The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-24 00:00:00

ITALY.

FLORENCE., lfxsaa %ma.
In toriafs-iitting a the dlimiaberfol w
as dads am the

tax mai- continued.

The Oorwispewdasses &hem; contracsora she mak.
mint' which have appeared indthe official Giorv.ale tit
Reena, that the Italian governmen4was emieavonr-
iag tefoeter:agitation in the Papal Statetandsto
promote desertion amongst the Papal troops.

• RODS. •
ROME, x.,cn 22.
•
The French brigade Pothier has been ordered to
return to France. The transports Mogador, Jura,
Ardlehe, and Moselle have arrived at Civita Vas-
slid' to embark the brigade. The remaining
isdgade, Raoul, will be concentrated at Civita
Teeshie. Colonel d'Argy, the commander of tEe
Antibes Legion. has returned from Paris. Admiral
Forma has had an intsrviewl with .Cardinal An-
tenelli.

SPAIN.
MADRID, MAacm 23.

goyano brought in an amendment to the Budget
Bill, demanding that reductions should be made
in the expenditure in order to cover the deficit.

mime NIL SIMI% Assam)
WASHINGTON, Hamm 23.
The impeachment trial came on to-day before
the Senate.

AMERICA.

DIT ♦rrranc

Resident Johnson's roonnsel filed an answer,
denying all the impesehmentleharges. ispThey
also applied for a delay di thirty da_ys to
for the triaL The Senate refaced this
applica-
tion by 41 votes against 12.

NEW YORK, Kama N.

Tim National steamship Erin and 'it's° Inman
steamer City of Cork arrived out on Sunday. I

Closing Prices. —Gold, 138 g. Bterlinglicicisnge
on London, 109}. 5-20 United States Bonds,
1882, 110 ; ditto, 1886, 1081 ; 1040 Bonds, 100 f.
Illinois, 138 ; Brie, 71. Gotten : Middling
Upland, 24f. Petroleum, standard white, 24.
Flour, extra State, 10 doh. 30e. ; corn, old mixed,
1 dd. 28e.

Rzeoursocriox IN AIWIRICA.—Nsw You,
Maim 12, Noon.—The supplemental Reocestrustion
BBL providing that elections under th. reconstruction

lawn dud be &died by the smierity of the voles east,
Mem law Maley, the Presiesat not having signed or
vetted the bill withia the allotted Wee.
Palma ALTIM 111 /law Sousa WAILS/I.—Her
lied Prestos' blegoary, we de ass hesitate to say it, never
did • more wise or more popular thing vim she
glued her brave sea ea the- quarter-du& el see el her
meek, er issued • mere iaiiisw er mespleide sedate
I than Asa eke milda agrees the mar to ANN bar loyal
subieste la Aestralia That his royal Vinsishauld
have this Ma welcome to the in this
pert of the world, as the ma el Mesa
to wide k w ell tenesiemly adhere, was, in Me, a maw
el OMEN ; that they shweld have NMI his regal high.
am with a will, mad eves have essmissolly lomal hialoy
the seatewbei inirenive Media= et liar esa6lllllti was
as seem dm Watt lam bees selideated l het that his
'Meal hare dbmildhave bssa hag end sagedylipsoisi,
I lad all dm pomades. have beta node is de bin loarrer,
wee suastlnd that wild sot fail id besaming ea arm-
teat. Is this, the nether 'okay et all the
is whisk misty has, at amenity, been longer
than in the rest, • depth el loyal deta.
i the has mature/I,y existed, ready to dew piputtais ea say
met maim Is the vest sad tagiveMod harboar of
this My Ohs only real rodivoik of the Weetara=
, to emir aegaiimat deem GM, mad he Ike umu
pmemisa el eremids and desbyealt sash ea cm enlesez
edlealisaly asiaNished by the pram* el
edvamems, the Mist port el New Swath Wa= pet.
le be the elder velem= el the Qum%
ware es., anlaildeds el the (Wales ; sad it INNS be a
I inner el pride to ell aileatile, mil le aN tote are bur*
blentited with the intere et New lima Walls, that we
I ea 21st Jemmy toeuglit Is ear Miter tree the Pad&
with aMa me diet was both epprepriais and mato et
the event. We think mime Mewl the Prbsee, in • pur-
lbetty esptiaeel manner, that he is indeed right wel-
come amp* na—Sydney Morning Nerehl, Feb. 1.

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BNFIZZ-ITORN--BHIPWRICIS AND fan or Las.
—A very snare skew of wind and bail has the W. is
N.W. swept over lAverpag and the baasedisto
bead MI Busby and up to a Lis hew youtemloym.sile=
ones from several esets Aneribes es skew as Nor of
the wad tubas satase. hers Waled we leers that
ervinal van& had gone ashore 5. the vietellp of Ora
Blarforaber Beak. One begs vowel, whirls prribil to be
the 'hip Convey Oestlo, went on tba bank se lisairrhey
night, and it was oily by the eid of Owe einess-tngs and
the Mhos% sad by Weld's sons Cl bar anp swan
Laud, that she vu se• ogr. As duns. wee ea eight
imam
that /Ls ship ves enabled be pressed esi verge tram
[ the Clyde lo )(elbows*. The liastrot band from
liverpaelt I:at:also got on Acne eaer W het it was
I orpeeted airs would bo got oL essehed in
Liverpool Beerlievem Oates that a
106.10, loose and in bale, wow sharp.
to-
gether with same wreatogs, la ths ; to
it
ewe behoved that woe Use vessel gears derma the
hod with all loads, II the wealthy: for saw heirtleri Use
, vely teesposteeen.
I Oa:mu. PAsaci. —Os Wow*
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UCTATATTI4Din su s able
Warm MM. IN Mg *Woo,IS

Provisions from the rear see arriving here in
lace quantities, about WO loads a day being de-
livered, in addition to that brought by the convoys
of the transport train which accompany the columns
of troops. Them loads are "ierried by native con-
tractors on bullocks, asses, mules, and camels ; the
camels are indeed rare, but not, as we were led to
rrabsolutely unknown on the highlands ; the
octits and the donkeys are to be seen in great
' numbers, laden with our goods and unveiling on
the road, or else with their packs on the ground
and the animals grazing in some meadow alongside
the path. If the delivery of commissariat bags is
continued at the rate which hu prevailed for the
last week, there will be in sight or nine days accu-
mulated here a month's rations for 3,000 men and
their followers.
The general arrangements for transport may be
thus summarised—from the sea to Sandi we carry
up provisions on camels and on carts drawn by
bullocks and make. This stage is also worked by
the native bullocks, who proceed by the Tohonda
Peas, so as not to interfere with the transport
animals who use the Komayls or Sooroo Pass.
From Senafd to-Addigerat the native bullocks and
small convoys of mules carry the rations, but
carts either are about to commence, or have already
begun, to ply between these points ; from Ade-
prat to Antalo the bullocks and native carriage
generally work as before, but the mules move in
large conveys strongly escorted. The general
move of mules to the front of operations has allowed
a very considerable amount of provisions to have
been brought forward in the last fortnight.
As to the resources of the country, the whole of
the European infantry in camp received on the
21st rations of native baked bread in lieu of bis-
cuit, and coffee purchased at Antalo is also
being issued by the commissariat instead
of tea. The coffee is rather large grained, but is
excellent, though its use by our troops will shake
the very doubdvl faith of the Aloyenagus in owe
orthodoxy, as that berry is in this country only
grown, sold, and drunk by Mussulsoans, Chris-
tina. considering it a sin to partake at it.
'll-- It is d remarkable fact that no matter where
we stop on the line of monk the swamp
amount of grain which we perigees kt ors
cattle remains pretty close on 5,0001 b, a day.
The natural inference to be deduced from this is,
that we are parsing through a rural population
who, if they have centres of commerce for suck
comparatively light articles as salt, clothing, tte.,
are not in the habit of amain • their heavier
articles, such as corn, at any one Indeed,
as but few Abyssinians engage in any manufacture
they can have had little object in transporting the
prodnee of their lands over bad roads, as the
families who have sown and reaped the corn are on
the spot to consume it,

CAMP, sun ANTALO, Fn. N.
The order for the induction of followers and
baggage is being carried oat in a moat Draconian
spent at this camp, and oaken sigh as they see
vanishing with their washermen, their cooks,
and their butlers, the prospects of being clean, of
eating a good dinner, or of finding it well served.
They cannot even console themselves with the hope
of taking it out in sleep, as the restriction of
=es renders it impossible to carry the most
of bedsteads, while the usual safety valve
44 a hearty grumble is denied, as the generals set-
ting the example in discharging their attendants
and sending into store their comforts, have cut the
ground from under the feet of those who might
otherwise have been disposed to growl.
Sir Robert Napier has determined to incenses
the force which he intended to take es M] i
lt to 4400 men which will include the whole ft:
33rd, 4th, mid 46th regiments. The ease with
which provisions have been forwarded to the front
is probably the reason for this addition to the
number (3,000) of troops first contemplated. The
contract bullocks of the wintry are carrying on
the transport duties admirably. Instead of expe-
riencing any difficulty in obtaining an adequate
supply of native aniinab, the Wiles are contending
which them shall be allowed to furnish
bullocks : th s not from love of us, but of
the almighty dolls:. General Merewither has
mad* arrangwnente wider which we shall continue
to be provided with animas as far as Lake
Ashatiww,. In fact. The siege at which the greatest
difficulty in forwarding supplies is ex is
that which is still, to a great extent, in the hands
of the transport train, and when native caning* is
least need, namely, between Zoola and Senaftt,
though under ordinary circumsieness it might have
been expected that Seneffi, being the depot nearest
to our base of operations, would have been the
easiest to provision. It is said now that the depots
in the rear are to be fortified, and that plans for
the intremehment of Addigerat have been already
drams ula
I him heard some anxiety expressed as to our
mina of cownsunicating with the me should the
nine find am still in the interior, and the opinion
hes been anneciated that the country would then
be theca& isepessable. I confetti 1 do not share this
view, but it is one of which a geologist at home an
*lige better than one igoorant of that science on
the spot. By far the greater part of the district
through which we have comes sandstone, the last
thirty miles being mixed with limestone ; and I
believe that both these formetions are particularly
favensabie to road-making. Perhaps about twenty
el our route has Dover black earth or allu-
vial deposits of some kind, but as a rule these spots
could be avoided. As to torrents and rivers, the
evidence of travellers proves that these subside as
'rapidly as they swell; besides, we crass them near
their sources, where they cannot long prove for-
midable obstacles.
What visitors to Abyssinia relate of
_llie facility
of manners which characterises its inhabaanta if, I
am afraid, not without foundation. Whim a per*
of our officers visited Obsiieetatoeses ef "extreme
hospitality wee* made by Ihe chids,ll46ll rather
diormiewtecl these, and shish they wieleehliged to
destine. I think it is Tetiollitnwrioffiehlt how in
the midst of a Gowen i mpAypian ambas-
sadors found themselves lOW witherraming
position, trove which thlf MINA to own there
wessopaestid voismat extrisitkia. At the fain end

BMW Maus 2L
The Saxon Minister of War Herr , von Fabrici,
rather astonished the ascend chamber last Monday, ;
by stating repeatedly that serious complications.
might be expected in a very short time. Nobody
seems to have any clear idea of what he alluded to.
and it is to be hoped that he has none himself, bet
that he merely need this mysteriously prophetic
utterance as a mode of appeal to the liberality of
the chamber. As Prince Nspoleon had only left
Dresden twenty-four hours before, the minister's
observation would appear marredodely
and ii the oon6dence of the public in the peaceable
triers of tir prince's tour was not very atroug, ,
the two things ooming together might have given
rise to endless conjectures. As* it is, however, I
am glad to say that 'Change has not been alarrad.
Apropos to our prospects of peace, I will mention
one fact which 1 have on unquestionable authority.
About three.br four weeks ego. very seripue anxiety
was felt here in higher regions than it would be
di Greet to specify, lest the Emperor Napoleon
should find hmmeeli unequal to the task of krill %
down certain hostile parties, and should rush into
a sudden war with Prussia as the only hope of self-
preservation. My informant added, that it was
now believed in the same quarter that all imme-
diate danger was over.
It is considered as certain in Vienna that
as soon as the marriage law has received the
Emperor's sanction, Monsignor Falcinelli, the
Papal nuncio, will leave the city, in which case,
of course, Counti Crivelli, the Austrian minister,
will also leave Rome. The Pope's influence has
evidently suffered materially in Austria through
the question of the Concordat, .nd the last collec-
tion of Peter's pence in Prague has been unusually
unproductive.
The Crown Prince of Saxony arrived here on
Thursday, and leaves early next week. The object
of his visit is to congratulate the King on his birth-
day. The Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia is
expected this evening for the slime purpose. Pre-
parations are being made to illuminate the emirs-
miss and the bonus el the exert tradesmen, and
there is some probability of a general illumination ;
but, unfortunately, it often happens that the Ber-
liners do not quite make up their mind on this
point till the last moment. The King enters upon
his l'lnd year to-morrow.
The ..aoaratiethe Owregooridects, and other
tlxrtit German ioniser, have lately amused them-
atic*, with mystifying the public with an absurd
story about a project for a South German Confede-
ration, for which Prom's, at the instigation of
Franix;, wee supposed to have given the first idea.
The Karlsruhe? Erring declares that there is not
the slightest foundation for these reports.
The distress in East Prussia has given occasion
to disturbances at Kaukehmen. The rioters en-
deavoured to obtain possession of the corn maga-
zines at that place, but were unsuccessful. A troop
of dragoons was sent from Tilsit, and restored
order. Some idea of the extent and intensity of
the present calamity may be obtained front
famine map lately published by the Volka-Zeitung,
In which the relative degrees of distress in the
different circles are expressed in numbers. The
Circles, Heidekrng, Pillkallen Stallupless, and
Gambimen, in short, the remotest corner cif the
province, have been the most severely visited. l'imme
is no chance of much improvement before the end
of May, and the relief oommittees are asking for
fresh subscriptions.
The law for the abolition of the gaming tables at
Wiesbaden, Ems, and Homburg, after the end of
1872, bee received the royal sanction, and been
published. That most valuable clause which was
tacked on at the last moment, and which prohibits
all play on Sundays and holidays, has so exceed-
ingly disgusted the Wiesbaden proprietors, that
the even talk of shutting up shop at once alte-
rrl hope they may adhere to their reso-
uton..