The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-21 00:00:00

ITALY.

FLORENCE, NAT 20.
Prince Humbert is expected to leave for Paris on
the 7th of next month.

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, MAT 19.

The Sultan has decided to visit Paris. his
Majesty will leave for the French capital some
time in July.

AMERICA.
(Per City of Paris.)

The Inman steamship City of Paris arrived at
Queenstown at 3.30 p.m. yesterday with the mails,
1.383,709 dole. in specie, and 161 passengers, She landed
he mails and passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at
3.45 p.m.
NEW YORK, MAT 11, MORIMIG.
The writ of habeas corpus for Mr. Davis. granted by the
Virginia Circuit Court, was served yesterday on General
Burton, commander of Fortress Monroe. General Burton,
in obedience to the orders of President Johnson, will obey
the writ, and will leave to-morrow for Richmond with Mr.
Davis, for whom apartments are prepared at Spottiswoode.
honer. It is expected that he will be arraigned on
Monday before Judge Underwood, unless Chief Justice
Chase should arrive at Riehmond to preside at the court.
General Schofield has issued a notice recommending the
people not to assemble in the streets on the arrival of Mr.
Davis. as no demonstration would be allowed.

On Thursday hut a negro mob at Richmond rescued
from the police the negro who wan arrested for fighting.
Two policemen were beaten. The negroes having mustered
in huge force, the police were concentrated. A squad of
Federal troops finally cleared the sheets and restored
order.

General Sheridan has extended the time for the regis-
tration of voters in his district until the let June.

Senator Kelley addressed mutating at New Orleans in
favour of the radical policy, yesterday.
Senator Wilson has reached Montgomery, where be re-
ceived an ovation and torchlight procession from the
negroes of Augusta and Oeoruba
The wheat crop in North Carolina promises well, but the
crops generally throughout the west and south are greatly
damaged by the floods.

Th; notice superintendent at New York, acting under
an obsolete but unrepealed itatnte. has ordered all planes
of business to be closed on Sunday. Great indignation
was caused among the shopkeepers, and a riot was appre-
hended. The order however wee subsequently revoked.
A woman's rights convention is in session at New York,
at which female suffrage has been strongly advocated.

Tae STAFF OF SPAnc.—We mai in the redipenel-
n nee Bel : " News from Snain still presents the situation
under anything but a satisfactory aspect. Me asures of
rigour and arrests of Vie "impeded continue, and the len-
guaze of the Pr •4 lent of the Connell in the Reiste shows
that the government itself is not at ease with regard to the
maintenance of order. Martial NAI7II^Z has I een com-
pelled to admit that at the present moment the
Queen's throne has nothing to support it but
the army. The Chamber of Deputies, though elected
under the pressure of the government, does not iospiri the
cabinet with confidence, for the bill it has just introduced
upon the reform of the regulations of that assembly virtually
annuls all parliamentary initiative and all liberty of
dismission. Our Madrid correspondent gives no an ana-
-1 bids of this measure, which would be incredible were it not
true. The only courageous wor Is in favour of consti-
tutional liberties are still heard in the Senate. Signor
Vaamonde, an ex-minister, has made a 'pooch upon the
policy of the government,'which proves that patriotism and
political sagacity are not yet extinguished in the Penin-
sula."

PHOTIBTLNT MOVIMENT IN ITALY.— The Avenir
Ratin,,nl says that a protestant movement of real Impor-
tance is talcing place in Italy, and that evangelical churches
are being established In Florence, Naples, Genoa, Venice,
Tarim, Fades, and Bologna.

The M”niteur (fic Foir contains an official piece
of news of considerable importance. The govern-
ment so far yields to the pressure of opinion in the
Corps Legislatif, shown by the attitude of the
bureaux, which very nearly authorised M. Picard's
interpellations, as to reduce the price of exemption
from military service from 3,000 fr. to 2,500 fr.
This change, however, cannot be taken as an indi-
cation of any value upon the great question
of peace or war. The Army Bill, to be voted
this session, proposes to abolish altogether
the " exoneration" system to which M.
Picard's intended question referred. It was
only a few years ago that the govern-
ment abolished the private offices at which
substitutes were provided at a price regulated
only by the fluctuations of supply and demand ;
and took upon itself to fix the rate which a man
drawn for service should pay for his exemp-
tion. The highest military authorities, General
Changarnier included, are of opinion that the in-
novation works badly, and the government has
determined to return to the old system. The re
duction, therefore, now announced by the Moni-
tem, applies only to the short time that will elapse
before the new law comes into operation.

The " important communication" made to-day

. .
'as announced to the committee on the army
bill is understood to have put an end to the
'difference which subsisted between it and
`the government. The committee agrees to re-
commend a vote that the effective army shall
ilbe increased (sera porti) to 800,000 men without
more saving. There is not to be a word about this
:being the complete number, or the maximum or
minimum. It is to be expressly stipulated that
the Corps Legislatif is to retain the privilege of
voting the contingent annually, but as far as I can
understand the terms of the " compromise" there
is a " tacit understanding" that 800,000 is to be
the lowest normal figure. As I surmised yester-
day the obstinate opposition of the committee has
produced little result in substance.
At the Princess Mathilde's usual Sunday evening
reception yesterday, the King and Queen of the
Belgians were present. But the event of the
evening was that the first Siamese ambaasador(ne-
; phew of the King) was accompanied by his
'wife, who has never before appeared in
la Parisian salon. This lady was dressed
in the court costume of her own country—a rich
silk dress with gold embroidery. She is very little.
dark complexioned, of course, and her tiny hands
are not bigger than those of a child 11 years old.
The Bourse, after some fluctuation, closed very
firm, Rents effecting a further rise of 10 and 17i.

THE PENIAN TRIALS.

DUBLIN, MnignAT.

Sentence of death has been passed on Captain
M'Cafferty. The prisoner addressed the court, and pro-
tested against the injustice of the sentence on the ground
that guilt had been brought home to him on the evidence
of a perjured witness. He denied that two independent
witnesses bad been produced to prove the overt not of
treason alleged against him. He did not deny that be
sympathised with the Irish people, and claimed that he
had a right, as an American, to sympathise with the
Irish or any other people who might please to
revolt against a form of government by which they were
tyrannically treated. Englishmen sympathised with both
parties in the late American war ; but who ever heard of
an Englishman being &Treated and prosecuted by thelinitesl
States government for taking up arms for the Confederate
States? If he were free to-morrow, and the Irish people
were to take the field for independence, his sympathies
would be with them ; and he would join them if they had
any hope of winningthat independence; whilst he would not
give his sanction to any useless effusion of blood. He found
no fault with the judge or jury. He would go to his
grave as a gentleman and a Christian. Thnugh he regretted
that he should he cut off at this stage of his life, still he
recollected that many noble and generous Irishmen
fell on behalf of their native land. Mr. Justice
Fitzgerald having sentenced him to he executed
on Wednesday, June 12, the prisoner requested that
after the sentence had been carried out his remains should
be handed over to his solicitor, to be interred in consecrated
ground. He then thanked his counsel and attorney and
retired. Two men, named Mooney and Smith, were then
tried and found guilty under the Whiteboy Act, for ap-
pearing in arms at Tallaght.

BRADFORD AND TER REFORM BlLL.—Last even-
ing or. public meeting was held in the hall of the Mechanics'
Institute, at Bradford, to protest against the objectionable
features of the Reform Rill. Alderman Godwin occupied
the chair. The resolutions were directed to the condem-
nation of the proposal for voting pap►rs, and insisted on a
more liberal county franchise, and a more comprehensive
distribution of seats. _ _ _

DgATH Or Tag Rr.v. J. BORDER. —The Western
Daily Prexa announces the death of the Re.. John Bonier.
who was the oldest nonconforminr divine in Bristol, and
one of the oldest in England. Hie father, the Rev. George
Burlier, was the author of the well-known " Village
Sermons," and was. in his way, a very popular preacher.
Mr. Border graduate.' at Glasgow, and shortly after took
the charge of an independent congregation at Stroud. He
went to Bristol in 1144.1, having retired from the regular
charge of a congregation. He, however, continued to
preach occasionally up to within a few years of his death.
For the hut year or two ho has been gradually sinking.
and has to some extent passed out of the recollection of
those not immediately connected with the denomination of
which he was at all times an ornament. Mr. Burlier was
for many years an ardent supporter of the temperance
movement.

THE STEAMER SIR WILLIAM Prni, —A telegram
received from New York. via the Atlantic Cehle, was ported
yesterday afternoon at Lloyd's Underwriting Room, an.
nouncinc that the Supreme Court at New Orleans had
decreed " that the British steamer Sir William Peel. cap-
tured by the United States' cruiser. during the war with the
South in ISf 1, be restored, with the largo, to her owners."
The ateamerin question was built at Northfleetinlk-A. and
in 1863 became the property of Mr. T. A. Corry sad Mr. R.
Lnycoek, merchants, in Manchester, who despatched her
from London for Liverpool, whence she exiled for Mats•
MOM rn the 4th of May, 186.1, with an assorted cargo of
merchandise. The cargo was owned by Messrs. A. and S.
Henry and Co., merchants, and convivial to Messrs.
Milmo and Co., at Matamoros, for sale. This steamer
arrived out on the 13th of June, the cargo wee landed ex-
cept two cask. containing iron rings and some railway
axles, and a fresh cargo wu being shipped—namely. about
1104 bales of cotton, when she was eaptnred by the United
States' commissioned vessel of war Seminole. Captain
Rolando commanding, who ordered the Sir William Peel
to New Orleans for adjudication. It was clearly esta-
blished that at the time of the capture she was lying at
anchor in Mexican neutral waters. The Sir William Peel
wan insured at Lloyd's, and the underwriters settled with
the owners sea total loss.

SCULLRRS RACE.—Yesterday afternoon a soul-
lers' race for 100/. took place from Putney to Mortlake, in
outriggers, the competitors being Thomas King. the sr-
pugilist, and Frank Kilsby, a waterman. Kilsby was
trained at Putney, King at Barnes. Two steamers ac-
companied the race, with large parties on heard. Betting
opened at 5 to 2 on King, elosirig at 7 to 4, but the layers
of the odds were iniserab'y deceived, for Kilsby, who won
the station, came right away from the start, cleared his
man in 100 yards, and King, rowing very indifferently,
never had a chance, being beaten by six or eight lengths.
Mr. John Ireland was referee, and the pilots were Drewltt
(for King) and Keller (for MilabY)-
DIISPATCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN MALLII.-3017TN.
Amrrox, MAT 20.—The Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steamship Syria, Captain Christian. sailed hence
to-day, with mails for Gibraltar, the Mediterranean,
Egypt, Men, Ceylon, India, China, and Australia. She
took out 57 passengers, and a fell cargo of general
mer-
chandise, including bar silver, 1,3551. ; gold coin, 1,3051. ;
silver coin, as. 7d. ; silver three-penny pteose, 1251. ;
sovereigns, 5251. ; and gold and silver thread, watches,
lewellsry, do., 5,1471, 158.

INDIA.

(norm% TILDGIAII.)
BOMBAY, APRIL 28 iris Tares).A
committee of shareholders of the Bank of Bombay
has been appointed to act with the directors in maturing
the scheme for reconstructing the bank as an alternative
to the proposed amalgamation with the Bank of Bengal.
The shareholders of the Bombay Reclamation Company have
accepted the compromise offered by the liquidator of the
Asiatic Bank.
A public prosecutor has been appointed for Bombay.
The double line of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway
is now completed between Bombay and Equtpoora.
Colonel Merewether succeeds Mr. S. Mansfield as own.
missioner for Scinde. The appointment has given great
offenoe to the members of the civil service.
It is believed that Justice Campbell, the President of the
' Famine Commission at Calcutta, will succeed Mr. Richard
Temple as Chief Commissioner for the Central Provinces.
Active preparations are being made in the north-west
province in order to check the spread of the cholera.
Reports have reached Calcutta that the captain and a
boat's crew of the ship Awn Valley, having landed on
North Andaman laland, were attacked and overpowered by
the natives, who are cannibals It s:feared that all were
massacred. Government has despatched steamers to rescue
the survivors, if any should remain.
Intelligence from Central Asia, published in the Bombay
papers, states that the Russians have abandoned their in-
tention of destroying the forts captured by them at
Jeejukh and Aktippe, and of falling back en the lips of
the Jaxartes (or Sir Daria) river, and have determined to
occupy them, as well as Khokand. In consequence of-this
invasion of Central Asia 67 the Rassians, some of the
• Khans have thrown off their allegiance to the Ameer, and
have established independent sovereignties in their re-
spective territories .
Business in Bombay is very unsettled, owing to the un-
certainty of continental affairs. The public health is
satisfactory
CALCUTTA, Aran. 24.
The Viceroy left for Simla to-day. On his journey he
will open the railway between Delhi and Meeret.
The new lieutenant-governor has been installed, and it is
reported that he will visit the famine-striken districts.
The accounts of the famine are generally favourable. The
report of the commissioners has been sent to the home
government by to-day's mail.
A petition against the new license tax was presented to
the Viceroy on the 12th inst.
Captain Sloden, the political resident, presented the
Viceroy's admonitory despatch to the King of Burmah,who
sent a friendly reply.
The engine-drivers of the Punjaub Railway have struck.
It is stated that a special wire will be shortly available
for European messages between Kurrachee and Bombay,
and it will be subsequently extended to Calcutta.
The weather is cool for the season of the year.

LORD COWLE)'S BALL.

THE
HALL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.

The following was the address read yesterday
by the Prince of Wales :

May it please your Majesty,—
The report which, as President of the Provisional Com-
mittee of the Hall of Arts and Sciences, I have the honour
to lay before your Majesty, will be found to contain a
brief outline of the origin and progress of the undertaking
to the present time.
It is not necessary for me to remind your Majesty that
the building of which you are graciously pleased to lay the
first stone today, is one of the results of the Exhibition of
18:11, and that it forms &prominent feature in the scheme
contemplated by m 7 dear father fur perpetuating the
success of that Exhibition, by providing a couanou centre
of union for the various departments of science and art.
I cannot doubt that to your Majesty the events of this
day, with their manifold associations, must ho full of
mournful interest. For myself, I need not say that,
sharing those (*Hinge, it is also with gratification that I
find myself co-operating in the endeavour to give effect to
a plan which had commended itself to the judgment of
my father.
Your Majesty's presence to-day will be the best en-
couragement to us to persevere in the work, and render it
in all respects worthy of the objects for which it is
designed-