The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-03 00:00:00

OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL.

GIBRALTAR, DEC. 2.

The Delta, from Southampton November 27,
arrived to-day at 9 a.m., and leaves at noon for
Alexandria. A'l well.

CONTEMPLATED MARRIAGE OF THE
ITALIAN PRINCES.

M. Erdan, the correspondent of the 7emps,
writes as follows from Florence :
The great question of the day, even to the exclusion of
the Papal question, is that of the marriage of the young
Italian Princes. It is almost settled that Prince Umberto
is to marry the niece of the Duke of Modena—the niece of
Francis-Ferdinand-Creminioi himself—the niece of Madame
the Duchess of Bordeaux, the personification of legitimacy
and Divine right. She is, if I mistake not, the heiress of the
Duchy of Modena. The ex-Duke of Modena, who has no
child, bad a brother two years his junior, named Ferdinand
Charles-Victor. He died in 1149, leaving by his mat:lase
with the Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, one daughter,
boi a on the 15th December, 18-19, called Maria-
Theresa. It is to this young lady that Prince
id if she be the heiress of the

rived at . ...cargo_ _ I Umberto is to be married, am
The Marquis of Bath has arrived at Thomas's 'he bands were very _ ..,
Hotel, Berkeley-square. I Duke of Modena she will have e tot tune of 5,000,000/. Pleasure.
some twenty-five in all, and the music very good ;
I The marriage of Prince Ainadeo is an unusual one and is
the tunes wero varied, including "God save
The Earl and Countess of 31almesbury leave ! producing a great sensation. He is to marry the young
the Queen," the "Marseillaise," "See the Con-
town in the course of s few days for Heron Court, nee 1 Princess de la Cisterns. The Chiternas are the only
Christchurch, Hants. 1 princely family in Piedmont. Princes abound in quering Hero Comes," "The Men of Merrie Eng-
land," &c. The marching pace at first was at least
The Earl Cowper and the Hon. H. Cowper, Sicily, Naples, and other parts of Italy ; but in three or three and a half miles an hour and by a little
31. P., left town on Saturday for Panshanger, Herts. Piedmont there is but one princely house—that of Cis- after half-past 12 fifteen of the forty-eight sub-
Lady Emily Peel is shot tly expected to arrive ;•1 , terns, the powerful lords of Vercel". Their daughter divisions had passed through the Mall. A little
town from Geneva. I will have a fortune of 40,0001. a year. The family have hitch then occurred, and there was a slight delay.
The Seotsntan's London correspondent writes on Probably the pressure in Piccadilly had begun to
been long since good patriots. In 1821 a prince of the
Friday tut that there is a split in the cabinet. According . Cisternaa was united, as a carbonero, with Charles tell in Pall-mall. But after a slight interval
to his story, Mr. Disme" has frightened some of the other A'bert, and as such was exiled. His son married the pace again became rapid, and the men pressed
members of the cabinet by his reform proposals, and a member of the Merode family, and it is the steadily forward, with none to keep the
he is bow endeavouring to bring them to reason by threat- daughter of this marriage who is destined to be passage for them except the crowd on
ening resignation. General Peel is said to have offered to the wife of Prince Amsdeo. This young hely is niece of either side, at a rate which, if main-
resign rather than consent to any reform, and only re.: Mgr. de Merode; she was fondled by M. do Montalembert, tained, would have brought the end of the
massed at his post at the earnest solicitation of Lord and Pius the N'etli blessed her beads. The sons of the procession into l'all•mall by 2 o'clock. From the
Derby. Mr. Disraeli is said to be tired of the policy of , " Usurper " and " the excommunicated" marrying the rapidity of the movement and other causes it was
negation and obstruction. Should Lord Derby and his heiress of the Duke of Modena and the niece of not easy to read the inscriptions on all the
cabinet agree to adopt Mr. Disraeli's reform bill, we are to Mgr. de Merode ! Surely Fate plays many fan- banners, but it may be as well to mention a few of
expect to hear of the resignation of General Peel, Lord tastic tricks. What will the Gazette, the Union, them which were decipherable. One large banner
Crenbonie, and ot.e or two other monitors of the illiberal ' and the Monde think of all this? 0, success! carried by the stonemasons bore in large
section of the administration. 1 There is nothing like success. In the royal circle the mar- letters the inscription—" United we stand ; divided
Prince Amadeo has produced a good deal of seta- we fall." A banner with a similar inscription was
LoNnos Inisri RIFLEA.—The annual presentation ' ri's° of
of prizes to this corps took place at Durliegton-house, , lion. Some approve of it, and say it is quite right for borne by the tailors, who, it is believed, were the
before a numerous and distinguished company at Saturday royal princes to marry their handsome subjects. What is most numerous body in the procession. Another
last. The corps, which mustered nearly 700, of all ranks, it but an old prejudice, or rather a relatively modern preju- flag bore the words "Fiat Justitia," sur-
marched from Somerset-house, and took up their position dice that obliges princes to intermarry amongst themselves? mounted by a flag with the word " Bright."
slim fly before 7 ; and almost immediately after the Mar-
Bravo, Prince Amide°, they say, that lovely subject will The sailors' ensign had the words, "Sailors' rights,
chioness of Donegal (who hail kindly consented to dis-
ti :bete the prices), accompanied by the Marquis of embellish the family. But at this moment a Piedmon- and no surrender," and the men who accompanied
Donegal, the Earl and Countess of Belmore, Lord William tens dowager comes up, her ribbons quivering, it were much cheered. Very many of
Panlet, Hon. Miss Ashworth, Hon. Miss Graham, and her curls tossing, and full of indignation, ex- the banners were evidently those of
several other ladies and gentlemen, took their places on a claims—" There is only one thing which the King the particular benefit societies represented, bearing
dais especially erected for the occasion. The noble mar- .
quis, in introducing the marchioness, expressed his do, andthat is to make gentleman. Itcannot
cannot
gratification at the increasing number. and efficiency of the be that there Is any intention of thus compromising the Charity and Benevolence. The farriers' flag, which
col jam, and hoped they would use every means in their power dignity of the house of Savoy. Piedmont alone would was a very handsome one, was decorated in
to maintain their reputation as one of the finest corps in
never have allowed it. I am quite confused. Ido not the centre with three horse shoes, and fol-
the metropolis. After sonic allusion to the relative efit
clerics, of the country and metropolitan corps, which he know what to think of it. I shall not believe it till I see lowing close upon it was a rich looking white
said was partly, if not wholly-, due to the advantages the " Excelsior." No part of
it. Who could have believed that the revolution would standard incribed
country carps enjoyed in drill, the marquis urged the have brought us to this?" " Pardon, duchess," said a cold the procession in Pall-mall WaS BO popular as
officers to be more punctual in their attendance both at Tuscan and a statesman, " the question of princely or un- that of the glasamitters—the spectacle of glass
drill and musketry instruction, and trusted that they
would appear before their veteran colonel, Lord Gough, princely blood has no importance in these days. But what I crowns, glass guns, and a glass sword forming a
so as to bear out the high opinion the inspector general am apprehensive of is that a local element, a Piedmonteme very
_pretty relief to the sameness of the ordinary
had expressed of them. In conclusion, he stated that relationship, is going to be introduced into the royal family, trades' banners. The club balconies and windows
they would have a camp at Wimbledon next year, and which may give rise to much inconvenience. lam certain in Pall-mall were thronged with members. The
thanked them for their attention. The marchioness, that intriguers "- " Intriguers, Sir ? Yea," said the spectators at the Carlton, even, were occasionally
assisted by the Countess of Belmore, then distributed the
prizes, the most noticeable being the gold medal for first .
prize to the
Crispin, H company, three times iu sec- salute. Before the Reform Club the cheering was
Duchess, "you have hit on it. Int ' ern. lam cheered, and returned the cheer by a courteous
certain that that intriguer, the Countess of —, hes
cession, and who made the highest score at class shooting already gone to Vercelli." From this sketch which I have loud and frequent, and the response was cordial.
in England. Enthusiastic sheen were then given for the accurately reported, you may judge of the sensation in the At the other clubs there was scarcely any
colonel, the marchioness, and other persons present, when By 1 o'clock No. 25 in the
salons. The application of the September convention is
the corps marched back to Somerset House and were die- ,sow I subdivision had been reached. The weather wl•a
missed. only a stale and uninteresting episode. 0 Hymen
the will compro- demonstration.
you are all powerful. Emile ! then getting rather threatening, but there was no
AN EXTRAORDINARY CLI:B.—TILC introduction Pope - actual rain. As we are going to press, however,
misc.
of M. Maxima Du Camp's new book is so extraordinaryrain has begun, and seems likely to continue.
that we must give a short sketch of it. He tells us that,
at the death of Savonarola, three of his disciples con- • The audience who crowded the Dublin Theatre • Every effort will be made to have the ground
trived to carry away from the funeral pile the head and cleared before 6 o'clock.
the heart of the reformer. Having taken refuge within on Wednesday night sustained a disappointment through
the walls of the monastery of S. Onofrio, they mixed with As to the nu mbers march ing, it would be impossible
an announcement that Mrs. Charles Kean, who, with her .to give any precise estimate. The calculations of
wine a small quantity of these carbonized remains, drank husband, has been performing there for the past fortnight,
off the mixture, and bound themselves by a solemn oath would not be able to appear, in consequence of having, on bystanders varied from 30,000 to 100,000. We
were informed that up to last night 70,000 tickets
to avenge their master. and to take no rest until the tem- the previous night, met with a painful accident. It ap-
poral power of the Pope was swept from off the face of - - •
the earth. Hence the name of Tephrapotes or drinkers pears that on leaving the stage after the last scene in i BEAUFORT HOUSE.
of ashes, which they assumed. A secret club soon grew the Merchant of Veniee, in which Portia appears (which had been sold.
Beaufort House proper is a building of mean
around these three fanatics, and it found members in character Mrs. Kean sustained), she slipped, and sprained
to their
every class of Italian society. In order to impart pretensions fronting the Fulham-road, and a short
her ankle so severely that she will be unable to appear for aistance from Fulham-green, and attached to
association a more mysterious character, the Tepheapotes three or four days. .it are the headquarters of the South Middle-
borrowed various usages from the Kabb;lah, and amongst
other things, they elected seven leados, to whom they BRITISH COLUMBIA.—WO have Victoria, V. 1., sex Rifle Corps. The grounds at the back
gave the names of the seven Edomite kings who reigned dates to Oct. 7. The bill uniting the colonies of Vim- afford a range of 400 yards by 120, and in that
before the settlement of the Israelites in Palestine. The conver and British Columbia passed the House of Lords e the friends of reform will assemble and
existence of this society was, it seems, very soon dis- on the 31st of July, and received the royal assent on the address the vast multitude expected to be present.
covered by the pontifical government, and in order to Gth of August. Copies of the bill were received by mail „„ _,
stop its progress, Paul lIL, Paul IV., and Benedict XIV. September 30. No alterations appear to have been wade Lae seven'. platforms for the reception of the
endeavoured to rehabilitate the memory of Savonarola. in any of the clauses, save that the third clause, which various spea ere were completed before nine
This was useless; the " drinkers of ashes" had joined gave Vancouver Island the option of declining to accept o'clock, but up to eleven o'clock the preparations
together for the purpose, not of commemorating the union with British Columbia on the terms offered has been for supplying the anticipated thousands with
reformer's virtues, but of destroying the power which had struck out, and in lien thereof a clause is inserted, pm-
re_freshrsents were still going on. As many
meat him to death. Since its first institution, the club of Tiding that the act shall take effect immediately on ins
as three hundred barrels of beer and ale
the Teperapotes has, it is asserted, never ceased to exist ; being proclaimed by the memo" of British Columbia.—
during the French Revolution its chief was a conrentionnel, Panama Star. had - been supplied, whilst an abundance of
and, besides the downhill of the Papacy, they aim at bring. Tetseearn ExTENsioN.—Tho second line of tea and coffee will be in readiness. Besides
lag about that of the Austrian Empire end of the Sultans. telegraph from Salt Take to California is now complete. the eatables noted in the bill of fare, " To-
Whether this romantic description has or has not any his- The line from Austin to Salt Lake, 400 miles long, was bacon and
The pipe, 2d.," was conspicuously inserted.
toned basis we do not now stop to inquire ; but, if there finished in the astonishingly short time of 34 days. The large club-room and theatre are to be exclusively
are any Tepirepotes now extant, they must feel rather work on the double line beyond Salt Lake to Omaha and
set apart for the acoommodation of the members of
jubilant under present circumstances,—Saturday &rim Denver is progresaing.—California paper.