the week, 10,000 bales. INDIA.
Exchange on London, 2s. 0/d. Four per Cent. ' The Ilurkarn says that since despatching its last
Government Securities, 89/ ; Five per Cent. ditto, overland summary it has received a telegram stat-
105} ; Five-and-a-Half per Cent. ditto, 110/. ing that another meeting had been held at the
Freights to Liverpool, 17s. 6d. Mansion-house, and that, in the face of Lord Cran-
CALCUTTA, Nov. 15. borne's telegram to the Viceroy to advance money
811 b. shirting!, Br. 10a. Exchange on London, freely, a public subscription was deemed unneces-
sary.' lt adds :
2s. 0;,c1. Freights to England, 375. lid.' It is a greet pity some one will not rise in parliament and
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---- • call for a special and detailed report on this famine, so as to
get, if possible, at the actual loss it has caused the people.
tip to the present time there has been shown a disposition to
cloak the terrible nature of the scourge which nos robbed
the land of tens of thousands of its peasantry. No attempt
is made to furnish a correct return of the mortality, and as
yet, even in Orissa, no attempt is made towards remitting any
of the revenue demands. There is thus scarcely anything
to show the public the real proportions of the distress.
Enough, however, is to be gleaned from the meagre narra-
tives of the Board of Revenue, and from private letters, as
well as from the fact of thousands rushing to Calcutta,
and all the large towns throughout the country, for aid, to
show us that Bengal Las not been so called on to suffer
AMERICA. since the great famine of 1770. But unless some great
effort is rawly to get at the truth, unless the Viceroy is
(BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) told to appoint a Famine Commissioner independent of the
NEW YORK, Noe. 26, EVEN-LNG. local authorities, or unless we have a Famine l'ommis-
Gold, 140/t. Sterling exchange, 109. 5-20 "loner sent out from England, the truth will never be
known, and the great famine of leleo will be finally and
United States Bonds, 100. ; Illinois, 119 ; Erie, curtly disposed of in a section of the next report on the
74/. Cotton, 34;. administration of the Lower Provinces of Bengal.
The Madras A thrnannt says on this subject :
MISSIONARIES rs CHINA.—The Times correspon- The latest accounts from the famine-stricken districts
of Bengal are as afflicting as those which preceded them.
dent at Shanghai writes :—" Some ill-feeling has been In fact it appears that no language could exaggerate the
*rented at l'ekin by the erection of a temple by the French horrors which have overtaken the wretched Inhabitants
missionaries at a spot where it could overlook the Emperor's of those parts. Lord Ceinhorne's instructions to the
grounds. They are, however, said to have allayed his Viceroy. to spare no cost in affording relief to the cur-
annoyance by promising not to raise it sufficiently high to "rivers, will doubtless save many lives, but they came too
overtop the palace wall. Not only in the capital, however, late to avert a most dreadful sacrifice, for which the
are missionaries crating ill-feeling, which naturally Bengal government is chiefly responsible. Sir John Law.
extends to foreigners generally. A proclamation has rence, however, can by no means escape blame for having
been extensively posted throughout Heenan, and in failed to stir up his obstinately supine lieutenant sooner
the adjacent provinoes, denouncing at length their than he ,lid. It is to be hoped that they both, and the
interference with established customs,. and calling latter more especially, now repent them of their fatal neg-
on all loyal subjects to rise and exterminate lest; the consequenece of which, setting considerations of
them. Al foreigners are yclept ' English' by humanity altogether aside, will be painfully apparent when
Chinese who have got learned at a treaty port to distils- Mr. Massey makes his next financial statement. What
guish between the different nationalities ; so on the with actual loss of revenue, and the heavy outlay in diffe-
head of the English by name are the thunders invoked. rent parts of India caused by famine, it is eertrin that he
We come from a' contemptible mad bank in the ocean. will have a difficulty to meet, and most probably a very
are ruled sometimes by a female and sometimes by a male, large one. The opium sales too, are mealy disappointing
and our specific character is half mils, half beast.' Al- his expectations. On the kit occasion, a few days hack,
lowed by the extreme kindness of the Emperor to trade at the highest price realised was rupees 105 per chest below his
Canton, we have not been satisfied, but have penetrated estimate, and no less than 300 chests remained unsold.
into every part of the empire ' giving free course to our Far too much of the drug has obviously been thrown into
wild and insane imaginations.' This sweeping denuncia- the market, contrary to the advice of Mr. Laing, and other
tion having been delivered against the English—i.e., sound financiers. The state of the cash balances also is not
foreigner(' generally—the whole flood of the writer's very encouraging. They stood lower in July last than at
wrath is directed against missionaries :—' Those who the answering periods of the past two years ; being but a
have come to propagate religion, enticing and deluding trifle above thirteen crores. We look on new taxation of
the ignorant masses, print and circulate depraved corn- some kind as almost inevitable in 1867, even should North
positions, daring, by their deceptive extravagances, to bleats: u and Burman affairs not, meanwhile, give rise to
set loose the established bonds of society, utterly regardless
of all modesty. . . . Although the adherents of the extraordinary demands, which they may do at any moment,
although there is nothing immediately threatening in the
religion only worship Jesus, Jet, being divided tato the aspect of affairs.
two smite of Roman catholic" and protestant., they
.are
The same paper says:
continually railing at each other. . . . Daughters in a .
family are not given in marriage, but retained for the We are happy to say that there have been no further
position of the bishop, thus ignoring the matrimoniel rein- disturbances on account of the dearness of food. either
tipn.' A hundred other enormitiss, some with a certain here or in our provinces, although but little al dis umal
foundation On fact, others existing entirely in the writer's change has taken place in that respect since last we
imagination, are alleged against these teachers of a new wrote. It will he a good while yet ere pnces niaten!slly
creed ; and, in conclusion, the ' Village Elders ' are ex- decline, but large supplies of grain are being brought Into
horted to assemble the population :—' That the offenders the markets, both at Madras and up-country, which will
may be hurled beyond the sons to take their ;gams with reduce rates by degrees, and should the season turn out
the strange things of creation. . . . Their country is as well as it now promises to do we may bo.Pe.
efor Per
15,000 miles !rpm China, beyond a triple ocean. How can improvement after the next harvest ts gath. red
fir .
the life or death of men be overruled at a distance of Until then the bulk of the population will suffer
50,000 le woo the .as ?' ''' elves" privation. There were some grain riots
• . .

CHINA.

(BY OVERLAND TELEGRAPH FRO)I CALLE.)
HONG KONG, ()cr. 28.
Tea quiet, and prices drooping. Exchange on
London, 4s. 6id.

SHANGHAE, Orr, 23.

Silk firm. Settlements in fortnight, 2,200 bales.
Export to date, 17,500 bales. Exchange on Lon-
don, 6s. 31d. Freights, tea, 1/. 10s.