The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-18 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, Jrmi 17.

The Cortes have been closed by the King. His
Majesty delivered a brief speech in which he an-
nounced that the condition of the finances was
satisfactory, and that the question of boundaries
had been amicably settled with Spain. His Ma-
jesty further declared that Portugal would observe
strict neutrality with continental difficulty.

RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS IN FRANCE.—The Opinion
Nationak publishes a letter from a M. Murat, Rue St.
Maur, in which he states that, being at Prissy on business
on the day of the procession of the 1. ete Dieu, and finding
the streets obstructed, he was compelled to stand on one
side while the cortege passed, and being roughly told by
one of the men engaged to take off his cap, and declining
so to do, the man violently snatched it from his head, and
threw it on the ground. The journal makes the following
remarks :—" It seems to us that in presence of such •
forgetfulness of the respect due to individual liberty a
simple protest does not suffice, and that the victim of this
aggression would have • right to commence an action
against the curt of the parish, who organised the proces-
sion, and under whose authority it was carried out, and
who, by the terms of the Lew, is evidently responsible for
the acts and deeds of those who took part in it as active
members. Those persons who were at that moment on the
public road were there by right ; the procession, on the
contrary, was there in defiance of the law, which interdicts
religious processions out of doors."
I COLLEGE or PRECEPTORS. —A meeting of the
council of this corporation was held on Saturday, the 16th
inst. The diploma of associate was granted to Mr. W.
Erant, of Selby ; the Rev. H. A. Holden ; Rev. J. B.
Major, D.D., and Mr. J. Ogle were re-elected members
of the council, and the following persons were elected mem-
bers of the college :—Mr. W. A. Chevalier, Castle View
House Academy, Dartmouth ; Mr. H. R. Clarke, Grove-
PROCLAMATION OF THE PRUSSIAN house School, South Hackney ; Mr. R. E. H. Goffin, Par.
GOVERNMENT. Leigh, Essex; Mr. A. Hobson 140, Great Dover-street ;
Mr. W. Rossiter, 11, Greville-street, E.C. ; Dr. C. Spring,
BERLIN, JUNE 17. North-gate Grammar School, Chichester; Mr. G. Vale,
Norton-street, Birmngham ; Mr. T. M. White, Cliffs.
A royal proclamation has been prepared for dis-
house, Lewes ; Mr. '
V. H. Wilson Cleobury Mortimer,
tribution by the Prussians among the inhabitants near Bewdley ; Mr. M. E. Youard, High-street, West
of the German States through which they may pass. Bromwich ; Mr. W. A. Clark, 8.A., Elm-house, Sitting.
• bourne ; Mr. J. Davy St. Mary's Academy, Colchester
The King left to-day for the army, accompanied
Mr. R. K De Medina:, Stafford-place, North Brixton :
by Count Bismarck. , F. V. Seam/yeti, Valenciennes ; Miss Watson, 3, Devon.
MENTZ, JUNE 17. ' shire-terrace, Brampton ; Mr. R. Tyrer, Grove-house,
The Prussian troops entered the capital of Mansfield.
I ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S
-INN-ROAD.—
Hanover this morning. I The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the
COLOGNE, JUNE 17. week ending June 16 was 2,989, of which 944 were new
Telegraphic communication between Cologne and cases.

BERLIN, JUNE 17.

The commanders of the Prussian corps which
have entered Hanover, Saxony, and Hesse Cassel
have received the strictest order' to observe the
most friendly attitude towards the populations of
those States, and in the event of their coming into
contact with the troops to avoid bloodshed as much
as possible, by endeavouring to induce them to lay
down their arms on account of their numerical
inferiority. It is semi-officially stated that several
,of the Middle States which voted against the
mobilisation of the Federal army have already
come to an understanding with Prussia relative to
the bases of a fresh union of the Federal States,
and the convocation of a German Parliament.

selves and their arms, while the citizens zealously
devoted themselves to decorating the city. By
noon wonders had been effected in both depart-
ments of labour, and city and volunteers alike
presented an appearance, which was highly credit-
able, considering that it was all the work of a few
hours. Luckily, a fresh instalment of volunteer
accoutrements had arrived in the course of the
morning, and, by dint of judicious distribution
and much economy of arrangement, there was
hardly a man who did not display a bit of red
about him somewhere, while several companies
were fully equipped from head to foot. Every
I volunteer without exception was armed with a bran
new rifle, with bayonet attached.
Shortly before 1 p.m. several open carriages,
each drawn by a pair of horses, which would have
made a good show in Hyde-park, passed through
the expectant crowd, conveying to Camerlata—the
railway station for Como—the Podesta and the
rest of the municipal authorities. In the spectacle
of these grand personages, all arrayed in suite of
solemn black and white kid gloves, going forth in
state to meet a plain blunt soldier like Garibaldi,
with the view of bringing him back into their city
in triumph, ono could not but feel that there was
something incongruous, and how much the General
would have preferred being left to his beloved
volunteers.
So woefully long to us, waiting in the heat and
broiling sun, did the interval seem which elapsed
between the disappearance of those carriages and
their re-appearance upon the scene, that men and
women began to look fearfully at each other,
and we- -began to fear that the Mayor
of Como had been made the victim of
a shameful hoax. At length, however, nearly
an hour and a half after he was due. the arrival of
Garibaldi was telegraphed along the line of ex-
pectant' by that electric movement of the crowd
with which every observer of crowds must be fa-
miliar, and no sooner did the foremost carriage
become visible at the end of the long suburb which
stretches from the gate of the city of Como to the
foot of the hills leading up to Camerlata, than the
shower of flowers, wreaths, and bouquets, which
were poured down upon it, left no longer any
doubt in anybody's mind that it contained Gari-
baldi—the idol of all true Italians, and every free-
dom-loving people in Christendom. When at last
the carriage, escorted by mounted gendarmes+
reached the spot where I stood, it was already half
filled with flowers, and the Podesta and Garibaldi
both looked as if they had had more than enough
of being pelted.
As for Garibaldi, although he forced himself from
time to time to smile, not to disappoint the enthu-
siastic young ladies who rained roses so plentifully
down upon him from the balconies, he seemed on
the whole to look bored and out of spirits, and if
not precisely worn, certainly weary and much aged.
Either advancing years or Aspromonte, or the effect
of both combined, have turned much of his hair
to grey, and the fire seemed to shine but dimly
through that dreamy look about the eyes which has
always been habitual with him. Altogether, as
long as he remained seated in the carriage, it
seemed to me that Garibaldi rather wore the air of
a man who, after a hard and nobly spent life, was
about to enter upon a well-earned rest, than of one
inaugurating the most hazardous and arduous en-
terprise of his whole career.
This, my first impression, conveyed by the ap-
pearance of Garibaldi as he made his triumphal en-
trance into the city, was very considerably modified
by his subsequent bearing, when he showed
himself at the balcony of the Town-hall,
to witness the march-past of his volunteers.
Then it did one's heart good to see how happy the
old fellow—" it vecchio," or "it papa," as the
Garibaldini call him affectionately—looked as he
leant over the balustrade, devouring the spectacle
before him, and as one saw, as it were, a new life
springing up in him, one no longer doubted that,
with the aid of his faithful steed, he had another
good campaign in him yet. To Garibaldi his
volunteers came like water to the hart thirsting
for the water-brook, and seemed to afford marvel-
lous refreshment to his spirit. What wonder that
after (probably) a sleepless night, and certainly a
long wearisome railway journey on one of the
hottest days ever known in North Italy, sitting by
the aide of the Prefect and amongst the young
ladies, by whom he was overpowered, Garibaldi
should have looked tired and bored ? Once you
gave him his volunteer', and you saw, from the
altered demeanour of the man, that he has got
what he wanted all along, and not only he, but
they, the volunteers. To attempt to describe their
enthusiasm at getting their general among them
would be quite hopeless. To my dying day I
shall never forget the wistful glances which were
thrown up to that face on the balcony by every
volunteet as he marched past. After inspecting
the volunteers at Varese and Gallarate, Garibaldi
is expected to proceed to the depots at Bari and
Foggia.

(azuraa'a airszaa.)
PARIS, Jrwa 17, Eviarso.
The following is the situation of the troops in
Germany so far as has yet transpired.
The Prussians, after entering Giessen, have ad-
vanced from that place towards Frankfort-on-the-
Maine, now occupied by a Bavarian garrison, sup-
ported by the Austrian corps posted at Aschaffen.
burg, a little distance above Frankfort. The Bth
Federal Corps, commanded by Prince Alexander of
Hesse, and composed of the Grand Ducal Hesse,
Baden, and Wurtemberg contingents, is forming
round Frankfort to protect the city.
In the direction of Saxony the Prussians have
occupied the duchy of Altenburg, upon the western
frontier of the kingdom, to the south of Leipzic.
Prussian troops have also advanced from another
quarter, following the course of the Elbe as
far as Meissen, where they are only a
few hours distance from Dresden. By this
double movement the city of Leipzic, at the north-
western extremity of Saxony, is hemmed in. It is
probable that, after having occupied it, the troops
from Altenburg and those following the Elbe will
effect a junction and march upon the capital, which
is at the same time threatened from a third quarter.
The so-called Prussian " army of Saxony," whose
head-quarters are at Gorlitz, has entered
Saxon territory at Lobar and Zittan, upon
the eastern frontier, from the side of the Bohemian
mountains. Ono detachment has established its
advanced posts at Gersthrf, close to the Austrian
frontier, only a league from the town of Rumburg,
in Bohemia. The Saxon army, unable to defend
Dresden, has abandoned that capital, where no
other troops remain than the civic guard. The
Saxon troops are retreating, to effect a junction
with the Austrian army posted at Bodenbach, upon
the Bohemian frontier.

Tan REFORM B!LL.—A public meeting is to be
held at Bradford, on Thursday evening next, " to protest
against the dishonourable manoeuvres by which the oppo-
sition are seeking by delay to defraud the nation of the
Reform Bill, and to call on the government not to pro.
rogue parliament till tke bill is passed in its integrity."
Mr. Jacob Bright, of Rochdale, is announced as one of the

EAin.
RL SHAFTESBURY AND THE "RECORD."—The
paragraph which lees than a month ego appeared in the
columns of the Record in all the prominence of editorial
place and type respecting Earl Shaftesbury and the Con-
gregational Union breakfast, cannot yet have been for-
otten. The Record professed to have received complaints
of Lord Shaftesbury's name being mixed up as a party to
the very extraordinary coalition at Mr. Newman Hall's
breakfast at Surrey Chapel, with the Dean of Westminster,
the son of Kossuth, and other celebrities." It continued:
—" We have reason to believe, on authority which we
cannot doubt, that Lord Shaftesbury's invitation exclusively
pointed to a meeting with some orthodox noooenformist
ministers, and not to any such disoordant coalition as oa•
which would include so firm a champion of the truth
with the advocates and defenders of the essayists and re,
viewers and their pernicious doctrines." It will scarcely,
we suppose, be said that Lord Shaftesbury's invitation to
take part lathe laying of the stone of the Bible society'anew
house pointed exclusively to a meeting with NOW orthodox
church dignitaries. The Dean of Westminster, a Jewish
Lord Mayor, and other celebrities, were there, and Earl
Shaftesbury, on his entering the marquee, shook hands
with Dean Stanley in face of all the assenahly. As a
gentleman and a Christian, indeed, he conk' have done
no leas ; bat "the discordant coalition of the firm abam•
pion of truth with the defenders of the Essayists and
Reviewers and their pernicious doctrines," was Just as
complete on the Bible Society's platform as It would have
been in Surrey Chapel ; and there can no doubt
that the Record paragraph was a Vag impertinesee,
a most unwarrantable liberty taken with Earl
burfa name, a display of spite against Dean Stanley, an
a deliberate insult to Dissenters, and especially to Bs
Rev. Newman Hall, who, it was insinuated, had sought tot
entrap the earl to his table under a false pretence. Bs the
Beoord'Aist of the distinguished personas peasant at skis
ceremony of Monday, Dean Stanley's name is otuitted4
though he was quite as prominent as either of the bishops,
The reason is obvious.—Patrid. • •
GREAT NORTHERS HOSPITAL, CALEDONIAN-ROAD;
Isinurrow, N.—Number of patients for the week ending
June 16, 1,0(2) of Mich 271 wertnew eases.

The metropolis was, about 12 o'clock on Satur
day night, vidted by a very violent storm of wind and rain,
which laded for an hour or two,
Cswirrit PALACE. - Frrz SHILLING DAT.
SATURDAY, Jtma 16.—Mmimions on payment, 2,292 ;
I ditto by seam tiabsta, 7,492 ; total visitors, 9,784.

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p of
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rocks just opposite the lifeboat house, and the wind sud-
denly changing to the north about half-past 1 this morn-
ing, and blowing strong, caused • heavy sea to come in, so
much so, that it broke on board the yacht, and the new
could not effect a landing. They however hoisted a signal
of distress about 8 o'clock, when the lifeboat was imme-
diately launched, and soon landed the crew of the yacht
in safety. The boat behaved admirably on the occasion.
BOAT ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF THILEs; LIVF.S AT
WEYMOUTII.—A dreadful accident happened on the Chesil
beach, in the parish of Wyke, on Friday, by which three
poor fishermen lost their lives. About 5 o clock in the
afternoon seven men put out in • boat with their nets,
and made towards a shoal of mackerel. After some pre-
liminaries, one of the men, as requested, threw a
rope on shore, but • sea came, and dashing the rope
against the boat two of the oars because entangled in it,
and before they could be disengaged a ground
with fearful violence, dashed against the end ut the boat,
and according to the statement of eye-witnesses, threw it
completely into the air, it coining down with all the men
under it. One man managed to swim to another boat ;
three more were rescued by those on shore, hut an hour
elapsed before the bodies of two others were washed on
to the beach, and when at last the boat could be drawn in,
in it was found the body of the third entangled in the
nets. The unfortunate men who met with such • terrible
death were named Abraham Maria, aged about 45,
who leaves a wife and three children ; George Pitman,
30, and John Stone, 18. Some comment has been made
respecting the absence of any endeavour to restore ani-
mation after the bodies were recovered ; but as they
had been immersed for so long a time human Sid
would probably have been useless. The inquest was
held at the Albert Inn, Wyke Regis, on Saturday
evening, before Mr. George Symonds, coroner, and the
Jury returned a verdict of " Aocideutal death." The
Coroner then said there were certain remedies recommended
for application in cases of accidental drowning. It would
be well for those who are subject, from their avociationsr,
to accidents of this description to furnish themselves with
the rules to which he had alluded. They contained very
plain directions as to the proper teeatinent of persons
who had been drowned, so as to restore animation.
There was one very favourite and popular idea amongst
a large class of pmsms, that if by any chance a man was
drowned he ought to be held head downward in order that
the water might run out of him ; experience, however, had
shown that this mode of treatment was most certain to
produce death if the drowning was not absolute before.
Comm of these rule, could be obtained by application to
the proper quarter. A juror stated that the clergyman cf
the parish distributed copies every month.—Solirbitry
-Journal.
liossielig . DEATH or Two LITTLE BOys.-011
Thursday, an inqueet was held at Winsfora, before Mr,
William'Cherton coroner for the &Odd, upon the bodies a
Anson, aged 14, and Thomas Oakes, aged 10, who
had been welded so death on the previous day, at the
Meadow Bank Silt Works. From the evidence it appeared
that Oakeethad been sent to the works with the dinners of
his cousin (the other dammed) and uncle, and that after
dinner the two lads were playing by a Lugo pan, full of
boiling salt. This pan is surrounded by hurdles at • dis-
tance of 4wo or three-yards, and within this space the lade
were assailing whey( • door Boit bad been taken off itq
hinges, and lead against the hurdles, fell upon them and
knocked *hem overt% rim of the pan into the bubbling
liquid. Their heart ending shrieks brought a non named
Minshull to their assistance, and with very little delay he
succeeded in getting Oakes out: He then fished Anson
out, bat -the poor little fellow Irks quite dead, and so
frightfuJiy Molded tams the Bash broke from his body.
Oakes died within two hours ot the accident. A verdict
of "Accidental death" was returned.
Docross one 87=s.-4-Medicine is on strike.
The Lanmahire and Chesbirehranch of the British Medical
Association has dealt • blow for the rights of physic. It
has inserted the name of an tuflnential firm in the " black
book," and issued Meditations to medical students not to
enter its service until OA abuses of which they complain
are rectified. The employer upon whom the medical
Society has placed its ban to the British government, which
is charged not only with being a hard muter as regards
terms of emolument. but of being culpably indifferent to
the treatment of the most valuable, but too often the least
valued, :of its serourta. This particular " strike" differs
from many others in the fact that the faculty have sub.
Mantis/. grounds of complaint, and that the extreme steps
they are at length driven to take era justified by a pro.
yoking 166g-oontiaued inattention to fair and moderate
requests. The treatment of the medical officers in the
Englisli army sad navy is the foundation of an old story ot
ttntedreseed pievaisisea, a rtnisdy for which, we hope,
will be feimisi now that the subject is being pressed upoin
the atteetion of the country Ma new and more imperative
shape.— Literpooi
Idiaa lyre) sister of Mr. Eyre, late governor of
Jalealm, la new staying in retirement at Shanklis.—liiii
of Wsght Observer.
Ban Francisco is going to be supplied with water
hem • lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains by an aqueduse

Son .o loss,
MITHOPOLLTAII FILM HOSPITAL, DEVONSIIIIIII.
SQuARS, CLTY.—The aggregate number of patients relieved
staring tae week anthill June 16, was medical, 882 ;
:44.47 ; total, 1,449, of whisk 612 were new oases.