The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-31 00:00:00

ITALIAN FINANCE.

FLORENCE, MARCH 30.

The ministry are taking step* in order that the
financial bills may be immediately discussed in
the Chamber of Deputies, and have decided to
make the adoption of their financial proposals a
cabinet question.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.
BUCHAREST, Maim 30.
The Chamber of Deputies has been dissolved,
and the session of the Senate closed.
The message announcing this measure states that
it has been caused by the attitude of the Assembly
in its sitting of yesterday, when a tendency was
manifested to erect that body into a national con.
vention.
The Government, therefore, appeals to the nation•
The new chamber will assemble within 40 days•
The course punned by the government is gene-
rally approved by the public.

MOVEMENTS OF
CONSTA TURKISH TROOPS.
NTINOPLE, MARCH IrJ.
"

Orders have been issued for raising the hrst army
corps to ita full strength of 25,000 men. The
reserve corps of 70,000 men is ready for enrol-
ment, and the whole of the cavalry in the army of
Roumelia has been raised to a service footing.
The Turkish government is negotiating a loan of
15,000,0001. with the Soeit.:t6 Centrals.
Letters from Teheran announce an intended
meeting between the Shah of Persia and the Grand
Duke Michael at Mazauderau.

FRENCH EDUCATIONAL CoMMISSION.— Dr. J.
Demo44tot and Dr. H. J. Moaned, commission•rs from the
French government, are at present in this country with the
view of inim,ruig into the state of educition io our waiver-
cities and schools fcr tne upper and itiladle climate. After
visiting Oxford and Cambridge, and the principal public
school', Dr. Muctucci his prore.iled Id Scotland, and Dr.
Demageot is mow in London, exsminine the chief systems
of instruction pursued in our leading metropolitan school,.
Last week be visited the Stationers' Company's School, In
Bolt-court.ia had previously visited Kiog's Caw,
Christ's Hospital, end the City of London School.
DEPARTURE OY VOLUNTEERS Put: BRIGHTON.—
Vestemley morning s lar,,e body o' volunteers, consisting
principally of members of metropolitan regiments. left
London for Brighton, in order to attend the great rifle
meeting to be eomineecid this morning in I...beep:cite
Valley, at the rifle ranges of the let Sussex Rife Volun-
teers, and at as eaily an henr as half-past 6
o'clock lithe FiCtOrill end London-bridge stations
sesumel quit* an animated appeirsnce in cm...clue:ice
of their presence. The train which was despatched at
7 o'clock cotttioed a large number, but that which
followed at it o'clock was even more filled by volunteers
from the following tsnimentii i—let Midarpei (V=u:wilts),
South Middleeex Rides. West Middlesex Rifles, Loudon
Scottish, Queen's Westminster, lotion It flu Bripde,
Working Men's Coll•ge Rifles (19th Middlra+a).
Wert Middlesex Middlesex Hasa, Civil Service, loos of Court her
Majesty's Customs, London Wall. Ice.. The trains from
Loodoo.bridge at 6 o'clock last night, and from Victoria at
5.53, also took down large numbers of voluntetre, the
tickets fcr Moedsy being available for either, as also fez
! the 2.50 and 6 p.m. trains from London-bridge to-day, and
the 2.56 end 5.56 p.m. trains fr. m Victoria. It I. anti-
•be that nearly all the metropolitan ha will
;be deposited et Brighton before half-pest Bas Mosby
massing.