The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-21 00:00:00

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THE PROTEST OF THE DUKE AND
DUCHERS OF MONTPENSIER.

The following is the text of the protest of tho
Duke and Duchess of Montponsior :

Madam, —By the immediate intervention of the Captain-
(Jenard of Andalusia we received your royal decree of
July 7, which orders us to leave the peninsula in the,
shortest pose ble time, and to -fix our residence outside ,
Spanish territory. Telegrams eV a later date have pointed
out the frigate Ville 4e-Madrid as the mode of effecting
our forced journey, leaving to us the choice of the foreign
country in which we may desire to pass our exile. We
shall not dwell on searching out the first cause of the
difilcultim which have assailed us on our lauding in
Portugal, when we were threatened with being deprived
of the liberty at first accorded to us of selseting the place
of our exile; but in the embarrassing situation created
for us in sight of Lisboa, as well as in the discourteous
reception given In Cadiz to the royal flag borne by the
frigate, it is impossible not to recognise the signs of
needless persecution. Up to this day we thought it our
duty to remain silent as to the manure adopted by your
Majesty's government. Now, at the moment of leaving the
Villirds Madrid, worthy representative of our dear Spain,
. and, standing osi foreign soil, we feel we ought to depart
from the reserve imposed on us, for this reserve may be
interpreted as arising from an incurable apathy, and as •
humble submiasiott to a merited chastisement. We shall
be very brief, madam, in addressing your Majesty. As
the order of July 7 contains no explicit complaint
which it is necessary to point out, we do not
deem it opportune to give explanations which
we would have developed if we had been openly
accused. "The country is agitated; the revolutionists

make tun of your name as • flag, and as the rallying-
point of their machinations "—these are the just conside-
rations on which you base your extra legal proceeding,
one which deeply affects our high rank of which you have
made mention intentionally in order to degrade us the
more. Allegations of this kind need no discussion. But
if we deemed it opportune to defend ourselves against im-
putations contained under transparent allusions, when we
are reminded of the duties of loyalty, with which it was
not at all necessary to refresh our memory—we
should say to your Majesty :—" If unhappy Spain
is now passing through a crisis which we deplore from
our heart, we have not produced it. The origin, whatever
it may be, of these lamentable agitations which are made
the pretext for condemning us, must be eought for else-
where." Whenever a people are agitated, it is because
they are ill at ease ; for no individuals, however high and
powerful, can serve as a flag, and draw an entire nation
after them.

Against this manifest violation of the fundamental law
of the State, and of the eternal principles of justice, also
by the steps adopted by your Majesty's government, we pro-
protest energetically, and, in doing this, we invoke neither
considerations of our rank nor the ties of family. If the
first give a particular rdat to our protest they do not add
to the injustice of the violence offered, and the second
must be forgotten in the arbitrary conduct which sends
us into exile without even an indirect warning. We do
not think it would be dignified to invoke them.
It is solely in the name of our rights, in our quality of
Spaniards, placed under the safeguard of the general
laws of the nation, that we come before your Majesty to
complain of the violence which separates us from our dear
Spain. We expect that the reparation shall be as public
and as solemn as the insult was sudden.

May God preserve your life for many years.
Lisbon, August 3, 1868.
MABIA-LI7II3IA.FHENANDA Awromo.
The following is from the Liberal Bayonaaia:
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The clergy wed every effort to bring the rural popula-
tion to cheer her Majesty on her arrival at St. Sebastian.
The Municipal Council ordered that the houses should be
decorated and illuminated under the threat of fining those
who did not. But not a single cheer greeted her arrival.
Indifference or indignation was visible on every counte-
nance. She was so annoyed at the coldness of the recep-
tion that she embarked at once on board steamer for
Lequeitio. Another infantry battalion arrived yesterday
at St. Sebastian. The battalion of eh/assure in garri-
son at Logrono, where Espartero resides, left three days
ago by express train for Aragon.

(7112013011 ZEUTEIVII ACMCY.)
FRANCE.
PARIS, Atraatf, 21.

An imperial decree, dated the 18th inst., pro-
mulgated to-day, appoints M. de Banneville
French ambassador at Rome, M. de Corainges
minister at Berne, and Viscount de Lagueronniere
minister at Brussels.

TURKEY.

CON STANTINOPLE, Avatar 18, Evismo.

The recent investigation made by Midhat Pacha
appears to show complicity on the part of some
Russian Consul.; and Roumaa frontier authorities
in the recent Bulgarian invasion.

AMERICA.
THE ANTI-UNION OUTRAGES IN THE
SOUTH.

The royal mail steamship Scotia, from New
York on August 11, arrived at Queenstown at
1 a.m. this morning, with 123 cabin passengers.
She landed 73 Backe of mails and 27 pawners,
and proceeded at 1.13 a.m. for Liverpool. All
well. The Scotia performed the passage in eight
days five hours. _
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NEW TOM, Avower 11, Noon.

The Secretary of W&P, in maw to the appeal
of Governor Warmouth, has sent instructions to
General Buchanan, commander of the forces in
Louisiana, to dispose of the troop under his com-
mand according to his discretion, and to promptly
telegraph for special orders from the President if
any emergency should arise rendering it necessary
to employ the national force for the preservation
of order.

The Louisiana Legislature has passed a bill
making it a penal offence to organise any military
force in the state without orders from the
governor.

The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill in-
vesting the legislature with the power of casting
the electoral vote of the State.

Reports from Richmond state that a oonse.-ra-
tive meeting, held yesterday in that town, was
attacked by negroes. A fight ensiled in which
pistols were wed, and two negroes killed.

NEW TORE, I.verwr 12, Mosanvci.

The Governor of Alabama has vetoed the bill
empowering the legislature to cast the elective
vote of the State. His veto will probably be
effectual.

General Gillem has issued an order transferring
Arkansas to the military department of Louisiana,
and assuming the command of the military forces
in Mississippi.
Mr. Thaddeus Stevens died at Washington last
night of general debility.
The blockade of Mazatlan by her Majesty's
ship Chanticleer was raised on the 30th ult.

CANADA.
OTTOWA, Atrouer 11.
The Canadian Parliament has been prorogued
until the 19th of September.
It is stated that the Anti-Union Convention
at Halifax has passed a resolution strongly
deprecating rebellion against the crown or an-
nexation to the United States, at the same
time favouring the use of every consitutional
means to withdraw Nova Scotia from the Confe-
deration, which, they allege, it was forced to enter
against the will of the people.
. .

-Sir John Macdonald and party have loft Halifax
for Canada. Their minion to reconcile Nova Scotii
to the Confederation is pronounced a failure by
the prOvineial prom

'llll-oAllitul7 GOOD HOPE.
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UMAYPTON, Amen 21.
lcThe trPiola etp Company's steamer Colt,
speo;o Boynton, from tho Crpc of Good Hope,
as arrived here with a full complement
of 'misname, 37 F ack.4 of mails, 8291. in
specie, and a large cargo, including 2,088
bales of wool. The Celt left Table Bay
on the 19th ultimo. On the 21st she spoke the
Chip Astroncmer, bound for Liverpool, on the 27th
tbo Harp of the Nile and the Golden Dream, on
the 28th the brig Enders, bound for Plymouth,
and the barque More, from Liverpool, bound
for Calcutta, and on the 13th...0f August the steamer
Norseman, bound for the Cape. The Cambrian
arrived at Table Bay on the 16th July.
The Cape Parliament continues in session, and
the work of legislature progresses satisfactorily.
The Government Paper Currency Bill had passed
the second reading in the I{ollllo of Assembly,
and gone into committee. Little progress had
been made with the estimates.

The existence of extensive gold fields in the in-
terior was confirmed. The chief of that portion
of the -country where the mines were situated
appeared well disposed towards Europeans,
and had written to Governor Wodehowie
requesting that his subjects might be taken
under the protection of her 'Majesty, and
,offering to sell the gold country to the British
(government. Several miners were extracting the
!ore. The gold is said to exist in veins half an
inch broad and the yield to increase in proportion
to the depth to which the excavations ere
carried.
Business at Cape Town had slightly improved,
but the trade of the port was limited, and few
vessels bad arrived. Copious rains had visited the
colony. Farming prospects were good, but the
wine trade &praised. The wool clip was ex-
pected to be large. Tonnage was scarce, and
freights were high.
Exchange : Treasury bills, 30 days, par ; bank
end commercial, i per cent. ; commercial, GO days,
1 ler cent.