The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-18 00:00:00

ROME.

ROME. JAN. 17.
Baron von Hubner, the new Austrian ambas-

sador, has presented his credentials to the Pope.

THE SWISS CONSTITUTION.
BERNE, JAL 17, EVENIIG.

The inhabitants of this canton have rejected the
proposed revision of the constitution, with the
exception of the articles referring to the emancipa-
tion of the Jews, which have been approved.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN.
(Vi 4 Greencastle.)
NEW YORK, J. 6, Zvi-lam
The City of London arrived at Halifax to-day,
short of coal.

Money abundant. Gold, 142. Exchange on
London, 1542 ; Paris, 3.65. Stocks dull. New
York Centrals, 951 ; Illinois, 130 ; Erie, 941 ;
5-20 Bonds, 1042. Petroleum ; Crude, 38; re-
fined, 69.

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN

MAILS.
SOUTIIAMPTON, Jaw. 18.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Mongolia, with the heavy portion of the above
mails, has arrived here. She brings 81 passengers,
Australian gold, value 20,7711. ; precious stones,
value 2,500 rupees ; and a general cargo, including
969 bales of raw silk, value 85,0001. sterling.
Across the Bay of Biscay she experienced westerly
winds and a heavy rolling sea, and up Channel
W.S. W. winds and a heavy swell.
Twenty-two British war vessels were at Malta.
The Racoon and Redpole were at Gibraltar.
The British barque Express has gone ashore to
the east, off Gibraltar.
Exchangeh unaltered.

THE RIVER PLATE.
BUENOS AYRES, DEC. 14.

Exchange on London, GG.B Ounces, 402. Wet
salted ox hides, 32. Dry American, 36. Stock of
dry bides, 47,000.

FUNERAL OF SIR CHARLES L. EASTLAKE.

(THIS DAY.)

The reinterment of the late President of the
Royal Academy of Arts took place this afternoon at the
Kensal-green Cemetery. On the body being conveyed from
Fitzroy-square, where the deceased resided, to Trafalgar-
square, it wee placed in the library belonging to the Aca-
demy, where it remained till its final removal. At
10 o'ck dr the boll of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields began to
tell, and at a few minutes ►(ter 11 the coffin was placed in
the hearse. The cortege wee preceded by a lido( feathers,
followed by the hoarse drawn by four horses. The filo.
mourning carriage contained William Eastlake, Charles L.
Eastlake (nephews), and Nicholas Tucker, who is an old
and faithful servant of the deceased, and who
was one of the chief mourners at the express
wish of the family. In the second carriage were
Dr. H. Eastlake andl John Eastlake (nephews) ; the
third contained J. S. Knight, Charles Landauer, S. Smirks,
and S. A. Hart, who officiated as pall bearers. In the fourth
carriage rode Dr. Hasher, A. H. Layard, M.P., Sir R.
Murchison, and John Murray, (publisher) ; fifth, John
Forster, Esq., Feigns') Simpson, F. J. Palgrave, and
H. Motivate; 'lath, private friends; seventh, Sir H. Hol-
land, Bart., and A. Cooper, Esq. ; eighth, D. Awns., S.
M 'Dowell, Beresford Hope, and J. S. Herbert; ninth, E.
Taylor, C. W. Cope, R. Weatmsoott, and Lord Monteagle ;
tenth, T. Creswick, R. Redgrave, and F. Grant; eleventh,
W. C. Marshall, W. S. Frith, S. Cousins, and F. Hurlatone ;
twelfth, E. A. Ward, F. R. Pickeragill, G. T. Doe, and
H. Warren ; thirteenth, G. G. Scott, S. F. Poole,
H. Weeks', and W. Boni! ; fourteenth, F. Goodall,
J. E. Millais, E. W.Cooke, and J. C. Horsley; fifteenth,
Professor Partridge and J. T. Lewis ; sixteenth, H. S. E.
Eastlake.

The remainder of the mourning carriages, amount.
ing to twenty-three in all, were occupied by inti.
mate friends and representatives of the general body of
associates; and also a deputation from the Royal Scot-
tish Academicians. There were several private carriages
joined in the procession, headed by that belonging to her
Majesty Queen Victoria, who had graciously intimated
her desire to be represented. It was the intention
of the Bishop of Oxford to have performed
the burial service, but the businees of his diocese p ted
him doing so. There were crowds assembled in Trafalgar
square to witness the procession, which moved at a slow
pace to the cemetery, where it was met by a number of
friends. The proceedings at the ground were not marked
by any specialty.
The arrangements of the funeral were entrusted to
Messrs. Holland and Son, of Mount-street, 13erkelepsquare.

PRIVATE BILL LEGISLATION.-(THIS DAY.)

The private bill campaign of the new parliament
was opened this morning in No. 16 committee room of the
House of Comn,uns, by Mr. Frere, one of the examiners on
standing orders. Mr. Smith. the other examiner, was
unable to sit to-day, and Mr. Frere consented to dispose of
the unopposed bills set down for his colleague. The Hat
of petitions embraces upwards of six hundred
and thirty bills, authorising, it is estimated, the
raising of nearly a hundred million sterling. Several
of the schemes, however, have already been allowed to drop
or have fallen through for want of the necessary deposit of
cautioci-money required by the law, while it is more than
probable that many which still help to swell the catalogue
are destined never to trouble the committee of selection
There were 17 unopposed cases appointed for bearing
to-day, including the St. Margaret's, Westminster,
Improvement Bill ; the East London Railway (ad.
ditiolial powers) Bill; the East Loudon Railway,
(Smith Western Extension) Bill ; and the Metropolitan Rail-
way (additional powers) Bill The only opposed cam standing
for proof was the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
(Surrey lines) Bill. There are two opposed asses appointed for
Mr. Smith. viz., the Metropolitan Railway (station collect.
ing lines No. 1) Bill, and the Vale of Crickon-ell Railway
Bill, but owing to the unavoidable absence of the examiner
these had to stand over for reappointment.

Last evening a distinguished number of persons
gathered together at Willie's Room', King-street, St.
James's, on the OCCIWOU of a " reeeption" given by Mr.
Warren do le Rue, F.R.S., the president of the Royal
Astronomical Society. The rooms presented an extremely
interesting and impoeiog eppearance, the various articles
exhibited by members of the society, and by many other
well•koown authorities in the scientific world, being dis-
played with much taste and profusion.

The merchants of Konigsberg have petitioned
the Prne•ian government for the gale of corn by weight
instead of by mftwaratuent, and are advocating this change
for the whole Zollverein.

The restrictions of the Prussian Bank against the
exoessive speculations in corn and produce have, it is maid,
begun to tell, and a long list of failures is reported—st
Magdeburg the firms of Eichel and Schmidt, Simon and
Schulze : at Stettin, Edward Wellmann, F. Springinann,
Bally, Billing, and Co., and August Richard, all for large
rams ; Eichel sad Schmidt, and Wellmann, for 800,000
thaws each. The King of Sweden has sanctioned the
contract for a new loan of nine million thalers with the
firms of Erlanger and Bethman, of Frankfort and Merck,
and the Norddentsche Bank at Hamburg.

The particulars of the new line to Brighton, the
plans for which have been deposited by the &nth Eastern
and the London, Chatham, and Dover Companies, are ex-
pected to be introduced forthwith. It oommence• at Beck-
enham, me an almost direct coarse to East Grinstead
and Lewes, and proceeds thence, via Kemp-town, to the
centre of Brighton.